Chapter 2

Thanks a lot for the reviews! I hope you'll like this chapter too, sorry for the time, but I am also writing my fic Fresh Blood along with this one. Plus this fic requiered some researches.

About the boat, it's a real one, and there is really all the attractions and public areas I mention on it, and I surely forget some.

Enjoy!

The day has finally come.

Today, Morgan and Garcia were finally leaving for their cruise. The travel to the harbour had been long, they had to wake up very early to be here in time, hours of driving had been needed, but when they saw the boat, they realised it was really worth it. It was really huge, and beautiful, the letter Garcia received didn't lie about a beautiful cruise!

She had made some research about this boat, its name was: Dawn Princess. Made especially for cruises in South Pacific, it offered a lot of attractions, there were eleven decks some only for cabins, but other were dedicated to fun. There were pools, bars, dance floors, a library and writing room, an internet café (at Garcia's joy) some places were made for children and teens while some were reserved to adults. There were also restaurants, different spectacle's rooms and something called Movies Under the Stars. It was movie projection on the deck in open sky during the night. This boat wasn't only made to make its passengers have fun but also give them romantics moments.

For a moment both of them wondered if there were no errors, but no, it was no dream or mistakes, they would indeed go on this boat.

Once on it, they were breath taken by the luxury, it was just magnificent, and neither Morgan nor Garcia would have imagined they would ever travel on this. It wasn't the most beautiful or biggest boat in the world, granted, but it surely was something. They searched for their cabins, even the corridor though plain reflected how this place was beautiful. When they finally found their cabins, Morgan just gaped seeing his and Garcia exclaimed a yelp of joy when she discovered the one she got.

"Wow! Did you see that?!"

He could see indeed. The letter said it would be first class and once again, they didn't lie. It was a large space, with a big and obviously comfortable bed, with mostly white and brown colours. Morgan liked it, it wasn't ridiculously rich, it was beautiful but plain, comfortable and inviting. The atmosphere was relaxing. Garcia was obviously appreciating that too.

She went in; Morgan looked at her while she was admiring everything. She was always so joyful; there was always something fresh and innocent coming from her. In the way she was so excited over some things, in the way she would call everyone by sweet nicknames, or get afraid over things that wasn't shocking the rest of the team anymore. Everyone said the most innocent one in the team was Reid, but to Morgan knew that in reality it was her, and he doubted Garcia realised this. Like him, Reid had seen so many horrors, they could kneel and look at mangled bodies without feeling really upset, imagine the worst horrors days after days, and sometimes, Derek had the feeling their eyes and their minds were soiled. Not like the monsters they chased, of course, but he had the feeling a part of them had left: their innocence.

They would never be able to clean their minds from everything they confronted. Even Reid who looked so young and innocent was soiled. Garcia was not however. Sure she was working with them, but the way she would cover her eyes before pictures of crime scenes or refuse to hear horrid details of a murder. Some thought it was weakness, but Morgan liked it. The fact she was so affected by evilness showed she had keep some purity, often it was to that Morgan would hang on.

In fact he knew it would be the real point of this cruise: her. He knew that this boat, this cabins; even New Zealand would never be so great if it wasn't with her. Still, he didn't want to try anything, Garcia was his friend, the flirting relationship they got was just for fun to her, and even if she had feelings for him too, he could screw up everything. It wasn't the fact they had the same job no. His 'rule' of never going out with a colleague was just a pretext to push away women of the bureau who could have asked for more than a one-night stand. Even if he didn't want to try something with Garcia, he would have also felt wrong if she had seen him with a woman at work. The real reason of his fear was the fact he simply had difficulties to maintain a long relationship, and he feared it would be the same without her.

"Honey bear? You're okay?"

"Hum?"

She had caught him daydreaming, and though he was a grown man and very good at controlling his emotions, for a moment, he felt like a teenage boy again, caught staring by the girl he liked.

"Ah, yeah, I'm fine; I was just thinking about all this, it's just crazy!"

"Yeah, and in the super good way, let's see how yours looks!"

"I don't think there are many differences."

Indeed, the cabins were pretty much the same, but Garcia still wanted to see. She laughed, full of joy and she let herself fall on the bed.

"It's just wonderful, the beds are great!"

"It's my bed baby girl."

"Oh? Is Derek Morgan uneasy because I'm on his bed?"

"Having a mermaid on my bed isn't really a problem, but don't get attached to it too much, because it's mine. Or we will have to share."

"Oh I wouldn't mind. Come, put down your stuff, we will see the rest."

"Come on let me time to rest, this ship is big…"

"Wait, the tough Derek Morgan is playing lazy?"

"I took some time off, so I think I can be lazy."

"Oh hush, I leave us fifteen minutes to settle our things and after that we will visit everything."

Though he was tired from the travel to the harbour, he knew better than to argue. Garcia wasn't someone who could be calmed down when she was excited. Unlike Prentiss who was more cats like, relaxed and controlled, Garcia was like a puppy when happy. She was the kind who was taking you out of a dull and boring life to make you live like crazy, she was making any party of funny moments ten times better, it was an art Garcia had mastered like no one. She wasn't showing off too much like some other women who were faking giddiness, wasn't annoyingly enthusiastic, she was just natural. That's also why he didn't protest, even if he had been able to convince Garcia to rest a little, he wouldn't have seen this so energetic enthusiasm.

That's how fifteen minutes after this discussion Morgan was dragged around by Garcia, first on the 'Promenade Deck' and the Dolphin Deck on which you could find things Derek would have never imagined on a boat like a casino or a theatre. They also went on the upper deck which had what they called the Sanctuary: a place only for adults with a nice pool. Frome there, they saw the boat leaving the harbour. Garcia felt some butterflies in her stomach, this was just so exciting to sail and see new lands!

"God, do you realise we just left…It's so weird, to be here."

"Yeah, none of us would have imagined that, it's for sure."

She nodded, and there was some minutes of meditative silence between them as they watched the land becoming more and more distant. Finally, Garcia broke it:

"There is an Internet café…I'm gonna take a lot of pictures and send them to the Team, they will be so jealous!"

Derek laughed out loud.

"My God I should call you naughty girl! Seriously, that's not nice."

"Oh come on, you like the idea too."

The worst of it was maybe the fact she was right.

Hope you liked! Once again, I am serious about all the things like casino and all on the boat, The Dawn Princess has those things and many others, I don't know the price of a cruise on it but it must be fu***** expensive!

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