Ok guys, I know its been too long and all that but my last computer broke and i no longer had this chapter, but i recently got it back and am posting it. sorry it took so long.

Previously:

"Nick," the Texan turned back to him, "Grissom is putting top priority on my kidnapping case." Hodges tilted his head.

"Why would he do that?" Greg looked around before answering.

"Because... It's Archie." The other man's jaws dropped and Nick nodded.

"Let me, uhm, just let me put all the evidence up and I'll be along." Greg nodded and headed back to Grissoms office.

Chapter 5

Greg stood in Grissoms office with the other CSI's as the older man tried calling Warrick again. With no success Grissom almost threw his phone down as he turned back to the rest of his CSI's.

"Well Warrick's MIA, so unless any of you know where he is we have to do this without him." Nick coughed and Greg looked down scuffing his foot on the floor. "Guys, do you know where he is?" Nick and Greg shared a glance and nodded at Grissom.

"He's uhm… well indulging." Nick said not looking at Grissom. "Plus it's his night off remember." Grissom sighed and nodded, taking his glasses off to rub the bridge of his nose.

"How much over time does he have?" They shrugged and Greg glanced at Nick again.

"Well Greg, Nick, will you two go get him? We'll need him to help find Archie." They nodded, turned and walked out past Catherine and Sara, who were giving them a look.

"Your car or mine?" Nick asked heading toward the parking garage.

"Yours, mines not done being processed remember." Greg chuckled and Nick smiled.

"Ya, sorry I forgot. Well come on, we need to hurry. I wanna get in, get out and get back."

"That's a lot of get's." They laughed and they were soon at the car. Once they were in Nick's car Greg slumped into the seat after buckling. "Hey Nicky, can I talk to you about something?" Nick looked over at the younger man and nodded.

"Of course."

"Ok, well…" He paused and tried to gather his thoughts. "See, the thing is… no… that's not right… well uhm… ugh! I don't know how to say it." He brought a hand up to his face and covered his eyes in frustration.

"Greggo, just spit it out, I am after all your bestfriend." Nick chuckled and glanced at Greg before turning back to backing out.

"I know, it's just I've never told anyone, and I thought it was a phase but it's not and I'm not sure what to do or what I'll do afterwards and I'm just…" He said quickly. "My chest hurts a lot too…" His voice was low and choked. Nick was pulling out of the garage so he had a chance to stop so the cars would drive by. He looked at Greg and noticed his face was starting to turn red and his eyes looked wet, like he was about to cry.

"Greg, what's wrong? What's going on?" A worried Nick asked, he hated it when something got his bestfriend down.

"It's…." He paused again. He knew he should tell Nick his secret, but he'd told no one before, he was sure someone might have guessed, but he didn't care he'd never told. "I think….. well it has to do with…" He paused again and Nick pulled out heading toward the furthest casino knowing Warrick would be there.

"Has to do with…?" Nick prompted.

"Archie."

"Ok, what about? I mean I know what's going on with his kidnapping, but there's something else isn't there?" Greg nodded and moaned his 'mhm' as an answer.

"Well…. I think … I think I love him." Nick looked over at Greg for a second. He figured he was gay, he knew he had flirted with Sara and Catherine as a cover. He knew but he never brought it up so that he wouldn't make Greg feel awkward. Archie though, Nick didn't figure he'd fall for the Asian.

"I know." Is all he said though, he hadn't known who it was that the blonde had fallen for, just that he had fallen. He looked over at the shocked Greg. "I knew about you being gay, it's no big deal, really." He paused for a second and chuckled. "You know, if I hadn't gotten with Mandy, I would have asked you out. I had the biggest crush on you for awhile, but then Mandy and I started dating and I fell for her, just like you've fallen for Archie, so, it's ok buddy." Greg sighed and sat back.

"That's a bit of a relief. I haven't told anyone my orientation, until now."

"Well, I'm glad you confided in me, it means a lot bud, now, here we are…." He looked around as he started to park. "There's his car, he's gotta be around here." Greg nodded and returned his mind to what they were doing. They parked and hurriedly made their way inside the nearest casino. They stood at the entrance, which was the highest point of the room. They surveyed the room in silence and Greg spotted Warrick after a minute.

"Found him."

"Found him." Greg said and pointed down into the crowd to Warrick's head weaving its way through the people around him. Nick nodded and watched until Warrick stopped at the bar, they both quickly made their way toward him. As Greg looked around someone caught his eye and he stopped short. Sam was standing by one of the slot machines with two bodyguards and a woman, a flashback of his dream came back to Greg. When Nick ran into Greg and almost knocking them over did Greg realize Sam had seen him and was walking his way.

"Nick, hurry." Greg said as he hurriedly walked over to Warrick.