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Chapter 14 - Lisa

Cuddy lazily opened her eyes stretching her arm toward the space that was previously occupied by House.

She didn't sleep like that in weeks. The pillow still smelled like him.

It wasn't a dream. She touched her own lips with her fingers remembering that wonderful kiss that they had shared a few hours before and smiled feeling a quiver in her lady parts. For twenty years, she had felt the same quiver just at the thought of a physical contact with him. She didn't ever experience the same feeling with any other man. Many men had failed to make her feel the same way even during sex. Least of all Lucas.

She looked around. The room was silent and House was no longer there. She bit her lip slightly. She already missed the warmth of his body and his arms around her body.

... I'm not sure it's really what you want ... ... he had whispered just before she relaxed in his arms falling asleep on his chest.

It hadn't been only an emotional gesture, it hadn't been just an impulsive act ... she didn't change her mind ... she had never been so sure of anything in her life ... she didn't need words, his gestures were enough ... he was the man she wanted ... he was the man she had always wanted ...

... but a doubt suddenly crept into her mind darkening her eyes ... what if what he meant was... I'm not sure it's really what I want ...

No! She rejected that thought immediately. She had kissed him... yes ... she had been the one starting that kiss ... but he had kissed back ... he hadn't just pandered that kiss ... he had put all of himself into that kiss ... she was sure of that...

But he wasn't there with her anymore...

Again, she dismissed that thought and stood up. She had stayed in bed all day. She leaned against the window, watching at the wonderful view of the city. The sun was setting painting the landscape with warm shades of orange and purple.

She went into the bathroom and decided to take another shower. She relaxed while hot water flowed over her body.

She slid her hand down her body focusing on the point where her abdomen was slightly starting to become round. Imperceptibly ... To a foreign eye her belly could look still flat but her curves had actually started to soften ... She stopped her hand below her navel, where she could see the tiny mark left by the needle and felt a lump in her throat. She kept to feel a weight in her abdomen and she knew that her womb was still contracted after the insult of the previous day. She took a deep breath trying not to think. Just a couple of days and she would have her answer.

She stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in a towel. The more she kept standing the more that nagging feeling of weight grew in her lower abdomen. She began to feel weak. She hadn't eaten anything since morning.

"Hey..."

House opened the bathroom door and met her eyes

"I thought you'd gone into hibernation" he said with a smile

She smiled.

"I was beginning to think that you had been an hallucination ..." she said looking at him through the mirror

"I went to get dinner. There's a fantastic Italian take-away not far from Campus" he said still looking at her "...and I stocked up on DVD ... I wouldn't want to repeat the same experience of this morning"

She turned her head to look straight at him and her eyes suddenly became serious.

"I didn't think you disliked so much the experience of this morning" she said feeling like she can't breath

He smiled slightly moistening his lips with his tongue.

He approached and stood behind her surrounding her body with one arm and then holding her tightly, embracing her with both arms. He bent his head to kiss her neck and felt her relax to his touch.

"Since when are you so insecure...?" He whispered into the crook of her neck kissing then her jaw and cheek and sending another quiver in her lower abdomen. "I meant ... no too emotional movies ... you need to rest and that's not good for you ..."

Oh my God ... she thought. House taking care of her was something she wasn't used to. And he wasn't taking care only of her ...

She stroked his stubble with her hand, turning her head towards him and kissing him lightly on the lips.

"Go back to bed ..." he whispered on her lips

She laughed. "It's the first time I hear you saying these words with this tone" she laughed again.

"Just for a few days." he said with a mischievous look "Then rest will be the last thing you'll do ... in bed!" he said kissing her neck again.

She smiled looking into his eyes. She felt as if they had deleted the previous two months with that one kiss. There were still many things unsaid between them ... and yet ... she didn't care ...

He kept looking at her through the mirror with his arms around her, then he slid his hands a bit lower hesitating a moment before resting them on her lower abdomen. She bit her lip imperceptibly to that feeling. He kissed her neck again stroking her abdomen slightly.

"House ..." she whispered "I really think I need to lie down ..." she said, beginning to feel her head lighter.

He felt her leaning her back to his chest as if she had trouble to stand on her feet.

"Are you feeling dizzy?" he asked. His voice didn't hide his concern

She didn't answer and just nodded her head slightly, her eyes closed.

