Catherine caught up with Warrick and Nick as they were leaving at the end of shift. She'd had a busy night and was looking forward to going home, having a long hot shower and climbing into bed. Not quite trusting Gil to make true on their deal she'd wrangled a meeting with the powers that be and managed to sell them on the finer points of a weekend workshop of team building. Thanks to her skilful manipulation, it just happened to start on Friday night and run through to Sunday afternoon.
"Hey guys, could I talk to you a second?" she called out as they approached the parking lot.
Nick stopped and waited patiently until she'd caught up to them. "Sure. What's on your mind?"
"I need a favour from the two hottest guys in Las Vegas," she said with a big cheesy smile.
"Uh oh, this doesn't sound good," Warrick joked, exchanging a glance with Nick.
Catherine flashed him a cheeky grin. "Here's the deal, boys. I'm organising a bachelor auction for Friday night and I'm kinda short on bachelors. So what do you say? You in?"
"I'd be in it, Cath, but I'm rostered on that night," Warrick explained.
Nick nodded. "Me too. Sorry."
"C'mon, Nicky," she wheedled. "Think of all those eligible women just dying to get their hot little hands on you."
"Hey, I'd gladly do it. But work. . ." Nick broke off.
"Did you guys hear?" Sara demanded as she appeared out of the building waving a piece of paper. "As if we don't spend enough time together, now we've got to participate in a weekend workshop."
Warrick took the paper from her and quickly scanned it. "We what?"
"I think you'll find you have Friday night free now," Catherine said innocently.
The two men turned to her suspiciously. "You don't leave anything to chance, do you?"
"Nope," she agreed. "So, you were both saying that you'd love to help me, right?"
"Do we have a choice?" Nick asked.
"We all have choices, Nicky. Now what's yours?"
He shook his head good-naturedly. "I'll be in it. You did say the women were hot, right?"
Catherine laughed and looked expectantly at Warrick. "What about you?"
"Yeah," he sighed. "Count me in too."
Sara looked at them curiously. "What's this?"
"Bachelor auction," Catherine explained. "Now I've just got to talk to Greg and I think I'll meet my quota."
"When is it?" Sara asked evilly. "I think this is something I should get behind and support however I can."
"You tell her to stay away from us, Cath," Warrick said. "I don't trust her."
"Boys. . .would I do anything to embarrass you?"
"Leave them alone, Sara. At least until Friday night - then all bets are off."
Sara smirked and ran her eyes over the two newest volunteers. She circled around them, appraising their attributes and clucking appreciative noises. "I've seen worse," she conceded.
"You want to get your hands on this package you're going to have to pay, just like everyone else," Nick teased.
"Could you be any more egotistical?"
"You know you want me," he said seductively. "Just admit it."
"These two are the best you can do?" Sara appealed to Catherine.
"Actually, no. Gil said he'd do it too."
"Grissom's doing it?" Her shock was quite evident. Then a wistful shine appeared in her eyes. "Oh, I've *got* to see that," she said under her breath.
TBC…
"Hey guys, could I talk to you a second?" she called out as they approached the parking lot.
Nick stopped and waited patiently until she'd caught up to them. "Sure. What's on your mind?"
"I need a favour from the two hottest guys in Las Vegas," she said with a big cheesy smile.
"Uh oh, this doesn't sound good," Warrick joked, exchanging a glance with Nick.
Catherine flashed him a cheeky grin. "Here's the deal, boys. I'm organising a bachelor auction for Friday night and I'm kinda short on bachelors. So what do you say? You in?"
"I'd be in it, Cath, but I'm rostered on that night," Warrick explained.
Nick nodded. "Me too. Sorry."
"C'mon, Nicky," she wheedled. "Think of all those eligible women just dying to get their hot little hands on you."
"Hey, I'd gladly do it. But work. . ." Nick broke off.
"Did you guys hear?" Sara demanded as she appeared out of the building waving a piece of paper. "As if we don't spend enough time together, now we've got to participate in a weekend workshop."
Warrick took the paper from her and quickly scanned it. "We what?"
"I think you'll find you have Friday night free now," Catherine said innocently.
The two men turned to her suspiciously. "You don't leave anything to chance, do you?"
"Nope," she agreed. "So, you were both saying that you'd love to help me, right?"
"Do we have a choice?" Nick asked.
"We all have choices, Nicky. Now what's yours?"
He shook his head good-naturedly. "I'll be in it. You did say the women were hot, right?"
Catherine laughed and looked expectantly at Warrick. "What about you?"
"Yeah," he sighed. "Count me in too."
Sara looked at them curiously. "What's this?"
"Bachelor auction," Catherine explained. "Now I've just got to talk to Greg and I think I'll meet my quota."
"When is it?" Sara asked evilly. "I think this is something I should get behind and support however I can."
"You tell her to stay away from us, Cath," Warrick said. "I don't trust her."
"Boys. . .would I do anything to embarrass you?"
"Leave them alone, Sara. At least until Friday night - then all bets are off."
Sara smirked and ran her eyes over the two newest volunteers. She circled around them, appraising their attributes and clucking appreciative noises. "I've seen worse," she conceded.
"You want to get your hands on this package you're going to have to pay, just like everyone else," Nick teased.
"Could you be any more egotistical?"
"You know you want me," he said seductively. "Just admit it."
"These two are the best you can do?" Sara appealed to Catherine.
"Actually, no. Gil said he'd do it too."
"Grissom's doing it?" Her shock was quite evident. Then a wistful shine appeared in her eyes. "Oh, I've *got* to see that," she said under her breath.
TBC…