Thanks for the reviews! I realized that from any other viewpoint, Greg doesn't seem like an inexperienced dope when I write him - he's kind of an ass..who shares too much of his sexual life...Oh, mentions of 'Viva Las Vegas' from season five, so...And I also have no idea where most of the filler in the Henry/David/Nick/Greg scene came from...-shakes head- Forgive me if it's (more-likely-than-not) cheesy, lol, I'm back home and in a...really lame mood...And also, sorry for spelling mistakes - no more MSWord and I lack in beta services...but I'll reread and update/fix later...:D
"Mandy! Mandy, Mandy, Mandy!" Hodges rushed to catch up with the lab tech before she clocked out for shift.
"What?" she turned. "Yes, I've been flirting, what more do you want?"
"I want you to ask Nick out," Mandy sighed, looking towards the lab doors.
"So...you want me to ask a guy out, in order for him to date another guy? Tell me, what medication are you on? Anything not OTC or prescribed?" she cocked her head and gazed intently at him.
"Come on, you want to see them involved as much as I do, don't you?" as he said it, he realized that the only reason he wanted to see them "involved" was so the touches and flirting in the lab wouldn't be as frequent. That is, of course, assuming that they're not all about sex.
"What would you say if I already asked him?" she crossed her arms, not bothering to wait for a response. "He said he was already involved,"
"But...you were supposed to wait for my cue!" David complained, refraining from biting his nails in anxiousness.
"I do have a mind, Hodges. And I talked to Bobby, maybe you should ask him. Or Henry,'
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"You want me to flirt with Greg? Greg Sanders?" it was the next night, and the look on Henry's face when he was asked would've sent David into fits of laughter if his plan wasn't so important to him. The thought of that made him wonder what made him think he had the time to go parading around asking for help to get two completely oblivious men to date.
"Well come on, it's not like you don't have a crush on him!" Hodges shook his head and sighed. "Just make Nick jealous,"
"Why Nick?' he glanced at the newly acclaimed crazy man before his mouth shaped into a perfect 'o.' "So, uh...Anything else you want me to do, or...?"
"I want you to ask him out at the end of next shift," Henry fumbled with the evidence in his hands.
"I'm not gay!" he exclaimed, sighing with relief when the sample was safe on the table.
"So if he says yes, go with it until the day and call in sick..."
"I'd like to stay on good terms with him, I don't want to be the Hodges of lab relationships,"
David glared for a moment. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that," the younger of the two smiled and turned back to his work. Hodges grabbed his arm, determined. "Come on. You want them to be happy, right?" Henry watched as Nick and Greg walked into the lab, Greg grinning as Nick laughed, evidence in hand.
"So, who's been keeping up with Ross and Rachel?" David asked, raising his eyebrows at the couple - or soon to be couple if his plan worked. And work it would.
Henry furrowed his eyebrows. "What are you talking about? Friends has been over for years. And besides, that's not the right..." he shut up when Hodges shot him a look. It's almost as though he didn't hear a word I said earlier...
"Hodges should know, it's not like he gets many hot dates," Greg raised an eyebrow, straight faced, while the Texan stood next to him, trying not to laugh.
'I'll have you know I've been involved for a while, Sanders," Hodges replied, hoping that Greg wouldn't catch on that he was lying. It's not like he didn't have experience in telling when people were - he had heard that he was a good CSI, after all.
"Oh yeah? What's her name?" he took the bag from Nick; Hodges almost didn't notice the way he smiled when their fingers brushed, though whether it was because of the tough or picking on him for his lack of dating experience, he wasn't sure. "Well?'
"Chandra," he said, that having been the first name to come to mind...he knew he heard it somewhere...
"Wasn't that the name of that girl you, uh, brought in to replace you? Nick added, smiling when Greg nodded. "Yeah, she thought Hodges was a creep,"
"It's gotta be a different one," David grinned - why would Nick remember Greg's replacement if he wasn't attracted to him? Well, or her, but...he wasn't going to let thoughts like that into his mind. "How long?"
"Couple of months..." he tried not to glance at his real crush as she walked past the lab room they were in.
"Can you guys please talk about his somewhere else? I have work to do," Henry said, attempting to wave them away.
"Ah...I remember the first couple months of our relationship," Greg shook his head, eyes closed, which meant he didn't noticed when David's attention snapped back to the situation at hand. He glanced at Nick, who seemed normal, as though Greg wasn't talking about his lover. Maybe he was reading into this too much, maybe they weren't dating, weren't planning on it...
"Yeah? They nice?" Henry prompted - David had forgotten he was there, also forgetting he'd asked for his help with his Master Plan. He wondered if, when he wrote this all down for the book he decided to write, if he should capitalize it. Or did it seem too...Mission Impossible?
"Wonderful," Greg said, smiling more to himself than anyone in the room.
"Really? Do I smell marriage?" David asked, crossing his arms. He was going to milk this conversation-"'Ž
"So if you weren't dating someone, I'd...maybe have a chance?" the meek lab rat asked, blushing when Greg smiled, leaning on the table in front of him, winking when he was close again.
"Aw, Henry, baby, you'd be my next choice," Hodges again looked to Nick, who seemed jealous for the first time. He smiled as Nick's face got redder and redder with it as Greg and Henry continued "flirting."
"Uh, Hodges, do you have...our..." he was sidetracked as he glanced towards the blond, shaking his head when David cleared his throat. "Evidence?"
"Of course I have evidence," he replied, grinning.