Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Criminal Minds. I only wish I did.


Garcia sat in front of her computer tapping her pen distractedly as she re-read the note she got this morning. Today was the fourth day in a row that she had gotten a gift. A beautiful red rose and a poem tied to it with a gold ribbon.

She still didn't know who this guy was, but he seemed nice. She would have been ecstatic at the prospect of having a secret admirer, but there was just one problem…she knew it wasn't the person she wanted it to be.

For the past few nights she had dreamt that her secret admirer was Morgan, but then she would wake up and reality would smack her in the face. It wasn't him and it would never be him. They were barely even friends anymore and here she was still hoping he would whisk her off her feet in some romantic gesture. She knew it was pathetic, but her heart just wouldn't listen to her brain.

Just then she was dragged out of her musing by a knock on the door and before she could tell the person to come in the door was opened and then closed with a snap. She turned to see who it was and was met with the intense brown eyes of Derek Morgan.

"Hey Morgan, what can I do for you?" She asked with a smile.

"I heard you have a secret admirer." Morgan stated with a small teasing smile that didn't quite reach his dark eyes.

"It would appear so." Penelope answered nonchalantly with a shrug.

Morgan nodded and sighed before taking a step closer to her. "Garcia I think maybe we should look into this more. It might not be anything, but it could be dangerous."

Penelope looked at him for a second before responding. "Thank you for your concern Morgan, but I'm sure it's nothing serious. It's just a harmless secret admirer. It's really no big deal." She said.

"I know it might be nothing, but something just seems off." He said and then, before she could respond, added, "Would it hurt to just consider it?" He said with a bit of agitation and even a hint of anger in his voice.

At that he could almost see the storm clouds form behind her eyes as she stared up at him. After a couple of seconds of silence she finally spoke in a soft, but firm tone.

"Would it have hurt to consider what I said about Tamara Barnes?" She said without a trace of anger, or sadness, or any other emotion.

Morgan just stood there for a second before turning and leaving Garcia's office without a word.


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