Fic: Take a Break, Chapter 1 (CSI, Nick Stokes / Greg Sanders)
Title: Take a Break, Chapter 1
Fandom: CSI
Pair: Nick Stokes / Greg Sanders
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
Feedback: Always Welcome
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“Is that okay with you?” Nick asked. He waited few minutes, and waved his hand
in front of Greg’s face.
“Did you say something?” Greg snapped back from his trance.
“I was talking about tomorrow. Chuck’s okay?”
“Yeah, fine.” Greg shrugged. “And then the next question.”
“What next question?”
“Well, usually it`s: Warrick`s coming too, you don’t mind, do you?”
“I didn’t-”
“And it means that you’ve already invited him to go with us.”
Nick stared at him. “How did you know that?”
“From experience. If he has a night off when we do, you drag him along.”
“I don’t always do that.”
“When was the last time we went anywhere without Warrick?”
Nick thought about it. “When we went to the movies last week.”
“You mean when we were supposed to go to the movies. When you got called to
work and I went to see it alone. Have you ever noticed that when we got plans
together I don’t drag my friends with me?”
“That`s different.”
“How is that different?”
“Well… What do have against Warrick?”
“I have nothing against Warrick except that he’s always around! We don’t have that
much time for ourselves, and I would like to spend some of that alone with my so
called boyfriend. That shouldn’t be too much to ask.”
“We spend time alone.”
“I meant time alone outside of my bedroom. Or would you like to drag him
there too?”
“That’s unfair-”
“Nick, I got a desk full of samples, and if I don’t get to work people are gonna
start yelling at me.”
“I’m not leaving until we settle this.”
“Fine. I’ll settle it. You’ll go to Chuck’s with Warrick, I’ll spend the night
with my own friends. I never really liked Chuck’s anyway.”
“G-”
“Get to work. We’re still on the clock.”
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Nick came back to the DNA lab ten minutes before the end of the shift.
“Babe?”
“Hey.”
“You want to go for breakfast?” Nick suggested.
“Who`s coming?”
“Just the usuals.”
“Meaning you, Catherine, Sara and Warrick.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“If we weren’t dating I wouldn`t even be invited to go along, and I’ve been seeing
Warrick more than I would like to lately.”
“You’re exaggerating.”
“I can’t leave anyway. I promised Grissom I would get his samples done before
I leave.”
“I can wait.”
“No need. I’ll just go straight home and get some sleep.”
“I can meet you there after breakfast.”
Greg snapped his gloves off and sat down in front of a monitor.
“I said I wanted to get some sleep. Besides, I’m not in the mood.”
“I didn’t say anything about sex!”
“That’s the only thing we seem to do together.”
“That’s not true.”
“It is. When we’re outside of the lab, there’s always someone else around, usually
Warrick. I hate to break it to you but you’re not a teenage girl who needs her best
friend to hold her hand all the time.”
“Ready to go?” Warrick peeked in.
“Yeah, just a minute.”
“No, I think we’re done here.” Greg interrupted.
“Rick, can you give us a minute?”
“Yeah.” Warrick gave them a suspicious glance. ”Sure. I’ll see you in the lobby.”
He left and Nick closed the door.
“You can’t be serious about this.”
“Nick.” Greg took a deep breath. “When we’re together we’re having sex.
When we’re not in bed you do anything to avoid being alone with me.
What am I supposed to think?”
“I don’t try to avoid you!”
“Well you definitely don’t make any effort to spend time with me. You want to
hang out with Warrick? That’s fine, but not when it keeps us apart all the time.
He’s your friend, he doesn’t mind if you sometimes say No, or make plans without
him.” Greg rubbed him temples. “You know what’s funny about this whole thing? My
last relationship went to the dogs because we we’re always together and got bored.
And now this thing is heading to the rocks because we don’t have any time together.”
“What do you mean `heading to the rocks`, we`re fine aren’t we?” Nick looked like
he was about to panic.
“I don’t know. Are you happy with me?”
“Of course I am!”
“Well…. I’m happy when we’re together but rest of the time…. I think we need to
take a break.”
“A break?”
“Yeah. You should go, Warrick`s waiting.”
TBC