I know, it's either feast or famine with me! I ran across this and really didn't want it to get buried again.
Theme: Deep in Thought -
House and Cuddy Reach a Conclusion
House and Cuddy sat across the breakfast table and looked at each other. The mood was somber but the discussion was essential.
"This isn't going to work, House," began Cuddy. "We've tried it for three weeks and if it was going to work, it would have by now."
"Cuddy, couldn't we try something else? Like you just said, it's only been three weeks."
"Fine, if you can think of something else. We can try again, but I think that we should just call it quits and just get this over with."
The couple sat and ate their breakfast in silence. They knew that when they moved in together with as little thought as they put into it, they were taking a risk, but they both had believed wholeheartedly that it would work. Who could have guessed?
House brightened. "What if we just shov…"
"You know we tried and it didn't work."
"Yeah, I know…" House's demeanor returned to its crestfallen state.
"What if…"
"House…." Cuddy was using her threatening voice.
"Fine," House used his I'll let you think I'm resigned to this voice, but he wasn't.
More silence filled the air before Cuddy spoke a few minutes later.
"House, you of all people, understand that sometimes things don't go the way that you would like them to."
"Yeah, I've heard what the philosopher Jagger has to say, but it doesn't mean that I have to like it."
"And in this case, trying isn't going to get you what you need, so you had best resign yourself to that fact."
"Lisa, I just can't believe that after all this time you want to give up just like that."
"But I do, Greg! (After so many years of addressing each other by their last names, using their first names still seemed very odd and they used them only for effect) "How much effort should one be expected to put into something like this?"
House sighed heavily and then relented. "I'll make the call. Wilson needs to know. This was so important to him. It will be a real letdown."
House dialed his cell as he finished chewing his last bite of toast while Cuddy looked on. "Wilson, we tried and this isn't going to work. Cuddy and I have looked at this thing from every possible angle and this just isn't going to happen." House ended the call.
Cuddy was flabbergasted at the abrupt way that House had delivered the news to his best friend. "CALL HIM BACK, NOW!" Cuddy shouted at House. "You can't just say something like that without some sort of explanation!"
As House was redialing, Wilson called him. "Yes, Wilson…."
"Everything, we tried everything…"
"I don't know we'll just have to see…."
"Wilson…."
"Wilson…calm down."
"Yes, you're the first to know…."
"I don't see the need to tell anyone else…."
"You were the only one who really cared"
"What do you mean….Wilson why would anyone but you care about it? It isn't going to work, I'm sorry too, but Wilson, its final. Cuddy says we have to keep the milk in the refrigerator door."