Small warning, this chapter is a little angsty, but has a happy ending:)

Story two, part 2.

Set season 4, episode 3, Minimal Loss.

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That moment seemed to last forever to Spencer and Emily. A pure moment of bliss. A moment where pretending no one else was around you was easier than facing reality. They both knew that once they broke apart, the moment would be over, no more secrets, they'd be outed. There would be no more going behind their friends backs to keep their relationship hidden, it'd be out in the open, for everyone to know.

All these thoughts whirled through Spencer's mind as he pulled away from Emily's lips. He watched Emily's eyes flutter open, a smile gracing her lips.

"Time to face the music Spence." Emily said breathlessly.

They both unwrapped themselves from each other, making sure to give their joined hands one last reassuring squeeze, before fully breaking apart and walking down the steps towards their team.

They both knew what was about to happen, it was one of the many reasons they decided on not telling the team about their relationship, they didn't want the interrogation.

They knew the team would be hurt, Hotch would be mad he wasn't informed, but he'd be happy for them, JJ would be hurt that Emily didn't tell her she was seeing someone, Penelope would be hurt too, but she'd get over it after she saw them together and happy, then she'd be squealing with excitement for the two of them. Rossi would understand the reasons. But Morgan was their main concern, he'd take it personal, deep down he'd be happy for them but he would remain angry at them for a long time,he'd feel betrayed that he wasn't told, he'd feel out of trust by them.

It was a slippery slope through either decision, if they told everyone, the higher ups would be pissed, and the chances of both of them keeping their jobs would be slim and that would be it, both of their careers over, a career the neither of them were ready to give up. So they chose not to tell anyone, but that too had it's consequences, trust would be broken, and hard to fix but it could be done. They knew the team would be wary around them for a while, but both Emily and Spencer knew it would pass, once everyone saw how happy they made each other they would understand.

Once they reached the bottom of the steps they made their way towards the team. An unnerving feeling settled in Emily's stomach, she wasn't looking forward to this.

After what felt like eternity, they finally reached the team, Spencer and Emily were met with silence. It pained them both to look at their friends faces, their eyes were filled with hurt. JJ's reaction surprised them both, she rushed up to the both of them and engulfed them in a hug. They were both too stunned to move or talk, but luckily JJ beat them to it.

"Oh my god I'm so glad you're both okay!" She rushed out, still having Spencer and Emily in a tight hold.

"Were fine JJ." Emily assured her. JJ pulled away from them and looked them both in the eye.

"I know, but Em you should still get checked out." JJ suggested.

Emily scolded her. "I'm fine."

"Actually Prentiss I think she's right." Hotch spoke up.

She opened her mouth to argue with him but he cut her off. "That's an order."

She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. They all stood in silence for a moment, each of them trying to figure out how to bring up the elephant in the room.

"How long has this been going on?" Dave asked the pair, asking the obvious question everyone wanted the answer to.

Spencer looked over at Emily, who was biting her lip, her head ducked down, and took this as his cue to answer.

"3 months." He replied in a confident tone that even surprised him.

Everyone's jaw dropped except JJ's.

"How did you keep this from us for 3 months?" Dave asked in astonishment.

Emily chose to speak up this time. "We didn't want our relationship to affect our work. We knew the consequences and we weren't ready to deal with them yet."

"Speaking of which, Hotch what's going to happen now?" Spencer asked, panic and worry evident in his voice, all confidence from before slowly drifting away.

"I talk to Strauss and see what I can do. I can't promise anything, but I'll fight for the both of you, you're assets to this team."

They both nodded, there was nothing to be said on the subject anymore, they just had to hope that Hotch could convince Strauss.

"JJ you don't look all that surprised when you heard how long we've been together." Emily pointed out.

JJ just smirked. "I may have seen you kissing in the parking garage a few weeks ago... twice." Everyone else laughed. But Emily and Spencer both noticed that Morgan was the only one who had said nothing. They looked up at him and saw he had a distant look in his eyes. They felt bad, Morgan was one of their best friends, they knew he'd question them and his trust with them, and they were right.

"Morgan..." Emily started talking, but Morgan wasn't having it. He just shook his head and turned around, walking off.

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Spencer found him leaning up against one of the SUV's with his head tilted towards the sky, eyes closed.

He walked up to him and leaned against the SUV next to him. They stayed like this for several moments, no one saying anything.

"What do you want kid?" Morgans voice wasn't harsh, just quiet and... tired?

"I'm sorry we didn't tell you." Spencer whispered suddenly feeling small.

Morgan finally opened his and turned to face the guy that had been his best friend for years. He saw Spencer's eyes were locked onto his shoes.

"Why?" Morgan said to him.

Spencer's head snapped up. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"I don't-" He shook his head, trailing off.

Morgan sighed loudly, "Why didn't you tell me? I mean c'mon man, I love you like a brother, can't you trust me?"

Spencer immediately shook his head. "No Morgan its not like that, we just, Emily and I didn't want to loose our jobs, we were afraid and, I'm not going to lie, we were scared. We didn't want you guys to look at us differently. The team is like a tight knitted family, we didn't want to ruin that." He said honestly.

Morgan watched Spencer for a moment. "You'll always be my little brother kid, just like Emily will always be my best friend. Nothing is ever gonna change that man, no relationship, no argument, no nothing. You can trust me."

Spencer felt tears welling up in his eyes. "I do trust you Morgan. I just didn't want to disappoint Emily. She's the first serious relationship I've ever been in and I didn't want to loose her."

Morgan's expression softened. "You love her don't you?"

He took in a sharp breath, trying to keep his tears at bay. "More than anything."

Morgan smiled at him and reached across to pull him into a hug. He patted his back softly as he rocked them very slightly from side to side.

"I'm proud of you kid. I'm really happy for you both. But I swear to god if you do anything to hurt her I'll deck you, I may love you like a brother but Prentiss is my best friend." He said in a joking manner, but you could tell he was serious.

"I wouldn't dream of it."

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They were half way home from Colorado, somewhere during the flight, Spencer and Emily had moved to the middle of the jet and were sitting beside each other, sitting across from them were Morgan and Hotch. Emily was leaning against Spencer's shoulder whilst he was reading a book he had picked up at the airport. JJ was at the back of the jet fast asleep, Rossi was daydreaming about god knows what, Hotch was engrossed in files and Morgan was listening to his music with his headphones trying to get some shut eye.

Emily was trying to get some sleep too, but a few minutes ago she started getting a bad headache that was keeping her from staying asleep for long.

Every now and then when Spencer or herself shifted she'd flinch from the pain, which didn't go unnoticed by him.

"Em are you okay?" He asked quietly so as not to disturb anyone else.

"Yeah just this damn headache."

"Did you take anything for it?"

"Yeah, before we boarded." She said rubbing her temples, her eyes tightly shut.

He looked down at her and saw that she was clearly in pain, her position was also clearly uncomfortable which was only making matters worse.

He was never one for public displays of affection but he'd do it if it meant her getting the sleep she so desperately needed. He folded the corner of the page he was on in his book before placing it in his satchel that was sitting beside his seat, he reached his left arm behind her, bringing her closer to him, he tucked her head under his chin, his head atop of hers. He reached up with his hand and ran his hand through her dark hair, she sighed softly and burrowed closer into his chest if even possible. In a matter of minutes, Spencer noticed Emily's breathing even, her hand that was clutching a fistful of his shirt slowly relaxed and she melted into his embrace.

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So here is the long waited part two, I recently got a new laptop so I should be updating a little more often, I'm planning on having the next chapter based in 13x02 and I already have an idea planned and I cannot wait to write it!

Please leave some suggestions for episodes:)))