csi_sanders1129 | Fic: Operation: Seduce Spinelli

Title: Operation: Seduce Spinelli
Chapters: Challenge # 3
Author:

csi_sanders1129
Genre: Drama. Angst.
Ratings: T
Word Count: ~600
Pairings/Characters: Jason Morgan, Damian Spinelli, Maxie Jones.
Synopsis: Jason has had enough of Maxie’s ridiculous plan and calls her on her insanity. She, in turn, has a new plan: “We’ll have tests. Keep score. Whoever wins, gets Spinelli.”
Comments: Started writing this a while ago. It’s almost finished, but not quite. Much thanks, as always, to

suerum . Fanart courtesy of

dreamsparkle3 . Sorry this chapters is so short, next one is longer, I swear! Characters not mine. Enjoy!

Prologue | Challenge #1 | Challenge #2 |

The next opportunity for a challenge took a brief while to organize. Maxie called him in the middle of the night again – and he really was beginning to suspect doing so was part of her less than honorable strategy – to tell him that she had anonymously deposited two tickets to some event that Spinelli had mentioned in the mail. They would arrive sometime tomorrow and they'd both try to end up as the one going with him.

"What's the event?" Jason asked, suspecting further foul play.

"It's a special display on film history at the American Museum of Natural History." She told him, and that really didn't sound bad. At least she'd been fair in her selection. After he and Spinelli had watched that detective movie the other day, it might even provide him with the advantage. "That okay?"

He yawned and nodded, even though she couldn't see before he managed to convince his voice to comply. "Yeah , it's fine."

***

Morning came, and with it, the mail. It was Jason who found the tickets amongst the junk and bills, and he offered the envelope over to Spinelli, who was sitting on the couch with his laptop, typing furiously away over the newest bit of intel on Franco's dealings in Paris.

"Hm," Spinelli noted, upon opening the tickets. "Someone has apparently gifted me with two tickets to an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. While decidedly odd, the Jackal is disinclined to complain."

Feigning ignorance, Jason hummed in interest as well. "What's the exhibit?"

"It's a special showing on the history of cinematography throughout American history." Spinelli explained, and then offered Jason the enclosed brochure for the event. "I had been considering procuring tickets for myself for some time now, but it seems as though I don't actually have to. In fact, I have a spare."

"What're you going to do with the extra one?" The elder inquired directly. While it would be against the rules to out and out request attending with him, he was safe with his line of questioning.

"The Young Scholarly One and I were speaking fondly of this exhibit just the other day at Kelly's. If I had purchased the tickets, I would certainly have obtained one for her, as well." Spinelli informed him.

Running through his mental list of Spinelli's nicknames, Jason surmised that he was speaking of Molly. "I'm sure she'd like that. She loves hanging out with you." Jason said with a grin. Maxie was not going to be happy upon learning of this.

***

Maxie called him in the afternoon, with the explanation that Spinelli was out on a stakeout so it was safe for them to talk. "The tickets came today, right?"

"They did, but neither of us will be going to it with him." He informed her matter-of-factly. "He already had plans to take Molly to the exhibit."

There was a distinct thumping noise in the background. If Jason had heard correctly, she had just stomped her foot in her irritation at the news, not unlike a child would. She had the maturity of one anyway, Jason reasoned. "Did you try to talk him out of that?"

He shrugged. "No. If he wants to hang out with Molly, doing something neither of us have any vested interest in - other than through Spinelli - we should let him."

"Fine. New challenge then." Maxie scoffed in disapproval at having to move ahead without claiming the point for the museum exhibit she would have undoubtedly been attending. "I'll call you later."

"I'm sure you will."