Chapter two: Pastries and Arguments

Grace opened the passenger door to get in as she was preciously carrying three boxes of treats for the gang

'Christ grace what did you buy the whole bakery?'

Grace shot him a look …..'Of course not I just …well you know what they're like with croissant and Danishes'

'You spoil them to much'

'Well someone has too'

Boyd smile, she was the only person that could get away with a remark like that.

'Right well after breakfast it onto cracking this case.'

'Boyd we have had the case less than 48hr we are not miracle workers.'

'The commissioner is down my neck grace something about needing a result and bloody quick' Boyd replied as he pulled into a bay in the car park outside cchq

"Peter, we will do our best ok?" She touched his hand as he turned off the engine he just nodded

'Come on then let get going you can give me a hand with these boxes.'

Grace struggle to get out of the car with 3 boxes full of croissants and pastries her handbag and the case files

'Come here' Boyd took the boxes off her allowing her to re-adjust her hand bag on her shoulder and the files in one hand.

'I'll carry these he gestured to the food' and so they walk side by side into the building .as they walk down the corridor the noise became louder and then more recognizable and Boyd and grace jus looked to one other.

Grace pushed open the door to the bull pen and there it was:

'Your meant to know how it works' Spence shouted throwing a pen down on his desk

'And I do' Stella shouted back.

'Well make it work then it not my fault it's doing that.' Spence pointed to the steaming coffee machine

'If you hadn't just pressed all the entire buttons we would be in this mess did you even try reading the instructions.' Stella yelled as she threw the instruction book at Spencer head but just missed catching a mug,

This proceeded to topple over spilling cold coffee from the day before over some important documents.

'Bollocks ….Look what you've done know.'

'Shit!' Stella stated making eye contact with Boyd and the dripping coffee from the table.

Grace and Boyd had just stopped and stood walking in on the middle of this heated row that could be heard a mile down the corridor .Grace had opened the door to see a flushed face Stella and an angry Spence . Eve was sitting at one of the desk keeping well out of the way .and from the look of it; it wasn't only the instruction book that had been thrown around. the floor was littered in pens and paper it was then Boyd went mad he place the boxes containing breakfast on a nearby desk and interrupted the ongoing argument with a boom

'Shit is about right' Boyd's voice echo around the office and at this Stella frost to the spot Spence turn to look at his boss .eve prayed there was hole that would just engulf her now.

Grace knew it was too late to stop him now she should have said something but the shock was too much to take in

'What the bloody hell is going on in here, actually don't answer just get this shit hole clean up in the next 5mins.'

'And then I want a team talk got it'

'Yes sir all three of them chorus.'

'It's like bloody nursery' Boyd muttered to himself as he walked into his office slamming the door behind him.

They all stood there for a moment wait for grace to say something, she didn't she just shot them a look and walked off into her own office.

Spencer Stella and eve all jump to battle stations soon as grace door had closed and clean the outer office as quietly and quickly as possible all three knew to put Boyd in a bad mood before the day had even started wasn't good .

5 minutes later ….

As Boyd opened his office door he saw all three them sat round the table the floor had been cleaned and the coffee machine now working

'Right' he said pouring himself a cup of coffee 'grace!'

'Coming…'

She entered the bull pen to find a very quiet tidy room and the three of them sat as if the teacher was about to give them a telling off she shook her head picked up the boxes of food and took them over to them.

'Here she said eat up and good morning, are we ok now?'

Stella smiled and nodded and Spence said 'yes'

Grace looked to eve would just nodded and smile when she saw what was in the boxes

'You're the best grace' eve said as she reached over for sticky pastry of some kind

'Well I like to think I try' grace said with a giggle.

'I don't know why you bother' interrupted Boyd as he carried writing on the board coffee in one hand.