She and He and Videogames

by bubble-rouge08

ArchieOC. Archie shares his AV lab with the Swing shift tech Wendy Piper. But they haven't even talked... not once! Who said one can't communicate through videogames? Not to mention PostIt notes....

7. So it's a Guy then!

WENDY

What's with this day? Pre-shift, I bump into Archie. Post-shift, I bump into him again. Is there something in the air today? Maybe the Las Vegas heat is getting to me. Anyway, I went to the locker room to get my stuff and my extra GTA DVD game when I saw a blue note on my door. It was handwritten though I don't recognize the script:

No problem.

I won't mind doing it again, though.

the someone that covered for you

PS: I'm a guy.

Oh so, it's a guy that covered for me. That narrows it down to… 60 of all the lab employees. That could be anyone from here. It would be helpful if at least he included his shift schedule. Anyway, the lab's not that big – I'm bound to bump into him one of these days.

I was on my way out when I someone pull me into an office… Catherine's office. "Is it true?" she asked in a hush-hush voice. The glass walls are not soundproof, except for the A/V lab. "Archie asked you out? What did you say?" See what I mean… "Julie told Sara and Sara told Nick and Nick to Warrick who told me."

"Hey, you're beginning to sound like your daughter… or worse," I said shaking her out of it. "Archie didn't ask me out, I didn't say anything, and it was just an innocent conversation. Come on, you among other people say that I should be talking to the guy I share my lab with."

She sighed a disappointed sigh. "Oh, I see. Yeah, that's… that's good. I should've thought twice about anything that came from our trusty receptionist."

"You seem upset," I whispered with a cocked eyebrow.

"Oh it's nothing," she smiled. "Well, it's looks like you're on your way out." I nodded. "See you around then."

Weird.

Anyway, on my way home, I kept on thumbing the blue Post-It in my pocket. Who could that guy be? Day and night shift A/V techs have a lot on their hands as it is. And of course, there are time that the CSI themselves do the video processing. Sometimes, they make visiting colleagues work on low profile cases. Ah… think Piper, think! Hm… I guess an early dinner would help. After all, Archie did promise (sort of) that he'd tell me who covered for me today. (Don't count on it, girl.)