House ended up going back to his room, after meeting that blonde woman down in the lobby. He'd had a crap enough day as it was; the way the morning had turned out with Cuddy, meeting Wilson in the bar, getting punched in the face by John. Yeah, he wasn't interested in his day getting any more crap than it already was, and hanging around downstairs
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"You shave me, I'll find another way to torture you," he said. "Don't think I'm easily thwarted."
He jerked back when she tried to squirm away again, and let out an amused laugh at her wrestling against him, before he managed to get his face in against the side of her neck again, torturing it with his lips and tongue in an attempt to find a ticklish spot on her. And when located it, he was merciless, licking and flicking his tongue over the spot until Cuddy was wrestling too much for him to be able to keep her pinned down and tickle her at the same time. Of ( ... )
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House was looking so pleased with himself that she was giving serious consideration to biting him. Not hard enough to do damage, just enough to make him rethink his position on the whole fairness issue. But instead she stared at him, momentarily dumbstruck by his question. She'd told him she was a fun person, and she was, but no, she wasn't used to having fun. With anyone. There were a handful of people, mostly old friends, with whom she was comfortable ( ... )
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"Just as well," he replied, pulling a face, though because his mouth was full of food his words were distorted. He gestured to his plate impatiently while trying to swallow his mouthful. "Pickle would contaminate this," he added once he'd swallowed, picking up another chip. "If you had ordered this with pickle, I'd have demanded a prompt replacement Reuben and some kind of compensation on your part. Or maybe just make you eat ( ... )
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But what if he got out of here, or was for some reason kicked out of here if the Hotel ever had enough of him for whatever purpose, and found himself back in Princeton? No job, no money, no home, nobody. He started to scowl darkly at Cuddy as these thoughts went through his mind ( ... )
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"So stay here," she sniped back when he pointed out all the reasons he didn't want to go home. "If you're so sure this is better, stay. Just don't expect everyone else to stay because you're afraid to go home."
"Thanks so much. It's always heartwarming to hear your low opinion of me." Her mouth snapped shut at House's final jab. She yanked the sheet up, clutching it to her chest as she gave an angry shake of her head. "Do you think that you're the first person to tell me I'm not good enough, that I don't deserve the things I want?
"The medical profession, especially at the administrative level, is still very much an old boy's club. And those old boys didn't want me--young, female-- ( ... )
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He gave her a look of complete frustration at the things she said, about the administrative level treating Cuddy like she was undeserving because she was female. That hadn't been the point House was aiming for at all. While he certainly made it clear enough times about what he thought of her doctoring skills, and while he continually undermined her position as boss, he did think she was good at her job and did respect her for that. More than that, he was grateful underneath all his sarcasm for the fact that Cuddy let him keep his job, and for helping him establish the diagnostics department. He didn't know what might've become of him after the infarction had he not had his job to keep him going, and he didn't want to know.
Well... he was looking at that now, in a way. What he was now was more or less his worst fears back home. ( ... )
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"That's not even the point," she continued. She wasn't sure any more what the point was. It had all started with a simple mention of a meeting, but then he'd started pushing her buttons. She'd be damned if she'd let anyone tell her what she could or couldn't do. Whatever his opinion was of her, however, it didn't change her determination to leave.
"I get that you don't think there's anything left for you at home, but what is there for you here?" She was genuinely confused by House's reluctance to even consider going home. She knew he wasn't happy about being stuck here, so how ( ... )
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"I never said there was anything for me here," House argued. "But I had a taste of what going home from here is like, so did you, and do you seriously think I want that to be my life, too ( ... )
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