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Drawing straws

Once out of the break room Nick began to complain at Catherine. "You pulled us out so fast I didn't get chance to pick up my coffee."

"Somehow I think you'll live.' Warrick said.

Catherine, Warrick and Nick found Greg sat down reading through some papers in his lab. On their entering the lab he looked up and said quite simply "We have to sort Grissom out!"

There was a murmur of agreement at the blunt statement and the two male CSIs walked further in and settled themselves leaning on a table.

"Yeah, we know, but how?" Nick pondered this question out loud.

"Easy Catherine confronts him about it the way she did with Sara." Greg jumped in.

"Why me?" Catherine exclaimed. She sat down too and folded her arms in protest. "That is not fair! I had to deal with Sara."

"Well if not you, who?" Greg questioned.

Catherine turned to look with a sly smile at Nick and Warrick. "Well, any volunteers?"

Nick quick to voice a wish to get out of this situation said "Hey don't we have to go sort out our case? You know what, I'll go and finish it on my own how about that?"

"Nick, you know we've nearly finished and it won't take long, So how about you go do that and we have a vote while you're gone?" Warrick countered.

"Never mind."

Warrick smiled as he said. "Thought you wouldn't be leaving so quickly knowing that."

"Anyway why us and not Greg?" Nick childishly pointed his finger at a very quiet Greg, who was obviously trying to not get noticed.

Catherine jumped in, in defence of Greg by saying. " Half the time Grissom doesn't try to understand Greg and I doubt he'll take him seriously. He'll just pass it off as lab gossip."

"Yeah." Greg quickly agreed with this excuse, and then realized that it could be insulting. "Hey, d'ya mean you don't take me seriously?"

"No Greg, that's not what I meant, but I don't think Grissom will take you seriously." Catherine verified.

"Oh. That's true." Greg agreed, then his attention was caught by Nick and Warrick on a table a few feet away from him and Catherine.

Catherine noticed too and walked over to them with a laugh at their behaviour.

When she was right next to them Nick said through gritted teeth, "Hey Catherine we…er…. figured you………guys would be a…while and…erm…we decided…Hey no fair your elbow's moving!"

Then Warrick also strained to say. "No……it's not….but yours…is..ahh!"

Catherine ignoring their little dispute about moving elbows continued Nicks sentence. "So you decided to arm wrestle to see who has to talk to Grissom."

"Basica…lly yeah." Nick confirmed.

Greg who was also observing said. "You could be at that forever both of you have strength and well it's gonna keep going on even if one of you wins you'll say two out of three and then it will escalate further."

"Look he is right this is a pathetic use of time why don't you try something sensible?" Catherine asked.

"Well…we..er..are open to ..er…..suggestions." Warrick stated.

"Ok, how about drawing straws?" Catherine said.

"Great idea" Greg said enthusiastically.

Warrick, having just stopped arm wrestling with Nick observed, "Yeah except have you got any straws?"

"Hmmmm." Nick thought loudly as he began shaking his arm.

Greg began looking around widely then turned and said. "Crazy to think we're in a laboratory packed full of loads of high tech equipment and we're in need of ordinary straws, huh?"

Catherine seeing Greg beginning to rifle through some of the piles of things on his desk quickly said. "Well before you start macgyvering something out of the equipment here how about I suggest we use matches?"

Catherine held up a box of matches, took two out and broke an end of one of them off. Then she turned round to Nick and Warrick with the two matches in her hand.

"Well, who wants to pick first?" Greg asked

"I'll go first." Nick reached his hand out and hesitated then looked from one match to the other. Then he grimaced and picked the one on the left as he pulled it out he closed his eyes tight. Nick opened his eyes and saw the match in his hand and happily he breathed a sigh of relief saying. "Yes!"

"Well looks like you've gotta have a little chat with Grissom then?" Greg said to Warrick.

Warrick let out a sigh and muttered. "Ah man!"

Catherine smiled weakly at Warrick in consolation, then hastily remembered the case they were working and said. "Well if we go wrap this case up we might be looking at one night where we don't have to work overtime."

Note: I know Nick and Warrick would never arm wrestle, but it was just funny to think of and it's fan fiction so I can do that, right?