A short chapter…but I hope a good one none the less for you guys. The story is going to be winding down now. I'm thinking with maybe 2-3 chapters left, but of course don't hold me to that haha. Anyway enjoy peeps!

Chapter 36

"You're right!" Cuddy yelled up to Kevin just as he reached the top of the hill inside of the park.

She took in a sharp breath as her words had made him halt for the moment.

Closing his eyes, Kevin took in a deep breath. Her voice had been filled with so much utter desperation it succeeded in tearing a hole right through him. The need for him to turn around and free her from her current plight, struggling against the need inside of him to walk out of her life as she was not ready to fully commit to what they could have together.

"You were right about House and how I've continue to hold onto him for all of these years." Cuddy confirmed with the next breath she took, her voice a bit stronger now as her feet were suddenly set in motion by the beating of her heart.

She took long strides, her sandals padding quickly across the soft grass, afraid Kevin would start to walk away from her again if she hesitated for even the slightest moment.

"In fact for years now I know that my connection with House has pretty much sabotaged every relationship I've tried to have with any other man in my life. And, even though I'm ashamed to admit it now….I was ok with that because I believed that House needed and understood more more than those other men ever could."

Cuddy had now made her way up to Kevin, her breath catching in her throat as she stepped in front of him once more, finding his blue eyes focusing squarely upon her.

Taking a gamble, she reached out and took hold of his right arm.

"But I'm not ok with it now because I need you in my life more then I've ever needed House. You understand me in a way he never could and you love me without holding anything back... even if it could end up hurting you. I love you Kevin, more than I've ever loved any man in my life…including House, and becasue of you I'm finally ready to let go of him and move on. I want you in my life Kevin...I only want you." Cuddy confessed to him in a steady stream of words, afraid he would leave her once more before she had a chance to finish.

With her heart beating fast inside of her chest she counted the seconds passing between them now after she had said her peace, that same heart skipping a beat as she watch his lips begin to part as he spoke to her in a voice that low and wary of the ground it was treading upon.

"You're really ready to let go of him? " Kevin found himself whispering down to her, feeling a chill run up his back even though the night air was warm and inviting, both his mind and his heart needing desperately to hear her say those words again as he knew of the long history Lisa had shared with House.

Cuddy nodded, her hand sliding down to his own, her fingers now intertwined with his as she gave him a small smile.

"Yes. I love you Kevin, and I'm not going to let anything or anyone screw this up for us." She confirmed to him once more.

Kevin looked away from her for a moment, swallowing hard before his eyes set upon her beautiful face again.

"I thought I'd lost you." He told her with an ache to his tone that found its way straight into her heart.

"You could never lose me." Cuddy told him in a loving whisper before standing up on her tiptoes and placing a soft kiss upon his lips.

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Later, as the night stretched closer towards the hour of midnight and underneath the watchful eye of the fat moon, Kevin felt the softness of Lisa's hair falling down around him, trapping him within its warmth. The cushion of the soft grass was now against his back as he lay on top of the quilt. The feel of it, better than any mattress he had ever laid his head upon as the women he loved with all of his heart sat on top of him, her knees resting on opposite sides of his hips, her hands caressing his chest as she pulled away from the kiss they were sharing to gaze into his eyes.

"Are you sure about this? You know we could end up getting caught by some city cop with too much time on his hands." He reminded her as she looked down at him with the glow of the moon reflected in the slate gray color of her eyes.

"I don't care." Cuddy whispered back to him with a small smile, bending down to steal another kiss from his lips and letting out a soft moan as Kevin slid his hands underneath the summer dress she was wearing, ghosting them up her legs before placing them possessively on her hips.

It didn't take long for him to remove the panties she was wearing as she lifted up a bit to help him before her hands moved to the button on his jeans, unzipping his fly a second later.

Within the next kiss they shared she lifted up once more, her hand reaching down and guiding him inside of her, a sharp gasp escaping her lips as he bucked up and filled her completely.

As the passion and love they had for each other combined and ignited the familar fire between them, Kevin's hands quickly went on a journey over Lisa's body, with one of them cupping and squeezing her left breast as the other gripped firmly onto her ass as he thrust up and she flexed her hips down upon him hard and fast. In the end. and after the stars behind their eyes had faded, leaving them both lying on their backs with the stars in the sky above them now bearing witness to their bliss, Cuddy turned her head and looked over at Kevin.

"Thank you for coming into my office all those months ago and asking me out." She whispered, watching as an easy smile crept up onto Kevin's face.

"Actually, I should be thanking you for accepting and becoming the best thing that's ever happened to me." He responded back to her sincerely, reaching over to where she was lying beside him and tracing the curve of her jaw with his fingertips.

Rolling on her side as Kevin pulled her closer to him, Lisa Cuddy faced the summer night with a new light now blazing inside of her. One she had not witnessed in a very long time. One that held the promise of change and all the wonderful things that were waiting around every corner for her now as the puzzle pieces finally slid into place.