What Follows After
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds, all rights belong to CBS and the writers of the show…
This fanfic was thought of by and is written for Namira Also, all mistakes are my own.
REID
The Randall Garner case was over. Randall, or the "Fisher King" as he called himself, had blown himself up, almost killing the team and his daughter in the process.
Once we returned to the BAU, Hotch had offered me the use of the private jet to take my mother back to Vegas, and I had taken advantage of that offer.
I looked over at mother, who was staring out the plane window nervously. She hates to fly.
"Mother, the plane is about to land."
"Okay" she said. She hadn't said more than a few words the entire flight, which was just as well. I had been reading her one of Marjorie Kemp's works, as it calms her down.
The plane landed, and as we were about to catch a cab, I noticed a shuttle with the name Bennington on the side. The Bennington Sanitarium was where my mother lived, so we walked over to the shuttle, and I went around the front of the van to speak to the driver.
"Are you Spencer Reid?" he asked.
"Yes…"
"We received a call from a Penelope Garcia, telling us that you would need a ride from the airport".
"Oh." I stood there, flustered for a moment; and then coming back to reality, loaded my mother onto the shuttle and sat down beside her.
As we arrived at the Sanitarium, Mother's doctor met us at the entrance.
"Welcome back, Diana." "Did you have a nice visit with your son?"
"Yes, I need to go now, my lecture starts in 15 minutes," Mother said.
"Yes of course," the Doctor said graciously.
I told Mother goodbye, thanked the Doctor and one of the Bennington staff called me a cab to get me back to the airport.
The jet had been kept waiting at the airstrip, so I boarded and told the pilot that we could head back to Quantico.
I sat down and let out a sigh. I would never tell anyone how much energy dealing with my mother took out of me.
I rubbed at the headache that was forming above my right eye and settled down on the couch, deciding to catch a nap on the flight home.
Meanwhile, back at the BAU…
"Garcia," Morgan said, stepping into the lair.
"Yes, my chocolate God?" Garcia responded, swiveling around in her chair.
Morgan chuckled. "Babygirl, could you do me a favor?"
"Sure," she said. "What can I do you for?"
"Why is Reid's mom in a mental hospital?"
"Baby boy, why do you need to know that? I don't feel right prying into his life."
"Babygirl, I need to know" Morgan said.
What Morgan didn't say was that he thought of Reid as a brother. He cared about Reid and whatever bothered Reid, bothered Morgan.
"Schizophrenia," Garcia said, so quietly that he almost missed it.
"How…" Morgan began.
"I knew you would come looking, Morgan. I know you. As much as you pretend not to, I know how much you care about Reid."
He started to say something, but Garcia stopped him. She came up to him and hugged him, saying, "don't worry, your secret's safe with me."
She turned around, grabbed a file from her desk and handed it to him.
"This is everything," she said.
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