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Here ist the third chapter!

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3. Chapter

Cuddy hadn't talked to him since she had informed him about her decision to put an end to their "non-relationship". This had been two days ago. Ever since, he had been avoiding her. He had even done all of his clinic hours in order to prevent meeting her.

She dropped down on her couch and sighed.

Was it really the right decision to end it? … Of course it was… But why did she feel so damn bad about it then? Why was she constantly thinking about him? And why the hell did she miss him? She just hadn't seen him for two days… But somehow it felt like she hadn't seen him for years.

In the last few months she had been at his place almost every single evening. She never stayed over night. Not because she hadn't wanted to but because she was afraid to ask him. And she was even more afraid of what might have happened if she had stayed and what might have happened if she wouldn't have been able to leave again.

How damn naive had she been? She had known from the start on what she was feeling for House. She should have known that they couldn't just be friends with benefits when she had these "weird" feelings.

She startled when she suddenly heard the loud sound of her doorbell.

Cuddy stood up again and made her way over to her front door. She was kind of surprised when she opened it up.

In front of her stood the man she had constantly been thinking about the last two days.

He was leaning against her doorframe. His facial expression was serious.

"What are you doing here?"

"I don't want to stop."

"Do we really have to make this whole "thing" even more complicated than it already is?"

"It is not complicated… At least not more than any other "fling" is."

Even though she didn't invite him in, he entered her house and said: "You are the one who makes it complicated. It actually is very simple."

"Having sex with a friend is never simple."

"If we quit being friends can we sleep together again?" He was joking. They both knew it.

Cuddy was pissed anyway.

She folded her arms over her chest and went into the kitchen.

"Don't you understand sarcasm anymore?" House followed her.

"It is not the time to be sarcastic, House."

"You are right. Actually it is the time for us to have sex." This was his second mistake in the last few minutes.

"Can you please just leave?"

"No."

Cuddy turned around and was very surprised to find House standing only a few inches away from her.

Her nose almost collided with his chest.

She was taken back from the sudden closeness. Her heart started to beat faster, her nostrils filled with his scent, her body could feel his heat.

Oh, God… That wasn't good… That wasn't good at all.

Cuddy looked up in order to be able to see him in his sea-blue eyes. "Go home, House."

House ignored what she was saying. He didn't want to hear any of this… All he wanted was to be in her near again. Even if it was just for an hour a day. He needed her in his life.

"You don't really want me to leave…" His hand was suddenly on her cheek and started to caress it. "You want me as much as I want you."

When his hand made contact with her cheek, a warm feeling spread through her body. "That doesn't matter, House…"

"It does…" His left hand moved to her other cheek.

Cuddy closed her eyes. She hadn't wanted to, she wasn't doing it on purpose. It was a reflex.

Before she could reopen her eyes again, she suddenly felt his hot lips on her neck. She shivered and wanted to push him away but she couldn't… she just wasn't able to do it… His caresses were feeling so damn good that she just didn't manage to shove him away from her.

"Tell me to go now and I will leave…" House whispered against her skin. He knew exactly that she wouldn't be able to send him away. He knew that he had her.

"You are an ass." Cuddy murmured.

"But that doesn't really bother you, does it?" His mouth wandered to her lips and captured them for a few short seconds.

Her eyes were still closed and her lips slightly parted which proved to him that she had no intentions at all of stopping him. She wanted him to go on. She probably even needed him to go on.

House laid his lips on hers again and started to kiss her more forcefully. She responded to his kiss immediately.

There was no way that she was going to stop him now. As soon as his lips had come in contact with her skin she knew that there was no going back now. She had been seduced. And God, she loved every second of it… She wasn't supposed to like it but she just couldn't help herself.

Her hands went to his neck and pulled him closer to her. He obeyed without any complaints.

She could do with him whatever she wanted. He didn't care. As long as she was there, with him everything was okay.

It was weird… Very weird.

Cuddy's head was lying on his chest and House's hand was placed protectively around her.

That wasn't normal for them… Usually they avoided touching each other after they had sex. Usually they even avoided looking each other in the eyes. But this time was different.

This time House finally had the balls to pull her into his arms. This time he didn't care about anything else but being close to her and being able to hold her.

Cuddy's feelings were in a muddle… She wasn't used to him being like this. It was strange... Strange but wonderful.

She didn't know what all of this meant and how they would go on from there. All she knew is that she loved being here with him. She loved lying in his arms, being close to him, being able to hear his heart beat.

And right now that's all she needed to know. She would worry about everything else tomorrow morning.

TBC...