Has it really been almost a month since my last update?! Wow, time flies...

Okay, a few short things before we head on...yes I have changed my pen name! Might be temporary or perminent, don't know yet. I've acquired somewhat of a passion for Desperate Housewives in my short hiatus from writing.

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Wilson was more than worried about House. It just didn't hit him until he was knelt beside him on the airplane, flying back to civilization. He held an actual damp cloth to his forehead, trying to break the fever. House wouldn't be getting any antibiotics until they arrived at a hospital. They all hoped he would at least hold on for another six hours.

Holding Harry in her hands, Cuddy looked out the window somewhat solemnly at the place she thought she would be calling home for as long as she lived. As they flew further and further away, her heart sank deeper into the pit of her stomach. She didn't realize how attached she was to that island. Or maybe it wasn't the island itself. Maybe it was the relationship she developed with House in the two and a half months they were there together. They have overcome obstacles that most people wouldn't have to in their lifetime, such as hunt for crabs and climb a mountain to get fresh water. Even though House was a complete stick in the mud half the time, he helped her, and that, in turn, helped their relationship. They worked together, which isn't something that happens too often.

Cuddy wasn't completely sure why she felt this way. Possibly because if House goes home, he will no longer feel what he felt for her on that island. And if she's worried about feeling that way, maybe she has feelings for him as well. Feelings that she doesn't want to disappear just because they were going home. Back home, a romantic relationship with House seemed to be too impossible. She's seen how he acts. It's completely different from how he acted when they were together on the island. Around others, he'll be back to his old self in no time. She wouldn't be surprised that once he opens his mouth after being cured that the first thing he'll call her is an idiot. He won't even have to have a reason. It's the way House is.

Maybe it would be for the better.

"What do you have there?" Cameron asked, sitting beside Cuddy and pointing nonchalantly at the coconut.

Cuddy didn't even see Cameron sit beside her. She was too busy staring out at the ocean below them.

"Hmm? Oh…it's…House's. He named it Harry. Supposedly because the hair was longer on this coconut than the others. I don't know. With House, you just never know."

That had a double meaning to it. Cameron was pretty sure she knew what Cuddy meant. It was clear the two got closer in the short amount of time they were here on this island. They were probably so close to calling it home that they prepared to be with one another for the rest of their lives without any form of life there, except for the trees and shrubs that surrounded them.

Cameron took Cuddy's hand and squeezed it gently in her own. It was so good to see her alive. It was a feeling that Cameron couldn't even begin to describe. In all honesty, she was completely expecting to go home empty handed. She went with Wilson as support. She didn't think they would actually be talking with them again. But just how much of them did they get back? Cuddy did seem very different. Not only was she disheveled to the point where her unwashed hair built up oils and made her hair flat and dull with loose ringlets, body torn up, thanks to random thorns and sharp objects, and her once vibrant blue eyes turning cold and grey, she wasn't all there. Two and a half months alone with the world's biggest jerk on a remote island would do that to a person. But Cuddy didn't look defeated in that way. Lord knew what she had been through, but there wasn't a look of exhaustion on her face. To Cameron, it looked like she wanted to be back on that island with House.

"You okay, Lisa?" Cameron asked, squeezing her hand gently.

Cuddy smiled. It was forced. "Of course I am. I'm going home, right?"

Cameron smiled back and gave her hand an extra squeeze. "Yes you are. A lot has happened while you were gone."

Cameron had figured that if they start talking about something, Cuddy would stop being so solemn. She also took notice in Cuddy's eyes drifting from the window casually to House. She would always appear to have that 'spacing out' look on her face, as if she were in a daydream that would take a lot to snap her out of.

"Starting with a nerdy twenty-something year old Dean of Medicine that is nothing but a huge pain in the ass," Wilson said, speaking from House's bedside.

"Why?" Cuddy asked. She knew they would get a different Dean since she was officially cleared as dead once they couldn't find the bodies. She didn't think it would be a problem.

Wilson sighed. "Well, for one, he's not you. Second, he fired my researchers for drinking coffee in the lab. Third, he cut off Diagnostics without so much as a second thought. And fourth, I think the only reason he got the job is because he's the son of the top benefactor and that pisses me off to no end."

