"So, will there be a repeat performance of what we did this morning?" House 说 as he entered Lisa Cuddy's office. Cuddy looked up from her computer screen.
"House, I'm busy. 你 have clinic." She replied tersely.
House sat down in the chair across from her desk.
"No. I have an appointment with a certain Dean of Medicine, on 最佳, 返回页首 of this desk, for about an hour." He 说 with a mock look at his wristwatch.
Cuddy let out an exasperated breath.
"This isn't the time 或者 the place..."
"To screw each other's brains out? Okay. Your place 或者 mine?" He 说 as he rested his chin on 最佳, 返回页首 of his cane.
"Look, I'm not going to talk about this at work. Especially, considering that it probably wasn't one of the smartest things 你 and I have ever done." House's eyes went wide at that statement.
"Wow. I thought you'd at least wait a week before doing the whole back-peddling routine." He 说 as he stood up and walked around the 台, 办公桌 to stand 下一个 to her.
"House, 你 have clinic duty. We'll talk about this later." She 说 as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. House narrowed his eyes at her but turned to walk out of the office anyway.
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"I slept with Cuddy after she helped me detox." House 说 matter-of-factly to his best friend, James Wilson.
Wilson looked up from his file and stared at House looking for a sign that he was joking.
"Oh my God! 你 slept with Cuddy." He 说 in awe.
"I banged the boss alright." House 说 with a huge smile. Wilson shook his head.
"House, don't diminish the importance of this with your usual adolescent behavior. I mean this is big."
"That's what she said. Ahhh." House replied with a wiggle of his eyebrows. Wilson rolled his eyes.
"How did 你 two finally cut all the crap and...connect?"
"...After all the pain and anger...in the morning everything was easy. She had been through it with me the whole way..."
House's gaze fell to his hands. Wilson smiled fondly at his friend's admission.
"Does this mean 你 two are together?"
House sighed and started twirling his cane.
"She's 表演 like business as usual. She also seems to think it was a lapse in judgement."
"What do 你 think?" Wilson asked.
"I think she's running like she always does..."
"Like 你 usually do." Wilson finished for him. House rolled his eyes.
"You know I slept with her before."
"When?"
"A 月 after Stacy left the first time."
"How could I not know this?" Wilson asked incredulously.
"Sometimes, Jim, I can keep a secret."
"So, what was it like being with her again after so many years?"
House smiled a genuine smile this time and leaned into his chair.
"I forgot how good it feels when your not paying for it. The way she felt against me..." He 说 trailing off.
Wilson stood up 下一个 to House's chair.
"You've got that look in your eyes again. A look only Stacy brought out of 你 before."
"I don't regret sleeping with her." House 说 as he looked up at his friend.
"Then 你 should tell her that."
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Cuddy was sitting in the cafetaria trying to eat her 沙拉 but found her mind constantly lingering over her tryst with House.
(A Morning Memory)
"How's your leg holding up?" She asked as she pulled the covers around her.
"I can't feel anything but pure ecstasy right now." He replied as he turned on his side to face her.
She smiled shyly at him and rested a hand against his 领, 衣领 bone.
"I can't believe 你 carried me to the bed."
"Well, you'd be surprised how little pain one can feel when hot sex is being offered."
She rolled her eyes.
"You lunged at me. 你 threw me against the wall, the closet door, the dresser..."
"And 你 bit my lip, tongue, and neck each time."
She grinned a little and then looked at him seriously.
"Aren't 你 tired? 你 did just have a twenty-four 小时 detox." She 说 as she continued to trace his 领, 衣领 bone.
"Little Greg is too preoccupied right now for the rest of my body to care." He 说 as he pulled her face into his and claimed her mouth.
"Cuddy?"
She looked up to see Wilson standing at her table.
"You know don't you."
He looked away nervously and then sat down.
"I know it happened but he didn't give me the graphic details."
She let out a sigh of relief.
"He says 你 regret it."
"He just came off a detox, and I took advantage."
Wilson couldn't help but to laugh. Cuddy glared at him.
"I'm sorry but there is no way 你 took advantage of him...What's this really about?"
She rested her chin in her hand.
"I'm his boss and he's my employee. Everyone already thinks I give him too much leeway. Also I'm a mother now which is something he still hasn't accepted...He can really hurt me sometimes." She 说 in a broken whisper.
Wilson nodded in agreement.
