The next day they barely see each other since she's busy with donors and he has a case. When she finally finishes her work, it's late. She goes upstairs to see if House is still there. She finds him in his office throwing the ball against the wall. She opens the door.

"Hey."

He sits up. "Hey."

"You thinking?"

"Yeah, you finally finished your work?"

"Yes, it took forever. Well, I guess I'll leave you to work on your case, don't stay up too late."

"Wait, you want to help?"

"I thought I haven't been a 'real' doctor for years?""Doesn't mean you don't know anything."

She smiles. They start to talk about the case and she makes suggestions. Suddenly he stands up.

"That's it!"

"The flu?"

"No! Looks like the flu. What I said before measles."

He walks over and kisses her. She smiles.

"It's measles?"

"Not exactly, it's measles complicated by Hodgkin's lymphoma."

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He rushes off to save the patient and then send him off to oncology. She smiles, she's happy that she was helpful in solving the case. She knows that she would never have figured it out, but she does know that he needs something or someone to help him and give him his "Aha!" moment. She is happy that he decided to include her in his case. She knows that he doesn't let just anyone do that. She stands up and goes to find him.

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She finds him at the vending machine.

"You send him off to oncology?"

"Yep."

She comes over and gives him a kiss.

"Thanks for all you do. You save a lot of lives."

"Well anything to impress the donors."

"Even if we didn't get any money for what you do, I would still appreciate it. You really are a good person deep down."

He smiles. "Thanks."

"Just returning the compliments you gave me."

He laughs. "You going home?"

"Yeah."

"Well then, let me walk you out. A lady shouldn't walk alone at night."

She laughs. She knows that he just wants to spend more time with her, ands she has to admit that she wants to too. Also, she knows that he does care about her safety.

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They walk outside hand in hand to her car. He leans down and gives her a kiss and they both smile.

"Bye Greg, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Lisa"

He watches her drive away, and then gets on his bike. He gets home and goes to sleep.

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At three in the morning he gets a phone call.

"Whoever this is, you're dead."

"It's Wilson."

"What do you want? I thought you weren't speaking to me."

"I'm not. I just thought you should know that Cuddy's in the hospital."

He sits up. "What?"

"She got in a car wreck."

"I'm coming."

He jumps out of bed and rushes over to the hospital.

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He walks into it and sees Wilson.

"Room23," he says. He can see the hurt in House's eyes. The concern.

"Thanks."

House wonders how he knows that they're dating. Foreman must have told him.

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He rushes into the room and his breath catches. She's all bruised an on a ventilator. He looks at Foreman.

"Truck hit her head on. She has a lot of internal bleeding. She's about to go into surgery with Chase, but Wilson told us you were almost here so we waited. We'll give you a minute."

They leave and he walks up to her bed. He holds her hand.

"Lisa, I'm so sorry. Please be okay. I need you."

He kisses her hand and leaves the room with tears in his eyes. He goes to the operating waiting room. He doesn't go to the viewing area, he just can't watch. Also, he wants to give her some of her dignity, doesn't want to see her body until she's ready. He smiles, he has gotten softer and nicer since they started dating.

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His thoughts are interrupted by Chase.

"We need you, now!"

Okay bear with me now!! I know this chapter was short, but i had to put a cliffhanger in! House may seem a little OOC, but i think he really does care about cuddy and her body deep down. he's a sucker for her. haha

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