This is the longest chapter.......wow hehe...anyway... I BE BACK FORM THE DREADED EXAMS (they've been over for a while but i think my plot bunnys dead or something coz i had nooo ideas....)
Again i need to thank Becca for the help...well she gave me the basic idea and blah blah blah from there.
ALSO!!! a big thanx to fox-rox1539 for the help too hehe. hmm....CONSIDER THIS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT VAL!! =] (i be a good friend hehe)
well enjoy the story if you guys are still reading this..and happy independance day i guess.....although this has nothing to do with it hehe...ENJOY!
It was a normal day at the Las Vegas crime lab, well apart from the fact there was only one case it was a normal night. Grissom passed by the reception and picked up the assignment and his mail and headed towards the break room for his usual cup of coffee. He turned the corner and spotted a bald headed man standing in doorway and it looked as if he was scolding Greg as Nick and Warrick tried not to laugh.
"What's happened now?" Grissom turned his head slightly towards Catherine who had appeared behind him.
"Don't know, really don't want to know" Grissom sighed. "But I need my coffee, come on" They headed towards the others, trying to tune out Ecklie's grumbling.
"Excuse me, you're kinda blocking the doorway" Catherine pointed out to them before being cut off by Grissom
"Conrad, why are there around…100 pies in the break room?" Grissom looked at his boss, then back to the never ending sea of pies that filled the break room.
"Well SOMEONE" he shot a glare at Greg, "Messed with the pc and somehow ordered masses upon masses of pies before he threw it through a window!"
"How, I though the internet was blocked on all work pc's?" Catherine asked.
"Yea…"Nick and Warrick smiled sheepishly, "we may have asked Archie to…unblock it…" they trailed off as Ecklie glared at them.
"I swear you guys will be the death of me" Ecklie shook his head and headed for the door.
"What about the pies?" Grissom glared daggers into the back of Ecklie's head.
"Your mess, your problem, but I'll tell you what" he smirked and turned to face the team, "Lets make this interesting, the one who eats the most pies in the shortest amount of time gets a prize"
All the guys, except Grissom's, perked up at the sound of this, Catherine rolled her eyes and well, if Sara were there she'd probably have hit Greg, Nick and Warrick over the back of the head, stupid swing shift and its backlogged cases.
"So…it's a pie eating contest!!" Greg bounced up and down on the sofa while Nick and Warrick high-fived each other.
"Yes Greg, like an eating contest"
"Have fun with that" Grissom shook his head and headed to his office to do more paperwork.
"Sooooooo when will we have it, where will we hold it, how long will we have to eat the pies and what's the prize?" Greg asked Ecklie, still bouncing on the sofa.
"Tomorrow, here in the break room, the space of…half an hour and how does a two week paid vacation sound?" Ecklie smirked again at the faces of the Grave shift.
"SWEEEEEEEEEEET" Greg was beyond happy, "Do we get the rest of the night off to...uhh...prepare?"
"No" Their faces fell, "get back to work" Ecklie turned on his heel and swiftly ran to his office.
"BUT WE HAVE NOTHING…to do…damn him" Nick shouted down the hall. HE sighed and turned to the others, "so what do we do now?"
Catherine shrugged, "Unlike you guys, I have work to do" She shuddered.
"Oh yea, good luck with that decomp Cath" Greg grinned, barely missing the swing Catherine took at his head before she stomped out the room.
"Well now what?" Warrick asked, moving some of the pies so he could sit on a chair.
"Well I wanna know how Greg ordered….masses of pies"
"Honestly I have no idea" Greg sighed, "but something tells me this was that random charge to my card that I shouted at my bank over, remind me to ring back and apologise for that"
"Umm…Greg?" both Nick and Warrick wondered the same thing.
"Yessums?"
"How do you prepare for a pie eating contest?" Warrick asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I dunno, I just wanted to see if he's give us the rest of the night off".
"Ah"
"That vacation is as good as mine!" Greg jumped into the lab the next day, Nick and Warrick following behind him, shaking their heads at their friends' immature antics.
"What makes you think you'll win?" Nick scoffed.
"And what makes you think YOU'LL win" Warrick hit Nick on the shoulder.
"AND what makes you and you think that you'll beat me making you win and you getting that vacation when it's so obvious that I'm gonna win beating both of you!" Greg dramatically turned pointing a finger at the guys.
