Chapter 8: Fun
"I love you," he said.
"I love you too."
House wrapped his arms around Cuddy and placed his lips on hers.
"No, I mean, I really love you."
"So do I," she replied between kisses. "A lot."
They were still in the janitor's closet on the second floor of PPTH. They were using up their lunch break, but House and Cuddy weren't hungry. At least, not for lunch.
He stroked Cuddy's back. She caressed his face with her hands, pulling his mouth onto hers, opening it and letting her tongue loose on his.
Cuddy advanced on House, pushing him up against the wall. He leaned on an old mop.
"Eeuurrkk," he muttered. "Not very sanitary conditions, miss administrator."
"So?" Cuddy challenged. "We don't treat patients in the janitor's closet. And I don't have a problem with it."
House thought for less than a second, then he agreed.
"Neither do I."
He kissed her some more. But then he moved his good leg and accidentally tripped over a bucket. He fell backwards and landed with a loud crash onto a whole lot of cleaning equipment and with Cuddy on top of him.
"Ouch," he said.
"You broke my fall."
"How convenient. Just a sec." He reached into his pocket and popped a Vicodin. "OK. Where were we?"
She kissed him again, just as passionately, if not more so, but they were lying against the wall in a pile of buckets.
"Do you think anyone heard us?" asked House.
"No," muttered Cuddy, brushing a hand across his stubble and continuing to kiss him.
Then the door burst open, flooding the little room with light. Surprisingly, Chase stood there. His eyebrows shot up into his hairline and he turned white.
"Oh, for crying out loud," House fumed.
"Ah…" muttered Chase. "Um, errr…"
House picked up his cane and used it to slam the door shut.
Cuddy burst out laughing. She collapsed into House's arms, resting her head on his chest and cuddling up to him.
"Do you think our lunch break's over yet?" she asked.
"I hope not," said House, getting back to business.
"We'll be OK, so long as Chase doesn't come back," was her muffled reply.
House sniggered into her mouth.
