"Hello?" Desiree asked and pushed the phone to her ear, not bothering to check the caller ID as Comet crazily bounced round her legs.
"Des? It's me, Spencer. Is everything ok?" Reid asked as he sat up a little on the jet, concern hinted in his voice and facial expression.
"Yeah" Desiree said with a small laugh at his concern. "Comet's waiting for Spencer to come home and walk him" She explained and sat down on the edge of the sofa, the puppy jumping up next to her as she did so.
"He's still walking him every day, right?" Reid asked and relaxed a bit in his chair.
"Yeah, he even takes Anna with him" She said with a small laugh and stroked Comet's head. She paused for a moment as the smile slowly faded. "They've really missed you"
"Well, I'm coming back now" He said and tried to keep up the smile even though his sister couldn't see it.
"Really?" She asked, a grin sneaking onto her face.
"Mom? I'm home!" Spencer called as he closed the front door and Anna ran ahead into the kitchen.
"Oh, just a sec" Desiree quickly rushed down the line then covered the phone's speaker with her hand. "Comet's waiting for you" She called to Spencer then uncovered the phone's speaker. "The kids are home" She stated. "When are you gonna be here?"
"We land within a couple of hours; do you want me to come over tonight or tomorrow morning?"
"Tonight's fine" Desiree answered as Spencer walked in and gave her a confused look.
"Who's that?" Spencer asked and pointed to the phone.
"Your uncle" Desiree stated and tried to continue the conversation but her eager son stopped her again.
"Anna! Spencer's on the phone!" Spencer called to his sister. "Can you put him on loudspeaker?" He asked as Anna ran to the living room.
"Guys, he's on the plane; this call is probably costing him a bomb. You'll see him in a couple of hours anyway" Desiree said, Reid listening to the family's conversation with a wide smile.
"But that's ages away" Anna complained and pouted at her mom.
"Just a couple of minutes?" Spencer begged and gave his best puppy dog eyes.
Desiree paused for a moment then shook her head and waved a hand at them. "Go walk Comet, he's been waiting for you to get home" She said dismissively. Anna and Spencer whined a little then took Comet's leash and called him out into the hallway. "Sorry about that" Desiree said apologetically as she pressed the phone back to her ear.
"Don't be" Reid said with a soft smile. "Hey, um, I think Morgan wants to talk to you" Reid added with a confused look as Morgan motioned to him then pulled a face. He slowly passed over the phone and glanced over to Emily who was smiling widely at Morgan.
"Hey" Morgan said softly, he'd only wanted Reid to mention him but now he had to think of something quickly. His cheeks were tinted the lightest shade of pink, was he blushing? Was Derek Morgan really blushing? "Yeah… I, uh… Really?" His face relaxed a little as he got deeper into conversation, both he and Desiree letting out a little laugh now and then. "Yeah, I know the place…" His face painted a picture of confusion for a moment then it showed the biggest grin it had managed since they'd left on the case. "So, Saturday? Yeah, that's great… 7:30? Got it… Alright… Bye" He said softly then passed the phone over to Reid, a dumb smile playing on his lips.
"Hey again" Desiree said down the line, the same smile playing on her own lips. "So I'll see you tonight?"
"Yeah, see you then" Reid assured her then hung up, glancing back over to Morgan with another confused look. "What was that about?" He asked and flicked his eyes to the phone to indicate what he was talking about.
"Nothing" Morgan said quietly as he tried his best to hide the smile. The team's eyes all fell on him and he realised how his body language was telling a different story. "It's nothing!" He said, raising his voice a tiny bit without meaning to. Reid raised an eyebrow and JJ tried her best to stifle a laugh. "She wanted Reid to have some time with the kids and she was wondering about the Italian restaurant on Phidely Street" Morgan explained innocently.
"So you just volunteered to take her out on a Saturday night?" Emily asked with a smile playing on her lips.
"As friends" Morgan stated as he tried, and failed, to keep eye contact.
"As friends" Emily repeated then nodded. "Sure" She added sarcastically then glanced over at JJ and they both smiled even more.
"Wait, are you guys going on a date?" Reid suddenly asked as he caught up to what the other team members had already worked out.
Morgan cleared his throat as he thought of a witty remark that they expected him to make. "You really are the worst profilers if you don't think two people can't go out together without there being something more" He said with a half laugh.
"That's not an answer" Rossi chimed in.
"He's right you know" Hotch said with a rare smile as he looked up from the file in his hand.
"I'm tired" Morgan sighed as he turned toward the window and away from the group.
"He's avoiding the question" JJ added gleefully.
Morgan tried to think of a response but knew they'd only pick it apart and find what he was attempting to hide so he chose to remain silent.
"Looks like you're gonna be competing for Desiree's attention, Reid" Emily said with a grin as she glanced from the slightly dazed Reid to the sulking Morgan.
"With Morgan?" Reid asked, this whole conversation was confusing him.
"You are so clueless" JJ said with a laugh as Reid glanced to all of the team members for an answer.
"Can we just play cards? I understand cards…" Reid murmured and pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket. Emily slowly nodded and Reid dealt the cards out, they both knew the outcome but Emily still liked competing against him. After three more hours of flying the plane finally landed and the team hopped into their cars, Reid choosing to drive straight to Desiree's home.
First off i've gotta say a HUGE thank you to my tech god James. Without him i doubt i'd be posting for at least a couple of months. James had a look at the laptop and the screen is in a pretty bad way but luckily he managed to transfer all of the chapters onto a memory stick. Uploading is still gonna be a little slow as i'm borrowing my friend, Zoe's, laptop to write and upload and i can't always get round to her house. It'll take a couple of days, at least, just to write up the next chapter but i've got one on hold so i should post something in a couple of days. Thank you all for your support, especially to those who actually went back to read the first one so they could read this! It means so much that you didn't just pick a different story! Thanks again and i hope you like the chapter! :)
