Kaitlyn walked through the automatic doors of PPTH and looked around at the room full of people in the clinic. She smiled and started to shake her head as she already had an idea of who was on clinic duty. She was about to walk through the clinic when a little girl caught her eye.
She was about the age of 4 years old and was sitting on her mother's lap sucking her thumb. Beside her was a little boy that looked like he had been on the spinning tea-cups at Coney Island a few too many times. Kaitlyn walked over to the two kids, reached in her bag and pulled out two candy canes. She smiled and handed them to the little girl and said "Now, one is for you and the other is for your brother when he's feeling better, ok?" The little girl looked up at her mother for approval and saw her mother nod her head, so she slowly reached out and took the two candy canes and quietly replied, "Thank you" before sticking her thumb back in her mouth.
"You're very welcome sweetie" replied Kaitlyn before walking away, "and Merry Christmas."
Kaitlyn then proceeded to walk to the elevators and hit the up button. After a few minutes the elevator dinged and the doors opened. Two elderly women got off the elevator and Kaitlyn moved to the side to let them pass. They smiled at her and went on their way. Kaitlyn walked on to the elevator and hit the button for the fourth floor. Just as the doors were about to close, she heard someone yell, "Wait! Hold the elevator!"
The doors were six inches from closing when she again heard the same voice say, "Son of a bit…." The person never got to finish his sentence as Kaitlyn had pressed the open button on the elevator panel and the doors had opened again. The man looked sheepishly at Kaitlyn and said "Thanks. I thought you didn't hear me."
She smirked and replied, "No no, I heard everything you said" before turning her attention to the elevator panel and pressing the button for the fourth floor again.
The man cleared his throat and said, "You're going to the fourth floor too huh?" Kaitlyn looked over at the man standing next to her and for the first time realized that he had an Australian accent. He was about the same height as she was and was wearing brown pants and a plain black shirt. He wasn't too bad looking either except for the fact that he was wearing a red tie and a brown and yellow belt, which was the weirdest look, she had ever seen. He had a white lab coat draped over his right arm and a briefcase in his hand. From the looks of him, Kaitlyn guessed that he must have been a doctor.
She realized that she was staring and hadn't answered his question yet so quickly diverted her gaze to the elevator doors and nodded her head.
When they arrived at the fourth floor, the doctor was so anxious to get out of the elevator that he tripped over the gap between the elevator and the floor. Kaitlyn reached out to steady him before he fell and the doctor gave her a quick nod before walking as fast as he could without looking obvious away from Kaitlyn before he made a bigger fool of himself. Kaitlyn just shook her head and tried to stifle her laughter before making her way out of the elevator and towards her destination, the office of Doctor Gregory House.