Eight Years into Never
Chapter Two
Greg's POV
July 17th
There was a content silence in the break room. Grissom was working on a cross word (as usual), Cath was reading an article in the newspaper, Warrick was glancing through a magazine and Nick was just sitting there, his foot tapping lightly on the floor. Content. Peaceful. Relaxed, until Greg came in,
Greg was back. The old Greg, the Greg that was full of energy, always bubbly and always laughing. That Greg.
Almost comically everyone looked up at him standing at the head of the table, a huge grin on his face. He looked happier than Nick had ever seen him.
"Hey," Greg said, breaking the silence. No one replied; they were waiting for him to speak again.
"I wanted to catch all you guys together, and I guess this would be the perfect time," Greg told them all, his voice lowering. "I have something to tell you all."
Nick's eyes darted quickly and met Warrick's, a look passing between them. A secretive look.
Greg hesitated, quickly glancing at Nick before continuing.
"This is kind of difficult to say, but I guess I should just spit it out." He took a deep breath. "I'm bisexual."
There was complete silence in the room everyone gazed at Greg, astonishment in their eyes.
"Is that the reason you're so happy? You'd finally decided to tell us?" Catherine questioned.
"Well no . . . I uh . . . also met someone the other day, and I—" Greg started when Catherine interrupted him.
"Met someone? Well he's got some pretty good taste if he went for you," Catherine winked at him, hoping that what she had just said came out okay.
Greg blushed and smiled. "Yeah, I'd say he does."
A babble of talk finally broke through, everyone speaking at once, except Nick. He hadn't said a word, and his eyes never left Greg.
Greg could feel Nick staring at him, but he didn't care. Let Nick think whatever the hell he wanted. He was getting over the Texan. He had come out to the team and he had met someone new.
Yeah, life was getting better.
Let the straight guy think whatever he wanted to. Greg didn't give a damn anymore.