"I know he can, but 你 don't regret it. 你 will however, regret not giving this thing a chance...Regardless of how it came about the point is that it happened. It's an opportunity." He 说 as he gingerly touched her shoulder. Cuddy nodded slowly in return.
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"Say cheese!" House suddenly exclaimed as he used the thermo camera to take Cuddy's picture.
She looked up slightly startled 由 the sudden intrusion.
"What did 你 just do?!"
"I wanted some evidence of your undying hunger for my hot bod." He 说 as he pulled out the picture and flapped it in the air.
She stood up and walked over to him.
"Stop that! Greg this is not the place..."
"Greg? Hmmm...you haven't called me Greg since, well, since last morning when 你 were writhing under me in pleasure." He 说 loudly.
She pulled him further into the office and slammed the door shut.
"Are 你 trying to make me angry?"
"Yes!" He 说 in irritation.
She threw her hands up and let out a growl.
"This is why I can't do this with you. The power play always comes into the forefront and 你 threaten to tell the whole hospital about the sex because I don't know, 你 don't want to do clinic, 或者 you're angry that I won't give 你 a certain case..."
"Shut up!" He 说 as he slammed his cane to the floor. She stared at him in shock.
"If I have to tell the whole damn hospital that 你 and I got it on, for 你 to finally admit this meant something to you, then that's what I'll do. But don't for once think that I would use this thing between us to get out of work 或者 to make 你 look bad. I just want 你 to admit that 你 wanted me and 你 still want me...Cause I want you." He 说 as he stepped in to her personal space. Cuddy trembled slightly from the closeness.
"House, I..."
Ring. Ring.
Cuddy turned at the ringing phone.
"Let it ring." He said.
"I can't." She 说 and walked to her 台, 办公桌 and picked up the phone. House shook his head in annoyance and stomped out of the room.
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"There's the proof, Wilson." House declared as he put the picture of Cuddy on Wilson's desk.
"A thermo picture of Cuddy?"
"All that red shows heat. She's in heat for me." House 说 proudly.
"Have 你 two talked yet?"
"I talked, and she rationalized until I couldn't take it anymore."
"You argued with her."
"She did give me an idea though." House 说 with a sinister grin. Wilson looked at him nervously.
"What are 你 planning?"
House merely smiled and then limped out of the office.
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Cuddy was at the nurse's station signing off on some documents when she heard a slamming sound above her. She looked up to see House standing on the balcony. He had that evil glint in his eyes that always preceded some awful plan. She bit her lip in fear.
"Attention!"
Everyone stopped to look up. Cuddy held in a breath hoping he'd change his mind.
"I slept with Cuddy!" He 说 in a harsh,angry tone that she couldn't help but to cringe at.
Everyone turned to look at her. She smiled awkwardly and turned to walk to her office. She felt a sting in her eyes, but she refused to cry until she was safely hidden in her sanctuary.
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The blinds were closed and the door was locked. He was glad he had a key made years ago. He slowly let himself in. The room was covered in darkness.
"I know you're in here."
She turned on a 台, 办公桌 lamp and stood up from the couch. Her cheeks were red and a single tear was visible under her eye.
"This is just another game to you." She 说 in a hoarse voice.
He walked to stand in front of her.
"Everything is a game...our whole friendship has been a game since we met, but that's not why I did it."
"Yeah, 你 wanted me to be forced to admit that the sex meant something to me, that 你 mean something to me. So, instead of giving me 太空 to figure out my feelings 你 humiliate me instead."
"Please, no one believes me. They all think we had sex long 以前 anyway. Mostly they are all in agreement that I'm full of shit."
"But I didn't just call 你 an 屁股 this time. I hid in my office which reveals something has changed." She replied as she moved past him to the 涂层, 外套 rack and put on her jacket.
"So I went about it the wrong way."
She snickered at his half-ass attempt at an apology.
"That's the only thing 你 know how to do right it seems." She 说 as she started packing up her briefcase.
"It's not the only thing." He 说 as he walked up behind her. She stilled her hands and turned around to face him.
"I'm not in the mood for innuendo."
"Okay. I'll jump to the point. I liked being with 你 that night and the 下一个 morning and I would like another chance...to be with 你 again."
She stepped into his space.
"You don't deserve it." She 说 as she stared into his eyes.
"I know but you've never been one to stay mad at me." He 说 with a gentle smile. She smiled softly back.
She shook her head and picked up her briefcase.
"Stop 由 my house at eight." She 说 as she walked passed him and out of the office.
