"You're having رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا at Cuddy's? آپ can't be serious, House," Wilson کہا as he sat down on his friend's couch.
"Jimmy, I've never been مزید serious."
"She's still with Paul, isn't she?"
"Yeah, she's still with the funny looking P.I."
"So, why on earth is she having a رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا تاریخ with you?"
"Because I am a master manipulator."
"What did آپ do now?"
"I merely appealed to her fervent desperation to have all department heads at her dull fundraiser."
"I have a feeling she wasn't the one to offer رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا at her place," Wilson کہا as he propped his feet up on the coffee table.
"She offered the usual. I wasn't interested."
"You not being interested in a week off clinic duty is strange unto itself, but آپ being مزید interested in having رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا with her, is just completely weird, even for you."
"Weird. You're the one that thinks I have a thing for her. Isn't this what men do when they want a woman?," he کہا taking a sip of his beer.
"Usually bribery isn't a tactic but then again maybe for آپ it is. What are آپ trying to achieve anyway?"
"It's about gaining information, Wilson. I've already found out that she's done the dirty with him. Can آپ imagine what I'll find out over the course of one evening."
"Again, what are آپ trying to achieve?"
House took another swig of his بیئر and turned his attention to the ویژن ٹیلی screen.
"I need to know how serious she is."
"How serious she is about him?"
"No. How serious she is about me."
"God, آپ really can't tell سے طرف کی now? How many times has she risked her job, reputation, and everything else just to save آپ from being canned on your پچھواڑے, گدا یا put in prison..."
"That's because I'm an asset to the hospital..."
"Please. You're مزید than just an asset to her. آپ two have only known each other about twenty years."
"We're quasi-friends and at times enemies but..."
"Stop minimizing. She was holding your hand when آپ came out of the coma. She was doing everything to make sure آپ were recovering well..."
"Wait. How do آپ know about that? That was the period when آپ were being all bitchy and not talking to me."
"Cuddy is Cuddy. Even though I didn't want to talk about آپ she'd bring آپ up in conversation nonetheless. I know she was practically at your place everyday for a ماہ before she felt like آپ could handle things on your own."
"She was insufferable that month. She was monitoring my diet and wouldn't allow me any جنک, فضول food. She was constantly cleaning too."
"Was she a good cook?" Wilson asked with a smile.
"What you're implying is that she was a good cook ergo I miss her cooking ergo I miss her being around me twenty-four seven ergo the real reason I wanted her to make me رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا at her place."
"Well, yeah."
"She is a good cook. She's made vast improvements since college."
"What was she like in college?"
"The same just with a tighter ass."
"Did آپ two date? Neither of آپ ever talk about Michigan. Makes me wonder what went on between آپ guys."
"We didn't date," he کہا as he got up to go to the fridge.
"Was it a flirtation?" Wilson asked as he followed House to the other room.
"Dumb question."
"Okay, knowing آپ there had to have been inappropriate gestures and comments. I mean did آپ ever try to be with her?"
"What آپ are really trying to ask but are too cowardly to is whether یا not we did the deed."
"Well?"
"Despite what others may think, I am a gentleman. I don't broadcast my sexcapades," he کہا with an overly dramatic shake of his head.
"Alright, آپ don't have to tell me, but I do have to tell آپ something."
"You met the future fourth Mrs. Wilson to day?"
"I had a talk with Cuddy about you."
"What's new about that. آپ two girls are always gossiping about me."
"She seems torn between her deeper feelings for آپ and the blossoming feelings she has for Paul. I sensed that she wants Paul because he's مزید open and less..."
"Caustic, sarcastic, offensive, insincere..."
"Yes, less you."
"So, big deal. Like I told her, he's a distraction."
"Or آپ want him to be a distraction."
"You really think he has a shelf life past three months? There is a reason I'm the only man who she's had a long term connection with. She likes conflict just as much as I do. I'm a sadist and she's a masochist," he کہا as he popped a few of his vicodin.
"Pretend all آپ want to, but if he really isn't a formidable opponent then why even go through all this trouble? Why would it matter to know how serious she is about you?"
"Look, I know she cares about me, but I'm never sure if it's just this weird co-dependent thing we have یا if it really is..."
"Love."
"Yeah."
"That's nice."
"Oh, shut up."
"You want to know if she's as in love with آپ as she's alluded to because you've fallen in..."
"Shut up!"
"Okay. I'll stop talking about your girlfriend."
"Why do I associate with you?"
"Because I tell آپ the truth and I'm the only one willing to associate with you."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hand me another beer."