Rating for this chapter is 'M' for come fairly mild, Huddy Smut! Well a little steamer than that last one, but still pretty mild.

Chapter 28

That night after everyone left Blythe, and Wilson stayed to help clean up. Cuddy's family had said their goodbyes and went back to spend their last night at the hotel before having to catch their plane in the morning.

Marla had been the last to leave after Nora had effectively pulled one of Rachel's new toys out of her hands and created the 'baby' version of a cat fight. Marla broke up the two now very cranky little ones by picking Nora up and pulling the toy out of her hand, "This is Rachel's, you know better" and handing it back to Rachel. After that she had decided she should get her kids home and had invited Wilson over for coffee after he finished.

There for it was now just the four adults left to clean up. It was already past 8:00 and past bed time for the little ones, but despite the late hour it was clear that both girls were in desperate need of a bath. Each of the adults decided to take a room to work on. Blythe took the dinning room, Wilson the living room, Cuddy the kitchen and House, the bath room with the girls.

House got out some of the new bath toys, towels, washcloths, pajamas, and started running the bath. When the tub was at a nice level with a good amount of bubbles, House got both of the girls ready for the bath and plopped them in the water. He let the girls play a little before he pulled out their shampoo and started washing their hair.

Rachel, who loved playing in the water, clearly hated having her hair washed and started screaming at the top of her lungs. "Daddy, you're doing it wrong, that's not how mommy does it!" Lily almost yelled.

"Gregory, what are you doing to that poor child?" House's mother cut in.

"Trying to wash her hair, but I think I'm getting more water on myself than on her head."

"Oh please, move over let a professional do this"

"You haven't given a kid a bath in over 40 years!"

His mother shot him a dirty look.

"Ok, fine you're the expert, I'm out"

"Don't even think about it mister!"

"But!"

"If you are going to be doing this on a regular basis I'm going to show you how it's done."

"Oh come on mom, Lisa usually does this"

"And when she gets the flue or has to go away for a conference, you're just not going to give them a bath?"

"I… what? No course not! I just figure I'll have more time to figure it out by then."

"Well your going to figure it out now, have a seat!"

House sat down heavily on the closed toilet lid, "Teach a way", and House's mother proceeded to wash Rachel's hair, massaging the shampoo into her small scalp and getting behind her ears then taking her hand she gently tilted her head back and slowly poured water over her head until all the soap was gone.

"There, all done" then she picked up the washcloth and gave Rachel a good once over making sure to get her face and hands extra good then moved on to Lily. When both girls were squeaky clean Blythe turned to her son who had by this time finished one of his crossword puzzles he kept in the bathroom, "Gregory!".

"Yeah"

"You think you can handle it on your own next time?"

"Oh yeah, that one" he pointed to Lily "Will remind me, you can be sure."

"You bet I will daddy, I like the way Grandma washes my hair, she's just as good as mommy"

"Alright, alright, let's get you dried off and get some clothes on you two" House grumbled playfully putting down the puzzle book.

***

Once the girls were properly clad and tucked in, Blythe decided it was time to call a cab and head back to her hotel and Wilson made his way over to Marla's.

House and Cuddy flopped down on the couch together. "What a day!"

"That was a living nightmare"

Cuddy turned to House and looked at him puzzled "Really? I mean, obviously I know you don't like these kinds of things but, you seemed to handle it so well."

"Ehh parts were ok I guess, but, holly shit…"

"Well, thank you for putting on a good show."

"Yeah, well I'll just take it out on you at work"

"As long as I don't have to replace the MRI machine again"

"Well there is one thing I can think of that just might ensure I don't do anything TOO drastic"

"Men"

"What?"

"You go to work early, make a scene in the lobby, come home help set up for a party, attend said party while apparently pretending to enjoy it, give the girl's a bath and you still want sex. I don't know about you but I'm beat"

"Ehh, well my boss let me out of work early, and I kind'a got out of the whole bath thing. Grant you the party was pretty exhausting but you know I'm always up for a little fun" he smiled.

Cuddy rolled her eyes.

"I'll do all the heavy lifting" he said with a smirk, Cuddy looked at him letting her jaw drop.

"You're mouth says 'No, no" but the lovely things in your top say "Oh hell yeah!", and you can't tell me your cold." He smiled.

Cuddy didn't even bother looking; she knew he was right, he was so often so irritatingly right. Cuddy met his gaze, he still had that annoying smirk plastered to his face, he knew she was caving. She had lost; she moved forward and kissed him full on the mouth, no point in fighting a lost battle she thought.