Cuddy frowned lightly. "It's not Zachary Feeney is it?"

Wilson's eyes lit up. "Yes! How did you know?"

Cuddy waved her hand, as if to dismiss the topic. "He's been goading me for years. Him and his father. It's just like him to parade in there and take over what I've left behind."

"How was he goading you?" Cameron asked, officially curious on how Cuddy knew Zachary on this level.

"How do you know him?" Wilson asked as well. "I've never seen or heard of him until he came to the hospital."

"Let met guess…the little shit brushed my death aside like it was nothing, right? Told everyone to just forget about me and move on."

"Well…not in so many words, but yeah, something like that," Cameron said.

"I wanted to bash his face in," Wilson added, still feeling resentment towards Zachary.

"I've known him since he was born. He graduated four years ahead of his class and became a doctor of medicine at twenty-four. I would be jealous of him if he weren't so arrogant and self-centered."

Cuddy's tone sounded bitter and somewhat angry at Zachary. The same question flew through both Wilson and Cameron's heads.

"How do you know him?" Cameron asked again.

Cuddy sighed, as if this were some big secret she's been hiding all along. "He's my nephew."

Wilson and Cameron's eyelids raised a couple of centimeters.

"Didn't you say he was the son of a benefactor?" Cameron asked.

Cuddy nodded. "We don't exactly get along very well either. It's my brother. The oldest. He said he was only sponsoring the hospital with hopes that Zachary could take over as Dean. Shouldn't surprise me. My entire family is against what I do. I'm sure the funerals went down nicely."

Wilson and Cameron exchanged glances. Odd they never knew about this. Cameron felt herself a little angry about what was happening. They were so lucky to have Cuddy back, and yet, this is what she has to come back to. She was almost certain that Cuddy wished she was back on the island with House where all her worries then seemed simple now that she knew what she would be looking forward to once she got home. Not only was House sick, but her nephew took over her job. If he made it legal, she might not be able to get it back. Then what? What would she do? She'd have no support in getting it back. For all she knew, the hospital might like their new Dean more than her.

Cuddy got so upset that she made herself cry. She didn't have much strength to hold herself back in the first place.

"Everything is so ruined now," she said, allowing tears to build up in her eyes. "My family took over what was left of my life. They're probably in the process of selling my home and everything in it. My nephew took over my job." She paused to swallow the lump in her throat. "I don't know if I want to go home."

The grip on her hand that Cameron had grew tighter. She talked to her so calmly and reassuringly. "Don't say that, Lisa. I will do everything I can to make sure that Zachary doesn't stay on as Dean. It's rightfully still your position and your parents have no right to strip your house apart."

"Tell them that," Cuddy said, brushing away her tears. "There's nothing stopping them, is there? I have no will, no successor, nothing."

"Then it will go to the state, not your family."

"And it's not only that." She looked to House, who was still laying on the floor of the plane, laying on his back and not moving a muscle. They got him to breathe on his own, but that's all they could do for now. As soon as the first tear fell from her eye, Cameron had her in her arms, rocking her and shushing her as if she were a child needing comfort.

"We just got you back, Lisa, don't give up on us now. I know things are hard now, but they'll be better. You have Wilson and I on your side. The way Wilson feels about Feeney, I'm sure he'll throw him out single handedly," she joked, trying to lighten the mood. She continued when Cuddy didn't make a sound. "And as for House…you know he'll never give up. He may be a huge pessimistic pain in the ass, but if there's one thing that he'll never do, he'll never allow himself to be subjected to this sort of a death. Knowing him, he'll want to go having the biggest orgasm of his life."

That got Cuddy to chuckle. That wasn't something Cameron would say, even joking around. Cuddy knew she said it for her. It brought a smile to her face. She pulled away, sniffling back her tears.

"Thanks guys. For everything." Cuddy sat back into her seat again. "But…something else is on my mind, too." She chuckled weakly. "Speaking of orgasm. You know how House is. Two months on an island with a woman, no matter who they are, he can't keep it in his pants to save his life."

Cameron's eyes grew wider than last time. "You had sex with House?" she asked, as if it were a huge surprise.

"Yep," Cuddy said, wearing another false smile and letting out a bit of sarcasm. "But that's not the best part. I think I'm pregnant."

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