AN: Okay so longest chapter I wrote so far. Hope you guys like it! Noticed that the rating went up? Yeah so if you don't like it don't read the last part! I don't even know how it got in there, it just happened. It's not much, I know, but I wanted to give you guys a little something ... as a beginning? But honestly I've been so exhausted this past week that I can't think rationally and that everything happens without my knowledge, even writing the last part.
This is probably OOC but honestly so is the show so who cares about that anymore? I honestly don't! But whatever happens on House, I'll be there to watch it!
Okay enough of this! Enjoy!
House blinked his eyes as he slowly woke up. He felt a weight on his body and looked down. Rachel was lying next to him but had moved her head on his shoulder and one arm was wrapped around his waist. But that wasn't why he had woken up. He felt a presence watching him. He turned and looked over at Cuddy who was still peacefully sleeping. He moved his eyes towards the door and saw thirteen and Wilson standing there, grinning at him like idiots.
House rolled his eyes at them and made a gesture with his hand so they would leave. Wilson did as House told him to, still grinning like an idiot but thirteen remained standing in place. He sighed and gently removed himself from the bed as he tried to not wake Rachel. Without success.
'Daddy?' the little girl asked as she opened her eyes and looked at House.
House panicked for a moment but relaxed and gently removed the hair out of her eyes.
'It's okay Rach, go back to sleep it's still early.' he told her and turned towards Cuddy who was still sleeping. He bend down and kissed her forehead then moved towards the door.
'What?' he asked thirteen when he was standing outside Rachel's room.
Thirteen shrugged. 'Nothing, you were just really adorable.' she said smiling.
House snorted. 'You woke me up for that?' He turned to walk back into the room when thirteen spoke again.
'I'd love to come back on the team. If the offer still stands?'
He turned to her. 'Welcome back.' he said and turned towards the door again.
'Just like that?' she asked.
He looked at her. 'I mean, I just left …'
'Just be here on Monday.' he told her.
She nodded. 'Oh and I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone about … you know?' he said.
'Sure it will be our little secret.' she promised him. 'I take it you talked to Cuddy?' She asked as he slid the door open.
He turned to face her. 'Yeah. She deserved the truth.' he told her.
She nodded. 'Good for you.' The with one last smile thirteen quickly left.
House closed the door and pulled the blinds making sure they wouldn't be disturbed anymore. He walked up to Rachel's bed and pulled the covers back over her properly. Then he walked to the other bed and climbed in behind Cuddy, spooning her. He put one hand under his pillow and wrapped the other around her waist. She immediately put her good hand over his on her stomach and moved in closer to his body heat.
'I love you.' He whispered into her hair before closing his eyes. She just sighed and drifted off again.
When House opened his eyes again the second time that morning he noticed Cuddy and Rachel were missing. He sat up on the bed and rubbed his hands over his face. He was about to get out of the bed when he heard the door open and his two girls walked in.
Cuddy walked up to him, stood between his legs and kissed his lips. 'Morning.'
'Morning.' he mumbled. 'Where'd you go?'
Cuddy smiled at him and put her arms around his neck. 'Cafeteria.' she replied.
'How's the hand?' He asked. 'It's okay, the pain's not to bad.' she told him and smiled at him.
Rachel walked up to them and and hugged both her mother's and House's leg.
'Guess what daddy?' Rachel asked and looked up at House.
Cuddy couldn't help but smile as House looked down at Rachel.
'What is it kid?' House asked her.
'I can go home.' the girl happily told him.
'Really?' House asked. 'Who told you that?'
'Doctor Fo ... Foman ...' she looked pensive, her lips pursed as she thought hard. Finally she said 'The black doctor.'
Both House and Cuddy chuckled.
'Well the black doctor is not the boss here. I am.' House told her.
Cuddy scraped her throat and House rolled hid eyes.
'Okay well technically your mom is the boss. Well she's only the boss of the hospital. I work for her and I'm the boss of my department. Which means I'm the boss of the black doctor and ...' House stopped as he noticed a confused look on Rachel's face and looked at Cuddy who was smiling brightly at him.
