Two weeks passed before Nick walked through the doors into the orphanage again, knowing that Greg was working a double and wouldn't see him there. Something had changed since the day he had last been; the sight of Greg as he held the boy, talked about him the days to follow, the smile he got when Nick knew he was thinking about him, Nick felt a sense of pride. He also felt like he was missing something and he couldn't put his finger on it. He smiled at the front desk girl. "Hi, is uh, is Sister Meredith available?"

She nodded. "I can page her for you, have a seat." She smiled and pointed to the chairs next to the wall. He muttered a quick

Thank you' and made his way over fiddling with his hands until he heard his name.

"Well Hello Nick, good to see you again. How may I help you?"

He stood to shake her hand. "Hello sister." He smiled. "I was just in the area and I, well Greg, and I well yeah…" She laughed at him and he felt silly, he really wasn't sure why he found himself standing in front of her.

"So Greg?" She promted him.

"He comes by a lot, to see Aidan, doesn't he?"

"Almost everyday."

"Yeah, I kinda figured. He does this thing…this smile he gets, well I guess it's not important. But seeing him in here the other day with him…I was wonderin' if I could meet him?" He chuckled. "I guess I want to size up my competition."

She laughed. "Of course you can. The children are just coming in for afternoon nap. Aidan doesn't take one or he can't sleep at night. He'd probably enjoy your company, I hope you like puzzles."

He followed her to what he assumed to be a play room down the hall and she motioned for him to walk in. "If you are anything like your husband he won't have a problem with you."

Nick walked in slowly looking at the little boy at a small table, back to Nick. "He there little man." Nick said softly. Aidan turned and looked up at Nick squinting his eyes a bit as if sizing him up, it caused Nick to smirk and Aidan gave him a small smile before turning back around to focus on the table. Nick moved closer to the table. "Guess you've probably seen my picture too; really gotta figure out which picture Greg's been flashing of me."

He heard Aidan chuckle at Greg's name and Nick hesitantly sat down in one of the small chairs finding them very uncomfortable to sit on. "Whatcha working on kiddo?" He looked down at the puzzle the small boy was staring at and it took him a moment to process the fact that it was at least a thousand pieces, almost all were black and white except for a few shades of blue. Something Nick couldn't have done even if he tried. "Holy shit." He quickly looked at Aidan. "Sorry," he scanned the room for a sight of the nuns, "Wouldn't have been good if one of the sisters heard me would it?"

He looked up to Aidans face as he squinted hard, then opened his eyes wide before squinting at the pieces again; reaching out to pick up the corner piece to the bottom right, he placed it down on the table and Nick noticed that all the other corner pieces were in there respective spots already. He looked up to Nick with a face that was searching for approval.

Nick couldn't help but laugh and think of the similarities between Aidan putting a puzzle together and Greg working in the lab. Nick nodded to him, "It looks like you've got this all figured out then."

Aidan picked up a piece and handed it to Nick and pointed to the top left, where when placed, fit perfectly. "You are really something, you know that." He said softly. "You've got Greg wrapped around your finger something fierce."

Aidan looked up at Nick and gave him a sweet smile before looking back down to the table. They sat in silence for hours finishing the puzzle.

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Nick sat in his Truck staring at the wheel before reaching in his pocket to pull out his phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey Beth, It's Nick."

"Oh My God, Not Nick Stokes, Boy I thought you'd died or something!"

"Geez girl calm down, you're about to blow my ear drum."

"Well sorry, it's been forever since I've heard from you."

Nick laughed. "I know it's been a long time, sorry I went and moved to Vegas, started a career, and well you know got hitched and all. Speakin' of which; how's that rat bastard of an ex husband of yours doin'?"

"Still digging his way out of the divorce I buried his sorry ass in."

They shared an overdue laugh over the phone. "Well since things are less hectic on your end why don't you come visit us? Vegas could do you some good."

"Maybe sometime darling,' you know I'd come see you if I could. Now I know you didn't just call me to shoot the shit. What's on your mind?"

"I can't just call you up because I missed you?"

"No, you can't." She laughed.

"Alright you've got me. I need your help with something."

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I know it was short, I am sorry. However…..next chapter is the last chapter. YAY! Anyhooo thank you for reading my story and I hope you are still enjoying it.