When Two Worlds Collide Chapter 10
Pairing: Greg/OC
Rating: K+
Spoilers: none
Disclaimer: None of this is true. And I own none of the characters. Not one of them.
The Truth
Sara Sidle kept the knowledge of Greg and Connie's relationship to herself while she pondered what to do with the valuable nugget of information she had overheard. She didn't think Grissom would be overly happy to hear of the budding relationship between one of his CSIs and a visiting one. But then that was a double standard after what had happened between the two of them. She knew Nick suspected something, the two of them had been working on a case together and he seemed to be asking a lot of questions about Greg and his 'mysterious' new girlfriend. She briefly considered telling Nick what she had overheard, but knew that the Texan would find it incredibly difficult not to tease Greg about it, so quickly decided against it.
Two weeks had passed since that eventful day in the locker room, which meant that Connie would only be in Vegas for another two weeks. Sara wondered whether she should mention anything to Greg and Connie at all, maybe they would prefer to keep their relationship completely secret from the rest of the team. After all, they had done a pretty good job of it up until she overheard them. She sat in the break room watching the two of them joking around as they made coffee. She sighed inwardly as she thought about what a good couple they made. Nick broke her thought pattern as he came bounding into the room and threw an arm around Greg, almost catching the younger man in a headlock. "Who is she then G? C'mon, you know you wanna tell me!" Greg, Connie and Sara all sighed loudly. Nick had been on Greg's case for weeks now, desperately trying to discover the identity of Greg's mystery girlfriend. Greg had tried a number of different approaches to deter Nick. He told him that they had split up, that she had dumped him and ran off with an Elvis impersonator. He tried telling Nick that she was famous and did not want anyone to know about their relationship. He even tried telling him that she had died! None of this deterred Nick however, he knew that Greg was in love, and he was determined to find out who with!
Connie sighed again, wrapped an arm around Greg's waist and planted a large kiss on his cheek. "It's me; I'm his mystery girlfriend Nick." Sara's face dropped, had Connie really just confessed? Unfortunately for Greg, Nick was not taken in by Connie's apparent ruse. "Ah Connie." Nick smiled, finally releasing Greg from the near headlock. "That's real sweet of you to say that, but I know it's not you sweetie." Sara sat staring at the scene unfolding in front of her. She was amazed at Nick, he was usually so perceptive, yet he didn't believe Connie's confession when it was so blatantly true! Before Greg or Connie could even attempt to convince Nick that Connie was actually telling the truth, Nick's pager beeped and he turned to leave. "I'll catch you later Greggo." He smiled as he left.
Completely oblivious to Sara's continued presence in the break room, Connie wrapped both arms around Greg's waist and he pulled her close to him for a tender embrace. "I can't believe Nick didn't believe us!" Connie stated. "I know! I really thought he'd have worked it out by now." Greg replied. He lightly kissed Connie's lips, much to Sara's horror. She cleared her throat to alert the lovers to her presence. They pulled away from each other and simultaneously swore. Sara walked over to the couple and simply said "I already knew." A string of questions flew from the lovers' lips. Sara waited for a pause in their questioning and took a deep breath before she spoke. "I heard you, that day you erm, hooked up in the locker room." A look of utter horror crossed both Connie and Greg's faces. "You heard?" Connie exclaimed. "I was in the bathroom." Sara replied. "Look, you guys obviously want to keep your relationship to yourselves, so I won't tell anybody about the two of you." Greg and Connie looked extremely relieved at this, and Connie hugged Sara tightly as she spoke "Thank you Sara, you don't know how much that means to us."