"The shower was probably too hot ..." he said, making her turn slightly and forcing her to put an arm around his neck.

"I feel faint ..." she whispered as her vision began to blur.

He lifted her in his arms before her knees gave way, and she rested her head on his chest with her arms around his neck. She didn't lose consciousness, but she felt as in a trance. The feeling of protection she felt in that gesture was indescribable.

He laid her down on the bed and sat down next to her.

"Better?" he asked a few minutes later continuing to stroke her arm

She nodded and smiled.

"Thank you ..." she whispered

He smiled in turn.

"Try to move from here again ... and I'll bind you to the bed, Cuddy!" he said bending to kiss her on the lips.

"That way ... it may sound rather exciting ..." she laughed, stroking his stubble

"I make a note to the day after tomorrow, then" he said raising an eyebrow mischievously

She laughed. But it was just a moment ... She looked into his eyes and bit her lip. House saw a shadow darkening her gaze.

"I..."

"What's wrong?" he asked stroking her cheek as a note of fear appeared in his voice

Her eyes suddenly misted ...

"I ... I ..." she swallowed and inspired deeply trying to chase away tears "... I never thought... really... of doing it ..." her voice cracked "I didn't ... I never really thought about... abortion ... "

"I know..." he said looking at her beautiful big eyes fixed on his.

"I ... I wanted to... hurt you ... like you hurt me ..." she closed her eyes and let a tear slip down her cheeks and she opened her eyes looking back at him "... and now...I ..I can't los... "

"Lisa ... don't!" he said in a firm tone but still stroking her arm. He noticed the glint in her eyes at the sound of her first name "... not now ..." He continued to caress her "The last thing you need now is this ... now you just have to relax ..."

...Lisa...

She wasn't sure to remember the last time he had called her by her first name ... She liked his habit of calling her Cuddy... but ... Lisa ... that bare sound was enough to relax.

She looked into his eyes still stroking his stubble and moving her hand behind his neck in order to pull him closer to her

"I love you" she whispered "... I never stopped loving you...not even for a moment ... do you know it, don't you?"

He smiled on her lips.

"I know ... me too ..."

"Anyway, your hormonal changes are terrible" he laughed,kissing her again on the lips before standing up to take the take-away bags.

"You haven't seen anything yet" she laughed as she sit on the bed glancing mischievously at him.

"70 percent of women have a low sexual desire during pregnancy..."he looked at her with the same mischievous look "Are you telling me that you are in the other 30 percent?"

Cuddy answered just raising an eyebrow.

"Your testosterone and progesterone levels should affect adversely your libido, Dr. Cuddy" he teased claiming her gaze

"They should. Conditional." she smiled "Progesterone increases lubrication and blood flow throughout the body ... all my body ... and ..." she smiled again "... I haven't been having sex for two months..."

"O. MY. GOD"! " he shouted looking at her " The two longest days of my life! "

She laughed throwing a pillow toward him that hit his chest.

"And don't dare to take off that towel!" he said, looking at her. She was still wrapped in that towel after the shower.

He threw her one of his shirts and arranged dinner directly on the bed

"You're incredibly sexy even wearing my oversized T-shirt " he said bending to kiss her and sitting down on the bed.

She replied with a smile.

They ate continuing to joke and laugh.

"These ravioli are fantastic" she said taking another forkful to her mouth

"I told you. I often went there when I was at the Campus"

"Did you go there with Jen Altman?" She looked at him straight in the eyes

He wet his lips with his tongue and smiled while continuing to hold her gaze.

"No, I didn't. But you ..." he tapped with his index on Cuddy's chest "It's not if I had dinner with her what you really want to know!" he said raising an eyebrow

She didn't answer and continued to stare at him.

"You ... Lisa Cuddy ... ... you want to know if I . had .sex. with. her." He said slowly enunciating every word.

She stared at him claiming his gaze. "Okay!" She said, shaking her head and failing to hold back a smile "Gregory House, did you have sex with Dr. Jennifer Altman?"

"No" he replied holding back a smile "I didn't have sex with Dr. Altman"

She shook her head and looked at him again.

"Ok. Let me rephrase. Gregory House, did you have sex with Jennifer Altman?"

