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The next day House opens his closet to find something to wear. He sees the shirt and the post-it Cuddy had written and smiles. He's glad she realized the significance of the shirt. He gets dressed and goes to work. As soon as he gets there, he is immediately attacked by his team with a new case. He only gets to smile over at Cuddy before he's dragged off to his office for a differential. The day finally ends and they both go home.
House makes sure to wear the shirt she told him to and tries to make himself look nice. Meanwhile, Cuddy puts on a light blue dress she loves. It shows off her best features, and she knows House will likes it. She finishes just as the doorbell rings. She opens it and smiles when she sees his outfit. He dressed up for her and she likes that. She sees that House is starring at her.
"Wow, you look amazing."
She smiles and blushes. "Thank you, you look very nice too."
He pulls out a bouquet of flowers from behind his back.
"These are for you. Tulips are your favorites, right?"
She grins. "They are! I can't believe you noticed!"
He smiles. "I notice a lot of things about you."
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They had already decided he would drive over on his motorcycle and they would take her car. They arrive at the restaurant and he opens the door for her. She's surprised by how nice the place is. She knows he can afford it, she signs his paychecks, she's just surprised that he chose a nice place. He pulls out her chair for her and they sit down and order.
Over dinner they make small talk about their days. She loves the spark he gets in his eyes when he talks about a new case. She loves how he's so passionate about medicine. That was actually the first things that she noticed about him, the thing that drew her to him. She smiles as he continues to talk.
"So, at the moment we think it's encephalitis. What?"
He looks at her questioningly.
"I just like hearing you talk about medicine."
She blushes and so does he. They finish their dinner and he leads her outside to a park.
"Want to go for a walk?"
She laughs. "Sure."
They start to walk.
"So, I noticed that you like this shirt."
She smiles. "Yeah, I do. It represents big events in my life."
"Mine too."
He cautiously puts his hand in hers as they walk. She looks up at him and smiles. He suddenly stops and she looks at him.
"See that tree over there?"
"Yeah."
"I used to run past if after the ketamine. I would make a notch in it, so I would know how long my happiness lasted. It ended up being 98 days."
She looks up at him. "I'm so sorry Greg. I really wanted it to work too."
"Yeah, but now I can start new notches."
"For your happiness?"
"Yeah."
They both smile. They go and sit down on a bench because House's leg is starting to hurt.
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"Maybe we could just put you in a ketamine coma every couple of months?"
"No, my body would adapt to it and it would stop working."
He rubs his leg.
"Do you still blame me?"
He looks up at her. "No, it wasn't your fault. You did what you had to do, what every other doctor would have done. I was being stupid, now I realized I would have done the same thing you did."
She smiles. "I'm really sorry about your leg, I hope you know that."
"I do. And you should know it wasn't your fault and you shouldn't feel guilty about it."
"Okay."
"So, are you ready to go?"
"Yeah."
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They drive back to her house and he walks up to the door with her.
"I had a great time tonight, the restaurant was really nice. And so was the walk in the park." she says.
"I thought you'd like it."
House leans forward and kisses her.
"See you tomorrow, Lisa."
She smiles. "Bye Greg."
He gets on his motorcycle and rides off. She smiles, one day she'll ride it with him.
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The next day he comes into her office.
"Hey."
"Hey."
He walks over to her desk.
"I brought you an apple, figured you'd be hungry, you didn't go to lunch."
She smiles. "Were you stalking me?"
"No."
He smirks and she laughs and takes the apple.
"Thanks, I've been swamped with work today. So, are you here for your prescription."
Ever since Wilson left, Foreman has been prescribing. But she gives it to House so she can make sure it's not an outrageous dose.
"No."
"No? You should be out by now."
"Well I'm not. Can we change the subject?"
She stands up. "Have you been getting more from other places?"
She walks towards him. "Have you been overdosing?"
He gets an angry look. "No! I've been taking the prescribed amount, sometimes less. My leg hasn't been as bad lately."
She gives him a weird look. "Did we do something during the accident to lessen the pain? Can we do it again?"
"Yeah."
He blushes and looks down. "You."
"Me? I lessened your pain?"
"Yeah, okay. Please don't make a big thing about it."
She smiles. His happiness really does affect his pain.
"I won't, I'm happy you're in less pain."
"Thanks."
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She gets on her tip toes and kisses him. He deepens the kiss and puts his arms around her. They finally break apart after a minute of kissing.
"Greg, you know I love this, but we can't do this at work, people will see."
He smiles. "I'll buy you some blinds."
She laughs. "Okay."
He gives her a quick kiss.
"So, what did you really come here for?"
"To bring you the apple and see you."
She smiles. "Well, in that case, thank you."
"You're welcomes."
"Now get out, I have a lot to do!"
He laughs and leaves. She sits back down and eats her apple with a big smiles on her face.