Thanks everyone for waiting patiently for me to return to the story. Thanks for staying with me,

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The doorbell rang through out the house as Greg jumped up to answer the door.

"I need your money people," Greg said as he motioned for them to move.

Catherine and Grissom sluggishly stuck there hands in their pockets and pulled out a couple bills.

"What about them?" Catherine asked as she pointed to Warrick, Sara, and Nick.

"Yeah, pay up you three," Grissom said as Greg finally opened the door.

"Fine," Sara said as she rummaged through her purse looking for something that she could contribute.

"You too Warrick," Greg said as he took the pizza from the guy on the porch.

"Hey this is my house. The host gets free pizza," Warrick said as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"Fine you baby," Nick said as he stood up and walked into the guest room and went through his pants pocket pulling out a stick of gum, lint, 27 cents in a variety of coins, and a five dollar bill. He dumped the junk on the bed and jogged into the family room. He met Greg at the door, money in hand.

"Here," Nick said as he handed the bill to the pizza guy.

"What's this for?" The kid asked.

"It's a tip," Nick said as he read the kids name tag.

"Kyle. That's a nice name," Nick thought to himself as he began to walk away from the doorway and back into the family room.

Kyle stared at Nick for a second as he attempted to place a name to the face.

"You're Stokes!" Kyle shouted as he pointed at Nick.

"Pardon?" Nick asked as he turned around.

"You're that CSI guy that was buried alive. Ah, man how are you? My mom said that you were in there for 12 hours but I told her that no one could stay in a steel coffin for 12 hours," Kyle rambled with wide hand gestures.

"Steel?" Nick asked a little angrier than was intended. The group began growing restless as the kid went on and on about something he knew nothing about. Sara and Warrick walked closer to the door as the kid continued his story.

"Yeah steel. You know that steel coffin that you were in?" Kyle asked as he leaned against the door frame.

"It was nice meeting you Kyle," Nick said as he turned around and walked back into the family room.

"Could I get an autograph?" Kyle asked as he jumped up and down.

"Get lost asshole," Sara said as she slammed the door in Kyle's face.

The room grew silent as the other five stared at her with shock in their eyes.

"What?" Sara asked with an irritated voice.

"I don't think I've seen you that mad before," Greg satted as he walked into the kitchen and washed his hands.

"I never liked gossip," Sara said as she plopped down on the soft chair next to Nick. "I'm sorry Nick."

"Where did he get that from? Steel coffin. Does that even exist?" Nick asked with a chuckle.

Everyone noticed that Nick was over it, so they in turn, attempted to get over it as well. They chuckled with him as the all began to swarm into the kitchen.

"Well, some people do get steel coffins confused with marble coffins because the texture, color, and process is identical. It's amazing really," Grissom rambled on as Catherine stared at him with confusion in her eyes.

"Wow. That will be my new fact of the day," Warrick said as he grabbed plates. "Hey Sara can you grab the cups?" Warrick asked as he pointed to the cabinet above the sugar, flour, and coffee.

"Yeah no problem," Sara said as she got up from her seat and began counting cups.

"And Greg, silverware is in the drawer," Warrick said as he pointed to the far left drawer.

"That's nice," Greg said as he grabbed a slice of pizza and took a bite out of it.

"I'll get it," Nick said as he glared at Greg.

"You guys use silverware for your pizza?" Catherine asked as she also took a bite out of pizza.

"I do," Warrick stated as he put a piece on his plate.

"I do too," Nick said as he opened another box which contained a pizza with bell peppers and bacon.

"Me too," Grissom said as he washed his hands.

"You guys are weird," Sara said as she took a chuck out of her vegetarian pizza.

"You're the vegetarian and you're calling us weird?" Nick asked as he cut his pizza into little pieces.

"Hey, It's not weird to want to eat healthy," Sara said as she tore a piece off of the crust.

"Eating healthy is having a huge piece of steak, and A1 sauce. Tofu steak should be outlawed," Nick said as he bit a piece of pizza off of his fork.

"Challenging each other to a bench pressing competition is weird," Sara said as she pointed to Warrick and Nick.

"No, it's not. It's a healthy sport," Warrick said as grabbed a beer.

"A healthy sport is pilates," Catherine stated as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.

"Contorting your body so that it can resemble a pretzel is real healthy," Nick said as he went to the fridge.

"Grab me a beer will you Nicky?" Sara asked as swallowed her food.

"No, I'm too weird remember?" Nick said as he looked inside the fridge.

"Please Nick," Sara pleaded with her hands folded on the table.

"Me too," Greg stated as he grabbed another slice of pizza.

"Me three," Catherine stated as she leaned back in her chair.

"Don't do that you wear the tile when you do that," Warrick said as he pointed to Catherine.

