The next day at the B.A.U., the bullpen was roused with agents and other duties, no serious cases had arrived so the pressure was low. However, the paper work was staggering.
"Well, I mean all the guys I meet seem great at first, but you get them alone and that's when the dog comes out," Emily Prentiss said honestly with a giggling J.J. at her side. "I mean J.J., how did you do it?"
"I can't really say. It sort of clicked for me and Will, it was like fate had a plan of its own," the blonde smiled.
"I'll say," Emily laughed as she looked at one of J.J.'s pictures of her son Henry. Morgan laughed as he heard the girls conversation. "Hey! You get no input in this ladies' man, girls can tell what you bums are thinking about a mile away."
"Oh please, you ain't looking in the right places for the right guy. Sin to Win in Vegas doesn't count." He scoffed with a smile.
"Whatever seriously, I win big in Vegas and I mean big. Too bad the guy's there aren't that either." Prentiss shrugged casually.
"Emily!" J.J. blushed slapping her friend on the shoulder.
"What? It's true," She groused.
"I'll let you two ladies talk this out without me here." Morgan said as he got up to get more coffee.
"Hey, where's Reid?" J.J asked as she saw Emily's jaw drop.
She turned to look at what Prentiss was looking at as a very well-dressed Reid walked towards his desk. The doctor had dressed well before but now he looked unnaturally expensive. The fitted wear Morgan bought and the Coach shoes he wanted did not help manners much. Emily quickly hopped over to his desk.
"So,..." she said coyly. "Who are you and what have you done with Spencer Reid?"
"What? Oh, um, I just felt like dressing nice today," He said nervously as he crossed his legs. "I'm still me."
"Oh please, do tell,...who is the lucky lady?" She pressed on. At this point Derek spit out his sip of coffee loudly towards the face of another male agent by accident for which he quickly apologized. Emily started howling with laughter as the coffee covered agent hid away from the bullpen in embarrassment.
"No lucky lady, I-I just wanted to dress nice that's all, jeez!" He squeaked quickly as he turned to see Penelope's unmistakable smile in the shadows of the hallway.
"What about these shoes? Designer? Reid, is there something you're not telling everyone?" Rossi added in standing behind Prentiss as he looked at the younger male with one raised eyebrow. "You are aware that we are profilers, correct?
"I-I d-don't know what you all are going on about but I just wanted to look nice today, that's it!" He said a little annoyed.
"Oh I see, Morgan rubbed off on you," Emily added as Morgan again spit out coffee loudly as he stood by the sink away from the crowd. 'Why the hell did he wear that stuff today?' he thought nervously as he ran to the bathroom. Everyone laughed as he ran away to change his shirt. Reid ducked his head ever so low to his desk, his face was bright red.
"Hey Spence, we need to talk about the Stephen King novel again, there was a part in chapter 10 I didn't get," said Garcia to his rescue. Reid got up quickly and ran to Penelope's office. She joined and shut the door.
"Thank you so much Garcia, I thought I was going to die out there." Reid said as he ran a nervous hand through his hair.
"No problem, but now you need to tell me what happened between you two. Derek has never acted so nervous before, he actually stuttered when you walked in when he said hi to me. Stuttered! My Derek Morgan!"
Reid was never a good liar, though he was smart enough to seems otherwise. But he knew Penelope was not fooled by the way the two men were acting. Something had indeed happened between them.
"He took me shopping last weekend, so this is his fault."
"I see that, but why did he take you shopping?" She asked with a smile.
"Because we had a fight."
"And why did you two fight?"
"Because he was being a jerk," Reid said becoming slightly annoyed by her questions.
"Why was he being a jerk?" She had now raised one eyebrow towards him with a broad smile.
"Because he, well he, ya know,..." he said as he bit his lip and twiddled his thumbs.
"Loves you?"
"Yeah. Wait, what? What was the question?"
"Eidetic memory my butt, you hear what you want to hear!"
"What? NO!" Angry at himself for giving the game away.
"I'm so happy for you! You finally got what you wanted!"
"Please don't tell anyone, please! I don't know how the rest of team will take it. Derek doesn't want it to be public knowledge yet. I mean, I'm new to this sort of thing." Reid said with wide eyes worried about ruining the relationship with his new found lover.
