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March 8, 2010

Cuddy took a deep breath before entering House's office. It had been almost a month since their argument and she had been avoiding him. She knew that things between them weren't over, things with Gregory House were never over. They were just going through a rough patch, that was all.

"Are you coming to my appointment tomorrow? I need you there..."

"Uh yeah.." House responded awkwardly. Cuddy sighed. Why couldn't he just apologize? Why did he have to be such a stubborn bastard?

"He'll apologize soon... Hopefully..."

The truth was Cuddy needed him to apologize for two reasons. One because he was out of line to say something like that. She knew he was harsh when he wanted to be but the past few months he had been so decent. She had gotten used to the House who censored himself towards her. The second because this pregnancy was causing her hormones to rage. If he didn't apologize soon, she would have to pretend the whole fiasco never happened.

"The appointment's at noon... I'll meet you there." Cuddy replied turning to leave.

"Actually, I was thinking we drive there together... No need to use both of our cars when we're both going to the same place... We'll take my car.."

"Oh... Well I guess that's fine..." She stopped for a second, making sure he wasn't going to speak again before exiting.

"Well look at that... Seems like he's trying to fix things..."

Cuddy looked up from her desk when she heard the door open.

"Ready to go?" House asked as he stood by the door.

"Uh yeah. Let me just finish signing this and we can go."

She signed the bottom of the form she was filing, and stood up making her way to her coat rack. She watched from the corner of her eye as House made his way towards her. She felt him help her put her coat on and smiled to herself, knowing that she would be getting her apology very soon.

The drive to St. Mary's was only about a half hour. Neither House nor Cuddy spoke. This was something that bothered House. It was the first time in almost a month that they had spent some time alone outside of the hospital. It was his fault after all that they hadn't had any alone time. His comment the last time they'd been together had hurt her and he knew it. At first, he thought she would just ignore it, he had after all said worse things to her and she had simply dismissed them. But as time passed, he quickly realized that he would have to apologize as he pulled into the parking space nearest to the front of the hospital, he took a deep breath, contemplating exactly how to apologize.

"I'm sorry." He muttered turning to look at Cuddy.

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said... About not wanting kids."

He heard her sigh, and felt her hand on his face.

"Thank you." She whispered. Taking advantage of the fact that they were so close in proximity for the first time in several weeks, he kissed her. He felt her smile against his lips and he resisted the urge to take her then and there.

"Alright. Come on lover boy, let's go."

House stood beside Cuddy as she signed herself in at the front desk. She noted that once again he was fidgeting.

"House," Cuddy said as they sat down and waited for her name to be called. "You're fidgeting again. What's with you and the fidgeting every time we're here?"

"I don't know."

She knew he was lying, but she didn't press him. She knew that eventually he would tell her when he was ready. Or if she invaded his personal space enough. That always seemed to work in their relationship. She would get a little too close inside his personal bubble and he would let her see a tiny inkling of what he was really thinking.

"Lisa Cuddy, Dr. Montgomery is ready to see you."

Cuddy stood, and waited a second for House to get up before following the nurse into the exam room. She sat on the chair knowing that she wouldn't need to change into a gown due to the fact that she was getting her second ultrasound.

"Hello Dr. Cuddy. Dr. House." Dr. Montgomery quipped as she entered the room. "How have you been feeling?"

"I've been great actually. The morning sickness is gone."

"That's great. Now if you could just sit back, and we'll start your ultrasound."

Cuddy sat back against the chair and rolled her blouse up. As soon as the gel made contact with her skin she bit her lip. It was freezing.

"I know, it's cold." commented Montgomery. "But hey, it'll be worth it in the end." She continued winking. House was right, she was a bit on the weird side.

"Well it looks as if you're nine weeks along. Which means, your due date should be around late August, maybe early September. Do you want to know the sex?"

Cuddy looked up at House who sitting beside her. He nodded slightly and she smiled before nodding.

"It's a girl."

Baby name suggestions, i know you have them. Don't be afraid to input some name ideas. The name I have chosen is debatable.