Greg walked into the DNA lab, looking for Julian. He was not here, which wasn't much of a surprise. He was probably getting something to eat, or something to pass his time when he should actually be working, Greg thought, so he sat down on Julian's chair and waited for him.
Getting bored after a minute, he noticed a screwdriver sitting on the desk. An odd tool in a DNA lab, Greg thought, and picked it up.
At the same moment, Julian entered. "Hey... Greg..." he said in a weird voice when he saw him holding the screwdriver. "What are you doing here?"
He put the screwdriver down. "Waiting for you. You're never where you're supposed to be. I need this processed." He gave him three evidence bags.
"What's all this?"
"Bloody security guard uniform, bloody mask and... bloody gun."
Julian gave Greg a weird look. "Where does that come from?"
"Bloody security guard," he said sarcastically. "We're investigating a bank robbery. The security guard hit one of the robbers with his gun. Several times."
"Why didn't he just shoot him?"
"He was able to sneak up on him and decided it would be more fun to bash his head in instead. I don't know, Julian. Just process this, alright?"
"Sure...," he said while Greg was getting closer to the exit. "Uh, Greg, wait a second."
"Hm?"
"So..." He walked over to him with a smile. "Nick said you have a free Thursday coming up and no plans yet?"
Great. This can't be good, Greg thought. "...Did he? Huh..." was all he could say.
"You know, since we're friends now, maybe we could spend some time together? I happen to have that day off, too."
"...You do..." Greg didn't like where this was going.
"How about we go see a movie?"
"...A movie...? Well, I don't know, I..."
"Come on, it'll be fun! I'll pick one and surprise you with it."
Greg didn't want to spend his precious free time with Julian, but he didn't have the heart to tell Julian that, either. "...Sounds awesome..."
"Neat!" Julian said in a happy voice. "How about I pick you up at 9p.m.?"
"You want to pick me up?" Greg dreaded the thought of Julian mistaking this for anything more than it was – two friends on a night out.
"You know, to safe gas," he said smiling. "Also, that way one of us can drink and the other drives, right?"
"...Right..." Greg said, leaving the lab sighing.
"Thanks a lot, Nick!" Greg whispered to him from behind while walking into the break room.
"For what?"
"Why did you have to tell Julian I have Thursday night off? Now I have to go to the movies with him!"
"I didn't tell him that."
"...What?"
"Greg, I don't even want him to be around you, why should I talk with him about you, then? Besides, I didn't even see him today."
They sat down at the table. Julian was already sitting and waiting for them.
Greg looked at Julian. He lied to him. Should he ask him about it? He wasn't sure. All he knew was that he didn't want to meet up with him in his free time.
Julian started to talk about the DNA evidence Greg dropped off earlier when he was suddenly interrupted by a loud bang.
