Cuddy walked down the stairs in back yard, turned left and walked in path straight to the little park. She saw that there’s few laps to show the path inside the park, but quickly after she walked inside the park, path become dark, and she couldn’t see were to go, so she went straight to the lap light she saw not far away. But there was few bushes she didn’t noticed and she start hitting those, she still tried to reach the lamp light when she tricked on rock or something and fall into the bush in front of her.

“-Drunk people shouldn’t walk in the dark parks..”, she heard men’s voice from her right, silently laughing
“-Especially women, with high heels..”, Cuddy finally stood straight and walked few steps in her right she heard voice coming from.
“-I’m not drunk....Oh great that’s you...”, she saw House sitting on little bench under trees, not far away was little lamp, which helped to sees something around, at least to recognise that it’s him
“-Cuddy?... oh gosh, what are you doing there in DARK, ALONE ? it’s dangerous”, he smiled recognising Cuddy again tonight. He could saw her face, just when she came enough close. He didn’t knew that it’s her, when he saw someone falling in the bushes and heard woman’ voice silently cursing, when her dress stuck in bush. Cuddy slowly came to him, little bit climbing, probably hurt her leg falling,
“-I didn’t knew it would be so dark there..”, she said in low and angry voice when she reached the bench he set on and slowly set next to him.
“-Does it hurts?” ,he asked when she caressed her leg. He enjoyed that view, first time tonight seeing her legs. In other hand she hold her purse and mask. His eyes come up to her face, it showed some pain cause the leg, but she still looked very pretty, her hair was little messy, cause falling to the bushes.
“-And if it does, you would give me your magic pills?”, she said in sarcastic voice, probably he really was thinking to give her his drugs. She finally raised he eyes at him again. he was looking down, slowly caressing his leg. Now he was holding his cane in one hand, his mask was on his lap. She studied his face, he looked weird shaved.
“-I just asked, seemed like hurting falling”, he wasn’t smiling anymore. He raised his eyes back on her and now they looked at each other. Suddenly he smiled and took some leaves from her hair. She bend her eyes and blushed for short second. Then bit her lip to hold herself
“-I heard there’s a fountain somewhere, but how I suppose to see it if there is so dark...”, she shook her head of this crazy situation.
“-Don’t worry I saw that fountain it’s not that impressive”, his voice was low, he bend his eyes to his feet again. She felt awkward sitting there together.
“-I saw Wilson, just few minutes ago..”, she wanted to brake silence, and House haven’t seen him all night
“-Probably drinking, trying to hit the girl with that girly mask..”, he laughed silently and she smiled
“-Seemed like having fun... I saw him dancing and heard how he told to his dance partner that he worries about you...”, she said with wide smile, House nodded
“-If he’ll keep telling to the woman how he’s worry about me, then girly mask will be the least problem”.. it made Cuddy to laugh little and he smiled half lips.
“-I don’t think she was stranger, she sound like caring too...” she said in lower voice, and bend her eyes, afraid not to show any jealous.
“-Trying to hit team member of mine again?... way to go Wilson!”, he said in funny voice, and Cuddy smiled again, she bend her head not to show him her smile, but that moment he turned at her and saw it. Cuddy was surprise that he doesn’t care about that team member of his. Maybe House has someone else, she didn’t liked that possibility, but she has no rights to be jealous.
“-And you’re fine with that?”, his face showed surprise, “-I mean... don’t you want to hit her first?..” she said with eyes down, but he kept his eyes at her and it made her to regret for her question
“-Hoped that it won’t be needed... tried to find someone around there...”,he said with serious voice, but smiled at the end, she blushed little, but hoped that it’s not enough light around for him to see it.
