Stayin Alive

Cuddy kneeled down on the floor next to John. John was lying on the floor wheezing. Cuddy could tell that he was having a hard time breathing. Cuddy could tell by the way that John looked and was acting that he was having an allergic reaction to something. Cuddy knew she would have to work fast because John's lips had already started to turn blue.

"Mr. House, have you had an allergic reaction before?" Cuddy asked, trying to get him to focus on her. "Do you have EpiPens?" John nodded his head the best he could and pointed at the cabinet above the kitchen sink. Cuddy got up and ran to the sink. Cuddy pulled out the medical kit and then pulled out an EpiPen.

Cuddy ran over to John and noticed that he had stopped moving. Cuddy jammed the EpiPen into John's thigh to get the medicine into his system. Cuddy felt for John's pulse and could feel it getting weaker and weaker.

"Don't die on me," Cuddy said as she started to perform CPR. Cuddy alternated a couple times of pushing on John's chest and giving him mouth-to-mouth. The medicine finally started to work and John started to cough.

"Mr. House?" Cuddy said. John opened his eyes and looked at Cuddy. "Try to calm your breathing," Cuddy said to him. John's breathing stabled after a couple of minutes.

"Let's get you sitting up," Cuddy said to John as she helped him sit up. John leaned against the counter and rubbed his thigh were Cuddy had given him his shot.

"I must have gotten stung and not noticed," John said.

"You're allergic to bees?" Cuddy asked.

"And wasps," John said. Cuddy picked up John's arms to look for a sting mark. When Cuddy didn't find one on his arms, she looked over his neck. Sure enough, Cuddy found where a bee had stung him on the back of his neck. Cuddy pulled the stinger out.

"I'll get you some ice," Cuddy said. Cuddy got up and got an ice pack out of the freezer. Cuddy then grabbed a dishtowel and wrapped the ice pack in it. Cuddy kneeled down back next to John and put the ice pack on his neck.

"Thank you," John said.

"See?" Cuddy said. "I'm not all that bad."

"I have nothing against you," John said. "I just don't understand why you are with Greg."

"Because I love him," Cuddy said.

"That is not a very smart reason," John said.

"Fine," Cuddy said. "Because he loves me." Just then, Natalie came into the kitchen and saw Cuddy holding an ice pack to John's neck.

"Did you judo-chop him?" Natalie asked.

"No," Cuddy said. "Go get Mrs. House." Blythe and House soon made their way into the kitchen with Natalie and Wilson.

"What happened?" Blythe asked as she ran to John.

"He had an allergic reaction," Cuddy said.

"I'm fine," John said. "I just need to rest." House and Cuddy helped John get to his feet. Blythe helped John walk to their bedroom.

"You had to use an Epipen?" Wilson said. "It must have been pretty bad."

"He stopped breathing for awhile," Cuddy said. "I had to perform CPR to save him."

"I am breaking up with you Cuddy," House said.

"Because I saved your father's life?" Cuddy asked.

"No," House said. "It is because your lips have touched my father's."

"I will make sure that I use extra Listerine tonight," Cuddy said.

"You will have to do more than that," House said. "I think you need to go swimming in a pool of Listerine. After that, you need to have a lip transplant."

"It's not that bad," Cuddy said. "I actually kind of enjoyed it."

"Aaah!" House said as Cuddy had smile on her face. "Now I need Listerine for my mind!"

"I am on a roll at freaking him out today," Cuddy said.

"I don't think that I will ever be the same," House said.

"At least now John should be nicer to you," Wilson said.

"He is not going to be nicer just because she saved his life," House said.

"I meant because she kissed him," Wilson said with a smile.

"You guys are mean," House said.

"Yep," Natalie said. "Since Mr. House isn't dead, let's get back to the fun in the backyard." Natalie and Wilson headed to the backyard.

"Are you already?" Cuddy asked House.

"Yes," House said. "I will just have to deal with knowing that you gave my father mouth-to-mouth."

"I meant are you okay because your dad almost died," Cuddy said.

"I know he is okay, so I'm fine," House said.

"Okay," Cuddy said. Cuddy knew she didn't really want to push the issue with House. "I am going to run to the bathroom."

"To Listerine up?" House asked.

"I meant to pee, but that too," Cuddy said.

"Have fun with both of those," House said. "I am going to go get even with Wilson for his kissing comment."

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