Hey, look new chapterr :-) Don't know if I'm gonna keep going..
"I can't be with you."
Cuddy turned from the sink, concern washed over her face, "What?"
"Or...more like you can't be with me." Cuddy put the plate she was holding down, and crossed the kitchen toward him.
"I mean you can, but you shouldn't."
"House-"
"Cuddy, you're...you're an amazing woman. You're smart, gorgeous, funny, caring..."
Every word, though truthful and genuine, injured his ego a little bit. House sighed, "And I'm just miserable."
"House, you're not-
"I don't want you... to be miserable, too. You don't deserve to be miserable."
Cuddy shook her head, "You don't make me miserable. You make me better."
House didn't respond.
"You're handsome and witty and funny," Cuddy began, intertwining her fingers with his, "And you do what's right."
She smiled up at him, "I love you."
House nodded, swallowing hard. He laughed a little, "Weird response to me breaking up with you."
Cuddy wrapped her arms around him, pulling herself into him. After a few moments, he cautiously placed his arms around her.
"I...love you, too," he said awkwardly.
Cuddy grinned into his neck, and kissed him firmly on the lips. She left his embrace and tossed him a dishrag, leaving him to go see Rachel who was watching TV in the livingroom, "Love me enough to do the dishes?"
"That's not fair," he laughed, glancing over at the stack of dirty dishes.
House, against his better judgement, limped over to the sink. He looked over at Cuddy in the other room, who was helping Rachel get her pajamas on.
He picked up a plate, and started washing.