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Chapter Nine - Maybe Chemo wasn't an Answer

Taub sat at the table, his face read like he was confused but he knew exactly why his boss for three years was standing in front of the lab awaiting a answer from him. "Nope, not a thing." Taub turned his noise back to the scope in front of him.

"The hard way it is." House stepped further into the lab. "Don't you know how this works, you have a easy way which is admit what you have done or there is a hard way which brings a lot of embarrassment to yourself." House smiled as his mind mustard up something to use against his employee.

"I don't have any idea what you are talking about." Taub kept his direction down in the scope. He wanted to make little or no eye contact with House as much as he could.

"You know you can't avoid me for ever." House played his 'duh' look. "When Taub was young," Taub's head shot up to see exactly where this was going. "He use to pick his noise and eat it." House smiled. "How do you think he got his noise so big?"

Taub stood there surprised that House would say something like that. "It's not true." Taub looked at Foreman and Thirteen. "It's not." He shook his head.

"Oh come on, they aren't going to believe you with that darkish smile and you repeating your words. Plus I usually tell the truth." House smirked.

"No you don't." Thirteen smiled.

"When it comes to you guys, embarrassment, and a good laugh, I do." House smiled. "Now Taub are you going to tell me the truth or do I need to get a picture of ex lover and post her around the hospital," House smiled. "If it is a her at all."

"I didn't rat you guys out." Foreman and Thirteen's heads leaned forward to capture the interaction a little better.

" Rat who out?" House said knowing full well what he meant.

"Cuddy and you."

"Well the word is that you did."

"Rumours? You're going to humiliate me because of rumours?"

"Well yeah," House allowed his cane to dance around in his hand. "The source is reliable."

"Just out curiosity how do you know that Cuddy didn't rat you two out?"

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"Just how do I know that you didn't say something?" Cuddy stood there in her bed that was now somehow turning into their bedroom.

"I might be an ass but if I wanted to end this then I would be a man." House knew that sound a little far fetch coming from him. Truth is he probably would ignore her the best he could and await for her to catch him in an elevator or at his apartment and wait for her to break up with him.

"I'm sure." Cuddy rolled her eyes.

"I'm in this for the long run." Had House just admit that he loved her. Sure they had used the L-word before but Cuddy was the one that usually ignition it.

"Really?" Cuddy looked at him, was he completely serious.

"Yeah, plus how do I know that you didn't want to end things? I am pretty sure you could tell the right person just as easily as I could." House sat on the bed awaiting for an answer.

Cuddy hesitated. Was he implying the same exact thing that she was implying only moments before hand? "House, I am not like that. I do have some dignity." Cuddy crawled under the bedding and rested her head on the cushioned pillow.

"I know, but it doesn't feel all that good when the person he was trusted for the past year and some blames something on you, does it?" House moved close to her. Had he really turned in to a softy?

"No it doesn't." Cuddy rested her head on his chest.

House planted a kiss on the top of her head. "Do you think that maybe, just maybe we could have sex tonight?"

Cuddy sat wondering just when was the last time that they actually did have sex. "Yeah." Cuddy realized between the letter and Rachael they forgot to actually enjoy themselves.

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"I just know." House smiled.

"Okay fine it was me." Taub was owning up to this all to quickly.

"No it isn't, who are you protecting?" House was more the interested now.

"No one it was me." Taub paused when he realized he wasn't being all that convincing. "You come in he blaming me and when I own up to it you say it isn't me? Who must this sinful person be?"

House turned on his heel and exited out of the doors that he enter momentarily.

It didn't take him long after the elevator dinged open before House had reached Wilson's office. "House." Annoyance was evident in Wilson's voice.

"We need to talk." House looked at the patient in front of Wilson. How many times has House interrupted Wilson with a patient before?

"Can't this wait?" Wilson looked at the women with no hair in front of him. "I'm sorry."

"No it can't." House sat on the couch by the window.

"Will you excuse us for a minute?" Wilson looked the women who seemed to be more pissed off that she had to wait longer now to be told if the chemo is working or not.

"Whatever." The women got up and exited the room shutting the door after she left.

"Now what on earth is so important?" Wilson folded his hands and awaited for his friend to answer.

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