Hey guys! Chapter 2 is now up. I really appreciate the comments that I have received from you. I hope that you all keep reading and enjoy yourselves. Happy Reading!

Relieving Stress:

Chapter 2

The California sun shone brightly inside of room 204. Emily groaned at the strong sunlight, her head was beating like a hammer and her eyes wincing at the brightness.

'What the hell happened last night?' She thought. She slowly looked around the room. 'This isn't my room.' She thought to herself. She slowly sat up, her head throbbing in pain and realized she wasn't wearing any clothes. She looked down to her bare chest and saw the purplish marks on her breasts. She was beginning to worry about last night, she looked over to her side and saw another body in the bed.

"Crap!" She whispered softly. "Who the hell did I sleep with?" She asked herself. She had hoped she'd never find herself asking that question again but here she was.

At the right moment her mystery partner turned over .

"Shit!" She whispered. She had slept with Reid. He was her partner at work, her coworker. "Shit!" She said a little louder. They had broken the anti-fraternization rules. She nudged him a few times trying to wake him up. "Reid!" She said loudly. "Wake up!" He didn't even move a muscle.

She shook him harder and yelled his name louder.

"Huh…wha…" He mumbled, his eyes still closed. "Oh god my head!" He said pulling his hand to his temples. He looked over and saw who he was in bed, naked with. "Oh shit!"

Emily looked at him and nodded in agreement.

"What the hell are we supposed to do?" He panicked.

"Oh I don't know I thought you were the genius here!" She yelled.

"Not so loud!" He warned.

Emily closed her eyes tightly trying to come up with a plan. After a few seconds it was all set.

"Okay, I have aspirin in my purse, you make some extra strong coffee and we'll both take cold showers." She ordered.

He nodded and waited for her to get out of bed.

She stood up and pulled the sheet with her, and gathered all her clothes and made her way to the bathroom. As soon as the door was closed he got up and found his boxers and ran to the coffee maker. He looked in her purse and found some Tylenol©. He was glad she had the only painkiller he was allowed to take.

After they had both showered, taken some aspirin, and had 2 cups of coffee each they immediately went their separate ways. Emily went to her room to grab a change of clothes and Spencer went to the lobby to meet with the rest of the team. He was glad they had gone separate ways, the hotel elevator was very slow and he didn't think he could stand the awkward silence between them. Finally the elevator dinged and he was greeted by the rest of the team.

"Woah. What happened to you kid?" Morgan asked.

'Of course!' Reid thought. 'Morgan would be the one to notice.'

"Nothing, I was just up late last night trying to work the case." He lied.

"God kid you really need to find yourself a life or a lady." He teased.

'If only you knew.' Reid thought.

A couple minutes later Emily had finally come down in the elevator looking surprisingly more well rested than Reid was. She was glad she was a woman and she had access to makeup, this way no one would grow suspicious of last nights activities. She looked at Reid and saw that he was a mess, his eyes looked darker and redder, and his hair was a frazzled mess.

All through the morning Spencer and Emily acted distant towards each other, only working with each other when they had to.

Emily couldn't believe it, she had drunken sex with her coworker. Hot, passionate, amazing sex. But nonetheless it was still drunken sex with a coworker. Who turned out to be Spencer Reid. Reid for goodness sake, sure he was an attractive, smart and genuinely nice guy who she had no complaints of in the bedroom department but they worked very closely together, their desks were right next to each other!

At the same time Spencer was having the same exact thoughts. He couldn't believe that this was happening again. Drunken sex with Elle was one thing but now he had just had sex with Emily. Now all he could hope for was that Emily didn't go out and shoot a man in cold blood and leave the BAU. He really liked Emily. She was beautiful, well-educated, funny, and kind. She had easily become one of his best friends after the Colorado incident had occurs. He hoped that last night wouldn't change that.

