Chapter 11
House sat on his bed debating on what to wear. It was the night of the gala and it was very formal, and House knew Cuddy would murder him if he showed up in his usual t-shirt and sports coat. Finally deciding on his navy tux as opposed to his black one, House slowly got dressed.
Lisa stared at the three dresses sitting on her bed. She had bought two dresses for this event, one before she had gotten pregnant and one after. The third she already had. Lisa grabbed the blue sleeveless dress and hung it back up. A little too tight now. She regretted it a bit seeing as she had paid a lot of money for that gown and it had fit her quite nicely. "Hmm, the red or the gray and black?" Lisa settled with the gray and black she had bought at a maternity store and put the red one away. She was finally starting to show and she couldn't help but hold her stomach every once in a while. Lately she had been wearing more loose fitting clothes than her usual attire but when she wore something more snug her growing belly was fairly noticeable. As she put the dress on she looked at herself in the mirror. Tonight was the night.
House ran a quick comb through his hair and then fumbled with his tie. He hated the darn things. He could never get them quite right. Finally after several tries he managed it and with a sigh he sat onto his bed. All done. Yesterday, Cuddy had asked him to pick her up so he couldn't leave the gala early and House had agreed after she let him have two hours of clinic duty off. So, at 7 o'clock House grabbed his keys and walked out the door. He couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
Lisa was just doing touch-ups to her makeup when she heard the doorbell ring. She hurried to the door and opened it motioning for him to come in. House just stared at her in awe. She looked gorgeous. The dress was gray with black on it. On the sleeve on the front of the shoulders were little black bows and underneath her chest area (which had grown a bit, not unnoticed by House), was a satin ribbon and the dress swayed with her movement. Her hair was down and curls hung unto her shoulders. After a few minutes of staring Cuddy losing patience after having told House he looked nice three times, hit him on the head.
"Ouch woman what did you do that for?" House asked rubbing his head.
"Quit staring you idiot" Cuddy answered grinning.
House followed her into the house.
"Shouldn't we get going?" he asked.
"Nope, it's early; I figured you'd be late so I told you to come a little earlier." Cuddy answered as she grabbed the new hairspray bottle sitting on her counter and sprayed some into her hair. "You want a drink?" Cuddy shouted walking into the bathroom.
"Yeah sure, where do I look?" House asked he started to walk towards her bedroom. Cuddy grabbed his arm and smiled.
"Ya right House, look in the bottom shelf there's some wine if you want." She answered.
"Get me a glass of coke will ya?" she shouted from the bathroom. House poured them each a considerable amount of pop for her and wine for him and started to drink as Cuddy returned into the kitchen. They shared a moment of comfortable silence as both of them sipped their glasses and thought about what people would say when they heard about the baby. Cuddy started cleaning a bit when she dropped the corkscrew which landed at House's feet. They both went to seize it when House's hand covered hers as they both made a grab for it. House stared at her for a couple of minutes not moving a muscle for what seemed like an eternity before she pulled away and straightened up. They were very close now she could smell the wine on his breath. Time seemed to stand still as they stood there just staring at each other until Cuddy felt his warm lips on hers. She wasn't sure who had kissed who but what did that matter? The long forbidden kiss was passionate and sweet, but was interrupted by an annoying sound coming from Cuddy's purse startling the both of them out of the embrace. Cuddy nervously answered the phone and uttered a gasp. They were going to be late.