House smiled to himself and began humming a tune as he left the office.
"House, I'm busy. 你 have clinic." She replied tersely.
House sat down in the chair across from her desk.
"No. I have an appointment with a certain Dean of Medicine, on 最佳, 返回页首 of this desk, for about an hour." He 说 with a mock look at his wristwatch.
Cuddy let out an exasperated breath.
"This isn't the time 或者 the place..."
"To screw each other's brains out? Okay. Your place 或者 mine?" He 说 as he rested his chin on 最佳, 返回页首 of his cane.
"Look, I'm not going to talk about this at work. Especially, considering that it probably wasn't one of the smartest things 你 and I have ever done." House's eyes went wide at that statement.
"Wow. I thought you'd at least wait a week before doing the whole back-peddling routine." He 说 as he stood up and walked around the 台, 办公桌 to stand 下一个 to her.
"House, 你 have clinic duty. We'll talk about this later." She 说 as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. House narrowed his eyes at her but turned to walk out of the office anyway.
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"I slept with Cuddy after she helped me detox." House 说 matter-of-factly to his best friend, James Wilson.
Wilson looked up from his file and stared at House looking for a sign that he was joking.
"Oh my God! 你 slept with Cuddy." He 说 in awe.
"I banged the boss alright." House 说 with a huge smile. Wilson shook his head.
"House, don't diminish the importance of this with your usual adolescent behavior. I mean this is big."
"That's what she said. Ahhh." House replied with a wiggle of his eyebrows. Wilson rolled his eyes.
"How did 你 two finally cut all the crap and...connect?"
"...After all the pain and anger...in the morning everything was easy. She had been through it with me the whole way..."
House's gaze fell to his hands. Wilson smiled fondly at his friend's admission.
"Does this mean 你 two are together?"
House sighed and started twirling his cane.
"She's 表演 like business as usual. She also seems to think it was a lapse in judgement."
"What do 你 think?" Wilson asked.
"I think she's running like she always does..."
"Like 你 usually do." Wilson finished for him. House rolled his eyes.
"You know I slept with her before."
"When?"
"A 月 after Stacy left the first time."
"How could I not know this?" Wilson asked incredulously.
"Sometimes, Jim, I can keep a secret."
"So, what was it like being with her again after so many years?"
House smiled a genuine smile this time and leaned into his chair.
"I forgot how good it feels when your not paying for it. The way she felt against me..." He 说 trailing off.
Wilson stood up 下一个 to House's chair.
"You've got that look in your eyes again. A look only Stacy brought out of 你 before."
"I don't regret sleeping with her." House 说 as he looked up at his friend.
"Then 你 should tell her that."
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Cuddy was sitting in the cafetaria trying to eat her 沙拉 but found her mind constantly lingering over her tryst with House.
(A Morning Memory)
"How's your leg holding up?" She asked as she pulled the covers around her.
"I can't feel anything but pure ecstasy right now." He replied as he turned on his side to face her.
She smiled shyly at him and rested a hand against his 领, 衣领 bone.
"I can't believe 你 carried me to the bed."
"Well, you'd be surprised how little pain one can feel when hot sex is being offered."
She rolled her eyes.
"You lunged at me. 你 threw me against the wall, the closet door, the dresser..."
"And 你 bit my lip, tongue, and neck each time."
She grinned a little and then looked at him seriously.
"Aren't 你 tired? 你 did just have a twenty-four 小时 detox." She 说 as she continued to trace his 领, 衣领 bone.
"Little Greg is too preoccupied right now for the rest of my body to care." He 说 as he pulled her face into his and claimed her mouth.
"Cuddy?"
She looked up to see Wilson standing at her table.
"You know don't you."
He looked away nervously and then sat down.
"I know it happened but he didn't give me the graphic details."
She let out a sigh of relief.
"He says 你 regret it."
"He just came off a detox, and I took advantage."
Wilson couldn't help but to laugh. Cuddy glared at him.
"I'm sorry but there is no way 你 took advantage of him...What's this really about?"
She rested her chin in her hand.
"I'm his boss and he's my employee. Everyone already thinks I give him too much leeway. Also I'm a mother now which is something he still hasn't accepted...He can really hurt me sometimes." She 说 in a broken whisper.
Wilson nodded in agreement.
"I know he can, but 你 don't regret it. 你 will however, regret not giving this thing a chance...Regardless of how it came about the point is that it happened. It's an opportunity." He 说 as he gingerly touched her shoulder. Cuddy nodded slowly in return.
