Thank you guys so much for reading, reviewing and enjoying this story! You'll find out what really happened that night with Spencer and Greg, but I can't tell you when you'll find out... ;)


Greg wasn't as concentrated as he should be while working at a murder scene. He made some stupid mistakes. He was just about to pick up a knife that was used as a murder weapon, but Nick stopped him. "Hey. I didn't take a picture yet, don't touch it."

"Right, sorry..."

"Are you alright? You look horrible."

"I'm fine," he replied without looking at his colleague. He turned around to the body. "What's that?" He wanted to roll the body over to get what was lying underneath.

"Hey!" Nick said. "What the hell are you doing?"

"What?" Greg asked startled.

"David's not here yet, you know we have to wait for him before we roll the body around."

Greg gave Nick a fake smile. "Sorry."

Nick sighed annoyed as he walked over to his kit to put a piece of evidence in. When he did, he noticed a piece of evidence Greg put in. "Greg? What does that look like to you?"

Greg raised an eyebrow. "Well, where I come from we call it a shoe," he replied sarcastically. "Why?"

"Because you labeled it as 'shirt', smart ass."

"Oh, sorry."

"How about you stop apologizing and start explaining?"

"Explain what? I made a mistake, is all."

"You made at least five mistakes since we got here. You don't make these kinds of mistakes usually."

He shook his head. "Let's just get this done."

"You're not mad about what I said about Spencer, are you?"

"No..." Greg said repentant. "Okay... I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to give you the chance to say you were right, but I have to tell somebody, so... Spencer came by yesterday..." Greg went on to tell Nick everything that happened, at least anything he knew. There were still a lot of questions unanswered.

"Do you think he spiked your drink or something?" Nick asked rather calm but worried.

"I have no idea, but it's weird, right?"

" 'Weird' might not cover it. He's a cop, you're a CSI. You're supposed to trust him with your life. How can you do that after something like that happens?"

"Well, maybe he didn't lie. Maybe he doesn't know what happened, either. Maybe..."

"That's a lot of maybes." Nick rolled his eyes. "I think it's time you let Russell know about this."

"What? No! Nick, I can't do that. Not when I'm not even sure what happened. It's easy to jump to conclusions, but that doesn't mean we're right."

Again, Nick rolled his eyes. "Will you at least finally keep a distance to this lunatic?"


Greg really wanted to keep a distance, but Spencer was not one that made it easy. When Greg and Nick arrived back at the lab, Spencer was already waiting for him. "Greg, can we talk?"

Nick and Greg shared a look. Nick promised Greg not to tell anyone, and not to let Spencer know that he told him.

"Now's not a good time," Greg replied while walking past Spencer.

He stopped Greg by grabbing his arm. "Please."


"What do you want?" Greg and Spencer walked into the empty break room.

"I want to know why you're angry with me. Did I do something wrong?"

Greg rolled his eyes without answering the question.

"I told you already, I'm not in love with you. That's what's bothering you, right? I'm sure Nick said something and now you doubt my word."

"It's not what Nick said, it's what happened last night."

"Okay, I admit last night was weird. But I'm in the dark about what happened just like you!"

Greg sighed. Spencer seemed sincere, but still, how could he not know how he ended up half naked in Greg's bed? "I'm sorry, but it doesn't really matter what exactly happened. All I know is that I don't feel comfortable around you anymore..."

Spencer had a sad look on his face. "How can I change that?"

"Just leave me alone, alright?" The wounds Julian and Neil Novak caused Greg had already healed, but they left some scarring behind. He tried not to let these things influence him too much, but in this case, he was sure, he needed to protect himself. He didn't trust Spencer anymore.

"But... We're friends. You'll let one weird, unexplainable night destroy our friendship?" Spencer was getting quite upset. He almost yelled.

Greg shrug his shoulders. "I don't know what else to do."

"You know what? Screw you! You have serious trust issues you should work on! You're acting childish!"

"I don't mean to hurt your feelings, Barry..."

"...It's because of that guy, right? This lab tech. You really think I'm obsessed with you, huh? That I'd do what he did. That's messed up, dude! You really think I'm capable of something like this?"

"No, I..." Greg tried to explain that this wasn't Spencer's fault, but he didn't get the chance to.

"You're quite cocky, you know? Not everybody wants you as bad as this psycho did! Grow up, Greg, we're not all your enemies." Spencer left the room. He managed to make Greg feel like a complete idiot. He quickly started doubting his decision, but it felt right. He didn't want to risk anything with Spencer and thought going with his gut was a good idea. Still, the harsh words he just heard got him to thinking.


Four days later, Greg still couldn't stop thinking about his talk with Spencer. He couldn't stop talking about it, either, much to Nick's annoyance.

"What if he was sleepwalking? Maybe he really doesn't know why..." Greg said while him and Nick were driving to a crime scene.

"Okay, stop it! I can't listen to this anymore! All your made-up excuses for this guy don't make any sense. Let's just assume for a moment that he didn't know what he was doing when he took off his clothes and got into bed with you. He still did it. That's enough reason for you to keep a distance. Given your experience with Julian, it's perfectly normal you're wary of Spencer's intentions. Stop feeling bad about it, you did nothing wrong."

"But he said he didn't love me, that he only wanted to be friends... It's not fair to compare him to Julian."

"He should understand if he was your friend."

"You didn't see his face when he realized what I was trying to tell him. I insulted him in the worst way possible." Greg had a guilty look on his face.

"Look, it's bad it had to end like that, but I'd rather have you hurt his feeling than him hurting you in any way."

"You're only feeling that way because you hate him," Greg replied with a smile on his face.

Nick laughed. "Not only because of that. But yeah, I can't stand the guy."


When they arrived at the scene, Spencer was already waiting for them. He was one of the officers assigned to the case. "Body's over there, follow me," he said without showing any emotions.

Greg was obviously rather embarrassed and didn't know how to act towards him. It was the first time since their talk that he saw Spencer.

They walked over to the body who was hanging down the ceiling. David was already there. "Hey Nick, could you give me a hand?"

"Sure, Superdave." Nick walked over to help David get the body down.

"I already took a look at the other one. You can start there, Greg," David said while pointing towards the backyard.

"...Other one? There's two bodies?" Greg asked surprised.

"Didn't Russell tell you? Looks like a murder-suicide."

Nick and Greg shared a look. Both knew what this meant.

"Follow me, Greg," Spencer said in a weird tone. "I'll show you the body."


They walked out in the backyard. A dead woman was lying there. "Looks like her throat's been cut..." Greg said while walking up closer to her.

"Yeah, and she's been stabbed in the back..." Spencer gave Greg a look.

"I don't see a stab wound in the back..."

"Figuratively, I mean."

Greg rolled his eyes a bit. Spencer was being the one who acted childish, he thought. "The dead man didn't have any blood on him, and the blood drops lead away from her, over the fence... There goes the murder-suicide theory."

Spencer rolled his eyes. "Great, now we have to take a nice walk together..."