B-day Wallpaper for HC

When Cuddy gets to the residence, she goes to the kitchen and takes a small tablet of broth from the cupboard and puts in the in shower head, so later, when he has his shower, he’ll be covered of soup. After carrying out her evil plan, she goes to her room.
House gets home and doesn’t try to talk to her. He goes straight to his room and after studying for a while, goes to the bathroom. When he’s about to start, he is covered with soup and jumps out of the bathtub. ‘What the heck is this?!’ He wraps himself in a towel and goes to her dorm. ‘Is this your way of revenge? Are you gonna...

‘Okay, I’ll clean up. It wasn’t your fault. You’re right.’ He’s reading in his dorm when she takes the mop and soaks the entrance to his dorm, then she goes to her dorm to wait.
After a while he has to go to the bathroom and when he’s gonna go out of his dorm, he slips because of the puddle and falls to the ground. ‘Fuck!!! Lisaaaaaaa!! What the hell is this???!!!’
Maybe it’s better for them to be this way than having any kind of personal relationship. She hears him and goes out of her room pretending a surprised face. ‘What’s going on?? Oh are you okay?? I was cleaning,...

Next morning Lisa gets up at lunch time and goes straight to have a shower, she doesn’t even know if he has come back yet and she doesn’t want to go to his room just in case they ended up at his bed. When she goes out of the bathroom, she bumps into him who is waiting near the door to have his shower.
‘Morning... well, afternoon.’
She doesn’t know what to say.
‘Hey... You can have your shower, I’ve finished. Nice party by the way.’
‘Yeah, it was nice.’
Lisa doesn’t look at him and goes to her dorm to read a book. He doesn’t know what she did last night, he was... a little...

After her long nap, Lisa wakes up and goes to have a shower. When she finishes, looks at the time and goes to wake him up. ‘You awake?’
‘Yeah, you naked?’
‘No... I have a towel, sorry... I just was gonna tell you to get up.’
‘Okay... I'm getting up...’
After having a shower and getting dressed he takes his stuff and goes to the door. ‘Well, I'm leaving...’
‘Wait! I’m ready.’ Lisa gets out of her room wearing a nice white T-shirt tied around her neck and black trousers. He can’t help looking at her.
‘You look... good.’ Says House finally.
‘Thanks, you too.’
‘I know,...

One day they are in their residence. Lisa spends the whole day enclosed in her room studying. Of course he spends that time doing anything else but study.
Dinner time comes and she prepares a salad, then goes to his dorm and knocks the door. ‘Are you gonna eat something?’
‘Small children.’
She rolls her eyes. ‘If you want some salad there’s more in the kitchen.’
‘Hmm salad, rabbit's food, yummy!!’
She goes back to the kitchen and he follows her and starts preparing a huge sandwich with what he finds in the fridge. Cuddy looks at him with a disgusted face, then he bends to pick...

The next morning when Lisa gets out of her dorm to have a shower, she stumbles upon him and falls to the floor. ‘What the hell...’ She looks at him angrily. ‘What are you doing sleeping here?’
‘Ssssh, shhhhh, ssshhhhhhhhh!!’ Whispers Greg because of the hangover. ‘Why do you need to make so much noise?’
‘When I told you to go to sleep, I meant to your dorm, not here.’
‘This was closer...’ He tries to stand up and Lisa helps him.
‘Oh... you look horrible...’
‘Oh no... I can't go to class with this look!!’ He bites his fist mocking at her. ‘I'd better take a shower!’...

Next day Lisa goes to pick him up and they get to the hospital. ‘Well, I have to work, so go to annoy your team or something...’ She approaches a bit to kiss him on his cheek but then realizes that they are in the hospital and separates from him again. They smile and she goes to her office, whilst House goes to Wilson's office.


House opens the door and sits down on the sofa. Wilson looks at him surprised and then at his watch.
‘House? What are you doing here? On time?’
‘Yeah... couldn't sleep.’
‘Yeah sure... Does this have to do with Cuddy?’
‘Why do you think something like that?’...

The next morning they wake up and go to have breakfast to Cuddy’s kitchen. The situation is awkward, because they are no longer on vacation and they’re still together and feeling like if they were. When they get dressed, they go to do the shopping. Before coming back to her home, Cuddy drives House to his place and helps him a little to clean up. After a while someone calls and House picks up the phone.
‘Yeah?’
‘House? Hi!! How are you!?? When did you come back? Why didn’t you call me?’
Lisa looks at House and whisper. ‘Who is this?’
Greg answers her in a low voice. ‘Wilson...’...

House and Cuddy board the plane to go back to New Jersey and go on with their lives, but this time something has changed since the last time they were there, and they hope it last. This has been the vacation they've enjoyed most, but the worst part of it, has been the flights, which usually were very long.
‘Hmmm cards, bathroom... This time we have to try something new to make time go faster.’
House chuckles. ‘I think we've done everything that can be done on a plane...’
After two hours they’re still the same way, so bored. ‘Water, water and more water... Nice views.’ Says Cuddy...

They go to the hospital with David. House fills some papers for the doctors and they come to his room to examine him and ask him questions. Greg and Lisa wait in silence until the other doctors get out of the room. ‘David, I think we should go and let you rest, we can come to visit you other day’
‘Yes, okay. I hope you have better luck while you’re in London.’
‘Thanks.’ She approaches to House. ‘See you David.’


They leave the hospital and go back to the hotel by bus in silence. He sits on a chair in their room and turns on the TV. Lisa sits on the edge of the bed. ‘Has David...