Cuddy pushed House forcefully back on the couch with out breaking the kiss. House pulled away just long enough to give Cuddy one of his wicked grins, "Told you, you wanted it"

"Shut up" she murmured pressing her lips to him once more. She reached her right arm down to snake it up underneath his T-shirt to feel his chest making House groan into her mouth. Cuddy broke their kiss as House started to run his hands up and down the sides of her body then rested them on her ass. "You want to stay here or move our festivities elsewhere?"

Cuddy didn't bother replying, not in words at least, instead she started to tug on Houses shirt working to pull it up over his head. Then she moved to his belt buckle. House watched her with great interest until he felt her unzip his jeans, he couldn't hold out any longer, he reached up and with Cuddy's help freed her from her top then pulled her back down taking her mouth in his once again. House then worked his hands expertly until she was free of her bra, and then pushed her up slightly to move to cuddy's jeans undoing the top button and the zipper. Cuddy pushed his hands away and pulled down her jeans kicking them off on to the floor. House smiled looking at her, "You are one hot MILF"

"Does that make you a DILF?"

"Now that sounds naughty" he grinned.

Cuddy moved her self just enough on the couch so she could pull off the rest of House's clothes, "You are still over dressed" he grinned.

Cuddy looked down to notice she was still wearing her panties.

"So I am"

House pulled down her panties and threw the offending garment as far as possible.

The two of them pressed their bodies together, kissing, moaning, groping, thrusting in time, making love like the first time.

Cuddy sat straddling House, feeling him inside her, moving herself up and down slowly, driving him mad.

"Oh dam it Lisa!" House moaned, and began thrusting harder, meeting her thrust with increased passion.

They continued on kissing, moaning, groping, thrusting in time, until finally calling each other's names in simultaneous ecstasy. Cuddy collapsed on top of House, both panting, hearts racing.

The two of them lay there, letting their breathing and heart rates regulate on their own. When there was a knock at the door. "Who the f*ck is that!" House bellowed.

"Shit, Greg!"

The two of them scrambled apart, House quickly grabbed his boxers and jeans and threw them on then grabbed his cane. As Cuddy threw on House's T-shirt and looked around frantically for her panties.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear yah, I'm coming!" he yelled toward the door.

House flung open the door "Wilson, what the hell?" he yelled at his friend.

"I… I, forgot my keys." He stammered awkwardly taking in his friend's half naked appearance.

"Ok, where did you leave them, I'll get 'em"

"House…"

"I said I'd get them" he growled. Then turning around he threw Cuddy a look that was half annoyance and half amusement. Cuddy had grabbed a throw blanket and balled herself up on the couch, just incase Wilson decided to come in, and was relieved when House had told him to stay out.

House had walked away leaving the door open just a crack, just enough for Wilson to peek in a little. Wilson scanned what little of the interior of the house he could see and just about let out a yell when his eyes fell on the tinny balled up garment laying on the hardwood floor, Cuddy's lost panties.

A minuet later House came limping back towards the door, his eye caught Wilson's which by the way looked like they were going to fall out of his skull. House followed his gaze until he found the object of his attention. Smiling, House took the tip of his cane and flicked the panties in the air catching them in his hand and shoving them in his pocket. Then he gave Cuddy a wink before proceeding toward the door.

"You see a ghost Wilson?"

Wilson shook his head forcing him self back to reality, "I, humm no, look, sorry if I…"

"Interrupted… no, just finished, she's…"

"AHHH, no, no, no, I do not want to hear this, thank you for getting my keys, see you at work" Wilson yelped putting his hands up and backing away.

House smiled wickedly at his friend just before he shut the door on him. Then house turned around and walked back toward Cuddy on the couch. "Still not boring" he smirked.

"That was close"

"That was funny"

"Maybe for you!"

"Really, now, you're going to argue with me again after your last loss?"

Cuddy looked up at him and smiled, "That's what makes US so much fun" she winked.

***

The next day at work House and Cuddy went in together again, and agreed to meet for lunch. When Cuddy reached her office her assistant stopped her, "Dr. Cuddy, the board wants to met with you this morning."

"Figured they would. Thank you Lara."

A half hour later Cuddy was sitting at her normal seat at the font of the conference table staring down the members of the board.

"Dr. Cuddy, I presume you know why we asked you here today" a stiff looking man spoke up.

"I presumed it has to do with the fact I'm engaged to marry Dr. House."

