Liz walked out of her office and straight into a pie. It consisted of a pastry base filled in equal parts with custard filling and piped cream topping. It hit her straight in the face and slowly dropping onto her blouse, leaving a trail of creamy destruction as it did so. To say that she was taken back was an understatement, and it took Liz a moment or two to gather her wits before wiping the remnants from out of her eyes. Once she could clearly see again, she glared at her two interns.

"What the hell!" she exclaimed.

Tony and Katrina looked over at Liz with horrified expressions. It was clear they had been fighting with each other and hadn't expected their boss to step into the line of fire. Liz wasn't sure which one had actually thrown the pie, but it didn't matter as she held them equally accountable. Looking across the office she noticed a hostess trolley laden with assorted desserts.

Both interns looked nervous as Liz strode over to the trolley. She assessed the contents for a few moments before a cream pie similar to the one she was unluckily enough to be wearing on her face. She then turned and stepped over to Tony and Katrina who were busy attempting to indicate the other was to blame for the pieing. Liz looked first one, and then the other, in the eye then suddenly pushing it into the face of ...

* * *

Earlier that day:

Tony dragged himself out of bed as his alarm went off and headed straight to the shower. When he'd landed the internship, it had been exciting to go into the office especially as she got to work alongside the cute Katrina. But things had taken a surprise turn when their boss Liz had announced that the company would only be employing one. This had obviously caused a fair amount of tension between the pair which had quickly descended into pretty rivalry.

As Tony quickly ate his breakfast, he thought back to how things had started innocently enough with some gentle teasing. Then he had overheard Katrina telling one of the other staff that she certainly had the edge over him. This had really annoyed him so much that after she had left work that day, he had taken her desk and moved it and all its contents out into the corridor. Katrina had sworn vengeance on him the following morning when she arrived to discover Tony's little prank.

Driving into work Tony recalled then the embarrassing rumours that had begun circulating about him courtesy of Katrina; everything from crossdressing at the weekends to having been arrested for shoplifting. And so, the rivalry developed between the pair. This morning it seemed Katrina had got the upper hand as he discovered the automatic barrier at the company car park wouldn't work for him and he had to call the attendant.

"I'm sorry sir your permit isn't valid" they declared.

No matter what Tony said the attendant was adamant he wasn't entering. In the end Tony had to turn around and park in the nearby multistorey. That meant he was a good fifteen minutes late for work which earned him a telling off from Liz and a knowing smirk from Katrina. Normally that would have ruined his day but today was very different.

A few weeks ago, Liz had tasked her interns with jointly organising the catering for an important board meeting. They had immediately agreed to split the responsibilities with Tony handling the savoury element and Katrina the sweet component. Obviously, that had reignited the competition between them as they each sought to outdo the other. Tony had quickly started planning his half of the menu with a view to impress the board and more importantly Liz.

However, prior to Tony going over the top with his preparations the plans changed. Liz left a note for both of them that Tony saw and managed to hide before Katrina saw it. And he made very sure not to do or say anything that would alert his rival of the change as the weeks passed. But as the day arrived, he found it hard not to keep looking at Katrina to see if she realised what had happened.

"Got a problem?" she asked when she notice him watching her.

Tony just smiled in reply to her before focussing on his work. Luckily there was plenty of him to do so he was able to get on with it without raising Katrina's suspicious again. In fact, he had almost forgotten about what was about to happen when one of the receptionists wheeled in a trolley laden with incredible looking desserts. Katrina threw him a smug expression which he couldn't help but to mirror back making her suddenly doubt herself.

* * *

Katrina's morning:

Katrina was feeling pretty happy with herself. Not only had she managed to get Tony's parking permit revoked but today would see her impress Liz with the catering for the board meeting. It was a pity the handsome Tony would be leaving the company at the end of the year but unfortunately there was only one vacant position, and it was hers.

She got into work a few minutes early and was busy typing on her computer when Liz arrived. She greeted her boss and got her a coffee with three sugars before getting back to her duties. Tony arrived late and Liz called him into her office. Katrina couldn't hear what was said but Tony looked pretty despondent when he stepped out and sat at his desk. Throughout the morning he kept glancing over at her until she called him on it but didn't appear to be particularly upset.

