Secret Santa II

A/N: This is a followup to the first chapter and its connected chapters from last year.

"You did what?" Kelly asked in disbelief.

Casey shook his head and looked just the smallest bit ashamed as he answered, "I couldn't do it, I couldn't come up with something for Brett for Christmas. I went through that whole store and I couldn't figure out what to get her."

"Why didn't you just get her a gift card?" Kelly asked. "Those are never going out of style."

"That's too impersonal."

"It's an anonymous gift," Kelly said, "What's the problem?"

"The problem is I'm no good getting anything for women," Casey said, "So I got Cruz to trade with me."

"You did what?" Kelly's eyes doubled.

"I traded with Cruz, now finding a present for Brett can be his headache," Matt said.

"You can't do that."

"You were willing to trade with me, until I found out it was for Capp," Casey said.

"Because you begged me," Kelly said.

"I sure as all didn't want to have to buy something for Capp, but I can't pick anything out for Brett either," Casey told him. "Cruz knows her better than I do, they're roommates, he'll have some idea what she'd like." There was a pause before Casey added, "You know they dated briefly, right?"

"What?" Kelly blinked, "Brett and Cruz?"

"Yeah, you didn't know?" Casey asked.

Kelly shook his head with wide eyes and a half shocked, half amused expression on his face, "No, now that I do I'm definitely gonna have to bust his balls about this. When was this?"

"I don't know, a couple years back, they only had one date," Casey said.

"What happened?"

"Otis's grandma did."

"What?"

"She was watching them while she knitted, it killed the mood pretty fast," he answered.

"How do you know about this?" Kelly asked.

"Cruz mentioned it to the guys on Truck the next shift," Casey explained, and started laughing, "Otis looked like he was going to swallow his tongue."

"Well, if you're not buying for Brett now, who are you buying for?" Kelly asked.

"Tony, any suggestions?"

Kelly shrugged. "Maybe a set of ear plugs."

"What for?" Casey asked.

"For when Capp finally figures out how to get the squeaker back in his rubber chicken," Kelly rapped on the side of the present he'd just finished wrapping.