So. The next Chapter is up. Thanks for your great reviews. I like it that you like it. LOL. It is a bit shorter than the last chapters.
This chapter takes place between the scenes where Cuddy tells House that Hannah needs him and the second collapse. *Spoilers for 6x22*
As always: please R&R
~Davidozzo
Cuddy was working in triage, bandaging patients with small injuries and determining which patients had to get to the hospital. Although she was standing in the middle of a huge pile of rubble, her mind was not there. She was thinking about House and his reaction after hearing the news of her engagement with Lucas. He had been very quiet and seemed upset.
Cuddy had tried not to tell him because she knew how House felt about her. But after he questioned her relationship with Lucas, she decided that he would probably be more upset if anyone else than her told him about the engagement. The second Cuddy had finished, House´s facial features froze. He accused her of hiding the ring and although he was right about that Cuddy lied to him in order not to hurt him more than needed.
The next couple month would probably be horrifying with House ignoring her instructions more often. It began only 20 minutes later. House had gotten ready to drive back to the hospital to treat the crane driver. Cuddy had felt the tension when House had tried to get away from the scene. The look on his face had been unbearable. Cuddy had barely been able to convince him to stay, because Hannah wanted him. Now he was down there again trying to comfort Hannah.
Her mind came back to reality when she saw the Captain of the Fire Department. He was walking towards the entrance of the "cave" where House and Hannah where. In his handy Cuddy saw two large objects. They looked like two pillows. `Those are probably the airbags he was talking about earlier.´ Cuddy thought. She was right. The Captain walked towards her after he dropped the two objects at the entrance of the "cave".
"Dr. Cuddy. I need you to back up. We are trying to lift the rubble in order to free the patient and we do not want to jeopardize anyone else." He told Cuddy who instantly moved further away from the scene. "Alright. How long will it take?" She asked. "We don´t know that yet. We cannot estimate how the rubble will shift. So we will lift it slowly." The Captain answered. "Excuse me, we have to start now." He added and walked away, leaving a worried Cuddy behind.
A couple minutes later the airbags lifted the rubble. The building started to creak and suddenly collapsed again. Cuddy´s eyes widened and her emotions took over. "HOUSE!" she screamed and ran towards the now larger pile.