[Third Person POV]
Cuddy slowly placed an arm around the younger doctor's slim, shaking shoulders. She wasn't sure what was wrong but she didn't want to press too much in case she still felt dodgy. Hadley flinched a little at the sudden contact, probably a reaction to working for House for two years. Cuddy let out a slow breath to calm herself down before she started talking, the last thing she wanted to do was make Thirteen feel even more nervous than she already did.
"You okay?" Dr Cuddy queried, regretting her word choice the instance she tensed up under her arm
"No." Thirteen said calmly, Cuddy opened her mouth to apologise when: "Do I look okay, Lisa?" the dominant and authoritative tone in Remy's voice, accompanied by her use of Cuddy's first name knocked the air out of her "I just threw up, what? Three times in front of my boss, wait no, correction: My boss' boss. I'm sat hysterical and shaking on a bathroom floor at half four in the morning next to the woman who could fire anyone in this hospital at any moment, feeling sick to my stomach just because House said a usual sarcastic quip and I snapped." Thirteen yelled , her voice fading into nothing but a whisper "No... I'm not okay..."
"Hey," Lisa spoke carefully "It'll be okay." she reassured, pulling Thirteen closer to her body. When Dr Hadley resisted and stood quickly to her feet the older woman mimicked, placing a pair of steadying hands absent-mindedly on Thirteen's waist when she swayed from light-headedness. The bare skin above Hadley's shorts but below her black sports bra erupted into goose bumps at the human contact. Thirteen's gaze met Cuddy's. Hadley got lost in the only blue that rivalled House's, it was different to his, hers was a sort of warm, comforting blue whereas his was an icy, cold blue. Cuddy's brows knitted themselves into a furrow as she cocked her head to the side.
"oh... S-Sorry... Was I staring?" Remy asked, her cheeks blushing an embarrassed shade of cherry red and her head bent down, looking at the floor, to try to hide it. Lisa's straight face erupted into a breath-taking smile. Still with her hands on Thirteen's waist Cuddy pulled her in for a bone crushing hug. Thirteen reciprocated the hug by wrapping her slender arms around Lisa's stomach. A lump formed in Thirteen's throat as tears threatened to fall, she hadn't felt such a warm burst of human contact in a while.
"Sshhhhh..." Cooed Cuddy as her left hand moved up and stroked Remy's chestnut hair. The patch where her hand had been suddenly went cold, and the coldness spread through her whole figure. Cuddy's calming voice was soft and gentle enough to prevent tears that were yet to fall. Thirteen tightened her grip on Lisa's waist and gripped the back of her shirt as sobs racked through her entire body. "Sshhhhh..."Lisa repeated soothingly rubbing circles on the younger woman's back, "Wanna grab a bite to eat?" Cuddy asked. At her words every muscle in Thirteen's body tensed up
"W-What did y-you say?" She stuttered
"You want to get some food?" Cuddy repeated, Thirteen's body stepped back quickly out of Cuddy's reach. Lisa's face showed a level of concern she hadn't seen for the two years she worked for House.
"Sure. Lets get some food." Remy said as the two women walked out of the bathroom.
Thirteen's arm was slung over Cuddy's shoulders in a friendly, protective manner "Uhh..." The younger woman hesitated
"What?"
"Do you mind if we stop off at my place first... I kind of need to change." She replied looking down at her skinny, exposed figure, wrapping her free arm around her stomach in a self-hug to minimize the visibility of her skin in the almost deserted PPTH reception.
"No of course I don't mind!" Cuddy laughed. The two walked past the glass door and windows of the diagnostics office where House was sat visibly in his personal office staring at nothing ahead of him. Thirteen stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him something erupted in her stomach and she felt sick again. Cuddy, after being stopped abruptly by the arm around her shoulder, tugged gently on Remy's hand "Come on." She said softly as Thirteen slowly started to walk forwards.
"He was drunk, Cuddy... and obviously depressed... and I left him." Thirteen admitted guiltily, bringing her other hand and mimicking the self hug.
"House is a big boy." Cuddy reassured her once again "He's been drunk before. He knew what he was getting in to. As for you: It's a good thing you left! I don't think He'd be very impressed if you puked on his shoes... or any part of him for that matter!" Cuddy exclaimed, pulling a laugh out of Thirteen's mouth. Lisa smiled a whole-hearted smile at the fact she could make at least one person happy.
The two women climbed into Doctor Cuddy's car. Thirteen usually walks to work on a Sunday. The car ride was practically filled with a comfortable silence, broken only by the ignored radio. both the doctors could feel a bond forming between them. Both of them were looking forwards to where it could take them.
After arriving outside Thirteen's apartment she slid out of the car and slammed the door shut, she made her way up to the main door before stopping,
"Are you not coming?" She asked the older woman who sat in the driver's seat of the car slightly awkwardly
"Are you sure?" Cuddy asked stepping out of the car and walking up the four steps that stood in front of the main block of apartments
"Yeah! Besides, you've already seen me throw up, what else is there really?" She laughed as she pulled a small looking key from behind a 'No Smoking' sign. she unlocked the door and placed the key back behind the sign, opening the door good-naturedly for Cuddy she spied the confused look etched on her features "Mrs Kalman upstairs usually forgets her key so she made a copy and placed it here... she doesn't know I use it." Thirteen explained before gesturing for Lisa to walk in before her. The short, two flight climb up the stairs led them to probably the most well-kept door in the whole building. Lisa waits for Remy to unlock the door. After about five seconds of no one moving Thirteen just turns the doorknob and ambles inside slowly.
"You know... You really should lock your door." Cuddy advised
"Meh." Replied Thirteen. Cuddy looked around and noticed that everything had its specific place. It was so perfect she dare not place her feet anywhere apart from where they were now for fear of creating vibrations and moving something slightly. "I know, I know. It looks really neat but it's only because I haven't been home in like a whole week" Thirteen explained.