The Little Things
Chapter 4
The next couple of weeks were the same as they had always been. We did our differential diagnosis in the mornings if we had a patient and during those encounters House would pounce on us with his usual snarkiness; I usually ended up laughing whether to myself or aloud depending on what or who the snark was in reference to.
The only thing at work I was getting tired of was Chase continually telling me how he felt about me. I know it was only once a week but come on. How many times do I have to remind him that I'm not interested in him in that way before he gets the hint?
Two weeks or so after my birthday, on a Tuesday, I was stuck in the lab with Chase as yet again he professed his desire to be with me. I explained again how I was not interested and that no matter how many times he asked, I will still remain uninterested. Chase left in a hurry to go to our patient's room after getting paged and I stayed in the lab to get the tests done. Soon after Chase left the lab House entered. He walked over to the table to my left and turned around and leaned on it looking over at me. I turned away from the specimen I was checking and said, "Hi!"
"Hey, how are the lab tests coming?"
"Well, so far they are all negative but I'm no where near done."
"So, how's everything with Chase?"
"Oh, please don't get me started. I've been trying to get him off my $$ about his feelings for me but he just won't let it go. About a month ago he decided that Tuesdays were a good day each week to remind me that he likes me."
"How annoyingly pathetic," said House sympathizing. "So what's the plan? I'm sure you could do or say something that'd get him to stop."
"I don't know. I've only tried telling him that I'm not interested. What should I do? Slap him every time he mentions it as negative reinforcement so maybe he'd stop bringing it up?" I said with a chuckle. House laughed at the thought.
"Oh, please do that," he responded.
"No, I can't. I just don't know what to do."
"Do you think he'd stop if he thought you were involved with someone else?"
"I think he'd respect my wishes if he thought I was actually involved and in love with someone else, yeah!"
House kind of half smiles and says, "Hey, come with me to the conference room. I've got an idea." He grabbed me by the arm and led me out of the lab. We walked into the conference room and he had his hand gripping my forearm as we stood in the middle of the room.
"So what's up?
"Wait for it!"
We started hearing some noise coming from the direction of the elevator and just then House pulled me close and pressed his lips to mine. I was in heaven. I parted my lips to allow him access to further the kiss. My hands were vigorously rubbing his back and he had one hand on the back of my neck and the other running through my hair. A few seconds into the kiss, we heard the door to the conference room open and a gasp come from whomever was standing there but House didn't pull away. He just kept kissing me. I just went with it; not wanting the kiss to ever end. Eventually we heard someone trying to clear their throat and when that happened House regretfully pulled away and looked over towards the door. I looked over myself and blushed. Standing in front of the door was Chase and Foreman. Foreman looked embarrassed and Chase looked like he had been stuck by lightning; mouth gaping, shocked, I can't believe this is happening look.