"Oh excuse me Martha Stewart," Catherine stated as she place all four legs back on the tile.

"How many beers am I getting?" Nick asked as he impatiently leaned against the counter.

"5," Grissom stated as he held up his hand.

"No Nick's not having one," Warrick stated as he sipped his beer.

"You're not having one Nick?" Catherine asked.

"Nope I'm on meds, I can't have one," Nick stated as he grabbed four beers out of the refrigerator.

"Good for you, Nicky," Grissom stated as he opened up the 2-liter of coke that was sitting on the table.

"Thanks," Nick stated as he closed the fridge and distributed the beers.

"Nothin' like a nice cold one going down the hatch," Greg Teased as he popped the top and through it on the glass table.

"Don't do that. That's how the table gets nicked," Warrick stated as he sat his beer on a coaster.

"Wow," Catherine stated as she got out of her seat to get more napkins.

"What?" Warrick asked as he followed her with his eyes.

"You're such a hypocrite!" Catherine stated as she grabbed a handful and sat back down.

"How is that?" Warrick asked as he twisted in his seat.

"You slammed you beer down on the table like 2 seconds ago," Sara said as she pointed to his beer.

"No he didn't," Nick stated as he took a sip of his coke.

"Yes, he did," Catherine said with a laugh.

"You're wasting your breath Catherine. Those guys are stuck together like glue," Sara said with a sip of her beer.

"Yeah they're inseparable," Grissom said as he took a bite of his crust.

"Yeah you guys never disagree. It drives me crazy," Greg said as he made a circular motion around his ear.

"Oh, whatever we disagree all the time," Nick said as grabbed a second piece of pizza.

"Disagreeing over sports does not count," Sara said as she worked on finishing her second piece.

"We disagree over stuff besides sports," Warrick said as he put his elbows on the table.

"Elbows," Catherine said as a reminder.

Warrick took his elbows of the table and instead placed his forearms on it.

"Yeah, we disagree over stuff besides sports," Nick said as he wiped his mouth and swallowed his food.

"Yeah?" Greg asked.

"Yeah," Warrick said as he slouched in his chair.

"Like what?" Grissom stated as his curiosity also grew.

"Like…" Warrick started as he tried to think.

"…Girls," Nick commented with a smile.

"Oh please, we meant intellectual things," Sara said as she got to her feet and tossed her plate in Warrick's garbage can.

"Whatever man," Warrick said as he looked at Nick.

"We win," Catherine said as she and Sara gave each other high fives.

Catherine got out of her chair and did her priceless little victory dance with Sara. The room cracked up as the dance ended with a 1972 booty bump.

"Wow," Greg stated as he watched in a amazement.

"Give me a break," Grissom said under his breath.

The laughing died down after the gang realized they had nothing else to do.

"So what now?" Grissom asked as he threw his trash away.

"Uh, Sara brought a deck of cards and I brought the chips just incase you guys wanted to play poker," Greg stated as he went for his bag.

"I say we play teams," Nick said with a smile as he glared at Warrick.

'"I say we don't. Every time we play teams of anything, I'm stuck with spaz here," Grissom said as he stuck his thumb at Greg.

"Not true. He was my BS Partner and we won," Sara said as she took the final sip of her beer.

"Yeah and he was my relay partner at the LVPD picnic," Nick stated as he got out of his seat and tossed his trash.

"Did you win?" Grissom asked with a dull look on his face.

"You know, winning isn't everything," Nick said with a smile.

"Oh please. Since when did you believe in that?" Grissom asked as he also proceeded to toss his trash.

"Since now," Nick said with a laugh.

"But you know what, Greg was my 3 legged race partner and we won," Warrick stated as he grabbed Windex and a paper towel.

"Well, it looks like everyone has been with Greg except Catherine," Grissom stated as he look at Catherine.

"Fine, I'll be with Spaz," Catherine said with a shrug of the shoulders.

"Yeah you won't be acting like that when Spaz losses the game for you," Grissom said with a smile.

"I can here you. I'm right here," Greg stated as he sat the chips on the table, clearly offended.

"Sorry Greg," Grissom said with a sympathetic look on his face.

"Does this mean you'll be my partner?" Greg asked with a smile.

"No, I'm Nick's partner," Grissom stated.

"I'm with Warrick," Nick said as he turned his thumb in his direction.

"Well, how about we shake up the teams this time. I mean, I'm always with Greg. Nick's always with Warrick, and Sara is always with Catherine. How about new teams; Me and Nick, Sara and Warrick, and Greg and Catherine," Grissom said as he stood up.

"Yeah how about we try it," Warrick said as he switched chairs with Catherine.

"This ought to be fun," Greg said as he bounced up and down in his chair.

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