I'm back :) Goal is to update at least every 3 days... Here's the next installment.
"Good Morning." Penelope greeted her friends as she walked into their first period class a little early.
"Morning." Her friends replied.
Yawning, Penelope took a seat next to JJ. She didn't get much sleep last night and it was definitely showing.
JJ was going to ask her friend why she looked so tired but the pitter patter of Derek's adidas slip on sandals were heard against the classroom tile.
"Hey guys," Derek said a little out of breath as he slid into an empty desk next to Aaron.
A few hey's were tossed his way but Aaron and JJ just stared. Derek looked between the two. "What?"
"What's your excuse this morning?" Aaron asked as he folded his arms.
"More scoring?" JJ added.
Emily and Rossi stifled a laugh as Derek fiend innocence. "Heyyyyy, lay off. I woke up late is all."
Rossi snorted in disbelief.
"Seriously! I had a long night." Derek defended.
"Oh let us guess." Emily tapped her chin. "A long night of tossing and turning."
Rossi smirked while the ladies groaned in disgust. Spencer didn't fully understand the tease thinking Emily meant what she said so he remained silent watching his friends.
Derek knew what Emily meant and while she was joking around, deep down he took it seriously, and it stung him. His goofballin reputation had taken a wrong turn to man whore within a year, and half the time when teased about it, it did hit a sore spot because he knew it wasn't a good look. What many didn't know, is Derek is a hopeless romantic and would rather be sleeping with one chick for the rest of his life than multiple bimbo's every other night. Before his fathers death, he witnessed his parents unconditional love for one another and he dreamed that someday he would get the chance to experience that too. But with the reputation he's made for himself right now in high school, he knows he's not going to be getting that anytime soon. No women took him serious, believing he just wanted to woo' the pants off of them, then quit it after he gets what he wants. That's not entirely the case.
"Ha ha, very funny." Derek mocks as he pulls out his binder. "Truth is, if I were, as you say, tossing and turning all night, me and the lucky girl would have gotten a great nights sleep." He grinned. "And you Emily, look like you could use a great nights sleep." He finished with a wink.
Emily's mouth fell open in shock that he said that, right here, right now, in front of their friends. The silence in the room was thick and Emily could have sworn she felt all eyes on her. Afraid to look up at anybody, Emily flipped Derek off and opened up her notebook, ready to start class.
Strauss cleared her throat loudly, to rudely get the attention of her students who were in the room. "Take out a paper and pen, and begin the bookwork that's written on the board." She announced as she walked over to her desk with a coffee cup in hand.
The room began to fill before the bell rang. Penelope sat at her desk and kept an eye on Derek. She couldn't help but to feel sort of bad for him. She knew the real reason her best friend couldn't sleep last night. He was in pain. She doubted he did as she told him to do let alone take any pain medication. Derek was hard headed and always chose the hard way.
Aaron sat staring into space, thinking about what Morgan had said to Emily. He knew it was all talk but he couldn't help but to feel somewhat jealous. He slept with Emily last night. Sure they didn't do anything in that nature but it offended him that Derek pointed out that she looked tired, as if him being with her wasn't relaxing.
Biting the end of his eraser before getting started on the assignment, Aaron made it a mission to relax Emily and be of comfort. From today and on he is going to claim Emily Prentiss and make her his. Soon their friends and the whole school will know, so Derek will have to cut it out with his jokes.
Meanwhile, in room 36B, Kevin Lynch, the art teacher, was sitting at his desk dozed off with his mouth open and snoring.
Jordan and Haley sat next to each other coloring a drawing they both been working on when Jordan said, "So have you come up with your revenge plan yet?"
Haley stopped what she was doing and shook her head. "No. I can't seem to think of anything to harm Aaron." She paused. "But I can think of a ton of ways to ruin everything for that bitch Emily." She started coloring again.
Jordan smirked and let out a laugh.
"Oh hale's, it's because you still love Aaron." She patted her back. "That's okay, leave it to me to figure out a way to get Aaron for ya."
Haley nodded. Jordan was right.
"But in the meantime, fill me in on a few of those ways to ruin Emily." Jordan smiled a sinister smile.
During passing period the hallway filled with students. The sound of lockers being slammed and chatter could be heard for miles.
Penelope tried cornering Derek to get him to talk, but he got lucky and was called over by one of the teachers who wanted to speak to him about his homecoming game.
