Chapter 8 – jantar and Rain -
It was almost 8 o’clock and Cuddy had everything ready. She had ordered Chinese comida because she hadn’t had time to make anything. That afternoon, when she came from work after that scene with House, she took a long bubble bath. The rain was falling on her window and House was tormenting her mind. After getting out of the bath and ordering the Chinese food, she sat on her sofá to listen to música and look out at the rain.
Her door was thrown open and in came Erin. “Hey Honey! How are you? Well, I brought some good wine.” She said as she entered her house and followed through to the kitchen.
“I hope you don’t mind but I ordered Chinese. I didn’t feel like cooking today.” Cuddy said as she joined Erin in the kitchen. She was already taking the comida from the boxes.
“I hope you don’t mind, but I called Wilson to come by. They should be here in a few minutes.” Erin said arranging the table.
“Sure no problem, James is always a good company…wait, they? Who are they?” Cuddy questioned, now confused.
“Lisa honey, duh! House of course. They’re going to bring dessert.”
Cuddy stayed silent. No, she could not be in the same room as House, not right now. Maybe he wouldn’t come. It was raining quite heavily now, he was probably planning on driving his bike, so…no, he wasn’t coming.
“Lise? Hey! What are you thinking about?” Erin had noticed Cuddy’s mental absence for a few seconds.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I was just thinking that it is raining so much. Maybe we should call them and tell them not to come.” Cuddy offered.
“No way! I bet James that House wouldn’t bring us any dessert. I have to see this through now Lise, or I’m out some money. Plus, you have towels for them, and well… why don’t you want them to come?” Erin asked a little suspicious.
“Hey! Is not that I don’t want him, of course that I want him… them, to come. It’s just that it is raining and they might catch a cold.” Cuddy said, not really sure of what she was saying.
Erin didn’t pergunta her, but she knew that that wasn’t the whole story. They heard the door bell, and Erin rushed to open it. Wilson was standing with a big smile and an even larger box.
“Look at you! All soaked. What did you bring?” Erin said smiling at him and opening the door for him to enter.
“My dear friends… well, I brought a pudding, in case House forgets his part of the deal.” Wilson said, entering Cuddy’s house and placing the box in the kitchen.
Cuddy was on her couch, wondering House why didn’t come with Wilson. If he was really coming, which it seemed like he was, (and on his bike, with all that rain) then he was definitely going to be sick. She could hear Wilson and Erin laughing in the kitchen. She knew that Erin knew where the towels were so she didn’t bother to get up. After a few minutos the door sino rang again, Erin got up with Wilson and opened the door. There was a man standing with an even bigger box than Wilson’s in one of his hands and the other with a cane.
“Hey! You’re finally here! We were thinking about starting without you.” Erin joked.
“Yeah.” House replied dryly without moving from the doorframe.
“I can’t believe that you actually brought the dessert.” Wilson said and laughed looking at Erin.
Cuddy was still on the sofá looking at Erin, Wilson and… House. She got up right when Erin and Wilson took the box into the kitchen, both fighting to see what was inside. House stood at the door, without putting a foot inside Cuddy’s house.
“You’re all wet, come in and I’ll hand you a towel.” Cuddy said.
“No need. I brought morango cheesecake, you still like it?” House asked her.
“Of course I do. What I didn’t know was that you still remembered that.”
“Well, I do. Now I got to go. I have a few girls to see.”
“What? You’re going? But we didn’t have dinner…” Cuddy started, but House turned his back on her and started limping between the rain.
“The l World is on today, I can’t miss it.” House said quickly. He stopped and looked back; she was still standing por the door looking surprised. She wasn’t expecting for him to go. She didn’t want to be in the same room as him, but at the same time she didn’t want him to go.
She stepped outside, leaving the door slightly ajar, and walked over to him. The rain was still falling but she didn’t care, she had to try to get him to stay.
He continued to look at her, not sure of what she was going to do. She got closer to him, the drops of rain falling on her skin; her face was alight with an emotion neither could recognize. When she looked at him she sighed, and a few rain-drops near her lips fell softly. He kept looking at her. He had to do what his coração was telling him to do at that moment. He had kissed her and asked her what she wanted, what she felt. He couldn’t do anything more. With a soft voice she said, “Don’t go.”
“Why should I stay?” He asked, noticing a perfect curl that had become stuck pristinely on her face.
“I don’t know, just… don’t.” She replied, not noticing, or caring, that they were still under the rain.
“That’s not enough.” He told her, and limped to his car.
He drove off and Cuddy stood there, watching his car slowly fade in the downpour. Wilson and Erin took a look outside and tried to find House, but they couldn’t.
“Where is he?” Wilson asked Cuddy when she finally came back into the house, soaked to the bone in the rain water.
“You’re soaked honey. Do you know what an umbrella is?” Erin joked.
“He’s not going to have jantar with us.” She said with a pause. “In fact, I’m not going to have jantar with you either; I have to do something.” Cuddy grabbed her car keys and ran to it.
Wilson and Erin stood there without understanding a thing of what had just happened.
“I think that something happened on the other day.” Erin stated.
“He just told me that they had a fight and then I told him that they are always fighting; now I know that he wasn’t kidding.” Wilson said.
“We still have jantar here…” Erin began, smiling.
“Let’s go.” Wilson smiled back at her.
