Chapter 13
The weeks flew by and things began to change drastically for doctor Cuddy. The check-ups were good and everything seemed to be going well with the baby. But, between the morning sickness that had gotten worse as the months flew by (shouldn't it be the other way around?) and her growing abdomen her job was getting harder and harder. She finally decided it was the last straw when she had to jump up and run out of the room during which she was having a meeting with an important donor, to go to the bathroom and lose her breakfast. It was time she went on maternity leave, something she had been trying to avoid.
That afternoon, Cuddy called in an old friend of hers at Grant Memorial Hospital an hour or too away. He agreed right away congratulating her on the baby and opted to start work the next week. "Thank god" she thought. Not only had the physical aspects taken it's toll on her but everyone knew that House's was the father seeing as she wasn't keeping it a secret and they loved to fire questions at her and pester her about it. More than once she had gotten angry over the nurses accusations of her insanity and she had already fired three just this week. She was glad that she had them replaced fairly quickly. She hoped she didn't fall apart before her vacation.
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House sat in his office with Wilson both of them eyes glued to the screen of the computer. They were looking at baby names, laughing at how stupid most of them were. Absolutely ridiculous.
"House, House look at this one, Randolph, haha that's what you should name him, Randolph House haha" Wilson clutched his stomach as he laughed so hard tears came out of his eyes.
"Shut up you idiot we're looking for cool names not shit like that" House answered annoyed. No way was his kid going to be named something geeky like that if he could help it.
"Ok, House let's look at girl names since we already have some possibilities for boys" Wilson answered a little more seriously. For a boy, they had decided that Charlie was cool as was Billie or Chris. Wilson had liked Steve but House didn't want his kid sharing a name with his pet rat. As cool as Steve McQueen was, it just wasn't going to happen.
"How about Melanie?" Wilson asked.
"Yuck, no" House replied.
"What's wrong with Melanie?" Wilson asked.
"Nothing, I just don't like it" House answered. Needless to say, House was very picky about names.
"What do you think about Rebecca?" Wilson asked again.
"It's alright, I suppose" House answered. They had gone through so many House was getting tired of it. He decided to tell Wilson his favorite, because he was still naming all sorts of names asking House what he thought of every second one.
"I like Emily" House grunted.
"Emily? That's nice I like it. Emily House." Wilson smiled. It did rather have a nice ring to it.
"No, Emily Cuddy." House answered softly. He didn't think Cuddy would want to name the baby after him. He had figured she would want the kid to be named after her. He wouldn't argue it even if it didn't please him.
"Either way it's nice" Wilson agreed.