"Hey beautiful."
Penelope turned her head to see Sam leaning against the lockers with a warm smile on his face.
"Hey yourself." She replied with the same smile as she crouched down and removed a book from her bag to drop in her locker.
"Are you planning on going to homecoming?"
Penelope stopped what she was doing and her heart beat revved up. Relax Penelope, it's just a simple question. He's not going to ask you to the dance.
"Y...yeah, with my friends."
"Who? Jennifer Jareau? Doesn't she have a date?" Sam pushed himself off the locker to come and stand in front of Penelope.
The scent of his cologne wafted into her nostrils giving her a tingly feeling. Sam reached out his hand to take hers in his as he leaned forward giving her knuckles a kiss. So suave Penelope thought as she smiled shyly. He wasn't Derek, but he was hot.
"Yeah she does, but that doesn't mean the rest of my friends aren't dateless too."
Sam rested his hand above her head against the locker and looked down at her. "So you don't have a date to the dance?" He smiled a hopeful smile that made Penelope's heart pang.
Since when was she a varsity players attraction? This had to be some sort of prank.
"No I do-." She went to answer, but Sam had his lips on hers in an instance.
Penelope being the Virgin that she is, didn't respond quick enough which made Sam pull back from the kiss. He got the answer he wanted. She was a Virgin.
He laughed lightly and leaned his forehead against hers. "Sorry about that, I couldn't help myself." He continued to be sweet.
Penelope was speechless. She never had attention from a boy like this, let alone a very popular boy.
Sam put his finger underneath her chin and tilted her head to look up at him. "Come with me to the homecoming dance. Be my date for the night?"
Before Penelope could answer his question, she heard a bang down the hall followed by a loud giggle from Jordan Todd. Turning her head to look, she witnessed Derek pinning her against the lockers while Jordan had her legs wrapped around his waste. He was grinding himself against her as he nipped at her neck.
They were crude, and Penelope's jealousy flared, making her ball up a fist.
Turning her head forward to look into Sam's eyes, she pulled him to her and pressed her lips against his. She wasn't entirely sure how to kiss but she wanted to make a good impression.
Sam smiled and pulled back from the kiss. "So that means yes?"
"Yes!"
Lunch time they all sat at their favorite table. Derek was unusually chipper, telling a story with the help of Hotch to a few ladies who dropped by at the end of the table. JJ and Rossi were being ridiculously cute feeding each other spaghetti. Emily was scribbling some thing in her notebook, probably last minute homework, while Reid as usual sat with his nose in a book.
Penelope stared off into space thinking about the previous events of the day with Sam asking her to be his date to the homecoming dance. How was she going to tell her friends? What was she going to wear?
"Hey pretty boy, can you pass me the salt." Derek asked Reid.
Reid put down his book for a moment then grabbed the salt shaker. Instead of handing it over to Derek, he pushed it further away from them both.
Emily peeked up from her homework watching the slide of the salt shaker with her eyes. "Oh hell." She thought to herself.
"Way to go Reid, acting your age for once." Derek mumbled in slight annoyance as he stood up and reached to grab the salt shaker. He sprinkled it onto his fries than sat it down.
"Screw you Morgan." Reid blurted out.
Everyone at the table looked up.
Derek was going to say something but Rossi put his hand on his shoulder and gave it a squeeze.
The ladies that were standing beside Derek walked away figuring it was about to get ugly. Aaron stared straight ahead at Derek as if challenging him. Emily elbowed Aaron in the side to stop it.
"Let's take a walk!" Dave said to Derek while he stood up from the table.
Derek was reluctant at first but got up anyways. He didn't know what Spencer's problem was but to not make things worse with his friends he decided to stay quiet.
"What was that about?" Emily whispered harshly to Aaron.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Challenging Derek! You wanted him to say something crazy to Spence? Who's side are you on?" She hissed.
Aaron remained quiet. That wasn't his intention but it did seem like it. Derek was his best friend. At one point, they picked on people together. Sure Aaron has grown up and doesn't bully people anymore, but for a moment he was really curious to know what Derek would say. Spencer pulled a bold move. Aaron was impressed.
"Soo, do you wanna tell me what's been going on with you?" Rossi asked as him and Derek walked across the field.
