Chapter 28
A half an hour later, House and Cuddy were standing outside of Ruth's and Bill's home. The two of them having exchanged a smile as Cuddy reached for the doorknob, but before Cuddy could even twist the knob, House suddenly pulled her back towards him, wrapping his arms around her waist as his eyes locked onto her own.
Cuddy looked up at him with a puzzled expression.
"Not just yet." He whispered down to her before lowering his lips onto hers and planting a slow, passionate kiss, sprinkled with the embers of their desire onto her lips.
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As her heart ached with worry, Ruth opened up the front door of her home after seeing the maroon Acura pull up into the driveway from the bay window. Anxious to see her daughter and hoping that Lisa was ok after her run in with Jack Hall today.
"Lisa?" Ruth questioned with shock a moment later, not sure at first of what to make of her daughter and son-in-law kissing each other passionately on her front porch, especially not after House had just called her a little over an hour or so ago, telling her about the severe headache Lisa had suffered following the encounter with Jack.
At hearing her Mother's voice, Cuddy lowered herself down from her tiptoes and away from House's lips, turning slightly as House kept his right arm wrapped around her waist.
Looking over at both of them now, Ruth felt her heart leap inside of her chest. The smiles on both of their faces as House held onto her daughter, telling Ruth all she needed to know.
"Oh my god! Lisa… you…you remember? Don't you?" Ruth questioned in a shocked whisper while placing her hand over her heart.
"Yes, Mom…I do." Cuddy replied with a soft voice and wide smile before leaving her husband's side and moving into her Mother's embrace.
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"Nana, are they here yet?" Jessica questioned in an anxious voice. Walking into the living room from inside of the kitchen, where she had been doing her homework.
Looking over at the open door, Jessica watched as her Grandmother came back into the house with a smile on her face.
"Yes honey, they're here." Ruth replied back to her granddaughter, stepping inside of the living room where she was soon followed by Cuddy and House.
Seeing her parents standing before her now, Jessica furrowed her brow in confusion. Not sure of what to make of the their happy faces that were now staring back at her.
This doesn't make sense, Jessica thought while starting to chew on her bottom lip.
She knew her Mom had suffered another headache because that was the first thing her Grandmother had told her when she came to her school to pick her up from school today. Which is why it made absolutely no sense to her now that her Mom, Dad and….for that matter her Nana, would all be smiling over at her as if nothing was wrong at all.
"Mom, are you ok?" Jessica questioned, taking a step closer to her as she felt a shiver of worry pass trough her because of the odd scene her mind was unable to wrap its arms around.
"I'm better than ok baby." Cuddy answered with a soft smile while taking a step toward her daughter.
"Jessica, I got my memory back today." Cuddy then explained with a gentle voice and loving expression upon her face.
Jessica looked up at her mother in shock , dumfounded for a moment.
"You…you really remember?" The girl asked in a voice that trembled as a sudden batch of tears welled up in her eyes.
"Yes honey, I do." Cuddy assured her daughter with a comforting smile, placing her hand on Jessica's shoulder and gasping a second later as her daughter immediately wrapped her arms around her.
"Oh, Mom… I thought we lost you! I love you so much!" Jessica exclaimed with a vein of utter relief running deep within her voice as the tears began falling from her eyes. Her arms holding tightly onto Cuddy's waist as her cheek pressed against her mother's chest.
"Everything's ok now baby. It's ok Jess." Cuddy cooed softly down to her daughter, stroking her long, dark hair before planting a kiss on the crown of Jessica's head and placing another kiss on the girl's cheek as her daughter looked up at her with a heartwreching smile.
From beside them Ruth placed her arm around House's waist as she felt the happy tears rising up into her own eyes.
The contact of course caused a scowl to immediately form on House's face.
"Listen Ruth, if you think you're going to pull me into some kind of group hug, you're even more senile than I thought you were." House informed his mother-in-low in no uncertain terms.
"Just shut up Dad and get over here." Jessica whispered over to him as she reached out and pulled him closer to where her and her mother were standing, resulting in Ruth being pulled into the "group hug" as well.
House let out a deep sigh and shook his head before placing a kiss on Jessica's forehead, while cupping the side of her face.
"Only for you kid." He told her with a small smirk before lowering his hand down and out of sight from his daughter and his wife as he then proceeded to give Ruth's backside a hardy squeeze.
With wide chestnut eyes, Ruth choked back the yelp wanting to rise up from inside of her throat. Those same eyes glaring up at House as he looked down at her with a wide grin.
"Hey? Why didn't you guys come and get us and why is everyone hugging each other?" Ryan asked as he entered into the living room with Bill as the both of them had been out in the garage where Bill had been helping Ryan construct a birdhouse that he was going to give to his Mother as a gift for her birthday…which was only a few weeks away.
At hearing the boy's question they all turned to face him, releasing one another from their embraces.
"Ryan! Mom's got her memory back!" Jessica blurted out to her brother with excitement just as a few more happy tears ran down her face.
Ryan held his breath, swallowing hard and finding himself frozen in place as his grey eyes looked up at his Mother and his heart beat loudly inside of his head.
"Jessica's not playing a trick on me…. is she Mom?" The boy asked with an ache in his tone, too stunned to think straight at the moment as his heart was now currently hanging by a string.
"Jess is telling you the truth honey. I remember everything Ryan...including how amazing it was to feel you and Jess growing inside of my belly and how much the both of you love for me to tell you stories about when the two of you were my sweet, little babies." Cuddy said to her son in a soft voice, taking a few steps towards him before lowering herself down onto her knees.
With his bottom lip trembling, Ryan practically jumped into his Mother's arms, wrapping his arms tightly around her neck.
"I just knew you'd come back to us Mom!" The boy whispered with his eyes looking up at his Dad and his Sister, seeing the love they had for him displayed on their faces as he kissed his mother's cheek.
"I just knew it." The body repeated, as he pulled away slightly, looking up at Cuddy with a crooked smile as his heart leap for joy inside of his small chest along with the innocence that had remained there as well in spite of the sorrow that had tried to snuff it out.
"Welcome home Lisa." Bill then said softly from above them both as he placed his hand on Ryan's shoulder while silently thanking God for brining one of the most precious people in the world to him back to the family that had missed her so very much.
TBC…..
Well peeps, we're nearing the end of this story. I'd say if I had to make a guess, there should be one or two chapter after this one. Also I'll be MIA for a little bit b/c of the holiday but should get a another chapter up some time next week. Thanks to all my loyal readers and I'll be back with you guys soon!
