"One And Only" – A sequel to "Set Fire To The Rain"

Thanks so much for all the review, messages and tweets commenting about the story. You guys really make my days every time. I really appreciate that you liked the mild drama I put in the previous chapter and this is the continuation of it, but no more drama… yet. In this chapter Dr Smith, the new Dean of PPTH, will make an appearance, but no biggie, he's not a bad mad. When I mention him and his being slightly homosexual, the other characters are making fun of him, but my intent is not to make fun or insult gay/lesbian in any way. And btw, I have no idea where Cuddy did her internship but I read in a fan fiction that she was in Chicago so… Chicago it is for me too xD. chapter. And Ines and Cuddy are going to become very good friends, so I'm telling you there will be some girls-talk near the end of the chapter. Thanks to partypantscuddy for taking time to beta this chapter. Leave a review and the 10th chapter will come sooner than you expect C:


Chapter 9

You hang on every word I say, lose yourself in time
At the mention of my name, will I ever love
How it feels to hold you close
And have you tell me which ever road I chose you'll go


A five good minutes later, Wilson finally came into the room. His jaw dropped to the floor at the sight of Cuddy, and his heart started to bit faster when he noticed that there was a baby next to her in a crib. His eyes darted from House to Cuddy to her girlfriend before stopping definitely on the sleeping infant. "Oh my god!" he said before slumping back and leaning against the door, trying to overtake the feeling of dizziness and incredulity. "James, are you okay?" Ines asked approaching him from the side, trying to hold him up. "Yeah, I… I'm fine…" he said before taking another glimpse of the baby. "No… I'm not fine…" he said. House couldn't help but smirk. When Wilson finally sat down on the nearer chair, Cuddy cleared her voice and started telling him everything about the previous months.


Wilson stared intently at Cuddy while she recalled the events of her new life away from Princeton, a tear escaping her eyes every now and then. Sometimes he looked down towards the sleeping kid next to her mother, snoring softly, her chest rising and falling, a drop of sweat on her forehead, a sign that her body was trying to deal with the high fever. Wilson's attention shifted from Cuddy to House when he started talking and informing his best friend about how he found out about his daughter.

"So, you were at Cuddy's during the weekends. That's why you didn't answer my phone calls." the Oncologist said. When both House and Cuddy nodded, Wilson shook his head. "I can't believe it." he said with a sigh. "I thought I was your best friend..." Cuddy stood up and slowly approached Wilson. After sitting next to him, she hugged him gently. "I'm sorry James. I needed time to make up my mind, House found out about Emma before I had the opportunity to tell him. We were planning on telling you this week. I came down from Michigan for my mother's birthday and House asked me to stay for a couple more days." she informed him. "To me it looks like you got forced into telling me because your kid is sick and you couldn't do anything but inform me about it since she's been admitted here." House shook his head. "We're sorry, Wilson. We should have told you before, but we both needed to get used to the idea that we had a daughter together." he apologized. Cuddy nodded her head and leaned onto Wilson's side. "We're really sorry Jimmy-boy" she concluded with a smile, before walking towards the now awakening kid.

"Hey sweetie." she greeted her daughter. Emma cooed softly and leaned into her mother's soft caresses. Ines, immediately walked closer to her little patient and checked her vitals. "Fever's going down slowly, but the antibiotics are working fine. Your little princess is a fighter" she said with a wide smile. "You know you can move closer to her. She doesn't bite." House said to Wilson, who in return smirked. "Not yet, at least." The Oncologist walked closer to the little girl with a goofy smile. His deep brown eyes were met by her profound baby blues. "Hi Emma…" he said almost shyly, stroking her chin gently. Emma in return smiled, but immediately frowned and sneezed.

"Bless you." someone said from the door. Everyone turned around to face who was the new guest and as they expected, Dr Smith, the new PPTH's Dean Of Medicine, entered the room with a soft smile. "Lisa, it's so nice to be meeting you again." he greeted the ex-dean extending his hand for her to shake. Cuddy stood up and smiled at the man, accepting his hand. "Guess the rumors going around are true. The nurses haven't talked about anything else but the two of you running inside the hospital with a baby." Cuddy smiled politely at the man. "Yeah, I'm sorry to have created such a chaos in your" she said cringing a little. She still had to get used to her hospital being another person's responsibility- "hospital, but my daughter got ill during the night and we decided that it was better to get her checked out here since I was in Princeton." She explained. "I see. She's really beautiful, Lisa." he commented truthfully. "Like her mother. And her father." He concluded, glancing at House maliciously. Cuddy saw House, Emerald and Wilson holding back a laugh and tried to keep a straight face while the man showed his appreciation to the male gender.

