Titled: Four Brothers XII
Author: wheretobe
Rating: PG
Summary: The story of four Sons, Christopher James House.
Authors note: R&R highly appreciated. This is a very AU story and just a try and see if I could pull it off. Thanks to Linda again for bouncing ideas with me, and to Nitsa for , once more, telling me that the story is still working.
Pairing: Huddy
Disclaimer: I don't own House or its characters Fox does tho, I just used them shamelessly for this snippet.
Christopher James House
It had started as the typical summer flu all with runny nose, painful joints , fever, coughing and the sickness. But as the flu was over the sickness stayed behind. Whenever Lisa fed Chris with pasta and tomato sauce, just the look of the mashed stuff send her off. After a week she got worried, this wasn't just a flu, she knew the symptoms all too well and the fact that she was behind with her menstruation really should have kicked her off. Cuddy simply refused to believe it. It wasn't what she needed right now. Christopher was running around all the time, reeking havoc together with House. She was either yelling at House for making Chris go crazy or running after the Boy trying to stop him from pulling at things or sticking his hands into stuff.
As the second week ended like it had begun and Lisa was barely able to keep her food down she decided to take a test, one of the 20 she still had under her sink from the time of the fertility treatments. When the digital stick showed her the test result, even if she already guessed as much, she broke into tears. She wasn't sure where all the despair came from but it broke lose that morning, and something that once would've been all she had wished for now seemed to be something she could really not do.
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'Something's wrong with Cuddy.'
House flopped down on Wilson's couch and frowned deeply.
'Did you tick her off? Or do you really mean wrong, as in normal human wrong and not the I- got- annoyed- by- House wrong?'
'She refused to sleep with me the last couple of nights. And she doesn't want me to stay over.'
Wilson coughed on his coffee because of the information and then tried to wipe the spatter of his desk and files, his ears turning red.
'Maybe she's having an affair.'
'Lisa Cuddy? Lisa I'm- anal- about- loyality- and- always- sticking- to- my- rebellious- Dr.- House Cuddy? An Affair? Not likely.'
House shrugged and looked out the balcony door gloomily.
'Look if it throws you off so much, why not ask her?'
'I did, she said it's nothing and she was still not feeling well after her flu.'
'Well...that sounds like it's true. So where's the problem.'
'D'uh Wilson: No Sex!?'
James rolled his eyes at House and gave him the : sex is not al look, before going back to his files.
'Just ask her whats wrong, again.'
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Cuddy had locked herself in her office for most of the day. In the morning she had been had her ObGyn's who had confirmed her fear. She was indeed pregnant. The first shock had worn off and she felt more at ease with the news. How could she not be happy, she had always wanted a child, and now she would have another one and Christopher would have a sibling.
For the first time that day Lisa smiled, her hand on her still flat abdomen, her heart doing back flips. She would manage, she had managed taking care of Chris and until the Baby was born he would be over two years, a good age for a baby brother or sister. The only worry on her mind was how she should tell House. Her smile transformed into a frown before her head fell into her hands.
Her mind was racing around ideas how she could tell House without him dropping dead from shock. A pull on her skirt made her look under her desk, where Christopher had crawled under and now wanted out. She lifted him into her arms and kissed his forehead and then placed him so he could sit on her lap while she signed papers.
'Dada?'
'He's working sweety. But we'll get him for Lunch.'
Cuddy shook her head to emphasize her point, the boy sighing heavy. Soon he started fussing on her lap and wanted down again. She sat him down and watched him stagger around for awhile before going back to her papers.
Half an Hour later her lock turned, making her roll her eyes. There was only one person in this Hospital who was cunning enough to steal her keys and make copies and stupid enough to actually use them too and right now he was bursting into the office and letting the door fall shut behind him.
'Tell my Dr Cuddles why you haven't been all over my hot bod this week!'
Rolling her eyes she stood and went to close the blinds before she pushed him to sit on the couch.
'God damn it Greg! I already told you I still wasn't feeling well after the flu. Why do you have to make something so big out of this?'
'Because we used to have this beautiful amount of sex and now I feel deprived.'
His pout etched deeper onto his features as Cuddy looked at him astonished.
'Do you even care that I haven't been feeling good? Or do you just care about not getting some?'
House rolled his eyes and then pulled her to sit with him.
'C'mon...you know I'm more worried about you not feeling well. You want to tell me whats going on?'
Her heart started speeding again. Should she tell him right now? Should she wait some more? But then again House was perceptive, he would just find out on his own and maybe be angered by her not telling him right away.
The what if's made her choke on her words and she looked at House wide eyed. His eyes looked over her confused, seeing how much trouble she had with what was bothering her. Something must've been really wrong.
'Lisa?'
'Look...what I'm going to tell you is probably not what you'd like to hear. But I'm happy about it and shocked. I...kept feeling sick and the stomach bug didn't want to go. I really thought it was a bug until I was late.'
When Cuddy had finished the last sentence House's eyes had grown large. He stood and started walking around rubbing his forehead.
'I took a pregnancy test this morning, it was positive.'
'Well...those...could be wrong.'
'I was also at my ObGyn's Greg and she confirmed. I'm 6 weeks pregnant.'
House sat heavily in an armchair and stared at her in utter disbelieve. Then started shaking his head. They really had taken it easy with contraception, sometimes simply forgetting to use a condom. He guessed that he never would've believed she would actually get pregnant, it had never worked before.
And now here they sat and Lisa Cuddy was with evil spawn.
'You will keep it?'
Her eyes widened and anger flooded her body, her cheeks flushing. How could he even believe she would Abort? This was all she had ever wished for. A child of her own, something that hadn't worked before and now it did. How could he, for one second, even consider the option?
'Yes I will...is there a problem with that?'
The anger got the better of her, her voice sounding strained. She stood and picked up Christopher, cuddling him to her chest protectively.
'Look Cuddy, my family history isn't the best and I just don't want to put that on a kid.'
'You already take care of Christopher! What is the difference?!'
'The difference is that he isn't mine!'
House glared at her angrily and then stormed off slamming the door loudly, the glass vibrating in it's frames. A shudder ran through her and tears welled in her eyes and as she sat down the first few fell. Lisa hugged Christopher closer, one hand landing protectively on her tummy. The worst part was that she had hoped he would understand, maybe feel a little bit happy for her and they would be able to work things out. She knew he would be uneasy, but she had really hoped he would not question her decision and simply keep following her on their path like he did all the months before.
They had almost lived like a family, a weird one, but a family nonetheless. And now he told her he only did that because Chris wasn't their child. It pained her that he couldn't accept nor seemed to want their own child, but she would never abort.