Derek slipped his hands in his pockets and sighed. He knew Rossi seen him in his battered condition yesterday in the parking lot. He knew he wanted an explanation.
"I don't know what you're talking about man." He tried.
Rossi snorted in disbelief. "Come on Morgan, you're going to have to do better than that." He stopped him and looked him straight in the face. "We're worried about you Derek. All of us. The mood swings, the attitude, the girls-"
"Don't talk about my sex life. You know nothing. So what I take a dip in a new pussy every other month. This is high school man, let me live my life!" He growled.
Dave was taken aback. He knew he needed to bring up the topic in order to get answers, but he hoped it wouldn't shut Derek down.
The lunch bell rang indicating that the lunch period was over. With one last glare of the eyes, Derek turned around and walked back towards the school building.
Penelope stood waiting for Derek.
"Hot St-"
"Don't."
Derek brushed by her and continued on into the building. He didn't even hold the door open for her which not only hurt her feelings, but also made her angry.
"There you are baby." Jordan wrapped her arm around Derek's waist. He groaned in pain and Jordan pretended not to notice.
Fuming, Penelope stomped upstairs to her 5th period class. Not only was Jordan Todd a whore, but she also was a whore who really didn't give two fucks about Derek Morgan. And Derek is so blind, he doesn't even see he deserves someone better.
"Anything?" Read the text message JJ sent Rossi as soon as she sat at her seat in class.
"Nope. Except I hit a nerve. He's not talking to me for the rest of the day." Dave replied.
JJ looked up from her phone and saw Garcia plop down in her seat with her arms folded in frustration.
"Well, I guess it's my turn. I'll see what I can do." JJ pressed send than slid her phone back into her back pocket.
"Pen what's wrong?"
"Stupid Morgan." She mumbled under her breath.
JJ sighed and rubbed Garcias hand.
Outside in the hallway, Aaron checked his surroundings before attacking Emily's plump lips. She giggled in the kiss which made him chuckle lightly.
Mr. Gideon was rounding the corner when he saw the teens misbehaving. He cleared his throat before saying, "Hotchner."
Aaron's eyes flew open and he froze. He continued to stand in front of Emily, afraid for her to be seen with him. Gideon knew about him and Haley, but not about him and Emily.
"Don't you two have a class to be in."
Emily gave Aaron a pat on the back to let him know it was okay to move. They were already caught. Hotch sighed and moved away from Emily, turning around to face his favorite teacher.
Gideon hid the shock from his face and motioned for the two to step apart.
"Prentiss, I never expected to see you in this kind of predicament." He smirked.
Dropping her head, Emily mumbled "Sorry sir."
He nodded. What these teens did wasn't any of his business, so he chose not to comment on it.
"I think it's best if I hustle to class now." Emily jerked her thumb in the right direction and began a sprint down the hall.
Aaron watched her for a moment before returning his attention to Gideon who had a brow raised.
"It's not what you think. I'm no longer dating Haley."
Gideon nodded again. On the inside he was relieved. Aaron didn't come off as one to cheat, unlike his pal Derek.
"Well I would say I'm sorry son, but it looks like you aren't to hurt by the change."
Aaron chuckled slightly.
Haley was standing outside of her classroom on the 3rd floor. She had just came back from the bathroom. Emily was rushing up the staircase when Haley peeked over the banister to see who was coming up. She chewed her gum harder and rolled her eyes at the sight of the girl who stole the love of her life.
An impish grin came to her face as she instantly thought of a clever plan. Deciding she was now done with her gum, Haley waited for the perfect moment to spit it out, which landed in Emily's hair.
Hearing a giggle, Emily looked up in time to see Haley who rushed away from her sight quickly.
"Ok that was weird." Emily thought as she finally reached the top landing and headed towards her English class.
The door was locked so she was forced to knock on the door which she loathed at the thought of getting the whole classes attention.
"Emily? Where have you been?" Ms. Callahan asks with her hand out, seeking a hall pass.
"Eh, sorry teach, I have no excuse."
Kate eyed Emily for a moment. She knew there had to be a valid reason why she was late to her class, but if Emily didn't want to talk about it, so be it.
The teacher moved aside to let Emily in when she said "Just this once I'll let it slide, but in the future please have a hall pass. I don't wanna have to give you detention."
"Yes ma'm."
Emily started for her desk. Merely inches away from her seat, some girl named Elle Greenway says, "EWWW! You have gum in your hair!"
