Nick stepped into the living room where his parents and two of his sisters were in conversation. "Nick, come sit with us. Where is Greg?" His mother asked him.
"He was tired so he is turning in early. I wanted to spend some time with you all. How are you doing, Cisco?" he asked cautiously because of the dinner incident.
His dad gave him a small smile. "I'm okay for now, Pancho. Some days are better than others, ask your mother, she knows."
She nodded. "He has had a lot more memory lapses recently and still yells and gets angry at times. I am just grateful he is still lucid and with me now."
Nick, who was sitting next to his mother, put his hand on her knee for sympathy. "I'm glad to know he is still well overall too. Greg told me his one grandfather had Alzheimer's and he talked to me about the changes."
His father nodded slowly. "Ah so that is why he was so understanding, he has first hand experience of it. The more I get to know him, the more I can see why you are with him. He seems to be very intelligent."
Nick smiled proudly. "He is. He graduated with honors from Stanford and has progressed so fast in the crime lab. He used to amaze me with his chemical formula knowledge, although since he was shot he's unable to do some of those things. He's slowly readjusting to his limitations now that he is back to work full-time."
"That's good to hear, dear. You two seem very good for each other," his mother beamed.
"Yeah, we are," he smiled.
"He's hot too," Kendra added with a smirk. Nick laughed. "You would only notice that, wouldn't you?"
"Hey a girl can still enjoy the scenery even if she knows she can't touch it," she giggled.
"Kendra, seriously," Jillian Stokes scolded. With an impish grin, she shrugged her shoulders.
"Well you kids can stay here. I think we are going to get ready for bed. So goodnight and see you in the morning." Mr. Stokes went with his wife upstairs.
Nick remained with Kendra and Suzanne, who was two years older than Kendra. "So how long have you two been a couple?" Suzanne asked him, her pale blue eyes sparkling with interest.
"Well it has been over 3 years now, 3 and a half I guess. The last six months have been the most complicated but we've worked together for over 9 years now, so we've known each other a lot longer."
"Who made the first move?" Kendra asked with a mischievous grin.
"He did. We'd been basically flirting for ages but I was not sure if he liked guys until one day after shift we went out for breakfast and he brought up his friends Jason and Aaron who were a gay couple, saying he was going to a club with them. He was basically throwing me hints about his sexuality. Anyway the next day his car broke down so I gave him a ride home from work. As we got to his place, he turned to me and said 'enough flirting.' Then he grabbed my face and kissed me. It was the most electric kiss I ever had. After I sat there stunned and he looked at me seeming a bit scared suddenly. Then he asked 'you like me too, right?' After the shock wore off, I put my hand around his neck and pulled him close to me and then kissed him in return. I tell you, he had the goofiest grin on his face after that." Nick laughed, remembering the moment fondly.
"And let me guess, it was love ever after," Kendra teased.
"Actually pretty much. I mean, he had a tough time with me not wanting to go public with our relationship and not telling all of you, but most of the time we were very happy."
"Well I am happy for you brother. You two are adorable together," Suzanne gushed.
He rolled his eyes but smiled. "Thanks. That means a lot. It's hard when you don't feel accepted by those you love." He thought about Kevin.
His sisters could sense it. "I'm sure Kevin will come around. If he doesn't we will beat him up for you," Kendra grinned.
"Thanks, I am sure that will work," he laughed. "Well, I'm going to head to bed. It's been a long day. Goodnight you two."
They hugged and kissed each other goodnight before Nick headed up to the bedroom. He walked in and saw Greg flat on his back, dressed in grey sweatpants and a blue t-shirt. He looked to be sound asleep on top of the bed. Nick figured he would be sleeping when he got there. He decided to take a shower and clean up before trying to stir Greg so he can get under the covers instead of on top of them.
He came out from the shower dressed in similar attire to Greg's since they were at his parent's house. He pulled the sheets down on his side of the bed and crawled in. He leaned over by Greg who was snoring softly. He smiled to himself at the sound and hated having it stir him but he knew he would be grumpy later on if he did not tell him to get under the sheets.
He placed his mouth on his earlobe and started nibbling. He heard a soft groan rumble in Greg's throat. "You're on top of the bed, get under the sheets, Babe."
He heard another groan coming from him so since he was not moving he moved his mouth from his ear to his neck and started sucking on it, eliciting a moan from the object of his affection.
"Nick," he said in an elongated tone. "We are at your parents home," he said with his eyes still closed.
"I know but I locked the door," he mumbled as he nuzzled his neck, smelling soap on his skin. His hand reached down to the waistband of his pants and went under. When he found what he was reaching for he smiled as he felt Greg involuntarily jerk under his touch.
"You're not playing fair," he moaned as he cracked open his eyes and looked at Nick.
"You never said I had to play fair," he teased as he stroked Greg's cock to try to get it hard.
"Did I mention we are at your parent's house?" Greg said again.
"Get under the sheets and it will be hidden," he replied.
"Give me a moment," Greg groaned. He got up and got under the covers. "There are you happy?"
"My, aren't we grumpy suddenly," Nick pouted.
