AN: part three of five... two more to go, yay! Enjoy and please review!
Somewhat speechless (G)
Nick walked back to his workplace, pre-occupied with the new task that had been set on him. How on earth was he supposed to make Greg feel better? He was no shrink and could therefore not guess what was going on inside Greg's mind.
He kept thinking about it all day, until Catherine came in and told him that he could go home, because he wasn't helpful anyway if he kept ignoring the others.
"What?" Nick asked, but Catherine had already turned around and walked away. He poked his head around the door. "What?!"
"You're way too pre-occupied to do your job properly right now. Just go home!" she called from the other end of the corridor, before vanishing around the corner.
Nick knew she was right. With Greg on his mind there was no way he could concentrate on anything else. Maybe he should just go find Greg and then see what happened.
Ten minutes later, after having checked both the lab and the break room twice, Nick stumbled back to his office. Where the hell had Greg gone?
The answer to this very question awaited him in his office. When he walked in he let out a small yelp of surprise when he saw who was standing in the corner. It was Greg. And not just Greg, it was a shivering Greg.
Nick quickly closed the door and motioned Greg to take a seat. Greg did as he was asked, but kept looking down and didn't say a word.
"Right." Nick said, but he regret it the moment the word slipped from his mouth.
Greg's reaction was predictable. He shifted in his chair, clearly uncomfortable with the situation. Nick sighed and walked up to Greg, kneeling down next to the man for the second time that day.
"I'm sorry." he said and Greg dared to eye him briefly, before fixing his gaze on his shaking hands again.
Why he did it, he couldn't have explained afterwards. It just happened. He slowly leaned closer to Greg and next moment their lips touched.