That night Emily sat in her room and tried to relax from the day. Her hangover headache had finally passed and the team was so much closer to catching the unsub. She hoped that they would only need a day or two more and then they would be able to go home. A knock on the door distracted her from her thoughts. She got up from her bed and went to answer it.

"Reid." She said.

"Hi Emily." He replied.

"What are you doing here?" She asked. 'Round two perhaps…Oh god did I actually just think that!' She thought.

"I just thought we needed to talk about last night."

"Come in." She said. "So…"

"I'm sorry about last night. I in no way meant to make you feel uncomfortable." He began,

"I'm sorry too. It takes to people to have sex."

"I Just want to say that you're my best friend and I hope that we can put last night behind us and continue being friends." He continued.

"Of course. I'd love that!" She replied.

"One more thing, we didn't use any protection last night…there could be a chance of you being…" He started.

"It's fine, I'm on birth control." She assured him. "Thanks Reid."

"It's no problem." He said giving her and awkward hug and turned to leave the room.

As the weeks went on both Spencer and Emily went on as if nothing happened. Both went on working side by side with no problems. Then Vegas happened, and Spencer's intense nightmares led him to stay a few extra days in Vegas. Meanwhile JJ had gone into labor and had given birth to a baby boy named Henry.

When Reid had finally returned from Vegas his first stop was to visit JJ and Henry. After everyone had left the room to give JJ and Reid sometime alone Emily decided to straggle behind to eavesdrop. She remembered him saying that he had slept with a coworker during their game of I never and she couldn't help but think it was JJ. From what she heard and partially saw, Reid was amazing with Henry. She almost wished she was carrying his baby.

'Woah where did that come from?' She thought. 'Reid is your best friend, sex with him was a one time thing.' She thought trying to assure to herself that it was the truth.

After Reid left the room Emily couldn't help herself. After what he had just gone through in Vegas, and the way he was with little Henry. She grabbed his arm and pulled him into an empty supply closet and kissed him before he could even get a word out. He returned the kiss eagerly and let his hands feel their way under her shirt. For the second time in that month they had crazy, hot sex.

When they were done they fixed themselves up silently and went their separate ways. It wasn't until the next case in Alabama did it happen again. They were both drained from the case. Knowing that these killings had been going on for years and years really took it out of them. Both of them felt emotionally drained, they needed a pick me up. And both of them knew that the best pick me up of all was each other.

Their relationship at work hadn't changed. There were no lustful glances or clandestine touches traded. It wasn't as if they were a couple, they just enjoyed each others company after a hard case, they relieved each others stress and that was completely normal. Both Spencer and Emily repeated that to themselves as if they were trying to justify what they were doing.

A few weeks later.

Emily walked off the elevator after getting the news that an old friend had died. She needed Reid, she needed his kisses and touches to help her dull the pain of losing a friend. She walked into the bullpen and saw him sitting at his desk entrapped in his paper work. She sent him a text and walked to Hotch's office to tell him that Matthew's death could have been murder. After a quick conversation she left the office and noticed that Reid wasn't at his desk anymore. When she walked out of the building and into the parking garage she noticed him standing by her car. She unlocked the door and they both got into the back seat. According to their game of I never both had previous experience having sex in the backseat of a car. After their escapades both sat in the car trying to catch their breaths.

"You want to talk about it?" Reid spoke first.

"One of my friends died." She said.

"I'm sorry." He replied.

"It's not your fault."

"There's something else isn't it?"

She nodded and told him the story of how she became pregnant at 15 and had an abortion with the help of her now deceased friend.

"I think he was murdered." she stated. "There's another death exactly like Matthews. The same ligature marks and everything."

"I'll help you find who ever did this." He said.

"Thanks." She replied.

They sat in silence for a few more minutes until they realized it was time to get back to work. Both of them got dressed and fixed themselves up before it was time to solve another crime.

So there was number two. I hope you enjoyed it. I am writing the sequel right now but I'm encountering some writers block so there might be a little break between these two stories. Please read, review and enjoy your day!