Thanks for the reviews, you guys!
So this signals the end of my Writer's Block that was brought on by the reflection paper I was writing for Developmental Psychology class. Hopefully it won't return with the paper I have due for Caribbean Society. Keep your fingers crossed.
This one is kinda weird. Zach is displaying similar behaviour to my cousin. It may be OOC. Hope you like it anyway.
"Give it back!"
"No, Zach! You're addicted. You need help."
"I do not have an addiction to video games. I use it to listen to whale mating calls."
"While playing Need for Speed?"
"N-No! That's my cousin."
"Your cousin's name is Zach Addy?"
"Yes?"
"I'm taking this!"
"No, Dr. Saroyan! Please!"
Zach lunged for the Play Station Portable that Cam had taken away from him. She held it high but because he was taller, he grabbed it easily, turned it on and started a new game.
"Zach!" there was not much more that Camille Saroyan hated in this world than losing. But this wasn't some silly game with her sister. This was the fight to save a well needed employee from an addiction. She reached forward, pulling the earphones from his ear and grabbing the game again.
"You want me to threaten me with your job?" she asked with a bite in her voice.
"Homeland Security has been requesting me for the last four months," he said as if he didn't care.
Foiled. But she knew how much he liked it here.
"Zach, you and I both know that if I fired you right now you would be begging me for your job back. So put the game console down and get to work."
"I'm still waiting on the results from the cross referece for the weapon that killed the victim."
"Zach, you need to stop playing that game!"
"No."
"What?"
"I said no." he took the earphones back and plugged them in his ear. She fumed. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
"Gimme that!" she yanked it out of his hand and put it down in her blouse. Ha ha. He'd never go in there for it. But as she was backing away to lock it in her desk, Zach surprised her by holding on to her blouse and pulling it out of the waistband of her skirt, which made the portable game fall. He caught it before it reached the ground and continued the game he had paused.
What? It was not supposed to go that way! It was almost a sure thing that he would give up. He was more addicted that she thought he was!
"Zach, you're fired!" she shouted.
Not even a response.
What was she going to do? With Angela and Hodgins all over each other every minute of the day and Seeley all wrapped up in his partner, and she all wrapped up in him in return, Cam needed at least one squint she could count on to be fully dedicated to the job. And that had always been Zach. Now he was in love with a glorified Game Boy. She had to get him back on track.
She made an attempt to pull it out of his hands, but he held on with all his strength. Okay now she was gonna get ugly. She raised her foot and slammed it down on his. Taking advantage of his wince of pain, she grabbed the PSP and ran with it. She gasped as two hands grabbed her by the waist, stopping her progress, and the right one grabbed the game back.
"This is getting out of hand!" she exclaimed, "Zach can't you see you're hooked on this thing!"
"I don't care!" he shouted, "It increases hand eye coordination and sharpens your focus."
"And gives you Carpal Tunnel and makes you so addicted to it you can't function properly! Zach, I'm only trying to help you!"
He only loaded a new game from his pocket in response.
"You should go check on the computer to see if it has the results of the cross reference yet," she said, trying to pull him out of the bloody murder of the war game he was playing.
"Going," he turned and bumped into several things on his way to his desk.
"ZACH PUT THE DAMN GAME DOWN!"
"No."
"Oh, I swear to God!" she marched up to him and pushed him against the wall trapping him against it. Her palm kept him against the wall and her intense stare made sure he wouldn't fight back. She ignored his look of shock as she grabbed the game from him for the umpteenth time.
Her voice dropped to a whisper, "I swear Zach, you try to take this back and I'll smash it into smithereens. And then just to top it off, maybe I'd just fire you. Would you like that Zach?"
His brown eyes were still wide in shock, "No, Dr. Saroyan, I wouldn't."
"Good. Now be a good boy and go do your job."
"Okay," he nodded slowly.
"Am I interrupting something?"
Cam turned around to see Dr. Brennan staring at them. Cam folded her hands, the PSP in the hand further from Zach, "No. I just had to fight him to get this stupid game away."
"No small feat, I can guess."
"Not at all. Zach, go check the computer."
He was still leaning against the wall, staring into space.
"Zach!"
"Going," he walked out the room.
"He's going to remember that for a while," Dr. Brennan mumbled, but Cam heard her.
"Remember what?"
Dr. Brennan looked like she was holding back a smile, "Huh? I didn't say anything. Not a thing…"
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