Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Come back and bring back my smile
Come and take these tears away
Greg curled deeper into his couch ignoring the shrill ring of the phone, pondering if it was physically possible to hear a heart breaking.
Greg let out a sigh of relief when the phone stopped ringing. It had been going off for the past hour and he had no want to talk to whoever was on the other end.
He had a funny feeling it you be her
I need your arms to hold me now
The nights are so unkind
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me
Greg buried his face in the cushion trying to banish all thoughts of her from his head. He refused to let her get the best of him. He was just plan b wasn't he?
Shoulder's slightly shaking, Greg began to remember bits and piece of what transpired a few hours ago.
I'm sorry...I thought I could move on.
I never meant to hurt you but...
You were just a means to end
A means to end.
What in the hell did that mean! Nothing! It meant shit all!
Taking a deep breath Greg tried to muffle his sobs with no luck.
Why! Why had she let them carry on so long...why did she let him propose?
Why did she say yes...
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Greg curled into himself finally calming his tears but not calming his turmoiled heart. Slowly Greg began to wander of into sleep when a loud pounding came at his door.
Groaning Greg didn't bother to even move and allowed whoever was knocking to continue to do so.
"Greg?" came a males voice through the wood.
Groggily opening his eyes Greg stumbled of his couch to his door and looked through the peephole. Seeing his friend Nick, Greg merely unlocked the door before retreating to his couch again.
Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
It took Nick a few moments to realize Greg had unlocked to door. Quickly walking in Nick turned on the lights causing Greg to groan and curl deeper into his weathered couch.
"G man, come on its time to get up." Nick said softly.
His only response was a muffled sentence.
"What?" Nick asked.
"What's the point?" Greg said in a raspy voice, probably from crying Nick guessed.
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me
Nick clenched his fist in anger at the person who did this to Greg. He had never thought it would be possible that she would pull something like this. Sure Sara Sidle had her issues but to purposely use Greg's feelings to get Grissom to notice?
It was a new low, and a low blow. One he wasn't sure Greg could recover from.
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Gentlely Nick pulled Greg up to sit on the couch. Sitting beside him Nick put a hand on the young mans head.
"Are you going to be ok Greg?" Nick asked.
"I don't know...I don't think so" came the cryptic response.
Ohh, oh
Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Bring back the nights when I held you beside me
Greg returned to work the next day, looking nothing like his formal self. His hair lay limp and his clothes wear wrinkled and the same ones he wore the night before. Bag had seemed to make a home underneath his eyes.
Grissom sighed and walked to the lab where he knew he would find hid lab rat turned field mouse. He knew Greg probably wouldn't want to be in the field anytime soon so he had already arranged for Greg to take sometime in the lab.
Walking through the glass doors Grissom suddenly found Greg's attention on him.
"Hey Greg, you mind working in here for a little while? Swing shifts tech decided to take a vacation" Grissom lamely said.
Greg nodded. "I'm not mad at you Grissom" he said quietly.
Gil suddenly stiffened. "You have every right be though Greg."
Greg slowly shook his head. "No...no. It's not your fault. Any of it. We can't control someone's emotions or actions. Sara's actions had nothing to do with you. You just a fly caught in a spiders net."
Grissom let out a slow breath, relieved that Greg hadn't been mad at him but worried at the tech's words.
"If you need to talk Greg...I'm still here. Always have been" Grissom said laying a hand on his shoulder.
Greg let out a small smile and nodded before turning back to his work.
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Greg walked quickly through the halls of the Crime Lab. His day had been going fine until he had seen Sara. Then he couldn't concentrate and found the happy mood he had building up from the help and support of this friends being washed away.
Especially when she had tried to talk to him.
Greg didn't bother with knocking on Grissom's door and just let himself in. Thankfully only Grissom was there.
"What's the matter Greg?" Grissom asked.
"I can't do this" Greg said tears finding their way down his cheeks.
"Do what, Greg?" Grissom asked carefully.
Greg let out a bitter laugh. "I'm not talking about life here Griss...I can't take this job anymore...seeing her ruins everything. I can't work."
"What did you want to do, Greg?" Grissom asked obviously confused as to what the young man had on his agenda.
"I want to take a leave of absence...I want to go home." Greg said.
"Home Greg? Why not just take a transfer?" Grissom said.
"Not San Francisco Griss...I mean Norway. I want to go home" Greg answered.
Lowering his head Grissom nodded. "If you feel that's what you need Greg."
Greg nodded. "It is...it is" he said quietly.
Un-break my
Un-break my heart, oh baby
Come back and say you love me
Un-break my heart
Sweet darlin'
Without you I just can't go on
Can't go on
Okies...thats it. I will be posting the next part soon. When Greg comes backs but I have no clue what will happen. If you enjoyed this I am working on two other CSI stories...mainly Greggo-angst...