A/N- Disclaimer as always, CSI not mine! Updated another chapter! Yay! Well, I hope you enjoy this one, because I'm sure what you thought was gonna happen DIDN'T even come close to what you're about to read. LOL

CHAPTER 7

"What's wrong?" Nick asked as Grissom turned to face them, he out of the rest felt that they should be worried.

"What makes you think we have a problem?" Grissom asked.

"I dunno, you tell us,"

Grissom didn't answer him; all he did was stood there and glanced at them every now and then.

"I don't know how to tell you this," he looked back at them and sighed heavily, "But…" he took a deep breath before he continued, "I ordered us some pizza earlier, and the delivery guy are waiting down at the entrance now. But I left my wallet and I was wondering if you guys can…" he stopped, embarrassed to finish his sentence, he can feel all four of them watching him intently.

"Whoa!" Warrick looked at him, his mouth half open, both shocked and amused. "Well, didn't expect that," When he realized his mouth was open, he immediately closed them; "You ordered pizza?"

Grissom turned his head to Warrick, "Why would you expect anything to happen?" Then he turned to Nick, about to say the same thing before it struck him what Warrick just said, "Now, why wouldn't I order pizza?"

"Maybe because you're Grissom," Sara suggested, a smile on her face.

"Yeah, it never crossed my mind that Grissom would order pizza for us," stated Warrick, and he started to chuckle.

Grissom gave a smile, "Well… it's food, we are human, we eat to live," he stated, "and in our case, work," he emphasized on the last word.

Both Catherine and Nick was confounded, they really thought something was wrong. Not that they want something to happen, they were relieved, but not quiet relieve since they can't put a finger on what was bothering them.

"Then…" they all turned to Nick, "why so serious?" Nick asked Grissom.

"Was I?" said Grissom. He grinned when Nick nodded. "Well I was thinking,"

Nick sighed, of course! He thought, it's Grissom, he's just being him. He gave a smile, maybe he's thinking too much.

"So…" Grissom said awkwardly, they turned their attention back to him. "The guy is still waiting,"

They all laughed, Catherine took out her money before the rest even got to reach their pocket. She handed it to Grissom who gave an awkward smile before accepting it.

"I got it," she assured the rest, and they placed their wallet back into their pocket. "Now go get that pizza," Warrick burst into laughter when she said it. The others shook their heads and beamed, leaving Grissom with his cheek turning red.

"On second thought," Grissom said, "Warrick's right, I don't order pizza, and that's why he's gonna go down and get it,"

Now it was Grissom turn, he laughed quietly to himself as he watched the reaction on Warrick's face, his laughter immediately stopped, replaced with a serious look.

"What! Why me?" he wailed.

"Well you don't really have a choice, I'm the boss,"

"What does pizza has anything to do with work?"

"None actually," Grissom grinned, "But you just laughed at me," he said amused. "Now, pizza or another extra shift?"

"Fine!" Warrick stood up; Grissom gave him the money, he was obviously joking but he let Warrick went out the door, rather Warrick than him, he thought.

"Oh! I forgot, Grissom," voiced Catherine abruptly as she remembered the reason she wanted to see him, "Do you know where Greg is? I can't find him; he's supposed to be here like an hour ago,"

Nick looked up from reading the newspaper as the topic was brought up. He was searching for Greg too, his home key safely in his pocket, he was expecting Greg to come to him for it.

Grissom glanced at the clock on the wall, and nodded, "Yeah, he's probably still sleeping, I told him to take the night off,"

Sara turned her head to Catherine, and then to Grissom "Why? What's wrong with him?" she asked. She just realized she hadn't seen Greg since last night.

"Nothing is wrong with him Sara," Grissom convinced her, "He was just tired, don't want him to work in his state,"

"Well, we're all tired Grissom," Sara said.

Grissom saw the look on Sara's face, as if stating he was playing favorites, "Yes, that's true, but he looked as if he hadn't sleep in years. Something was bothering him, I talked to him earlier, thought he was gonna pass out any second,"

Grissom's words only made the rest more worried, but he assured them he was probably sleeping, safe and sound.

Catherine smiled, she felt relieved, "I tried calling him, no answer," she giggled. "Didn't know Greg is a heavy sleeper," she thought that was the reason why he didn't answer, and as odd as it might sound knowing your friend didn't answer your calls, she tried to think that Greg is sleeping and resting. "Okay then, I'm heading down for awhile, just make sure you guys leave some for me,"

Grissom gave her a puzzled look, Catherine saw him. She used her hands, and tried imitating a person eating pizza, making him more perplexed.

"Pizza Gil, I paid for it, I know you're hungry but don't be such a meanie and leave me with nothing but my empty wallet and tummy," she teased. Grissom gave her another awkward smile, feeling embarrassed. "I was joking," she said as she headed out the door, leaving Sara, Nick and Grissom in an uncomfortable silence.

However, Nick and Sara weren't convinced. Nick just talked to Greg a few hours ago, so he must have had his cell phone with him. He saw how Greg reacted to a single touch earlier, and that alone easily woke him up. But then, he doesn't really know his college that well to confirm it. Maybe he really is sleeping, he thought.

Sara on the other hand had her own reasons to be worried. The fact that she hadn't seen him was one of the reasons, even though it was irrational to think of it that way. Another would be because, can it really be? She thought. Why do I feel like I miss him? She shook her head, well that's crazy. The other reason, she was just concerned, for no reason she was feeling worried.

While Nick and Sara were lost in their thoughts, Grissom was feeling the awkward silence between them. Since neither of them was talking, he decided to go back to his office.

"Well, if you need me, I'll be in my office," he was about to leave the room when Sara stopped her.

"Wait," Sara reached out and handed him the case file. She almost forgot the reason she wanted to meet him. "It wasn't murder," she said as Grissom read the contents. "We managed to track down the Vic's hiding place, and she left a note,"

Grissom gave her a look, Nick was listening intently.

"She listed quiet a number of ways to kill herself, planning on having a suicide," Sara stated and sighed, why would anyone even consider ending their own life she never knew.

"So it was a suicide?" asked Grissom.

"Well, it was supposed to," she saw the look on Grissom's face and continued, "She was planning to drown herself you see, she circled it on her note, but instead, she slipped and her head smacked hard on a somehow pointed rock that basically produced a great pressure that caused her death,"

Grissom nodded, "Good," he said, glad that another case was done. "Now get some rest," he told them, and then he went out the room and back to his office.

But neither Nick nor Sara was thinking of going home, when Catherine brought the topic up, Nick was starting to feel a bit uneasy. Greg would have told him if he had wanted to stay home, he still has his key. Sara noticed Grissom used 'probably' still sleeping- sounded as if he himself wasn't so sure. If Greg had wanted to stay home, he would at least call Grissom…

TBC

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A/N- Okay first of all I'm sorry about the pizza talking part if you hated it lol, it's just Nick and Grissom was being over dramatic. I will update soon, because I know how much people are looking forward to torture our Greg X)

Second, I would like to say thank you for the reviews and favs, believe me, reading it was the one that kept me going. I know it's not much, but knowing at least someone enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it, made me happy.

Nobody's love- Haha, yeah! She's a girl, I hope that's not disappointing. Lol

Lastly, I'm struggling a bit on whether or not I should put Greg with a better relationship from any of the CSIs, So yes, I'm considering a second character. But NO I'm not thinking 'romance' Because I think it might play an important part later, not directly but it'll build up, just want to know your opinion if you have any.