Nick came home to the smell of food cooking. He hung up his coat and dropped his keys in the bowl by the door and walked towards the kitchen. A tall, slim man stood at the stove frowning at a pot.

"Greg," Nick wrapped his arms around the other man. "Why are you cooking?" He started stirring the contents of the pot, making irritated noises.

"I thought it would be nice to make you dinner." He replied, absentmindedly shaking the salt and pepper over the stove. Nick's suspicion started to rise.

"What exactly are you trying to make?" Whatever was in the pot was starting to congeal and smell foul.

"I don't even know at this point." Greg sighed and threw the pot into the sink. He turned and kissed Nick, his arms wrapping around his neck. Nick stepped back and smirked at the younger man.

"You don't cook." He said. "You hardly microwave." He pulled out a chair from the small kitchen table and sat down. "What did you do, Greg?" The lab tech crossed his arms over his chest and scowled.

"What do you mean? I can't do something nice for you? Maybe I'm trying to practice my domestic skills, you could be a little more supportive you know." Nick raised an eyebrow and continued to stare at the man shifting uncomfortably across the room.

"Okay then, I'm sorry." He stood up and kissed Greg's cheek before picking up the phone. "Pizza or Chinese?" Greg followed Nick into the living room.

"That's it? No third degree? You're just sorry?" Nick smiled to inwardly, keeping his face neutral, and started to sort through the take-out menus.

"Hey, you said it yourself, I should support your new found domestic ambition. But, just for the record, I didn't start dating you because you could make meatloaf just like Mom used to." Greg bit his lip and ran his hand through his hair. "Well? Do you want to order pizza or Chinese?"

Nick was dying to interrogate Greg, but he knew it would just cause a fight. So instead, he let him pick at his Lo Mein and contemplate whatever he was hiding. Nick kept talking about his day at work and other nonsense, while The Discovery Channel droned on in the background.

"Greg? Anything interesting happen in the lab today?" Nick bit into his egg roll and turned to face him.

"Not really… I had to bring a few things to Hodges and of course had to endure that." He paused and pushed his barely touched food away. "Other than that, it was a pretty standard day." Nick stood up put the leftovers in the fridge.

"Are you sure? You really seem like you have something on your mind. Anything you want to talk about?" He turned to look at Greg and saw his gaze move to the floor.

"Actually I'm tired, I think I'll just go to bed." Nick sighed quietly as Greg walked past him towards the bedroom.

Nick sat in the living room channel surfing for about two hours before he gave up and got himself ready for bed. While brushing his teeth he caught the strains of some music coming from the bedroom. He frowned and spat the water into the sink. The night so far had only confused the Texan. Greg had started out looking like he was trying to soften him up, and quickly switched to sullen and distant. When he stepped into the room, Greg was sitting crossed legged on the bed with photographs spread out over the blankets. Something that sounded like Nirvana was softly playing on the radio.

"Greg?" He looked up and smiled.

"Hey. Sorry about the pictures, I couldn't sleep." Nick sat down on the bed.

"You wanna tell me what's going on?"

"I'm a little nostalgic for college tonight I guess. I heard from my best friend last week and it made me realize how much I missed her." He handed Nick a photo. "This is my favorite picture of us, me and Natalie." Greg was wearing a tuxedo tee shirt standing next to a petite girl dressed in an outfit reminiscent of Madonna from the 1980's.

"Is that a tutu?" Greg laughed.

"Yeah. We tried to go to a formal but they wouldn't let us in. They said you couldn't wear tee shirts in the dance. We ended up going to McDonald's for dinner and then danced to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack in the parking lot." He shrugged. "We were the same major and met up in class one day. I think she was the first person that got me." Greg started to gather the other photos.

"Is she alright? You still seem upset about something." Nick started to worry that the colorful girl in the picture was in trouble. "Did she call with bad news?" Greg shook his head and smiled.

"Actually, she called with some great news. She got a job at the lab. She's moving to Las Vegas."

"Well then what the hell is wrong?" Nick grabbed his arm and turned Greg to look at him.

"Okay, I have something to tell you, and I'm sure you're not going to be happy about it. Please just don't overreact." Nick sighed.

"Just spit it out."

"Well, her plane gets in tomorrow."

"What's so bad about that?"

"And… I kind of told her she could stay here." Greg's voice got smaller as he finished the sentence.

"What?"

"Now before you jump on my case just hear me out." Greg stood up and started to pace, his fingers running nervously through his hair. "I know I should have talked to you before I told her she could stay here, but I was just so excited that she was coming here I couldn't help myself. I mean, it's a pretty great coincidence that she's even moving to Las Vegas, and she'll be working in the lab and I just miss her so much that I had to say yes. And then she sounded so happy because she had been having such a hard time trying to find an apartment and almost had to call and tell them that she couldn't take the job…" He paused and sat back down. "She wanted to surprise me." Nick sat in silence for a few moments, trying to process Greg's speech.

"Greg," he finally said. "I'm not mad. I'll admit that I'm pretty annoyed that you didn't tell me sooner that we're going to have a house guest. But it's not that big of a deal I guess. Just promise that if you invite anyone else in the future you'll give me at least a week in advance?" Greg visibly relaxed.

"I swear." His face broke out into a grin and he threw his arms around Nick. "Her plane gets in at ten."

Okay I have no idea exactly how this story is going to develop. I have a few ideas, but nothing solid. I need reviews to decide if it's worth continuing or not…