When the ride that they won’t forget ends, they go out of the London Eye holding hands and go walking throught the brigde. House can’t believe that after so much time they are doing this. ‘So... we are... you know...’
‘Ehmm we could say that... yes...’
House nods a bit confused. ‘And... what are we gonna say in the hospital?’
‘Well, we can be together but... don't say anything in the hospital, I mean, we don't have to hide it, but we don't need to publish it either, do we?’
‘Of course, unless you want that the whole hospital mocks at me.’
‘I don’t think they’ll mock...

They arrive to the hotel soaked and holding hands. The reception guy looks at them and House talks. ‘Buongiorno!’ They get into the elevator. ‘My Italian is going better and better... I'm so proud of me!’
‘Yeah, it's true, now you can flirt with Italian guys.’
‘Ha ha... In fact I rather flirt with American women... specially with those who run a hospital.’ He approaches to her and kisses her passionately.
Cuddy opens her eyes surprised. ‘House this is the elevator, not our bedroom.’
House presses the STOP button and kisses her again. ‘I’ve noticed.’
She separates a bit...

Next morning it’s half past ten and they are asleep embraced. The light that comes from the window wakes him up. He breathes deeply and sees her lying next to him.
Cuddy opens her eyes slowly and looks at him. She doesn’t know exactly what to say.
‘Hi...’
‘Morning...’
She’s still a bit confused. ‘How... Did you sleep well?’
‘The truth is that my back hurts a little due to sleeping in this position, I mean, huged to you.’
‘Oh--sorry’ She separates a bit from him and House takes a better posture. Cuddy looks at his cheek, it’s still a little redden because of the slap.
‘I'm...

House turns to her with his eyes wide open. ‘Like... me?’ He’s shocked and it took him a few seconds come back to himself. ‘Perhaps I should tell that guy to do something like...’
‘Like...?’ Cuddy stares at him and smiles. ‘Say something to that stupid guy!!’
He chuckles. ‘Aren't you gonna kiss her, you stupid flack of bumfluf??’ He approaches to Lisa a little.
‘Yeah, twenty years of waiting... that guy is very slow...’
‘Well... a bit...’ House approaches more and he is almost touching her lips with his.
‘Oh God Greg! Come on!’ Cuddy puts her arms around his neck...

They arrive to the hotel without saying a word, go to their room and lock the door.
‘You’re not gonna say anything? You know, something like:’ Cuddy imitates House’s tone. ‘Yeah, nice guy, you choose your boyfriends very well...’
House looks at her serious and without saying anything goes to the bathroom and close the door. Cuddy gets angry. ‘Hey, do not ignore me!’
House wets his faces and sits on the floor while Cuddy is shouting and knocking at the door. ‘Can you tell me what the hell was that? Can't behave as an adult once in your life?’ House takes a vicodin pill and looks...

Night falls in Italy and they come to the Coliseum for the second time that day. Thankfully, the temperature has dropped and now you can be in the street without getting a sunstroke. The night is beautiful, but House can't help feeling weird. Cuddy looks at him. ‘Here we are. It’s beautiful at night.’
‘Yep... you can do great things with four stones and two bulbs well situated... Do we walk around it?’ Then a guy approaches to them.
‘I can’t believe it... Lisa? Is it you?’
‘Sorry?’ Cuddy turns and gets surprised when looks at him. ‘David? Yes! Wow, David! Hi!!’
‘Hi!!!...

After washing and dressing, they arrive to the Coliseum. It's a sunny and very hot day. They put on their sunglasses and buy two ice creams to get a bit cooler. Then, they go for a walk around the building and come in. It’s still very hot and the ice cream helps just a little. They sit down in the shade to rest for a while. House takes off his glasses and lean his cane on the wall. ‘It’s so hot today!’
‘Yes, very very hot... I have a bit of headache because of the heat.’
‘Let’s stay here until you feel better.’
‘Yeah, thank you.’ She looks at the ice cream left. ‘I would...

Before going back to the hotel, they pick up some take away food. When they get to the bedroom, House looks for a pill in his jeans’ pocket and lies on the bed. ‘It hurts. I’m gonna have a bath.’ He goes to the bathroom and fills the bathtub whereas Cuddy talks to Wilson on the phone. Some time goes by and before going out of the bathroom he takes another pill. After that, they have their dinner. ‘I love Italian food.’
‘And Italians love you.’
‘Are you going to remind me this for ever?’
‘Of course! You doubted it?’
House looks at her angrily ‘I really really hate you,...

They remain in silence thinking about this strange situation and how they feel being just a few inches apart. House falls asleep first but she can’t and stays awake for a while more, until House, unconsciously, turns and puts his hand gently on her waist. Then she opens her eyes, but she smiles and finally falls asleep, too.



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Step one completed, they’ve spent the night in the same bed and nothing has happened. When House wakes up, he looks at her sleeping and thinks “Ahh... too good...

Cuddy and House arrive at the airport on time, so he didn’t fall asleep and she didn’t kick his ass for that. The situation is a bit awkward for both. He’s going on vacation with his boss, the woman he has been half his life negotiating with. And she has invited him to come with her, the man who stares at her ass, screws up her dates and fantasizes about her in the shower, but despite that, the man she can consider her best friend, and one of the people whom she trusts most.
‘Here we go Italy!’
Cuddy sits next to him. ‘Phew... now almost nine hours of flight...’
‘Yep! Goodnight!’...