Hey Guys, again sorry for the wait. Thanks for reading and reviewing. This is the last chapter of this fic, only an epilogue will be posted. Thanks to everyone! Hope you like this chapter.
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"Maybe the court can take a break…" The judge suggested, getting up from her chair, letting her long black coat fall to the ground.
"No, I want this over with." House replied, protecting Cuddy's emotional state.
"As you wish, will you mind going on the stand now, Dr. House?"
He nodded, kissed Cuddy's cheek and left her in Wilson's hands.
He took a few steps, and faced the judge. He as well, touched the Bible and swore to tell nothing but the truth.
"Please state your name, age and occupation for the record."
"Gregory House, 44, Head of Diagnostics at Plainsboro Teaching Hospital." He answered.
"Will Charlotte Grace, be defending you as well?" The judge asked.
He shook his head.
"I will." Kevin Matthews stood. He was in the back, having just come in the room. He was the one that dropped House off. Behind him was his wife, Ellis. She sat down on the bench in the back. She held his hand as he spoke. She looked at him affectionately, loving that her husband cared so much about people that he would go so far to defend them. Kevin stroked her hand and looked at her. His bright green eyes looked into her clear blue. He let go of her hand and made it up to the first bench.
"State your name and age for the record." He was asked.
"Kevin Matthews, 42."
The judge thanked him and motioned him to sit beside Charlotte, Cuddy's lawyer.
"Dr. House, please state your attachment to Dr. Cuddy." Dan's lawyer asked.
"I met her in medical school and we dated. I fell in love with her." He said.
House glanced at Cuddy who gave him a gentle and sweet smile.
"please state your current your current relationship with her."
"I work for her at the hospital and we currently started dating again."
"How long has it been?" He asked.
"Well I worked for her for twenty years but we've only dated about 4 months…" he told him, not really quite sure.
"Why after all these years?" the lawyer asked.
"Because of the tragic death of our daughter. I hope everyone in this courtroom knows about that, because right after Cuddy was arrested I went down to the station and they had no idea that Cuddy was Lily's mother or anything about this case. They didn't even know that she was thrown threw a window!" he yelled, unable to control his anger.
"Order in the court!" The judge silenced him.
"I have not been informed about that Dr. House and that will be taken into consideration, but please answer the question." Judge Jody asked.
He looked at Cuddy, giving her an apologetic face by mentioning her death.
She nodded, understanding.
"She was arrested at the hospital on the same day that our daughter, Lily was killed. I 'rescued' her from prison…" he started but he was cut off.
"You kidnapped her and took her away while she was under arrest! That is against the law to protect a criminal!" He yelled.
"She's not a criminal! She didn't kill Lily! She loved and cared for her. The only thing that she wanted to do was to protect her and she failed. But, it wasn't her fault! It's Miller's sick mind! He can't get over the fact that Lisa and I are together after 20 years. He still can't let it go! I don't know why we are being questioned! This is absurd! He shot me; he beat Lisa almost to death and almost raping her. Almost raping her twice! He made false accusations against Cuddy. He made Julie Cuddy forge a fake statement. After all of that, we are still being suspected?" House exclaimed in disbelief.
Some of the jury whispered things to each other.
"oh my god! Something tells me, you didn't know the whole story! What is this courthouse?" House said.
Everybody in the court started to talk. First quietly and then it become so loud that no one could hear each other think.
"Silence!" the judge yelled.
House stepped down from the stand and walked over to Dan Miller.
"Dr. House, please return to the stand…"
He refused and pretending that he didn't hear anything.
Dan had a smirk on his face. He thought he was so much better than the whole world, it was pathetic. He thought he was a god, going this far.
"You're a bastard!" he shouted, ready to put his fist right through his head.
"Is this why you asked for a different judge? Is that why Judge Jaiden didn't take over this case? You knew that no one would be aware of this situation. You probably gave Judge Jody a lot of money, didn't you?" House confronted him, knowing that his words were the truth.
He looked down, not because he was ashamed of the situation, just because he felt overpowered by House, once again. He hated that feeling. I had to be in charge of everything, that's why he became a detective, so he could direct his own cases.
House turned to face the judge; he could tell that she felt shame.
"Is this true?" Kevin asked.
The Judge did not respond. She just got up from her chair and spoke.
"This situation has gotten out of hand. This man is a criminal." She turned to Dan Miller.
In that moment, House, Cuddy, Wilson and every single person in that room knew that they had won. Dan miller was going to be charged.
"Dan Miller, you are under arrest. You will be charged with assault, attempted murder, fraud, attempted rapes, false accusations and double hearted murder for the cause of the attempted suicide of Julie Cuddy. You will also be charged with the murder and abuse. You will serve the rest of your miserable life in jail."
It was officially decided with those words. He was under arrest. He will never come House and Cuddy again. He will never have a possibility to ruin their lives.
Dan screamed in defeat. He refused to accept reality. He had such a strong feeling that he was going to won that its like it was his own personal fantasy. He thought that he dream has become what he thought of reality. Reality hurts in so many levels, but he was just not in the right mind. Maybe in that moment with the judges decided, he had realized that life isn't fair. But what didn't come to his mind was that he could have made things differently and changed things around. He could've worked things around. But people just have to find themselves before talking the next step. That's why House is where he is today.
The police took him away. The judge gave a smile to House and went out of the room. House ran to Cuddy, like nothing else mattered in the world. He wrapped his arms around her. He spun her around, making her laugh as he did so. He set her on the ground and planted multiple kisses on her face before placing his lips on her. It was sweet and loveable. Their lips found each other as their tongues made a fiery dance. She blushed by his actions.
They pulled apart.
"I'm sorry…" Cuddy said but was cut off, but House's lips, as they crashed on hers.
She responded to the kiss.
"Don't. I know you didn't want to leave and I know you didn't mean what you said. I didn't mean it either…"
"I know." She said earning another kiss from him.
Lisa Cuddy had never been so much in love in her life but in that moment.
House let go of her and walked to the stand once again. He took her by the hands. With one hand, he dug through his pocket and took out a velvet box. He went down on his knees.
Everyone gasped in the room, including Cuddy.
"Lisa Cuddy, will you marry me?" He said with the biggest smile he had, opening the box as he spoke. He revealed a beautiful sized diamond. It was simply beautiful, but it was simple, it was perfect. Cuddy stood there in awe.
She finally found her voice. "Yes but will you, Greg House, marry the both of us?" She asked him, confessing her pregnancy. She stroked her stomach, giving him a hint.
"You're pregnant!" he exclaimed, happiness filling up inside him.
He was never happier.
"Yes." Was all she needed to hear. House stole a kiss from her, earning applause from the courtroom. Katheryn joined Wilson, sharing their friends' happiness together. Ellis joined Kevin, congratulating him for defending someone else, and winning once again. All three couple kissed their loved ones respectively, showing the true magic of love.
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Okay that was officially the last chapter guys, a very short epilogue will be posted soon. I would like to thank everyone who has stuck with me in this fic, from the beginning. It really means a lot to me. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. And just liking my story! I hope you guys liked this chapter and I'd love to have some reviews and your thoughts!
p.s. I really don't know if that court situation really would've happened in real life but this whole story was based on that trial! I really hope I didn't disappoint any of you readers.
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