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Author's Note: Well, look, a new-esque story. It is written by two people, Lexxia and Sleepyhead22 or, Jules and Michelle, whichever you prefer to call us.
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The note on the table scared them all. It said they had to take a group vacation to work on cooperation. The trip was for 15 days and they would be getting full pay for participating. The only problem was that they were to go to a cabin, on a lake, in the middle of nowhere with no outside contact. It was going to be hell…
"I'm not going" Sara Sidle said steadily, "No way." Sara was closest to the note, with her colleagues surrounding her.
"Yes, you are. We all are." Grissom said firmly. Sara made an annoyed face at him which caused Greg to laugh slightly.
"But who's going to cover our shift?" she asked
"Ecklie's team will cover. Don't worry Sara," Grissom confirmed.
Sara groaned and walked through the group of startled faces. Greg Sanders watched her leave as the "Note of Terror" was passed around. They would be leaving the next day to the deserted cabin.
"I wonder if it's haunted." Catherine joked before picking up her keys to get ready.
Warrick sniggered "Yah, I hope your not scared Greg."
"Me, scared? I laugh in the face of haunted houses! Ha-Ha-Ha!" Greg replied with a smirk as he poured his cold coffee down the sink. Grissom shook his head at the childish banter his team was engaging in.
"Alright, all of you go home and get packed. I want you all here at 9am so we can leave" Grissom instructed. The rest of the team nodded, leaving the break room in a frenzy of talking.
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Sara groggily walked into the lobby of the lab, carrying a suitcase of clothes. It was 8:45, so she was semi-early for the adventure. Grissom was doing a cross-word puzzle, and Nick was there, eating a granola bar.
"So, aren't you guys SO excited? Wow a whole two weeks away from work in a cabin far, far away!" Sara said sarcastically. She was obviously still upset with the arrangement. Nick turned and laughed, and Grissom just filled in "Roaches" in 7 across.
Greg walked in, looking tired but holding two suitcases. "Don't look at me!" he said before dropping his suitcases and running to the bathroom, "I have to do my hair!"
Nick watched him run. "What a girl," he said laughing. Ten minutes later he came out; his hair was purposely messy this time, gelled up in different directions.
"So?" Greg asked. "Better?"
"Oh very," Sara replied. Surprised at her own words she changed the subject. "Gris, do we really have to go?"
Before Grissom could answer Warrick came through the door, balancing 5 suitcases in his strong arms.
"Whoa man, those all yours!" Nick exclaimed before Warrick dropped them on the floor.
"No." Warrick pointed to two of the suitcases, "those are mine."
"Well whose are-"
Before Nick finished his sentence, Catherine walked through the doors, also carrying five bags of luggage. She dropped them into the pile and adjusted her black jacket.
"Sorry I'm late" Catherine told the CSI's. She was out of breath. "Thanks for helping me War."
Grissom was staring at all the luggage in the lobby "All of this is yours!" he said, standing and causing his "Critter Crossword" to fall to the floor.
Catherine blushed, "Oops, I thought we were going for a while…so… I need all this. I mean…a girl has many accessories!"
Sara looked down, now slightly embarrassed about her one and only suitcase by her feet.
"May I remind you we're going to be out in the wilderness with no electricity or other people around? You don't need a million accessories!" Nick smirked as he shook his head at Catherine.
"How the hell are we going to fit all this in the car?" Greg asked, shaking his head as well.
"We're being driven out to the cabin in a mini-bus so you can all calm down." Grissom informed them after getting over his initial shock. He bent down and picked up his crossword.
"See? No problems then." Catherine grinned as she ran a hand through her strawberry-blonde hair calmly.
Jodie, the lab secretary, announced that the bus had arrived for the CSI's and they carried their luggage out to it. Once they were arranged, the four hour journey to the cabin began. Greg was quiet for a whole five minutes before getting completely bored. He couldn't stand the awkward silence for much longer, so he launched into his favourite travel song.
"99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer! You swab one down run it through CODIS, 98 bottles of beer on the wall!" When he got to 96, Warrick joined him. Soon everyone (even Grissom!) was singing.
Sara laughed when the song finished. Greg was smiling and laughing in his own unique childish way. Sara loved his smile, but she never realized how much he loved hers.
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"Alright, go pick out your rooms." When Grissom's words came out of his mouth everyone dropped their bags, as well as some of Catherine's. They each ran into the rooms trying to find the best one. Grissom sighed, knowing that he would probably get the worst room because he didn't race the "children". He heard Sara push Nick out of a room.
"Damn it Sar, that's the best one!"
Sara closed the door in Nick's face snickering, "If I'm going to be here I might as well be comfortable." Sara said to herself. She looked around the room. The bed was King size and on the far wall. Beside it was a great window, she walked over and threw open the curtains. Out of the window she was greeted with the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. She was looking out onto the sparkling lake, maple trees were everywhere, making the scene look perfect. "Ok so the nature's not that bad," she smiled.
Greg had managed to snag the room beside Sara's. It wasn't quite as big, but still fairly large. There was a Queen sized bed and on the far side was a glass door that lead out onto the balcony. Greg walked over to it, sliding the pane of glass to the side. The small porch-like balcony stretched from his bedroom to Sara's. Greg beamed. Now he could bother her that way and maybe if he was careful and lucky he could-
Nick and Warrick got a further room which contained a set of bunk-beds. Nick couldn't stop laughing as he jumped onto the top bunk.
"Ha! I won! You get the bottom." Nick smiled a big Texan smile.
"Who says I'll even be sleeping in here?" Warrick questioned suggestively.
"Touché" Nick said, going back down the ladder. He went over to his bag and pulled out a magazine.
Catherine had claimed a more isolated room as hers. Although she couldn't help wishing Warrick would share it with her. It consisted of a double bed as well as a settee under the window.
Grissom grudgingly went into the last room. It was small and only had a single bed. To say the least, Grissom wasn't exactly pleased with it, but he knew it was his own fault. He couldn't help feeling like a bug trapped in a small jar, and at this thought he felt a little better. He hadn't told the group, but a counsellor; Mrs. Milmine, was coming to help with co-operation and whatnot. She would be arriving in an hour so he started to get ready.
"Isn't this great Sar!" Greg yelled. Sara had opened the door and Greg waltzed right in. "I'm seeing the rooms… Wow look at this view!" Greg ran over to her window. Sara watched him; he was so excited to be here.
"Sure, if you like this kind of thing." Sara responded sitting on the bed.
"Oh come on Sara, it's beautiful out here! And besides, you can just read or something. It'll be relaxing," Greg told her, still looking out the window. Before Sara could say anything else there was a loud knock on the main cabin door. Evidently, the counsellor was early.
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A/N: Please do forgive us; this is a WIP so we can't promise updates every week or so. Mainly cause school is nutso and taking up all our time….grr to Law class. Ahem. Yes.
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