Hi guys! Medicine chapter today... Sorry need to focus to get a huddy chapter. BTW, thank you for the reviews. Honestly I thought that you guys were going to hate de huddy part, because I didn't know how to write it. And 13 still is on the team. And I got a surprise for you. Just read and see! Ow! And to make it easier when House and the team are diagnosing, I'll put their initials in front of the sentence, like this: H:House,T:taub,C:chase,F:Foreman and 13:13.

Chapter 7

Medicine and...

H: So, what do you guys think that it's wrong with Rachel?-

C: It can be pneumonia

T: The lung MRI wouldn't have come back clean. I think it is something environmental.

F: I'm thinking of TB.

13: It fits, but not without chest pain and severe coughing.

F: Except that the patient is intubated and can't cough.

H: It fits, 13 and Foreman, start the treatment for TB. Chase and Taub, search the house for anything that can cause trouble breathing and fever.

Everybody nodded and left the conference room. House went to his office and sat on his ottoman. It had been two days since he got there and he already had screwed up his chance with Cuddy.

-What a way to come back! –He thought, angry at himself. He shouldn't have said anything about that day. But he did anyway, and look what happened. She had the right to do what she did to him, and yet that hurt him badly. He thought that he was over Cuddy, but now he didn't know if he wanted to be.

With a yawn, he drifted off to sleep.

Rachel's room

Cuddy was awake and looking at her daughter, but she wasn't really paying attention to her. She was deep in thought.

-I shouldn't have told the cops were he was. –The same thought keep replaying on her head. She did think that had the right to tell the cops were he was when she did. But then now, it seemed like the worst thing to do. He was just trying to apologize to her. If she had listen to what he was saying, instead of screaming with him for what he had done, even just for a second, she would have understood that he was just trying to apologize. Why things had to be so complicated between them? She didn't know. But she wished that they weren't.

The sound of the door opening took Cuddy away from her thoughts.

Foreman and 13 got into Rachel's room and Foreman swap the IV meds, while 13 explained what they were treating for.

-TB? But nobody is sick at school and her grandmother isn't sick as well.-Cuddy said. She didn't wanted it to be TB, because her daughter had already suffered enough with the crash. But on the other hand, she was glad that Rachel was going to be ok soon.

-Well, TB is a very contagious disease; she could get it on the park, if someone coughed close to her, or if she touched something that was contaminated.-13 explained

-But... –Foreman stopped her before she could even speak.

-Cuddy, it's ok. If it is TB, she's going to get better soon and go home.

Cuddy nodded, not quite convinced yet, and looked to Rachel.

-I hope so.

And with a nod, both 13 and Foreman left Cuddy alone.

A few hours later...

Rachel was improving well and already breathing without the ventilator. And Cuddy was glad for that, but she wasn't glad with what she was going to do.

She promised herself that when Rachel was ok, she was going to talk with House, and apologize for that fight, and for what she had done to him. But the problem was that she wasn't quite sure of how to do that.

-What if I screw up? It's probably my last chance to try to make things right with House. - She was interrupted again, by someone at the door. It was 13.

She made a gesture for her to come inside, and 13 did.

-Dr. Cuddy, I just came here to say, that as soon as she wake up from the anesthesia, she'll stay here just two more hours, and then she can go home. –Cuddy nodded and 13 left.

But before she could go back to her thoughts, she was interrupted again. This time, it was Wilson.

-Oh great-She thought.

It's not like she didn't like to have Wilson around, he was a good friend. It was just the reason why he was down there that bothered her.

He got inside the room, sat down next to Cuddy, and opened his mouth to start talking.

-Ok, here we go.-She thought for herself. And tensed up.

-How's she doing? –Cuddy relaxed immediately and Wilson didn't miss that.

-What?

-I...-She started.-I thought you were going to ask me about... House.

-Actually, that was my next question. –He smiled weakly

-He...Didn't tell you?-She asked. It was really possible? House for once in life, didn't make her feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of someone else? –She thanked House silently.

-Well, he said to me that he told you the truth, whatever it means.

