Title: Finding Her Sweet Baboo Part 4
Author: Trista aka dustytiger
Rating: T (it's hard but it's staying T)
Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal minds. Pitty. I am a poor barista don't sue me. PS I also don't own Peanuts.
Timeline: Sometime in season one, before the season finale tho.
Summary: Garcia is feeling lonely and ends up at Reid's, where will it lead?
Notes: Garcia and the team see how Reid is doing. I know that was an evil cliffhanger. I'm sorry. Thank you for reading, reviewing and alerting this fic it means so much to me that people are responding to it. I was afraid no one would.

Morgan came into the waiting room. He went right over to Garcia and put his arm around her pulling her into a tight hug. Garcia was glad to have her best friend there while she waited for news about her boyfriend. She was relieved to see that Hotch was right behind him. The support from the team was one of the many things she enjoyed about her job, they were like a family.

"Where are JJ and Elle?" she asked.

"They wanted to get him some flowers and other gifts," Morgan told her. "JJ said she was going to find something really flashy and get you a blank card."

"She thinks of everything, she's so sweet."

"How are you doing?" Hotch asked.

"I know he's going to be all right, but my stomach is doing flip flops," she explained.

"We'll be right here until you are able to see him," Morgan assured her.

"Thank you, it's so silly how much I'm worried about him. I know that he'll be fine, he's just scratched up, and maybe will need a cast or whatever, but I keep thinking I might lose him."

"That's what happens when you do when you love another person," Hotch told her.

"I guess I can't deny it, but we only just started to date."

"You've been friends for a long time before you began to date. It's easier to fall in love with a friend because you care for them already. I'm sure he knows how you feel and feels the same way."

"Thank you, Sir."

Hotch then hugged her gently. She then looked over his shoulder and noticed JJ and Elle out of the corner of her eye. They had balloons, and flowers and a big gift bag in their hands. The two of them smiled and each gave their friend a hug.

"Do we have any updates on him yet?" Elle asked.

"No," sighed Garcia. "I want to see him so much though."

"You've got it so bad," JJ told her friend. "But I am happy for you two. I hope Spence likes what we got him. We figure if he doesn't we'll say you bought it and he'll love it."

Garcia laughed. "Yeah you're probably right he'd likes anything I give him."

"Woman don't you start!" Morgan warned.

She was just about to say something else to bug her friend, but the doctor came into the waiting room. Everyone looked up at the doctor. He explained that Reid was going to be fine, he had a cast and a lot of bruises and scratches, as well a broken rib, but he was lucky. The doctor told them they could all go see them two at a time but he was still sedated.

About an hour later Garcia was sitting next to Reid in the hospital, she had his hand in his and was playing with his long fingers, examining them and thinking about what they could do to her if he wasn't still sleeping. The rest of the team decided to go get something to eat, but Garcia decided that Reid wouldn't want to be alone. Morgan had agreed to bring her something to snack on. She didn't want to go to dinner and have to watch Gideon stare her down from across the table. She stood up and kissed his forehead softly, brushing a piece of hair away from his face.

"I love you Spencer," she whispered, kissing his temple tears falling down her cheeks and onto his skin.

She felt him squeeze her hand a little. She ran her hand along his cheek gently. His eyes opened slowly. She was so relieved to see his big brown eyes staring back at her. She was relieved that he was all right, but the whole day had been overwhelming. She couldn't stop herself from crying.

"I love you, Penelope," he rasped, reaching out to wipe his tears. "Don't cry."

"Baboo," she sniffled. "You scared me so much."

"I'm sorry, what happened?"

"Some drunk guy hit you. I saw it, it was horrible. I thought- I was sure that I was going to lose you. I never want to see anything so horrible again."

"I'll try," he promised.

She kissed his cheek softly. He squeezed her hand gently when she tried to leave. He didn't want to be examined by a doctor he wanted to help her to feel better. His thumb gently caressed the inside of her hand. She looked down at him and kissed his cheek again, and tried to leave the room but he held on tight to her hand.

"Stay?" he begged.

"Spencer, your doctor needs to examine you," she reasoned.

"A nurse will come in sooner or later and see that I'm awake."

"How are you feeling?"

"Sore, it hurts to breathe my whole left side hurts. Why is my right arm tingling?"

"It might be because of the cast, you broke your arm, they think that your hip and leg is just severe bruising, and you broke a rib."

"Will you be the first to sign my cast?"

"Of course my sweet baboo," she assured him.

She leaned in and kissed him softly. Reid moved his left hand to her hair. He was just about to deepen the kiss when the door to the room opened. Garcia jumped away from him, and looked at who had come through the door, hoping that it was one of their friends. Reid's cheeks turned red when he saw a rather petite nurse standing there with her hands on her hips.

"It's good to see you up Doctor Reid," she said. "I'm not sure how the doctor will feel about you doing that."

"I thought since I didn't hurt my face it would be all right to kiss my girlfriend," Reid reasoned.

