Author Note – The Replicator aired this week in England, and the last scene made me think of this. She may not have been a main character, but I will miss her. Sorry if this is awful.
Compromising Situations
"I'm not sitting there," Spencer said gesturing at the offending chair.
"Hey Junior G-Man, hurry it up, all the new agents are beginning to look at us." Garcia told him, looking around as the rest of the conference hall filled up.
"You sit there then."
"Sorry Sweetness, I want the aisle." She shook her head at him, peering over the rim of her glasses. An amused smile came across her face as turned her attention to the two other members of their team already seated behind the seat Spencer adamantly refused to sit in. "This is all your fault, you know?"
"Baby Girl, we're all here for our own reasons." Morgan told.
"Yeah, Straus." Emily muttered from beside him, looking at her nails with interest, drawing a smirk from Morgan.
He looked back at Reid and gestured to the chair in front of him. "Kid, sit in the chair. They're about to start."
"There's no way I'm sitting in front of you two during a fraternisation and harassment seminar." Garcia smirked as she realised the reason for his hesitation. Emily and Morgan were easily bored and sitting quietly for a few hours listening to someone ramble on would make them fidget, and actively find distractions. Spencer would be their unwitting victim. She already saw the cheeky smile Emily tried to hide as she bit her lip, and she gave a small laugh.
"There's no other seats left, you need to sit down," Penelope told him, pushing him gently into the row of seats. "I'll protect you."
"Kid, why are you here anyway?"
"Um," Spencer started nervously, "I was demonstrating physics magic to one of the new agents and the rocket hit Section Chief Straus." Emily let out a laugh as she remembered when she had been on the receiving end of one of those projectiles. She could just imagine the look on Straus's face.
"What about you Pen?" Emily asked. The technical analyst became a little flustered.
"When Straus accompanied you on the last case, Morgan accidently dropped his phone," she was talking quite fast. "And I was ringing with an update; Straus heard it and answered when she saw it was me." She took a deep breath. "Thinking it was Morgan, I asked her what she was wearing."
"Baby Girl, you need to start checking who's on the other end of the phone."
"I know," Penelope said with a pout. A thought struck her. "Why are you two here?" She had thought Morgan had been there for the same reason as her, but she didn't know about Emily. She felt her anticipation build as the two agents shared an embarrassed look.
"Uh," Morgan scratched the back of his head, trying to avoid answering. "Straus felt the need to remind us of the fraternization regs."
"Why?" Penelope was curious as they shared another look.
"Well, she may have found me giving Morgan a neck rub in his office," Emily admitted quietly, her focus on her nails as she inspected them.
"I may not have been wearing a shirt." Morgan added to her explanation. She could swear she could see the blush rising in both of them as they shared another look, smiling at one another. Penelope could see it was only a matter of time for her friends.
