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Party

Ryan sighed as a drunk Maxine climbed up onto the glass table in DNA. Michael came to his rescue and dragged her back onto the floor. Another of Speed's ideas was the large party that was now taking place. Ryan winced as a crash came from behind him. He slowly turned around to find Calleigh and Eric making out on top of the collapsed Christmas tree.

"Hey you okay?" Speed asked as he bounced up behind Ryan and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm fine." The young man said through gritted teeth. Speed laughed as Frank ran past; giving a very drunk Rick Stetler a piggy back.

"You need a drink." Speed giggled as he passed Ryan a bottle of beer which he had secretly slipped Vodka into. Ryan sighed.

"I need to relax a little." He said as he took a large swig of the drink. He started to feel lightheaded and giggly. "On theee otheeer haaand one of us neeeeds to staaay sooobeeeer." He slurred. Speed chuckled at his husband who was unconsciously swaying to the sound of the music. Ryan could hold his alcohol but it took very little to get him drunk and the extremely strong vodka had done just the trick. The older of the two lovers had decided not to drink as he knew at least one of them had to stay sober and that his younger lover deserved to relax a little.

"Ryan I wanna dance!" Natalia said as she dragged Ryan towards AV which had been transformed into a dance floor. Speed laughed as his lover showed off his two left feet and ended up on the floor; giggling uncontrollably. He took a swig of his soda and lime and decided to untangle Eric and Calleigh from the Christmas tree lights that they had managed to wrap around themselves. Walter and Jesse had decided to hunt down a pair of video cameras and were recording people making fools of themselves.

"Wow is Ryan drunk?" Alexx asked as she came up at the side of Speed.

"Very."

"How the hell did you manage that?"

"Spiked his beer with Vodka. He's gonna have a hell of a hangover in the morning but it's worth it to see him enjoy himself. On the other hand you sound sober." Alexx smiled.

"I figured Tom needed the break so I'm on lemonade. At least one M.E should be sober enough to suture up the alcohol inflicted wounds. You don't sound drunk either."

"No I figured someone should be sober to put Lt. Wolfe to bed tonight." Alexx chuckled.

"Good luck with that."

"Thanks." Alexx wandered away into the crowd to find Tom and Dave deep in a very slurred conversation about potato chips. She shook her head when Frank ran past with Rick still hung on his back squealing. Travers was trying to hold up a very drunk Maxine while Natalia was helping Ryan off the floor.

"Come on Alexx!" Ryan shouted. "Show us your moves!" Alexx chuckled at the young man.

"I don't want to end up in your position." She called back; raising an eyebrow at Ryan who had given up on trying to stand and instead was sat on the floor.

"Hey the floor's not bad! At least I'm not wasting my energy on standing!"

"That's the alcohol talking baby!" Ryan grinned boyishly and stuck his tongue out at the mother hen. Alexx rolled her eyes and chuckled.

"Have you seen Calleigh and Eric?" Walter asked as he came up behind Alexx.

"Try in the bathrooms. I think they've gone for some alone time." Alexx called back. Not getting the hint Walter made his way to the bathrooms where he found Calleigh and Eric still making out. He backed out of the door and ran towards the store cupboard. He scribbled a 'do not disturb' sign on the first piece of paper he came to and stuck it on the door before re-joining the party.

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