'She's only two House.' Cuddy chuckled before she leaned in and quickly pecked his lips.
'So I can't go home?' the girl interrupted them, pouting slightly.
'You can honey. Daddy was just fooling around.' Cuddy told Rachel as she stroked the girl's hair.
The girl smiled brightly and let go of their legs and walked over to the bed, turned on the tv and watched some cartoons.
House and Cuddy eyed her before Cuddy turned back to House. When she had called him daddy it felt weird yet so right. At first when Rachel had asked the night before she had panicked. She knew this was huge for him, hell it was huge for her as well. When he had run she thought that it would turn out so differently then it eventually had. Then there was also the fact that he had taken Vicodin. He told her that it couldn't have had any effect on him since he had thrown up immediately after swallowing it, but still the fact that he had taken it scared her. However, the fact that he had told her made her feel good. House hadn't necessarily changed, but had more like progressed. He had taken Vicodin, yet he had told her about it, asking her for help.
House put his hands on her hips and pulled her closer to him as he could see she was zoning out. As she was standing and he was sitting he pulled her to him and rested his head on her chest. Instinctively she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him close.
'You okay?' He asked, his voice muffled as he was still pressed into her chest.
'Yeah.' She whispered as she started moving her hands over his shoulders.
House moved his hands from her hips, to her lower back and over her ass, before he gently squeezed it. Cuddy let out a throaty laugh before taking his face into her hands and looked in his blue eyes.
'I can't wait to be home tonight. I missed you.' She told him.
He leaned up and brushed his lips against hers. 'I missed you too' he whispered and grinned.
Cuddy rolled her eyes but her lips held a grin. She leaned down and planted her lips firmly against his. Before he could deepen the kiss she pulled back and stepped away from him.
'I have to go downstairs. Need to take care of some things. You think you guys can manage?' She asked.
House looked at Rachel then back at Cuddy and nodded his head.
'Okay.' Cuddy said. 'I shouldn't take to long.' With that she looked at Rachel, who was so engrossed in her cartoon to notice her mommy, and walked out of the room.'
House got of his bed and stretched his back. After his back had cracked he took his cane and limped up to Rachel's bed and sat down in the chair next to it.
'Daddy?' She asked.
'Yeah?' House asked her carefully. Over the past year it had taken him some time to bond with Rachel, but once he got to know her and she got to trust him they were really great together and House was a sucker for the little girl's brown eyes and pout.
'Can we go do something?' she asked him.
House looked at her. 'Like what? This is a hospital not a playground.'
The little girl shrugged her shoulders. 'Can we go walk?'
House cringed at the thought of walking around the hospital but slowly nodded his head. The nod made Rachel smile widely as she quickly jumped of the bed. House stiffly stood up from the chair and limped over to the door Rachel following him quickly. He slid the door open and they walked out. As they started walking through the hallway House noticed the nurses and some other doctors staring at him. He stopped walking and narrowed his eyes. Before he could say anything however he felt Rachel's hand on his own. He looked down at her and she was looking at him, a look of concern on her face.
'You okay daddy?' she asked, not knowing what was going on.
House looked up and around the hallway. People were staring at him and he felt slightly annoyed and panicked. He felt Rachel take his hand in her own and looked back down at the girl. He sighed and quickly shook his head of the thoughts that had entered his mind. It wasn't Rachel's fault that people were staring at him, curious to see his reaction and interaction with this little girl that now called him her daddy.
House held her hand in his and nodded. 'Yeah I'm fine. Come on, let's go.'
They walked towards the elevators and took them down a floor to House's office. His team was looking through files when they walked in.
'New case?' House asked as he looked at his team.
'No. We're just looking through files to see if there's anything good.' Chase told him.
Rachel let out a giggle and House looked at her.
'He talks funny.' she said and giggled again.
House had to smile at that. 'Yeah he does. He's a little weird.' House loudly whispered and Rachel giggled some more. Chase just rolled his eyes.
