5. Birthday
Clarissa was not having a particularly good day. She'd spent most of the day examining maggots, only to be constantly criticised by the extremely arrogant detective that was working on the case. It took all her willpower not to unleash the tidal wave of angry sarcasm. Her day was made even worse by the fact it was her birthday. Whist Clarissa wasn't bothered about being one year older, age was just a number after all, but she really hated having to spend it on her own.
Jack had been in and out of the lab for most of the day attending various crime scenes and they hadn't had a chance to talk, aside from a couple of sentences as he dashed out of the lab once more. He hadn't even wished her a 'Happy Birthday' or even made a sarcastic comment about her age. In fact his lack of comments on the significance of the day made Clarissa think that he'd forgotten. That was something that certainly didn't brighten her mood.
"I'm back!" she looked up to see Jack hurtling into the office once more
"So I see," Clarissa replied as Jack sat down, shrugging off his leather jacket in the process
"What's up with you?" he said, noting her despondent tone
"Nothing,"
"Is it the Detective?" Jack asked "Is he annoying you again? Do you want me to beat him up for you?" Jack asked with a grin, although Clarissa wasn't sure he was only joking about beating the Detective up
"I think I'll pass," she said turning back to her work
"Fair enough," Jack nodded "I'll catch you later, I've got to go and sort these samples out," he said leaving the room once more.
Clarissa angrily poked one of the maggots in frustration. She thought that Jack of all people would remember her birthday. They were supposed to be friends after all.
Suddenly she caught sight on something colourful out of the corner of her eyes. She looked up, at the place where Jack had been sitting moments before and saw a large bunch of flowers sitting there, with a small card attached:
Happy Birthday
(Old git!)
J x
P.S You didn't really think I'd forgotten did you?
P.P.S Drinks later?
She glanced across the lab to see Jack watching her with a grin plastered across his face. Clarissa knew that she should have known better than to try and second guess Jack. He always knew how to surprise her.
The obnoxious detective stormed into the lab once more and Clarissa watched Jack crack his knuckles. Somehow she thought this was only the beginning of the surprises he had in store for her today.