"So, will there be a repeat performance of what we did this morning?" House ব্যক্ত as he entered Lisa Cuddy's office. Cuddy looked up from her computer screen.
"House, I'm busy. আপনি 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 শীর্ষ of this desk, for about an hour." He ব্যক্ত with a mock look at his wristwatch.
Cuddy let out an exasperated breath.
"This isn't the time অথবা the place..."
"To screw each other's brains out? Okay. Your place অথবা mine?" He ব্যক্ত as he rested his chin on শীর্ষ 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 আপনি 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 ব্যক্ত as he stood up and walked around the ডেস্ক to stand পরবর্তি to her.
"House, আপনি have clinic duty. We'll talk about this later." She ব্যক্ত 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 ব্যক্ত 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! আপনি slept with Cuddy." He ব্যক্ত in awe.
"I banged the boss alright." House ব্যক্ত 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 আপনি 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 আপনি two are together?"
House sighed and started twirling his cane.
"She's অভিনয় like business as usual. She also seems to think it was a lapse in judgement."
"What do আপনি think?" Wilson asked.
"I think she's running like she always does..."
"Like আপনি usually do." Wilson finished for him. House rolled his eyes.
"You know I slept with her before."
"When?"
"A মাস 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 ব্যক্ত trailing off.
Wilson stood up পরবর্তি to House's chair.
"You've got that look in your eyes again. A look only Stacy brought out of আপনি before."
"I don't regret sleeping with her." House ব্যক্ত as he looked up at his friend.
"Then আপনি should tell her that."
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Cuddy was sitting in the cafetaria trying to eat her সালাদ 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 মণ্ডল bone.
"I can't believe আপনি 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. আপনি threw me against the wall, the closet door, the dresser..."
"And আপনি bit my lip, tongue, and neck each time."
She grinned a little and then looked at him seriously.
"Aren't আপনি tired? আপনি did just have a twenty-four ঘন্টা detox." She ব্যক্ত as she continued to trace his মণ্ডল bone.
"Little Greg is too preoccupied right now for the rest of my body to care." He ব্যক্ত 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 আপনি 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 আপনি 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 ব্যক্ত in a broken whisper.
Wilson nodded in agreement.
"I know he can, but আপনি don't regret it. আপনি 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 ব্যক্ত 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 দ্বারা the sudden intrusion.
"What did আপনি just do?!"
"I wanted some evidence of your undying hunger for my hot bod." He ব্যক্ত 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 আপনি were writhing under me in pleasure." He ব্যক্ত loudly.
She pulled him further into the office and slammed the door shut.
"Are আপনি trying to make me angry?"
"Yes!" He ব্যক্ত 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 আপনি threaten to tell the whole hospital about the sex because I don't know, আপনি don't want to do clinic, অথবা you're angry that I won't give আপনি a certain case..."
"Shut up!" He ব্যক্ত as he slammed his cane to the floor. She stared at him in shock.
"If I have to tell the whole damn hospital that আপনি and I got it on, for আপনি 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 অথবা to make আপনি look bad. I just want আপনি to admit that আপনি wanted me and আপনি still want me...Cause I want you." He ব্যক্ত 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 ব্যক্ত and walked to her ডেস্ক 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 ব্যক্ত proudly.
"Have আপনি 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 ব্যক্ত with a sinister grin. Wilson looked at him nervously.
"What are আপনি 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 ব্যক্ত 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 ডেস্ক 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 ব্যক্ত 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, আপনি wanted me to be forced to admit that the sex meant something to me, that আপনি mean something to me. So, instead of giving me মহাকাশ to figure out my feelings আপনি humiliate me instead."
"Please, no one believes me. They all think we had sex long পূর্বে anyway. Mostly they are all in agreement that I'm full of shit."
"But I didn't just call আপনি an গাধা this time. I hid in my office which reveals something has changed." She replied as she moved past him to the কোট 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 আপনি know how to do right it seems." She ব্যক্ত as she started packing up her briefcase.
"It's not the only thing." He ব্যক্ত 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 আপনি that night and the পরবর্তি morning and I would like another chance...to be with আপনি again."
She stepped into his space.
"You don't deserve it." She ব্যক্ত as she stared into his eyes.
"I know but you've never been one to stay mad at me." He ব্যক্ত with a gentle smile. She smiled softly back.
She shook her head and picked up her briefcase.
"Stop দ্বারা my house at eight." She ব্যক্ত as she walked passed him and out of the office.
House smiled to himself and began humming a tune as he left the office.