Chapter Eleven: I gotta wake up (and face reality)
"We can't escape our genetics, Greg," Kristen said. The two of them were standing side-by-side on House's balcony, leaning on the barrier.
"What do you mean?" House asked.
"You know very well what I mean," replied Kristen.

Cuddy stood beside his hospital bed, waiting for him to wake up. She'd insisted on being the one to deliver the bad news.
Have I been sleeping?
I've been so still
"I know I'm sexy in a hospital gown, but when it's you that's doing the staring, it's kinda creepy," House whispered, making Cuddy jump. She hadn't realized that he'd woken up.
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can't see
Taking a deep breath, Cuddy said, "House, there's something I need to tell you."
"What? You're pregnant and I'm the father?" House asked in mock seriousness.
Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Cuddy glared at him as she said, "It's Kristen. She's dead."
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
"Wilson pull the plug or did he get a nurse to do it?" House asked.
"He did it himself," replied Cuddy.
And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
"What did our folks say?" House asked.
"They're still out of reach."
"So they haven't been told?"
Cuddy nodded.
"Good."
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth
"House, there's something else I need to tell you."
"So you are pregnant!"
That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
"We transplanted Kristen's heart."
House lightly tapped his chest as he asked, "Here?"
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
Cuddy nodded.
I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone
"Who gave consent?"
"Wilson."
And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
House bit his lip as his leg started to hurt real bad.
Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
"Cuddy, please take your fun bags and leave," House begged as a young nurse entered the room.
Cuddy left in a huff.
I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
House glared at the nurse until she also left.
Then he let the tears of pain and of loss that were welling in his eyes fall.
Oh, Something's got to break up
I've been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now
"WILSON!" House screamed.
"Dr. Wilson?" the nurse hestiantly called as she knocked softly on the door to the oncologist's office.
"What is it, Jess?" Wilson asked, gesturing for the young nurse to take a seat across from him.
Jess sat down before replying.
"It's Dr. House," she said.
"Is he awake?" Wilson asked.
Jess nodded before adding, "And Dr. Cuddy told him about Kristen."
Wilson groaned.
"Are you alright, Dr. Wilson?" Jess asked, worried by the reaction her statement had gotten from Wilson.
"I'm fine, Jess. I just wish Dr. Cuddy hadn't told House about Kristen so soon after he woke up," Wilson explained.
"Why's that, Dr. Wilson?" Jess asked, eyes wide in amazement.
"Dr. House doesn't handle bad news very well," Wilson explained.
"Hey, House, I'm here," Wilson said as he injected morphine into House's IV line. He ignored the tears that were glistening in House's eyes. Instead he stroked his friend's cheek, tenderly and lovingly brushing away the tears.
"Thanks," mumbled House as the morphine began to relieve the pain in his leg and chest.
"No problem," Wilson replied with a soft smile.
"So, who told you I was up?" House asked about an hour later.
"Jess," Wilson replied.
"Nurse Jess with the jazzy style?" House asked.
"The one and only," Wilson replied.
"She has a crush on me," House remarked.
"I've noticed."