Cuddy and House arrive at the airport on time, so he didn’t fall asleep and she didn’t kick his culo for that. The situation is a bit awkward for both. He’s going on vacation with his boss, the woman he has been half his life negotiating with. And she has invited him to come with her, the man who stares at her ass, screws up her dates and fantasizes about her in the shower, but despite that, the man she can consider her best friend, and one of the people whom she trusts most.
‘Here we go Italy!’
Cuddy sits siguiente to him. ‘Phew... now almost nine hours of flight...’
‘Yep! Goodnight!’ Cuddy rolls her eyes. He takes a sleeping mask and she puts on her earphones and closes her eyes.

The bad thing with such long flights is that if the guy siguiente to tu is snoring, the flight can seem even longer incredibly. Cuddy pokes him. ‘Stop snoring.’
‘Snoring? I don’t snore... Stiamo in Italia?’
‘Oh yes, tu do... and not yet.’
The stewardess asks them if they want any drinks o snacks, and they ask for two tonics. ‘Schweppes, please.’ Cuddy looks at him. ‘Do they pay tu for the merchandising o something?...’
‘Yeah, like if they did posters with my face...’
Some hours go por and Italy is still far away. ‘Oh God, where are we going, to the end of the world?’
‘You bought the tickets, don’t complain.’ Cuddy looks for something in her bolso, monedero and takes out a deck of poker.
‘What's this, a gambling party?’
‘I thought tu were bored. tu wanna play?’
House chuckles. ‘Poker? I’d win and you’d get angry...’
‘What’s that? Are tu afraid of my poker skills, Dr House?’ House looks at her smiling mischievously, she looks back at him smiling. ‘You wanna play betting?’
‘Money?? A night of hard sex?? Then I don’t know if I want to lose o win...’
‘A cena in a restaurant at Saint Peter’s Square?’
‘Done.’ They shake their hands and spend a good and long time playing; especially Cuddy, because she’s winning. ‘Damn it!!’
‘Ohh, I think someone owes me a dinner...’ Cuddy smiles widely at him and deals the cards.
‘The game is not over!!’
‘How long tu want to be playing? Until we land?? Obviously I’ve won... but if tu want to suffer más time... okay.’
‘I’m gonna win. I just need más time...’
‘You need a miracle!! And sorry, as tu say, miracles do not exist.’
He smiles sarcastically. ‘I don’t need a miracle... but a little bit of luck.’
‘A bit?? Buckets!’
They keep on playing for some time, and unfortunately for House, he didn’t know about that hidden ability of Cuddy, so he has to invite her to dinner. Ten minutos later they are landing. After picking up their luggage, they arrive to the hotel.


‘Hello, I made a reservation.’
The receptionist nods and looks at them. ‘A double room?’
Cuddy looks at House and chuckle. ‘No, no. Two single rooms, please.’
‘I told tu that tu won’t have sex with me!’ House smiles at the receptionist and she gives them two keys. ‘Thank tu for choosing this hotel. Have a nice day.’
‘Prego!’ They go to the rooms and House opens the first door. ‘I want the biggest one! tu know, everything is in proportion.’ He winks at her and they open the room nextdoor and leave the luggage in their respective rooms.
‘I’m hungry and someone has to invite me to have dinner...’
‘You’re not going to forget that stupid bet, are you?’
‘Of course I’m not! We can go, see St. Peter’s Square and dine there.’
‘Well, if I can’t avoid it, why not?’


They go to the restaurant, choose a mesa, tabla and sit down. The vistas are wonderful and they wait enjoying it in silence. A silence that Cuddy breaks. ‘It’s a bit weird being here with you. I mean, I’ve always wanted to go to Italy, but I never imagined that it would be with you.’
‘Well, it was tu who invited me but, correct me if I’m wrong.’
‘Yes, I invited tu to come here... tu were nice and purchased the airline tickets. Anyway, tu accepted the invitation...’
‘Of course, do tu know anyone so stupid to say no to an invitation to Italy??’
‘No.’


After finishing they go to St. Peter’s Square and have an ice cream while they go for a walk. ‘How’s your leg?’
‘I think I can manage to walk for a shot time, thanks mom.’
Cuddy chuckles. ‘I’m not old enough to be your mother... And believe me, if I were your mom, I would’ve dado tu up for adoption.’
House stares at her. ‘Nice... Why do tu say such bad things to me?’
Cuddy remains thinking. ‘Oh, it was a joke, I wouldn’t get rid of you. tu know that I like tu so much...’ She tries to correct it inmediatly. ‘...As a friend, I mean...’
They keep eating their ice creams and walking, among other things. ‘Can tu stop looking at my culo every time I turn round?’
‘I’m sorry, I can’t. Can your culo stop appearing in front of my eyes??’
‘It’s your fault, not mine.’
‘No, it’s your ass’ fault!’
Cuddy stops walking in front of him. ‘You have any problem with my ass?’
‘Yes, I have. Your culo is teasing my eyes.’
‘I’m not teasing you.’
‘Yes, tu are.’
She chuckles. ‘No, believe me. If I would like to tease you, we would be in your hotel room right now.’
House opens his eyes widely. ‘Oh my God!! Don't say that Cuddy!! I can imagine things very easily!! Get out of my head!!!!’
Cuddy pokes him on his arm. ‘Stop imagining that!!’
‘Stop using violence with me Dr. Cuddy. I'm not keen on sadomasochism!!’ Cuddy sighs and rolls her eyes, he smiles. ‘My leg hurts a bit... let’s go back and annoy the receptionist!!’