'Now these weird people work for me. They have to listen to me and do everything I say.' House explained Rachel.
'You their boss.' She said.
House smiled. 'Yep, that's me, the boss.' He looked back at his team. 'If you find something, let me know.' With that he walked back towards the door. Before leaving he turned and said. 'Oh and we have a new team member on Monday! Bye.' And he was out before any of them could say anything.
They went back to the elevators and went down the lobby. As they walked into the clinic House noticed the nurses looking at him and then whispering to each other.
'Don't you have work to do?' He told them as he walked past and towards Cuddy's office.
As always House just walked straight in without knocking. Cuddy looked up. She was on the phone.
'Uh I have to go.' She quickly told the person on the other side of the line and hung up.
House narrowed his eyes at her. 'Did we interrupt something?' he asked.
Cuddy nervously smiled and quickly stood up. 'No you didn't. So are you guys ready to leave? I'm done for the day.'
'We going home?' Rachel quipped.
'Yes we are honey.' Cuddy told her as she walked from behind her desk and towards House.
'Everything alright?' House asked as he eyed her closely.
She leaned into him and quickly kissed his lips. 'Everything is fine.' She reassured him.
Rachel grabbed Cuddy's left hand and House's right one and smiled up at them. Cuddy couldn't help but smile before they all walked out of her office.
House pulled up in front of Cuddy's house. He helped Rachel out of her chair and grabbed the bag they had used to go to the hospital. He saw Cuddy flex her fingers as they walked towards the door.
'How's the hand?' He asked.
She smiled at him. 'A little sore. My fingers feel a little stiff due to the cast.'
'You should take something and keep moving your fingers regularly.' he told her.
She nodded and opened the door. They walked into the hallway and Rachel quickly ran into the living room.
'It's nice to see her so energetic again.' Cuddy said and took off her jacket.
'Yeah.' House replied as he shrugged of his jacket. He put the bag down and walked towards the living room in front of her.
When he walked into the living room he suddenly stopped. She stood next to him and eyed him closely, waiting for his reaction. He took it all in. In the far corner of the living room stood a brand new black Yamaha piano. He turned to look at her a look of complete shock on his face.
'How … what?' He muttered.
She smiled and squeezed his hand. 'You like it?' She softly asked.
'Like?' He questioned. 'I love it.' He walked towards the piano, pulling her with him. He touched the top of it. 'But why?' he asked her.
'Well I kinda miss you playing even though I only heard you play a couple times and I figured you must miss your piano, so I bought one for you.' she told him.
He pulled her close and kissed her deeply. They pulled apart when a giggle came from beside them. Cuddy looked down to her left and saw Rachel smiling at them.
'Pway?' she asked and pointed towards the piano.
'You want to play?' House asked her.
She shook her head. 'You pway daddy.' she told him and started pushing him towards the piano bench.
House laughed, a sound which Cuddy loved, and sat down on the bench. Rachel climbed up on it as well and sat next to him. He smiled down at her and started playing some theme songs from cartoons. Rachel giggled as she recognized them. He played for about 5 minutes till Rachel stopped him.
'Pway something for mommy.' she said.
House looked up at Cuddy who was standing behind him, hands on his shoulders, before he closed his eyes and started playing. He knew this song by heart. He had never played it for anyone, especially her. Cuddy slowly rubbed his shoulders as he kept playing the unfamiliar song. After he was done, Rachel applauded him.
'Beautiful daddy.' she told him before hugging his side.
House patted her back before looking back up at Cuddy and gave her a loving look.
She leaned down, pulling his head back slightly and kissed him.
'That was beautiful. Thank you.' she told him after she let go of his head.
'You're welcome.' he said.
'What was it called? It's not something familiar is it?' she asked.
He lightly shook his head. 'No, it's uhm … something I wrote.' He told her quietly.
'Oh.' Surprised that he wrote something. 'What's it called?'
He looks at his hands quietly, before looking back up at her. 'Cuddy's Serenade.'