Silence…more silence…everyone in the lab looking at them.
"Greg, I have no idea what you just said".
"Same here man" Nick shook his head.
"Well that makes three of us then" Greg scratched the back of his heads and chuckled nervously.
"Are you guys ready?" Catherine shouted from down the hall grabbing the attention of the dumbfounded guys.
"For what…OH yeah the eating contest!!" Greg happily bounced down the hall.
"Is everyone here?" Ecklie was sitting in the break room in the middle it surrounded by the mass of pies, it looked like a scene out of James Bond…just a lot more pie and a hell of a lot more baldness.
"Alright then, if anyone needs me I'll be in my office" Grissom left the room, as usual.
"So the rules" Ecklie stood up to address the participants, "You have half an hour to eat as many of these as you can" he pointed randomly around the room, "the winner will get a two week paid vacation and the losers will need to eat more pie'.
"So even if we lose we get something! It's a win-win situation!" Greg bounced up and down again.
"Yea…I guess?" Ecklie gave him a really weird look before clearing his throat and turning back to the saner group of people, "Take a seat and we'll start".
After 5 minutes of stumbling around the pies everyone was sat down eagerly waiting to start.
"Ready?" they all picked up their forks.
"Set" They all leaned closer to the nearest pies to them.
"GO!" Mayhem ensued. Pie flew around the room, Ecklie and the rest of the lab techs who weren't taking part (if Ecklie asked they weren't making bets) all dived for cover under the tables and chairs which were overturned in the middle of the room.
10 minutes:
"Uuurgh" Nick fell backwards on his seat, fork flying out of his hand, "Can't eat…anymore…." The 6 and a half empty pie trays on the table were thrown into a black bag for the garbage. Nick was dragged out of the room to the nearest bathroom, just for good measures.
15 minutes:
"Uh oh" Archie bolted up from his seat and ran out of the room; his 8 empty containers joined Nicks in the garbage bag.
Somehow in the space of 15 minutes, beer had been introduced to the contest so empty bottles joined the small pile of empty pie containers.
25 minutes:
Warrick was dragged from the room by Archie and Bobby, his 12 and three quarter containers joined the rubbish. Some other (unknown) lab techs had given up earlier, most of them a green-ish colour. Ecklie, the other lab techs and Grissom all gaped at the remaining contestants.
30 minutes:
"Umm...time's up…stop eating…" Ecklie spoke up for the first time since starting the contest, "I guess we'll count how many you've eaten now".
"I have soooo won" Greg grinned and put his hands behind his head, he looked over at the 15 empty containers.
"Well, we have a winner" Everyone looked over at Ecklie. Nick, Warrick, Archie and the others had all dragged themselves back from the bathroom to hear the results.
"And the winner is…." Greg lent forward in anticipation.
"Catherine!"
"YAY WOOO I…WHAT?" Greg leapt up from his seat in triumph…only to come crashing down to earth. He sharply turned to face Catherine.
"Sorry Greg" She smiled and pointed at the 17 empty containers on her table.
"But...but...but...how?" Greg stammered then pouted.
"Like I'd pass up a chance to win a PAID vacation" She gave him two thumbs up, "besides, I really, really like pie".
"Well what do ya know" Nick chuckled.
"It's always the ones you don't suspect" Warrick grinned.
"DAMN!" All eyes turned to Mandy and Wendy who were grinning and being handed mountains of cash by grumbling techs.
"Well if you excuse me, I'm starting that vacation now!" Catherine grabbed her gear and raced down the hall and out to the car park.
"Well, that was the stupidest idea I've ever come up with" Ecklie looked bewildered, "That's it, no more eating contests, ever" he turned to head back to his office. "Oh yea, congratulations guys, there's your runners up prize" he pointed to the left over pies and stalked back to his office without a second glance.
"But I don't want anymore pie" Greg wailed, Warrick put his heads in his hands, Grissom sighed and Nick and Archie both turned green.
"Not again" They both leapt up and dashed to the bathroom, hurtling past Sara in the hall. She opened the break room door hesitantly and glanced around the room, her gaze rested on Greg and Warrick, then at the left over pies, then over to Grissom. She opened her mouth to speak but Grissom cut her off.
"You really don't want to know".
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