Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
As promised: the final chapter of this story, more romance for Greg and Morgan of course, but what about Finn and Nick? Just start reading and you'll find out! :)

Chapter 3

After the waiter had brought their drinks and they had all taken a sip, Greg continued the story.

"It was actually just one conversation," he started.

"So that's case closed!" Morgan said while she was standing with Greg in the evidence storage room. "And I figured since we discovered who the killer was and I spoke to him, Nick gets to do the paperwork on this one!"

"Couldn't agree with you more!" Greg grinned. He noticed his girlfriend looking at the door. "Is something wrong?"

"Finn walked back with me, I just wanted to make sure she was gone," Morgan softly replied. Greg pointed with his head towards the back of the room. "She won't hear us if we're standing there."

He took the box from the table, put it on the right shelf and walked with Morgan to the back of the room, pulling her into the one hidden corner the room had.

"I spoke to my Dad afterwards and he promised he'd come over to the locker room after shift," she said, still speaking softer than normal. "We'll talk about my broken car, I'll ask him to give me a ride, he'll say he can't to do it and then you can offer to bring me home. That way you can spend the night at my place without anyone suspecting a thing!"

"Perfect!" Greg said with a happy smile. "Now I just have to find the perfect way to get rid of Nick tomorrow!"

"What about Nick tomorrow?" Morgan asked. Greg sighed. "He wants me to come along with him and his girlfriend to this restaurant tomorrow, setting me up on some kind of blind date."

"Really?" Morgan frowned. "Did he say which restaurant?"

"Yeah, the new one that opened across the Tangiers hotel." Greg looked at her, a little surprised. "Why? Does it matter where he wants to take me?"

"It does when Finn asked me over to the same place!" Morgan explained.

"What?"

"I didn't even know she and Nick were dating!"

"I don't think they are, Nick just said something about a girl, not 'girlfriend'," Greg remembered. Morgan nodded. "Finn didn't say 'boyfriend' either, but she did say her guy was cute. Think she likes him?"

"Maybe, but I think they're setting us up," Greg said. "They'll probably ditch us after five or ten minutes, leaving us together, hoping we'll finally tell each other how we feel!"

"Being alone in a coffee shop already did that trick!" Morgan grinned. "So, what do you wanna do?"

"I say… we go and get back at them…" Greg slowly said. Morgan frowned. "What do you wanna do? Set them up together instead?"

"Well, maybe that too, because I think they do have a thing for each other… I mean, did you see them together at our Christmas party? They hardly ever left each other's side! But, anyway, I was thinking more of something that blows them away. Like… like…"

"A marriage proposal?" Morgan suddenly suggested. A huge smile appeared on Greg's face. "That's perfect! Yeah, we'll give them some hints and then I'll get down on one knee and ask you to marry me."

"I'll say 'yes', they'll be completely speechless and we get to have a nice laugh!" Morgan happily said. Then her face dropped. "It does mean everyone will end up finding out about us…"

"It's been over a year, I don't think we can keep it a secret much longer anyway," Greg carefully said. To his relief, Morgan smiled at him. "Yeah, you're right! I think it's starting to look suspicious anyway, I mean: they must think we have the worst cars ever because they seem to break down every two weeks!"

Finn shook her head. "I never even noticed that you used that excuse so often."

"We mixed it up a little," Greg confessed. "Broken cars, noisy neighbors throwing a party, a bug guy spraying Morgan's entire house against some kind of insect…"

Nick shook his head as well. "You guys are good, honestly! I mean, to fool all of us! Or did anyone know?"

"Nope!" Morgan proudly said. "Well, except my Dad of course. He found out after about a month, just when he had become Sheriff Ecklie. Remember that poker case where I ended up shooting our suspect? He wanted to take me out to dinner afterwards, but as he was getting his things, Greg came to see me and he just said a little too much to keep our relationship a secret. My Dad was totally cool with it, though, luckily!"

"I guess he saw how crazy you two are about each other," Nick softly said. "You guys really are meant to be. I'm happy for you two, I mean that."

"Yeah, me too!" Finn agreed with him. Morgan and Greg both smiled shyly. "Thanks…"

"Well, I guess that leaves us with nothing but some food!" Nick said, opening his menu again. He looked at Greg and Morgan. "Unless you two wanna be alone of course…"

"Actually, I'd like to be alone with Greg, yeah, but I'd like to be alone with him on the dance floor!" Morgan smiled, nodded with her head towards the floor next to the dining room where people had just started dancing. A live band was playing romantic music on a small stage in the corner, where it was the furthest away from the dining room to prevent people from being unable to continue their conversations.

"They sure sound good from what I can hear from here!" Greg said, looking at Finn and Nick with a smile. "Why don't you join us?"

He got up from his chair, grabbing Morgan's hand.

"Yeah, you should come and dance too, it'll be fun!" Morgan said. She took Greg's hand and followed him to the dance floor, where she wrapped his arms around him. With her mouth close to his ear she whispered: "Are they moving yet?"

"No yet, but give them a second," Greg whispered back.

At the table Finn looked at Nick. "Well, that was quite the story!"

"Yeah, I had no idea they were already dating," Nick said. "I mean, I noticed Greg being worried when Morgan was kidnapped, but who wasn't?"

