And another chapter. Sorry this one's up a bit later than the others were! (Be warned it's very fluffy.)
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Half Past Now
Greg left the lab feeling worse than he had in a long time. He moved unlocked his car blindly as he thought over the events of the past fifteen minutes. Liz had seemed happy to see him but then had turned suddenly very angry with him, forcing him to leave. He couldn't help but wonder what it was that he'd done. He remembered the last time they talked—at her wedding with Marty. He'd been blindsided by the invitation but happy to oblige.
He lowered his head in his hands and rubbed them over his hair a moment after he was in the car. He just couldn't figure out what was up with Liz. She'd never been that cold with him before. He sighed again and started his engine hoping he'd solve the mystery eventually.
The ride back to his apartment was uneventful until the last ten seconds or so when he realized Nick's car was parked in front of his unit, he smiled and parked happily beside it. They had long passed the place where each other's home's weren't their own as well, but hadn't moved in together. Neither one had ever seriously mentioned that—yet.
The lights were off when he went inside but Nick's dog was there to greet him. It was a golden lab by the name of Stewie. Greg greeted him with a pat on the head and made his way back through the apartment to let him run briefly in the community backyard. The sun was high in the sky at that point, so it wouldn't be hard for him to find any puppy prizes and clean them up before the neighbors noticed.
It seemed as though Stu, as Greg called him, had the same idea as him though because he wasn't interested in being anywhere but the bedroom. Greg petted the dog again gently and agreed, it was time for them to join Nick for bed. Greg pulled his shirt off from over his head and dropped it in the laundry room (something he wouldn't have bothered to do if Nick hadn't been there) and then stepped out of his shoes leaving them on the floor in the laundry room too. At Nick's house this wasn't a "leave all" for unwanted clothing particles but a den for Stu. Greg had never been a dog person, but he'd put his foot down about that when they were at his house, Stu got to sleep wherever he wanted.
Nick heard the two of them enter the room as Stewie found his way to Nick's side of the bed and curled up on the floor beneath him. "Greggo, that you?"
"Yeah, just got in," he said, chuckling a bit at Nick. The man had left the crime lab all of thirty five minutes ago and had managed to stop at his own home before coming there. How could he already be sleeping like a child? It always took Greg at least an hour to wind down. "Go back to sleep."
"Okay," Nick said, as he curled back into his pillow. Greg really couldn't understand how he was so asleep already and was contemplating it when he was taken by surprise—Nick had grabbed him by the forearm and pulled him onto the bed. The only explanation he got was Nick whispering, "I'll go back to sleep but only if you're sleeping next to me."