A/N: I'm so sorry it's been over a month since my last update! RL kinda kept me busy, but I'm not gonna bore you with the details. I just leave you this chapter and I promise the next one will be up sooner! Read & enjoy!

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Chapter 7

The early rays of sunshine made their way through the window of the bedroom and casted their light on the 2 figures, entangled in each other, on the bed. He was the first one to stir, awoken by the soft glow of the sun and the weight of a body pressed closely to his. He slowly cracked one eye open, to be greeted by the most beautiful thing he had ever awoken to.

She lay half next to him, half on top of him. Her dark, raven curls were splayed all over his chest and she had the tiniest of smiles on her angelic face. He couldn't get his eyes of her. If he could, he would spent the rest of his life just watching her like this. While he was totally enthralled by her sleeping figure, she too started to stir, awaken by the feeling of a pair of eyes on her.

"Stop staring at me." she mumbled, eyes still closed and the faintest trace of a smirk on her lips.

"Well, good morning to you too, sunshine! A bit grumpy, aren't we? Did someone wear you out last night?" he smirked back.

Laughing softly Cuddy slowly opened her eyes to find his baby blues staring right back at her, sparkling.

"Good morning. A bit full of ourselves aren't we?" she shot back at him, never breaking the eye contact.

"Hey I can't help it that I'm a stud!" House teased her a bit more, fully enjoying their playful banter.

She rolled her eyes at that, but wasn't planning on backing down. She too was enjoying their little game far too much for that. "Maybe I should leave. You know, to make room for your ego before it threatens to suffocate us."

"Ouch, words can hurt you know!" he whined with a mock-hurt tone, but failed to hide the sparkling in his eyes. "Besides, you should get that thought out of your pretty, little head Cuddles, cause it's not gonna happen."

"What thought?" she asked, not understanding what exactly he was referring to.

"The idea of you leaving this bed anytime in the near future. I'm planning on having my wicked way with you all day." he told her in a husky voice, which made a shiver run down her spine.

"Oh really?" she asked seductively.

"Mmmh, really." he answered, mimicking her tone. House then drew her on top of him, pulling her close to his chest to make sure she felt his excitement pressing against her abdomen.

"Hmm, seems like someone is up for some fun." she smirked, emphasizing the 'up'.

House smirked right back at her before he enveloped her lips in a passionate kiss. Soon enough clothes were discarded and their naked bodies were once again moving in unison. Cuddy reached her climax first, followed closely by House. Each of them whispering the others name while letting the pleasure overtake them. After having recovered they laid on the bed, enjoying the silence and each other's presence.

Soon enough their peace was disturbed by the buzzing of House's cell phone on his night stand. He groaned, but didn't make any move to pick it up.

"Aren't you going to take that?" she asked him, lifting her head off his chest to look at him.

"Nah, don't feel like it."

"House, it could be important. Maybe it's the hospital. You should answer."

"Fine." he muttered before he reached for the blaring device. Without even looking at the caller ID, he barked: "What?"

"House!" was all Wilson could say before he got interrupted.

"Why Jimmy Boy, to what do I owe the honor of receiving such an early morning call from you?" House asked sarcastically.

"House, I just got a call from Cuddy's mom, telling me the wedding is off!" House had to try very hard not to laugh at Wilson's frantic voice.

"What? Now that's horrible news! Did the boy toy get cold feet? Couldn't handle the thought of having to spend the rest of his live with the she-devil? Well, you can't really blame him, can you?" This got him a slap on his chest from Cuddy who fixed her most intense glare on him. He just smirked back at her.

"Don't play dumb House! She told me you had something to do with it! What have you done this time?"

"Why, why Jimmy, now you're giving me too much honor."

"Oh common House! You know Cuddy is going to hate your guts for destroying her dream, right?"

"I'm not so sure about that." he mumbled.

"What?" Wilson asked, now clearly sounding confused. House looked at Cuddy who was listening intently to their conversation. He was silently asking if she was okay with letting Wilson know about their 'situation'. She just nodded slowly at him.

"Well, why don't you ask it her yourself Wilson?" he said before he passed the phone to Cuddy.

"Hello Wilson." she greeted.

"Cuddy? What…?" he trailed off, sounding totally bewildered. Both House and Cuddy chuckled simultaneously at their friends confusion.

