There's A Kind Of Hush

House and Audrey sat quietly in the waiting room waiting for any news on Cuddy's surgery.

"Do you want a glass of water or anything?" Audrey asked House after a while.

"No thank you," House said.

"Times like these can make a relationship stronger," Audrey said.

"Are you married?" House asked her.

"Yes," Audrey said. "Every June he goes to a law convention in New York. He doesn't like me to stay home by myself so I fly down here to visit my daughter and there family. Do you two have any kids?"

"No," House said. "She wants some."

"And you don't?" Audrey asked.

"It's not that," House said. "I just have been treating it like if it is going to happen, it will happen. I haven't actually done anything to make it happen."

"Just remember that you can't keep putting off kids if you want them," Audrey said.

"I know that it would make her very happy to have kids," House said.

"You should only have kids if you both want them," Audrey said. "She won't be happy if you are not happy."

House and Audrey looked up when a doctor entered the waiting room.

"Are you guys with Lisa Cuddy?" The doctors asked.

"Yes," House said as both he and Audrey stood up.

"I am Dr. Young," he said to them. "Lisa is out of surgery and everything went fine."

"Any complications at all during the surgery?" House asked.

"We were able to fix everything without a problem," Dr. Young said.

"So she should be fine?" Audrey asked.

"She will need plenty of rest for a few days," Dr. Young said. "She should be back to normal in no time. You guys can wait in her room if you like."

"Thank you," House said. House shook Dr. Young's hand and then the doctor left.

"I am going to call my daughter and have her come pick me up," Audrey said. "Here is my number if you need anything." Audrey wrote down her number and gave it to him.

"Thank you for everything," House said. Audrey wrapped her arms around House and gave him a hug. House gave her an awkward hug back.

After Audrey left, one of the nurses showed House to Cuddy's room. House went and sat next to Cuddy on her bed. He looked over her vitals and saw that everything was fine.

"She will not wake up for a couple of hours," the nurse said to him. "We sedated her to make sure that her brain would rest." The nurse then left House sitting alone with Cuddy in her room.

As House sat there with Cuddy, his phone started to vibrate. House saw that is was his parent's number that was calling him. House reluctantly got off of Cuddy's bed and left the room to answer the phone.

"Hello?" House asked when he answered the phone.

"Hi, Greg. It's mom," Blythe said. House could hear the worry in her voice. "I saw on the news that Kansas got hit pretty hard by tornados and I didn't quite know what part of Kansas you were in and I wanted to call to make are that you are okay."

"I am fine mom," House said. "Cuddy got hurt, though."

"Is she okay?" Blythe asked.

"She got hit in the head pretty hard, but she should be fine," House said. "She just got out of surgery."

"How are you hanging in there?" Blythe asked.

"Not very good," House said. "Part of me went to break something and anther part of me feels like I might just break down."

"That is because it is hard when someone you love gets hurt," Blythe said. "Just imagine how Lisa felt when you were hurt a few months ago."

"She is stronger than me," House said.

"You are just as strong Greg," Blythe said. "You have just never been in this situation before and you don't really know how to deal with it."

"Should I call her parents?" House asked.

"You might want to wait until Lisa wakes up so that you do not put any added worry on them," Blythe said.

"I feel like this was my fault," House said.

"You didn't create a tornado Greg," Blythe said. "It is not your fault that Lisa got hurt."

"She was trying to help me," House said. "I told her to run ahead of me but she came back to help me. It's all because of my stupid leg."

"You can't blame this on yourself Greg," Blythe said. "What if she had gone ahead of you and she had been hit with something else and that had killed her? Maybe staying with you saved her life."

"I just wish I could protect her better," House said.

"You did everything you could Greg," Blythe said. "The important thing is that you were there for her when she needed you."

"I really should get back to her room now mom," House said.

"Okay?" Blythe said. "Call me if anything changes."

"I will," House said. "I love you mom."

"I love you too sweetheart," Blythe said.

House went back into Cuddy's room and sat down in the chair next to her bed. House turned on the TV and started watching Judge Judy. House grabbed Cuddy's hand and held it in his. House wanted to make sure that he was there when Cuddy woke up. House looked down at his right hand. His middle knuckle was completely purple from where he hit Paul in the face. House thought about what his mom said. House thought about how Paul, a man in perfect condition, refused to help Cuddy, but House, a man who can barely walk some days because of his pain, was able to lift her up and bring her to safety.

I guess the important thing was that I was there when she needed me? House thought.

House also thought about how he still wanted a piece of Paul. That jackass acts like he is better than me, but he leaves people to die. I am sure that his patients would love to know about how much he cares about the well-being of others.

House sat in the same spot for the rest of the day as he watched TV waiting for Cuddy to wake up. At about 9:00 at night, House dozed off in his chair. He tried to stay awake, but his body was just too tired after the day's events.

Cuddy's vitals had stayed the same during the rest of the day. A nurse had come in every once in awhile to check on her and to ask House if he needed anything. The nurse smiled this time when she came in. She looked over at House, who was fast asleep in his chair, still holding Cuddy's hand. She went and laid a blanket over House and turned off the TV.