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Breaking Point
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"Hey guys, nice to see you all." Russell said as he strolled into the break room; where Catherine, Nick, Morgan and Sara sat. "I hope you're all well rested because we have a lot on our plates today. Sara, me and you are still working on Greg's case, so that means we're taking over his and Nick's case as well. Catherine; a simply B&E for you." He said and handed a slip of paper to her. "Nick, homicide and Morgan you got one too." Russell said and gave them their slips. "See you all later."
Russell and Sara left saying their goodbyes, soon followed by Catherine; which left Nick and Morgan. Just before Nick left though Morgan grabbed his attention.
"Nick!" Morgan said as she stood up, ready to chase after him. Nick spun around with a smile.
"Sup Morgan?" He asked her.
"I might just be being a bit over dramatic, but yesterday Greg wasn't himself and, his hands were shaking." Morgan explained, trying not to sound worried.
Nick sat back down. "He was shot Morgan." He said with a laugh. "I think his hands are okay to be shaking a bit."
Morgan laughed. "Yeah, yeah I know that. But they weren't just shaking a little bit; they were really going for it. Then, when I asked him about it he denied they were shaking all together, then he just didn't talk."
Nick sighed. "Victims hands shake all the time, just like Greg's. He's been through something really traumatic; just think how many people get shot in their lifetime, never mind at Greg's age. It's a horrible thing to have to deal with, I know but I've been in this business a whole lot longer than Greg and know how to deal with it better. He's still young; he just needs a bit of time for now." He explained.
Morgan laughed. "He's still young? There's not that much of an age gap between you!"
"I think you'd be surprised." Nick told her with a smile.
"Well, either Greg looks older than he is, or you look younger…" Morgan questioned.
"I'll go with the second one!" Nick said as he got up and punched her lightly in a friendly way on her arm. "Greg's going to be fine. I promise." He said with a wink before going to his scene.
Morgan smiled to herself and then pushed herself up, and headed to her scene.
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"Knock knock." Greg looked up when someone spoke to him from the door. "Hey man, how's it going?"
"Alright, are you done for the day?" It was the early hours of the morning according to the clock that Catherine had brought Greg so that he knew what time it was.
Nick nodded and pulled up a chair. "Yep, wasn't a bad shift but rather boring since you're not there."
Greg smiled at him. "Believe me if I could be at work right now I would be. I don't know how you managed being in here as much as you have."
Nick smiled back. "I think we're equal on that, we've both had our fair share of hospital visits."
"More than our fair share." Greg corrected. And he was right; both of them had been in and out of the hospital for years between them both with one thing or another.
"Well we need to make sure we don't come back here again anytime soon when you're out."
Greg sighed. "Yeah we do." There was a moment's silences before Greg spoke again. "Can I tell you something?" He asked quietly.
Nick smiled and nodded. "Of course, whatever you want."
"I'm not sure I'm going to go back to work." Greg admitted to Nick. After thinking it over, Greg felt like it was the right thing to do.
To his surprise, Nick didn't look very shocked. In fact, he hardly looked shocked at all. "Okay. I know going through this isn't nice, but are you seriously considering leaving? The chances of it happening again are you know, almost none existent."
Greg thought about it for a moment, but the thought of returning and running the risk made him really cautious.
"Yeah, I am. Call me a wimp, or whatever, but I don't like the thought that this could happen again. I don't wanna go through all this a second time." Greg said, sounding quite stressed.
Nick was concerned; Greg was never like this, not even when he was beaten. "I'd never call you a wimp man; I know where you're coming from."
"But you weren't like this; you just got on with it. Why can't I be the big hunk who can handle anything? I'm just the weak guy who makes a fuss over nothing and can't protect himself." Greg stated sadly and angrily.
Nick shook his head. "G, that's not true. You can't just bounce back after this, you were sho-"
"I know Nick! I know! Just, stop reminding me, I know what happened." Greg interrupted.
"Sorry man. Just stop putting yourself down okay? I won't have it." Nick told him firmly. "Has the doctor said anything else to you today?" He asked, tactfully changing topic.
Greg put his head back on his pillow. "I tried to get out of bed today, but I couldn't and he said one of the bullets caught my pelvis and it's caused some problems." He explained. "Nothing's going right."
He rubbed his face as tears now swelled in his eyes.
"Hey, it won't be long till things are looking up again. I promise." Nick comforted.
"But why can't they now?" Greg asked him desperately, his voice cracking. Tears worked their way down his face and soon enough a waterfall had been created.
Nick sat on the edge of the bed and pulled Greg gently into his chest and wrapped his arm around his back. "I'm sorry Greggo."
Greg sniffed and sobbed quietly. He had no idea why he burst out crying and doing it in front of Nick was not on his agenda for the day. After being consoled by Nick for a good ten minutes, Greg pulled away.
"Sorry." He said embarrassed.
Nick smiled at him. "S'alright man, you gotta' do what you gotta' do."
"Say, do you wanna have me bring some outside food in for you? I know how this hospital crap tastes." Nick offered.
Greg smiled. "Thanks for the offer but I'm not up for eating much right now."
"You sure? You need to bulk yourself back up; you're as scrawny as a skeleton." Nick teased.
"Yeah, I'm sure. And thanks." Greg replied tiredly.
Nick smiled. "Get some rest man. I'll stop by again later."
"You don't have to, I'm sure you have better things to do." Greg said, with his eyes now closed.
Tiredness was growing more powerful and the ability to keep his eyes open was getting weaker.
"No I don't man. See ya later." Nick said, even though he was sure Greg had dropped off. He got up and left Greg alone.
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Long time since an update, and I know it's not one of my best chapters, but please review what you think :)