Disclaimer: Once again, (and it pains me to do this) Criminal Minds is not mine, it belongs to CBS *sigh.

Thanks again to those that reviewed, favorite and followed my story. This chapter is a little longer, based on a suggestion from a certain reader :-)

All mistakes are my own, blah blah blah yada yada.

Chapter 3

MORGAN

Morgan got to the jet in record time. Looking at his watch, he saw that he had 15 minutes to spare.

When he boarded the plane he saw that he wasn't the first one there.

As usual, Hotch was already on the plane, looking at a case file; probably the one for which they were headed to Atlanta.

Morgan sat down across from Hotch and was about to put on his headphones when Hotch looked up at him.

"What is going on with you and Reid?"

Morgan should've known Hotch would notice. The guy wasn't a profiler for nothing.

"Nothing is going on."

"C'mon Morgan. You didn't really think that something as big as that would escape my attention, did you?" "Something like that could jeopardize this team, Morgan. We can't afford a rift like that."

"I realize that, Hotch. Everything's fine. Just a little disagreement."

"What are you not telling me, Morgan?"

Lucky for Morgan, the rest of the team arrived before he could respond.

REID

Reid stepped onto the plane, having timed it just right so that he arrived with the bulk of the team.

He did not want to be cornered by Morgan again.

As he went to grab a seat, he noticed Hotch eyeing him and Morgan. Reid knew that look. It was the one that said he knew there was something going on and he would get to the bottom of it if it was the last thing he did.

Reid sighed. He really didn't need this right now.

He settled into a seat near the back of the plane and wished he had brought headphones.

Morgan headed towards him.

"You're like a fly, buzzing around me, getting in my face." "I wish I had a fly swatter." Reid said as soon as Morgan sat down across from him.

Morgan looked startled and then burst out laughing.

MORGAN

Did Reid just make a joke? –Morgan thought.

He couldn't help from laughing. Reid even cracked a little bit of a smile.

"Well, well, well, Dr. Reid. You have a sense of humor after all" Morgan said, still chuckling.

"I have my moments" said Reid.

"Look kid, I know we're not exactly on good terms right now…" Morgan began.

"…but Hotch suspects something and we need to act like we're getting along" Reid finished for him.

"Yeah" said Morgan. "He's sniffing around and he knows I'm not telling him everything".

"You TOLD him?" Reid said, his voice starting to rise.

Morgan cut him off quickly. "Keep your voice down. If you would let me finish, I'll tell you what happened." He said in a soft tone, trying to keep from drawing the others' attention.

"Hotch was here when I got on the plane. He said he knew something was going on, I said we just had a disagreement. He said that I wasn't telling him everything." "That's it."

Morgan paused. "I didn't tell him anything because I don't really know anything."

Before Reid could respond, Morgan cut him off again saying "Look. I didn't tell him anything mostly because if Hotch even had an inkling that you were incapable of doing your job, he would pull you out of the field and possibly off the job and I know how much the BAU means to you and what it would do to you if you couldn't do your job anymore and.."

"Derek."

Morgan stopped at the sound of his first name.

"Thank you." "I'm sorry I overreacted." Reid said in a quiet voice.

REID

Wow. Morgan really did care. He doesn't want me to lose my job either. Maybe…-Reid thought. Maybe I can trust him.

"Maybe we could stop with the serious talk and just be friends right now?" Reid said, after apologizing for overreacting.

"Yeah, we could do that." "I really don't mean to put you on the defensive" Morgan said. "I care about you, and I…I don't want anything bad to happen to you."

"Nothing will happen if you keep buzzing around" Reid joked, causing Morgan to grin.

"You're getting good" said Morgan. "Maybe you should switch occupations and become a comedian".

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" Reid responded.

Morgan chuckled again. "Maybe not."

"Yeah, I think I'll stick to profiling" Reid said.

"Have you two made up now?" asked Hotch.

Reid and Morgan looked around and noticed that the whole team was watching them.

"Maybe we can go over the case now?" Hotch said.

"Yes, sorry Hotch" Reid responded. "Sorry, go ahead" said Morgan.

"Okay guys, when we land I want Reid and Morgan to head to the Atlanta P.D. and start working on victimology and a geographical profile, I'll be going there as well to meet with the lead detective. Rossi and Prentiss will go to the latest crime scene, and J.J. I need you handling the press. They've already tagged this guy as "The Surgeon".

"Oh yeah, we need to squash that ASAP" J.J. said.

The team continued discussing the case, but all Reid could think was-

I got my best friend back.

Okay guys, let me know what you think. This chapter was a little longer than the others. If you guys like longer chapters, let me know and I'll try to start doing that. Also, just to let you guys know, the only relationship between Morgan and Reid will be a brotherly/friendly relationship, no Slash. I have nothing against Slash, but I just don't see Reid and Morgan going that way in my stories. Please review/ PM me! Thanks and I'll try to post another chapter this weekend.