"More to the point your blatant display in the hospital lobby yesterday with Dr. House that had your employees buzzing all day"

"Our blatant display? We kissed, that is nothing out of the ordinary for any of the couples in this hospital, in this room even! Dr. Montgomery, how many times have I seen you kiss your wife before going opposite ways for the day?"

"Dr. Cuddy, our concern is primarily how your, relationship, will effect the hospital. Dr. House is a loose cannon with addictive tendencies. Dr. Cuddy, you not only have a professional responsibility to this hospital but I presume to your family as well, you have two adoptive daughters if I'm not mistaken yes?"

"How long have I been dating Dr. House?"

Everyone at the table looked around at each other. "I have to question how this is relevant"

"Before we made our announcement, how many of you knew?"

Again silence.

"Precisely, in fact only one person at this hospital knew out side of the two of us. And as for Dr. House's "addictive tendencies" yes, House has had problems in the past. A lot of problems, many of which have made you ask me on a number of occasions why I put up with him for all theses years…"

"Witch brings us to the preferential treatment that you have clearly been showing him"

Cuddy bent her head down then gave the table an annoyed smile, "Dr. House is this hospital's biggest asset, whether you like it or not. And if you let me finish what I had started to say before I was so rudely interrupted. Dr. House has had a great big laundry list of problems in the past, but he got help, he is no longer taking opiates, in fact he has been clean and sober for several months now."

"Of course you would defend him!"

"Let me ask you this, despite the fact House is the biggest ass to have walked the planet, if you were to come down with some rare condition no one could diagnose, who would you want treating you?"

The table shared glances again "Dr. House is one of the best in his field…"

"No, he is the best, the only reason he hasn't been officially identified as such is because his bedside manor is nonexistent!"

"Fine, Dr. House is a valuable asset, and apparently he is clean and sober, and he is still an ass"

"Your point?"

"If he is clean and sober then how come he hasn't straitened up his act? He still goes around insulting hospital staff. Just last week I caught him trying to break into Dr. Wilson's office, and he told one of the nurses that it would "take more than a wonder bra and the ability to hand him a chart to impress him" what is your excuse for that kind of behavior?"

"House is House, and what you have mentioned is House on his best behavior. Dr. Wilson is House's best friend it's not unusual to find him in his office. And whether you believe it or not, House is now, with the exception that he still needs pain killers and a cane, actually pretty much back to where he was before the infarction."

"And you know this for a fact?"

"Yes, I do, not that it is any of your business but I've known House for over twenty years. Yes, he has always been an ass, yes, I do love him, and no that does not, and has not ever gotten him preferential treatment beyond that deserving of some one I have known for such a length of time." She finished.

The board exchanged looks yet again and someone handed the tight ass doing all the talking a piece of paper.

"Dr. Cuddy could you please excuse us while we discuss what has transpired here"

"Be my guest" Cuddy huffed.

"Some one will ask you to come in once we have finished"

Cuddy walked out into the hall and sat down on a bench. Then looking up she noticed House standing in front of her "How's it going?"

"As well as can be expected, I really don't think their going to do anything but its still nerve racking"

"Throwing my addictions, out burst and charming disposition at you are they?"

"Nothing I've never encountered before, except now they are worried that I'm giving you preferential treatment."

"They haven't seen my clinic duty requirement roster then have they?"

"Oh yeah, like you ever actually spend that time in the clinic"

"No, but I have been fulfilling my hours"

"Only because you now have the option to complete them by playing games"

"Yeah that is a perk"

The door to the conference room opened and one of the board members poked her head out "Dr. Cuddy, we are ready for you now"

House and Cuddy exchanged glances but no words, they weren't needed now.

"Dr. Cuddy, we have discussed your situation as well as considered your arguments. You have always served this hospital and its interest with the upmost efficacy. Despite the questionable nature of your relationship with Dr. House there are no stipulations saying that you can not have a relationship with an employee, although it is discouraged. Seeing as House seems to be something of a hopeless case and apparently you are the only one who can handle him, we have decided to let it go for now. Essentially if you or Dr. House prove otherwise, then we will have to take disciplinary action. What this boils down to is this, if you can keep your relationship within the hospital walls a professional one and Dr. House's "antics" do not exceed beyond those in the past all will be well."

"Thank you, I assure you that will not be a problem."

A few hand shakes and cordial congratulations later Cuddy and the board filed out of the conference room.

"So?"

"So, as long as you don't blow up the hospital I think we should be just fine"

"Dam, there go my holiday plans" he grinned.