They go back to the hotel and get into the elevator to go to their rooms. When they arrive to their floor, House pushes the emergency button, that makes the campana ring loudly. Cuddy looks at him with her eyes wide open. House pulls on her arm and open his room’s door very quickly. ‘Come in!’
‘What the hell are tu doing?’
‘Having fun. And this is just the beginning.’ He approaches to door and remains near it in order to listen if someone is coming. Cuddy wants to kill him.
‘Are tu insane? tu don’t know how to have fun like other people?’
‘Come on, don’t be a party pooper!’
‘I’m not a party pooper, I just usually have fun doing normal things.’
‘Like what, playing cards and hide and seek?’ House goes out of the room leaving the door opened and Cuddy starts getting very angry and follows him.
‘No, things about my age.’
‘Shhh! Be quiet!!’ He takes all the fuego extinguishers from the walls and hides them all in the lumber room. Then he fills a bucket with water and pours it on the floor. Cuddy wants to kill him even más when he pushes the fuego alarm on the muro and takes her to his bedroom.
‘Oh my God... We’re gonna be deported to US...’
‘We will if you’re not quiet!’ When he opens the door, they can see how the staff runs through the corridor and slide. Cuddy approaches to him closing the door and putting him against the wall. ‘This is going too far...’
‘Come on, now is when the funniest part comes.’ He opens the door and talks to the staff angrily. ‘What is this?? I’ve come here looking for some peace and this seems to be a farm!!’ The staff looks at them and apologizes.
‘We are sorry if we’ve bothered, we don’t know what is happening here... Sir, if tu want, we have the VIP’s room on the other wing of the hotel, tu and the lady can pick up your things and go there.’
House remains thinking looking at them. ‘Well, and we don’t have to pay any increase o anything, do we?’
‘No, Sir, but we only have one room left.’
Cuddy looks the scene speachless while House goes on with his game. ‘Is the cama king size?’
‘Of course Sir, is one of our best rooms.’
Cuddy sits down on the cama thinking that he really has got a nerve. House looks at her and winks. ‘What do tu think, Cuddy? It’s quite fair...’
She nods and smiles to the staff, but they can’t see her whispering to House. ‘I’m gonna kill you...’
‘The lady has agreed gentlemen!’
‘Our apologies for the inconvenience...’ The staff apologizes again and they take their things to go to the biggest room.


When they get to the new room she gets shocked, House approaches to her. ‘I think you’ve forgotten to thank me!’
‘I’m not gonna thank you. tu made me have a bad time.’
‘But here’s your reward!’
The room is huge, it has even a jacuzzi! They put their things out of their suitcases and it starts to get late. Cuddy turns off the TV and looks at him. ‘How are we gonna sleep?’
‘With both eyes closed, maybe?? If tu promise tu won't try to rape me I agree to share the cama with tu and if tu don't... I don't mind sleeping in the jacuzzi but... I may wake up dehydrated... Hmmm it doesn't sound very cool.’
‘I have no intention of raping you. Ahh, and tu know that when both people want it’s not raping.’
‘Yes, but I’d try to resist!’
‘I hope so’ Cuddy winks at him and they laugh remembering how they got that room. ‘Seriously, tu always destroy hotels in order to get a better room?’
‘No, I'm used to destroy hotels in order to have fun but... tu see?? We've had a better result.’
‘We’ve been lucky, that’s all...’ She looks at the time ‘It’s late, I think we should sleep’
‘Oh yeah, WE should sleep...’
Cuddy chuckles and goes to the bathroom to put on her pajamas. She didn’t expect to spend the night with anyone on the trip, so she picked up a couple of pretty delaine pajamas. She stays for a moment looking at them and puts the one that seems less provocative, which is difficult because they both are pretty sexy. When she gets out of the bathroom blushed, he already has his pajamas on and looks at her excited. ‘Oh my God, Cuddy! Do tu want me to have a seizure??’
‘I don’t have más pajamas, sorry.’
‘God, don’t be sorry at all!’
‘You want to stop?’ They get into cama and she lies looking at the side where he is not. Before turning off the lights he looks out of the corner of his eye at her, sighs and pushes the button. After a while they’re still awake. ‘This is very awkward...’
House smiles to himself. ‘What? tu and me sleeping in the same cama without having sex?? I thought you'd never say it!!’ He moves his hand in order to touch her bottom but she takes it before he can do it.
‘Apart from that. tu and me in the same bed...is really weird and yes, without having sex is even más weird. Nobody would believe it.’
They remain in silence thinking about this strange situation and how they feel being just a few inches apart. House falls asleep first but she can’t and stays awake for a while more, until House, unconsciously, turns and puts his hand gently on her waist. Then she opens her eyes, but she smiles and finally falls asleep, too.




To be continued...


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