"Don't worry, my lips are sealed and my mind sated, that thought of you two going at it is enough to ruin me." She said with a wink. "Just promise to talk to me if you need someone to talk to,"
"Promise, thank you for understanding,"
"No, problem!"
~~~~~xxxxx~~~~~~
It was 2:24pm Saturday at the Morgan residence and a very bubbly Spencer Reid came walking from Derek's room with one of the homeowner's shirts. He felt happy and satisfied from their last night shag session which went on longer than expected, he never wakes up in the afternoon. He woke up to the sound of Derek's laughter and couldn't help laughing at the sound of it.
"Good afternoon Spence," Derek chuckled as he watched an episode of The Maury Show, apparently a woman had seventeen potential baby fathers none which had tested positive for her two sons. He started laughing again as the woman proceeded to roll on the floor while screaming.
"You know that's mean to laugh at that poor woman, they probably paid her to be obnoxious," Spencer chimed in standing next to his lover.
"This is entertainment Spence, this here is quality comedy." Morgan said chuckling.
"Oh I'm sure," he said as he attempted to sit down without cringing, last night was a little rough on his thinner body. Morgan did not miss the byplay.
"Hey, you all right?"
"Yeah, just a little sore,..."
"Aww man, I didn't mean to be so rough on you. I just get so caught up in the moment and just seeing you all hot and bothered, man it unleashes the beast in me." He said as he rubbed his head and smiled. Reid was now beaming.
"No it's okay, I love it when you're rough, it means I'm really going to get what I want," Reid said coyly as he walked over to the older agent and sat on his lap.
"Man, you are getting tall,..."
"Hey more for you to love," he said as he leaned in to kiss his lover til they heard an abrupt knock at the door.
"Hey Derek! Why didn't you answer your phone man? Open up! Derek!" Said a smooth male voice.
"Who the hell is that?" Reid whispered rather annoyed with the man behind the door.
"Oh no,..."
"Oh no what?"
"It's my turn to host game night, ah fuck man."
"We brought some brew man," said another voice.
"Oh my God, Derek, you are not in college anymore. What the hell is this?"
"These are my game buddies, kid. It's not my fault sports bring people together." He said quickly as they both rushed to look decent enough for the guests.
"Derek, please be aware that you will tell me about everyone who knows about this place and your schedule later tonight, I'm not even kidding." Reid was angry his time with Derek was short lived due to his friends.
Now dressed, Morgan went and opened the door. Spencer quickly sat in a chair with his legs crossed now extremely nervous of Derek's built but childish friends.
"Hey everybody!" Derek said with mock friendliness as his pals made themselves comfortable in his home.
"Yo my bro!" Said the smooth talking handsome brunette with vivid blue eyes, he was followed by a man who mimicked Derek's appearance with a slightly darker complexion. Then walked in a third man who was a bit thinner than the other two with dirty blonde hair with electric hazel eyes. He seemed to wonder more than any of them why Reid was there.
"Derek, who is this?" Inquired the blonde. Derek looked at the man and then at Spencer who didn't like the way the other men were looking at him.
"Oh my bad. Everyone, this is Dr. Spencer Reid."
"Hi," he said quietly feeling a lot like a kid who just got inducted in school speaking to his new classmates.
"Ha! Who is he, your psychiatrist?" Added the brunette noticing Reid clothes. Spencer already didn't like him.
"Spencer, this is Zachery McNamara, blondie over there Allen Novak, and this man here is Gerard Wells,...these are my friends," He said nervously as the room got quiet.
"He doesn't look like he's into sports Derek," Zack continued. "hell, he looks like he's here to observe us." The man shrugged as he sat down on the couch laughing. Allen was still staring at the young doctor and seem pretty suspicious of him.
"What are you into Spencer?" Allen asked with a blank face, Reid was now sure Allen was a little different from the others.
"Um books, science, and genius stuff," he stated irritably.
"Whatever dude, we need to get to the games, move over little neck," Gerard shouted out grabbing the bag of Doritos he brought and plopped loudly on Derek's sofa. The man was bigger than Derek by a good fifty pounds in muscle. But his voice made Reid jump.
"You are the guy who place caught flames right?" Zack said carelessly. "I'm sorry dude, that's rough, well at least you can watch the Raiders and the Patriots go at it, that will make you feel better!"
"No fellas, I'm fine, I'm going to go read," Reid said angrily as he went to the guest room and shut the door.
