The Dance

5:30pm

House was sitting on the couch in the living room waiting for Cuddy to finish getting dressed. House had been ready for about the last past half hour.

"I'm ready," Cuddy said when she entered the living room. House looked up at Cuddy and looked over the dress she had picked out. Cuddy and Natalie had gone shopping that week and had picked her a dress that was tight enough to show off some of her curves and her baby bump, but not too tight to show off every pound that she had gained during her pregnancy.

"Sexy," House said as he looked Cuddy up and down.

"And?" Cuddy said.

"Extremely beautiful," House said as he got up and gave Cuddy a kiss.

"See?" Cuddy said. "That is one of the 20% of the time you are not a jackass."

"I try to save all those times for you," House said. "Why waste it on other people I do not care about?"

"That is good enough for me," Cuddy said as she gave House a kiss. "Now, why did you take your tie off?"

"It was too tight," House said.

"Then you loosen it, not take it off," Cuddy said as went and got the tie of the end table.

"I think women should start wearing ties so that they know what men go through," House said.

"But if we wore ties, it would cover up our cleavage," Cuddy said.

"Good point," House said. "You are so smart."

"I know," Cuddy said as she started to tie House's tie.

"Women and their magical abilities in knowing how to tie a tie," House said as he watched Cuddy.

"We want to make sure our men look good," Cuddy said.

"I am pretty sure that everyone is going to be looking at you when we go to the party," House said.

"At first," Cuddy said. "Then they will look over to see who the lucky man is with me. I don't want them to think that I am with a slob."

"But I am a slob," House said.

"They don't need to know that," Cuddy said. "You ready to go?"

"Let's get this over with," House said.

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When House and Cuddy got to the party, everyone did exactly what House had said and people started making their way over to Cuddy to tell her how good she looked. House rolled his eyes at all the people who he assumed were trying to get raises.

"I am going to go talk to Wilson really quick," House said to Cuddy.

"Okay," Cuddy said. House made his way over to Wilson.

"Cuddy looks really good tonight," Wilson said to House.

"How about me?" House asked Wilson. "Do I look beautiful?"

"You look sharp, but not beautiful," Wilson said.

"You hurt my feelings sometimes," House said.

"It's fun," Wilson said. House and Wilson looked at all the people trying to talk to Cuddy.

"Cuddy is going to be hounded all night," House said.

"She is the Dean," Wilson said. "She is supposed to be the star of the party. Plus, people are going to want to talk to her about the baby."

"I know what they are really talking about," House said. "When are you going to get rid of that loser boyfriend."

"They are not," Wilson said.

"Fine," House said. "They might not be talking to her about it, but they are talking to each other about it. I have heard what people have been saying about us."

"And you care what they are saying?" Wilson asked.

"I don't mind what they say about me, but I do not like when they call Cuddy naïve or stupid," House said.

"That's sweet," Wilson said. "You don't want people being mean to your Cuddy."

"How would you like a glass thrown at your head?" House asked.

"It is a good thing that you are protective of her, House," Wilson said. "It shows that you care."

"I just don't want her to hear their comments," House said. "I don't want her to get hurt because I am a jerk."

"Cuddy is one tough woman," Wilson said. "They won't affect her. If anything, she might end up killing them."

"I am going to go get her a drink," House said.

"Okay," Wilson said. House went and got Cuddy some lemon tea and brought it to her.

"Thank you," Cuddy said when House handed it to her.

"House, you want to fetch me a drink too?" Foreman asked with a smile.

"You didn't seriously just ask me that and expect to live, did you?" House asked Foreman.

"There will be no murdering tonight," Cuddy said. "This is supposed to be a party."

"Maybe it can become a murder mystery party," House said.

"If Foreman ends up dead, it won't be that much of a mystery," Cuddy said.

"Dr. Cuddy, would you like to dance?" One of the doctors at the hospital asked her.

"Sure," Cuddy said. Cuddy turned and looked at House. "No murdering Foreman when I am gone."

"I won't make any promises," House said. Cuddy walked off to go dance with the doctor.

"You're moody tonight," Foreman said to House. "You know, more than usual."

"My leg hurts," House said. "I am sorry that when I am in pain that I do not go around telling jokes."

"I am surprised that you did not guilt Cuddy into letting you stay at home," Foreman said.

"She would not be able to enjoy herself if she was worrying about me," House said.

"She won't enjoy herself either if you are here starting problems," Foreman said.

"I am not going to start problems," House said.

"Just remember that Cuddy can kill you," Foreman said as he walked away from House and over to where Wilson was.

"Hey," Wilson said to Foreman.

"You better keep an eye on House," Foreman said to Wilson. "His leg hurts and that might cause some problems."

"His leg hurts?" Foreman asked. Foreman nodded his head yes. "His leg has been hurting a lot lately."

"At least with him dating Cuddy, he shouldn't do anything stupid," Foreman said.

"I hope you are right," Wilson said.