"I heard you wanted to ask me something?"

"Uh, yeah, but never mind. Why are you with House, what happened and the wedding and Lucas and…" Wilson started to ramble uncontrollably.

"Calm down Wilson. The wedding is cancelled, I broke things of with Lucas and I'm with House right now because we want to try if things can work between us."

"Say what?"

"You heard me, we're together now."

"Wow…WOW…just wow!"

"That's what she said!" House shouted into the receiver earning him another slap from Cuddy. "No seriously Wilson, you've anything else to say except 'wow'?"

"Well yeah, I… It's just, I can't believe this. I mean, after all these years! I had finally given up on you two ever getting over your own stubbornness and now… wow, I really can't believe it!"

"Well, feel free to hang on Jimmy, I'll prove to you it's true by letting you listen while we're doing the naughty AGAIN!" he smirked while Cuddy scolded him.

"Uhm, no thanks. I think I'm just gonna believe you on your words and leave you guys alone now."

"Okay, your loss Jimmy Boy! See ya!"

"Bye Wilson." Cuddy added.

"Bye guys and congratulations I guess."

"Yeah, yeah, enough already. I need my alone time with my lady now. Oh and Wilson, I know you like to gossip like a giddy, little girl, but I swear if anyone finds out about this, I'm gonna shove my cane up your ass and Cuddy will have your balls. Understood?" he could hear Wilson gulp and mumble a quick 'uhu' before he shut off the phone and placed it back on the nightstand.

"That went well." Cuddy said.

"Could have been worse. I just hope he got the message. Wouldn't want you to get in trouble with the board."

"And why is that? Your antics always get me in trouble with the board." She said raising an eyebrow questioningly at him.

"Ah, but you see Cuddles, things have changed now. I need to keep you as happy as possible."

"Why would that be?"

"Well you being happy will lead to more sex for me of course!" he said to her in a tone as if he were talking to a five year old. She laughed at that and gave him a quick kiss.

"See!" he said, "I think this just proved my point!"

"Oh shut up." she said, slapping him playfully on the chest.

"Mmm, I love it when you get all bossy on me woman."

She laughed again and soon things became heated between the two of them once more…

They spent the rest of the day bantering, laughing, watching television and rediscovering each other's body. House almost felt happy. He hadn't felt like this in years, wasn't even sure he had ever felt like this before. But it also scared him. One of his true believes was that happiness doesn't last. That's why he became more anxious with every minute that brought them closer to her leaving his place. Tomorrow they would go back to work and everything would be different. He just wasn't ready for the bubble they had been living in since yesterday to burst. Not yet.

When she hugged him and kissed him goodnight, she could feel he was dreading her leave.

"I've really have to go pick Rachel up and head home." she said.

"I know" he answered quietly.

"Then what's wrong?"

"Nothing" he mumbled.

"House, talk to me please." she whispered, cupping his cheek and softly stroking the stubble on his jaw.

"I was just wondering…, never mind, you wouldn't think it's a good idea anyway." he muttered.

"What's not a good idea House? If you don't tell me, then you'll never know for sure." she said to him softly, her curiosity spiked.

"Well, I was just thinking that maybe you could go pick Rachel up and then come back here to have dinner together. Or I could come to your place if that's more convenient."

"You…, you want to meet Rachel?" Cuddy asked incredulously.

"Cuddy, despite what you still seem to think, I am serious about this. I want you, the whole package. And that package does happen to contain a small parasite, so yeah, I wanna meet her. How else are we gonna work if I don't spent time with her? She's an important part of your life and I'll have to meet her sooner or later. Might as well get over with it now."

She smiled a brilliant smile at him and felt tears welling up in her eyes. House telling her he was accepting Rachel was more than she could have dreamed of. She hugged him tightly while she said:

"Thank you , though I would like it if you could call her Rachel instead of parasite."

"Now don't expect too much of me Cuddles. I'm still the same old bastard I was before. So baby steps, okay?"

She smiled and kissed him once more. "You sure you're ready for this?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

"Okay then. Dinner at 7, my place."

"Yes mistress!" he smirked while he opened the door for her. Watching her leave, he was glad he would be able to spend some more time with her tonight.

That's it for now. I know it's a bit short, but I felt like I had to end it here. Up next: Rachel and House meet. How will that go?

P.S.: Reviews are love!