Author's Note: I don't own CSI. That's all I gotta say, so start reading the story already!

Death. If you could describe Nick Stokes' job in one word, that would be it. Death. Plain and simple. But crime scene investigator wasn't his first career choice. After being told that he couldn't be a professional football player because he was too short and slow, he had to walk another path. The path he chose just happened to lead him into quite a bit of misfortune. So far in his career he's been stalked by the cable guy

( Nigel Crane), framed for the murder of a prostitute (Krisy Hopkins), lost many a bet to Warrick and buried alive in a plexiglass box (by Walter Gordon), among other things. Life before CSI wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, either. When he was nine he was molested by a last-minute babysitter (poor guy...) But he was able to push past that and continue to live a happy life, as far as we know. But that's just the beginning. Everything in his life has been leading up to this: the day of reckoning. This will be the deciding factor in Nick's life. This life or death decision. Should he or shouldn't he eat the last cupcake? The box in the break room is empty, save for the last, lonely, chocolate cupcake. Nick is engaged in a mental tug of war. If he eats the cupcake, he could get fired. But if he doesn't, it might go bad. So, should he eat it and save it from the agonizing pain of waiting to be eaten? Or should he leave it and risk getting scolded for letting it get moldy? If you think he should eat it, pick ending A. If you think he should leave it for someone else, pick ending B.

ENDING A

Nick is halfway through stuffing his face with the cupcake when his boss walks in.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, STOKES? THAT WAS MY CUPCAKE! YOU'RE FIRED!"

Too bad. I guess you just weren't cut out to be a CSI, Poncho.

ENDING B

Nick leaves the cupcake and is about to walk out the door when Grissom, his boss, comes in.

"Nicky, my boy! You saved me a cupcake! I like the way you think. I'm going to give you a promotion!"

See? Not eating cupcakes can give you money to buy more cupcakes! Everything turns out in the end!

THE END