It was 7p.m. and they finally found a Motel that had vacancy. It wasn't actually a motel it was a series of cabins. Catherine and Sara decided to go in and pay for two cabins. They entered the so-called office that smelt like someone died. There was a small desk in the corner and a vending machine.
"WATER! About time" Sara yelled and ran over to the vending machine.
Catherine rolled her eyes at her friends� new obsession with water and walked over towards the desk. She rang the bell a few times before the man came out of his office and walked over to the desk.
"May I help you?" the man asked. He reeked of liquor and Catherine had to take a few steps back hoping the smell wouldn't be as strong, but she was wrong.
"Yes could I have 2 cabins please?� Catherine asked sweetly holding her nose 2 make it less smelly
"Sorry Miss we only have one cabin left"
Catherine looked out the window and saw there was only Sara's Tahoe in the parking lot and no sign of a car for miles. She turned back to the man and smiled. "We are the only car in the whole parking lot and the only people in the pig pen place you consider a motel, now can I please have 2 cabins" Catherine asked once again.
"No Mame we only have one cabin"
Catherine was beginning to get frustrated with the owner and heard something hit metal. She figured Sara wasn't having much luck with the vending machine either. She must also be getting frustrated with something Catherine thought.
"Look here mister, you give us two cabins or we will leave and find another place to stay at!" Catherine yelled.
Sara heard Catherine shouting something at the owner and figured she wasn't having much luck either. Sara would have went and helped out her friend but her foot was stuck in the bottom of the vending machine and she was trying with all her might to dislodge it.
"Miss, the next motel is 2 hours from here, why don't you take the one cabin I offered you for tonight, you look like you need some sleep" the man laughed.
Catherine wanted to yell and scream at the guy but he was right and she really wanted a bed and a nice warm shower. She threw up her hands in surrender "fine give me the key to the cabin" she asked as she threw the money at the man afraid to touch his hands. He smiled and threw her the key.
"Enjoy your stay,� he said cheerfully and she left to go get Sara.
She walked into the adjoining room and saw Sara sitting on the ground trying to yank her foot out of the opening in the vending machine. Catherine looked at her puzzled and Sara looked up at the sound of footsteps.
"Thank-goodness, can you help me Cath?" Sara asked.
"Sure thing Sara, how did you get into this mess in the first place?" Catherine tried her hardest not to laugh at the predicament her friend got herself into.
"Long, stupid story"
Catherine twisted Sara's foot sideways and Sara flinched in pain. She then pulled it out of the small opening. Sara massaged her sore ankle that thankfully was not injured in anyway. Just then a bottle of water fell down into the opening and Catherine bent down to pick it up.
"All of this for one bottle of water? Want to do it three more times to get a bottle for the rest of us?" Catherine smiled and laughed.
"No thanks, if you want a bottle of water that bad you can do it your self" Sara said and Catherine helped her stand up.
"No thanks, the waters warm anyway" Sara snatched the bottle out of Catherine's hands and they walked back to the Tahoe.
"What took you girls so long?" Gil asked the ladies and the climb back into the Tahoe.
"Owner was a jerk,� Catherine mumbled.
"Vending machine troubles" Sara added and took a drink of her well deserved water and spit it back out again not liking the taste of warm water in her mouth.
"Well what cabins do we got?" Greg asked.
"Number 31" Catherine stated.
"And the other one?" Gil asked.
"There is no other one"
"What! We're the only people in this dump why do we only get one cabin?"
"Because the owner is a jerk, he only gave me one and I didn't feel like fighting with him all I want is a bed"
"Alright, we'll all share a cabin then" Sara said and Greg started up the truck.
They drove until they pulled up to be in front of their cabin. It looked ugly from the outside with paint coming off the shingles. They all gathered their duffel bags and walked up the creaking wooden steps. Catherine put the key in the lock and opened the door. Nobody moved a muscle.
The place was a pigpen. There were two Queen sized beds and a nigh table in between that had decades of dust on it. There was a bathroom and a small kitchen area. Catherine walked inside first and the stench was just as bad as a decomposing body call they have sometimes. Sara followed Catherine and the guys followed Sara.
"BED!" Catherine yelled and jumped on one of the beds. She heard a creaking noise and the bed fell down into a big pile of dust and pieces of wood.
"Catherine you okay?" Gil asked as he ran over to the pile of debris that was once a bed.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just hit my head I should go check it out in the bathroom mirror. Catherine said as she stood up and walked over to the bathroom.
Sara sat down on the other bed carefully and was hoping it wasn't going to fall apart as well. Greg came over and joined her on the bed and so did Gil.