"I want to make clear that the reason I'm back in Princeton has nothing to do with my old job." She informed the now permanent new Dean of the hospital. "Oh, Lisa. I'm sure you're happy with your new life at the University, but I'm also sure you miss all this. You've given everything to this hospital and I'm doing my best to follow your steps and make this hospital as great as I can." he said proudly. Cuddy had to admit that Smith was a very good doctor, but he also knew how to be a good Dean Of Medicine. She had known him since her internship in Chicago and they had worked hard to be where they were: ambition and intelligence can lead everywhere. "And knowing this, if you will ever want to come back to Princeton, I'd gladly give you a job." he offered. Lisa smiled thankfully "Thank you Jonathan." Smith smiled back before looking at House. "Since your girlfriend is back in town, I guess I could give you a couple days off instead of driving 7 hours to get to Michigan this weekend too." He said before exiting the room with a smile.

House smirked and Wilson, on the other hand, stared at the couple dumbfounded. "So, basically I was the only one who didn't know about the two of you being back together." He stated. House shook his head. "We weren't together as in together-together…" he said. Wilson shook his head, not understanding what he wanted to say. His friend sighed before adding that they weren't sleeping together yet. Wilson choked on hair after hearing House's words. Cuddy slapped House on the arm, scolding him for being such an idiot. "Wilson, we decided to get try again yesterday. He was just helping me with Emma and Rachel and he was also spending time with his daughters." Cuddy said. Her words were stuck in House's mind for a while. Daughters, she had said; as in Emma and Rachel. He knew that Rachel called him Daddy sometimes and he was indeed Emma's biological father but the thing had just hit him: he was a father of two wonderful girls and he did love them.

"Shit!" Cuddy exclaimed, strartling everyone. "What's wrong?" both Wilson and his girlfriend asked. "I haven't told my mother about Emma's situation." She said. House shrugged and took his phone out from his jeans' pocket. While dialing Arlene's number, Wilson stared puzzled at him. "Is he really calling your mother?" he asked at Cuddy, who smiled in return. "The old woman digs me." the Diagnostician replied, earning a chuckle from both women and a frown from Wilson, who still couldn't believe to any of this. After ending the call, House informed Cuddy that he was going back to her mother's place and to his apartment to retrieve some clean clothes for Emma and for the both of them. Cuddy nodded and pecked his lips, smiling softly at his kindness. "Come on lunch-buddy. I need a coffee and some company while I go burn down the Cuddy's household once and for all." He said, gesturing for Wilson to follow him. He gladly followed his friend, willing to know more details about everything. Before leaving he placed a kiss on her girlfriend's forehead and stroked her chin, murmuring something in her ear, making her smile.

Ines came closer to Cuddy and rubbed Emma's tummy softly, who smiled in return, trying to catch the doctor's hand with the aim to use her fingers as a pacifier. "Dr Emerald…" Cuddy started but was interrupted. "You're one of Wilson's best friend, I think we'll get to know each other better, won't we?" Cuddy nodded smiling. "So, you can call me Ines and I'll call you Lisa, is that okay?" she said with a small smile. "That's okay." Cuddy said. The room fell silent for a while, a silence which was interrupted every once in a while by Emma's cooing and babbling. "When did it happen?" Cuddy asked. Ines stiffened a little at the question. "How do you know?" she replied. "I've been through a miscarriage twice. It's hard but it's not impossible to have a kid. And Emma's the proof." she said, trying to comfort the younger woman, who sat now next to her on the little couch. "I was seventeen when I had an abortion. I was so young and scared and I couldn't bear the idea of living with a kid on my shoulders at such a young age. So, I terminated it. I immediately regretted it, I went to med school with the aim to be a pediatrician and help kids." She confessed. "I've always wanted to have kids and James confessed he wants the same but I'm afraid that I won't be a good mother due to what I did back then." Cuddy scooted closer to her and hugged her in a motherly way. "We have different stories but from my experience, these kind of things makes people stronger. I'm sure you'd be a good mother even if you won't believe it till the person you love tells you so." she concluded with a smile, still holding her new friend close to her.

In that moment, Lisa understood why Wilson was in love with this woman. Other than being a very beautiful woman and a great doctor, she was very Wilson-like: nice, supporting, caring and, Cuddy was sure, she was going to be a great friend. She really needed one, she thought before smiling at Emma, who in the meantime had fallen asleep once again, tired of the day's events.


Two days later (Monday) – 6 PM

House and Cuddy finally entered Cuddy's old place. House was carrying a sleeping Rachel in his arms, who had fallen asleep during the trip from the hospital. She had spent the whole weekend at her grandmother's place playing with her cousins and the little vacation had completely worn her out, and seeing her little sister again after a couple days had made her even more tired. She had spent the whole afternoon, telling the baby about her awesome weekend with all the colorful details only a toddler could perceive. Cuddy entered the house right after her lover, holding a very sleepy Emma, who was finally at home after spending the weekend in her hospital room. The fever had completely gone away and replaced by a pink/red rash that was now covering her skin, from the trunk to her arts. Emma seemed to be perfectly fine if you went beyond the spots marking her candid skin.

