Hi everyone! Here is the second one-shot of the series. It takes place right after the end of "Humpty dumpty". Let's say that it wasn't raining a few hours later, huh?
And, yeah, thank you all for your kind words, they made my day :-D I hope you'll enjoy this one as well!

2. Wake up to see the sunrise.

The house was quiet, and dark. The night was gently letting place to the daylight, although it was still a little dark.

Cuddy was deep in sleep when her phone rang, destroying the quietude of the room and bringing the woman out of her sleep, putting an end to her needed sleep. The few past days hadn't been especially easy.

She sleepily took the phone and hastily answered; the noise the ring made gave her a headache already. "What?" Cuddy said angrily.

"Woke you up?" the voice innocently asked.

Cuddy sighed. "You think?" she quipped. "What is it, House?"

"It was mean," he answered. "You deserved it but it was mean."

She frowned a bit, trying to understand what her employee was referring to. "What did I do to deserve being woke up at – she made a pause. "4 a.m?" she moaned with an adorable sleepy voice.

She could hear him laugh a bit. That was mean too, he knew she needed sleep. But he'd done worse and now, he was trying to fix it.

"I'm calling to apologize at 4 a.m, you should be flattered," House replied.

"You're apologizing?" Cuddy said, completely awake now, all her anger was gone.

"Don't make me regret it," he menaced, regretting it already. He wanted to end the phone call when he realized what he was doing. Never call people at such early hours, especially your boss, House told himself with a sigh.

"Why are you apologizing at 4 a.m?" Cuddy asked, smiling in her bed.

"The Fred thing," he said.

"Alfredo," she corrected. "You're forgiven. Can I go back to sleep now?"

Saying that, Cuddy stood up and made her way to the window, opened the curtains and smiled at the view. She couldn't sleep again, anyway. The sole fact that House could be feeling guilty about his behavior made her feel revived. Plus, he was showing his guilt and apologizing in his own special way; it made her day, already.

"No. The speech I've prepared just started," House objected.

"Shut up," Cuddy said with an amazed voice.

The sun was rising, slowly showing up and covering the town with its light. A multitude of colors was intercrossing in the horizon, going from the nuances of the red-yellow of the sun to the still dark blue of the sky; from hot to cold. Shy rays of sunshine were offering a pleasant warmth to the air, in contrast with the fresh air of the early morning. Everything was relishing in the sunrise, that day.

"Beautiful, huh?" House asked, a few minutes of delightful silence later. Cuddy jumped a bit, surprised. She'd completely forgotten House was on the other side of the phone. And he was watching the same wonderful view; that made her softly smile. She loved mornings like those.

"Beautiful," she whispered.

She didn't see him but Cuddy easily guessed that a tiny smile was playing on the edge of his lips and felt a little aroused when this thought came to her mind; and now, she wanted him to be next to her.

"You're a great doctor," House said after a while. "Don't let your emotions affect that."

"Thank you," Cuddy murmured. She wondered if he heard her. "See you at 10?"

"Make it 11."

"It's a date," she laughed as she hung up. The sun was a little higher in the sky, now.

The end.

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