Pact For Love

House and Cuddy are married and have 2 children. Shocking news leaves them to debate their futures, and their children's. They are elderly now, and their children are grown up, but does it mean that they feel better about leaving them behind?

This is not for everyone, but this is an issue that comes up frequently in my Ethics class. So I'm warning you now, you might find this fic very sad and/or quite disturbing. And I apologise for that, but it's an issue that needs to be addressed.

Chapter 9

House and Cuddy didn't know what to do; well, in ways you could guess that they did, but they didn't know whether to tell the kids about what they planned to do.

After lots of talking, they decided not to tell the children.

It would hurt them too much if they knew about the plan now; and the fact that they would try and stop them.

It would be too hard on them to hear that their parents had entered into a suicide pact, to end their lives together, so they'd die in each other's arms.

So, in the time that they had left, they would spend with their families, and wrap things up so that their children would be looked after, and their grandchildren. There was the funeral to organize, and letters to write so that their children could understand why they had taken this decision. It was a daunting task, but was something that had to be done; closure needed to be given on the matter so that their children could move on.

Cuddy was steadily getting weaker, and she estimated a month at most.

So they had work to do.

Regarding the funeral, they had decided on a joint funeral, and to be buried side by side.

The flowers and coffins had been organized, and money left behind for funeral home matters. They'd sorted out the music, and the programs, every detail down to the pictures and the clothes and items they were buried with.

It was morbid to do this so soon, but they needed everything to be prepared.

They'd done the will and the funeral, all that was left to do was write the letters and spend time with their grandchildren.

Their letters took a while to write, with Gaby and Noah getting their own letters and Wilson would get one too. They poured their hearts into the letters. It showed their story, their decision, and their hopes and dreams for the future for those they left behind.

They hated the fact that they left their beautiful children and grandchildren behind, but they knew that putting it off would simply be delaying the inevitable.