After putting both girls to bed, Cuddy took a moment to analyze her old place. House had bought new furniture, which were very similar to the old ones. She smiled, upon seeing that House had brought one of his guitars there. She was approaching the instrument when House walked past her and held his "baby" in his arms. "Oh, Slash I missed you." he said, hugging the instrument tightly. Cuddy chuckled. "You're an idiot. And by the way, why is it here anyway?" she asked curiously. "Sometime I come here to check if everything's okay. Sometimes to hide from Wilson, meaning the guitar's here to entertain me." he replied, playing few chords.

Cuddy sat on the couch and stared at him with a smile. House approached her and when he sat there, Cuddy immediately snuggles to his side, resting her head on his shoulder. "I missed this." she confessed, before kissing his neck and admiring the room. "You did a great job with this house. I'm proud of you." She said, her smile widening at House's own smile. "And I think you should be rewarded because of the great amount of money and energy you spent on this. " she whispered in his ear, nibbling at his earlobe playfully. House grinned and immediately gripped her hips and moved her on his lap. "I've been a good boy, mommy!" he said mischievously. "Oh god, House. Stop calling me mom when we're about to have sex!" she scolded him. His expression turned from horny to shocked. "Dr Cuddy, this is sexual harassment. I have no intention on having sex with you!" he said, already unbuttoning her pants. Cuddy shivered in anticipation, when his fingers traced the outline of her panties. "Really?" she asked, faking disappointment, while her hands were working on removing his shirt and T-shirt. "Yes. But if you do insist this much, I'd succumb to your offer and be at your mercy the whole night." he stated grinning. "Well, if you really want to, then I don't see why we won't have to move this to the bedroom" she suggested while standing up, removing her trousers and making her way towards the hallway, before turning around to face him and grinning. When he stood up, he followed the trail of clothes she had left on the floor and when he entered the bedroom he found her laying on the bed in her nothing but matching bra and panties, smiling at him.

He moved closer to the bed, straddling her, blocking her between his body and the mattress. His leg wasn't bothering him that much and he was proud of the physical therapy he had been secretly doing daily. He kissed her neck, nibbling and licking on her soft skin, then moved towards her full and sweet lips, that were craving to be touched by his own. The fullness of her lips felt amazing on his mouth and when she parted her lips to deepen the kiss, his tongue started moving around hers in a rhythmic but tantalizingly slow massage. He broke the kiss much to her disappointment. He looked intently at her angelic face: her cheeks were slightly red, her eyes showed all the lust and the love she was feeling and her lips were red and full, parted a little from his kisses. When his mouth came down to kiss hers again, she felt her body give in to a faint sob, and when he kissed her cheek, she didn't taste her own natural perfume, but the salt of her tears. He looked up at her again, this time finding tears staining her pale skin.

"Cuddy…" he said. "We could have lost her." She whispered. "We could have lost her." He kissed her cheek and held her in his arms, forgetting about how much she wanted her in that moment. He kissed her forehead one more time and shushed her, trying to stop her from crying. "Emma's fine now, Cuddy… There's nothing to worry about…" Cuddy nodded against his chest, before lifting her head up to look at him. She murmured a thank you and kissed his lips gently, enjoying the taste their union created. She started kissing him with more force, biting on his bottom lip to ask permission to deepen the kiss. House, who was surprised by her mood swing, gave way to her need of release: they had been through a lot in the previous months and maybe this was what they really needed.

Cuddy helped him free himself from both his trousers and boxers. She moaned feeling the pressure of his hardening member coming in contact with her left thigh. She gripped his shoulder blades, almost drawing blood, when she felt him guiding his shaft inside her wet entrance. At first his thrusts were slow, and from time to time he would pull out of her completely, only to hear the gentle gasp escaping her mouth, and immediately fill her completely a moment after; but when her legs found her way around his back, she invited him to thrust into her harder and deeper. She could feel the waves of pleasure invading her body and her climax growing to its fullest, till it reached its peak and he collapsed on top of her, both panting hard but satiated and content. He slid out of her a moment later, knowing that she loved to feel him that way, and he laid next to her. She moved her head onto his chest, using him as a pillow like when they were first together, and she placed her hand on his abdomen, feeling the muscles tensing and relaxing due to his breathing. His arms made his way around her midsection, pulling her body even closer. He kissed her forehead and closed his eyes. He could get used to this, again.


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