** CHAPTER 57 **

A faint daylight was filling the room, passing through the closed curtains of the bedroom and hitting the exposed naked parts of Gregory House and Lisa Cuddy's entwined bodies that weren't warmly wrapped under the sheets.

The incredible sensation of fulfillment and calm that had come from the previous night was still enveloping them and accompanying their slumber. After all that'd happened in the previous days, all the torments and fears they had to live through, their breathings were finally slow, quiet, and relaxed again. It felt almost like the sounds of pleasure sighs.

Although it brought to her the most soothing feeling she'd experienced in a long time, Cuddy, who was used to waking up early in the morning, opened her eyes first and slowly emerged from her numbness, nonetheless. House was lying on his side behind her, spooning her body. His arms were wound around her, securely holding her against his chest, giving her the most reassuring sensation of protection and safety, she'd ever known in a man's arms.

His face was nuzzling her nape and each of his deep exhalations was brushing her skin with a moist, warm blow that sent tingling waves down her spine. Suddenly eager to fully enjoy his conscious presence beside her again, she began to wiggle inside his arms until she turned around to face him. It made him groan a little and, still asleep, or at least with his eyes still stubbornly closed, he tightened his embrace to bring her close to him again.

But Cuddy was not fooled, as she could tell that House was slowly awakening himself. She let out a throaty laugh and gently nibbled the flesh of his chest that was offered within her lips' reach. He barely struggled to set himself free, if not for the sake of form, and moaned in pleasure in her hair. She moved away from him a little and tipped her face up to look at him. He slowly lifted his eyelids and then the blue ocean of his eyes flowed into her steel grey gaze. He came closer to her face and rubbed his nose on her nose before kissing her lips softly.

"Good morning angel," he murmured with a throaty whisper, still filled with the resonance of sleep.

Cuddy immediately reacted to the stirring and sensual sound of his voice, and she skittered closer to him, burying her face in his neck and kissing his pulse point while, under the sheets, her hands reached out for his lower abdomen, suggestively moving toward his sex.

"Hmm, good morning," she moaned between kisses.

Although he couldn't help but stretch his neck to give in to her caressing lips, he however seized her shoulders and gently made her draw away a little.

"What are you doing?" he asked dubious, but undeniably amused.

"You said you'd show me how Little Greg behaves in the morning," she answered kittenishly, finding her way back against him and coaxingly rubbing her body against his.

"Oh my God!" House exclaimed in mock shock. "Are you trying to talk me into a quickie?"

"Are you trying to say you want to turn down my offer?" she said with a killer smile, moving her hand down to his groin again.

House jerked at the sensation of her hands, explicitly and skillfully resolute to awake him fully.

"Something's wrong with you!" he exclaimed touching her forehead with his fingertips. She pouted and peered at him ingenuously. "Nope! No sign of fever-"

"It's because you don't check in the right places," she simpered, coming even closer and guiding his hand whereat she wanted it to be.

Although getting more of her body was something he would never grow tired of, he still narrowed his eyes at her, half-amused, half-intrigued by her sexual hunger. Not that he would ever think of complaining about it, but he had to admit he was a little taken aback by her sudden, insatiable sex drive considering the fact that when it came to sexual craving he was usually, and by far, the greediest one.

"Seriously?" he asked, furrowing his brow, but the huge grin on his face betrayed his anticipation.

"What? I like sex. I'm horny and I want you. Are you telling me you want to complain about one of those things?"

"Doh, me? Hell, no!"

Her hands were now demandingly fondling and kneading his manhood with eagerness. House sucked in a sharp breath and tilted his head back onto the pillow, closing his eyes. Cuddy smiled confidently and swiftly sat up straight in the bed.

"Sit up!" she ordered impatiently.

House opened his eyes and saw the mischievous sparkle in her gaze. Smiling, he docilely complied and sat up straight. When their faces were leveled, he whispered in her ear.

"And what happened to that 'my parents could hear us' warning from last night?"

"Doesn't apply during the day because they're downstairs now, two floors under, probably having breakfast, and there's no way they can hear us," she answered her tone almost challenging.

"Oh-ho!" he chuckled, "I wouldn't be so sure of that because now that, thanks to you, I'm madly turned on, you know I'm not gonna take you for a gentle, quiet ride."

Cuddy put her hands on his shoulders and firmly pushed him backward to make him rest his back against the headboard. She lifted herself up above his lap, an incredibly sexy and assertive smile drawn on her lips.

"Do I look like I'm complaining here?" she said, leaning down to kiss him.

She didn't need to do any more rubbing to stir him up. She straddled him and positioned herself just above him. She stroked his hard length up and down a few times before guiding it inside her. She was aroused beyond reason and her perfectly wet sex welcomed him completely in one slick thrust. She felt the head of his shaft hit the entry of her womb and her walls strongly clenched around him.

Anchoring herself to him, with her hands firmly gripping his shoulders, she arched her back and threw herself bodily into him, rocking her hips back and forth, in an intoxicating, sensual bob of her body. At the breathtaking sensation of her core imprisoning him, a violent rush of endorphin invaded House's brain. He gasped loudly and clasped her hips, clutching his knuckles in her flesh.

"God, Cuddy, you feel so…tight!"

