Chapter 3

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The sun streamed through the window on to Nick's face causing him to blink his eyes and wake up. Nick sat up and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Glancing at the clock he realized it was about 3:00 and he should get up and head to Walmart to get some stuff for tomorrows dinner and Greg's prescription so he could get back in time to get ready for work. He knew he was going to have a hard time convincing Greg that he needed to stay home and rest tonight instead of going into work. Spotting a piece of paper Nick grabbed it and a pen and scribbled a quick note. 'G, Went to the store to get your medicine and some food for tomorrows dinner. Will be back soon love you and our baby,

Nicky.' Nick placed the note where Greg would see it then got up and after getting dressed put on some clothes and grabbing his keys was out the door and off to the store.

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Their was a ringing in his head. Greg put his pillow over his head hoping it would go away. After a moment he realized it was the phone and opened his eyes as he reached for the ringing device. As he did he noticed that Nick wasn't their and that their was a note on the bedside table. "Hello," Greg said in a groggy voice.

"Hey Greggo, did I wake you?" Catherine inquired.

"Oh hey Cath, yeah but it's ok what's up?"

"I was just calling to see what you guys found out at the doctors?"

"Well we were going to invite you all for dinner tomorrow and tell you then. We were gonna invite you when we came in to the lab tonight,"Greg explained.

"Ok consider us invited, but you should really stay home tonight, Greg," Catherine said in a mothering tone.

"Ok fine," Greg agreed grudgingly.

"You know Nicky won't let you come in, don't you?" Catherine said.

"Yeah I guess so," Greg reluctantly admitted. Catherine just chuckled. "Even though I know that he won't let me come in it doesn't mean I won't try and convince him to let me, though," Greg said. Catherine let out an exasperated sigh but Greg could tell she was trying not to laugh.

"Ok what time do you want me to tell everyone, sweetie?"

"Um, how about 5:00 so we can eat and have sometime to hang out before shift?" Greg suggested.

"Sounds great well I have to go pick Lindsey up from school but I will talk to you later?"

"Sure tell Lindsey hi for me, will you?"

"Yep talk to you later, Greggo."

"See you tomorrow Cath," Greg said as he hung up and began to read the note. A smile spread across his face as he read his lovers words. The smile vanished as Greg felt the now familiar sensation and ran into the bathroom to throw up. 'I'll be glad when Nick gets back with my medicine.' Greg thought as he leaned back over the toilet and got sick again.

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"How may I help you, Sir?" the girl behind the counter at the pharmacy asked as she flashed Nick a flirty smile.

"I'm here to pick up a prescription for someone," Nick said.

"What is the last name?"

"It's Sanders, ma'am."

"Ok I have it right here. The instructions say that up to two can be taken at once. However it's important for your wife to take them with food or something to drink, but not milk or the morning sickness will be worse that day. Lets just say I've learned from personal experience." Nick blinked at her reference to his wife but decided it wasn't worth correcting her. He just smiled as he reached for the prescription.

"Thank you and you have a good day, ma'am."

"Your quite welcome and tell your wife congradulations," the girl replied.

"Oh thanks I will, and can I pay for this at the checkout or do I have to do it here?"

"You can do it either way but if you do it here I have to put a sticker on it so they know it's been payed for," she explained. Nick just nodded as he pulled out his credit card and handed it to her.

"Ok it comes to 10.24. I'll put a sticker on it," she said as she printed off the transaction slip handing the one Nick needed to sign to him. Nick quickly signed his name and handed it back to her. The girl just smiled as she handed Nick the prescription. With one last smile Nick headed off to buy the rest of his groceries.

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Nick had just put the last bag of groceries into the car when his cell phone rang. "Stokes."

"Hey where are you Nicky?" Greg asked.

"I'm just leaving the store, how are you feeling?" Greg let out a sigh which told Nick all he needed to know. "You got sick again, didn't you?"

"Yeah," Greg said quietly.

"I'm sorry, babe. I have your medicine and I'll be home soon."

"Ok, and Cath called and I invited her to dinner. I told her we were going to invite them all when we went to work but she said that she would spread the word. I told her to come around 5:00," Greg said.

