seguinte morning she wakes up early, has her chuveiro and breakfast and sends a message to Lucas to go to have jantar with him tonight. She waits until House gets to her home. He is there on time and when Cuddy goes out, he gives her the helmet. ‘Hey...’
‘Thanks for coming...’ Says Lisa.
‘It's nothing...’
About twenty minutos later they get to the hospital. ‘Thanks again.’ Says her giving him the helmet. He nods.
‘You want me to take you later to my home? I mean... so you can call someone to fix your car...’
‘If it's not too much trouble...’
‘It's okay... come to my office when you're ready to go.’
‘Sure. I'll see you later.’ She turns around and goes to the elevator to go to her office. House looks at her while she walks away, God she looks so pretty... thinks he. ‘See ya.’ Greg waits in the garagem until she goes and then thinks of them. The way they are now, the way they were before. His whole life has changed and he feels so lonely and he can't fight for her. She looks so well now with Lucas and House can't change it. The mais he sees her, the mais he likes her. But this is over for him now... He sighs and goes to his office.


Cuddy gets to her office and starts thinking about House, but she also thinks of Lucas. She likes them both, but House has always meant something to her, since college. Lucas is so sweet... but she feels so confused 'cause actually she misses Greg and waking up seguinte to him in the mornings... But that's over, and now she has someone who worries for her and who wants to make her happy.

After a whole dia working and trying not to think of House, the worst moment of the dia comes: she has to see him again to take her to his house. She has been trying to stay in her office in order not to see him, but now she has to. Cuddy goes to his office and knocks at his door for one of the first times in her life.
House looks at her and makes a signal with his hand for her to come in. He stands up and starts picking up his things.
Cuddy waits for him in silence and doesn’t look at his eyes. ‘Shall we go?’
‘Yes...’
They go to the garagem and she tries to have some conversation.
‘How... was your day?’
House thinks to himself: awful. ‘Fine... it was manageable... and yours?’
Cuddy to herself: Great, why I can’t stop thinking about all this shit...? He’s alright without me. ‘It was good, one dia mais I guess.’
‘Yeah... I guess...’ They get on the motorcycle and don’t look at each other until they get to his house.


Once there, she tries again to start the engine. ‘Nothing...’ She says.
‘You'd better stop trying to start the engine... You should phone a mechanic.’
‘Okay.’ She gets out of the car and phones the mechanic. Some minutos later she approaches to him and the car again. ‘They’ll be here in an hour, they’ve had an emergency with a bus and can’t send the guindaste sooner.’
‘Okay... you want some coffee or something?’
‘No, no, thank you, I’m okay.’ respostas Cuddy. House nods and looks around in silence. He feels stupid.
‘You can go to your house if you want. I can wait here.’ She opens the door of the car and sits down there.
‘I'm fine here... ‘ He stands seguinte to her car.
‘Okay... If you’re gonna stay, you can come into the car if you want.’
‘Okay... ‘ He sits seguinte to her in the car and sighs. They stay in silence for a long long time.
‘This is weird...’ Says Lisa.
‘Uh huh...’
‘I don’t like this situation…’
‘Me either... What do we do?
‘I’ve no idea...’She looks sadly at him. ‘I’m sorry for what I did.’
House stares at her. He really feels like beijar her but he knows she’s with Lucas now. He doesn't know if he'll be able to keep himself from beijar her.
Cuddy keeps staring at him. She can see in his eyes exactly what he wants to do, actually what THEY want to do... but she shouldn't...
House approaches to her slowly and she gets a little bit mais closer. When there are only a few inches between them her phone rings. She coughs and takes the phone. ‘Hello?’
Fuck... thinks House and sighs.

‘Lis? Hi! Hey, where are you? I've thought we could go to have jantar to a restaurant rather than staying at home.’
‘Lucas... I-I’ve to wait for a crane, my car doesn’t work and I’m waiting while it comes... Yes, we could go to a restaurant, as you like.’
‘Where are you? Do you need me to pick you up?’
‘I am...’ She looks at House. ‘ in front of Greg's place... you know where he lives?’
House thinks to himself: Oh God...
‘What are you doing there?’ Asks Lucas frowning. ‘Okay, yes, I know where he lives, don’t worry. I’ll be there in some minutes.’ He hangs up.
‘So... I guess he's coming...’ Says House.
She puts her cell phone in my bolsa again. She doesn’t want to look at him because she doesn’t really know what to say... She almost kissed her ex-boyfriend two minutos atrás and now her current boyfriend is coming to pick her up and take her to a restaurant... ‘Yes...’
‘Right...’He looks through the window and finally when she looks at him, he avoids looking at her. Cuddy sighs and thinks to herself: Please say something...
‘Well...’
‘Yes… well…’ He looks around.
‘Oh please say something... we almost kissed... how... how can you be so quiet?’
‘Yeah... almost...’ He whispers. ‘Damn...’
Cuddy closes her eyes and sighs. ‘What do you want? I don’t know how to behave with you... what are we? Friends? Ex? Workmates? Boss-employee? I need to know what’s going on... and what is what you want...’
‘I wish we were mais than what we are right now and I've already lost what I want...’
She remain in silence. ‘I’ll always be there for you.’
‘But not the way I want...’He looks around again.
‘I haven't told you what way... and I liked that way...’ Says Lisa.
‘I still like that way...’
She is about to say him something when someone knocks at the window, then Lisa opens the door. ‘Hey, are you okay?’ Asks Lucas helping her to get out of the car, and gives her a kiss. ‘Hello, House, how are you?
‘I'm horribly well, thanks...’
‘The guindaste hasn’t come yet, but it must be almost here.’ Says Lisa.
They hear the guindaste coming. ‘Lucky us... can you do it quickly, I booked in half an hour.’ Says Lucas to his girlfriend.
‘Okay.’ She approaches to the guindaste driver and signs the papers while House and Lucas wait seguinte to the car, alone. She comes back where they are and the guindaste takes her car.
‘Well guys... I have to go... There are a lot of boring TV shows waiting for me to watch them...’ House walks towards home.
‘See you tomorrow...’ She sees him coming into his house and they go to have their ceia to a nice restaurant.
House gets in and leans his back against the door and looks at the ceiling. ‘So close to be happy again...’



To be continued...



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