Title: Greg's Christmas Wish
By: Rhardin
Pairing: Nick/Greg
Summary: Nick and Greg are talking about if they could have just one wish. Nick is shocked when he hears Greg's holiday wish. Now he's going to make it come true. Just a little hoilday fluff!
Beta'd by my sweet girls El-Gilliath and Catriona. Thanks ladies. You are the best!

Nick really shouldn't feel so guilty but he did. It wasn't like he'd tricked Greg into taking the sleeping pills. Greg hadn't slept in a few nights and was getting a headache.

"Why don't you take the pills?" Nick said rubbing Greg's temples.

"But it's our holiday vacation," Greg said, hoping his headache wouldn't turn into something worse.

"Well, if you take the pills and get some sleep then tomorrow, you will feel much better. We've got a bit of holiday shopping to do, and I really don't wanna go by myself. Not on Christmas Eve!" Nick said trying not to sound desperate. He needed Greg to take the pills.

"Fine, but only because I love you," Greg said. Nick almost jumped off the bed and ran into the restroom.

"Here you go," he said holding out the pills and a bottle of water. Greg looked at Nick.

"If I didn't know any better, I would think you here trying to drug me," Greg said taking the pills, followed by some water.

"No No, I just want you to feel better," Nick said, now feeling like an ass.

But it would be worth it. He again rubbed Greg's temples. It took about an hour for Greg to fall asleep. Nick waited a bit longer to be sure he was really sleeping and walked out of the room. He opened the closet and removed the two suitcases he'd been hiding from Greg. He walked out to the car, opened the trunk and placed them inside. He went back inside and got the gifts that he and Greg had wrapped and placed under the tree. He took them out to the car and placed them in the trunk as well. Again he went back inside and grabbed a blanket and a pillow and placed them in the driver's seat.

He started the car and turned on the heat so it wouldn't be cold. He then walked into the kitchen and got out his thermos and filled it with hot coffee. He got a mug and grabbed the bag of snacks he also hidden from Greg. He again walked out to the car. He put them in the front seat moving it back just the way he wanted. He then walked over to the passenger slide and opened the door. Then he went back inside to the bedroom.

Greg was snoring softly. Nick knew he was sound asleep-dead to the world. The sleeping pills did their job perfectly. He lifted Greg into his arms and carried him outside to the car, where he carefully placed him into the seat and leaned him back. He put the pillow under his head and pulled the blanket up around him. He went back inside, turned off the lights and locked the front door. He climbed in the driver's seat and smiled. Greg was out cold.

He grinned as he put in a Garth Brooks CD and started the long drive to Colorado. Nick couldn't believe he'd pulled this off. That he'd planned the whole trip without Greg knowing anything about it. And now they were on the road and Greg was passed out. Nick knew he had a good 8 hours before the pill would wear off and Greg would wake up. He had planned this down to a tee. He took a sip of the coffee and hummed along with his CD.

Nick wiped a tear from his eye. He pulled Greg closer to him.

Greg opened his eyes and looked up at Nick

"What's wrong?" Greg asked in a sleepy voice. He looked at the TV. "Oh my god!" he said seeing '3 Wishes' on the screen.

"What? It's sad, those kids are going to die and she's giving them their last wish." Nick said turning away from Greg.

"Oh poor baby," Greg teased. "Did the TV show make you cry?"

"Leave me alone, I've seen you cry at sappy TV shows." Nick said getting up.

"Nick don't go, I'm sorry, I was just teasing you. Honey come here, I'm sorry." Greg pleaded. "I was just playing with you." Nick stopped and walked back over to the couch. He sat down by Greg.

"It's really sad." He said. "What would your wish be?" He said as Greg curled up next to him.

"You're my wish." He said laying his head on Nick's chest.

"Oh that's so sweet, besides me, what would your wish be?" Nick asked.

"You go first," Greg said reaching over to take Nick's hand into his own.

"Ok," Nick paused. "Besides you..." Greg smiled and gave Nick's hand a squeeze.

"It's stupid really, but I've always thought it would be cool to go deep sea diving and see life under the ocean," Nick said. "I'd tell my parents that's what I wanted to do on my birthday every year." Nick said. "Ok your turn, What is Greg's big wish?"

Greg looked down at Nick's hand.

