Chapter 7
It had been a week since House had been to the sperm bank. He hadn't heard from Cuddy in five of those seven days. She had stopped by the day after to ask him how it went and after making sure all had went well she had cornered him a couple of times for clinic duty acting like her old battle-ax self, and then took five days off on sick leave. This was the major topic of conversation in the hospital as every nurse and doctor speculated as to what was ailing Lisa Cuddy. House was beginning to get anxious. He knew exactly why she was absent. Was it working? Was she pregnant? These questions kept flashing through his mind. After a week, Cuddy finally returned to the hospital as if all was well. She told everyone that she had suffered nothing but a bad flu and that now everything was fine. But the nurses were not as easily convinced.
"What do you think she was really doing?" they whispered in the hallways.
"Something's different about her don't you think?" they would say.
But, Lisa Cuddy continued on and everything returned to normal despite the rumors and speculation that something was not right. House was playing yo-yo in his office while listening to 'pain in my heart' by Odis Redding, and stopped immediately when Cuddy walked into the room. He knew by her smile and the twinkle in her eyes immediately that she was pregnant.
"It worked House" she said grinning from ear-to-ear.
House was speechless. It had worked, she was carrying his baby. He had no idea what to say so he didn't say anything. He just stared at Cuddy who understood and walked out.
In the next couple of weeks Lisa Cuddy was all smiles. Her co-workers noticed it immediately and the rumors were flying around. Wilson tried to get House's opinion on whether or not he thought Cuddy was pregnant, but every time House would immediately change the subject or say something snarky. The few times Wilson had asked why he wasn't curious, House had gotten angry and just said that Cuddy was her usually devilish self. House insisted it was all gossip but he was sure now that it would only be a matter of time before everyone knew. And when that happened, he was sure all hell would break loose.
Cuddy watched as the weeks went by and her body started to change. She hadn't announced she was pregnant to anyone except House yet hoping to wait until she could no longer keep it all a secret. She hated to keep it from her friends and family but she knew that she had to wait and see with House, and until she had a long talk with him, she wasn't telling anybody. She got a little bigger each week and soon people were sure she was pregnant. Her long overdue talk with House finally couldn't wait and one afternoon she called him to her office planning on spending a couple of hours making plans.