TBC
It was almost 8 o’clock and Cuddy had everything ready. She had ordered Chinese comida because she hadn’t had time to make anything. That afternoon, when she came from work after that scene with House, she took a long bubble bath. The rain was falling on her window and House was tormenting her mind. After getting out of the bath and ordering the Chinese food, she sat on her sofá to listen to música and look out at the rain.
Her door was thrown open and in came Erin. “Hey Honey! How are you? Well, I brought some good wine.” She said as she entered her house and followed through to the kitchen.
“I hope you don’t mind but I ordered Chinese. I didn’t feel like cooking today.” Cuddy said as she joined Erin in the kitchen. She was already taking the comida from the boxes.
“I hope you don’t mind, but I called Wilson to come by. They should be here in a few minutes.” Erin said arranging the table.
“Sure no problem, James is always a good company…wait, they? Who are they?” Cuddy questioned, now confused.
“Lisa honey, duh! House of course. They’re going to bring dessert.”
Cuddy stayed silent. No, she could not be in the same room as House, not right now. Maybe he wouldn’t come. It was raining quite heavily now, he was probably planning on driving his bike, so…no, he wasn’t coming.
“Lise? Hey! What are you thinking about?” Erin had noticed Cuddy’s mental absence for a few seconds.
“Oh, it’s nothing. I was just thinking that it is raining so much. Maybe we should call them and tell them not to come.” Cuddy offered.
“No way! I bet James that House wouldn’t bring us any dessert. I have to see this through now Lise, or I’m out some money. Plus, you have towels for them, and well… why don’t you want them to come?” Erin asked a little suspicious.
“Hey! Is not that I don’t want him, of course that I want him… them, to come. It’s just that it is raining and they might catch a cold.” Cuddy said, not really sure of what she was saying.
Erin didn’t pergunta her, but she knew that that wasn’t the whole story. They heard the door bell, and Erin rushed to open it. Wilson was standing with a big smile and an even larger box.
“Look at you! All soaked. What did you bring?” Erin said smiling at him and opening the door for him to enter.
“My dear friends… well, I brought a pudding, in case House forgets his part of the deal.” Wilson said, entering Cuddy’s house and placing the box in the kitchen.
Cuddy was on her couch, wondering House why didn’t come with Wilson. If he was really coming, which it seemed like he was, (and on his bike, with all that rain) then he was definitely going to be sick. She could hear Wilson and Erin laughing in the kitchen. She knew that Erin knew where the towels were so she didn’t bother to get up. After a few minutos the door sino rang again, Erin got up with Wilson and opened the door. There was a man standing with an even bigger box than Wilson’s in one of his hands and the other with a cane.
“Hey! You’re finally here! We were thinking about starting without you.” Erin joked.
“Yeah.” House replied dryly without moving from the doorframe.
“I can’t believe that you actually brought the dessert.” Wilson said and laughed looking at Erin.
Cuddy was still on the sofá looking at Erin, Wilson and… House. She got up right when Erin and Wilson took the box into the kitchen, both fighting to see what was inside. House stood at the door, without putting a foot inside Cuddy’s house.
“You’re all wet, come in and I’ll hand you a towel.” Cuddy said.
“No need. I brought morango cheesecake, you still like it?” House asked her.
“Of course I do. What I didn’t know was that you still remembered that.”
“Well, I do. Now I got to go. I have a few girls to see.”
“What? You’re going? But we didn’t have dinner…” Cuddy started, but House turned his back on her and started limping between the rain.
“The l World is on today, I can’t miss it.” House said quickly. He stopped and looked back; she was still standing por the door looking surprised. She wasn’t expecting for him to go. She didn’t want to be in the same room as him, but at the same time she didn’t want him to go.
She stepped outside, leaving the door slightly ajar, and walked over to him. The rain was still falling but she didn’t care, she had to try to get him to stay.
He continued to look at her, not sure of what she was going to do. She got closer to him, the drops of rain falling on her skin; her face was alight with an emotion neither could recognize. When she looked at him she sighed, and a few rain-drops near her lips fell softly. He kept looking at her. He had to do what his coração was telling him to do at that moment. He had kissed her and asked her what she wanted, what she felt. He couldn’t do anything more. With a soft voice she said, “Don’t go.”
“Why should I stay?” He asked, noticing a perfect curl that had become stuck pristinely on her face.
“I don’t know, just… don’t.” She replied, not noticing, or caring, that they were still under the rain.
“That’s not enough.” He told her, and limped to his car.
He drove off and Cuddy stood there, watching his car slowly fade in the downpour. Wilson and Erin took a look outside and tried to find House, but they couldn’t.
“Where is he?” Wilson asked Cuddy when she finally came back into the house, soaked to the bone in the rain water.
“You’re soaked honey. Do you know what an umbrella is?” Erin joked.
“He’s not going to have jantar with us.” She said with a pause. “In fact, I’m not going to have jantar with you either; I have to do something.” Cuddy grabbed her car keys and ran to it.
Wilson and Erin stood there without understanding a thing of what had just happened.
“I think that something happened on the other day.” Erin stated.
“He just told me that they had a fight and then I told him that they are always fighting; now I know that he wasn’t kidding.” Wilson said.
“We still have jantar here…” Erin began, smiling.
“Let’s go.” Wilson smiled back at her.
TBC