December 11th
Lilly was feeling much better but felt good that Stillman had gotten Doherty to reconsider. That actually worked, but still wasn't 100%. Between sneezing constantly, Vera now came in wearing a face mask, which had Kat shooting him looks.
"Take it off already, "passing him a donut bag," and you aren't dieting you already cheated twice."
Vera made a face," No I didn't, ask Will."
"I have to agree with Tofu man over here, he hasn't even touched anything. Except for him staring at my bowl of ice cream last night."
Scotty chuckled," Tofu, you actually eat that stuff Nick?"
"Yeah, what's it to you?"
Lilly once again sneezed this time several times in a row, before Kat placed a cup of tea onto her desk, " Here you go," before looking over at the two men," You guys could be a little bit nicer to Lil."
"No way am I going to near germ infested Rush," Vera announced.
"From the man who slept on the office couch, after Toni kicking you out," Jefferies said with smile, "That thing is probably infested with germs."
Vera's face now turned paranoid for a second," That was the time that you two cut off my tie," looking at Scotty," I'm still not taking off the mask."
Just then Lilly let out loud sneeze, while in the middle of doing some paperwork. Stillman heard that sound, "Go home Lil, you don't look so good."
"I'm fine boss, I don't have any fever," she replied," I just need to take some more cold medicine."
After Kat had left to go get her some medicine, Scotty now took a seat," You better get well Lil, the party's coming up."
"Yeah I know", remembering now that later this week, she was supposed to go out with her father for dinner," What day is it?"
Scotty sighed softly," There's no way that I'm dressing up like an elf, that ain't me Lil," seeing that Lilly was clearly amused," C'mon you get to wear a better costume than I do."
"Doesn't mean that I'll be wearing it, what is with the boss anyways, of wanting to spend both Thanksgiving and Christmas as a squad?"
Shaking his head, Scotty had no idea," I think I'll be at my brother's this year."
"Just don't tell the boss that, he's dead on serious about all of us attending."
Kat sighed, "Did any of you see this list, the boss already has you Lil for bringing in a cake, and cupcakes. Scotty chips, Vera tiny presents, Jefferies, decorations, but both the cake and cupcakes have to be homemade."
"Lil baking I don't think that's such a wise idea," Scotty said, teasingly.
Lilly shot him a look, "I like to see you make bake something."
"Baking ain't my thing, I can't cook either Lil," came his reply.
Kat now stepped in the middle of their squabble," Who said that she's making everything by her, Lil and I will be doing this together; I know how to do this."
December 14th
Around 7pm, Kat arrived upon stepping into Lilly's house," I never imagined having something this big," she commented, "It's nice."
"Thanks, I have the stuff."
Once everything was spread out the girls got to work, for the most part the two were talking about everything but work. Except when it came to the sound of Lilly's cell ringing, "Rush."
"Hey Lil, um what was I supposed to get?" questioned Scotty.
"Potato chips, cheese doodles, you know stuff like that. Just don't forget the dip, and some pretzels."
Scotty groaned loudly before hanging up.
Turning back Lilly rolled her eyes, before continued to mix the batter," How the heck did we both get stuck working with them?"
"Ugh, Vera is already losing that bet. Was he always like this?"
Lilly raised her eyebrows, "Santa Huh, that's worth a picture, "as the two girls each smiled at one another.
As for Scotty, he had already picked up everything. Except that he now had to cut up all the carrots and celery as well. While in the middle of doing that, he now called Jefferies. Upon him answering it, there clearly was miniseries of banters going on, "What Scotty?"
"I just forgot to pick up some peanuts; can you just pick some up tomorrow?"
Jefferies scowled," Pick up your own damn nuts Scotty!"
After hanging up the phone, Jefferies groaned," Just shut up Nick, you are wearing that damn costume. Santa's supposed to be fat and jolly, just act the part. You think Lil's happy about dressing up or Kat for that matter?"
Nonetheless the banters continued, but back at Lilly's place the girls were listening to music Lilly was in the middle of frosting a cake," I never done this before."
" Your doing fine Lil, it didn't come out that bad," seeing that it was a tad bit lopsided," Just add some bananas to it."
Once all the cupcakes were down, and the cake was frosted, Kat had left to take care of something; while Lilly felt a tad bit nervous about tomorrow.
She knew that it might be a disaster, with Vera playing Santa and all; but had no idea was to come.