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Chapter 4

Reid woke up pretty early the next day. Morgan was still fast asleep. He quietly rolled off of the bed, covering Morgan back with the blanket as he stood. He went to the bathroom, took a shower, and got dressed, all before Morgan stirred.

"Goodmorning Derek." he whispered into Morgan's ear as he climbed ontop of him. His eyes fluttered open.

"Goodmorning." he repeated as he focused on the face hovering over him. Reid lowered his head so that their lips could touch.

"Time to get up and get ready. I'd like to spend most of the day with Mom, if that's ok." Morgan nodded.

"Of course, that's the whole reason we're here." he said as he stood and got ready.

As they walked through the doors of the sanitarium, Reid was greeted with much excitement.

"Dr. Reid! It's so great to see you! Your mother will be very excited. Oh, who's your friend?" The nurse had run up to Reid and Morgan.

"This is Derek Morgan, my, uh, boyfriend." The woman, who had held her hand out to shake Morgan's, had a look of shock on her face. "Derek, this is nurse Williams, she works very closely with my mother. Morgan shook her hand.

"Well, Dr. Reid, I must say, your mother never told me..." Reid laughed.

"That's because she doesn't know. It's a pretty new thing."

"Oh, ok. Well, she's in the main room, if you'd like you can just go ahead in." Reid nodded.

"Thanks." Just as they approached the entrance to the room, Reid grabbed Morgan's hand, squeezing tight, and took a deep breath. "I can do this." he murmered to himself. Morgan kissed the side of his head.

"Yes, you can." he reassured him. Finally, they walked in.

"Mother?" Her head snapped to their direction.

"Spencer! Oh, baby!" she jumped from her seat to hug him. "Who's your friend?"

"Mom, I have something very important I need to tell you."

"What is it? You know how I hate secrets." she said, getting a worried look on her face.

"Ok, try to have an open mind, please."

"Spencer, just tell me!"

"This is Derek Morgan, Mom, he's, he's my b-boyfriend." It took a moment before Diana said anything. She simply stared at her son for a long moment. Finally she walked so that she was centimeters from Morgan.

"Well, Derek Morgan, what are your intentions with my son?" Morgan was taken back by the question.

"Mrs. Reid, I assure you, all I want from Spencer is to love him, now and forever, unconditionally."

"You're not going to disappear one day, right?"

"Never, I couldn't do that to myself, much less him." Morgan replied, knowing that the line of questioning was concerning Reid's father. She rocked her head up and down slowly, examining Morgan, before throwing her arms around his neck.

"Welcome to the family." Morgan hugged the woman back.

"Thank you, ma'am." He grinned his award winning smile, flashing the charm that made everyone love him.

They spent the entire day with Mrs. Reid, talking about anything and everything that Reid could think of. She asked a lot of questions about Morgan and his life, and their lives together.

"You know, Spencer, I really can't say that I'm shocked." He looked up at his mother inquisitively.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, that, you know, you're gay..."

"Mom, I'm not gay." She looked back and forth between her son and Morgan.

"Uh...Spencer, you know that living with another man, that makes you gay."

"No, Mom, I am not attracted to men, just Derek." She shook her head, laughing.

"You will always be my unique little one."

"Well, Mrs. Reid, I have to say that I agree. If I wasn't with your son, then I wouldn't be with any other man. He was just special enough to change my world."

"Spencer, he is so charming."

"It's all part of his allure."

After several hours the two bid farewell to Mrs. Reid.

"We'll be back tomorrow, Mom. I love you."

"It was very nice to meet you, Mrs. Reid." She smiled and hugged both of them.

"I love you, Spencer. See you tomorrow."

"So, what do you have planned for us now?" Reid smiled.

"I figured you would enjoy a night on the town. Vegas has a lot to offer."

"Ooh, nice. So back to the hotel to change?" Reid nodded. Morgan changed into an all black satin ensemble. Collared shirt with the first few buttons undone, pinstripe pants, flashy belt buckle. He looked flawless, as always. It was Reid, however, that made his jaw drop when he emerged from the bathroom. Instead of his typical sweatervest look, he had on a red silk shirt, buttoned all the way, of course, with black slacks. For the first time in the years that Morgan and Reid had known each other, he was showing off his figure. Morgan walked up to him.

"Damn, I knew you were sexy, but I didn't know you could be that sexy with your clothes on." He said as he rested his hands on his butt. His hair was tousled, hanging in curled locks around his face.

"I wanted to try and fit in. Nerds get a lot of negative attention in Vegas, trust me." Morgan smiled.

"You are a nerd, too."

"Go ahead, rub it in." They kissed roughly, as Morgan's hands squeezed his butt, eliciting a moan from the younger man. He broke away. "If we start that then we will never leave this room, you know that." Morgan laughed.

"Always ruining my plans." he said, shaking his head.

The first place they went to was a popular bar and casino. As they walked in Reid was extremely aware of his surroundings, and how uncomfortable he was. Morgan, however, looked completely at home, with a big grin spread across his face. Scantily clad waitresses were carrying trays of drinks back and forth, as drunks, gamblers, and tourists rushed around. Morgan's eyes searched the room, while Reid's eyes searched Morgan.

"Hey, genius, get over here."

"Yes, Derek?"

"Put that crazy huge brain to work, and let's win some money." Reid laughed.

"Counting cards is illegal, so I won't play blackjack, but there is nothing wrong with calculated statistics in poker." Morgan smiled. This was going to be fun. Morgan looked around to decide what table to sit at. Once he decided on a table he turned to find Reid. When he did he felt a surge of fire in his stomach, and realized exactly what had come over Reid that night at the bar. A woman dressed in almost nothing was walking her fingers up his chest, their bodies inches from each other. Reid looked intensly uncomfortable. He was fidgeting and pulling away from the woman. She, however, did not get the message, and continued to rub against him. Instantly, Morgan marched over to claim his territory. Throwing an arm around Reid's waist possessively, he kissed his cheek.

"Who's your friend, baby?" he asked.

"Oh, I didn't realize it was like that. It's ok with me, though."

"I-I'm sorry ma'am, but it's not like that." Reid stammered, unsure of how to handle himself.

"I think what he's trying to say is get lost. We're fine in our own company." Morgan spat.

"Whatever." she said as she walked away.

"Damn, you're not allowed to leave my side, I can't be fighting ladies off all night." Reid blushed.

"It's not usually a problem..." he mumbled.

"That's because you never dress this nice. Now come on, let's play." Morgan took Reid's hand and they went off to a table to play some cards.

A/N – don't be mad at me if updates come in slowler until after Halloween. This is MY holiday, and I am about to party it up, away from the computer, on the dance floor. Till the next update, please, read, enjoy, review, live, laugh, and love.