"Yup"

"I knew it." She said looking him in the eyes "and ... she was still a student ..."

"Just one night" he said still looking at her. She was jealous ... and he liked when she was jealous ...

"Like you and me... in Michigan" she said shaking her head slightly and biting her lip

"Come on ... Cuddy. It's not the same thing ..." he smiled continuing to look at her biting her lip "You can't be jealous of a twenty-years-ago night of sex!"

She didn't answer. No ... not yet her hormonal changes ...

"You have no reason of being jealous! And you know it" he said, still looking at her "And...I'm not the one having erotic dreams about mysterious men. Or about Blue the janitor!" he laughed

"I don't have erotic dreams about mysterious men!" She replied glancing at him with a vaguely annoyed look.

He looked at her quizzically, raising an eyebrow and she shook her head, still looking at him.

"Alright then!" she said "... it was you"

"It wasn't me ..."

"Yes it was YOU ... just ..." she made a brief pause "... It wasn't I the woman you was having sex with!"

He looked at her with a even more questioning gaze before he realized ... "Jen Altman?"

She nodded, biting her lip

"Well, Cuddy! So ... I'm even more endowed than I thought! I can gave you an orgasm even while I have sex with another woman!" He laughed teasing her, before wrapping her shoulders with one arm pulling her closer to him seeking her lips and kissing her deeply and passionately on the mouth leaving to his tongue the task of dispelling her fears. "Have I been convincing?" he whispered breaking away from her mouth and looking into her eyes.

She kept looking at him but didn't answer and House held her gaze unable to decipher it. He couldn't understand if she was about to smile or cry. He caressed her cheek and moved a lock of hair from her forehead.

"I had sex with many women in my life ..." he looked into her eyes "Do you remember that night in Michigan?" She nodded, smiling slightly and biting her lip "I remember every detail of that night with you, Lisa ... that night ... we made love ... and you know it ..."

She smiled and pulled him closer putting a hand behind his head and trapping his lips in another long kiss. She couldn't prevent that her body responded ardently to the contact with his tongue amplifying the quiver in her lower abdomen. And she perfectly remembered that night in Michigan. The desk that was now in her office was the only witness of that night. She remembered the way he had looked at her, she remembered the way he had kissed her, she remembered the feeling she had felt at his caresses ... she remembered the feeling she felt when their bodies had become one and ... she recalled his gaze as their bodies became one ... she had no doubt that that one was not just a night of sex.

She pulled away from his lips and lay down on the bed pulling him on her side so she can rest her head on his chest.

"I didn't think I liked so much the sound of my name on your lips ..." she said staying embraced to him and stroking his chest

"I called you Lisa in Michigan ..." he said, stroking her hair

"Yeah ..." she whispered "... why did you stop?" she asked, continuing to stroke his chest absently

"... because ... you were my boss ... well ... you're still my boss ..." he said as if he was stating the obvious

"But ... I'm not just your boss, House ..." she said raising her head for a moment to meet his gaze briefly before resting it on his chest again.

"... it's the same reason why you call me House ..." he said

"... I always called you House...even in Michigan ... ... no one called you by first name ..."

House stood thoughtfully for a moment and continued to stroke her hair quietly

"Do you want me to call you Lisa?" he asked, stopping the hand that caressed her, waiting for her answer

"No ... ... you can call me as you want..." she said without looking at him and staying with her head on his chest

"All right, my dear"

She slapped him lightly on the chest and let out a laugh.

"No! Ok ... I prefer Cuddy!" she laughed

"Sweetheart?"

"No!" she laughed again "once again ... I prefer Cuddy!" she paused for a moment "it's just that ... it's a strange feeling ..."

"Reassuring ...?"

"Not only ..." she said, still stroking his chest "also ... exciting ..."

He stopped again the hand that was stoking her hair.

"And why are you telling me just now?" he said joking and smiling "I spent more than 10 years trying to excite you, Cuddy ... practically from the first day you hired me ..." he laughed starting to stroke her hair again.

She didn't answer and just smiled, closing her eyes and enjoying that caress.

"Do you want to know something?" he whispered keeping to stroke her.

"Mmmmhhhh ..." she replied as she kept her eyes closed feeling her body relaxing under his fingers

"I didn't think I liked so much the sound of your name on my lips ... Lisa".

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