If Cuddy thought her answer would get her off the hook, maybe allow her sit back and listen for a while, she was clearly kidding herself. Megan came right back at her with what sounded like a simple question, but which required a complicated answer.
She shifted in her chair, trying to redistribute her weight--or rather, Junior's weight--more comfortably. God, she wished she could cross her legs normally like Megan was but the only way she could be truly comfortable was to spread her legs and sort of sprawl in the chair. That was tacky looking, though, and she hated looking tacky. So she tried to sit in a more 'ladylike' manner, sitting straight up with her knees together, even if the position meant she couldn't completely relax.
"That's a loaded question," she told Megan. If the therapist kept asking these kinds of questions, sooner or later Cuddy was going to say something House really didn't want to hear. She knew these were the kinds of questions that had to be asked but.... She gave House an assessing look. Well, so far he didn't seem too bothered. If anything, he seemed to have relaxed just a tiny bit now the focus had shifted to her.
"What I would like to see is.... I'd like to see him find some peace with himself." She stared directly at him as she spoke. She was a bit nervous with discussing these issues but at the same time, she wanted him to hear what she thought.
"As long as I've known House, he's always been at war with everyone and everything. But as I've gotten to know more about him these last months, I'm convinced the real war has always been with himself."
Her gaze faltered and she turned to look at Megan again. The idea of a House at peace with himself was appealing. It was also, she feared, not at all realistic. She couldn't imagine him ever letting his guard down that far but she hoped treatment would nudge him in that direction. Life would be easier for both of them if he didn't always feel at odds with the entire world.
"In more practical terms, I'd like him to learn better coping skills. He generally has very unhealthy ways of dealing with problems--like the Vicodin. That doesn't make the problem go away. It simply adds another problem and that only hurts him. And me," she admitted. "It hurts me. It hurts our chance at a future together. So yeah, definitely, that's what I'd like most--for him to learn some constructive coping skills."
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She shifted in her chair, trying to redistribute her weight--or rather, Junior's weight--more comfortably. God, she wished she could cross her legs normally like Megan was but the only way she could be truly comfortable was to spread her legs and sort of sprawl in the chair. That was tacky looking, though, and she hated looking tacky. So she tried to sit in a more 'ladylike' manner, sitting straight up with her knees together, even if the position meant she couldn't completely relax.
"That's a loaded question," she told Megan. If the therapist kept asking these kinds of questions, sooner or later Cuddy was going to say something House really didn't want to hear. She knew these were the kinds of questions that had to be asked but.... She gave House an assessing look. Well, so far he didn't seem too bothered. If anything, he seemed to have relaxed just a tiny bit now the focus had shifted to her.
"What I would like to see is.... I'd like to see him find some peace with himself." She stared directly at him as she spoke. She was a bit nervous with discussing these issues but at the same time, she wanted him to hear what she thought.
"As long as I've known House, he's always been at war with everyone and everything. But as I've gotten to know more about him these last months, I'm convinced the real war has always been with himself."
Her gaze faltered and she turned to look at Megan again. The idea of a House at peace with himself was appealing. It was also, she feared, not at all realistic. She couldn't imagine him ever letting his guard down that far but she hoped treatment would nudge him in that direction. Life would be easier for both of them if he didn't always feel at odds with the entire world.
"In more practical terms, I'd like him to learn better coping skills. He generally has very unhealthy ways of dealing with problems--like the Vicodin. That doesn't make the problem go away. It simply adds another problem and that only hurts him. And me," she admitted. "It hurts me. It hurts our chance at a future together. So yeah, definitely, that's what I'd like most--for him to learn some constructive coping skills."