I am sorry for doing what I did, in Killing off Lisa Cuddy, but I have an angle I want to try out and it will be the end of the story, don't worry, this is far from over. Any and all reviews are appreciated, whether they be raves or flames.
Greg House was beside himself with despair on hearing the time of death for the love of his life. He backed out of the cubicle area and walked out of the room to his office. Once he got in there, he shut the door and drew the blinds, walked to his desk, sat down and grabbed his hidden bottle of scotch to drown his sorrows. After his first drink, he grabbed his I-Pod and found a tune to listen to and cranked the volume up.
Meanwhile back in the ER, Allison wasn't having any of it. She was hard at work to save her friend and fellow mentor. She grabbed the crash cart to bring Lisa back to life. She made three attempts to no avail, Lisa Cuddy was dead. Allison ran to James' arms and broke down. She didn't care if anybody saw her cry or not. This was not supposed to be. Lisa was supposed to be in the conference room going through case after case with House, Foreman and Chase. Allison brought herself back together and went to find the ambulance driver. Once she found him, she started asking questions.
"Where did you find her?"
"She was in her car on her way here, not 2 miles away. I was told that it was a careless drunk driver who hit her. There was not much left of the car when we arrived on the scene to bring her here. The drunk driver is being held on attempted murder charges. I was actually on my way to let the DA know to up the charges to murder in the first degree. I am sorry Dean Wilson for your loss. I know she was a real good friend of yours. This wasn't her time to go. She barely made an impact in this world."
"Thank you for your condolences. And you pretty much answered all the rest of my questions for me. I will let the DA know about the change in charges. It is my responsibility to do so. Make sure to tell everyone you know here about this, and to just act normal. When they are with others of their station here, they can talk about it, but to us, please act normal. We have our own grief to deal with, and don't need any more added on because someone had a slip of the mouth."
"I will make sure to pass it on."
Allison took off to her office to call the police station. Once all this was done, she finally broke down. She was curled up underneath the bay windows sobbing when James came in to see how she was doing. He picked her up and set her down on the couch and curled up with her. They each sobbed. No one knows how long they were like this. Once lunch time came around, they left the place and went out to eat. Already out of habit, avoiding the places where Lisa would have gone. They ate what they could of their lunch, and went back to work. Allison cancelled all of her managerial stuff and went up to help Greg and the others out. It's what Lisa would have wanted, she kept telling herself. They had a case to take care of, and they wasted enough time as it was.
"Alright, lets get this case going. We need to get it done as soon as we can. I am volunteering my help here."
"Ali, I don't feel like working right now."
"Eric, we need to get this done. There will be time for moping around later when we finish."
"Go ahead and get started on it, I don't feel like it."
"Eric, you need to keep your mind off this for now, understand?"
"I don't think I can right now. I am sorry, but I need some time for myself. She was a good friend of mine, and it's just hard right now to try and get back to work with what had happened."
"She was a good friend to all of us Eric, but it will get better, believe me. I went through this once already with the loss of my first husband, I know that it will get better with time."
"I wish I could right now, but I don't want to."
Allison gave up on him and went through the charts and files on the latest patient. She then told Eric to go and run some tests on said patient to get his mind off of the matter at hand. She took control of the ward, and made sure it was ran with the same efficiency if it were a normal day. As the afternoon wore on, she found it easy to be in control. She told Eric and Robert what tests to run and what not to do. House was still in his office when the end of the day came around. She had to force him to get out of his office and come home with her. Allison ended up driving there because she didn't trust him behind the wheel. Once they arrived, she had him sit down in the living room, while she started the preparations for supper. James came in about twenty minutes later. He went through the back door area and straight into the kitchen, where he found Allison, making supper. He wasn't surprised about that, but he was as the amount she was making.
"I know we are eating for three, but you never eat that much."
"He he, no, I don't, do I? There is enough here for you, House and I."
"What do you mean House? He is still there at the hospital."
"No he's not, go in the living room, he should still be in there. I didn't want him to wallow in his pain, so I forced him to come home with me. If I didn't, he would still be in his office now, not caring about anything or anybody. I had to take control in the diagnostics ward today in order to keep their patient alive. It will be hard replacing her, but it has to get done. I will be doing interviews in house before I ask elsewhere for a replacement."
"That was thoughtful of you to bring him here, and wise. That sounds like a good plan for a replacement. I would have never thought of it."
"Get in there and console him, I can't as you can see."
"Yes Ma'am."
James went into the living room to find Greg sitting on the couch with a morose expression on his face. He only saw his best friend in this state one other time, when Stacy left him. James went to the bar and got the brandy bottle out and two glasses, filled them up, and handed one to Greg. He took it without a problem and sipped on it. James then sat down on one of the chairs and just waited patiently for Greg to open up and speak. It took him fifteen minutes to finally open up.
"I can't believe that she is gone. We were going to go to her family reunion this weekend. Now they all have to be told that she won't be attending it or any other. I even went so far as to buy a ring to propose to her at said reunion. This is going to take a lot of getting used to."
"It will take time House, things like this always do. Don't blame her for it happening at all, she never knew what was going to happen. She did love you with all her heart. We all will get through this."
"Thanks Allison. Is it alright with you two if I crash here tonight? I don't want to go home at all."
James gave her the nod to say it was alright with him, and left the final decision up to her.
"Yes, it is fine if you stay over tonight. Was about to suggest it myself, actually."
Allison went back into the kitchen to finish up the preparations for supper. Once it was done, she went about setting the dinning room table up for three. After that was done and the food on the table, she went back into the living room and said that the meal was ready. They all went and sat down to eat. The meal wasn't a huge success chat wise, but it was exceptional. After supper was done, they all cleared the table and got themselves something to drink before they went into the living room to sit and chat. No chatting went on, but a silent understanding occurred. For some strange reason they all knew what the other was going through. They never attempted to console each other or offer advice. Once it came time for sleeping, James and Allison got up and went to bed, to leave Greg to his thoughts. They took their shower together and made silent love to each other. When they got done, and dressed for bed, they walked past the spare room to see Greg stretched out on the bed sleeping. They then went to bed themselves.
