-1They hadn't spoken since Cuddy agreed to take the test. House had waited outside of the bathroom door as she took it. The results were exactly what they both knew it would be. Cuddy remembered how excited she had been the last time she saw a positive sign on a pregnancy test but instead of feeling excitement she felt nothing. She called her doctor, they had gone to school together and so she offered to see Cuddy later in the afternoon.
The silence was deafening but neither could speak. House drove to the appointment, gone in with her and filled out the necessary forms. She was surprised when he followed her to the exam room when her name was called. House was quiet throughout the process. He briefly responded to nurses questions but offered no extra information and remained serious the entire time.
"Thank you for coming with me. I'm glad I didn't have to go alone," Cuddy said when they reached the car. "I want you to know I didn't plan this. And I'm not expecting anything."
"You think I think this was a trap?" House asked raising his eyebrows. "That you were putting holes in the condoms we weren't very responsible about using?"
"You know I wanted a baby and -"
"You're not that clever."
"Nevertheless. You don't have to make any decisions now about your involvement. You should take time to think about it. Be sure about your choice because I don't want to play games with my child's life," Cuddy said taking a deep breath as she talked about her child for the first time.
"You don't think three weeks was enough?"
"What?" Cuddy asked looking up from her stomach over to House.
"What do you think I got the test for? Or came to this place for? I put my name on the dozens of papers that lady had me filing out," House reminded. "I probably won't be any good at it but I'm here. Come on General Hospital is going to be on soon."