A/N: You guys are awesome. Thanks for the reviews! This chapter is a bit different than the previews. It should help to understand why House is acting like he does why he "changes" Don´t worry he wont change to much tho.

Chapter 5

House had left her after they finished dinner. Cuddy thanked him for the evening and remembered to tell him that he owned her a flowerpot. Smiling he drove home wondering about life and Cuddy.

Maybe this would be his last chance to get something right in life. To forget about the pain and remember how life was before the infarction. He used to have friends and a girlfriend, he used to be able to enjoy the simple things in life, like having a nice evening with friends, walking in the park with Stacy and playing golf on Sundays.

In one second all of that was destroyed. He was in pain for nearly 4 days before they figured what was wrong with him. He told Stacy what he wanted them to do but she refused to listen to him. When he woke up after surgery, he wished he had died because the pain was too much to bare and he was angry. Slowly he drove her away and every other person who had the courage to visit him. Just when he started to get better Stacy told him she was leaving because he didn't want her near him, and she couldn't live with it anymore. She broke his heart then and he wasn't sure he would ever be able to love again.

In all the chaos, there was one person that stayed and helped him get through the worst time of his life. He yelled at Cuddy telling her to go to hell but she stayed. He was mad at her for ignoring his wishes and letting them do the surgery, but he was glad she stayed and didn't leave him like Stacy did.

Then there was this one night a year ago when they slept together. It wasn't like they had planned it, it just happened. They both had drank a lot and somehow they ended up at Cuddy's place. The next morning she made it clear that it was a mistake and it would never happen again. It was fine for him then, because the wound Stacy ripped open again after showing up at PPTH wasn't healed yet. He still felt something for her so he was fine with it.

He would tease her by telling the whole hospital that she was lousy in bed, but just because he couldn't forget about it. Making jokes about her cleavage was just another way for him to remind her of that one night.

It was different now though, something had changed in the picture. It wasn't enough anymore for him to constantly remind her about their one time together, he wanted to be with her. The first time it came to his attention was when Wilson suddenly decided to date her. Then when Wilson told him he slept with her, he believed him for a second and the pain in his heart was more painful than the pain his leg could cause.

Then one day he asked her to go out to a play with him, but she found an excuse every time he would ask. What hurt him was that she still went with Wilson. Shortly after, they went to Singapore and she started relaxing around him. They enjoyed their usual banter and he enjoyed being close to her.

He arrived home parked his bike and got into the apartment. Sitting in front of his piano he let his fingers fly over the keys not playing anything in particular. He just sat their playing and thinking about Cuddy and her baby. He would have called it a fetus a month ago but now he was calling it a baby. He had already changed he thought and sipped on his beer.

The naps during the day were now preventing her from sleep. Cuddy lay in bed restless wishing she could get up and do something. After an hour of turning and changing positions she gave up. She lay on her back and starred at the ceiling thinking about Greg. Why was he suddenly so interested in her? Why did he care, now?!

After Stacy had left him she tried to be there for him. They had been friends in college and she had a crush on him every since. When he introduced Stacy to her as his new girlfriend her world collapsed. Nevertheless she decided to be his friend and even become friends with Stacy. It was the toughest decision she had ever made in her life when Stacy asked her to do the surgery despite Greg's objection. She did it and when Stacy left a few weeks later, she was stuck with an angry, devastated and heartbroken House. He hated her even more than Stacy because he had trusted her and she betrayed him. Took away his happiness and left him crippled and alone.

Tears started to fall silently in the cover of the dark night.

At the time she gave up hope that they would become friends again. He yelled at her, called her names she didn't even want to think about. At some points she would run out of his room to her office where she would just cry. The next day she would be back at his bedside, and he would yell at her again. She wasn't sure even now if he appreciated her being there for him. They never talked about those times.

Years after the infarction they were nothing more than employer and employee. He was the head of the diagnostic department and she was the dean of medicine. Just when they started to make some progress in becoming friends again, Stacy showed up. Then she had left him again, after her husband had recovered enough, House was broken again and she could tell. He never mentioned it to her but she was sure he still was in love with Stacy.

Shortly after that it happened, one night full of lust and frustration. She was drunk and he was too. They barely made it to the bed and the sex was hard and satisfying. Surprisingly better than she would admit.

She didn't want to be a substitute for Stacy, so she told him the next morning that what happened the night before would never ever happen again. He nodded and they never talked about it again.

It was then that their banter and fights became something more. He constantly reminded her of that night by commenting on her breasts or her ass. He told the whole hospital that she was lousy in bed. She knew he was mocking her, but she wouldn't give in. It couldn't happen again.

Honestly she was glad House had sabotaged all her dates because none of them were what she was looking for. She enjoyed her dates with Wilson but made it clear to him that they would never be more than friends and he accepted it.

When she forced House to attend a conference in Singapore she wasn't sure it was the right choice. She would be alone with him most of the time, and it had freaked her out. It turned out he would annoy her with no end. First he chose to wear the most ridiculous Hawaiian shirt she had every seen, then he had watched pay per view porn in his hotel room! Even with all that, not everything was bad about the trip. She enjoyed their slow dance even if she was a bit tipsy at that time but she remembered his arms around her keeping her steady and the kiss on his cheek after he brought her back to her room.

A smile formed on her lips.

He new she was pregnant even before she knew! Practically forcing her to do a test she ended up happy he did. His face when he touched her belly for the first time….

Slowly she drifted off to sleep dreaming about Greg.

TBC