Cuddy flinched. She knew what he meant by it, and had to hold back tears. She wasn't going to cry. Not again, not for him, and not now, in front of her daughter, that could wake up at any moment.

-Cuddy, is everything ok? –She almost forgot about Wilson

-Yes Wilson, it's fine, I just...

She was interrupted by Rachel waking up.

-Hi, mommy!

-Hey sweetie

-How are you felling? –Wilson asked.

Rachel was going to tell Wilson that her nose was a little weird, but then she looked at her mother and saw that there was something bothering her. And decided against it, so she wouldn't worry her mother more than she already was. Ignoring the pain coming from her nose, she answered:

-I´m fine. And I wanna go home. –Rachel saw Cuddy smiling.

-Well, if you keep felling this way for a few more hours, we can go home.

So it was decided. Rachel wasn't going to tell her mother about the weird pain she was felling on her nose, so she wouldn't worry her, and still go home.

But then, she felt something coming from her nose. She put her hand in it and saw the color. It was red. She was thinking of how she was going to hide it from her mother, but then, Wilson said:

-Cuddy, Rachel's nose is bleeding.

-What does it mean?-Rachel asked

Wilson looked over to Cuddy, pure concern on his eyes.

-Means that House was wrong about TB.

House's office

The team was silent thinking of one disease that could cause the symptoms House wrote on the board:

Trouble breathing

Fever

Nose bleed

After a few minutes, 13 talked

13: It could be amyloidosis

C: Not without sore throat

F: It can be Lupus.

H: Any more ideas? –House didn't wanted it to be Lupus, so even that the symptoms fit perfectly, he couldn't accept it. No, it needed to be something else.

F: What? It can really be Lupus. And you know it. You just don't want to accept it, because there isn't a cure.

Silence fell over the room. Nobody talked for minutes, some because were too busy looking to House, as if didn't believe on Foreman's last words. And some searching for something else that could fit in the symptoms. Finally, Taub spoke.

T: It could be drug related.

H: Right, five years old really have access to drugs

T: What if someone next to her has? If her grandmother or nanny smoked next to her, she can have a severe allergy to smoke, so when that people smoked close to her...

H:If it was it, she would have got better by now, not worse. –Normally, he would have got angry with this kind of answer, especially on this case. But he understood that Taub just said that so House could see that there was no other thing that was possible. But he wasn't going to give up that easy. He couldn't. He needed her to be okay, so Cuddy could forgive him for what he did and maybe, get together with her again.

With a nod, House turned for Chase and Foreman.

H: Start the treatment for Lupus.

All the team left the conference room, but House didn't care at all. In fact, he was glad for it. As soon as the team left, House went to his office. He closed the curtains and sat on the ottoman, but didn't lock the door, hoping that Cuddy would come and forgive him. Before he drift off to sleep, the words "I'm sorry Cuddy'' came from his mouth. With one tear falling from his eyes, House drifted off to sleep.

Meanwhile, at Rachel's room...

Cuddy was watching her daughter sleep, and trying to sleep too, but she couldn't. Because even that she was much tired, she was worried. And not only with Rachel.

The truth is that in a very long time, Cuddy was felling guilty. Guilty for what she had done to House and for how she made him tell her what he did. Because Cuddy knew that for House to admit this kind of thing, he needed to be very hurt, just like the day were she found him on the floor of his bathroom. Their first night together as a couple.-Cuddy flinched.

And she knew it was all her fault, the bathroom, the car in her living room, and now this. The difference was that now she couldn't handle it anymore.

Being careful to not wake Rachel up, Cuddy headed towards the door. Then, after getting a nurse to keep an eye on Rachel, she headed towards the elevator and got inside.

It took all of her to not give up now. And when she was starting to give up,the door opened.

-It's now or never.-She thought.

Forcing herself to move, she made her way to House's office. As soon as she got to the door, she noticed that the curtains were closed. So she tried to open the door. And it opened, as if he was waiting for her.

With a deep breath, Cuddy got inside the office.

A/N: This chapter sucks, I know. I got a writing block while writing it. But the end doesn't. Liked the surprise? I'll see you guys next week, probably with the last chapter.