Heey! Apologize for the delay, guys. Here we go again.

36. Rose.

House put his keys onto the little table in the hall and sighed contently. He was home.

''Someone sent you these,'' he said, leaning on the bathroom's door frame.

She closed the washing machine and turned around to see what he was holding.

''Oh.''

He shrugged, handed her the flowers.

''Get well soon. Kisses for you and the baby. Lucia,'' she read on the card that came with it.

''Who's that?''

''A friend of mine.''

''She's lesbian?''

''She's nice.''

'Doesn't mean she can't be gay,'' he stubbornly said.

She thoughtfully caressed her belly, decided she wouldn't enter his game and approached him. ''You hungry?'' she asked, kissing him lightly before walking past him.

That night, she found a single rose on her nightstand.