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The patient in Exam Room 1, of the Princeton Hospital, looked around the room as she waited for her doctor to come to check on her. She had been waiting for her doctor a half an hour after he was supposed to be there. She coughed violently and groaned. "What's taking so long?"

When the woman moved to Princeton, New Jersey, she had to obviously switch doctors. The woman remembered very well what happened the day she was in the hospital to take care of medical information.

It was raining violently on that first Sunday of being in Princeton. The woman, whose name was Christine Palmer, ran into the hospital doors; when she entered she was drenched, from the head on down. She then put her long, dark-chocolate brown hair up in a ponytail.

Christine took out a piece of paper that was dry and secure in her jean pocket, and walked up to the front desk. One of the nurses noticed her and greeted her. "Hello. Welcome to Princeton Hospital, what can I help you with?"

"Um, do you where... Lisa Cuddy's office is?" Christine asked, as she glanced at the paper that had Cuddy's name on it.

"Third floor, at the end of the east hallway."

"Thanks." Christine smiled and started walking towards the elevators.

She got to the elevator in time and went inside. She went to press the 'three' button on the inside of the elevator. She then waited as the door started closing, but she then saw a cane with flames on it, which had stopped the elevator doors from closing. She looked up and saw a man walk in through the elevator doors. The man had a dark grey jacket on with a black t-shirt under it, which matched his dark pants. She then saw he had black and white tennis shoes on; that was strange to see.

The two just stood in silence as they were in the elevator. 'This is very awkward.' Christine thought, glancing at the guy next to her. She had a gut feeling that this guy was up to no good, seeing him pull out what looked like a small, orange medication bottle. She saw him dump a few pills in his hands and he threw them in his mouth.

The man looked down at Christine; he noticed her staring at his bottle. He extended the bottle towards her. "Vicodin?" He offered.

Christine looked up at the man and back at the vicodin bottle. She then had a confused look on her face. She then looked down to see his cane that he was leaning on. "Leg problem?"

The man turned his face forward. "Yes, and I think they're delicious." He said sarcastically.

Christine rolled her eyes at his tone and turned her face towards the front again.

The doors to the elevator opened and the man was about to leave first, but then he took a step back to let Christine out first. He then noticed that she gave him the same look as earlier; he sighed in an annoyed tone and said, "Do I have to say it?"

Christine glared at him and went to walk out of the elevator, but somehow he tripped over something and stumbled out (not falling, fortunately). She turned to see what she tripped over; she noticed the man's cane sticking out from where she had tripped. She looked up at him and growled.

The man walked out, his eyes wide as he looked at Christine. "Oh, did I do that? I am so sorry about that." He said with a sarcastic tone.

"You're lucky I won't sue you." Christine hissed.

"Why would you?" He said as he inched closer to her. He then looked deep into her liquid blue eyes. "I can already tell in your eyes that you wouldn't do anything 'malicious' to me, unless you want to be a naughty girl and just go to my place for some fun."

Christine's face was a deep red in anger. She gave him a face that meant that she was disgusted by his words. She then turned and started heading towards Cuddy's office. 'End of the east hallway.' She reminded herself, not wanting to look back at the man that she never wanted to see again.

Christine soon found Cuddy's office and went inside. She then saw the dark-haired woman, who was obviously Cuddy, and walked up to the desk. "Hi, Dr. Cuddy. I'm here to transfer all my files from my old doctor to you." Christine said, showing the doctor her file folder.

Cuddy smiled and took the folder from Christine. "I'm glad you came here. I was just about to leave for my lunch break."

Christine smiled and laughed a little. She then coughed lightly in her throat and asked, "Would I have to go back down to the Lobby to set up an appointment?"

"Actually, I could set it up on my computer. It will transfer to the computer down in the lobby." She then clicked a few things on her computer and looked at Christine. "Would tomorrow be good?"

"Tomorrow would be perfect." Christine answered, "Nine in the morning?"

Cuddy nodded and typed it in. She then placed her hands off the computer and smiled at Christine again. "Alright, it's all set in stone."

"Thank you." Christine smiled back. She then walked out of the office and back into the pouring rain.

Right after Christine was finished with her flashback from the day before, she had forgotten that she was in a hospital, waiting for a doctor to come in. She groaned, still not seeing a doctor, and looked down at her hands that were laying on each side of her on a medical chair. She coughed once again and felt a sharp, burning pain right in her chest. She then placed a hand on her chest, trying to endure the pain.

Suddenly, the doorknob to the room clicked, and looked up. As she saw the door open, her eyes grew wide, seeing the person that she never thought she would see again. "You have got to be kidding me." She muttered.