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Chapter 8

Reid and Morgan spent the next three days with his mother, and the nights roaming the town. Morgan started to see a much more human side to the ever logical man that he was had fallen in love with. It was their last night in Vegas, and Reid was acting strange. Morgan could sense that he had something hidden up his sleeve.

"So, baby, what do you have planned for the big finale?" Morgan asked as Reid paced around the room.

"Huh?" he asked, looking up.

"What's going through that overgrown brain of yours?" Reid shook his head.

"Nothing, well, lots of things, but don't worry about it. Hey, I have to run to the store, I'll be right back." Morgan stood up.

"Well, I'll go with you."

"No! I mean, no, stay, it'll only take me a second." Morgan raised an eyebrow.

"You're being twitchy, what's going on?"

"I told you, nothing, I'll be right back." Not allowing any more questions, he grabbed his cell phone and ran out the door. Morgan fell back into the chair he was sitting in, confused.

Reid came back about ten minutes later, even more nervous than we he'd left.

"Welcome back. So are we spending the night in tonight?" Reid shook his head.

"Well, hopefully not, but that all depends on you."

"What are you talking about? I don't care what we do, you know that." Reid just shook his head again.

"Uh, I'll be right back." he turned on his heels and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Morgan was getting frustrated, his confusion growing.

Reid leaned against his hands on the sink, staring into the mirror.

"You can do this." he whispered to himself. Turning on the cold water, he held his hands under the faucet and splashed it over his face. He shook his head before grabbing a hand towel and drying his skin. He exhaled a deep breath. "Ok, Spencer, it's now or never."

He walked back out of the bathroom to see Morgan sitting in the chair, still confused.

"You sure you're ok, Spencer?"

"I'm great, actually." he replied as he stepped in front Morgan. He stooped down so that he was on his knees. He took Morgan's hands in his eyes.

"Derek, you love me, right?" Morgan looked into Reid's eyes.

"You know I do."

"Let me hear you say it." Morgan nodded, unsure of why Reid was acting so strange, but willing to go along with it.

"I, Derek Morgan, love you, Spencer Reid. How was that?" Reid smiled.

"Perfect. Just perfect. Derek, I love you. I was never one-hundred percent sure what that meant until recently...until you, but now I know. I know that, that no matter what happens, as long as I'm with you, then I'm ok. I know that I never want to be apart from you. I know all of this, and because of all of this, I know...i know that sixty percent of relationships end in the first six months, and we've been together for nine. I know..." he paused. "I'm doing it, aren't I?" Morgan was trying to process everything being said when he was asked the question.

"Doing what?"

"That thing I do when I'm nervous, when I start rambling statistics and nonsense."

"Oh, that, yeah, you're doing that." Reid sighed and cleared his throat.

"What I'm trying to say is that I love you and I think we're supposed to be together forever."

"Because we are."

"That's good to hear. Did you want to know what the plan was?"

"You mean the 'master plan' you talked about?" Reid nodded.

"Yes, that one."

"I would love to know." Reid reached into his pocket and pulled something out.

"Derek, I want, I want us to get married." Morgan almost choked at the words. It wasn't that he didn't want to get married, but that it was extremely unexpected.

"M-married? I don't even think that's legal." Reid got a nervous, rejected look on his face. "Spencer, that wasn't a no." Morgan reassured him.

"There are seven states where gay-marriage is legal, thirty-five where it is pro-" Morgan gave him a stern look that said just then was not the time for statistics. "right, but, my point is it's legal here, but if you aren't ready, I understand, I just..." Morgan pressed their lips together to hush the genius.

"Spencer, I do love you, and if the only way to convince you of my fidelity, then let's do it. Let's get married. One question, though."

"What?" Reid asked, choking back the tears forming in his eyes.

"What's in your hand? A ring?" He smiled.

"I thought a ring would be too, well, gay, so I got you this." It was a thin, silver chain with an 'S' covered in diamonds hanging from it. Morgan smiled. It was just his style. Reid reached around his neck, snapping the clasp closed.

"So, when are we gonna do this?"

"I was thinking, you know, now?" Reid replied. He wanted to do it before he lost his nerve.

"So, should we get you a wedding dress?"

"Derek! Shut up!"

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."

A/N – yes, I know gay marriage isnt actually legal in nevada, but this is fanfiction, and reid and morgan don't actually have hot man sex, but they do here, so, get over it.