An: New [H]ouse tomorrow! For now, enjoy the chapter =)
"I love that kid," Rob said out of nowhere when her and House were in the kitchen getting drinks. "And I can tell you like her."
"She's alright," he shrugged.
"Liar. You know that? You like her, you know it. And she likes you. That was adorable by the way, when she sat on your lap." She hit the door of the fridge closed with her side and carried two glasses in her hands and one between her rib cage and arm, House got the other one. "It's OK to admit it, she's adorable."
"Hold on," he told her when she started towards the living room, a smile on his face, "this is something Cuddy would not be happy to know." She turned to face him, "She lied to cover my ass. Cuddy asked her if she ever played "Feed the Monkey" before, she said no."
Rob smiled, "You're proud of your little girl huh?"
He chuckled and nodded. "Yeah." She just smiled and left the room. Her words sunk in and his smile turned into a frown, "Wait a minute." But she didn't.
Rob entered the living room, stopping their conversation. "Lisa, yours is the left one," she put her hand out, Cuddy accepted the drink. "You get alcohal cause you don't have to drive, and she will get all bitchy if I drink then make her drive so ha, we both get non buzz getty stuff." She turned and her sister took the cup from her arm. Rob sat on the couch next to Cuddy and folded her legs underneath her. House came in and sat down next to Jessica.
"So, all the times you guys have come over, you've played with my child then left. Why don't you stick around and talk to the people you haven't seen in years?" Cuddy asked.
Rob shrugged, "I dunno, maybe you bore me now. Cause, that little girl has way more cuteness points than both of you combined."
House scoffed, "Please, I am adorable."
Jessica smiled and said sarcastically, "Totally, you are just the cutest thing that ever did walk the face of the earth."
"Thank you. I had always maintained that thinking."
"So what have you two been up to?" Cuddy asked.
Rob bit her lip in thought, then answered, "Jessica lost her virginity."
"Rob!" She sister's jaw dropped.
"That wasn't really what I meant," Cuddy said.
Rob shrugged, "It happened."
"You say she lost it like you haven't," House noted. She raised an eyebrow at him.
Cuddy looked at her, "Really?"
She chuckled, "Why is everyone so surprised by this? Am I not allowed to have self control? Or am I still being thought of as Greg? You know what, that proves Greg has self control, well I can also think of some other things that prove that, but congrats," she raised her glass to House. They all raised their glasses in a mock toast to House's self control. Rob took a sip of her soda and put her head on Cuddy's shoulder, "I missed this house. I missed Princeton really."
Rob's Flash back
"I'm going to hell," Cuddy announced and popped a piece of pop corn into her mouth. "Oops! Sorry."
"It's cool," 10 year old Rob reached across her sister and grabbed a fistful out of the bowl on Cuddy's lap. "We hear worse."
"It is pretty interesting that you're spending your Friday night with us, flipping through channels, looking for hot guys, instead of clubbing. Or, whatever old people do."
Cuddy gave her a look and threw a kernal at her nose.
"Oh!" Rob grabbed the remote from her sister's lap and started clicking rapidly. "Here," she pointed the piece of plastic at the screen. "This one's for Lisa, Hugh Laurie."
"Definitely," she said, crunching the pop corn. Rob scribbled his name down along with the other names of actors they thought were hot. Some of them went by the names of a more memorable character if they didn't know their actual name, or simply, "That one guy from..."
Jessica leaned forward and squinted at the television, "He kinda looks like Greg."
Rob chuckled. "What?" Cuddy asked.
"Nothing," she shook her head. "Just remembered that one time when we realized a celebrity you found atractive looks like Greg. Ah, good times."
Jessica started laughing at her sister from her position on the couch. Her legs over the arm of the chair and her head practically in House's lap. "You look like you're going to pass out."
"Hey, I'm leaning, your laying." She giggled.
Cuddy rolled her eyes, "Before we get into Jessica's sex life again, what has been going on, in your lives?"
"I'm going to go to law school." Jessica said.
"I can't believe you went 'attorney' instead of 'physician'." House said.
"Look at you, usin fancy words. That's my job," Rob told him. "But, my stuff is better." She puffed up, "I have a super hot boyfriend. At least for now."
Jessica rolled her eyes. "Which means?" Cuddy asked.
She turned slightly and laid down across Cuddy's lap, "Eh, I have a feeling I'm going to get tired of him soon."
"No, you like him and you know it."
A corner of the young woman's mouth went up, "Maybe."
"She refuses to admit that she really, really, really likes him."
"Three "really"s," House whistled. "That one whole "really" past love."
"Enough about us," Rob deflected. "What about you guys?"
"We've been..." Cuddy search for the apropriate ending to that sentence, "somewhat normal. Mostly OK." She looked down and smiled. Rob was asleep. She looked over at Jessica, whose eyes were starting to close. She chuckled silently and nodded for House to look at his cousin. He did, and smiled. Cuddy thought about earlier that night, when Rachel curled up in House's lap. It was one of the cutest things she had ever seen, but how awkward he looked, it sort of marred it. And now, watching smile fondly at these girls, remembering how he always smiled at them like that, she really wished he would smile at Rachel like that.
The silence was broken by a cell phone ringing. House leaned forward and got Jessica's cell phone out of her purse, and put the speaker right next to her ear. She jerked, "I'm up!" The drousy girl took her cell phone out of her cousin's hand, "Hello?...Yeah, we're at Lisa's...Holy shit," she lifted her head and looked at the clock, "I didn't know it was that late. Alright...Yeah, she's right here. Why didn't you just call her?...Alright, we'll be there in a little. Hell, I might just leave her here. It's probably good you called me actually, her phone's other wise engaged. Bye."
She threw her phone at her sister's head, it hit her on the nose, "Ow!" Her eyes flew open and she sat up, "I'm awake!" She rubbed her eye, then grabbed her nose, "I think you broke it."
"Don't be a baby." Jessica stood up and stretched. "We'll see you later." She bent over, put her hand on House's cheek and kissed his temple. "Bye."
"I feel like a kid now," he pouted.
"Bye Lise," Rob hugged her friend/honorary aunt, possibly cousin. "I'll go get my phone, I'll be like a ninja in the night." She pushed herself off of the couch and walked down the hall, after a moment she came tiptoeing back into the room, her phone in her hand. "K, let's go."
"Bye guys," Cuddy said. Rob saluted.
House opened the front door. "Hold on," Rob reached into her sister's purse and pulled out a folded paper and a macaroni neckless. "Give these to Lisa in the morning. And it's not a complete lie. Member when Jessica took Rach for lunch? We took the opportunity to make the neckless. Drawing's by yours truely."
"Come on," Jessica pulled on her sister's arm. "Let's go."
House closed the door and unfolded the paper. It was a drawing of him, Cuddy, and Rachel, a typical drawing for a two-year-old. Grass, a sun, Cuddy was holding Rachel's hand and standing next to House, Rachel was holding onto House's cane. He smiled, he was smirking in the picture, well, as close to smirking as you could get with red crayon. Another little slip of paper fell to the floor, he bent over and picked it up.
We had enough time for her to do some of the drawing.
She drew you, you jag off.
-Hugs and kisses, Rob
An: That's Rob telling House "Be nice". Also, I think the twins are going to leave Princeton for tomorrow's episode. From what I've seen, Rob and Jessica really wouldn't be able to not get pissed, and Rob would probably start yelling.