"Ok, but your not going to work you need to rest, G," Nick said firmly. Greg blew out a breath.

"Cath said the same thing," Greg replied on a sigh.

"She's right you know that, babe."

"Yeah I know," Greg said resignedly.

"So you'll stay home and rest tonight?" Nick asked. Greg just blew out a frustrated breath. "I'll take that as a yes. Well I should hang up so I can drive. I bought the stuff for enchiladas and I made sure to buy enough veggies so Sara could have a vegetarian enchilada," Nick said.

"Ok see you soon, and Nicky?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you," Greg said.

"I love you too G. I also love our baby," Nick said softly. He could here a sniffle on the other end. "G, you ok?"

"Yeah I just can't get over the fact that your ok and happy about this," Greg explained as a small sob escaped.

"You listen to me very carefully, ok? I. Am. Ok. And. Very. Happy. That. You. Are. Carrying. My. Baby. Do you understand, now?"

"Yeah see you soon, Nicky."

"See you soon," Nick said as he hung up and gave the road his complete concentration.

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Shift was finally over and Nick was standing in the locker room ready to go home. He had called to check on Greg a couple of times and was glad that the medicine was helping with the nausea. He smiled when he remembered the look on Greg's face when he told him that the girl at the pharmacy thought Greg was Nick's wife. Greg just doubled over in laughter and Nick joined in. Warrick walked in and headed towards his locker. "Hey you heading out, man?" Warrick asked.

"Yep see you tomorrow around 5:00?" Nick asked. Warrick just nodded.

"Do I need to bring anything?" Warrick asked.

"Nope, just yourself," Nick replied just as his phone rang.

"Hey do you wanna get a drink?" Warrick asked as Nick answered his phone.

"Stokes."

"Hey Nicky," Greg said.

"Oh hey, G."

"I just heard what Warrick asked you go on I'm ok go have a drink with him you guys haven't hung out just you two in a while," Greg encouraged.

"Are you sure, babe?" Nick asked.

"Yeah I am," Greg replied.

"Ok then I'll see you in a little while take it easy, ok?" Nick said.

"I will see you later," Greg said as he hung up. Nick flashed Warrick a smile as he grabbed his stuff and headed out the door with his best friend by his side.

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"Where did you put the peppers, Nicky?" Greg asked as he scanned the fridge.

"Their in the vegetable drawer," Nick replied as he continued to cut up the beef.

"Aha I found them," Greg cried triumphantly as he danced around the kitchen with a papper in each hand.. Nick just laughed at his boyfriends anticks. Nick put down his knife and wrapped his arms around Greg pulling him against him. Greg leaned up capturing Nicks lips in a passionate kiss. They were both breathless when they pulled back.

"Nicky we need to finish fixing the food," Greg said half heartedly as he leaned in for another kiss.

"MMM, I know," Nick as he returned the kiss then pulled away to get back to the task at hand. Greg just smiled as he walked over and began slicing the peppers into small strips. The two of them worked in silence but Gregs thoughts were going round and round. His concentration had slipped because all of a sudden Nick heard an indignant yelp of pain from his boyfriend. Nick dropped his knife and ran over to Greg who was holding his finger that was bleeding. "What happened, are you ok, G?"

"Yeah, I just got distracted," Greg said as he gritted his teeth in pain as he was pulled over to the sink by Nick.

"It doesn't look too bad lets clean it and put a bandaid on it, ok?" Nick replied.

"Ok I guess so," Greg said.

"What were you thinking about, babe?" Nick asked.

"However everyone's gonna react," Greg said quietly.

"It will be ok I promise, babe. Lets finish the enchiladas everything will be ok," Nick replied reassuringly. Greg just nodded as they went back to fixing the enchiladas. All too soon the doorbell rang and Greg tensed up.

"Do you want me to get it?" Nick asked.

"No I'll get it," Greg said as he headed to the front door to let their friends and co-workers and for all intents and purposes family inside. Taking a deep breath Greg reached for the door knob and swung the door back to allow their guests in.

TBC?

A/n I hope you enjoyed this chapter don't forgive to give feedback, please.