"What?" Emily asks as she pays the back of her head with her hand. She comes in contact with something sticky and her eyes go as wide as saucers. "Oh my god!" She shrieks.
JJ shoots up from her desk and is by her side in an instance. "Ms. Callahan can we be excused please! She really does have gum in her hair!"
The teacher quiets down the class who is now in a uproar between concern and laughter. She reaches into her desk and hands Ms. Jareau the hall pass and watches them as they dash out of the classroom.
Derek leans against the wall in his P.E. class trying to keep the current pain he was in written off his face. Mr. Cruz blows his whistle signaling for everyone to gather round the hanging rope in the middle of the gym. The teacher explains the task and best strategy of how to get near the top with ease. Shortly after, he asks who wants to volunteer to climb up first and many hands shoot up. As usual, the teacher calls on the one student who isn't participating, and today that is Derek Morgan.
He gulps.
Hotch watched Haley as she sat at her desk staring at him with an impish grin across her face. He couldn't shake the feeling that she was up to something. He knew he broke her heart when he told her about his feelings for Emily, but from what he saw, she surprisingly took the news okay. Being the 'kind' man that he was, he threw her a quick smile before he got back to his work.
"May I be excused?" Penelope asked her English teacher, back in Ms. Callahan's class.
"Is everything alright?"
"I don't feel good, I need to go see the nurse and possibly lye down for a little while."
Kate didn't believe Penelope but she saw the difference emotions displaying across her face half the period. It was like the girl was having a mini battle with herself in her mind. She came in frustrated, than she seemed deep in thoughts than shortly after that she seemed sad, now her face said content; like her mind was finally made up. Whatever the issue might be Callahan hoped her soon to be sister in law was making the right decision.
"Tonight's homework will be to read the first two chapters of the story." The teacher began as she sat at her desk and began scribbling a pass for Pen.
Penelope got up from her desk and grabbed her bag.
"Mr. Cruz, so I really gotta do this?" Derek whined as he looked up at the rope dangling from the ceiling.
"Go on Morgan, you got this."
Truth was Derek didn't really have this. His side was throbbing and he should have taken the pain medicine like he was suppose to. How was he going to get out of this one without coming clean about his injury or making it worse.
"You can do it Der." A few of the ladies chanted which normally would egg him on. Not today.
Derek twisted his foot around the bottom and lifted his arm to grip the rope. He swear he heard a slight crunch at the stretch of his arm and he gritted his teeth in pain.
Mr. Cruz noticed immediately and blew his whistle for Derek to stop.
"Morgan, you alright?"
"Derek!" Came Penelope's voice as she rushed over towards the class, with nurse Joy behind her.
Slightly embarrassed, but quite thankful, Derek let go of the rope and dropped his arms. He held on to his side and hunched over in pain.
Everyone stepped aside for Penelope and Nurse Joy who quickly began examining Derek's condition. They gently lifted his shirt and saw the purple bruising.
"Mr. Cruz, we'll take him."
Cruz nodded his head and scraped his face in guilt. He had no idea that Derek was in pain, or what was going on. Penelope saw the stress on the P.E. teachers face.
"Hey, don't blame yourself. He already was hurt, he was just being a hard head."
Mr. Cruz thanked her for the assurance and he re focused his attention on his class.
Penelope sent a small prayer up to god for giving her the idea of telling the school nurse his condition, as well as making it to Derek's class in time.
6th period begins and Ms. Blake wonder where Derek is. The class is quietly working on their reports so none of his friends seem curious at the moment. 15mins ago by before Blake stands from her desk and walks over to Aaron.
"Hotchner may I speak with you for a minute." She glances at the door.
Aaron puts his pen down and stands. Rossi and Reid look up from their papers and watch him being led outside. He shrugs before disappearing from sight.
"You and Derek are close... So I thought I'd ask you if you know of his whereabouts."
Aaron said "shit" under his breath to himself but Ms. Blake heard him loud and clear. He thought about it for a moment then returned his gaze with hers. "Honestly ma'm I have no idea. Normally I would lie for him, but I seem to can't this time."
Alex was taken aback. Did we student just admit to telling lies to cover for one another? She laughed.
"Aaron Hotchner, you are something else." She shook her head and ushered him back into the classroom.
Hotch grinned.
