The End (realization)
Cuddy walked threw the hospital, a woman on a mission. She finally spoted the person she was looking for, Wilson. "Have you seen House?" Wilson looked up from his patient's chart. Wilson nodded his head, "Yeah he's on his way home. He said you gave him the rest of the day off." Cuddy rolled her eyes and made her way to the exit. "No I didn't." Wilson held back his laughter as he watched Cuddy make her way to the parking garage.
Once she reached her destination. She spotted House unlocking his door. "House!" House spotted her and moved as quickly as he could into his car. Cuddy ran up to him and knocked on the passenger side door. "Clinic, NOW!"
House looked up at her from the drivers side of his car, "Cuddy, NO!" Cuddy crossed her arms challenging him. Of course House put his key in the ignition challenging her right back. Finally she figured he was not bluffing but he would indeed pull off so she opened the door. House tried to lock it but she was slightly faster than him. Cuddy flopped into the driver seat.
"Get in the clinic now! You are a week behind. You need to catch up." House stared at her a moment then shifted his gear into drive. "What are you doing? You have to get to work. I have to get back to work," Cuddy yelled. House ignored her and pulled out of the parking lot. "House!" House rolled his eyes at her and started yelling his name everytime she spoke.
"House! House! House! House! House!" Cuddy was annoyed everytime she tried to say something he'd yell his name. "Seriou..." Before she could say another word he yelled, "House!"
"I swear if you say your name again your fired." House stared at her and continued to drive.
As they reached a red light and he muttered, "House." Cuddy looked at him and started to smack him playfully. House blocked her hits but she was determined to hit him. As Cuddy tried to smack him lights started to flash behind there head. "Way to go Cuddy!" House stated as he pulled over to the side of the road.
"What are we going to do?" Cuddy was nervous. She tried to calm down but her heart still thumped in her chest as she bit her lip. She thought of her agenda resting on her desk. Going to jail was nowhere on the list.
House glanced into his rear view mirror, before he could say a thing Cuddy started to speak. "Seriously House what are we going to do?" Cuddy looked back to find the police officer already walking to the car. "Shhh, Cuddy. Okay there he is." The police officer walked up and knocked on the window. House rolled the window down. "Hey officer what can I do for you?"
A tall man, with a shaved head and aviators glasses stood by House's car door. After glancing around the car interior he finally broke his silence, "It seems as though there was an altercation in your vehicle is everything okay?" The man ignored House and pointed his stare at Cuddy. Cuddy smiled and nodded her head. House rolled his eyes, "Yes, see everything's fine, I'm just a masochist and she's trying to get me hot and bothered," House stated. He gave the police officer a dramatic wink. House held back his laugh as he saw the look on Cuddy's face. She looked horrified.
"Sir this isn't something to joke about. Are you okay ma'am?" Cuddy paused for a minute...She started to say he was abusing her but decided she'd feel guilty. Eventually her or Wilson would end up bailing him out of trouble. "Everything's fine officer." The tall man looked her over once more. He turned his attention to House. He looked him up and down turned his head back to Cuddy. "Don't be afraid to respond."
That's it House had, had enough. "She said she's fine. What more do you want? You're really killing our foreplay." Cuddy glared at him. For a moment she wondered if he wanted to go to jail. Then she remembered who she was dealing with and rolled her eyes.
"Sir I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to the nice woman sitting next to you." House puffed out his cheeks. Cuddy decided to jump in before House got them into anymore trouble.
"Officer, I swear everything is fine," Cuddy assured him. The police officer didn't believe her but nodded his head and returned to his vehicle. He wouldn't waste his time with them another second. Whatever was going on between the two obviously didn't matter to her. "You two have a nice day. Make sure you keep your hands to yourself. I'll let you go with a warning. If I see the two of you fighting while the vehicle is on I'll have to take you down to county." Cuddy nodded her head and without another word the officer walked to his car.
House and Cuddy sat in silence. After a minute to House's surprise Cuddy opened the door and left. House stayed seated until he noticed Cuddy wasn't coming back. He puffed out his cheeks realizing he'd officially pushed her button a little to hard. He gave in, took the keys out of the car and locked the door before following after Cuddy.
