A/N: As promised… here is another chapter! I hope you enjoy!
The garage was quiet and the team had been doing their individual research and projects all morning. To any of the geniuses, today was a normal day. It was average; the sun was shining and there was a light breeze. It wasn't too hot and it wasn't too cold.
But for the Dineens, particularity Paige, today wasn't just any other day… Today was Easter.
The idea of a bunny hopping around leaving chocolates made the geniuses a tad uncomfortable. Paige knew that Walter and the others would be tough to crack, but that was her mission of the day.
Cabe had given them the day off from work, much to Walter's dismay. He didn't understand why their services wouldn't be needed because a certain day of the year was given a title. Not to mention, Cabe had to work for the majority of the day, so Walter was a tad jealous.
Paige on the other hand, couldn't have been more thrilled. She had asked the team to stay upstairs for an hour and distract Ralph, not like that was a challenge for them. They were so enthralled in their work; they barely heard Paige coming up the stairs.
"Guess who paid Scorpion a visit?" She said with enthusiasm.
When none of the geniuses noticed her standing there, she coughed unrealistically and repeated herself in a louder tone.
"Ralph! You had a visitor!"
Ralph looked up from his equations and turned to face Walter.
"What is she talking about?" Walter whispered.
"It's Easter." He replied.
"Yes! It's Easter! So come see who dropped by!" Paige ran over to Sylvester and forced him up. "Come on! Oh isn't it exciting!"
The smile on Paige's face was gigantic and it was evident she was more than thrilled about the day.
"I still don't get it." Walter said flat toned.
"Walter," She said shooting him a knowing look, "The Easter bunny dropped by!" She bit her bottom lip in excitement.
"She's not serious is she?" Happy asked Toby.
"I'm reading genuine excitement, so I'm going to say yes, she's being serious."
"You know that East-"
Paige cut Walter off before he could go any further.
"Today is Easter and we are going to celebrate. It's almost noon, so after the Easter egg hunt I will start cooking dinner. Speaking of, Happy, would you care to help?"
"Do I have-"
Toby nudged her in the side, "She would love to." He answered for Happy.
"Perfect! It'll be fun I promise!" Paige exclaimed enthusiastically. "Toby and Sylvester can start the craft table-"
"Craft table?" Toby's voice came out full of amusement and disbelief.
"Yes, after the Easter egg hunt, you guys can set up the space for dying eggs. We'll use a bunch of different colors and patterns!"
"Is that even sanitary?" Sylvester chimed in.
Paige inhaled deeply. It was going to be difficult to get them all on board.
"Come on guys, it's tradition! Ralph and I look forward to this all year long. Please."
"Where do we start?" Walter was the first to get up. He took Ralph's hand as they approached Paige.
She grinned gleefully at the duo.
"Fine, what's the game plan?" Happy questioned as she, Toby and Sylvester joined the rest of the group.
"Here you go." Paige reached behind her and passed out three Easter baskets. We go in teams of two. "Ralph, you look like you want to partner up with Walter. Happy and Toby can pair up, and Sylvester and I will form the last group."
"But you know where the eggs are hidden." Sylvester objected.
She shot him a Quiet! look, as if Ralph didn't know she had hidden the eggs. "No, the Easter bunny did."
She took a step closer to Sylvester and whispered, "I won't help."
"Statistically, I'm at a disadvantage now, which isn't-"
"Oh gosh Sylvester! I was trying to surprise you." Paige looked amused. "Go downstairs."
Without answering, Sylvester walked to the stairwell and saw Megan standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"Happy Easter Sly."
"Megan?" Sylvester was overjoyed to see the woman at the garage as he descended the stairs to join her.
As Walter noticed the commotion, he turned to Paige. "You brought my sister?"
"I hope that's okay?" She asked, beginning to worry that she had upset him.
Walter didn't answer, he just smiled at her.
"It is a holiday after all. You should have your family here."
"Thank you."
Paige mouthed you're welcome as the team headed down the stairs.
"Okay, so when I say 'Go!' you can start searching for hidden Easter eggs! And remember not to eat too many Ralph, we don't want a repeat of last year."
The boy began to blush as he looked up at his mom.
"I'm not the mathematician here, but Paige, you don't have a team." Toby interjected.
"That's okay," She stated pleasantly, "I'll watch."
"Join our team." Walter said without hesitation. "Please."
"Okay." She said as a grin filled her face.
The team spent the next hour searching for the strategically hidden Easter eggs. Toby and Happy were strangely competitive, considering they were on the same team. Sylvester and Megan went slow and steady, spending most of their time talking rather than searching for chocolates. Walter and Paige were amazed at how excited Ralph got when he found a tiny chocolate egg.
After the search was over, Walter and Ralph sat on the couch and started eating their chocolates. Sylvester and Toby got the craft table set up; Sylvester made Toby handle all the eggs. Paige, Happy and Megan were in the kitchen, but Paige was the only one doing any real cooking.
Megan was resting while Happy tried to decrease the amount of pressure the braces placed on Megan's legs while she fiddled with the metal pieces.
"It smells good." Megan commented. "You'll have to teach me the recipe one day."
"I'd really like that," Paige turned around and shared a grateful look with Walter's sister.
"We're all set up over here!" Toby shouted.
"Excellent!" Paige instructed everyone to take a seat around the table where the crafts had been set up.
As the team sat together, the garage was filled with laughter. Walter was sitting with Paige on one side and Ralph on the other. He couldn't help but think he was the luckiest man in the world.
He didn't know why, but he was beginning to really enjoy Easter.
When Ralph's head dropped slightly, Walter immediately noticed. "Hey bud, is everything okay?"
"I don't feel so good." The young boy stated.
"Oh Ralph." Paige had noticed her son's composure as well. "How many chocolate eggs did you eat?"
"Three."
"Ralph." She asked again, knowing he had eaten more than three.
"Three to the power of three." He answered.
Walter's eyes widened, "Ralph, you ate twenty-seven chocolate eggs?"
Rather than responding with words, the boy just nodded.
"Twenty-seven!" Paige questioned, "Walter, weren't you watching how many he was eating?"
Walter's head then dropped slightly and he avoided eye contact with Paige.
Paige found the scene humorous but didn't want to let them know that. "Well then you're going to have to take Ralph to lie down."
"Okay," he replied, knowing that he should have been restricting how much chocolate Ralph was eating.
Walter and Ralph left the craft table.
"I'll go make sure it's just a stomach ache." Toby offered as he left the table to join them upstairs.
A couple minutes after they headed upstairs, there was a knocking at the side door to the garage.
"Is Cabe off work already?" Happy asked.
"He told me he'd be here by dinner." Paige replied.
"He's early." Sylvester said while taking note of the time.
"It's open!" Happy yelled to the door. None of them wanted to get up, as they were all busy dying their eggs.
The group heard footsteps approaching.
"Paige?" The man's voice was kind, but it wasn't Cabe's.
Happy noticed how Paige's pupils slightly dilated at the sound of the voice. She began to worry, but it quickly faded when the sides of Paige's mouth curved upwards.
"Paige?" The man said again.
With the confirmation of the voice, Paige immediately stood up from the table and quickly approached the man.
"Matt?"
"Hi Paige. Its good to see you again."
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the Easter themed chapter!
Thank you for Reading/Reviewing!
