A/N: Thanks a lot for your reviews! You guys are great :D

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Next morning Cuddy went to work with a big headache due to the too many glasses of wine of the previous night. She hadn't slept well since she couldn't stop thinking about the crazy situation. House was being more idiotic than usual and Jeffry was…well he was Jeffry. She had been nearly drunk enough to let a man have his way with her. Fortunately Jeffry wasn't that kind of man. House was, but House…he wanted just to annoy her. He didn't really like Cuddy. At least…this was what Cuddy thought.

She walked through the hallway of her hospital and quickly reached her office. She knew she had a couple of hours of freedom and quiet before the tempest.

"I'm gonna kill House! He'll see what I'm able to do to him! "

She took some folders from her bag and started doing her paperwork.

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When House arrived at the hospital two hours later that Cuddy, he immediately went to his office.

He thought that was better avoiding her for now.

Sitting on his chair he took an envelope from his pocket and started watching its content, photos of Cuddy and Pitt.

He sat staring at them when someone abruptly interrupted him with a slight cough.

House didn't know for how long he had been watching them; all he knew was that he had blushed a little when he had seen Wilson standing there with his hands on his hips and a mocking expression on his face.

"What?" House asked rudely.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing!" House said putting the photos out of Wilson's sight.

"Nothing? I don't believe you!"

"That's your problem, I don't care!"

Wilson chuckled and House scowled at him. "What are you laughing at?"

"You! Oh my God! I've never seen you blushing!" Wilson started laughing harder.

"What are you talking about?" His voice racing trying to hide the fact that he was feeling really uncomfortable.

"You were seeing those photos and then you blushed!"

"I DID NOT BLUSH!"

"Who's on them?"

"A sexy naked Angelina Jolie!" he said matter of factly.

"Come on House! You DON'T smile lovingly seeing a naked Angelina Jolie! You drool!"

"I wasn't smiling!"

"Sure you weren't!" Wilson rolled his eyes. "House, why do you always have to have secrets with me? You know you can trust me!"

House scoffed. "Wilson, stop it! You act like a child!"

"ME??? What about you????"

"I AM a child!" House answered sticking out his tongue.

"House…"

"FINE!!!! I was going to let you see them, anyway. Actually…I'm gonna let EVERYBODY see them." At House's evil tone Wilson got more suspicious.

"Wilson, meet the newborn couple of the year! The best couple of all time: Mr. and Mrs. Pitt!" he said jokingly hoping Wilson forgot about the blushing-thing-scene.

Wilson stood with wild eyes. "Oh God! This is the reason why you were so busy yesterday?"

"Yes!" House said satisfied of himself.

"He's so…" Wilson could find a right word to describe Jeffry.

"Weird!"

"Yeah!"

"I know, but you have to meet him in order to see that he actually is worse than he seems!"

"NO! House you're so cruel!"

"And you're such a girl! Come on! Don't tell me you like him!"

"I don't know him!"

"Well he's in love with Cuddy!"

"Poor her. Please tell me you didn't give this guy suggestions on how to woo a woman!"

"Ok! I didn't!" House said looking Wilson straight in his eyes.

"House!" House smirked.

"I have to go. Cuddy 's gonna be mad at me!" he bowled his eyebrows.

"House! Here, on this photo there's only Cuddy. Why were you blushing?"

House looked at the photo and turned around. "Gotta go Wilson!"

"Yeah, sure! Avoid the truth!" he said out loud trying to be heard by House, but he was already gone.

"I know you like her, House. I know you do!" Wilson said whispering with a knowing smile on his lips.

The photo showed a very beautiful Cuddy. It was a close up photo. She was sitting at her table and was smiling tenderly at her interlocutor. Her eyes were of a deep blue, her cheek flushed and she was absolutely loveable.

House was definitely smiling at this photo.

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House was standing in front of Cuddy's door. He could see her through the glass but she didn't notice him because she was too absorbed by her paperwork.

He found her wonderful even if he couldn't admit it even to himself.

She was searching for something in her drawer, then she found it. It was a pen. She started working again but she stopped herself again, this time she didn't need a pen. She just seemed like she couldn't work anymore. She put a hand on her head and stared at something in the middle of the room. She was pondering about something, maybe the previous night. She actually seemed sad. Then she got up and turned her back to the door, facing the window.

House burst in Cuddy's office without knocking. She jumped a little for the sudden noise behind her and turned to see House.

"Moring Cuddles, slept well?"

Cuddy was going to tell him how much she had hated him for letting that repulsive guy go out with her when she changed her mind.

"Actually yes. We had a very nice night. We ate, we drank, we got home…"

"What? She had a good time?" This came unexpected. "AND?"

"And I let him in." Cuddy watched confused emotions slid across House's face: astonishment, horror, amusement and even…jealousy.

"I thought you hated him!"

"Well, I changed my mind. He's so funny. And he's not only rich, he's smart and intelligent!" She told him in the same way a teen talks about the coolest boy of the school she has fall for.

"Ah…so you two had fun!"

"Yes!"

"Are you gonna see him again?"

"Actually yes, today!"

House nodded confused. He couldn't believe she was impressed by Jeffry in this way. Something was up.

Cuddy wanted to know why House suddenly had become so curious about her love life and she wanted to test him, to test his emotions and thoughts.

"So…you're not going to punish me? To take your wimp and hit me?"

"No…not at all…" She wanted to! Hell how much she wanted to, but she had to pretend she liked Jeffry.

"You have your clinic duty now!"

"I always have clinic duty to do!"

"GO!"

"See you later."

House stepped out of her office disappointed. He had expected her to yell at him, to be angry and sexy, to let him pay, to be alone as always! Of course he didn't want her to be alone alone; he just didn't want her to date anyone. Who knew why!...

"Something is up and I need to know what it is."