For the next few days the most House and Cuddy said to each other was just enough for House to be given a patient, and the updates on how that patient was doing once they fell under House's care.

But, that changed when their next session together with Scott came up.

Scott sat there observing them both sitting without speaking. Not that the not speaking was something he wasn't used to, he'd grown accustomed in having to pry them open. But, this time was different. He saw that House was leaning on the left armrest of his chair, while Cuddy was resting on the right armrest; trying to sit as far away from each other as the chairs would allow. He knew he had to ask what happened to cause this.

House skipped his session with Scott that was suppose to be just him, and the last time he saw Cuddy, she was off to see House to talk to him about his take on her adopting talk.

Scott cleared his throat, "how are you both doing?" he started simple, though, didn't expect the answer to be.

"Just peachy."

"Psh, right," Cuddy responded to House's answer while shaking her head.

"Would you like to clue me in, Lisa?" Scott asked.

She looked from Scott, over to House, now sitting straight, with her arms folded over her chest. "Don't you want to tell him about what you did with your team?"

"Not particularly. I'd rather not. And anyway, I only did it because of what you dumped on me the night before!" House now straightened his seating position also.

Scott looked from one to the other wondering if the night he was referring to was the same night he wanted to know about. Cuddy looked at Scott, "he had his team come into my office, instead of himself, to see what kind of mood I was in!" She turned her head to look at House before continuing, "to spy on me!"

Scott looked at House, who looked back at Cuddy, "what did you expect me to do? You come over and tell me that the guy I saw-"

"Oh, right, yeah. I forgot. This is my fault! I drove you to jealousy and so you ran your car into my house!-"

"It wasn't all jealousy! You think that was all it took? I saw you move on with life after breaking up with me like nothing happened! You think that didn't hurt me? I've only loved and cared deeply about two people in my life and you were one of them, Cuddy! I opened up and you tore up my heart and stepped on it! And EVERYDAY I saw you after that..talking to the staff, hell, even talking to Wilson like NOTHING HAPPENED felt like you were doing it all over again!" Scott had to consciously stop from letting his mouth drop open at this revelation that he hadn't even told him when they were alone in a session.

"So I acted out...I married Dominika, which yes, was stupid! But dammit, I wanted to hurt you Cuddy! I was falling apart without you and you didn't even see that!-"

"I was trying to stay away from you because I was your problem!"

"Yeah! Exactly! You breaking up with me was my problem. You wanting to talk to me about it, about my FEELINGS, that was my problem! But, I wanted you! I needed you! So, okay, maybe seeing you with that guy was the tip off. Was what set me off, because I thought you had really gone! I thought there was no way I could EVER have you in my life again, just to be there, and THAT hurt more than anything! So, I did it!"

Cuddy never heard all this from him before. She wanted to hear these feelings from him when she asked him to meet her at lunch that day at work. But, instead all he gave her was he felt hurt. She didn't know he hurt this bad.

Wilson tried to go to her to ask to help him with House, but she couldn't. Now, she wished she had listened. Who knows what that could have avoided. It could have stopped all that happened.

She sighed, knowing it was time to be honest with him too.

"House," she said calmly as he looked back at her trying to regulate his breathing after all his yelling. "I couldn't see you. That's why I was trying to avoid you at work. Talking to Wilson and not you, acting like I wasn't bothered by things you were doing in front of you..because I thought if I let you see those feelings then we would somehow end up back together, and although, I love you, I knew I wasn't ready for it. It took everything in me to show up at your place that night. I must have turned around from being halfway there at least ten times. But, I had to do it. I couldn't just fall back into your arms after breaking up with you. Because I knew, if you took Vicodin and I didn't like it, or, whatever you would have ended up doing that would have gotten me mad to get me to want to do that to you again.." she paused and sighed. "I couldn't put you through that moment..again. I reminded myself over and over how you looked when I walked away every time I wanted to talk to you. I put on an act. For you, for everyone, even myself. I was lying to everyone. That's why I looked like I wasn't hurt."

House looked at his feet after hearing her confession to him. He took it all in, showing no signs of his feelings, or what he was thinking. Cuddy didn't say another word. She watched him as he went into his own mind and closed the door on them.

Scott watched this too, but had a question. "Greg, if you feel so strongly for Lisa, and Lisa, you obviously still feel strongly toward Greg, why then, didn't it work between the two of you in college? I read in Nolan's notes that you two were with each other for a night. Why did nothing materialize back then?"

House shook his head, "damn that Nolan and his notes." Cuddy looked at House, waiting to see what he was going to say. "I told Cuddy this once, but, I was planning on calling the next day."

"Why didn't you?"

"Because I got kicked out of school. Didn't see the point."

"You never thought you'd see her again?" Scott pressed on.

"Of course I thought I'd see her again," he turned to look at her, "at least I always hoped."

"You say that," Cuddy cut in, "but then I found out later that you slept with Christine. So, I just figured I was just another number to you and not-"

"Christine?" House asked, confused. "Your roommate at the time?"

"Yeah. We ran into each other at some hospital function, before I hired you on, she was saying how funny it was that we ended up sleeping with the same guy in college, only, it happened with her after we moved out of our place. I asked her who she was talking about, she said, Greg House."

House's face looked even more confused than when she started in on the story. "I never slept with her."

"So, you're saying that she lied about? Why? She slept with everyone, you had to have slept with her."

He thought about it more while looking at the ceiling, "there was a time I wanted to," he looked back at her and continued, "but it never happened. I went to your place with HER, and it wasn't that long after I met you. You were...in class I think. But, when we got back, I saw a paper sitting on the desk and saw your name in the corner. I asked if you were her roommate and she said yeah. I wanted to know you better and knew that if I slept with her, and if you found out or came back, then it would ruin any chance I had with you. So, I faked some illness, saying I wasn't feeling good and got out of there."

It sounded so sweet, she wanted to believe it. But, she knew Christine's reputation and had her doubts. House examined Cuddy's face, "you don't believe me."

"Well, it's like you say, everybody lies. Why would she lie about that?"

"Why would I lie about it? You think I would say something like that to make me look good?" he took a second and thought that over, "don't answer that one. But, I didn't lie. That is what really happened."

"But, why you? Why did she choose you?" Cuddy asked more in a tone of believing him and now not believing her.

"Was she there and we just not realize it? Did she hear us?" House asked.

"Oh yeah, she lied about it because it was just that good," she said sarcastically.

"It wasn't?"

Cuddy blushed, now thinking about it and saw he smirked at her. She started thinking of all the times she had been jealous of all his hookers he had paraded around, and even felt ashamed about being happy when Stacy broke up with him because she knew what she was experiencing.

"This session has helped make some great progress," Scott announced joyfully of the couple of people he wanted to help so badly but at times, didn't think he could.

"Oh sure, I found out I ran my car through Cuddy's house for no reason, and that we had a chance of being happy a long time ago if her stupid roommate never lied, and I wasn't kicked out, great session, Doc. I agree," House said sarcastically. "We done?"

"We're done."

House and Cuddy said their goodbyes to Scott for the week and walked out together without speaking. Neither of them wanted to ruin the good moments they shared together today so thought it best to not speak. It's not everyday they have good days with each other.

Cuddy lingered in her car before starting it and watched as House got on his motorcycle and rode out of the parking lot, not noticing she was still there. She smiled to herself with relief that what Christine told her years ago was a lie...