Chapter 25 - Routine
Cuddy opened her eyes and looked around. She was in House's bed, in his apartment, but he wasn't there. She thought back to their fight of the day before and to how they had made peace ... She smiled. Never go to bed without having made peace ... it was one of her rules.
She looked at her clock. 8.30 a.m. Perfect! She thought. She ran a hand over her face. She had a meeting at 9 a.m..
She heard the front door opening.
"Good morning" House said after a few moments appearing on the bedroom door
She smiled.
"I know you'll kill me, Dr. Cuddy!" he said looking into her eyes "... But I called your assistant. I rescheduled your meeting at 11.30 a.m. And you're not leaving this room without an adequate breakfast." He added, resting on the bedside the breakfast bag.
She looked into his eyes ... and strangely ... she smiled!
"What was that?" he asked approaching her and sitting down on the bed near her
She smiled again and pulled him into a long kiss.
"We have to argue more often!" he said with a smile breaking away from her lips
"Only if you then bring me breakfast in bed" she said
"I have to make amends..." he replied
"It's a start ... but you have to work on it..." she said pulling him into another shorter kiss
"I didn't have such a breakfast in months, maybe years ... House" she laughed "And I need to remind you that my jeans already don't fit anymore..." she laughed again
"You look beautiful" he said stroking her belly, now visible when she was naked.
"I don't look beautiful. I look fat" she said
"You don't look fat. You look pregnant" he pointed out "and you're literally beautiful!"
She looked at him.
"It's not what nurses think in hospital..."
"Because they don't know you're pregnant! And you better don't know what instead your male employees think about when they look at you!" he said with a extremely mischievous look "... and even some woman employee, to tell the truth!"
She laughed and hit him on his arm.
"You should stop trying to hide it. In a couple of weeks you cannot hide it anyway" he looked at her as she weighed his words "Or did you think you could give birth without none noticing it, Cuddy?"
She laughed. He touched her belly again, leaning on her.
"I am very proud that I was the only one to be able to do this ..." he said, laughing with the same mischievous eyes and kissing her on the mouth
"You didn't think in this way last night ..." she said looking into his eyes but smiling
"Last night ... I was an idiot ..." he said staring at her and kissing her again
"... But ... I like that you're jealous" she said on his lips and meeting his gaze "... but maybe without calling me a whore ..." she said touching his lips again and looking for his tongue. She kept to wonder how that contact could send her every time a shiver down her spine. And so do him.
"What's that look?" He asked at one inch from her mouth with a raised eyebrow
"What look?" she asked, raising an eyebrow in turn and moistening her lips with her tongue
"I know that look ..." he said still staring at her
"My meeting is in more than two hours ... and I satisfied two of my three basic needs. I slept. I ate. So ... I need the third"
"My boss wants me to be in hospital at 9 o' clock. On time." he said, looking into her eyes and holding back a smile
She wrapped his neck with her arms.
"Well ... you should never go against your boss' will ..." she replied on his lips "... never ..." she repeated looking for his tongue with hers.
She pulled away from his mouth and looked at him.
She was already naked after the previous night. He was fully dressed.
"Take off your pants ..." she whispered on his lips.
He stood up and took off his shirt and pants leaving them fall to the floor.
She knelt on the bed and looked at him, embracing his waist with her arms and kissing his chest while he stood in front of her. He leaned down to kiss her and he didn't miss the lightning in her eyes.
"YOU called me a whore" she said, looking straight into his eyes "I can be it, more than you think!" she said without lowering her eyes from his as she took his erection in her hand and stroked it before bending over him and suddenly taking him in her mouth.
A hoarse "Fuck..." escaped his mouth to that unexpected strong sensation while he clutched her hair favoring the movements of her head. Her mouth and tongue pushed him quickly near his apex.
"Lisa ... stop ..." he moaned feeling near to his release
She ignored him and didn't slow her pace.
He couldn't restrain himself anymore, coming into her mouth with a deep groan and leaning his head back as he clutched her hair tighter in his hands.
It wasn't certainly the first time ... but it was the first time in this way ...
He looked for her mouth and kissed her passionately.
"Do I have to leave you $ 200 on the bedside?" he asked with a smile
"I'm going to deduct them from your paycheck ..." she said laughing
"Not if I pay you back ..." he replied pushing her on the bed, leaning over her to kiss her neck
"Excuse me" Cuddy said entering the differential room and looking at House "Do you have a minute?"
House looked at her and nodded his head moving back to his office.
"I just came by to tell you that I have another meeting with Philip in less than half an hour..." she said looking into his eyes "... I promise not to pass out on him" she added with the hint of a smile
"I'm not going to give you another telling off...if this is the reason you're here" he said putting an arm around her waist
She smiled. "Pick me up ... Come over to my place?" she asked, stroking his stubble
"I promised Wilson to go out with him tonight, remember?" He said, kissing her lightly on the lips
"Um ... I completely forgave it..." she said
He watched her as she bit her lip.
