Forever Is As Far As I Could Go

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Title: Forever Is As Far As I Could Go
Author: Jaxson K.
Pairing: Nick/Greg, plus a few others
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Warning: This is a death!fic, just not in the way you might think.....

 

 

 

Nick was amazed at how time seems to fly. Just before he left for work, Greg had reminded him that their 6 month anniversary was coming up. Nick couldn't believe it had been 6 months already. He went in a little early tonight because he was looking forward to talking with Jamison about what he should get for Greg.

 

Nick was shocked to find someone else in Jamison's place when he got there. Nick went to find Grissom to ask him what was going on. Grissom explained that Jamison was ill and would be out for about a week. He thought Nick was already aware, but didn't miss the look of uncertainty that crossed Nick's face. Nick commented that he hadn't talked to Jamison except for work in a while, and that he didn't even realize Jamison was ill.

 

Grissom commented that the night Jamison took ill, he was at work, and that since Nick was his emergency contact, they had tried to contact him. Grissom knew that it was Nick's night off, but they called anyway. Several voice messages were left, but Nick didn't call back. Grissom had Catherine take Jamison to the emergency room, and then she took him home. This had happened 2 days ago, and Nick was just finding out about it now. Nick thanked Grissom and went on his way.

 

As soon as he could, Nick called Greg. When asked about the phone calls, Greg admitted to deleting the voice mail, but stated that he thought they were just calling Nick in to work, and he wanted to spend some extra time with Nick. Nick explained what the calls were really in reference to, and Greg got irritated.....

“Oh, so you're really pissed because this was about Jamison?”

“Greg, I'm not pissed, I just don't understand why you get so upset over Jamison...”

“Come on, Nick, he ain't right! There is something creepy about the dude.....”

“Greg, I've known him for years.....I just wish you would give him a chance.....”

“I've tried...”

“Greg, let's not fight right now....I gotta get back to work. We'll talk about this later, 'k?”

“mm'kay, Nicky.....”

“I'll see you soon....”

 

When Nick thought about the conversation later, he realized that Greg had had a problem with Jamison from the beginning. Surely he couldn't be jealous, could he? As far as Nick knew, Greg had no reason to be jealous of Jamison. There had never in all the years that Jamison and Nick had known each other ever been any inappropriate behavior on either part. Hell, Jamison and Nick had been skinny-dipping before. No problem. They had even slept in the same bed before when Nick was too drunk to drive home. They had all showered in the communal showers at work before. Point was that if Jamison was interested, surely he would have said something by now.

 

Nick was still a bit irritated about Greg and the phone thing, but he told himself to calm down. He couldn't help but feel he was on to something, though. It seemed that every time Nick had Jamison join he and Greg for dinner, or a movie, or whatever, Greg always found something to end the evening early for, or some excuse to complain, or whatever. After a while, Jamison just stopped accepting Nick's invitations, and at the time, Nick just thought that Jamison was just being nice and giving Nick extra time with Greg. Nick was so wrapped up in Greg that he didn't even realize that he had neglected his friend so badly until tonight when he came back from 3 days off and found out that his friend was ill. Nick decided that when he got off work in the morning, he was going to see Jamison and check on him.

 

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. We all know that. Nick didn't get a chance to check on Jamison the next morning because he ended up working a double. When he finally got away from the lab, all he wanted to do was go home and sleep. After sleeping a solid 12 hours, Nick felt almost human again. He got up and went looking for Greg. He found a note telling him that Greg had gone to the grocery store and would be back soon. Nick remembered that he had wanted to check on Jamison, and went to call him.

 

Jamison answered on the third ring sounding like Death warmed over. Nick was shocked to hear his friend sounding so ill.....

“Hey, buddy...”

“What's doin', Tex?”

“Just called to check on ya and see how you were...”

“Dude, I been better. This stomach flu is a motherfucker!”

“So when do you go back to see the doctor?”

“Tuesday afternoon at 2:30...”

“Do you need a lift?”

“No, Tex...I got this.....”

“Bud, you don't sound like you are in any shape to be trying to drive. Let me give you a lift....”

“No, Nick, I got this. Look, I really need to go....Talk to ya later.”

And with that, Jamison hung up the phone. Nick looked at the phone like a crazy man. Jamison had just rushed him off the phone. But in light of recent events, it was probably because he had to rush to answer a call of nature or something. Nick didn't seem overly concerned. It wasn't until after everything that came after was over that Nick realized Jamison had called him 'Nick' instead of 'Tex'. That wasn't like his friend, sick or not.

 

When Greg returned from the grocery store, Nick decided to go ahead and ask about the deleted phone messages. Greg told Nick why he had done it, and Nick decided to leave it at that. He had other things in mind for Greg besides arguing.

 

When Jamison returned to work the following week, he and Nick got a rare chance to sit down and talk alone. Nick apologized about not being there when he was needed, but Jamison just shrugged it off. He asked Nick about how things were with Greg, and Nick explained that things were great. Jamison noticed how Nick's face lit up when Greg was mentioned, and he made a mental note. The conversation lasted a little while longer, and then the men had to get back to work.....

 

 

To be continued.....