A/N: This week I have prepared a short chapter. Remember Wells bragging that he could totally pass the bar with only about four days notice? It is part of chapter 16, for those who missed it :).
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Walking towards the forensic platform, Lilly couldn't help smiling. Today was the day that all the results had come in. Ever since challenging Oliver Wells to take the bar, she had been looking forward to this day. Lilly had already heard of some of her more junior law school friends that they had passed. So today was collection day for the bet Wells and she had made. She was about 3% worried that she wasn't winning the bet, so she was just mostly looking forward to witnessing Wells reaction to his test results.
"Hi Oliver, have you heard that the bar results are in?"
Wells looked back from the screen that was showing the Medio cam. "Oh, is that today?"
"Yes, the results started coming in yesterday, but not everyone had them already, so I decided to not make you sweat unnecessarily by waiting until now."
"Puh, sweat? Prepare to see me gloating", Wells confidently said. "Are you ready to be my personal assistant for the day?"
Lilly smiled at his smugness. "Sure, if you win, I am ready. Just remember, you haven't earned the reward quit yet. Care to log in and see how you did?" She gestured to the nearest PC.
Wells nodded. "I am sure that I did more than well, I always do."
Lilly rolled her eyes. You might want to hold off on that. "Yeah sure."
Opening the internet on the screen that had been focused on one of the ribs of the victim, Oliver quickly pulled up the portal, logged in and checked the unread messages. In bold letters, there was a new message: Results for O.B.M. Wells. After eagerly opening the message, Wendell scrolled until the deciding number appeared. "Yes!" Wells screamed, loud enough to bring some of the other team members out of their offices. "Ha see, I got a 400! That means I am in the 10%, right?"
"Yes, you got that right. Congratulations. I am impressed you managed to get that high of a score when you had only about half a week to study."
"Well, thank you. So, when do you have a day off to cater to my every whim?" He had plenty of tasks he would love to let her do. Of course, get him coffee, fetch his breakfast, lunch, and dinner, make some copies of giant books, maybe even polish his shoes.
"What is going on here?" Cam asked.
"Oh hi, Dr. Soroyan. The bar results just got in and I passed with - might I say - flying colors, as expected of course. So, I just won the bet between miss Johnson and myself."
Lilly snorted. "Not so fast. The deal was that you would get a higher score than I did, not just passing the bar, remember?"
Wells rolled his eyes. "Of course, I remember, I have an eidetic memory, though what are the chances you got a score higher than the 10%."
"I don't know, I am not smart enough to do those calculations."
Hodgins elbowed Angela. "Watch this, this is going to be good."
Shaking her head, Lilly took the keyboard from Wells. "If you'd excuse me." Logging Wells out of the website, Lilly entered her own login information that she had looked up especially for this occasion. "Maybe you should have asked what my score was when we made this bet, but you probably were so sure you were going to kick my ass you forgot to ask that little detail. As a lawyer, you should know that all the facts matter." Searching her mailbox for the message, she pulled it up. Enlarging it so everyone could see her bar certificate, she stepped aside.
Everyone was able to witness Wells eyes enlarging as his arrogant smile disappeared and almost simultaneously seemed to appear on Lilly's face. "You passed the bar with a 420 score?"
Lilly shrugged. "It sure says so on the screen, so it must be true. Did you know that 420 is in the top 3%?"
Angela chuckled. "You go, girl!"
Olliver was still glued to the screen, blissfully unaware of the chuckles his colleagues shared. "No, this can't be right. Is this certificate even real? Maybe you tempered with it and changed your score."
Lilly knew she should be insulted that Wells implied that she had committed fraud to win an unimportant bet, but she didn't take it personally. Not being right and even losing must be hard for him. With a chuckle, she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Sorry, Oliver, I won fair and square, but if you really can't believe it, maybe Angela can run some checks for you and prove I am soooo the winner of this bet."
Opening his mouth but quickly closing it again, Wells stared at Lilly.
"Congratulations miss Johnson", Cam said. "I'd say the real win is stunning Mr. Wells into silence." The boss of the lab smirked and headed back to her office.
"So, you want me to be your personal assistant for a day?" Wells asked with horror in his voice.
"Oh no, I have no use for that." Lilly waved away the suggestion. "Though, I thought long and hard about an alternative and I think I came up with the perfect one. You'll have to go through a whole day at the lab without being insulting and acting superior to everyone. Yes, you are smart and that is actually really impressive, but I think this bet just proved you aren't the best at everything. If you wrong someone during that day, you'll have to try again the next day until you make it through a whole workday. Maybe throw in a few well-intended sincere compliments if you feel you're on a roll."
"Being a slave for a day would be easier", Wells said, sounding like he thought Hercules had gotten easier tasks.
Lilly smiled. "Maybe but this will be good for you. And if you can't do it after three days you can still become my lackey for a day.
A/N: Thank you for reading!
