Having My Baby

Twenty minutes later, the doctor came back in and checked Cuddy over.

"You are dilating more," the doctor said. "That's good. The baby is moving down, so things are looking good. As long as the baby keeps moving downward, all we can do now is wait it out."

"Thank you," Cuddy said as the doctor left the room.

"See?" House said. "Everything is okay."

"Today is just so surreal," Cuddy said. "When you left this morning, I never thought I would be in labor now. Of course, when Orlando was attacking me, I didn't even know if I would be alive now. He had such a crazy look on his face."

"I'm going to kill him," House said.

"You are not going to do anything to him," Cuddy said. "I don't want to run the risk of you getting hurt or having to go to jail. Our baby is coming, House. I need you."

"He is the reason our baby is coming this early," House said. "It has nothing to do with him lying on your either. Jordan knew that someone was hurting his mother and he wanted to come out and kick his ass."

"I guess this proves that he is a House," Cuddy said. "Always wanting to protect me. I know for sure that Freddie is a House, too. He saved me. I could tell that he was petrified, but he did everything he could to get me out of there."

"We are going to have to do something really great for him," House said.

"He is a great kid," Cuddy said. "I hope Jordan turns out like him."

"We are going to be parents soon, Cuddy," House said.

"Did you just now realize that I was pregnant?" Cuddy asked.

"No," House said with a laugh. "I just thought I had two more months to deal with it."

"You are just going to have to deal with it now," Cuddy said. "You are going to be a daddy."

"You are going to be a mom," House said. "I am proud to have you as my MILF."

"You are lucky I am having labor pains right now or I would beat you for that," Cuddy said.

House and Cuddy spent the next two hours together joking around until the doctor told them it was time. House held onto Cuddy's hand as she was pushed into the delivery room.

"This is it," House said.

"You actually sound a little scared," Cuddy said.

"I have so many emotions running through me right now, I don't know what to feel," House said. Cuddy laughed.

"I should have agreed to videotape the birth," Cuddy said. "I want to show how you are acting to everyone."

"Let's see if you are still laughing when you have to shoot a watermelon out of you," House said.

"If you two are done bickering, we can get this show on the road," the doctor said.

"I'm not finished," House said.

"I am," Cuddy said.

"The one who is giving birth has the final say, so let's go," the doctor said. As Cuddy pushed for the first time, she held onto House's hand.

"Good girl," House said.

"I'm not a dog," Cuddy said.

"Good dean of medicine just sounds weird," House said. The doctor had Cuddy push again. Cuddy squeezed House's hand even harder.

"Holy Toledo that hurts," House said.

"Try squeezing a baby out," Cuddy said.

"I think I will leave that to you," House said. Every time Cuddy would push, she would squeeze House's hand until he thought he might pass out. House knew that she was in just as much pain, so he did not complain anymore. In between the pushes, House dabbed Cuddy's forehead with cold water.

"You are getting close," House said, kissing Cuddy's forehead. Cuddy looked up at House and gave him a smile.

Finally, after one hard push, the baby's head came out.

"One more push and we got this, Dr. Cuddy," the doctor said. Cuddy gave one more push and the baby came out. House and Cuddy smiled when they saw the doctor holding their baby. Their smiles quickly faded when they did not hear their baby crying.