"I've..." He paused. "You know how you see on T.V." Greg started to say. He stopped.

"What hon, tell me, I want to know?" Nick said.

"I've always wanted a big family Christmas dinner," Greg said. "You know where everyone is there, you go and cut down a tree and drink hot cocoa and you all go to bed and wake up first thing, and everyone rushes downstairs and tears in the gifts that Santa brought? And there's a nice warm fire-it's cold because of the snow. And then you go outside and make snow angels and snowmen while dinner is being cooked." Greg said softly.

"Really?" Nick said shocked. "What did your parents do for Christmas?"

"Not much. I was an only child and my parents were older. So they just didn't have the engery for it. The last few years they didn't even get me a gift." Greg said getting sleepy again.

Nick kissed Greg's cheek and pulled him close.

"It's silly isn't it?" Greg said his eyes almost closed.

"No, it's not silly, not silly at all."

Nick parked the car. Greg was still sound asleep. Nick hoped the cold air wouldn't wake him up when he carried inside the cabin he'd rented. He got out and put on his jacket. He looked around and smiled. The snow made it look almost like day time.

"Need any help?" Nick turned seeing his sister standing in the doorway, rubbing his arm.

"Yeah sure," he said and popped the trunk. She walked down to the car.

"This is great Nick, I can't believe you did this for everyone." She said grabbing the suitcases.

"Honestly Jenny? I did it for him." He said looking into the car.

"Well, I don't care why you did, I'm just going to enjoy it." She said and went inside.

Nick walked over to Greg's side of the car. He opened the door and lifted him up. He went inside as fast as he could not wanting Greg to wake up. He made his way inside and into their room for the next few nights. He laid Greg on the bed. Greg moaned softly and turned onto his side.

"Did you drug him Nicky?" Jenny asked.

"Shh," Nick said walking out of the room. "Kinda, he got some sleeping pills, and luckily he hadn't slept in a few nights so he took a few." Nick said heading back out to the car. He picked up the gifts, Jenny took half and they went back inside.

"Where's mine?" She asked.

"You're looking at it sis." He said, putting the gifts in the corner. He pulled off his jacket and hung it up.

"So, where's the tree?" She asked.

"We'll cut it down tomorrow," Nick said now feeling tired himself. "He's going to have the best Christmas ever. We'll do the tree after breakfast and they do the whole Christmas Eve thing. Opening one gift and then Christmas Day." He said smiling.

"Man I wish I was your boyfriend," she said playfully.

"Everyone here?" He asked trying to hide a yawn.

"Yeah they're all asleep, you know me I can't sleep knowing my baby brother is out driving in the middle of the night." She said hugging him.

"Thanks sis, this means so much to me that you all came."

"Like I would say no to a free trip to Colorado." She said pushing him "Get some sleep. I bet your boyfriend will be awake soon." Nick nodded and kissed her on the cheek. He walked into their room, sat on the bed and pulled his shoes off, then slid off his jeans. He got into bed and pulled Greg close to him.

"It's cold," Greg whispered. Nick pulled the blanket up over them and closed his eyes.

Greg sat up in bed and looked around. He turned seeing Nick sound asleep. He got out of bed and walked over to the window. He stopped and slowly pulled the curtain open.

"Oh my god." He almost shouted but put his hand over his mouth.

Nick walked over to him and pulled him to him, his arm around his shoulder.

"Merry Christmas honey," he said softly.

"I..you…when…what I…I…??" Nick placed his finger on Greg's lip and pulled him in for a kiss.

"Come on I smell something good cooking." He said and pulled Greg forward by the arm.

"But, I, you, when?" Greg tried to say.

"My brother and all my sisters are here, with their family and kids," Nick said.

"You did this all for me?" Greg asked weakly.

Nick nodded. Greg couldn't fight the tears.

"No one's ever done anything like this for me," Greg said.

"No one's every loved you like I do," Nick said gently touching his face.

Nick wiped Greg's tears away.

"I can't believe you did this." He was looking at Nick.

"Come on lets go get something to eat, we got a big day ahead," Nick said and took Greg's hand. He led him into the kitchen.

"I was starting to think you two were going to sleep the whole day away," Jackie said as she was cooking breakfast. Nick licked his lips seeing pancakes, waffles, bacon, eggs, hash browns and sausages.