Catherine turned on the light in the bathroom and was disgusted at how dirty the bathroom was. There was years of rust and mould in the drain of the sink and the mirror was covered in years of dirt and grime. The whole room smelt like poop and she was afraid to even look in the toilet. Catherine turned on the corroding taps and washed some of the dirt off of the mirror so she could look at herself.
She wished she hadn't, her hair was back in a mess ponytail with dirt all over her clothes. Her face was the worse; it had no make up and big bags under her eyes from lack of sleep. She splashed water in her face and cleaned up her cut on her forehead. Catherine felt better, but not much better.
"Well I'm taking my shower first" Sara stated and went into the bathroom as Catherine was leaving, they almost rammed into each other.
Sara took a look around the bathroom and wasn't too pleased with the smell. She opened up the filthy plastic shower curtain and found maggots all around the drain. Sara freaked out and screamed. Everyone ran into the bathroom.
"What is it Sara?" Greg asked comforting his wife to be.
"There are maggots in the tub drain, I am so not taking a shower here!" Sara yelled.
"Why don't we all just go to sleep and leave first thing in the morning?� Grissom suggested.
"Alright, the girls can have the bed, I'll take the table and Griss can sleep on the floor" Greg said.
"Alright, thanks Greg" Catherine said, Sara and Catherine didn't even bother changing into their pajamas and neither did the guys.
Around 2a.m. Grissom could smell something foul from underneath the bed. He opened his eyes and put on his glasses. He didn't want to turn on the light since it would wake everyone up. He found his flashlight and turned it on. He lifted up the covers and looked under the bed and came face to face with the decaying remains of a dead raccoon. He stood up and shook the 2 sleeping beauties awake.
"Woman and children first" Catherine moaned.
"No save the whales" Sara mumbled.
"Girls wake up" Gil said.
"Gil? What is it?"
"There's road kill underneath the bed"
"WHAT!" both girls screamed and jumped off the bed, Greg heard the girls scream and Greg fell off the table hitting the hard floor with a thump. The girls fell silent after they heard the mysterious noise.
"What was that?" Sara whispered.
"I don't know it came from the kitchen" Grissom responded
Greg moaned in pain and everyone jumped.
"It's making noises, go turn on the light" Catherine said as she grabbed the closest thing beside her which was her hairbrush and Sara grabbed her toothbrush. Grissom walked over and turned on the light.
It blinded everyone for a few seconds and once their eye's adjusted they held up their weapons which wouldn't really help them much since they where toiletries. The only thing they found was Greg lying face first on the floor.
"Greg you okay?" Sara asked as she helped him up.
"Yeah I'll be fine, what were you girls planning to do groom me to death with the hairbrush and toothbrush you had in your hands?" Greg asked.
Catherine laughed, "Would you of ran if we tried because we could always give you a makeover."
"No way no one touches the hair or the teeth! Why were you guys screaming anyway?"
"Because I found a dead raccoon underneath the bed" Grissom stated. Catherine slowly got off the bed afraid that the thing might come out and attack her.
"That's what that stench is I thought it was Catherine" Sara said and everyone laughed.
"Well it could have been you, since you didn't take a shower after you had baby change table sex!" Catherine yelled.
"Well if you want to go shower with maggots go right ahead! Maybe you can clean them up or find a new way to shower since you're the bathroom appliance queen!"
"Hey! Stop fighting, lets go into the Tahoe and get a few more hours of sleep before heading back to Vegas tomorrow" Greg said. The girls agreed and packed their duffel bags once again. They all headed back out to the Tahoe.
Everyone climbed back into the Tahoe and got settled again. 5 hours later the 2 couples were sprawled out all over the Tahoe. Greg took the truck and used the duffel bags as pillows. Sara was sprawled out on the back seat with Catherine's foot in her face. Grissom was stretched out along the two front seats all tangled up in the seat belts and his foot hit the horn on the steering wheel that made a long, loud honk.
Everyone sat up fast and alert at the sound. Sara saw Catherine still fast asleep on the floor with her foot millimeters away form Sara's mouth. Sara bit Catherine's foot causing her to yell and give Sara an evil look.
"Sorry about waking everyone with the car horn" Grissom said apologetically.
"It's okay Griss, It's 11a.m. anyway and I'm starving" Sara said and helped Catherine up as well.
"I'm starving too, thanks Sara for helping me up and sorry about yelling at you earlier" Catherine said and gave her husband a good morning kiss.
It's okay, let's get out of here I do want some food before we head back to Vegas wait until Nick and Warrick hear about our little road trip" Sara laughed and everyone joined in.
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