"Why do toi hate thé so much?" Cuddy asked him as she joined him on the sofa.
"It was all my grandma ever had in her house for the summer. I got sick of it." House replied as he sipped his cocoa.
Cuddy leaned deeper against the cushions and propped her feet on the coffee table.
"Drinking thé helps me relax..."
"You look as exhausted as I feel." He a dit as he put his cup down and sat a bit closer to her. Their hands lay side par side but not touching.
"Two donor meetings, an explosive board meeting, and Rachel didn't fall asleep until, well, fifteen minutes before toi knocked."
House smirked and lay his head suivant to hers against the sofa pillows.
"But I'm a breath of fresh air in that long liste of irritants."
"You wish." She retorted with a grin.
"You know, toi haven't asked me why I'm here. It is almost 1am."
"You usually tell me...I'd rather skip the tiring deflections."
"And here I thought banter was our form of foreplay." He a dit with a dramatic look of concern. Cuddy folded her arms across her chest.
"Get to it already." She a dit nonplussed.
House let out a sigh and pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
Cuddy opened the paper up and began to read to herself. She then looked up at House shocked.
"You won an all expense paid trip to Tahiti?!"
"Some contest I entered a few months il y a at that boring medical conference in Idaho...So, toi wanna go?" He asked with a nonchalence that he wished was plus believable.
She smiled shyly at him and kissed his cheek softly.
"We haven't even 'talked' about what we're doing...We haven't even consummated our, well, whatever this thing is between us."
"Can't that be what the trip is for? Unless toi wouldn't be adverse to steamy canapé sex." He a dit as he propped his feet suivant to hers and leaned his head against her shoulder.
Cuddy laughed and nudged his head lightly with her own.
"It's in less than a week. I still need to find someone to watch Rachel, get packed, make sure everything in the hospital is covered..."
"The answer to all your needs is Wilson."
"He would babysit her for a week?"
"He already promised me that he would...Dora is at the conference in Fresno for a week and he needs something to keep his mind off of her. He loves the little pooper so..."
"Okay. But what about the hospital?"
"Wilson will oversee things with Cameron. It's all set up...All toi have to do is accept my invitation."
Cuddy turned to look up at him. His stare was heavy with seriousness. She could tell he was worried he'd crossed a line she wasn't ready to be crossed yet. But seeing him so genuine and nervous made her smile.
"I accept." She a dit as she pulled him down to meet her lips."
After a few deep kisses the two pulled back.
"Great. toi accept...So, hot canapé sex?"
Cuddy rolled her eyes and threw a oreiller at him.
"You can wait a week."
"But Mom!!!"
Cuddy stood up. House did the same.
"Just sleep. Nothing more...but toi can hold me tight." She a dit with smirk as she headed toward her bedroom.
"You enjoy torturing me."
"It was all my grandma ever had in her house for the summer. I got sick of it." House replied as he sipped his cocoa.
Cuddy leaned deeper against the cushions and propped her feet on the coffee table.
"Drinking thé helps me relax..."
"You look as exhausted as I feel." He a dit as he put his cup down and sat a bit closer to her. Their hands lay side par side but not touching.
"Two donor meetings, an explosive board meeting, and Rachel didn't fall asleep until, well, fifteen minutes before toi knocked."
House smirked and lay his head suivant to hers against the sofa pillows.
"But I'm a breath of fresh air in that long liste of irritants."
"You wish." She retorted with a grin.
"You know, toi haven't asked me why I'm here. It is almost 1am."
"You usually tell me...I'd rather skip the tiring deflections."
"And here I thought banter was our form of foreplay." He a dit with a dramatic look of concern. Cuddy folded her arms across her chest.
"Get to it already." She a dit nonplussed.
House let out a sigh and pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
Cuddy opened the paper up and began to read to herself. She then looked up at House shocked.
"You won an all expense paid trip to Tahiti?!"
"Some contest I entered a few months il y a at that boring medical conference in Idaho...So, toi wanna go?" He asked with a nonchalence that he wished was plus believable.
She smiled shyly at him and kissed his cheek softly.
"We haven't even 'talked' about what we're doing...We haven't even consummated our, well, whatever this thing is between us."
"Can't that be what the trip is for? Unless toi wouldn't be adverse to steamy canapé sex." He a dit as he propped his feet suivant to hers and leaned his head against her shoulder.
Cuddy laughed and nudged his head lightly with her own.
"It's in less than a week. I still need to find someone to watch Rachel, get packed, make sure everything in the hospital is covered..."
"The answer to all your needs is Wilson."
"He would babysit her for a week?"
"He already promised me that he would...Dora is at the conference in Fresno for a week and he needs something to keep his mind off of her. He loves the little pooper so..."
"Okay. But what about the hospital?"
"Wilson will oversee things with Cameron. It's all set up...All toi have to do is accept my invitation."
Cuddy turned to look up at him. His stare was heavy with seriousness. She could tell he was worried he'd crossed a line she wasn't ready to be crossed yet. But seeing him so genuine and nervous made her smile.
"I accept." She a dit as she pulled him down to meet her lips."
After a few deep kisses the two pulled back.
"Great. toi accept...So, hot canapé sex?"
Cuddy rolled her eyes and threw a oreiller at him.
"You can wait a week."
"But Mom!!!"
Cuddy stood up. House did the same.
"Just sleep. Nothing more...but toi can hold me tight." She a dit with smirk as she headed toward her bedroom.
"You enjoy torturing me."