Breaking Free

"S-Spence… d-don't." she had seen him wavering the last couple of months, especially on the hard cases and was afraid this would be the last push he needed to send him back to the drugs.

He looked at her for the first time and saw that she had been crying and she was the most ruffled out of all of them. He needed something to get his mind off of the drugs and everything else he had just seen, so he asked the first thing that came to mind.

"Where were you all before he got you?" He asked the slightly startled group.

"We were just coming out of the movies. We had just been to see a film." Morgan answered for him, Garcia and Emily.

"I had just dropped Jack off from a day at the park and was just getting into my car to head home." Hotch answered.

"Las Vegas." was Gideon's short answer. When everyone turned to question him about it he answered. "Ever since I met Spencer, I've been visiting his mother at least every three months to… discuss literature. Or exchange stories about Spencer and I still do but as I was her only other visitor they phoned me when she had a stroke to let me know." When he saw their stunned looks he gave them a small understanding knowing smile. Reid hadn't told them. Before they could turn to Reid and ask him why he hadn't said his mother was ill, he turned to the only person who hadn't yet said where they were.

"JJ? What about you?"

Taking a deep breath knowing this was the time to tell him she looked him straight in the eyes and said "I was just getting out of my car in front of your Apartment."

"What were you doing there?"

"I...I decided that we needed to talk. And I didn't want to in the office in front of everyone."

Swallowing the nervous feeling that had taken over her stomach and shaking off the little voice that said that she needed to stop talking. She continued talking rapidly and looked towards the wall where nobody was able to see her flushed cheeks. "I needed to tell you that I couldn't cope with you not being by my side anymore and that I needed you with me. And...and that I love you." she finished her confession in a whisper.

Everyone silently watched JJ as tears silently poured her face. Suddenly she heard Morgan yell "Reid, man what you doing?"

Everybody turned to face the young doctor who was in the process of pulling his blooded shirt off. After he had gotten the shirt off of himself he started tying the rag around his leg, just above where the knife still stuck, slowing the blood that as still steadily spilling out of the wound around the knife.

Pulling himself up next to the wall, he grabbed the shattered chair leg and swung it with all his strength at the window leading towards his friends. Dragging himself over the jagged edges of glass still left, he pulled himself through gritting his teeth to keep from screaming as his already bleeding hands and legs were pulled against the sharp edges. Twisting himself to make sure the knife still in his leg didn't get caught, he landed on his back splayed out in front of his wide eyed friends trying to catch his breath and steeling himself to do what he knew he had to next. Grasping the end of the knife he pulled a hard as he could and muffled a scream as the knife slid out of the wound on his leg and blood started to pump steadily, only slowed slightly by the make-shift tourniquet around it. Pulling himself into a sitting position just behind JJ, he started cutting the rope. By the time the ropes finally fell away Reid was sweating profusely and blood was pooling around him so that he was sitting in it.

Using his left arm he brought himself around so he was sat in front of her legs and then started to rip the Bindings that were holding her legs to the chair. When he had gotten her loose he slumped slightly dropping the knife onto the floor.

JJ, who had decided what she needed to do as soon as she had seen him coming through the broken window, dropping to sit next to him grabbed his face roughly with her hands. Avoiding the cut on his face that had only just stopped bleeding, she pulled his face towards her and kissed him softly, forgetting that they had an audience. Although he seemed shocked, he soon started kissing her back in a way that made her breathless.

A coughing sound behind them broke them apart after a few moments. They both blinked a few times but looking at his skin that although now had a slight flush on his cheeks was rapidly paling she decided she needed to take action. Jumping up she grabbed the knife and started hacking at the others bindings. She was able to do it a lot faster than he was as she was able to use her right hand. Once everyone was free they made their back through the gaping hole in the wall where the glass used to be towards the wooden door. Gideon and Morgan stood on either side of Reid making him lean on them so that he didn't put any weight on his leg. Hotch went in front guiding the group and making sure that Richard had not come back yet as they all knew their hour was nearly finished. Stepping out of the door in 'Reid's' room they stopped as Richard appeared looking startled to find them all outside.

A/N - I know its took longer to get this up than I wanted but it's been a busy week.

I hope you liked it and can tell me what you thought.