Author: Lexi Lou Who
Summary: He had no control over falling in love with him.
Warnings: Angst, Slash, Romance
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. I'll give them back when I'm done
A/N: Alrighty..I got good praise about the first chapter. I promised you guys a longer chapter 2 and I hope this is long enough for you all..If not I'm sorry. But I'm saving the best part for the last chapter. Enjoy!
Thanks to shacky20 for beta reading. Kudos to you!
"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over." –Anonymous
The car ride to the crime scene was pretty quiet, expect for the country music that was playing, courtesy of Nick banning Greg from touching the radio and changing it to obnoxiously loud rock music, like he did the first time he took the young CSI to a crime scene. Greg still remembered it well. That was a time when he had been in somewhat control of his feelings. Now, he could barely control them.
Greg looked out the window, staring into space just to avoid Nick's eyes that looked at him every few minutes to make sure that he wasn't asleep and the Texan wouldn't have to wake him up once they got to the crime scene. Greg continued to stare out at nothing, letting his mind wander as he stared.
"Greg…Greg!" Nick yelled, making Greg jump as he turned to see Nick out of the car already, out of the car with the driver's door open. "We're here, man. Get your kit and let's go." He said and closed the driver's side door, leaving Greg alone. 'Great. Another shift to go through and resist the urge to kiss Nick..' He thought and shook his head before his mind could wander anymore as he got out and grabbed his own kit before following Nick.
Brass met them at the entrance to the house that Greg had failed to notice. It was a 2 story house, pretty beautiful, aside from the crime scene tape around it and the police cars and people around it. Greg sighed as he ran over to join the 2 men, who were now walking inside the house as Brass was briefing Nick on what happened.
"Roommate comes home from the library from studying with a study group. He called their names, didn't get an answer. He found them dead." He said as they walked up the stairs. "One's in the bathroom, the other is in the bedroom." He added, pointing to each room. Greg looked at the bathroom and carefully walked inside, not noticing or hearing anything that the 2 men were discussing.
There was a body, a man, laying in the bathtub. His wrists were slit and bleeding, his forehead had a cut on it and his eyes were still open. Greg could see the emptiness in them. Those eyes probably once held pain, fear, sadness….So many feelings. But the major thing was that this man looked a hell of a lot like Nick: Same hair color and style, same eyes, the exact same clothes Greg had seen Nick wear a few days ago..
"Greggo?" Nick called, causing Greg to jump slighty and turned his attention to the Texan standing in the doorway. Greg smiled thinly.
"I'm fine, before you ask." He said and let out a sigh, one of relief and to let out the anxiety in him. "I-I'll take this body." He added. Nick looked at him and nodded, turning away.
"Alright. I'll be in the bedroom. Call if you need me." He said and walked away, not knowing that Greg's eyes were following him every step of the way.
Greg was in the locker room a few hours before shift was supposed to end. He was sitting on the bench that the locker room held, elbows on his knees as he stared at the floor of the locker room, thinking about the case he had shared with Nick.
It was a case that had left Greg with a debating question in his mind. The body in the bathtub turned out to be that of Jeremy Koontz, 20. He had killed himself, as Greg thought when he saw the body. He didn't leave a suicide note but Thomas Greenway (The body in the bedroom) had. It was simple and short, saying that he had confessed his love to Jeremy after 3 years of loving him from afar and Jeremy had just left, shocked and confused. Nick figured that when Jeremy came back after he sorted himself out and saw Thomas dead, Jeremy killed himself out of grief for his lost love.
The case had touched Greg down to his heart and made him choose: To either tell Nick that he loved him and get hurt or Don't tell Nick and leave him clueless. He was still in that position and in that deadlocked decision when Nick came into the locker room a few minutes later, changing out of his shirt. Greg looked up and felt his heart race as he saw shirtless Nick. 'Shit.' He thought and tried to look calm and casual
"Hey, G. You okay?" The Texan asked, seeing Greg's pale face. He wanted to answer, but his vocal cords had been tied shut, so he merely nodded as he stood to leave. Nick looked at him as he searched through the locker for another shirt.
"You sure?" Nick asked, but the words were lost on Greg as he stared at Nick. The feelings inside Greg's heart were a mix of love and sadness, but his brain had told him one thing: Go for it, Greg. It's now or never. Before he knew it, Greg had put his hands on Nick's shoulders and lunged forward, resting his lips on top of Nick's.
It was like as if the world had stopped turning for a moment, as if time had stood still while he kissed Nick. Greg's eyes were closed and his heart and pulse was racing, scared of what might happen after time started again. It was pure bliss for Greg, being able to kiss Nick, to pour his feelings out for Nick in one simple kiss. Then, time started again and the world continued to spin when Nick pushed Greg away, releasing his lips from Greg's.
"Greg, what the hell?" He asked, the shock apparent in his face, the anger apparent in his tone and the disgust on his face burning into Greg's heart. Greg could feel tears weld in his eyes as he looked at Nick for a moment, silent, before he shut his own locker and ran out of the locker room and out of the lab, leaving a stunned and confused Nick in the locker room, shirt still in his hands, his own heart racing.
Becoming your friend was a choice…
A/N: Okay, that Chapter probably sucked, but It was long, as I promised. Last Chapter coming up soon!