Accidental Audio (Around the same time as Greg's.)

[alwaystakenotes]

Greg! Come back! I thought we were just gonna forget about it!

Can't we talk about this?!

...I don't think he's gonna come back. That was harsh.

...

You okay, Tory?

...damn it.

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[ponchotexas]

... Tory? What's going on?

[ponchotexas]

Greg.

[Well, at least he wasn't dancing around the subject. At least not completely.]

[alwaystakenotes]

....there are a million questions about Greg that I might or might not freak out about.

[Delaying tactics, but he's not honestly sure on some of them.]

[ponchotexas]

Well... I'm not going to not ask. It's a valid question.

[alwaystakenotes]

...what is it?

[Still focused on the screen, blasting away.]

[ponchotexas]

Are you interested in him?

[Some how he knows if Tory figures out exactly what he's getting at, there's going to be a very large explosion on the screen.]

[alwaystakenotes]

[The moment draws itself out for a long, long time.

And then Tory splutters, mashing a bunch of buttons before dropping his controller, a loud explosion coming from the screen before the words 'GAME OVER' appeared.]

What?!

[ponchotexas]

[Called it]

Just what I said. Are you? Seriously, be honest, because keeping it to yourself isn't working so great right now.

[alwaystakenotes]

No! I'm not! I'm not interested at all! Why would I be?!

[Doth not the boy protest too much?]

[ponchotexas]

[sigh. y so difficult, Tory]

Because you're not the only one.

[flicking a popcorn kernel at the TV screen, Nick leans back on the couch, staring at the screen distantly.]

[alwaystakenotes]

[Because if it was easy, he'd have admitted this months ago.]

I mean, it's jus-

Wait...

What?

[ponchotexas]

[Nick shrugs again]

Even before he was here I knew I didn't stand a chance. Granted I didn't always like him. He was kind of... annoying when he was younger, and the way he acted like the lab was 'his' pissed more than a few people off, but...

I'unno... he impressed me a lot when he decided to become a CSI. Working with him, I got to find out he wasn't just some spazzy geek. He's actually got a good head on his shoulders.

[alwaystakenotes]

[Stares at Nick, looking...well, more dumbfounded than anything.]

...really?

[ponchotexas]

What? You think I'd like 'bout something like this? Hell no.

It sucks. It sucks a lot. It's hard to see past that person when it feels like they're all you could ever care about. Even harder to admit it, to yourself or to some one else.

[there's another sigh, and a sad smile]

But he's happy with Sabine. He's got his family here. I'm glad for that. We all went through a lot of crap in the past couple of years and he deserves to be happy, even if it's been a bumpy road for him so far.

[alwaystakenotes]

[He's silent for several moments and looked away.]

...I don't know.

[ponchotexas]

Look... think about it, but don't keep ignoring it. You're the only one who can figure it out and you're not gonna do that by acting like there's nothing there at all. There's something. I can tell. Even if I'm not exactly right.