Just Drive
'Just drive,' she said desperately, need in her eyes. 'Okay,' he whispered, taking her hand and squeezing it gently
Sorry for the long delay, but life got in the way, like it does.
We're getting closer to the end, but if I get enough reviews, I may be able to draw it out :D That's a hint by the way ;)
House and Cuddy arrived back at the hotel in time for dinner, after making an excursion via an arcade, where Cuddy proved to House than women can kick men's asses at shooting games for hours and hours.
The two of them feeling exhausted, they sluggishly made their way up to their hotel room and fell onto the bed, adjusting themselves once they were down so that they were cuddled together.
'Shooting zombies is really tiring,' stated Cuddy whilst yawning, making her voice slightly distorted.
'Yup, especially when we did that and other arcade stuff for 4 whole hours,' said House, yawning once he had finished speaking. 'You wanna go down and eat?'
'Nope,' said Cuddy bluntly. 'Too much effort required, can we just get room service?'
'Sure,' said House. 'I was gonna argue when you 'in theory' would say yes to going downstairs, but that works too. What are you having?'
'Meh,' replied Cuddy. 'I guess I'll have some barbecue chicken and fries.'
'Sounds good,' said House. 'Didn't think you ate meat...'
'Ah well, I want barbecue chicken, so stuff vegetarianism,' said Cuddy. 'It was a weight thing not an ethical or taste thing.'
'As if you need to lose weight, you're beautiful as you are,' said House.
'Ahhh honey,' said Cuddy in gratitude. 'I would lean up to kiss you, but there's that whole effort thing.'
'No worries,' said House. 'What're you drinking?'
'Uhhh soda I guess,' she replied.
He reached for the phone and dialled the reception.
'Hey, this is room 456, can we get some room service? Uhhh, 2 orders of barbecue chicken with fries and 2 sodas. Uhh, whenever they're ready, no rush,' said House intermittently.
'No rush?' asked Cuddy lazily. 'I'm hungry.'
'Chill out Cuddy,' he said slowly.
'Fine,' she said, cuddling closer into him.
15 minutes passed and then there was a knock on the door.
'Room service,' called the voice behind the door.
'Come in,' said House, not even moving a muscle.
The waiter came in pushing a little trolley with their food on.
'Thanks,' said Cuddy, giving the guy a tip. 'Just leave it there.'
The waiter left quickly. House and Cuddy still hadn't moved from their original position on the bed.
'We should get up and eat,' said Cuddy lazily.
'Yup,' said House, still not moving.
'House, we really should,' said Cuddy sternly, back to administrator mode.
'I don't see you moving,' said House.
Stretching out whilst laying down then sitting up, Cuddy stared down at House, who was still lying motionless on the bed, his hands behind his head.
'Come on House,' she said. 'It's really odd of you to turn down food.'
'I'm not turning it down,' said House. 'I just can't be asked to get up.'
'Fine, I'll just sit here and eat,' said Cuddy, attempting to tease him into compliance.
After several 'mmms' and 'ahhhs', House sat up rapidly, pulling the plate of food towards him and munching on it ravenously.
'Oh God that's good,' said House, his voice sounding completely satisfied.
'Why did you wait so long?' she asked.
'Exercising my self control,' he replied in a blasé tone.
'Why would you need to do that?' she asked.
'Because I haven't taken Vicodin at all since we kissed on that boat on the river in DC,' he stated.
'Oh my God!' she exclaimed. 'I never noticed.'
'It's okay, I'd gone through the Detox back in New Jersey, Wilson helped me out. But I'd faltered a little, starting taking the pills again, although a lot less than before. But after the kiss, I didn't feel the pain anymore, like you were replacing my pain relief,' he said softly.
'Greg, that's great!' exclaimed Cuddy, pulling him to her in a warm and comforting embrace.
'I never thought I could go completely without before,' he replied softly.
'Well you did,' she replied. 'And I'm so proud of you.'
She leant in and gave him a chaste kiss, full of promise. As it progressed into more, the phone rang.
Huffing in frustration, Cuddy picked up the phone after looking at the caller ID.
'Ellis, you have the worst timing,' she said.
'Don't I always?' was the reply from her childhood friend.
'Anyway, what do you want? Speak quickly,' she said rapidly.
'Just wanted to tell you that Kevin and I are gonna have another baby!'
'Jesus Christ El!' exclaimed Cuddy. 'This is your 5th kid now right? Getting a bit greedy aren't you?'
'Ah, what can I say?' replied Ellis. 'I love kids too much. Oh by the way, Erin, Isla, Tristan and Asher say hi, as well as Kevin.'
'Awww say I said hi too. You hoping for a boy or girl this time?'
'Girl,' said Ellis confidently. 'Tristan and Asher were right pains in the ass when they were younger. We've got names too. If it's a girl, Aurora and if it's a boy, Joseph Paul, JP for short.'
'You've been overthinking this right?' asked Cuddy. 'You're what, less than 12 weeks gone and you've decided names?'
'Yup, anyway, I'm gonna have to love you and leave you, off to announce to my parents and Kevin's,' replied Ellis sheepishly.
'Nice,' said Cuddy. 'I gather they thought you'd stopped at Erin?'
'Yup,' replied Ellis. 'Bye then.'
'See you,' replied Cuddy, putting the phone down.
'Another pregnancy in my little friend group,' said Cuddy exasperatedly. 'Ellis this time.'
'Aha, this must be fate,' said House. 'First Brittney, now Ellis, you could be next!'
'As I keep repeating over and over again, I'm trying not to get my hopes up, and you shouldn't either. My history in these situations is not at all desirable,' repeated Cuddy emotionally.
'Aww Lise,' he said, pulling her to him and holding her close. 'We'll get there, I promise. Even if its not now, we'll get there someday.'
'I wish I could believe it,' replied Cuddy, sniffing.
'Believe it,' said House, desperately searching for a way to sooth her.
Thinking of an idea, he began to sing:
When you're close to tears remember And at 'Cause we are gonna be forever you and me Don't you think it's time you started And at 'Cause we are gonna be forever you and me High, high, high, high.(x2) And at 'Cause we are gonna be forever you and me
Some day it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get so high
And though it's darker than December
What's ahead is a different colour
One day we're gonna get so high
The end of the day
remember the days
When we were close to the edge
And we'll wonder how we made it through the night
The end of the day
remember the way
We stayed so close till the end
We'll remember it was me and you
You will always keep me flying high in the sky of love
Doing what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get so high
'Cause even the impossible
is easy when we got each other
One day 'we're gonna get so high
The end of the day
remember the days
when we were close to the edge
And we'll wonder how we made it through the night
The end of the day
remember the way
We stayed so close to till the end
We'll remember it was me and you.
You will always keep me flying high in the sky of love (x2)
The end of the day
remember the days
when we were close to the edge
And we'll wonder how we made it through the night
The end of the day
remember the way
We stayed so close to till the end
We'll remember it was me and you.
You will always keep me flying high in the sky of love (x3)
'Thank you,' said Cuddy softly, hugging him closer.
'You're welcome sweetie,' he said. 'Keep your chin up, we'll get there.'
'I wanna go to sleep, hold me?' asked Cuddy with the vulnerability of a child, her voice full of innocence.
'You never need to ask,' replied House, lying down and pulling her close to him.