Challenge response for the Sam Seaborn Fanfic Archive : "The most costly disruptions always happen...when something we take completely for granted stops working for a minute."

"Sam? What're you doing?"

"I'm working."

"You're not working...you're deconstructing."

Sam looked up to see Josh holding his office door open so the entire bullpen could see in.

"Close the door!"

"What?"

"The door, close it."

Josh pushed the door close before seating himself across the desk from Sam.

"I'm still confused here."

"And this is news?"

"Why are you disassembling your laptop?"

"It's broken."

"And sticking that screwdriver into the keyboard like that is bound to help."

"If I can just..."

"Why don't you take it down to the tech support guys?"

"I don't trust them."

"What? Are you afraid their going to reset your high score in solitaire?"

"They're not to be trusted Josh."

"They laugh at you, don't they?"

Sam paused before slumping back into his chair, "Yes."

"So what, they laugh at everyone, it's like their retribution on the rest of the world for being intractably geeky in high school."

"I know. And that's okay, you know, when I actually don't deserve to be laughed at."

"But this time?"

"Who knew that Jell-O and electronics don't mix?"

"Well I'm guessing pretty much everyone...except you apparently."

"It really was an accident."

"The packet just leapt out of the cupboard, did it?"

"It was actually a Jell-O vodka shot."

"You made Jell-O shots? What, are you like sixteen?"

"It's a long story, anyway at some point I decided the first batch was so good I should make a second, so I did."

"And you spilled?"

"But you see how it was an accident right?"

"I'm still kinda stuck on the fact that you made Jell-O shots."

"I was bored."

"And a movie and a beer wouldn't cut it?"

"My television's broke."

"Not another Jell-O incident I should hope."

"No, that one really isn't my fault."

"So I just want to make sure I've got this straight. You couldn't watch Capital Beat last night so instead you decide to relive a little bit of college and in the process managed to make a Jell-O mold out of your laptop."

"Yeah, except it sounds really stupid when you say it like that."

"It sounds pretty stupid anyway you say it."

"Josh..."

"Okay, well as much fun as this has been, and it really has Sam, I did come in here for a reason."

"Not just to torment me then."

"Not today. Leo wanted to see the first draft."

"Right now?"

"Now would be good."

"Little problem there."

"It's on the Jell-O mold, isn't it?"

"Yep."

"Oh this is going to be so good."

"You could take a little less joy in this."

"Seriously, any day that I'm not the one doing the most stupid thing around here is a good day."

"Don't really have too many of those, do you?"

"Hey, I..."

"I'll just step out and let you enjoy this rare moment then."

"Thanks. I think." Josh watched as Sam hauled his incapacitated computer out of the office and wondered how things had turned on him so quickly.