Chapter 11

A/N: Warning, this chapter will contain adult content. For those of you who don't want to read it or who don't like the idea of Chase/Thirteen skip paragraphs 6-

Chase arrived a six on the dot, just as he promised he would. Thirteen was glad to see him, though she knew he was just being a friend. She didn't want drama, of course, but being a mother didn't leave a lot of time for socializing outside of work. Chase carried the Thai food into the living room and set up dinner on the coffee table, then gave Chloe a quick greeting. The baby seemed to be pleased to see Chase and Thirteen couldn't help but grin. "Do you mind if I use your bathroom?" Chase asked. Three cups of coffee this afternoon at work and no forgiveness in traffic: my bladder might actually burst."

"Go ahead," Thirteen said, laughing. The adults ate dinner, then Thirteen put Chloe to bed and she talked with Chase for a while. She relished the opportunity to have relaxed adult conversation and Chase seemed to be only too happy to provide the interaction. 'This might actually work out,' Thirteen thought to herself as she was walking Chase to the door at the end of the night.

Thirteen's life became considerably less stressful in the following four months. Chase came over nearly every night and they ate dinner together, played with Chloe and had relaxing conversations. He helped her clean up and brought movies over to watch and kissed her cheek chastely before leaving so she could go to bed. Work was less stressful because of this unique relationship too. Cuddy seemed to have caught on to the fact that Thirteen wasn't interested in stealing House away from her and accepted the fact that she was 'dating' Chase. Foreman became supportive of Chase's courtship of her and even Taub laid off the assault on her personal life that had been started when she returned from her year long absence. House was in a better mood since Cuddy wasn't watching him like a hawk and, though he was still House, wasn't quite the pain in the ass that he was upon her return.

The only thing that she would have liked would have been for House to visit Chloe or even acknowledge her existence. Christmas had come and gone and House sent a card with $500 for the baby, but didn't call or ask how Chloe was. Thirteen expected this had something to do with Cuddy being upset about him having a child that wasn't with her. Everything had been going as perfectly as possible until the first of February.

Chase came over, as usual and they had dinner and put Chloe to bed. Thirteen put in a movie and they sat down on the couch to watch. Everything was completely normal and Thirteen felt so comfortable that she lay her head down on Chase's shoulder. He put an arm around her and after the movie ended the separated so she could walk him to the front door. Thirteen was more than a little surprised; however, when instead of kissing her cheek, Chase kissed her on the lips. For a second she froze, surprised, then she started to respond and he tangled one hand in her hair.

Thirteen allowed herself to be led back in the living room as Chase ran his hands over her lithe body. It had been such a long time since she had been touched like this that Thirteen decided that the consequences be damned. It felt so right when he kissed and touched her that she told herself that there couldn't be anything worse than denying her feelings, and that she should just go with it. Chase pulled her down onto his lap on the couch and things really started to heat up between them. She ground her pelvis against his, the friction feeling so intense that she shuddered into their kiss.

Whenever she made a move, Chase had the perfect counter and vice versa. They moved together so well it was as if they could anticipate the other's actions. It hadn't ever been like this with any other man Thirteen had ever been with and the perfection made it even more alluring.

"Do you want to move to the bedroom?" Chase asked during a split second breather.

"Yes," Thirteen responded.

The two untangled for a moment and made for Thirteen's bedroom with all the quiet speed they could muster. Thirteen paused for a moment outside the door of the nursery to check on Chloe, then followed Chase into the bedroom and quietly closed the door behind them. The two came back together and their clothes came off in a tangled fervor. Thirteen was desperate to feel his skin against hers and to release some of the sexual tension that she hadn't realized had been building up inside of her for the last year and a half.

When they finally made it down to their skin, Chase paused for a moment to take in the sight of Thirteen's body in the moonlight. "You really are one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen."

Thirteen smiled. "You're not so bad yourself." She closed the distance between them again and enveloped him in her body heat.

Chase was hot and firm, his lean muscles pressed against her soft breasts. The one thing that she had retained from getting pregnant was slightly larger breasts, for which she was grateful. Chase kissed her thoroughly, tasting her essence before pushing her back on the bed. He wanted to do so many things to her, for her, but this first time, he just needed her.

He climbed into bed with her and took one taut nipple into his mouth as he positioned himself between her thighs.

As waves of pleasure radiated from where his mouth met her flesh, Thirteen held her breath for a few seconds, which seemed like a lifetime as she waited for him to thrust into her. When he finally pressed his manhood against her wet core she came undone. She came around him immediately as he buried himself inside her to the hilt. Chase rode the waves of her pleasure and it took all of his willpower not to join her in ecstasy. When she loosened her grip on him, he began his steady rhythmic thrusting, pouring all of himself into pleasing her and filling her with himself. It didn't take long for him to come to his peak, but he held out as long as he could, hitting just the right place inside her with his last stroke. As she squeezed him once more, he let go and spilled himself into her completely.

They lay tangled and sweaty on top of her bed for quite some time, both reeling from explosions of senses. When he was calmed down, Chase turned to Thirteen with a grin. "Honestly, that's the first time I've been with anyone in six months and it was amazing."

Thirteen laughed. "You don't have to tell me. I've been celibate for over a year."

"So what does this mean?" Chase asked.

"Technically that we had sex."

He rolled his eyes. "I mean, are we in a real relationship now, or is this a onetime thing?"

"I'd like it to continue."

"Good."

"Good." As they fell asleep, Thirteen wondered if things were going to start changing now that she and Chase had decided to make their relationship a real relationship.