Title: The Coffee Shop- part 3
Pairing: Greg/OC
Rating: K+!
Disclaimer: None of this is true. And I own none of the characters. Not one of them.
Over the following four weeks, Greg and Faith made it an unspoken rule of theirs that they met up at Java Joe's after Faith finished work for their weekly coffee and cake meeting. Faith and Greg found it incredibly easy to talk to each other, and if it hadn't been for Greg's imminent shifts at work, the pair would probably have spent the whole night talking. They both found themselves really looking forward to their meetings, and began to pay especial care to their appearance each Friday afternoon. Greg had nearly missed one of their meetings as he had been assigned to work on a case for his supervisor Gil Grissom, but after much begging and pleading with one of his colleagues, he had been able to switch cases so that he was still able to meet Faith.
It was their fifth meeting and Greg was sat at what had now become their table. He began to anxiously look at his watch every few seconds, as if it would speed up time. Faith was late; she was always there before four o'clock. Greg began to worry that something had happened to her when she came blustering in through the door, trailing her long scarf behind her. "Hey Greg." She said, beginning to simultaneously unwind her scarf from around her neck and unbutton her coat. "I'm so sorry I'm late, I got caught up after work and couldn't get away. I'm here now though." She smiled as she flopped into her chair. "I'm just glad you're here." Replied Greg. "I was beginning to get worried." Faith smiled again and patted his hand. "It was really sweet of you to worry Greg, but I'm a big girl, honest." He placed his other hand on top of hers. "I know you are, I just, I just worry is all, I'd hate for anything to happen to you." Faith leant across the table and lightly kissed Greg's forehead, before gently cupping his cheek in her spare hand. "Thank you Greg, it's good to know someone's looking out for me." Greg blushed as their eyes met. "Anytime." He replied.
Joe chose that moment to bring over their coffee and cake. "Aw, look at you two together, so cute huh?" Both Faith and Greg blushed at this, and withdrew their hands away from cheeks and other hands, placing them firmly in their own laps. "Oh, what I say? You two not looking so cute now. Ah well, enjoy your cake." Joe patted both their heads before walking away. "Well, that wasn't completely uncomfortable and totally embarrassing was it Greg?" Grinned Faith sheepishly. Greg looked up at Faith from under his eyelids, as she began to eat her cake. "No, it was totally uncomfortable and completely embarrassing." Faith burst out laughing at this, spraying small crumbs of cake across the table whilst almost choking at the same time. "Say it don't spray it!" Joked Greg, causing more peals of laughter from Faith. "Stop it, you're killing me!" She muttered, wiping away tears of laughter from the corner of her eyes. Greg handed Faith a paper napkin to wipe her eyes with.
After she had recovered, the pair chatted aimlessly for a while, until it was time for Greg to leave for work. Greg walked Faith to her car, chatting about her non-existent plans for the weekend. They reached Faith's car & Greg felt his palms began to sweat as he finally made the decision to ask Faith something he had been thinking about for a while. Faith opened her car door and threw her handbag onto the passenger seat. "See you next week then Greg?" She asked, turning to face him. Greg began to nervously scratch the back of his head and stumbled over his words. "I…erm…erm…I… Faith?" "Greg?" she replied, desperately trying to maintain a straight face as Greg's nerves became more obvious. He didn't think he could do this, he should just say it's nothing and let her go, but something small in the back of his brain wasn't going to let him get away with not saying something this time. His words continued to stagger out of his mouth as he stared at the floor. " I, erm, I've got the night off tomorrow night and I was kinda wondering, if you weren't doing anything else and you wanted to, erm, maybe we could, erm, I dunno, maybe we could go out to dinner?"
Greg winced in anticipation of Faith's rejection, and after she didn't instantly reject him, he looked up at her from beneath his long dark eyelashes. Before Faith knew what she was doing, she flung her arms around Greg's neck and hugged him. "Of course I want to go out to dinner with you! I'd love to! What time are you picking me up? And where are we going so I know what to wear?" Greg's sigh of relief was clearly audible as he named a fancy restaurant he had heard his colleague Nick recommend, and promised to pick Faith up the following night. "See you tomorrow at seven then." Faith added before getting in her car and driving away with a gentle wave. Greg waited until she had turned the corner before a huge smile spread across his face and he punched the air with joy! She had said yes! He could not believe his luck!