After walking two blocks House turned on the corner she turned on and saw her siting at a bus stop. House stared at Cuddy as if she was a crazed woman asking for a hundred dollars at the bus stop. After Cuddy felt House's gaze on her she finally decided to break the silence between the two of them. "Do whatever you want. I'm going back to work. I unlike you have a job to do and I'm going to do it."
"You don't catch the bus. Besides the buses that pass here doesn't go to Princeton-Plainsboro." Cuddy shrugged her shoulders and held her head high. "When I see a cab I'll flag it down." Cuddy was annoyed more than usual and House could tell. So he sat next to her on the bus stop bench. Cuddy slowly closed her eyes, the word annoyed might as well been painted across her forehead."What are you doing?"
House smirked at Cuddy, "In those professional or what you call professional clothes you look like bait. Wouldn't want something to happen to you. I don't feel like looking for a new job." House put on a fake smile as she glared at him. He tried not to notice how good she looked when she was angry.
Cuddy rolled her eyes and started looking for a bus to pass completely ignoring House. After another moment passed House decided to break the silence once again. "Why are you upset? Didn't your dad tell you not to ride in cars with boys." Cuddy snapped her head around to look at House. She couldn't believe he of all people said that.
"I've never regretted not listening to him until today. He was right. He's the only man I should ever ride with. The rest of you seem to be complete idiots."
"Cuddy are you confessing that your a lesbian? If so this is a real turn on. Cuddy smacked him hard. Once again she tried to storm off. As she tried to get up but he held her by the waist and pulled her back to the bench. His strength took her by surprise. Making it very easy for him to keep sitting next to him.
"It was a joke woman, calm down. Besides what your father said was probably just a metaphor." House felt slightly comfortable with his arm around her. Oblivious to his arm Cuddy just sat there. She felt defeated. She had never felt that way around him but today was one of those days. "Be a jerk or keep your job pick one." House could tell she was serious by her tone.
House stared at her for a moment. This was new to him. "Why are you giving me ultimatums? Where's this coming from?" Cuddy looked at him wide eyed. She couldn't believe him. She couldn't believe he had the audacity to ask her such a question.
"From putting up with your crap! All you do is push and push and push and you think everything will be okay. Its not okay. I can't keep doing this. You drive me crazy. What makes you think I will put up with your crap forever?"
"You put up with my crap because I give you everything you want. You need me just as much as I need you. We even each other out. That's how we work."
"Your out of your mind! You don't give me a anything I want." Cuddy was annoyed beyond her own belief. She had no idea how she let him get her into these situations. A small part of her hated that about herself.
"You've liked it since the first day we met. I make things interesting. What will happen now that I know your pissed. I'll back off for a while until you cool off and things will be back to normal. We'll fight and argue and you'll yell and sometimes I'll get my way sometimes I won't. You'll challenge me and I'll get turned on when you start getting angry. So to answer your question I'll take the job and be a jerk."
"I hate you."
"I know."
Once again the two were silent until a clinking reached Cuddy's ear. As she looked over House stared at her dangling his keys, "I know you like riding in cars with boys. Don't worry your secret is safe with me." Cuddy glared at him, "C'mon you let me drive you crazy all day. You like it you won't admit it but you do. No one can drive you crazy like I do. Well, no one else that you'll let get away with it." House got off the bench and headed to his car.
Cuddy stared at the pavement and shook her head. "So that's what my father meant." Lisa laughed to herself. She couldn't believe it took her thirty years to figure it out. Then she looked at House's back as he walked off. "Why is he always right?" As she sighed once again she pushed herself off of the bench, "I guess he's right about this too." Cuddy decided to follow House to his car. Wondering where he'd drive her next.
THE END OF THE END.
(A/N: Cheesy I know. We all need a little fluff every now and then. A little metaphor won't hurt anyone. Thanks everyone for the wonderful reviews along the way. It was fun reposting this fic. I'm starting to get back into writing again.
A special thanks to: i luv ewansmile, marie-huddy, lakeland, sims and notlupas for their awesome reviews. As always please review and let me know what you thought of this fic. DC)