"Wow, that's a lot of food!" Greg said as Nick lead him to the table.

"We Stokes' love to eat," Jenny laughed. Her plate was already half empty. Greg watched as Nick loaded up two plates and sat one in front of him. He then got up and brought two cups of coffee.

"Eat up!" Jackie said. "Or you'll hurt my feelings!"

Greg nodded as Nick sat down next to him. He looked at Nick and smiled. Greg soon cleaned his plate and was told to get seconds. He did, along with another cup of coffee.

"The girls want to know when we're going to get the tree?" Amy asked. She was Nick's oldest sister and had been up and ready for hours, she had twin girls and they had all eaten and dressed.

"A tree?" Greg asked.

"Yep, so let's get dressed," Nick said picking up his and Greg's plates. He put them in the dishwasher and walked into their bedroom.

"We are going to chop down a tree?" Greg asked, barely hiding the excitement in his voice.

Nick nodded and opened the suitcase. He tossed Greg some clothes and the younger man was dressed before Nick had his pants on. He smiled as Greg pulled on his coat.

Nick couldn't stop smiling. Greg was up with the twins trying to find the prefect tree. They'd been walking around for about an hour now and Nick was starting to get cold. He could tell his sisters were too. Amy had stayed back at the cabin-she hated the cold and wanted to get the hot cocoa and sandwiches ready for when they returned. She also said there where a few things she needed to do for tomorrow.

"This is the one," April said, her sister May nodded. Greg looked at the tree and he nodded as well.

"It's about time," Jenny said rubbing her arms.

"Oh now, you whine every year," Nick said walking up to the tree. He handed Greg an Axe. "But no one made you come."

"OH please like I want to stay back and help Amy cook" She asked.

"You want me to do it?" Greg asked not taking the Axe.

"Yeah, it easy, just hit it," Nick said. Greg took hold of the Axe. "Hold it like a baseball bat," Nick said. He was sure Greg had never done this before. Nick and Kevin always fought over who got to cut their tree down. But this year Kevin said nothing. Nick watched as Greg went to work and after 10 min and a bit of coaching the tree fell to the group. The twins screamed and ran to their daddy, but a cheer went up once they got over the loud noise.

"Ok, Kevin you get to drag it back," Nick said patting him on the back.

"I don't think so; your boyfriend cut the tree down." Kevin said he took the axe from Greg.

"How do we get it back?" Greg asked.

Nick smiled and the four men lifted the tree and carried it back.

"Oh man," Mike said sitting down.

"Our daddy is strong," the twins said and ran inside.

"I got everything ready," Amy said walking outside.

Nick sat next to Mike breathing a bit hard.

"Look at him; he's not out of breath at all." Kevin said, pointing to Greg as joining them on the steps. "Next time we pick the tree right next to the house."

"That's why I went for a younger man," Nick said seeing Greg blush a little. He was so excited he didn't think he could stand it.

After a short break, they got the tree inside. Everyone took turns picking out something from the boxes that Amy had brought, and placing it on the tree. As they waited for their turn they sipped on home made cocoa and ate the sandwiches that she had made.

Greg got to put the tree toper on and plug in the lights. The twins jumped up and ran around the tree shout Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree. The he stepped back and looked his first ever tree. He swallowed hard not wanting to cry in front of Nick's family and turned to look at Nick himself, who walked over to him.

"This is a dream come true," Greg whispered.

"You're worth it," Nick said kissing him. He wrapped his arms around Greg's shoulders. He pulled away from the kiss but pulled Greg closer to him so Greg could rest his head on Nick's chest. Everyone looked up as the door opened.

"Sorry we're late, we couldn't find the place!"

Nick looked up. "Mom, Dad," he said pulled away from Greg and walked over to his parents.

"Why… I thought you weren't going to come?" He said.

"Nick, it's Christmas," his mom said. "Our whole family is here so why would we miss it?"

The twins ran to their grandparents and kissed them.

Nick looked at his father. His father eyed the young man he guessed was Greg.

"Mom, Dad, I'd like you to meet Greg," Nick said. Nick's mom walked over to him and hugged him.

"Welcome to the family," she said.

"Thanks," Greg said. Then he looked at Nick's dad, who held out his hand to Greg

"Nice to meet you" he said, shaking the man's hand before looking at Nick. Nick walked over to him and took his hand.