"I'll just drink a beer with him. I can come over to your place later, okay?"
She nodded and kissed him lightly on the lips again whispering an "Ok"
He knocked on Cuddy's office door and opened it.
Cuddy was on the phone and rubbed her temple. She smiled and made a gesture with her hand as she sat on her coach.
He watched her as she discussed on the phone.
"I don't care. I told 'by this evening'." she said into the receiver "I need that report by tomorrow!" she said firmly "No ... I cannot put off the meeting with the head of the Insurance Company" she said, rubbing her neck "No!" she said, still slightly raising her voice "I'm going home. You've had a week's time. Do it tonight. I really don't care. I want that report on my desk tomorrow morning." She closed her eyes. "Okay. See you" she said, turning off the call.
House continued to look at her.
"Sorry..." she said, looking at him and smiling slightly standing up and approaching him.
House stood up on his feet in turn and put his hands on her hips.
"Why did you knock?" she asked, raising an eyebrow "You never knock..." she said, looking straight into his eyes and putting her arms around his neck
"Just in case you have to hide your lover" he said smiling.
"Sure" she replied with a nod of the head and kissing him lightly on the lips
"I'm going out with Wilson" he said looking into her eyes and rubbing her shoulders "Are you tired?"
"No" she smiled "... I'm tense ..." she said "... if that idiot of statistics office doesn't give me his report by tomorrow morning, I'll kill him with my bare hands!"
"I promise you a better massage than this when I get back, okay?" he said, smiling and kissing her again on the lips
House entered her room trying not to wake her. It was much more late than he expected.
He laid under the sheets and put an arm around her waist inhaling the scent of her hair.
He liked this new routine among them. He never thought he would have liked the feeling of having a family. He liked to fall asleep near her. He liked to wake up with her near to him. He liked to watch her sleeping. He wouldn't have admitted it ... but he liked also to put Rachel in bed, to tell her a bedtime story and make funny voices to make her laugh.
He came closer to her and stroked her belly. He didn't know why that gesture was so spontaneous. He did it almost unconsciously whenever he was near her. A part of him still thought that the one in her womb was just a fetus. But a part of him doesn't. A part of him loved her as much as he loved her mother.
She moved slightly and put her hand on his feeling the warmth of his body before sinking back into sleep. He smiled and kissed her hair before letting himself go to sleep too.
He reached out feeling the empty bed next to him. He looked at the bedside clock. 6.05 am.
He heard the water running in the bathroom. She was taking a shower.
...
An arm wrapped her shoulders ... and she smiled.
"Do you get up for your yoga?" he asked, kissing the side of her neck
She smiled and turned to look at him, putting her arms around his neck.
"It relaxes me..." she said, kissing him lightly on the lips "... I missed you last night ..." she added, kissing him again
"I missed you too ..." he said on her lips "Wilson ... is not as sexy as you..." he said, laughing and kissing her again, this time looking for her tongue
"God ... you are incredibly sexy" she whispered on his lips caressing the muscles of his chest and arms
He smiled and stroked her hips, moving then his hands on her ass.
"I love the feeling of your wet skin..." she said again on his mouth kissing then his neck and chest
"I love when you're so wet" he said, putting his hand between her legs and making her smile as a moan escaped her lips.
He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and leaned her back against the shower wall, massaging her between her legs with increasing intensity. Hearing her moaning intensified his arousal and his desire to be inside her. He continued to arouse her with his hand until he felt her trembling and moaning against his neck looking for his mouth.
He lifted her leg and entered her while her body was still trembling because of her orgasm contractions, intensifying that feeling. That posture was uncomfortable for both of them, but neither of them took any notice at it as they got lost in pleasure. House was already so aroused by the sight of her pleasure that a few thrusts were enough for him to come inside of her. They kept to kiss and stroke each other, savoring the feeling of their wet bodies.
"God, I love you so much..." he whispered on her lips
"And I love you" she whispered on his wrapping her arms tighter around his neck.
They came out of the shower and House wrapped a towel around his hips before taking a biggest towel and wrapping it around Cuddy's body, still embracing her and stroking her back. He bent down to kiss her lips again.
"I love your mouth ..." he said, stroking her lips with his
She smiled.
"And I really have to thank your yoga for your flexibility, Cuddy" she said, laughing on her lips
"I won't be so flexible much longer..." she said, touching her belly through the towel "... and nor even very sexy ..."
"Are you kidding me, aren't you?" he said, kissing her again "You will be incredibly sexy even when your belly will prevent you from seeing your lady parts" he laughed "... but... it won't be a big problem until I can see them ..." he said, laughing and trapping her lips in another kiss.
He looked at her as she made breakfast ... for the three of them.
He looked at Rachel as she ate her cereal toying with her spoon. Cuddy smiled at him as she drank her orange juice in silence sitting at the other side of the table.
No. He never thought he would have liked that routine. He never thought he would have liked the feeling of having a family. But he liked it.