CHAPTER FIVE
"Catherine had a meeting with the rest the team to ask if we would participate in a talent show she's putting together," Grissom replied to Sara and Iris, as they seated themselves.
"A talent show? Doing what?" Sara asked.
"Just lip syncing to two or three songs as a group, following which there's going to be an auction where the highest bidder wins a dinner date with said singer," Gil answered somewhat uncomfortably.
"Why then leave us out?" Sara persisted.
"This is to be an all-male talent show and teams are coming from the fire and police departments. Catherine thought it would be good for the CSI division to be represented as well. She seems to think we'd take first place." Gil concluded.
In unison, Sara and Iris both said, "Okay, what can we do to help?" They both then grinned at the same thought same time idea.
"Get a hold of Catherine," Grissom replied. He was still wondering how this was all going to come together.
Catherine met Sara and Iris for lunch later that day. They were discussing what would be transpiring for the benefit and how to help the guys get ready for their performance.
"Well, I can get a hold of the place I take my dance lessons at to see if they would be willing to open up a room, for the guys to practice their moves, I mean for them to get their choreography down. By the way, where is this going to be held?" Iris looked curiously at Catherine.
"Hey, that's a great idea. I'm going to help them get a routine down, as well as to choose songs for them to practice. The show will be held at La Tease. Have any ideas or requests?" Catherine said lightly as she looked on to her coworkers who she also counted as friends in spite of her supervisor position.
"La Tease? Isn't that a, you know, male stripper place?" Iris asked slowly.
"It is but they're willing to open up the place for one night and do the benefit free of charge for us, and we want to make very dollar possible, right? So we've only got about two weeks to get our act together and I could use input from both of you for song ideas." Catherine raised her glass to take a quick sip of ice tea.
Iris had a habit of moving her chin sideways twice when she was perplexed or thinking hard on something. The rest of her teammates called it her "bewitched" move like the classic TV series. Catherine and Sara couldn't help but grin at Iris as she did just that.
"How about "Kiss You All Over" by Exile?" Iris asked.
"Hmmm, now that could be interesting…would get the juices flowing." Sara agreed. She got a mental image of Grissom serenading her and felt flushed in spite of herself.
"Sara, you okay?" Iris said, noting Sara's sudden color change.
"It's nothing." Sara reassured Iris.
"Iris, I think you picked a winner there. We just have to come up with two more songs then. "She's a Lady" by Tom Jones I think might be a good one to consider too. This just keeps getting better. Come on, Sara, any ideas?" Catherine asked.
"I've always liked "I Can't Help Myself" by The Four Tops." Sara said after putting on her own thinking cap.