A/N: Sorry that it's been a week. I had planned on trying to go along with the show in terms of the Cuddy/Lucas relationship so this could be kind of like a background, but of course they've gone and made things difficult on the show. I'll try to update this as regularly as possible from here on out.

Mad about a Mommy

When Cuddy walked into the hospital on Monday morning she fully expected to find House waiting on her surrounded by a group of her employees. When she didn't immediately suffer the embarrassment of having the entire hospital know she'd been unfaithful to her boyfriend with House, she relaxed a bit and got her day started. It wasn't until lunch did she see him and she would have kept walking if Wilson hadn't stopped her.

"Have you got a minute?" he asked politely, typical Wilson whom she couldn't deny when he looked so sincere. No wonder he kept women happy even after they were divorced or broken up, she thought to herself as she nodded. "I know you know that I know about you and House," he started and her eyes widened at his use of Housian language. "But I don't want you to feel weird. I just want to see both of you happy and I want what's best for you as you're my friends."

"Thank you," she said a bit uncomfortably as a blonde nurse passed them, giving Wilson a once over. "You really don't have to worry, though. This isn't your fault and House is being very mature about the situation."

"I know it's not my fault," he said with a bit of a snort. "You two were the only people there…I assume. I tried to cattle prod the two of you into behaving and obviously you two were no match for me. You guys have the full weight of the responsibility as you're both adults."

Cuddy was blushing now and she pulled Wilson further into the corner to avoid any more stares. "Look, I know he's your best friend, but I'm with Lucas now. Lucas doesn't need to know about the other night and things can go on normally, as if we never even went out that night. I'm tired of waiting on him to grow up…Lucas was already there."

Wilson nodded grimly. "I understand. I still think you should give House a chance, but I'll respect your wishes."

"Thanks. I knew one of the two of you would be hard to deal with, I just assumed that one would be House."

Wilson frowned. "Yes, well not everything happens exactly as you expect it to," he informed her before walking back into the cafeteria where House was eating his ice cream.

Days went by without incident, and then days turned into weeks. House was cordial to her, sometimes even joking again, but he didn't make any inappropriate advances. He solved three tough cases and did so without use of too much illegal procedure, for which she was grateful. Work was going very well for her and she couldn't complain about her home life either as Lucas was blissfully unaware of anything that she may have felt guilty for. He played with Rachel, kissed her sweetly, and even made love to her the same way, but she found that her heart just wasn't interested in him the way it had been to begin with. She forced herself to remain strong, however, and continued her life as normal.

Cuddy was just starting to get comfortable again when she discovered that she was two weeks late for her period. At first she panicked, wondering if House had gotten her pregnant, but then she reasoned that she had been under an extraordinary amount of stress over the past month. She tried to relax and tell herself that nothing had changed and she refused to take a pregnancy test. When she came home the night after she realized that she had missed for two weeks, Lucas greeted her with dinner.

She let her problems slip away for a while as they ate in the light of a single candle. He had gotten a babysitter for Rachel and prepared a romantic dinner. They made love and she slipped into another world as she experienced an orgasm with him for the first time in nearly two months. "Oh…Hou…Ah!" she paused in her cry when she realized that HIS name was on the tip of her tongue. It was one thing to think about him and entirely another to call out his name. She felt fear in the pit of her stomach as he finished and tossed the condom into the trashcan beside her bed. She could only hope that he hadn't heard her slip.

Cuddy was once again fortunate as he seemed to ignore her cries that had almost culminated into an incriminating squeal. She lay beside Lucas that night wondering what she was going to do about her situation. She wanted to have a steady relationship with Lucas, but her mind was completely fixated on House and his lack of interest in her only served to spur her on. She had always been in love with him, but things were getting out of hand now. After a lot of tossing and turning, she managed to fall into a fitful sleep.

The next day, she hesitantly purchased a pee stick from the store and stashed it in her office. She couldn't bring herself to take it however and she continued to worry about the implications of being pregnant, let alone by her partner in cheating. Another week went by and she became more and more tired. Two weeks after she bought the pregnancy test, she finally got up the nerve to use it after emptying the contents of her stomach into the toilet for the third morning in a row. The pink plus sign nearly stopped her heart.