We Never Change

February 13

11:45am

Cuddy had already ordered some food for herself and Natalie when Natalie finally showed up. Cuddy waved her over to the table that she was sitting at.

"I'm sorry I am a little late Lisa, but there was some mad traffic out there," Natalie said as Cuddy got up and they hugged each other.

"That's okay," Cuddy said to her. "I already ordered."

"What's wrong?" Natalie asked as she sat down, pretending that she was reading her friend when she really already knew what the problem was. Cuddy shook her head with a smile at Natalie and sighed.

"House thinks Valentine's Day is stupid," Cuddy said.

"What guy doesn't?" Natalie asked. "You should be happy that you can spend this Valentine's Day with him and not sitting at home longing for him like the last 20 years."

"I have not been doing that for the last 20 years," Cuddy answered back. She had daydreamed about being with House, but she hadn't been sitting home crying about it.

"10 years?" Natalie asked with a smile. Cuddy laughed. Natalie could always put her in a better mood.

"NO!" Cuddy playfully yelled.

"I am assuming there will be some hot sex going on, though, right?" Natalie asked her. It was hard for her to not just blurt out that she knew that House planned on giving it to her on Valentine's Day. She would be surprised if Cuddy could even walk when they got back.

"I don't know," Cuddy said. "He is going to go motorcycle shopping, so I don't know when he will get back. Plus, if he isn't going to get me a present, why should I give him sex?"

"Like you could say no to him when he is trying for sex," Natalie said with a smile. "He would probably only get the words 'would you like to' out before you jumped him." Natalie had seen how a simple smile from House could drive Cuddy wild.

"Since I am angry, I will at least make him beg for it," Cuddy said with a smile of her own.

"Get House down in his knees, huh?" Natalie said wiggling her eyebrows. "Kinky."

"It wouldn't be the first time," Cuddy said causing Natalie to spit out the water she was drinking. Cuddy gave her an innocent smile. "What?"

"The next time House says his leg hurts, I will know why," Natalie said as they both started laughing.

"So what are your plans for tomorrow?" Cuddy asked Natalie. "Do you have plans for some hot sex?"

"Well, I do have a date with a guy who makes video games," Natalie said. "So I guess that the answer to your question would be no."

"I guess he should spend less time playing with his joystick and more time playing with your X-Box," Cuddy said. They both started laughing again.

"He is very sweet, though," Natalie said.

"Do you know where he plans on taking you out to eat?" Cuddy asked.

"Probably his mother's house," Natalie said. "I actually told him I like Italian, so hopefully he got the hint." Cuddy's cell phone went House She saw it was House, but decided not to answer it because she didn't want him to ruin her lunch.

Cuddy's ceel phone"It's just House," she said to Natalie. "I will call him back later."

"Booty call?" Natalie asked. "He can be mighty impatient."

"At least I didn't tell him where we were going to lunch so he can't pop up here," Cuddy said.

"He's standing right behind you," Natalie said pointing behind her Cuddy. Cuddy turned and looked than turned back around to see a smile on Natalie face that told her that Natalie had been pulling her leg.

"That's only funny because it would not have shocked me if it was true," Cuddy said. Cuddy and Natalie spent the rest of lunch talking about random things like how dare USA cancel Monk. Cuddy turned off her phone after House had called her, so she didn't know that he had tried to call her again. She just assumed that he wanted to annoy her.

11:45am

Greg House's apartment

House had gotten up about 10 minutes before and had used the bathroom and turned on the TV to watch ESPN. He sat down at his piano for a little while and played a few keys. He noticed that one of the keys sounded out of tune so he decided to tune it. He stuck his hand down in the piano and starting playing with the strings. He was working on one of the strings when he heard a loud thud coming from the apartment above him. The noise made him jump which caused his hand to move. He pulled his hand out of the piano and saw the blood dripping down his hand.

"Crap me a big load of turds!" House said to himself. He grabbed some napkins and placed it onto the cut on his palm. When the blood soaked right through the napkins, he knew that he was going to need stitches. He walked to his bathroom and grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his hand to soak up the blood. He then picked up his phone and called Cuddy.

"Pick up," he said to his phone when it kept ringing. When she didn't pick up, he called Wilson. Wilson also did not answer the phone.

"Good thing I am not having a heart attack," House said. "Some friends I have." He flipped through his phone and saw Cameron's number, knowing that there was no way she would ignore his call.

"Hello," she said as she answered the phone.

"Are you busy right now?" House asked her.

"Do we have a case?" Cameron asked. She was just sitting at home doing some chores so she was kind of bored.

"I cut my hand pretty bad and I need a ride to the hospital," House said.

"I'll be right there," Cameron said as she hung up the phone. House felt something against his leg and looked down and saw that blood was dripping from underneath the towel, down his hand, and onto his leg. He gave the towel another tight squeeze to try to stop the bleeding. He then tried calling Cuddy again, but he knew she must have turned off her phone because it went straight to voice mail. He thought about putting some pants on, but he knew that between his hand and his leg, that would be very time-consuming. He decided to just wait for Cameron to have her help him.

Cameron knocked on the door and opened it up when House yelled at her to come in.

"Help me get my pants on," House said to her as she entered into his bedroom where he had been lying on the bed. Cameron looked at him in shock and then walked to him. House sat up on the bed and placed his feet into his pants so that Cameron could get his feet through them. He then stood up so that Cameron could pull his pants up.

"Hold on," House said after she pulled his pants up. "You didn't let me pick a side." House adjusted himself into a better position. He couldn't help but smile as he saw her blush.