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Two weeks later, Greg was doing solo work on a case officer Spencer was assigned to, as well. They made some small talk when they saw each other at the crime scene and Greg got to work. After about an hour, Spencer walked in. "Hey, are you alright?"

Greg turned around a bit surprised. "Sure. Why?"

"Oh, no reason. It's just..." He had a rather concerned look on his face.

"What is it?"

"The victim committed suicide, right?"

"Looks like it, yeah."

"You know, I heard about Julian... Must be hard working a case like that."

The shock in Greg's face was obvious. It still was a weird feeling for him to hear that name. "That was a long time ago..." he replied rather nervous.

"I thought it was only a few months ago?"

"It's in the past," Greg said rather harsh before going back to work.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to... I'll just wait outside..." Spencer left the room.

Great, Greg thought. Now he felt guilty.

Officer Spencer seemed to be avoiding to look at Greg when he went out. Greg knew he needed to apologize. "Listen," he said as he walked up to him. "I'm sorry I lashed out on you. It's just... a very delicate subject and I don't like to talk about it."

Spencer gave him a faint smile. "I'm sorry, too."

Greg walked into the break room with a rather thoughtful look on his face, almost distraught. "That was weird..."

Nick was sitting at the table, putting his newspaper aside. "What?"

"I think you're right."

" 'Bout what?"

Greg sat down opposite Nick. "I'm not sure, but I think Spencer just asked me out on a date."

Nick almost spat out the coffee he was just sipping from, bursting out in laughter.

Greg gave him an annoyed look. "You done?"

"Sorry..." Nick giggled. "What do you mean, you're not sure?"

"Well... He mentioned a friend's wedding and that he doesn't have a date yet."

"That's a bit conceited of you, to think that was an invitation," Nick grinned.

"No, it wasn't what he said, it was how he said it... The way he looked at me. His body language. It was just weird."

"So how did you react?"

"I didn't. Not really, I mean... How do you react to something like that? I just nodded and he kept on talking about this friend who's getting married and stuff. And then I bailed."

Nick laughed. "So he likes you. That's flattering, isn't it?"

"I don't know, I... The moment I realized you might be right, I..." Greg exhaled, looking down. "Forget it, it's stupid."

"It made you feel uncomfortable, huh?"

Greg looked up again. He was surprised Nick knew. "...Yeah."

"Don't be ashamed about it. After what happened with Julian I think it's a normal reaction. But don't forget, not everyone is a crazed stalker."

Later that day, Greg had to interrogate a suspect. Doc Robbins found evidence to suggest that the suicide victim was actually murdered and Greg needed to rule out the victim's wife as a suspect, so he talked to her.

He had no evidence to link her to the possible murder, yet, but took samples from her to either rule her out as a suspect or confirm her involvement.

Walking down the hallway, he bumped into Hodges. "Hey, what are you doing down here?" Greg asked with a smile.

"Oh, nothing... Just dropping these off." Hodges held up trace results.

"Sure... Hey Hodges, you got something brown on your nose..." Greg said teasing.

Hodges just gave him a look and walked away.

Before going back to the lab, he wanted to talk to Brass about his case. The blinds in his office were all down, so Greg knocked and walked in. Quickly and with both a shocked and rather disgusted, almost disbelieving look on his face, he came out again, closing the door behind him.

He just stood there in front of the door, still his hand at the door knob, looking shocked. Hodges walked by him. "What's wrong, did a cop ask you out again?" Hodges said mocking.

Greg gave him an annoyed look, but still, the shock was obvious on his face.

"Yeah, Nick told me. Hilarious. Don't blame him, I guess you just give off that vibe."

"Get lost, Hodges," Greg replied annoyed.

Hodges walked away with a grin on his face.

Greg didn't move an inch since he came out of that office. It was time to move now, he thought, since people were walking by him and giving him weird looks. But what was he supposed to do? Forget what he just saw and walk away? Actually not a bad idea, he thought. He took a few steps away from the door but was held back. A hand, coming out of the office, grabbed him and dragged him inside. The door closed behind him.

"Shhhh!" Officer Spencer said as he had his hand on Greg's arm, leading him to Brass' chair and pushing down in the chair.

"What the hell?" Greg asked irritated. He rolled a few inches back from the desk with the chair.

"Greg, please, keep your voice down!" Spencer said.

"Would you please tell me what you two were doing in here?"

"Well, I thought you saw what..."

Greg interrupted him. "No, I didn't mean... I mean, why are you in here?"

"Brass is gone for at least two hours, so I..."

"God dammit, I don't care why you're in his office. I mean, why the hell are you in here with this woman?"

"Well... She's hot and... No wait, I don't need another reason." He grinned.

"Is... Is this really happening right now?" Greg got off his seat and walked around the office nervously. "How could you do that?"

"Well, like I said, she's ho... Oh, I guess you don't get that."

Greg raised an eyebrow. What was that supposed to mean? "Who is she, anyway?"

"I'm Rebecca," she said with a sensual voice. "You didn't tell me we'd have company, Barry."

"Jesus!" Greg exclaimed rather helpless. He had no idea how he was supposed to handle a situation like that.

"Come on, Greg. Calm down! It's no big deal. Just take a deep breath and get back to the lab. This never happened. You'll be fine."

"What? No. I can't just forget about that. I think that image's stuck in my mind forever..."

"Greg, we're friends! You said I could come to you if I needed anything!"

"No, I didn't. You said that."

"Yeah right I did. It's the least to expect the same from you, isn't it?"

Greg rolled his eyes. He took a deep breath. "I'll leave this office now."

Spencer smiled. "You're a real friend, Greg."

"Next time, go somewhere else. Or lock up, for god's sake!"