Put Your Hand In The Hand
9:00am
After House and Cuddy had both taken a shower, they headed out for their walk around the pond. House popped some Vicodin in before they left. House rolled his eyes a little when Cuddy grabbed his hand to hold it.
"You are such a girl," House said to her. Cuddy just smiled and gave his hand a squeeze. The snow had stopped falling, but the previous night's snow still covered the land. House and Cuddy walked in silence for awhile before House started to sing.
Owoooooooo! Who's that I see walkin' in these woods? Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood.
Hey there Little Red Riding Hood, You sure are looking good. You're everything a big bad wolf could want. Listen to me. Little Red Riding Hood I don't think little big girls should Go walking in these spooky old woods alone. Owoooooooo!
Cuddy laughed.
What big eyes you have, The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad. So just to see that you don't get chased I think I ought to walk with you for a ways. What full lips you have. They're sure to lure someone bad. So until you get to grandma's place I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.
"It is nice to now that the big bad wolf will keep me safe," Cuddy said to House. House moved behind Cuddy and wrapped his arms around Cuddy's waist and gave her neck a playful bite.
"I always preferred white meat over dark meat," House said to Cuddy. He started to bite her ear.
"House, I promise you that I will enjoy your meat later, but right now I just want to enjoy nature," Cuddy said to him. House unwrapped his arms from her and held out his hand for her to take again. Cuddy grabbed his hand and smiled.
After they had made it completely around the pond, House and Cuddy went back to the house. They saw Clay run from the house to his car to get something. After he retrieved what he wanted, they same him run back towards the house.
House and Cuddy froze when they saw Clay take a step onto the sidewalk and slip, sending him flying backwards. Even though they were still pretty far away from him, they heard his head hit smack against the sidewalk. Cuddy ran towards him as House followed behind. Cuddy arrived at Clay's side first. He was out cold. She saw that his head was bleeding, so she put some pressure on it.
"Call an ambulance," Cuddy said to House. House ran into the house and called 911. "Rachel!" House screamed into the house after he got off the phone, not sure where Rebecca was at the moment.
"Her name is Rebecca!" Cuddy called to him.
"My bad," House said. "Rebecca!"
Rebecca didn't really want to answer him because she didn't even want to know what he could possibly want, but she heard the urgency in his tone of voice so she decided to go she what he wanted. Rebecca left her room and came down the hall and saw House.
"What?" She asked him in an annoyed tone.
"Clay's hurt," House said pointing to the front door. Rebecca immediately ran to the front door and saw Cuddy over Clay.
"Is he okay?" She asked Cuddy as she ran out and kneeled down next to them.
"He hit his head pretty hard," Cuddy said to her. "He will have to get some tests done to see how bad it is."
House came out of the house and stood behind Cuddy. He knew that there was nothing he could do but wait for the ambulance.
"Hey," Cuddy said when Clay opened his eyes.
"Clay!" Rebecca said to him causing him to look at her. Clay looked around for a moment trying to remember what happened.
"You hurt your head pretty bad, so you need to stay still until the ambulance comes," Cuddy said to him.
"I hope the doctor at the hospital is as hot as you," Clay said to House Cuddy smiled at Clay.
"Back off, buster," House said to Clay. Rebecca wasn't really thrilled about the comment either.
Five minutes later, the ambulance arrived. The other guests came out when they heard the sirens. They walked over and stood next to House and Cuddy who were watching the paramedics.
"What happened?" Roger said to House. He saw the blood on the sidewalk.
"He fell and hit his head," House said. The paramedics started loading Clay onto the ambulance.
"Greg and Lisa?" House and Cuddy heard Clay call out to them. They went to the ambulance and peeked in.
"I may never see you again, so I wanted to say thanks for the medical help and the wonderful time," Clay said.
"Thanks for being a good sport," House said.
"Get better," Cuddy said to Clay with a smile.
"Thanks," Rebecca said as she got into the ambulance with Clay. House and Cuddy stayed and watched as the ambulance drove away.
"That was kind of a killjoy," House said. All the guests walked back into the house.
"Will he be okay?" Betty asked Cuddy.
"I think so," Cuddy answered.
House and Cuddy went upstairs and spent the rest of the afternoon together. At 3:30, they packed up their stuff to get ready to leave. Cuddy sat by the window and looked out at the scenery.
"I wish we could have stayed longer," Cuddy said to House. "It has been so long since I took a vacation." House stood behind Cuddy and put his chin on her head.
"You can surprise me with the next vacation," House said. "As long as you are naked during it."
"I can do that at home," Cuddy said.
"Then who needs vacation?" House asked.
"I like being away from work because you don't annoy me as much," Cuddy said with a smirk. House started tickling her.
"Stop it," Cuddy said laughing. House stopped.
"I know you love working with me because you spend the whole day looking at my ass," House said to her.
"I think that is you," Cuddy said as she got up from her seat. She picked up the bag from the floor.
"No, it's not," House said. "I spend my whole day staring at your boobs." Cuddy shoved the bag into House's chest hard. "That is not how you should treat the one you love."
"It's called tough love," Cuddy said as she opened up the door and walked out. House followed her out to the car. Cuddy opened the trunk for House to put the bag in. After he put the bag in the car, he gave Cuddy a kiss on the cheek.
"That's what I call gentle love," House said as he walked to the driver's side and got in. Cuddy smiled. The vacation might have been over, but she was happy just to be with him.