My response to the Rock into Summer Fanfic Challenge On GSRForeverLove set by Neelloc12.
Title: Watch out the geeks are coming.
Summary: Grissom and Sara are going on a trip to the coast of Holland and have some fun.
Beta: ILoveJorja, I don't know what I would do without you. Thanks again for being my Beta.
Chapter one.
It was one of those rare slow nights at the Las Vegas Crime Lab. No new cases, a good thing, as it meant there was no one murdered, raped or robbed-- but for the nightshift it was like hell as most of their cases were closed and even the paperwork was all done.
On these kind of nights the Nightshift crew gathered in the break room to talk, play games, and make dinner plans for after shift.
On this night they talked about the vacation plans they had made. When they were off the clock after this night they all had two weeks off and they all went away as far as possible from the lab.
"So, Catherine, where are you going to spend your two weeks?" asked Nick.
Catherine looked up from her magazine and answered with a big smile on her face.
"I'm going to Hawaii to lay on the beach for two weeks, and you?"
"I'm going to visit my family in Texas, I want to see my new nephew that was born last month.
Catherine nodded her head and asked, "What about you Warrick? Are you and Tina going somewhere, or are the two of you staying at home?"
"Tina and I are going to visit her parents in Chicago and she desperately wants to see some play in which her favorite actor plays. 'Blackbird' or something."
"Are you going to see 'Blackbird' with Tina, the play William Petersen is in?" Catherine asked, not believing what she heard.
"Yes, I believe that was the actor's name. Tina has all his movies and adores him."
"Yeah, well, who doesn't. That guy is a hunk. Even Sara has a thing for that guy."
Sara nodded her head at this.
"Who is William Petersen?" asked Nick. He had never heard of the man.
"Come on Nick, William Petersen, THE William Petersen! Have you never seen 'To Live And Die In LA'?" said Sara, not believing Nick had never heard of him.
"Oh, that guy. Didn't he also play in 'The Skulls'?"
"Yes," answered Sara and Catherine in unison.
"He was also in Manhunter."
"Very good Greggo." Catherine said to her younger coworker.
"Yeah, well, I had a girlfriend that had all his DVDs. Her bedroom walls were covered with his pictures. That girl was seriously obsessed with the man."
"Well, if you are a girl that loves boys, and you see his body and his...uh, crown jewels you are hooked" said Sara smiling.
This got her a raised eyebrow from Grissom, and a "Hell, Yes." from Catherine.
"His crown jewels?" Grissom asked Sara.
Sara smiled and said, "Yes, Gilbert, but I have to say he is nothing compared with you."
Grissom went as red as a tomato and the whole team laughed.
"So where are the two of you going?" asked Nick after they calmed down and Grissom got his natural color back.
"I booked my wife and I a trip to Holland." said a proud Grissom.
"Holland?"
"Yes, Gil always wanted to go there and I thought why not. They have a beach, museums …."
"And nederweed." jumped in Greg, not letting Sara finish her sentence.
"Greg we are not going to Holland for the weed." Grissom said sternly.
"I would!"
"Yeah, Greggo, we know, I wouldn't expect anything less of you." smiled Catherine. "That brings me to my next question. Where are you going?"
"Well, Catherine, I will give you a hint." With this Greg stood up and began dancing and singing:
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Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me
I feel like Tarzan, of the Jungle
There on the hot sand
And in a bungalow while monkeys play above-a,
We-ee make love-a...
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"Yeah Yeah Greggo, we get it, you're going to Rio." Nick smiled at Greg.
"Oh, yes, I'm going to the beach and see the showgirls of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil."
"Greg I have to say, those were some nice moves. I bet even Peter Allen would be jealous of those moves."
"Ssst Gil." Sara was smiling at her husband. "At least he didn't sing the Copcabana."
And with this Greg jumped up again singing:
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?
"Stop it Greg! One person around here singing Barry Manilow is enough for my ears," Warrick said, his hands covering his ears.
"Hey Warrick, that's not nice Bro, I bet you also sing for Tina." answered Nick , not amused.
"Yeah I do, but not Barry Manilow. I walked around with a plan for a while to slap you, if I heard 'Oh Mandy' one more time."
"Guys, guys, no fighting please. You still have five minutes on the clock and I don't want to start my vacation sitting in Ecklie's office because the two of you wanted to box."
"Sorry Griss." Warrick and Nick said in unison.
Sara looked at her watch and asked, "Gil, why don't we all leave early. There's nothing we can do around here anymore and we have only five minutes to go."
"Yeah, Griss" the others also said.
"Okay let's go home and start our vacation."
Greg jumped up first and ran out of the break room screaming, "Rio here I come!"
The others wished each other a great vacation and Warrick and Catherine also took off.
"Hey,Grissoms, where exactly are you going in Holland?" asked Nick.
Sara smiled and answered "Wijk aan Zee".
"Never heard of it."
"It's a small town on the coast of the North Sea, in the province of North Holland."
"Yeah. Our hotel looks out over the sea, Nicky, the pictures in the brochures are all great, and it is not far away from Amsterdam," said Sara.
"So are the two of you also going to spend a day in Amsterdam?"
Grissom responded, "Yes, we want to go to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh museum but we also want to go to the Zaanse Schans in Zaandam, and the cheese market in Alkmaar."
Nick began laughing and said, "I heard enough. Our two geeks are going to take a trip," and with this he also walked out of the break room.
Grissom and Sara looked at each other smiling.
Grissom said, "Shall we go home, my love."
Sara nodded and together, with their arms around each other, they walked outside to the parking lot. Work was not going to be on their minds for two whole weeks.
(I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, Chapter 2 will follow soon).