The next afternoon, Pippa walked into her dressing room, where Renee and Jasmine were hanging out.  To her friends, who knew her well at this point, she looked guilty.

"What?" Renee asked her, studying Pippa's face.

"Umm..." she sat down hesitantly.  "Lin might know."

"About the competition?!" Renee asked, exasperated.  Pippa nodded with a wince on her face.  "How?  Why did you tell him?"

"It just slipped out," she told them.  Jasmine gave her a look.  They had sworn each other to secrecy and she knew Pippa wouldn't have let it go that easily.

"Seriously?" Jasmine pressed her.  "What happened?  I know you two have eyes for each other."

Pippa blushed, looking away.  "He...he made me tell him.  He was...kissing me and he was going to stop if I didn't..."

"OH MY GOD!" Jasmine shouted, standing up from her chair in disgust.  "He slips you the tongue and you cave?  What the hell, Pip?"

"I'm sorry!" She said, covering her hands with her face.  "But it's still on.  He promised not to tell anyone else."

Just then, the lights in the room began to flicker on and off.  They looked over to see Lin standing with an unamused look on his face, messing with the light switch.

"Three points, Lin-Manuel," he deadpanned, then stepped inside crossing his arms.  "I know what you three are up to.  And I want you to know I am off limits."

"But apparently Pippa's mouth isn't," Renee commented, causing Jasmine to snicker.  Lin narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.

"Don't worry, Lin," Jasmine stood up and patted Lin on the shoulder.  "No more stealing your coffee."

"You're damn right."

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Renee did her best to shrug off the setback.  Lin had been their big target, and now he was off limits.  Still, there were plenty of victims to choose from.  She saw Daveed hanging out in his dressing room, hunched over a paper, looking very focused on whatever he was doing.  She smirked and found the janitor's closet.

A few moments later, she had plugged the cord into the wall and headed straight towards Daveed's dressing room.  As the loud noise disrupted his thought pattern, Daveed looked over to see what was going on.  Renee smiled pleasantly as she worked her way around the couch and table, ignoring the confused look on his face.

When she was finished, she switched it off and smiled at him again.  "All clean!"

"Renee, what the fuck?"

Renee just shrugged and began wheeling the vacuum out.  "A clean room is a happy room."

1 point, Renee

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Back in school, Jasmine had been the queen of prank calls.  Feeling a bit scandalous, she closed her dressing room door and hunched over her phone, scrolling through her phone for her next victim.

She dialed Chris's number and he answered after a couple rings.

"Jazzy?"

"Chris?" She asked.

"Yeah...."

"Just called to say I can't talk right now," and hung up.  She couldn't help herself and began to giggle a snorty laugh.  She hadn't done that in ages.  Over the next 10 minutes, she pranked Anthony, Groff, and Leslie.

4 points, Jasmine

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After the show that night, Anthony and Groff walked down the hall, feeling exhilarated after a great show.  They laughed and poked fun at each other as they headed for the water cooler in the lounge, needing some hydration.

However, when they entered, they found Pippa squatting in front of the cooler, her hand on the nozzle.  She was drinking directly from the tank.  They stared in awe as Pippa looked straight at them, never once breaking eye contact.  When she finished, she stood up with a flourish and walked towards the two stunned actors.

"It's all yours, boys."

3 points, Pippa.

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The next day, there was a company meeting with the director, Tommy Kail.  He was hoping to make a few changes to staging and was hoping to arrange for some rehearsals the next week.  Pippa, Renee, and Jasmine arrived at the same time, as they had just had lunch together across the street.  Tommy strolled in behind them as the girls pressed the button for the elevator.

"Hello, ladies," he greeted them as they waited.  "How is everything?"

"Great,"

"Wonderful,"

"Fantastic,"

The elevator dinged and they all got on, the girls heading towards the back.  As the door closed they pursed their lips and looked between each other.  As the elevator rose to the second floor, it dinged to let someone else on.  It happened to be Lin.  He gave Tommy a nod and gave the three women a look, suspecting they were up to something.

As the elevator began to move, the three women gasped dramatically.  Tommy looked over his shoulder momentarily, and Lin smirked and had to cough to stop himself from laughing.