Garcia laughed, glad that Reid had defended her in his own way. She didn't like the way the woman was looking at him, but his eyes were only on the woman who was now squeezing his hand gently. The nurse left the room in search of the doctor. Garcia began to laugh a little harder laying her head carefully on Reid's chest needing to feel him close. He carefully wrapped is arm around her. It wasn't long before Reid's doctor came into the room.

"How are you feeling Doctor Reid?" he asked.

"Sore, but I'd like to go home," Reid replied.

"I'm afraid you're going to have to stay over night for observation."

Reid thought the doctor might say something like that, but was hoping he could go home sooner. He could never sleep well when he was in the hospital there were too many noises in the room. He still felt very sore from what had happened to him, and he knew that it wouldn't be fair to Garcia to have to take care of him.

"All right," he sighed.

"Would I be able to stay with him till he falls asleep, maybe?" Garcia asked.

"I think that's a good idea. I find people are a little more at ease when they have their loved ones around as long as possible."

"Thank you."

"We'll discuss what other care you will need when you are released Doctor Reid."

"All right. Try to rest as much as possible," said the doctor before he left.

"I think that what your doc has to say won't be good new Doctor Adorable."

"I agree, but I think I can find the silver lining."

"What's that?"

"While I have to have some time off I'll get to spend more time with."

She grinned. "Aww, honey you are too sweet for words. That is gonna be pretty awesome though, it's just not the way I wanted to get spend a bunch of time with my sweet baboo."

"I know."

He leaned in and kissed her softly. She smiled a little and deepened the kiss. He put his hand in her hair, while she wrapped her arms around his middle. He sighed happily into the kiss. Neither of them noticed that the door had opened. Morgan came in first followed by the rest of the team.

"Do you two ever quit?" asked Morgan.

"Nope," Garcia replied. "I think I might have a problem Hot Stuff. I'm addicted to Doctor Reid."

"You trying to take years off my life woman?"

She giggled. "Maybe."

"At least we know that Reid's gonna be all right," JJ pointed out hoping that this would steer the conversation in a different direction.

"It's cause of his hard head," laughed Morgan.

"No making fun of my sicky baboo," Garcia warned him.

"All right but once he's better there's no holding back."

"Hmm, okay."

"Penelope!" Reid sighed.

"But new rule, for every time you tease my Sweet Baboo, Hot Stuff I get to tell you about a juicy detail about us."

"You drive a hard bargain, woman."

"She certainly does," Hotch agreed. "If he does tease Reid please make sure I am out of earshot when you tell Morgan any details about your private life Garcia."

"All right Sir," Garcia assured him. "It's only the thick head that has to hear what I have to share."

"I'm glad," Elle laughed. "How are you feeling Reid, seems your girlfriend gets the spotlight."

"I think I like her getting all the attention," Reid admitted. "I'm tired and sore and would like to go home, but I can't."

"I wish I could take you home when you are sweet like that to me Baboo," Garcia cooed kissing his cheek and fluffing his hair.

"I'm going to have so much trouble sleeping without you next to me."

"Reid you're making the rest of look bad with all the crap you've been dating for not even week."

"That's irrelevant to how I feel. Although it takes twenty one days to fully develop a habit, or break one, you can become very comfortable with a habit within days and that is why it continues to develop."

"Even when you finally found yourself a woman and you still say stuff like that, you're going to be single again before you know it if you're not careful kid."

"You are so wrong Derek Morgan," Garcia sang. "I love my sweet baboo, silly stats and all. It's part of his offbeat and geek chic charm."

"Woman you got it so bad."

"And I couldn't be happier silly boy."

"Is Gideon here?" Reid asked suddenly. "I have something from everyone else but him, has he even come?"

"I'm sorry Baboo, he hasn't come yet, I can try calling him again," Garcia told him.

"I'd prefer it if you stayed here with me. Calling him repeatedly isn't going to change anything. He knows where I am."

"Are you sure I can be pretty convincing when I need to be."

"I don't want him to come because someone else talks him into it. I want him to come because he wants to."

There was a soft knock on the door and the doctor came into the room.

"I'm afraid Doctor Reid need his rest," said the doctor. "Visiting hours are over, but you can come back in the morning."

The team nodded and began to say their goodbyes to Reid. JJ and Elle each gave him a hug, and Hotch and Morgan shook his hand. They all wished him the best and left the room. Garcia was still holding his hand gently. She leaned in and kissed him softly. He kissed her back for a long moment before leaving the room.

"I love so you much," she whispered.

"I love you too."

"Sweet dreams Spencer."

"They're always sweet when they are about you Penelope."

She leaned over and kiss him again. His good arm went around her waist gently pulling her closer. She relaxed into the embrace for a long moment before she pulled away reluctantly. She kissed the bridge of his nose once before she left the room. When she got into the hallway she was glad that Morgan was outside the door waiting to go for drinks with her.

End Part 4

Notes: I told you I'd fix it. The Gideon thing is ongoing for a while tho just a heads up. Thank you again for the support. The next part is going ot be just fun!