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"Say cheese!" House suddenly exclaimed as he used the thermo camera to take Cuddy's picture.
She looked up slightly startled 由 the sudden intrusion.
"What did 你 just do?!"
"I wanted some evidence of your undying hunger for my hot bod." He 说 as he pulled out the picture and flapped it in the air.
She stood up and walked over to him.
"Stop that! Greg this is not the place..."
"Greg? Hmmm...you haven't called me Greg since, well, since last morning when 你 were writhing under me in pleasure." He 说 loudly.
She pulled him further into the office and slammed the door shut.
"Are 你 trying to make me angry?"
"Yes!" He 说 in irritation.
She threw her hands up and let out a growl.
"This is why I can't do this with you. The power play always comes into the forefront and 你 threaten to tell the whole hospital about the sex because I don't know, 你 don't want to do clinic, 或者 you're angry that I won't give 你 a certain case..."
"Shut up!" He 说 as he slammed his cane to the floor. She stared at him in shock.
"If I have to tell the whole damn hospital that 你 and I got it on, for 你 to finally admit this meant something to you, then that's what I'll do. But don't for once think that I would use this thing between us to get out of work 或者 to make 你 look bad. I just want 你 to admit that 你 wanted me and 你 still want me...Cause I want you." He 说 as he stepped in to her personal space. Cuddy trembled slightly from the closeness.
"House, I..."
Ring. Ring.
Cuddy turned at the ringing phone.
"Let it ring." He said.
"I can't." She 说 and walked to her 台, 办公桌 and picked up the phone. House shook his head in annoyance and stomped out of the room.
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"There's the proof, Wilson." House declared as he put the picture of Cuddy on Wilson's desk.
"A thermo picture of Cuddy?"
"All that red shows heat. She's in heat for me." House 说 proudly.
"Have 你 two talked yet?"
"I talked, and she rationalized until I couldn't take it anymore."
"You argued with her."
"She did give me an idea though." House 说 with a sinister grin. Wilson looked at him nervously.
"What are 你 planning?"
House merely smiled and then limped out of the office.
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Cuddy was at the nurse's station signing off on some documents when she heard a slamming sound above her. She looked up to see House standing on the balcony. He had that evil glint in his eyes that always preceded some awful plan. She bit her lip in fear.
"Attention!"
Everyone stopped to look up. Cuddy held in a breath hoping he'd change his mind.
"I slept with Cuddy!" He 说 in a harsh,angry tone that she couldn't help but to cringe at.
Everyone turned to look at her. She smiled awkwardly and turned to walk to her office. She felt a sting in her eyes, but she refused to cry until she was safely hidden in her sanctuary.
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The blinds were closed and the door was locked. He was glad he had a key made years ago. He slowly let himself in. The room was covered in darkness.
"I know you're in here."
She turned on a 台, 办公桌 lamp and stood up from the couch. Her cheeks were red and a single tear was visible under her eye.
"This is just another game to you." She 说 in a hoarse voice.
He walked to stand in front of her.
"Everything is a game...our whole friendship has been a game since we met, but that's not why I did it."
"Yeah, 你 wanted me to be forced to admit that the sex meant something to me, that 你 mean something to me. So, instead of giving me 太空 to figure out my feelings 你 humiliate me instead."
"Please, no one believes me. They all think we had sex long 以前 anyway. Mostly they are all in agreement that I'm full of shit."
"But I didn't just call 你 an 屁股 this time. I hid in my office which reveals something has changed." She replied as she moved past him to the 涂层, 外套 rack and put on her jacket.
"So I went about it the wrong way."
She snickered at his half-ass attempt at an apology.
"That's the only thing 你 know how to do right it seems." She 说 as she started packing up her briefcase.
"It's not the only thing." He 说 as he walked up behind her. She stilled her hands and turned around to face him.
"I'm not in the mood for innuendo."
"Okay. I'll jump to the point. I liked being with 你 that night and the 下一个 morning and I would like another chance...to be with 你 again."
She stepped into his space.
"You don't deserve it." She 说 as she stared into his eyes.
"I know but you've never been one to stay mad at me." He 说 with a gentle smile. She smiled softly back.
She shook her head and picked up her briefcase.
"Stop 由 my house at eight." She 说 as she walked passed him and out of the office.
House smiled to himself and began humming a tune as he left the office.