She let out a soft gasp. 'You wrote this for me?' she asked him as her eyes got teary.
He nodded his head.
'I love it. Thank you.' she said and smiled brightly at him.
'Pway somethin' else.' Rachel interrupted their moment.
House and Cuddy chuckled. 'It's bedtime for you sweetheart.' Cuddy told her daughter.
Rachel pouted. 'One more song. Pwease?' she asked them both sweetly.
Cuddy shook her head. 'No come on sweetie.' she told Rachel.
Rachel stuck out her lower lip a bit further and looked at House with pleading eyes.
'Oh okay, just one!' House told her and began playing before Cuddy could comment.
Cuddy rolled her eyes but watched as her daughter settled into House's side as he began playing. This time it was a familiar song.
House began to sing quietly as he reached the chorus. 'I'll stand by you, I'll stand by you. Won't let nobody hurt you. I'll stand by you.'
After he finished the song he looked down at Rachel who had fallen asleep into his side. Cuddy chuckled and gently picked her up.
'I'm gonna put her down.' She told him, before quickly pecking his lips and moving towards Rachel's bedroom.
House limped into the bedroom and stripped down to his boxers. He left his clothes lying on the floor and got comfortable on the bed, his back resting against the headboard. As he turned on the baby monitor he heard Cuddy's voice over it telling Rachel she loved her. He couldn't help but smile at this.
He was still smiling when she walked into the bedroom.
'She's down for the night.' Cuddy told him as she closed the door.
House grinned at her and wiggled his eyebrows. Cuddy let out a throaty laugh and slowly walked towards the bed. She got on it and crawled her way up to House, careful of her hand in the cast. House smirked as he saw Cuddy crawl over to him and when she was in his reach he grabbed her and puller her up into his lap, one leg on each side of him. She put her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, kissing him deeply.
He moaned into the kiss and let his hands start roaming her back. She gently bit his lip before pulling back as she felt his hands move under her shirt.
She shook her head. 'Uh uh, I want this to be about you right now.'
House just looked at her and moved his hands back up to her shoulders.
Cuddy kissed his lips and then his jaw, her lips grazing the stubble there. Next she moved down towards his neck and his chest. As she put kisses all over his chest she gently pinched his nipple with one hand as her other hand slowly started stroking him through his boxers. House moaned and planted his hands next to him on the bed. Cuddy moved lower placing open mouthed kisses all over his rather well build abs before reaching his boxers.
She looked up at him and noticed he had his eyes closed. She slid her hands into the waistband of his boxers and pulled them down and off him quickly, freeing him. She bit her lower lip as she took him in.
He opened his eyes when he didn't feel her anymore and noticed she was biting her lower lip while eyeing him. He saw the lust in her eyes and swallowed hard.
She smiled at him before taking him in her hand and moving her head towards his lap. House instinctively moved one hand towards her head and lightly grasped her hair. She gave him a few strokes before finally taking him into her mouth. He groaned at the sensation and gripped the sheet with one hand while the other hand just stayed in her hair, not pushing her but just following her movements.
He closed his eyes again, trying to hold out as long as possible but his woman was a goddess and knew what to do and what he liked, so he was rapidly reaching his breaking point. Her movements started getting faster and his breathing quickened.
'God Cuddy.' He moaned as he threw his head back, really close to reaching that point of no return.
She didn't say anything but she knew he was close. As it wasn't her intention to stop, she just kept going until he exploded into her mouth.
When he was finished she kissed her way back up his body until she reached his lips. She quickly kissed him and snuggled into his side as he was still trying to catch his breath and coming down from heaven.
He let out a happy sigh and she had to smile at that.
'God Cuddy.' He said as he opened his eyes and looked at her.
She just smiled at him lovingly.
'You're gonna be the death of me one day, but what a way to go.' He said.
Cuddy let out a loud laugh and caressed his chest with her fingertips.
After House had fully recovered he quickly covered her body with his and kissed her deeply. When he pulled away he looked into her blue-grey eyes.
'Someone's overdressed.' he said and smirked.