Vacation:
They were getting 2½ weeks off and the team could not be more excited about the break. It was going to be a good time to wind down and finally chill. Strauss pretty much demanded the break for them after what happened with the last unsub and everyone couldn't agree more, this is what the team needed and it couldn't happen at a better time. The last case nearly cost them their sanity and there's was no doubt that the town would need time to recover from the lost of all those innocent children to a man with no conscious or soul. It really hit home for the team and Strauss took the initiative for them thinking that it was time for the team to get a break. She informed Hotch of the decision through a text while the team was coming back on the jet and to say that the team was excited was an understatement.
"Wait let me get this straight, Strauss convinced the big man to give as a couple weeks off?" Hotch only nodded in reply and Morgan jumped up with a whoop. "Thank the lord, I think we all need a break, some time to wind down and think things through." Everyone nodded in agreement with Morgan. He sighed and leaned his head back before he looked at everyone and asked, "So does anyone know what their going to do?"
Hotch was the first to answer, "I'm going to spend the 2 weeks with Jack and take him to that baseball game we missed. Other than that, I think I am just going to relax." He glanced at Elle quickly before looking away. Morgan grinned, it was funny that Hotch pretended that no one knew about him and Elle but everyone either knew or had a sneaking suspicion. It was cute actually. After losing Hailey no one thought that Hotch was going to be able to get it together but then Elle came back and everything seemed to be right in the world. Her and Jack hit it off and now she was that mother figure in his life.
"I'm going to go visit my mom and then I don't know. Maybe read up on a couple things…" Reid was starting to say before Emily cut in.
"No Spence, you're coming with me to my family's estate in the Hamptons. No reading, none of those things that you do, we're going to relax together." Emily said it in a tone of voice that left no room for argument. Derek chuckled as Reid started to pout but knew that Emily won this fight before it even began. At first Em and Spence would hesitate to talk about their relationship in front of the rest of the team but now it was just as natural as everything else this team did. It did make for comic relief every time Spence went into one of his spiels that made Emily question why of all the people she could have gotten with she chose the nerdy kid. It was hilarious watching Spence trying to convince her that he was an adult and was every bit a man that Morgan was.
Derek looked over to Elle and she merely shrugged and shied away from him by looking back down at the book that she was reading. Everyone already knew that she was going to spend her time with Hotch and Jack. Morgan then raised his eyebrow at JJ and she smiled at him sweetly before saying, "Morgan I wouldn't tell you where I was going even if my life depended on it. I don't want you crashing my party."
"Ooo, so you're going somewhere nice then." JJ only shook her head before looking back out the window.
Derek nudged her and she replied, "Behave before I give you a time out." Derek pouted in response and nudged her again before looking back at the rest of the team.
"What about you baby girl, what are you and Kevin going to do?"
"I don't know my dark knight, I believe me and my cyber king will do something very exciting but alas it will be an impulsive act that will rock my cyber world." Everyone started to laugh at the cyber goddess's comment. Derek wouldn't admit before but he can now, Kevin was good for Pen and Derek wouldn't be happier that they were together. Derek unfortunately was still looking for the one and he knew that his mom was practically begging for him to settle down. As much as he loved the nightlife and going out with beautiful women every other night, Derek wanted to have that one woman, that girl he could come home to instead of just Clooney. Derek wanted to have someone that he could share his life with, someone permanent. Watching everyone kind of pair up on the team made him feel left out.
Derek glanced back at JJ and he couldn't deny that he sometimes would entertain the idea of him and her possibly being together but when he thought about it, JJ was out of his league. Sure he was attractive but she was someone looking for someone she could entrust her heart to and Derek had too much of a playboy reputation for her to be willing to take a risk like that. Derek sighed again before looking over to Rossi and Gideon. He knew there was no point in asking Dave and Jason what they were going to do, Rossi would probably be working on another book and Gideon would probably head to some university to lecture on profiling.
"So what about you Morgan, what are you going to do?" Derek came from his cloud f thoughts to focus on Em and her question.
"To be honest I have no idea, I think that I will travel but where, I don't know. I'll throw a dart at a map and see where it lands me." Everyone chuckled at that before going back to what they were doing before. Derek turned to see JJ looking at him before she turned her head to look back out the window.
When the team landed everyone went their own way more than ready to take advantage of their vacation. Morgan went home and hugged and kissed Clooney before taking a shower and then grabbing a beer. He thought about where he would go. He went into the den where the computer was and looked at plane prices. As he looked he thought that he could go to Miami, Hawaii, the Bahamas, but none of those places seemed right. As he continued to look he thought about his map idea. He looked at the map on the wall behind him and took up the stray dart that was on his desk. He closed one eye and took a throw at the map. It hit the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and Derek laughed at the idea of taking a boat out there and staying there for 2 weeks. He decided that that probably would not be a good idea. He took the dart out and took aim again.
He threw the dart again and saw that it landed on a small island. When Derek took a closer look it showed that he hit Aruba. Now Aruba was a nice place and it would be a good place to wind down. Derek then looked back at his computer and booked a flight and hotel room there. That was where he was going to go. He went back up to his room and started to pack as he was going to be departing tomorrow night. Derek looked at Clooney and scratched his head before crashing into his bed to sleep.
The next morning Derek woke up early and went out for a run with Clooney before coming back to take and shower and finish packing. Derek was excited for a change of scene and no work so he couldn't wait to hop on that plane and get going. Derek checked the clock to see that his plane would be leaving in 3 hours so he got dressed in a pair of dark jeans and a white button down. He grabbed his bags and put in a call into his neighbor to ask them to watch Clooney for him again. Derek reached the airport getting more anxious to leave and get to Aruba. His plane wouldn't be taking off for another hour so he took out his ipod and started to listen to music as he waited. He sighed as he thought all his team members having someone to spend this break with and sighed that he did not have someone to spend this time with.
Derek grinned at the plane hostess as she took his ticket and led him to his seat. Derek settled in his seat and closed his eyes, trying to ignore the predatory eyes of the woman sitting across the aisle from him. He knew the effect he had on woman and right now he wanted none of that. He couldn't wait to land. The flight did not take as long as he thought it would and he was glad to be heading to his hotel. He went to the front desk and grabbed his key, again ignoring her heated look. Derek smiled at her before heading up to his hotel room. He couldn't wait to crash on his bed and relax. As he opened the door he dropped his bags on the floor and was about to head to the bed when he noticed that there were other bags in the room. Derek looked at them with confusion when he heard the bathroom door behind him open. "Morgan? What are you doing here?" Derek closed his eyes before he turned to face JJ.
A/N: So weirdly enough, this story kind of came to me when I was halfway asleep and I know I have other stories that I have to finish but I wanted to make sure I got this down to share with you guys. I hope you guys like it.