She was brought out of her musings when one of the receptionists called her to let her know that the caterers had arrived. She popped out to check the delivery and was pleasantly surprised at the look of all the deserts. She'd ordered far too many, but she knew Liz had a sweet tooth and would be more than happy to take some leftovers home. Whilst she signed for the delivery the receptionist brought out a hostess trolley and helped load it up.

Katrina wheeled the trolley into the office to taunt Tony, but he just gave a sly smile when he saw it. Immediately Katrina was alerted that something was up and began to worry. Afterall, where were the savoury elements that Tony was meant to be organising? And also why was Liz still sitting in her office rather than heading to the boardroom for the meeting?

"Isn't it time for the board meeting?" Katrina queried.

"Didn't you hear that it got postponed until next month?" Tony responded.

Katrina didn't what to believe Tony but unfortunately it did explain things. She quickly checked her boss's online diary and sure enough the meeting today had been cancelled. Katrina knew she was in trouble as she'd sent most of the budget for the catering and now had no use of the desserts. Holding Tony to be responsible for her situation she picked up one of the cream pies and in a fit of pique threw it at him. He ducked down and the pie flew across the office.

* * *

Back to the action:

... of Tony.

Liz saw the look of disbelief on his face just as the pie impacted and immediately began to doubt, she'd chosen the right culprit. Instead, she looked over at Katrina and saw a mixture of relief and guilt playing a cross her face. Liz turned back to apologise to Tony only to discover he'd gone to the trolley and taken a pie before heading back towards her. Without warning he thrust the pie towards Liz but changed its direction in mid-strike and instead smashed it into Katrina's face.

Then to Liz's surprise Tony brought out another pie which he'd previously hidden behind his back and very deliberately pushed it into Liz's face and proceeded to smear it back and forth ensuring maximum coverage. Liz glanced at Katrina and in the instant their eyes met they forged a temporary alliance. They stepped over to the trolley, picked up a pie each and took up position on either side of Tony.

"Now wait a minute lady" Tony pleaded.

In responded they sandwiched his head between their pies before giving one another a high five. Of course, this celebration gave Tony the opportunity to recover and rearm himself from the trolley. So, Liz and Katrina's merrymaking was cut short as Tony delivered a cream pie into both of their faces simultaneously. He then stepped back to keep himself out of range of any possible retaliation.

However, revenge against Tony wasn't on Liz's mind as she recovered from her latest pieing. Instead, she turned her attention to her other intern who she now knew was responsible for all this mess. She managed to pick up a pie just as Katrina was clearing pie filling from out of her eyes. Katrina warily completed cleaning her face as Liz stood there waiting patiently. Then once finished Katrina just stood there as her boss smashed the pie she'd been holding into her face.

"You deserved that!" Liz stated.

The action between the three had come to a natural pause and they looked at each other in disbelief. They were all covered in pie and looked pretty silly, so much so that it wasn't long before they began to laugh at one another. And there it might well have ended but the trolley was still more than half laden with desserts and some of them looked even more creamy and gooey than those we'd already used. And with no board meeting they would only go to waste.

"Pie fight!" they all screamed.

The three of them descended on the trolley, grabbed whatever pies they could before backing away and then started throwing them at one another. Pies flew back and forth between them and soon all three were covered from head to toe in pie filling but still they continued to battle on. They went through the first, second and third shelves of the trolley until they reached the bottom shelf upon which rested a final half dozen pies.

Liz took up one of the pies and pulling out Katrina's office chair placed the pie upon it. She then tried to push one of her interns on to the chair, but they quickly realised what she was up to and instead ganged up on her. Tony and Katrina picked their boss up between them, turned her around and dropped her down on to the chair and into the waiting pie.

Katrina laughed at the look on Liz's face at her pie sitting but Katrina's humour was short lived as her boss grabbed hold of her and pulled her over her knee. Liz then directed Tony to hand her three of the remaining pies one at a time, which she used to spank her errant intern on the rear much to Tony's delight. Of course, that provoked the two women to turn on his. They got up and whilst Liz spanked him with a pie Katrina thrust another into his crotch.

"Err excuse me" the receptionist interrupted.

Liz, Tony and Katrina all turned to find not only the company receptionist standing at the door but also a couple of members of the board who clearly hadn't got the message about the meeting being postponed. Liz tried to think how to explain the situation to her superiors but couldn't, so she instead just shrugged her shoulder and led her interns off to get cleaned up.

The End.