Nick fast-walked through the lab, late again because of his extra-long shower. He turned the corner and broke out into a full sprint after passing Ecklie's office. He had 60 seconds to make it to the other side of the lab before he was officially late. If he was late again, Ecklie promised to dock him. Not that he cared, but that would mean a week of suspension, without pay. He did care about not getting paid.
He made it with 10 seconds to spare, only to find that he had been clocked in for 15 minutes!
Nick was confused, but decided that Warrick had probably clocked him in because they knew he'd be late. So he kept walking, toward the locker room, but when he got there, he became even more confused.
Everyone was there. The whole team. Even Greg, who was never at work this early and didn't have to be there for another hour. There was another person, but he was hiding in the back of the group. Nick knew who it was as soon as he stepped up.
Conrad Ecklie.
Nick was about to turn and run away when Ecklie pulled a gun.
A squirt gun. A bright yellow and green squirt gun.
It all happened so fast. The door had been shut in his face and locked so he couldn't leave the locker room. Nick was sprayed from head to toe with freezing cold water from all sides of him. He was pelted with bars of soap and bottles of shampoo. All he could do to save himself was curl up in a ball in a corner, so he did.
Then it stopped.
It all stopped so suddenly. No more water. No more soap, or shampoo. He slowly unfolded himself and stood, back squeezed against the wall.
And there stood his coworkers, gigantic smiles spread across their faces.
Then Ecklie spoke. "There's your shower. Don't be late again." He could barely conceal his smile.
Everyone burst out laughing and pushed their way past Nicky and down the hall.
Nick stood there for another 5 minutes contemplating what had just happened.
Then he just left.
haha I had to. This just came as I was typing and I had absolutly no intention to write anything like this, but I couldn't help myself.
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~Val
