Let's see….watery eyes, strange behavior and blushed cheeks. Who are you and what have you done with SSA Emily Prentiss?" Derek joked trying to make it easier for her.
She didn't answer she just felt some tears coming down her eyes. He made her forget it for about a second and then she remembered again. She didn't want to cry in front of him so she decided to tell him. She had to do it, but it was very difficult.
"Hey…" Morgan had never seen her like that. There was anguish in her eyes. He moved closer and held her hand which was very cold." Emily please, tell me what is wrong" He begged.
"I went to the doctor last week because…" She paused and inhaled sharply. "I found a bleeding spot in my arm" Emily managed to tell him.
Derek Morgan had frightening. He wasn't a doctor but it was common knowledge that this kind of symptom wasn't a good one. He swallowed one's bad feelings.
"What did he say?" Derek asked her gripping her hand softly.
"He said that it was necessary to do some tests before presuming something is wrong" Emily whispered. "That's why I've been taking some days off lately…" She stopped when she noticed her hands shaking.
Emily refused to meet his gaze and finally tears rolled down her cheeks. Derek felt like his world fell apart. He understood then what had scared Emily so much. He understood her behavior, her sights, her tears and everything.
"Nobody knows" she started again." I didn't want to tell anything until I'd get the results…" she took breathe again." But, It's too hard keeping all for yourself and …" she couldn't avoid sobbing.
Morgan leaned forward and hugged her. When his father died in unexpected way he forced himself to be responsible of his family in spite of his age. Derek had reproached God plenty times for his early death. Well, and for few things more that he had decided to exile them from his memories. It requested a lot of time to accept it but he finally did it. But there, holding Prentiss, his co-worker and since now his friend, he wasn't willing for another acceptance or just for listening and comforting her. He knew he had to do something else and, with God or without him, Derek Morgan will fight together with her.
They spent what it looked like an eternity embraced each other in total silence.
Derek moved away a little when she looked calmed down. "You got the results?" He asked her in a smooth voice.
"I'll get them on Monday. The doctor said that it looked like eighty percent chance of being ….cancer." She told him wiping last tears embarrassingly.
"Then, there's not need to be worried about" Morgan told her.
"What?" She definitely thought that he didn't hear her correctly "the doctor told me that it was …" she started again but Morgan cut her off quickly.
"You don't need to repeat it again, Em. If things are like that what you need is to have fun" he winked at her.
After hearing that, Emily was completely sure that Derek didn't get it and she told herself off for speaking so softly