Hi CMSB people. Even though it has been about almost twoish years since this show aired, this isn't mine.
Meanwhile…
"Okay guys, Coop texted me and said he was on his way to pick up Prophet." Gina yelled at her teammates, who were currently cooking, running, and who knows what else around Penelope's apartment. They had been there since 8 in the morning getting ready. Of course even after all the planning they had done before that day, more and more work just seemed to be piling on.
"Let's check in everyone." Penelope said, and somewhat ordered. "Beth you have the guest list all ready right?"
"Calm down. I've got everything under control and everyone's coming when they are coming." Beth said, sitting with a list and her phone, on the couch.
"Good job." Gina said quickly. She was in the kitchen, rushing along with Garcia. No one had any idea what those two were doing, but at least it smelled pretty good. "Now Mick, do you have all the decorations and other stuff from our shopping list?" She said, taking her eyes off a hot pan for a moment to look at the only male in the apartment.
"Yeah, yeah. Everything is in bags at my place, love." Mick said, twirling his keys around his fingers. The only real job right now was cooking, so he was bored.
"Good, good job my lovelies. Now I think we should divide and conquer." Garcia suggested to appease her teammate. She knew that some of them would mope around if they felt underappreciated or bored and she didn't need that right now.
"Yeah okay," Gina started. "Garcia you are still mixing and chopping in the kitchen. I think we are almost done here. We can cook or reheat or whatever in the office kitchen." She continued, glancing at Beth, who was now getting up to go help in the kitchen.
"Okay, since Beth and I have cooking under control, Gina and Mick can go to the office to set up." Penelope told everyone, while grabbing and adding a few more ingredients.
"Finally" Mick sighed, getting up from his seat. "Do you want us to bring anything over?"
"Good idea. Here you go my pretties." Penelope handed the two a couple aluminum trays of food. "I wrote instructions on the front, just follow them okay. Gina, you know what to do. Beth and I will be over as soon as we get done cooking."
"Yeah, sure Penelope. Will do." Gina called as she headed out of the apartment.
"Don't forget anything you bozos." Beth yelled smiling, as the two agents rushed out the door.
"Hush up Beth" Mick yelled back, also grinning. "I take driving love. All the rest of the stuff is at my flat." He called out to Gina.
"Yeah, we can stop by on the way." Gina answered back as the apartment door closed behind them.
"You just will not stop sticking them together, will you?" Beth chuckled after their youngest agents left.
"Of course not Bethie," Penelope relied with a smile, while putting on the finishing touches of a very fancy birthday cake.
"Hey Coop, can you at least tell me where we're going?" Prophet pretended to complain. "I mean we have been driving for hours already. Are you trying to kidnap me or something?" He laughed. They had been driving for almost two hours now. And Coop was driving super fast too. Faster than his usual dangerous speed. Talking about the usual things, cases, the team, sports, small talk. Prophet couldn't recognize any landmarks from his passenger seat window. He hadn't lived long in Virigina. Not long enough to go to many places. He wasn't the tourtisty type. Plus, after all the cases and places the Red Cell team has been to, road signs and markers got mixed up pretty easily.
"Quick complaining. We're almost here. You almost sound like Mick." Cooper grinned back. He never went out here often. It was just too far. Especially when he knew that a case could quickly send him back home. But, he needed somewhere to take Prophet. Far enough so that he was certain that Prophet had never been there. And that the rest of the team would have time to prepare the office, of course.
"Woah there Sam. Low blow. Low blow" Prophet joked back. He was a bit curious to see where they were going though.
After they drove a while longer, Sam finally turned into an exit ramp. To Prophet surprise, they were near the ocean.
"Hey Coop, I love the gesture, but I don't think I need to work on my tan anytime soon." Prophet laughed, trying to bait his boss into telling him where they were going. "I get that it isn't winter, but isn't the beach a little cold."
"Not going to suntan, and not going to fall for it Prophet." Coop answered back. He wasn't one of the agency's top profilers for nothing. Besides, it was fun keeping Prophet in the dark.
"Alright, alright." Prophet laughed back.
"Kay we have everything right?" Gina asked Mick as they squeezed into the elevator packed with supplies. The two drove over to Mick's apparent to grab the bags and bags of "Penelope's essential party thingamabobers" that they had been instructed to obtain.
"Yup. The décor, plates, forks, napkins, crisps, you name it. You know Penelope would kill us both if there was even a thing missing. If we need something, we'll go to the grocer's shop next door." Mick responded back, pressing the first floor button.
The two continued to load the FBI standard SUV and drove to the office.
"So all we have to do is clear the gym, finish up the food, decorate." Gina listed aloud from her seat.
"Yeah, everything will be ready. Don't worry about it. " Mick said cheerfully. Despite the early hours he faced today, Mick was in a surprisingly good mood. Enough so he wasn't complaining about the horrors of American roads. It was beyond Gina why he always wanted to drive, even though he complained about it half the time. Sometimes in residential areas, or when there were no cars on the road, the team had to remind him that they drove on the right side in America. Driving with him was terrifying sometimes.
"Do you think Prophet will like his party? You know with us lying to him and everything?" Gina mused.
"Now, you think about that love?" Mick groaned. Grinning back at her, he said "Of course he is going to love this. Like you said weeks ago, who doesn't love a party thrown in their favor eh? Besides, I love going behind the old man's back, don't you?"
"Yeah, yeah you're probably right." Gina smiled again. She felt better and her excitement came right back. Right on time too, because they were now turning into their "office."
Gina typed in the code for the door as Mick started unloading the car once again. He opened the trunk door to find a grocery bag almost spilling out.
"Damn, do we really need all this stuff?" Mick complained.
"You said it yourself. Penelope will kills us if anything is ruined. Too late to back out now." Gina smiled at him. "Come on, let's get to work."
After three trips in and out of the building, they finally transferred everything out of the car. And so the cooking and decorating began.
Yay I updated. Sorry it takes so long. SAT, finals, friends, real life etc. But yeah, yay party! I started chapter a long time ago and never got around to finishing it until now so sorry about the mistakes. I don't like editing and rereading my stuff. So I don't. Which I guess is bad but oh well. But I love all the CMSB fics that have been going up. Thanks for reading and for those who review! Hope you continue to xP. And I love it when other people write too.