He tilted his head back and bit his lip, squeezing his eyes shut, as the wave that came crashing inside him made him turned his focus inward. Cuddy cupped his jaw in her hands and drew him to her with poise. His eyes popped open, and he saw her face just an inch far from his, staring intensely at him, and daring him to keep looking at her with a spell-binding gaze.

The silent message stimulated him even more than he already was, and he let go of her hips to take her face in his hands as well. For a fleeting while, they stared at each other almost defiantly and, in perfect sync, they threw themselves toward each other's mouth and started kissing with a ravenous urge. It was disorganized, passionate, and hungry but, above all, freed: Freed from constraints, freed from fear, and freed from care.

It was only lust wrapped in the pulsating love they were feeling for each other.

House met her demanding tempo then, and shoved upward while she kept rocking her hips, her inner thighs firmly squeezed against his legs. The power of his thrusts, and the spot, incredibly pleasuring, that he hit each time he stabbed deeper inside her made her wheeze and she struggled to hold back her upcoming orgasm a little longer, not wanting to end the exhilarating feeling just yet. She wrapped her arms around his neck and threw her head back, exposing her breasts to him.

"Just like that, yes, don't stop! God, don't stop-"

House gripped her waist and buried his face in her neck. Licking, biting and kissing, he squeezed her tighter, while he made sure to keep the mighty, steady rhythm of his thrusts to obey her lustful command.

"I have no intention to," he said breathing heavily against the shell of her ear.

She laced her fingers behind his nape and pulled him down to her breasts.

"Kiss me … kiss me… there!"

He didn't need to be asked twice. He leaned down and bit her erect nipple, hard. She squealed and he soothed the jolt of pain with a soft lick of his tongue, sucking the pink flesh into his mouth. With his hands pressing firmly on the small of her back, he was leading the dance, their dance, pulling her into him with a compelling grip, and pushing her back with his powerful shoves.

Cuddy removed her hands from his nape and placed her palms flat on the headboard for leverage and then she began to sway her hips faster, at the same time pushing on her knees to lift herself up, almost to the point where he would pull out of her, before sturdily pushing herself down again, capturing his length inside her, again. Up, down, and up again, faster, harder, stronger…

"Oh God, oh God, oh God!"

Never before had House called out the name of a higher power, he didn't even believe in so convincingly. But the wave that was irrepressibly growing inside him was not a peaceful one. It was a tsunami of uncontrollable and exalting pleasure that started at the small of his back, skirted his waist and enveloped his hips, descending in his groin where he could feel the heat gathering in his balls, ready to be released.

Recognizing the signals his body was sending to hers, she crashed into him without restraint to join him there, and she pushed herself hard and deep onto him one more time. The second he hit her core to the hilt, she started to quiver in his arms, and a groan came from the depth of her throat, quickly followed by shameless cries that she muffled against the pulp of his lips, devouring his mouth with greedy kisses.

Incapable of holding back his orgasm any longer, he came right after her, in pulsating jolts, moaning without moderation as well. She closed her eyes and her whole body tensed, the release of her pleasure almost tetanizing her. The feeling gradually subsided and her body started to relax again, leaving her lax in his arms, as she tried to control her ragged breathing, her face buried in the hollow of his collarbone .

He gently seized her by the shoulders and made her draw back. She docilely let him move her away from him and as she tipped her face up to meet his gaze, he stared at her, in awe, never getting enough of the enthralling image of her body's reaction to pleasure. She was so beautiful, liberated, and confident.

He leaned down and licked a tiny bead of sweat that was rolling between her breasts.

"Hmm, zesty!" he said.

She wiggled her hips left and right deliberately, his length still inside her, making him shudder at the sensation. Then she leaned in and licked his bottom lip, suckling the pulp between her lips sensually.

"Hmm, frisky!" she blew against his mouth.

A/N

if you're not a huge fan of smut, then I'm sorry because there's been a lot lately... and if you, well, like it, then you're welcome! :)

ok so, I want to thank everyone of you for being here, reading, with enthusiasm and kindness, and for the incredible comments you leave me, and also for adding me, even still now, in your fav lists... I can't find the right words to tell you how incredibly happy it makes me feel!

~ maya

ps: (to Paroulis) hey welcome! I felt really flattered that this story lifted your spirit up a little, but please don't feel down. Huddy must have FAITH! that's what counts, ok? and I was very flattered that you read 55 chapters in one go... wow! really THANK YOU. I hope you appreciated the reviews as well... ;)

(to Kaddison) what am I supposed to say about that comment? wow, you really read right through me and saw that I indeed enjoyed comments, right? :) well, I can't tell you how incredible yours is. thank you... I'm kinda speechless actually. I can answer some questions though. for example, I use the dictionary, of course, because I like accuracy and I'm a little bit obsessed with the vocabulary. however, and that's my curse, I think I'm never really satisfied, because I can never be as fluent as I would like to be if it were my first language... proof is, as you've very well noticed, it seems I indeed have the "irrepressible" need to irrepressibly make my characters scrutinize, or gaze or stare at each other... LOL and now go back to write your paper! (and another thing: no this is not over... even if the tension is now gone... who knows? maybe there is another one coming soon?!...)

(to shion82) so? how happy have I made you with all that smut now? almost 3 chapters in a row...

(to Bree In Diamonds) I'm very flattered you stepped by and left a comment... I hope I'll hear from you again if you decide to read more... :)

(to Huddles777: I learned a new word thanks to you and I always love that when I can add new words to my "list" so thank you...