Fic: Third Wheel, Chapter 6/8 (CSI, Nick Stokes / Greg Sanders)
Title: Third Wheel, Chapter 6/8
Fandom: CSI
Pairing: Nick Stokes / Greg Sanders
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
Feedback: Makes the World Turn
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Warrick selected a number from speed dial and waited.
“Stokes.”
“Hey, man, it`s me. Were you asleep?”
“I was about to. Greg`s already sleeping."
“Is everything okay?”
“Yeah, why?”
“They found Reeves’s car two blocks from your place. One eyewitness said he
was going to a motel, they’re checking it out right now. But after that they are
coming there to escort both of you to a safe location, just in case. If he’s not at
the motel, he may come to your place.”
“Okay, I’ll make sure we’re ready.” Suddenly a unpleasant feeling sneaked
into Nick’s mind. “Hold on a sec, I want to check something.”
Warrick hear footsteps and a door opening. “You still there?”
“Yea.“
"Remember that spare key I had outside the door? Between the doorframe
and the wall?”
“Yeah?”
“It’s not there.”
“When did you last check it?”
“Couple weeks ago.” Nick closed the door and walked back to the half lit apartment.
“It was there back then.”
“Listen, I’m on my way. Put the safety chain on and wait. I’ll call Carlson.”
“Okay, I’ll pack some of our stuff-” Nick turned around and listened. A sound of lock
turning was echoing to the living room. A soft thud of closing a door followed. He
could see an outline of a man walking walking out of the darkness, finally stopping
to the door of the living room.
“Nick, are you still there?”
Warrick pressed the phone closer the his ear. Then the call was cut.
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“You took the spare key, didn’t you?”
“I just wanted to see you. You brought me here, remember. And then you brought
him here, and suddenly I wasn’t welcome anymore. I know he’s here.”
“”Who?” Nick glanced nervously to the closed bedroom door.
“Greg! The bleach blond man stealing whore.”
“Listen to me. We`re alone. There’s nobody else here.”
Grant let out a desperate sigh. “They’ve told you all those lies. I know they have.
You don’t believe them, do you?”
“Are they wrong?”
“Of course they are!”
“Did you go off your meds?”
“I couldn’t do that anymore. They make you foggy, and you cant think straight.
You’re like a coma patient, cant feel anything. You know you should feel things
but you can’t.”
“Okay… What are you gonna do now?”
“I… I just wanted to see you. No matter how hard I’ve tried, you keep pushing
me away. Why do you do it?”
“I haven’t pushed you away. I’m worried about you.”
“Are you? Really?”
“Yeah. We can make things better. You haven’t done anything that cant be fixed.
You’ve sent few letters and you’ve broke a door. We can fix all of that. But if you
do something now, if you hurt somebody, I can`t help you. You have to stop here.”
“I can’t. I’ve gone too far. I can’t stop now even if I wanted to.”
“Yes, you can-”
“No.”
“Listen to me-”
“Nick, I said no!” Grant had reached to his coat pocket and was now dangling a
small handgun in his fingers. “Why do things have be so hard? I just wanted to
be happy. Why do people always try to come between me and my happiness?
It’s not fair.”
“Grant, nobody-”
“Yes, they do. I thought this time I could really do it. And then he came. Greg.
I knew you were mine, but he didn’t care. He could never make you happy, but
somehow he got to you. His sort always does that. Just like Martin.”
“Martin?”
“Martin. He worked in the same firm as Johnny. He knew Johnny was mine but
he didn’t care. He tried to come between us. Day after day. And I warned him.
I warned him! But he didn’t listen!”
“Is that why you tried to shoot him?” Nick asked as soothingly as he could.
“I was defending myself! He didn’t leave us alone! They all believed him. They
locked me up, so that he could take Johnny. I had nothing left, except myself.”
His sob turned into a fit of giggles. “And even that’s not very much anymore.”
Grant rubbed the gun against his own temple. “Then I met you. I didn’t think I
could love anyone like I loved Johnny, but when I met you I knew it was meant
to be. If that slut hadn’t come between us, everything would be fine. Think about
it. Everything that happens now is his fault.”
“Grant, listen to me. Do you trust me?”
“Of course I trust you.” Grant answered softly.
“Then let me help you. I’m here, you’re here, we can handle this. Give me
the gun. Please.”
Grant pondered Nick`s words. Finally a small smile appeared on his face.
He lifted his hand to give the gun to Nick.
Then it happened.
The bedroom door opened, and sleep tousled Greg walked out.
And all hell broke loose.
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“What’s going on?” Warrick jumped out of his car and marched to Carlson who
was Going through the situation with his men outside of the apartment building.
“Reeves is in the apartment. A neighbor had seen him going to the building.
We haven’t had any contact to them so far. We don’t wanna barge in without
knowing what the situation is.”
A gun shot echoed from the third floor apartment. Then another one.
After that everything went quiet.
TBC