"I actually meant their last story about how they decided to get back at us," Finn explained her comment.

"Yeah, that… Well, it made sense. I mean, they were already dating, so why suddenly agree to go on a blind date?" Nick said with a smile. When Finn didn't respond, he frowned. "Wasn't that what you meant?"

"I meant them talking about us. Greg saying he thought we had a thing for each other and about the time we spent together at the Christmas party," Finn finally fully explained everything.

"Oh, well… right… eh… Well, we're just friends, right?" Nick said with a hesitant smile. Finn hesitantly smiled back. "Yeah, right."

Had he been able to hide his disappointment? And why was she smiling back so hesitantly? Was she disappointed as well by his words?

"Why don't we, eh, start dancing too seeing as we're all alone at this table now?" he suggested. She looked up at him. "As friends, right?"

"Right."

She took his hand and followed him to the dance floor. With her arms around him, but at a safe distance, she started dancing. All of a sudden, Nick was being pushed by someone and ended up being only inches away from her. Getting too lost into her eyes, he forgot to look back to see who had pushed him.

"Just friends, right?" she whispered.

"Right…" He couldn't tear his eyes away from hers, feeling her body leaning heavier against his. It wasn't the first time they ended up like this, but last time they had been able to stop just in time and blame all the alcohol they had drunk at the Christmas party. This time, it had only been a sip of wine.

"Are you sure?" he softly whispered. Her answer was pressing her lips against his. She had waited long enough, she liked him and she wanted them to be more than just friends! His kiss told her he wanted exactly the same.

"See? Told you all they needed was a little push?" Morgan said back at their table. Greg grinned at her. "Literally, yes!"

He threw some money on the table to pay for their drinks, quickly writing a note to let Finn and Nick know they had left.

"They won't even notice we're gone," Morgan commented. Greg looked up at the dance floor, where Finn and Nick were still kissing.

"No, probably yet," he agreed, grinning. He took Morgan's hand and left the restaurant with her. Since he had driven along with Nick and Morgan had come to the restaurant with Finn, he called a cab to take them back to his house.

"So, I am curious, though," he said after he had poured them both a drink and they had sat down on the couch, "why did you suggest a marriage proposal?"

Morgan shrugged her shoulders. "I just thought it would blow their minds most of all. I mean, I could have said I was pregnant, but that would have been harder to prove in the middle of a restaurant!"

She looked at him. "Did you think of something else then? Yesterday you said my suggestion was perfect!"

"It was," Greg quickly nodded. "I was just curious why you came up with it, that's all."

He pulled her a little closer. "Can we just forget about the whole setting up, pushing, fake date, Finn and Nick and everything now, please? I wanna be alone with you tonight!"

Had she been supposed to think more about his question or his sudden change of subject? Probably, but she just wanted to be close to him right now. She gladly responded to his kiss, wrapping her arms tightly around him. Slowly, she slid her hands down to his shoulders and his chest. Halfway down his chest, her hands stopped. What did they just feel? She broke their kiss and sat up, examining the thing she had just felt inside the pocket of his jacket. Her heart stopped for a moment when she saw it was a small box. Without saying a word she looked up at him. He gave her a guilty smile.

"That's why you asked!" she understood with a sigh. "And that's why you were so relieved that I didn't mind everyone finding out about us!"

Greg took the ring box from her and opened it.

"I figured our first kiss wasn't in the most romantic place in the world, so why should a marriage proposal be?" he said, showing her the ring he had bought her. Tears appeared in Morgan's eyes. "Oh, Greg, it's beautiful!"

Greg slid off the couch and got down in front of it on one knee. "I meant what I said at the restaurant, Morgan, you're amazing! I love you so incredibly much, more than I can ever say! I feel like the luckiest man in the world every time I'm with you, because every moment with you is like a dream come true. I wanna keep dreaming forever… with you! Morgan Brody, will you marry me?"

"Yes… Yes, of course I will!" she called out, laughing through her tears. She pulled Greg back onto the couch next to her and kissed him with all the love and passion she felt for him. He asked her to marry him, he really asked her to marry him! Not because they wanted to trick Finn and Nick, but because he really wanted her to marry him. And now he was placing that beautiful ring around her finger, a smile from ear to ear on his face.

"I love you!" he whispered.

"I love you too!" she whispered back before kissing him again.

The next day they arrived at work together, Morgan proudly wearing the engagement ring Greg had placed around her finger yesterday. Sara immediately noticed it.

"Either Finn and Nick's plan worked or you two have been hiding something," she said.

"We've been hiding something," Morgan confessed with a grin. "But we did kinda use it to trick Finn and Nick first of all."

Sara frowned. "I'm confused."

"Ask Finn and Nick, they'll explain it," Greg grinned. He looked around. "Where are they anyway?"

"Russell said they both called in sick, but he didn't really seem to believe they were actually sick," Sara told them. "Did something happen yesterday?"

"Any dead bodies turn up yet?" Morgan asked her.

"No."

"Well, then help yourself to another cup of coffee or tea, because it's going to be a long story!" Greg grinned. "It all started over a year ago, when we were sent out to a crime scene together…"


I hope you all enjoyed this story - first time I ever wrote about Finn and Nick like this!
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