Thanks for the reviews. Sorry I am so slow with the updates. I didn't get a chance to expand on this chapter but I wanted to give you guys something for waiting. This chapter is mostly a mild reaction to last chapter and setting the ground for the next couple of chapters. Hope I don't disappoint and that y'all enjoy this story. Let me know what you think. Thank you.
Chapter 6: 53%
One week later........
House and Cuddy had been distant at work but he would come visit the kids for a few hours each night. He could tell that the separation was taking a toll on both of them. He was ready to come back home. Maybe it was really too much to handle when he walked away or his feelings of inadequacy regarding small children and his drug habit. He'd been taking less pills since they had been together but he was trying this new experimental drug Dilaudidzycota* to help with his pain management. It appeared to have been working but all drugs had side effects, some worse than others. He went to talk to Cuddy about there relationship in her office.
"This past week has been hellish and it made me realize that I'm more miserable without you than I have been for the last ten years. I want to come home if you will let me." fearing the worst he began spinning his cane waiting on her verdict.
" House I can't take you walking out on me like that again. If you're ready to come home make sure it's for the long run because there wont be a next time." she said not willing to relive the last week again. " I wont, the last one week felt like we were getting a divorce and I missed holding you and I even missed hearing the kids crying for their late night feedings. I'm 53% domesticated." He said smiling to break the tension in the room.
" I guess 53% is better than none." she said while stepping in his embrace.
" Yeah,does this mean that we can come out, cause I'm tired of sneaking around. At least let me tell Wilson."
" Not yet, only because he is on the board and I have yet to tell anyone that I am pregnant let along that we've been going together. The subject has to be approached delicately so people don't assume that I gave you special treatment and my job come in question." she answers. " and Wilson will be too excited about us to keep it to himself, let's wait until I'm showing to make an announcement.
" OK" he said relieved to be back in her good graces, oblivious to the change to come.
*Dilaudidzycota is a fictional drug for my benefit.
Thanks for reading, I'm sorry that I'm late updating and that this chapter is so short. Work is still a bitch and I have little time to write except late at night and I'm usually exhausted and the words blur so excuse any extreme mistakes. My only saving grace is that I have excellent Internet service on my cell phone to continue reading stories otherwise I'd be out of my mind. I wont set an exact date on my next update but ima try my damnedest to write before Friday. Thanks again for reading and sorry for my lack of updates.