"Nick, if this young man makes you happy then, we are happy for you." his father said. Nick looked at him, then at his mom.

"He does" Nick said squeezing Greg's hand. "Let's start a fire" He said and pulled Greg to the fireplace.

"So they are ok with us?" Greg said, watching Nick place a few logs in the fireplace.

"I guess they changed their minds" Nick said. He got some newspaper and put it in between the logs and lit them. He took Greg's hand again and pulled him over to a couch.

"Shouldn't we...?" Greg started.

"No, I told them watch to accept if they can" Nick said lying down. Greg curled up next to him. Everyone settled in around the fire. Nick held Greg close. He had never seen Greg so happy. He played with his hair, while listening to his father tell some crazy story from a Christmas long before any of the children were born. Amy and Mike carried the sleeping twins back to their room. Amy returned with another box.

"Stockings," she said pulling them out hanging them over the fireplace. Nick was sure that Greg's heart skipped a beat when she pulled one out for him. Nick held Greg's hand as now Mike was telling some story about the twins first holiday. Amy had had them on Dec 22nd so they couldn't come home for Christmas that year.

"I'm going to get a drink," Nick said as Greg sat up. Greg nodded before Nick even asked. Nick walked into the kitchen and got two beers out of the fridge as his mother walked in.

"Why did you change your mind?" Nick asked.

"You love him, Nick, I've never seen you like this. And for you to do all this just for him. I know he's here to stay. Your father and I don't want to loose you. We love you and will learn to love him too."

Nick smiled at her. "Thanks Mom," he said now, getting what he wanted for Christmas. He hugged her and kissed her cheek, then pulled away and smiled at her again before going back into the living room.

Slowly one by one, Nick's family went off to bed. He and Greg were the last ones still awake. Nick knew that his mom and Amy would be up first to fill the stockings and add 'Santa's' gifts under the tree.

"You ready for bed, not that I can sleep?" Greg asked sitting up.

"Not yet...see, you said something about snow angels and snowman." Nick said standing up.

"Well that's not what my family does. And I don't think anyone will want do play in the snow. So..." Nick pulled Greg up and led him the back door. Somehow their coats were there waiting. Nick helped Greg put his on and then put his own on too.

"I can't believe you did all this for me," Greg said as Nick led him out into the woods. He found a clearing and then looked at Greg.

"This is your thing," he said. Greg tossed his arm out and fell over into the snow. He moved his arm just so, trying to make the prefect snow angel. Nick smiled and did the same as Greg. Greg laid still and looked up.

"They stars are so clear here," he said. "I don't think I've ever seen so many at one time"

Nick nodded as if Greg could see what he was doing. He reached into his pocket and grabbed the small box. He sat up. He laughed as Greg had moved to a new spot and was making another snow angel.

Nick waited for Greg to stand up.

"This is prefect," Greg said. "Just like… "He stopped.

"Greg," Nick was down on one knee. "You are the most wonderful thing that was ever happened to me. I can't even imagine my life without you in it. You make me who I am. Without you I would be nothing. I don't ever want to loose you. I want you to be with me for the rest of my life." He pulled out the ring.

"Greg will you please marry me?" He asked as softly he could, while holding back his tears.

Greg was shaking from head to toe. He had to remind himself to breathe. He could only nod as Nick placed the ring on his finger. He pulled Nick up and kissed him.The pulled away from the kiss turning it into a hug. He held Nick as tight and as close as he could.

"I love you Nick," Greg said his voice almost lost in the wind.

"You're shaking," Nick said and pulled him away. "Let's go inside, it's cold."

"Nick wait," Greg said. "You know before I met you, I thought I was going to be alone forever. I thought there was something wrong with me. That I didn't know how to love someone and then you came into my life and showed me. You've shown me so many things. I wouldn't be who I am without you. I need you more than you'll ever know..." He paused wiping his eyes. "So yes, yes, I will marry you."

Nick smiled. He pulled Greg close and they walked to the house, hand in hand.

Greg could hardly remember his first Christmas day. He kept looking down at the ring on his finger. He did remember the look on Nick's face when he opened his gift and saw a book called "Deep Sea Diving for Dummies". And the deep kiss they'd shared in front of Nick's whole family. Greg only remembered the night before.