Hey guys!

This is just a very short story (never thought I could manage to do one, mine usually seem to go on forever! :) ) I started writing a few days before Christmas. I planned this as my little Christmas treat to all of you :) but didn't have enough time to finish it. So now it's a New Year's Eve treat. I hope you enjoy it and have a great New Year's Eve yourselves!

See you in 2012!

Big Love,

pikapikatchu


"Come ooooon, Nick! She said she's only coming if I get her friend a date!" Greg begged Nick for days, and he was only getting more determined to persuade him.

Nick rolled his eyes. "I don't know, man, a blind date?"

"Yeah. It'll be fun! And trust me, her friend's hot!"

"Then why does she need you to get a date?" They were walking down the lab's hallway as they kept talking.

"I don't know, maybe she's shy... Or boring. Does it matter? You'd help me out!" Greg met a girl two weeks ago and she kept asking him to set her best friend up with one of his friends. By the description, he thought she was perfect for Nick.

"Help you out how?" Hodges asked as they walked into the A/V lab.

"What are you doing in here? And where's Archie?" Greg asked confused.

"I'm doing Russell a favor. And I have no idea where he is, but I'm waiting for him, too. So what favor?"

"Nothing..." Greg replied, fearing Hodges would do anything to get the date.

"Actually..." Nick patted Greg on the back. "He needs a guy for a double date."

"You wanna date me...?" Hodges asked with a wary look on his face.

"God, no," Greg replied.

"I don't think you're his type," Nick said laughing. "But his girlfriend's friend needs a guy. How 'bout it?"
"I hate you..." Greg whispered to Nick.

"Sure! When's the date?" Hodges was delighted to hear about this.

Greg sighed. There was no way out. "...Friday night, 8 p.m."

"You see, guys? This is why I keep doing favors for my superiors! I need to take the day off, I'm sure Russell will return the favor!"

"Yeah, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact you're a brown-nosing opportunist," Greg replied annoyed. Him and Hodges were friends – kind of – but that didn't change the fact that he was annoying sometimes.


Date night arrived. Greg introduced Hodges to Holly, his date for the night. She really was beautiful. Dark brown hair and eyes, smoking hot body, she was everything Hodges could hope for and more. "Wow," he said under his breath when he saw her.

"Try not to embarrass me, will ya?" Greg said nervously. Greg's date, Dina, was a beautiful woman, too. He only knew her for a few weeks and tried his best to impress her. They weren't a couple yet, they were just dating. They went to the movies and had dinner afterwards. So far it was going good. Things would change quickly, though.

"So, two weeks 'till Christmas," Hodges said at the dinner table. "Who knows, maybe the four of us can celebrate together!"

The girls were laughing, but Greg gave him a look, knowing this wasn't a joke but a poor attempt to ask charming to spend Christmas together. He kept making allusions like that, and Holly quickly noticed he wasn't joking. Things started going downhill from there.

At the end of the night, the girls seemed to be in a hurry to get home. They left Greg and Hodges at the restaurant taking a cab home.

"Wow... Holly's great!" Hodges exclaimed.

Greg rolled his eyes. "Too bad you won't see her again."

"What do you mean? I think she's into me!"

"What the hell makes you think that? You scared her away... And Dina! Neither of us will see them again, thanks to you!" Greg started walking away from Hodges.

He quickly followed. "...You think?"

"You can't talk about making vacation plans with a woman you just met. What the hell? She thinks you're crazy. And Dina thinks I'm crazy for setting you up with her!"

"...Really?"

"Really!"

"...Dammit, Greg! Why didn't you stop me?"

"Excuse me?"

Hodges was furious. "I thought we were clear about this! You help me with this stuff!"

He sighed. "There's only so much I can do..."

"You're a bad wingman... Well maybe the next time it'll go better..."

"The next...?" Greg saw the look on Hodges' face. He was really depressed that it didn't work. Now he was feeling bad for him. "Yeah, the next time will work out better." He patted him on the shoulder as they walked away from the restaurant, heading home.