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The following two weeks, Greg was keeping a little more distance from Camille. Nick's words resonated with him. He was dreading the thought of getting better. He dreaded the thought of being intimate with someone, which didn't make it easy for him to picture getting over his fears as something positive. It was quite a viscous circle. So while he wanted to get better, he also dreaded getting there.
While he was still looking forward to working with Camille, every time he found out she was going be at the scene with him, he got a little anxious. He tried to hide it as much as possible, but being a detective who had worked with victims for years she noticed the signs. She had no idea about Neil Novak and what happened to Greg, but figured it could have something to do with his wounds that were already fading.
Greg was just finished with his latest session with Dr. Reyes. It was quite an emotional session today. He was finally ready to talk about these fears he had of getting better and he had cried quite a lot while discussing it. Wiping away the tears on his face, he opened the door to walk out. He bumped into someone as he walked through the doorway. "...Sorry." He had his head down and didn't look at the person.
"...Greg, hey. What... What are you doing here?" Camille had a surprised look on her face.
Greg's face impression showed more shock than surprise. Terror, even.
"Do you work on the..." She stopped talking as she noticed the tears on his cheeks. They stood there in awkward silence until Dr. Reyes walked up to them.
"Is everything alright, Greg?", the psychiatrist asked. "...Hello, can I help you?"
"Uh yeah, I... uhm... Sorry. I-I'm Detective Linus, I need to talk to you about one of your clients. The name's... Uhm, sorry, I... I wrote it..." She grabbed a notepad out of her pocket, her hands shaking nervously. "Dana Kelley."
Dr. Reyes frowned as her eyes kept looking at Greg. "Sure. Greg, do you want to come back in for a moment before I help out detective Linus?"
He shook his head. "No, I... I need to go."
"...No, Greg. Wait, I..." Camille walked two steps towards him, but he quickly walked out.
The following shift, Greg was awfully quiet around Nick. He hadn't told his friend about his awkward encounter with Camille at Dr. Reyes' practice yet. He was ashamed and confused and wanted to figure out what to do about it on his own. But they had already worked with Camille today and the tension between the two was obvious. As the CSIs were walking through the lab's halls, Nick tried to ask him about it. "Hey, did you notice anything wrong with Camille?"
Greg stepped into the locker room. "...No." Noticing this answer caused only more suspicion, he added, "Why? Did you?"
"Yeah, I think so." Nick opened his locker. "She seemed sad."
"...Sad?" Greg had a thoughtful look on his face. Nick kept talking for almost two minutes, but Greg didn't listen. He was lost in his thoughts, staring into his opened locker.
"...But maybe something's wrong in her private life," Nick finished his thought. He closed his locker, which startled Greg. "Sorry. ...didn't mean to scare you."
"You didn't." He sighed. "Nick... She knows."
"Knows what?" Nick sat down on the bench to tie his shoelaces.
"About me."
Nick raised his eyebrows. "What? You... You told her?"
Greg leaned against his locker. "Not exactly. She needed to talk to Dr. Reyes about a case. I just walked out of there, it was weird."
"Wow. So you told her... everything? About Novak and Juno?"
Greg shook his head as he looked away in embarrassment. "I left without saying a word. I feel so stupid. So embarrassed."
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about and you know that. Everyone else at the station knows. Besides, it was only a matter of time for her to find out."
"I know, but I was hoping to have a few more months before she started treating me differently."
"Maybe she won't."
"She already does. She avoided me today, you noticed it, too."
"...But that's because she doesn't know what's going on. You walked out without explaining anything, she's confused and probably scared she might say the wrong thing. Talk to her, then you'll find out how she'll react and how she'll treat you afterwards."