Don't Forget About Me

When House returned from lunch, Cuddy met up with him in the elevator.

"Nice lunch?" She asked him.

"Yes," House said. "I impregnated a woman."

"What?" Cuddy asked in shock.

"It's a joke Cuddy. Lighten up."

"A woman came here asking you to be the father of her child. Your joke could have actually been true."

"Are you a little scared of baby Houses running around?" House asked. "I don't know if the preschool teachers are ready."

"Does that mean you have made the decision to say yes to her?"

"I'm still thinking," House said. "She is one of my oldest friends, though, so I should probably say yes."

"Are you sure she just wants a baby and not you?"

"We are more like siblings than boyfriend and girlfriend," House said. "I think she picked me because she did what I told you to do and she picked someone that she liked to be the father. She doesn't want any loser babies."

"Are you sure she didn't pick you because she likes you?"

"That may have been the reason you wanted to ask me, but I do not think that is her reason."

"What makes you think that I wanted to ask you?" Cuddy asked in a defensive tone.

"I remember that night you came into my office after I started giving you your injections. There is no way you just came in there to tell me thank you," House said.

"Unlike you, I try to thank people when they do something nice, even if they are a jerk."

"I do believe you wanted to thank me, but you also wanted to ask me. Just admit it." Cuddy felt the blush form on her face.

"You just hope I wanted to ask you because you wanted me to ask you," Cuddy said getting in House's face. She knew she had to play tough.

"If we had a kid together, I would always be in your life to torture you," House said.

"You always want me to be in your life?" Cuddy asked.

"No," House said backing away from her. "Just as long as I need you as a boss I need you in my life."

"House likes me," Cuddy said in a sing-song voice like a 5-year old would.

"You wish," House said.

"No, I know," Cuddy said as she walked away from him. She knew she needed to get away while she still had the upper hand. House watched her as she walked away. He knew that she liked him. Now he would have to get even with her.

That night, House knew that Cuddy was working late, so he snuck into her house. His first stop was her underwear drawer, but after that, he got back to his plan. House turned every piece of furniture he could move around in the opposite direction. Cuddy's chair was now facing the wall and all her pictures on the wall just showed the back of the frames.

House jumped when his phone rang. He answered it when he saw that it was Mary. "Hello Mary Lou," House said.

"I stopped by your apartment, but you were not there. Are you working late?"

"I am at Cuddy's house," he said. "She is going to freak. I have rearranged all of her furniture."

"Why?" Mary asked.

"To mess with her," House said.

"How did you get in her house?"

"I used the key that she keeps out so all her lovers can come in for their midnight creeps," House said.

"Shouldn't you, I don't know, not break into your bosses' house?" Mary asked.

"I do not discriminate," House said. "I violate everybody's privacy."

"I will just give you a key to my house so you do not have to break in," Mary said.

"Where is the fun in that?" House asked. "I can meet you at my apartment. I am finished here."

"Okay," Mary said. House smiled at his work and then left Cuddy's House.

Cuddy got home about two hours later. She saw instantly that something was wrong when her welcome mat was backwards. She opened up her door and stood in shock and what she saw. A small smile crept onto her face. "He wants me," Cuddy said. She headed to her phone and called him.

"I cannot come over for a quickie right now," House said when he answered the phone, causing Mary to look at him. "I am watching The Pretender."

"I love how you redecorated my place," Cuddy said.

"Someone redecorated you place?" House asked in fake surprise. "I hope that same someone did not go through your underwear drawer." House turned and winked at Mary. Mary knew that she needed to learn more about Cuddy and what her relationship with House was.

"There better not be any missing," Cuddy said.

"I am sure they are all there," House said. "Even the sexy red ones."

"I guess I have a secret admirer," Cuddy said. "I think this is the grown-up version of pulling my hair."

"Or the person is just a jerk who wanted to mess with you," House said.

"I don't think so," Cuddy said. "I think he loves me."

"Why are you assuming it is a he?" House asked. "I have seen the way Cameron looks at you."

"Cameron would be nice enough to send me roses, not rearrange everything in my house."

"You just want this to be a secret admirer, because you want some tonight."

"Too bad he did not leave a name or number," Cuddy said. "I would have invited him over for some hot sex."

"Really?" House asked.

"Yeah," Cuddy said.

"Maybe he will come over later," House said.

"The mood has passed now," Cuddy said. "I guess it is too little too late for him."

"I hate you," House said.

"See you tomorrow House," Cuddy said. "Have fun watching The Pretender." Cuddy hung up the phone.

"Is everything okay?" Mary asked House. "Why do you hate her?"

"I was just joking with her," House said with a smile. If he wasn't wrong, Lisa Cuddy had been flirting with him.

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