“-Sorry that it didn’t worked...”, she raised her eyes at him for a second, then turned back in front of her
“-At least I got a midnight kiss...” he said with smile but it made her to feel uncomfortable. He bit his lip regretting. “-...and do you have anyone ? Locked your boyfriend in the closet?”, they both breathed heavily when he said it
“-I...do have, he couldn’t escape from work..”, her voice was breaking, felt uncomfortable to talk about it
“-Lucas 2?”, she smiled shaking her head. “-It’s the same guy, I saw...?”, his voice was low, shaking
“-Saw...?”, she was shaking her head couldn’t understand, but it came quickly, “-You mean in my living room?! When you drove with your car inside?!!”,- she stood-up shouting at him, he listened in shock, still sitting, didn’t knew what to say or to do, “-It’s that WAY you did it?!”, when he stayed silence, she shout again, standing just a step away, looking inside his eyes
“-No...”, he said in low voice shaking his head little, still sitting
“-Then why?! Tell me !”, finally she want to know the reason, his face was sad and confused
“-I... needed to release my feelings, energy, Anger, pain..”, he didn’t finished when she cut him off,
“-Jealous..? you destroyed my living room cause jealous, anger ?”, he didn’t said nothing “-Why you couldn’t just get drunk or start a fight in some bar..?”, her voice was lower, but still angry
“-I knew this would make you to leave..”, he said in low voice with bended eyes
“-To leave...? why do you wanted me to leave? Couldn’t just said it, asked me... or leave by yourself?”, her voice become low, but very confused. He bit his lip and shook his head, he didn’t wanted to talk, felt uncomfortable, but she was waiting, so he raised his eyes and started in low voice,
“-I knew that one day I will be released from jail and asked to came back to work... I’m good at it and it’s only thing what’s left..” ,he raised his eyebrows
“-That’s explains why you couldn’t move-out by yourself...”, she said in low voice understanding
“-I couldn’t handle to see you around...” he stood up, but turned to his left, not to meet her eyes, she wanted to ask, but he spoke again, “-I knew it would be hard to be around after we broke-up..”, he turned around at her and continued , “-But when I saw that guy in your living room... I realised that it would be even harder to see you with someone else”,- he bend his eyes , looked like in this moment he remembered everything again. she stood in silence, listening in shock. She bend her eyes and bit her lip feeling like she might start crying, he continued
“-I didn’t meant to hurt anyone... I saw how you moved in other room, and I knew that Rachel is at your mother...”, he said in guilty voice, she raised her eyes and saw in his eyes that he feels sorry. Cuddy felt touched of what he said. That he remembered where Rachel was.
“-Thank you for telling me this...for feeling sorry..” she said in low voice, even smiled half lips in the end. Felt weird to talk about it, to stand so close. He bend his eyes for a second ,
“-You frozen... if you didn’t noticed, it’s winter...”, he said in funny voice and start to take off his jacket
“-House...” she tried to stop him, said in louder voice and serious voice
“-Stop struggling ..”, he didn’t listen and covered her shoulders with his jacket , “-I’m trying to be gentlemen tonight, I shaved and everything..” , he raised his eyebrows, looked cute. When he was about to cover her shoulders he stood closer and stayed closed, even when he dropped his hands down.
“-You look weird shaved...”, she said in low voice, little smiled. She seemed nervous to be so close now, and he smiled half lips noticing it. He caressed his cheek then chin, where his beard used to grow. She watched his moves with smile, she didn’t seemed mind of his closeness, so he even bend little down over her very slow. It was cold so their breath were seeing as white smokes and were circling around their faces. She felt like he’s about to kiss her, but she still didn’t moved, seemed hard to resist... But suddenly her phone start ringing in her purse. She closed her eyes disappointing, and when she opened, House took few steps back ,
“-House...”, she called him in low voice, but he didn’t stopped walking away
“-You should answer it... maybe it’s your boyfriend”, he said in dry voice, turned around and leaved. She could see his silhouette going back in the building.

Cuddy answered just after long moment. When House walked away she even forget about the call, but when he walked enough far away, ringing become annoying and she picked-up. It’s really was Robert. They congratulate each other with New year. She told him little about the party and her evening. She didn’t mentioned House, just told him that she had few dance with sponsors and doctors. She told him how beautiful is around there and party seems very funny.
She felt her voice breaking, but she tried as hard as she could to hold herself. It was hard for her to concentrate on his voice, she didn’t heard half of what he said.