Sometimes I think rolling over and going back to bed would be the greatest thing in the world…today I'm so sore I couldn't role if I wanted to!

Ch.1

"Vacation! What is that?" Mary snarks.

"An extended period of recreation, esp. one spent away from home or in traveling." Marshall responds as he walks in to the office with his routine coffee offering to his exotic creature and all who dare to brave her company on a daily basis.

"So where are you going?" Marshall continues the conversation as if the glare sent his way was not meant to set him a blaze.

"I am NOT going anywhere! I have been told that I have 2 weeks of mandatory time off and that if I even show my face in the building to get messages I will be escorted to my car!" comes the snarl from behind the USM coffee cup.

"Ah…Marshall…..My office Please." Stan drawls as he walks from the kitchen to his office.

"Don't fall for it that is how he got me! All pleasant and relaxed!" Mary muttered. "That should have tipped me off to begin with." She griped

As she finished filling out her work she noticed the door was staying closed, she then looked to see if all the other Marshals were busy. When the coast was clear she casually wandered over to where Marshall had placed his coffee, (after placing his offering on her desk), along with a bag that held a sent of cinnamon, sugar and yeast. Her mouth was watering and she was within rang when all the sudden it was snatched away from her.

"There are reasons that I hand them out" whispered her partner. As he straitened after picking the bag up and out of her reach. "We wouldn't want you to have to prove you can't share."

Marshall is amused that she had been so distracted he had been able to sneak up on her. He had seen the furtive glances to see if anyone was looking. He had seen how she pick up that folder, it was when she had headed for his desk that he had decided to agree to the Vacation time Stan was trying to force on him as well as Mary, since he coulnd't remember the last time he had a vacation. He quickly agreed and silently crept out of the office in hopes of saving the pastries he had bought for breakfast.

Somehow she had missed that he had come out of Stan's office. Mary shivered as Marshal whispered in her ear, sending shivers over her body. her brain went from sugrar, cinnamon and yeast goodness to Jesus! She finally shook the thought out of her head to realize to late to make a grab for breakfast that he had also taken the pastries she had been drooling over.

"C'mon Marshall you know you want to share." She said sweetly

The gagging sound coming from the kitchen could only be Eleanor, who unlike most people stood up to Mary, and called her on MOST of her bullshit.

"Don't Fall for it Marshal all she wants is that goody." Eleanor quipped as she sat down at her desk.

Eleanor had been watching the inspectors interact together for almost 6 months now and had always wondered if there was something she was missing. They worked so well together that if you were not looking you would never notice the subtle exchanges of comunication that passed. Today was not different except perhaps the reaction by Mary. I wonder if she even knows what those shivers could mean? she looked like Marshall had wispered a suggestive comment and she forgot that food was even present. I wonder... the conversation between the partners brought her out of her mussing

"Oh I know it was the thought of me sharing that had me agreeing to the vacation time. I had to save the pastry!"

"NOT you to!" "What are they doing sending us out so they can clean house or something!"

Eleanor could not resist "No they are decontaminating and bug bombing ONLY your desk Mary all the food hoarding has the bug armies making camp."

Marshall wisely kept silent nothing like stepping in the middle and becoming a target. Been there done that he thought.

"Oh I don't know I always wanted a pet maybe Ill go big and have a few hundred" sassed Mary. "You will feed them for me wont you Eleanor?" Mary was grinning her nicest grin which in all honesty was just a barring of teeth.