It's Over

After Cuddy had gotten all the information that she needed from House's fellows, she went to talk to House. "You can't give him that drug," Cuddy said to him. "I agree with your team that it is something else. It is too dangerous to give him this drug on a hunch." The last thing she needed right now was for House to kill a patient.

As House and Cuddy continued to yell about the case, his team looked at each other. They were all wondering if House and Cuddy were still dating since they were yelling pretty loud at each other.

Then Cuddy said something that caught the team and House off guard.

"House, don't make me take you off the case," she said. She wouldn't dare, House thought.

"I am not wrong Cuddy," House said. He was surprised when she pointed to the patient's door.

"Go do clinic duty," Cuddy said, officially kicking him off the case. House looked at her for a moment before he left the room. He was furious that she would do that to him in front of his team.

Cuddy had seen the look of shock and anger on his face.

Twenty minutes later, Cuddy went down to the clinic to talk to House. "If you are looking for House, he left," Brenda said to Cuddy. House had immediately left the hospital after the argument with Cuddy.

"Did he say when he was coming back?" Cuddy asked her. Brenda shook her head no. Cuddy walked to her office and picked up her cell phone to call House.

His voice mail picked up. "This is Greg House's phone. I do not like people, so please do not leave a message. See you never."

"It's Cuddy," she said after the beep.

"Please call me back. I want to talk to you."

Cuddy sat in her office thinking about the events that had occurred. She knew she may have gone overboard by kicking him off the case, but she didn't want the patient to die. She didn't want House to run the risk of getting fired.

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House's Office

"I think the honeymoon is officially over," Foreman said to Chase and Cameron.

"I knew that this was going to be bad for us," Chase said. "He is going to be a total dick when he comes back."

"I wonder what happened between the two of them," Cameron said. The three of them all assumed that there had been a fight before the fight that they had witnessed.

"House probably said some jackass of a remark and it pissed her off," Foreman said. Chase nodded, agreeing with what Foreman had said.

Cameron was wondering if she should call House.

Foreman's phone rang.

After listening to the nurse on the other end, his face fell. "House was right," he said to them after he got off the phone.

"What?" Chase and Cameron asked in unison.

"We have to give him the pills," Foreman said and he got up from his seat. "I'll go get Cuddy's signature." Chase and Cameron weren't going to argue with him on that, because they did not want to deal with Cuddy right now if House had made her mad.

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"Dr. Cuddy," Foreman said as he opened her door. Cuddy motioned him in. H e gave her the piece of paper to sign.

"He was right?" Cuddy asked Foreman in shock.

"Yes," Foreman answered her. Cuddy signed the piece of paper and watched Foreman leave.

"I yelled at House for doing the right thing," she said aloud to herself.

At 5:00, she tried calling House one more time before she got into the car and drove to his apartment.

When she knocked on the door, no one answered.

"Cuddy," she heard Wilson say to her as she walked back to her car.

"Is House with you?" Cuddy asked looking for him.

Wilson shook his head no.

"He is probably just watching TV in his room," Wilson said pulling out his keys to House's apartment.

"House?" Wilson called when they walked in. House wasn't there. Wilson saw the worry on her face. "Maybe he went to your house."

"Yeah," Cuddy said as she headed out the door again.

"I'll call you if I see him," Wilson called out to Cuddy as she left.

As Cuddy drove to her house, she really hoped that he was there. She hoped that he wasn't as some place getting drunk or even worse, someplace hurt. Her face fell when she did not see his car when she pulled into her driveway.

Across town, House was sitting at a park, watching some kids ice skate. He had listened to all of his phone messages, but he wanted to take some time to think so he did not return any calls. He wondered if he really could make this work with Cuddy.

He knew he would have to think of a way to make it so that they could have a professional and personal life together. He didn't want to lose her.

He knew that even though he had been angry today, he was actually more scared, scared that he was going to end up being hurt again.

What if she breaks up with me when I do something like this?

House knew that he would never change how he dealt with his patients. He would have to change how he dealt with his boss about those very same patients.

She won't break up with you because she cares about you.

He knew that at one time, Stacy had also cared about him, even though she wasn't as open about her feelings like Cuddy was.

Maybe you should just end it now.

After he had that thought, he remembered how happy he had been the night before in her bed. He wished that he hadn't gotten a case. He wanted to still be lying next to her, rubbing his hands over her body.

What if she wants to end it now? He shook his head no.

His phone rang again.

It was Wilson.

House thought about answering it, but instead decided just to lean back and enjoy the scenery around him. He knew that once he had a conversation with somebody, he would find out the truth about what Cuddy might be thinking, and he wasn't sure he wanted to know the answer yet. He knew he would have to prepare himself in case she wanted to tell him that it was over. House closed his eyes. He imagined he was back in Cuddy's bed.