On the fourth floor, Daveed got on as well.  Once again, they gasped as the elevator began to move.  Tommy looked over at his friend Lin in confusion, who was having to bite his cheek to keep from bursting.  He simply shrugged and shook his head.

1 point, Pippa, Renee, and Jasmine.

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The company meeting became the climax of the competition.  The women all knew the competition was tough, and that they needed to go for the big points.  As Tommy began the meeting, they looked around at each other every now and then to gauge if one of them was going to try something.

"So, with My Shot, I'm hoping to bring a couple of the backup dancers closer to the front," he began, looking down at his notes.  "And then, with Helpless, Pippa I'd like us to rework some of your movement.  It seems a bit stagnant at...times..."

He paused as Pippa held up a finger and began to look uncomfortable.  "I'm sorry, Tommy.  Can we...can we take a quick break?  I really have to go number two."

Tommy was speechless, his mouth gaping open.  The rest of the cast didn't know what to say.  "'Scuse me," she said in a whisper as she hurried out the door.

5 points, Pippa.

Tommy cleared his throat and tried to compose himself as a few people snickered.  "Anyways...Renee, I'd also like to look at your position in that song as well.  I'm not sure if you're quite in the right position."

He paused again as Renee began to look a bit unwell.  Her eyes rolled around a bit and then she shook her head from side to side, as if trying to get water out of her ear.

"Are you okay?"

She seemed to startle out of a dream, suddenly blinking her eyes, then her face immediately took on a confused look.  She put her hands over her ears and said harshly, "Shut up!!  All of you just shut up!"

Pippa stood up and walked over to Renee, putting her hands on her shoulders gently.  "Come on, mon," she urged her, and Renee began to stand up.

"Bob, I'm gonna take her to the bathroom, mon," she said to Tommy.  She stepped around her castmates as she walked her friend to the door.  "Excuse us, Bob.  Sorry, Bob."

5 points Renee.  10 points Pippa.

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After the meeting, the ladies all went up to Pippa's dressing room, closed the door, and started laughing hysterically.

"Did you see the look on Tommy's face?" Renee exclaimed, thinking of her bathroom prank.

"It was priceless," Pippa agreed.  I was having a hard time keeping myself together.  Lin was about to lose it.  As they all caught their breath, they sat down in the cozy chairs, their cheeks sore from laughing.

"Alright, I think that's gonna have to be the end of it," Jasmine commented.  "I think some of them are starting to catch on to us."

The other two agreed, knowing they'd taken it pretty far in the meeting.  Jasmine pulled out her notebook where she'd been keeping score.

"Alright, Jazzy, what's the final count?" Pippa asked.

She cleared her throat as she made a few marks on the paper.  "Drum roll please."

Pippa and Renee began to drum on their legs with their hands as Jasmine stood up.

"In third place, with a respectable 10 points – me!"

They clapped and Jazzy held out her hands as if to say, "not bad".

"In second place, with 12 points...Renee!"

They clapped again and Pippa smirked, knowing she had won.

"And the winner, with a whopping 24 points, is Pippa!"

Pippa stood up and put her arms over her head in celebration.  She did a little dance and clapped her hands together.  "And what do I get?"

"Fired, probably," Renee joked.  Just then, there was a knock at the door and Lin stepped inside.  Renee and Jazzy gave each other a knowing look and headed for the door.

"Congrats again, Pippa," Jazzy commented over her shoulder as they left, closing the door behind them.

Lin stepped forward and put his arms around Pippa.  "Did you win?"

Pippa nodded, smiling.  "I am the champion."

"I don't know whether to be proud or horrified," he said honestly.  "Everyone thinks you've gone mental."

Pippa sighed.  "Renee and Jazzy didn't have a prize for me.  Can you believe that?"

Lin shook his head and closed his eyes in mock disgust.  "Unbelievable," he said as he moved his hands towards her rear end.  "Well, I can think of a little prize for you..."

"Little?" She teased.

"Well, I don't want to brag..." he smirked as he led her towards the couch to sit down. And then Pippa proceeded to receive her prize, champion of The Office Game.