"I was sound asleep. We did a lot today, so I am tired. Plus I got a bit of a headache." He said but he was truly upset Nick's affections were not arousing him.
"Fine, go back to sleep. See you in the morning," Nick said as he flipped onto his side away from Greg. He hated when Greg got in these types of moods. He hoped in the morning he would be in a better mood.
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Nick woke up the next morning and rolled over to see the other side of the bed empty. He sat up and scanned the room and saw no sign of Greg. He got up and put some clothes on after freshening up and left the bedroom in search of Greg.
He heard a familiar laugh as he neared the kitchen. When he came into view he saw Greg sitting at the kitchen counter with three of his sisters, all talking and laughing.
"What's going on here?" He asked as he came up besides Greg. Greg looked at him, his eyes bright and smiling. "Oh, your sisters here are filling me in on some of you finer childhood moments," he grinned.
Suddenly Nick glared at his sisters. "What lies have you been telling him?"
Kendra smirked. "Oh, remember how on your 9th birthday you wanted a new bike and you did not get one and you threw a fit, refusing to eat until you got one. So we all decided to eat all this junk food in front of you during your hunger strike, ooohing and ahhhing at how good it was. You had a fit and took all the food away from us and started gobbling it up. You were so mad and we were laughing at you. Oh and the time your football award went missing…"
Nick held up his hands in defense. "All right, enough."
Greg looked at him amused. "Stubborn little cuss back then too, I see," he smirked out of the corner of his mouth. Now he too got an evil glare from his partner. He chuckled. "Lighten up, Nicky. We're just having fun," he smiled at him.
"That's what I was trying to do last night but you thought otherwise, I seem to recall," Nick shot back.
Greg's smile faded and turned to one of anger. "Look that's not a discussion for here," Greg replied.
"So we can't talk about your shortcomings?" Nick yelled. His sisters looked at him, shocked as they could see the hurt on Greg's face.
"Um, let's go wake up the rest of the family. We'll see you guys later on," Kendra said and then dragged Susan and his other sister away with her.
Greg glared at Nick. "Was that necessary?"
Nick rubbed his hand over his face. "I'm sorry. I guess I am grumpy this morning. I did not mean it the way it sounded."
Greg just stared down at the counter top, still feeling the sting of Nick's words.
Nick sat down next to Greg. "Hey, I was thinking I could take you and show you around the downtown area before we leave this evening. Would you be interested?" He decided it was better to move forward than to dwell on the argument. He watched as he closed his eyes, seeming to contemplate his response.
Greg sighed and finally looked again at Nick. "Sure, that sounds good." He held his gaze on Nick for a moment before turning away to grab an orange out of the fruit bowl in front of him. In that single moment though, Nick could see the pain he caused him. He knew Greg tried not to pick fights with him anymore. Instead he just took on the hurt more, which bothered Nick.
A banana was tossed in front of him. He looked over and saw a small smirk on Greg's face. "You need your protein for the day," he said to him.
Nick smiled back. "Thanks, now let's get ready to go."
After Nick took Greg on a brief tour of the city, they headed back to the Stokes family home. When they pulled up in the rental car, Nick saw Kevin sitting on the front porch.
Before they got out of the car, Greg spoke. "Do you think he's going to apologize for how he acted?"
He shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me. I can only hope so, otherwise he better get his face out of my way."
They both got out of the car and walked to the front porch, to enter the house and possibly confront Kevin at the same time. He eyed them as they came up the stairs. He still could not believe his baby brother was gay and was right there with his lover.
Nick decided to confront him. He walked up to where he sat and glared down at him. "You got something to say to us, Kevin?" Greg stood back a few feet, not in the mood for confrontation.
Kevin stood up to his brother; they were eye to eye. "What happened to you, Nick? You were such a ladies man from what I could remember."
"I was lying to myself, doing what everyone wanted me to do. But once I got away from the family I discovered who I really was and what I really wanted in my life to be happy. And now I am very happy and if you can't deal with who I love, than you can just get out of my face." Nick grabbed Greg's hand and held it tight for show for his older brother.
Kevin threw up his hands in defense. "Whatever bro. If you like sucking cock, go ahead. It does not mean I have to like it. Have a nice life with your little boyfriend. I am out of here." He brushed past Nick as he left down the stairs to his own car.
"I'm sorry, Nick," Greg said after noticing his boyfriend's stare after his brother's car as it drove away.
Nick looked at him quizzically. "What are you sorry for? You did nothing wrong. He is the jackass."
"Yeah but he's still family and I know how worried you were about them accepting you," he explained softly.
"Yes but everyone else is cool with us. He's just pissed I'm getting more attention than him and he is alone in his views. He was always jealous of me."
"I can see why, because you are the best looking guy in your family with the best ass," Greg teased him with a pinch to his butt.
Nick chuckled. "Thanks, I think," he laughed some more. "Let's get inside and get our stuff together and say goodbye to the rest of the family before we have to leave to catch the plane back."
A/N- Thanks for the reviews so far, everyone. I am glad you like it. Back to Vegas and work in the next chapter, oh and the new CSI.