"Jeez, what's his deal? What kind of man doesn't watch football? What a nerd," Zack chimed as Gerard laughed. Derek was getting rather annoyed at his "friends" visiting his home and Spencer retreating to his room. He really wanted Reid to be with him no matter what but he doubts he would want to tell the boys the 'nerd' happens to be his lover.
"So what up with you and Olivia?" Zack inquired while ear-flicking a rather annoyed Allen.
"She's doing alright I guess," Morgan said lamely not wanting to recall that certain night which lead him and Reid to fight.
"She keeps asking for you."
"Well she can stop."
"Oh snap! You got a new girl?" McNamara bright blue eyes beamed up like a gossiping teen.
"Umm yeah,...she's a little hottie."
"Well describe her!" All eyes stared at Morgan.
"Um maybe another time fellas, we ain't even that serious."
"So you did sleep with her?"
"None of your business Zack,"
"So that means you two are fuck buddies, no ties, no obligations, nuff said." Zach chimed with a shrug.
"No Zack," Derek said turning a slight shade of red as his blood started boiling in anger.
"But you know he's right, Derek. He's good at these things." Gerard added.
"Look you two are just having fun, if no one knows you two are together, than it doesn't mean nothing. You two are together doors closed but when your out and about, it becomes just a thought or an opportunity. A joke really. Hell, there is no relationship if no one knows it." Zack laughed heartily and Gerard chuckled. "I'm a psychologist, I know this stuff. You should probably drop her, you will never get that serious with anyone."
Reid then stormed out the guest room and ran out the front door. His hearing had not failed him and he heard everything. He felt as though Zack was on to something. He knew Derek loved him but he really wanted to let people know he was his. Women still tried to pick the older male up till this day and all he would say is 'not today, ladies' or 'sorry girls, a man's gotta work tomorrow' and he would be with Reid who would sit quietly and frown. Derek did tell him to keep their relationship quiet, but he didn't know how long. Maybe this was normal. The older agent is not one talk tall tales about anyone he was in a relationship with. Their job was dangerous and there loved ones would ultimate be placed in danger if an unsubs had a vendetta. He knew Derek would open up about it, but when was another story. Hell, the team didn't even know about his troubled past till something foul came up.
"Spencer!" Derek yelled after him.
"What the hell's up with nerd boy?" Zack piped then quickly shut his mouth as Derek gave him a death glare that dared him to speak again.
"SPENCER!" Morgan cried as he heard Reid's muffled sobs through the hall. He stalked after him till Allen stopped him. "What man?"
"I will talk to him, stay here and tell Zack and Gerard what you might need to tell them."
"Tell them what?"
"About you and Spencer." He stated as he walked off leaving after Reid. Derek's jaw dropped as he stood in the middle of the hallway in shock as he felt the color drain from his face.
~~~~~xxxxx~~~~~
Spencer walked into the lobby and sat in one of the chairs and wiped his leaking eyes. He knew Derek's wishes, but he wanted his own recognized.
"Hey are you alright?" Allen asked with concern.
"Why do you care? You don't even know me..." Reid sniffed.
"I care because I saw that look in your face and you were both angry and annoyed when we got there." Allen said calmly. "So, how long have you and Derek been together as lovers?" Spencer turned to him in surprise.
"What?"
"Look, I had originally planned to tell the guys that I am in a gay relationship with someone we know as well but I knew when I saw that look on your face, I knew there was more going on with you two than Derek let's on." He said with a smile rubbing his hand through his dirty blonde curls.
"Wow, you are perceptive," Reid smiled while looking at his shoes.
"Well I'm in the military and I work in counter terrorism, so it comes with the job," he said patting Spencer on the back as they both got up.
"I don't know, Derek is extremely adamant about telling anyone about us. Only one person knows about me and him. And now, well, you."
"How long has this been going on?"
"For a few weeks."
"Ah. That's why he won't hang out with us anymore. Ha ha, you are a very good excuse." He said quietly with a smile as Reid giggled lightly.
"I don't know what to do. I want to respect Derek's wishes but this charade could go on for months or years considering how secretive he is."
"A job like that would make anyone secretive considering what could happen if the circumstances were known."
"What should I do?"
"Well first, Dr. Reid...I have to tell Zack I'm sleeping with his older brother, so good news to bad news," Allen chuckled as Spencer laughed nervously as they went back upstairs.
