After Kaitlyn left, the three doctors were quiet for a while. None of them knew what to say. Chase sat there feeling like a fool, first for the elevator incident and then for the 'DURHFN' thing. Cameron sat there wondering who this chick was that knew about House's antics and almost called him by his first name. Foreman just sat there with a grin on his face because it was funny to see Cameron jealous. She still wasn't over the guy and Foreman had no clue what she saw in House. He also couldn't help but wonder what happened in the elevator between Chase and….wait, she didn't even give her name.
"So Chase, do you want to share the elevator incident with us?" asked Foreman setting the chart he was working on aside.
Chase looked up to see Foreman smirking and simply replied, "No".
"C'mon man, I heard you say 'Oh, sh-t!' when she came in here and I'm pretty sure that she heard it too judging by the look on her face after you said it. So what happened?" asked Foreman again grinning from ear to ear.
Upon hearing this, Chase cringed inwardly and mentally added this to the stupid things he's done in her presence so far. The list was slowly but surely growing. Cameron, wanting to know more about this mystery girl, suddenly sat up straight and said, "Yeah Chase, what happened?"
Foreman and Cameron continued to stare at Chase, while Chase pretended not to notice. Finally he just couldn't stand it anymore and threw his pencil down and replied, "Nothing happened! I just hollered out at her to hold the elevator doors. They were almost closed so I just assumed that whoever was in the elevator was an a$$ and couldn't be bothered to hold the elevator for another human being. I was half way through cursing at them when the doors reopened and she was standing there holding them open for me."
At this point Foreman started to laugh and said, "Way to make a first impression there Chase!"
"Hey, how was I supposed to know I would run into the one person in the world that actually holds the elevator open for someone?" replied Chase.
"I do it all the time" came the reply from Cameron. Both Foreman and Chase rolled their eyes at her and went back to what they were doing.
After a while Cameron asked, "So who do you think she was?"
"I don't know. Probably a patient" answered Chase.
"I don't think so. Why would she have an appointment with Cuddy and Stacey?" responded Cameron.
"Maybe she's suing House. It wouldn't be the first time that happened you know?" retorted Foreman.
"No, that's not it either." stated Cameron. "She didn't seem pissed off at House and most of his patients whether they're suing him or not are usually angry with him about something or other."
"Whatever. We'll find out eventually. She said she was gonna come back up here to see House later" replied Foreman, "and maybe this time Chase won't make a fool of himself." he added.
Meanwhile, Kaitlyn had made her way to Cuddy's office and was just about to knock on her door when she heard a voice behind her.
"You always were punctual Kate weren't you?" asked Stacey.
Kaitlyn turned around to see Stacey standing there with files in her left hand and a cup of coffee in the other. Kate smiled and said, "Only when I didn't get a ride here from Greg."
Stacey laughed at this and walked up to give Kaitlyn a hug. "It's so good to see you again. How've you been?"
Kaitlyn returned the hug. "I've been great. You know the life of a student, party, study, party, study, party, party, party, cram!" she said laughing.
The last time Kaitlyn had seen Stacey was just a few months after House's infarction. House and Stacey had constantly been fighting during the months after the surgery and after a while Stacey just couldn't take it anymore and left. Kaitlyn never blamed Stacey for what she did to House because she knew that Stacey probably saved his life and for that, she would always be grateful. However, she would never forgive her for going behind his back to do it and then when he needed her the most, leaving.
Kaitlyn tried to stay in touch with Stacey after that, but eventually they just lost touch with each other when Kaitlyn went off to college. She did however receive an invitation to attend Stacey's wedding to Mark Warner, but had finals and therefore could not attend. Kaitlyn was, for the first time in her life happy to have had exams. This meant that the decision of whether to go to the wedding or not was no longer in her hands. Although Stacey and Kaitlyn were pretty close to each other, they used to have a girl's night in and go shopping together all the time, Kaitlyn was much closer to House and couldn't betray him like that.
At this point Cuddy had begun to hear voices outside her office so she got up from behind her desk to see who it was. She opened the door and smiled at Kate. "Look who I found loitering outside your office Lisa?" said Stacey.
"Hey Cuddy!" replied Kaitlyn and embraced the dean of medicine for the first time in over four years. "It's good to see you after all these years."
Cuddy, smiling at Kaitlyn pulled Kaitlyn into her office and said, "Kate, it's been too long! Let me get a good look at you!"
Kaitlyn obliged, stood back and did a little twirl at which point Cuddy and Stacey both started to laugh. Kaitlyn had always loved the spot light and stepped into it every chance she got.
"Wow!" exclaimed Cuddy, "I think you're even more beautiful now then you were four years ago."
There stood Kaitlyn, all five feet 3 inches of her. She was a petite girl, however when she was angry she could make even the tallest man feel two feet tall. Just ask House.
The last time Cuddy had seen Kaitlyn, she had long dark brown hair that went all the way down to her hips and a figure that made all the girls jealous. She still had the killer body, but now her hair went just passed her shoulders and had highlights scattered in just the right places to accentuate her beautiful hazel colored eyes. If Cuddy didn't know any better, she would have sworn that Kaitlyn was a runway model.
"And you must still have all the doctors in this hospital running after you." responded Kaitlyn.
"I wish!" came Cuddy's reply. "But, they're all too intimidated to date someone who has achieved more than they have in life."
"Well then, they don't know what they're missing. And it doesn't matter anyways; because now I'm back, so we single gals can go man hunting together. Between me and you, the guys don't stand a chance!" winked Kaitlyn.
"Oh, Kate, you always were the outgoing one! But before we go any further, lets get down to the reason we asked you here in the first place." Said Cuddy, getting back into administrator mode.