Hey kids, this is my first fanfiction, so I hope it's not too horrible! Please R&R, it would be greatly, greatly appreciated! In my opinion, it gets much, much better in later chapters... it also gets longer (I've already written 13 chapters), so more reviewsfaster updates! This story is also known as "Refreshing Your Memory" on the offical House, MD forums, but I wanted a larger audience, so I decided to post it here. Well... enough of my rambling, enjoy the story!

Casie

Chapter 1- An Unexpected Visit

Chase sighed as he pressed the button for the elevator. The team had just finished on a case, and he was looking foward to a nice weekend off. Lately he had been working overtime, but he felt he needed a break, everything was feeling like a burden. The elevator arrived, just in time, too, the 'ding' saved him from practically falling asleep where he stood. He got in the empty elevator. He was relieved, he wasn't in the mood to make friendly conversation with anyone, not even the nurses.

The drive home was long, everything felt like it was going in slow motion. The sight of his building was relieving. Home meant sleep, and he could really use that right now.

"Only a little longer," he said quietly to himself as he turned the corner in the hall. His apartment was only a few steps away. However, it was different now. Instead of seeing a white door, he saw a woman, sitting on a suitcase in front of it. It looked like she had been there a while, she had fallen asleep. She reminded Chase slightly of House, her neck was tilted back, and she was listening to an ipod. Her black hair was a bit messy, like she hadn't washed it in a while. She was pretty, and about Chase's age, maybe a bit younger. He didn't know what to think of it, but he approached her.

"Excuse me," he said as he tapped her lightly on the shoulder. She stirred, but didn't wake up. Chase took the headphones out of her ears. "Excuse me, miss?" he tried to wake her again. This time, her eyes fluttered, and she woke up. She looked around, and her eyes met Chase's. They were a creamy caramel color, soft and comforting, there was something familiar about them. Chase and the girl just stared at each other for a moment, not sure what to do, then all of a sudden, the girl smiled widely, and threw her arms around the man leaning over her.

"Robert!" The girl stood straight up, forcing him to do the same. He was in utter shock.

"I can't believe it! I was wondering when you would get here. I was scared this was the wrong address," The girl rambled on in excitement, her voice had a very slight southern accent.

"Wh-?" Chase tried to get a word in, but was cut of by another stream of incoherent thoughts.

The girls hands went straight to his hair, and she let her fingers run through it. "You let your hair grow out! It looks so amazing!" She touched his cheek, it was rough, he hadn't had the time to shave it in the past couple of days, it was making him mad, everyone was saying he was trying to hard to be like House. "Are you trying to grow a beard, personally, I think it would make you look too old. Well, aren't you going to say anything?"

There was a pause while Chase tried to collect his thoughts. The girl was smiling, waiting for an answer, her hands were still on his face. After a couple of seconds he took her by the wrists and put her hands by her sides. "Well I would if you would give me the chance."

The girl laughed, and her hand flew over her mouth. "Oh yeah, sorry. Well, you know me, I never shut up if I can help it!"

Chase was again flabbergasted. "What? Do I know you?" The girl laughed, but stopped when she saw that Chase obviously didn't find anything funny.

"Robert. Don't tell me you forgot who I am." She was very surprised at the thought.

"I- I.." Chase was at a loss for words.