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Chapter 11

"Morgan, this is the third time you are missing your appointment." Hotch grumbled.

"Look, I agree that the first two times, I missed it on purpose but not yesterday. I have been just…"

"How long more do I have to wait before you guys realize that I am awake?" Reid spoke, bringing the discussion between Hotch and Morgan to an end. The others quickly turned behind and saw Reid smiling at them.

"How are you?" Hotch asked.

Reid was about to answer but caught off guard when Garcia walked forward, knocked Hotch out of the way and cuddled Reid into a bone crushing hug.

"Gar-cia… g-going die…if y-you don't … me i-in another two seconds." Reid stuttered.

Garcia unrestricted Reid in a split second and clasped her hand over her mouth. "I am so sorry…"

Reid coughed a few times before he took in a few deep breaths. "Are you planning to kill me again?"

Garcia pulled out one of her her puppy face "I am sorry… but you scared the crap out of us. Three weeks… three god damn weeks, not even a single movement."

Reid saw the hurt faces of his friends. He knew how upset they would have felt for the past three weeks.

"I am sorry." He mumbled.

"Oh… come on… just don't talk about the past." JJ said before she walked forward. "Don't worry, I will be gentle." JJ said as she pulled Reid into a loving hug and kissed his cheeks."

"We really missed you." Emily said as she also kissed him.

"Oh… No." Reid held up his hands when he saw Rossi. "I am not planning to take any kiss from you."

"Did he just make a lame joke?" Rossi asked, slightly laughing. Rossi still managed to cup Reid 's face and placed a wet kiss on both of Reid's cheeks. "Feel better?" He asked sarcastically.

Reid wiped his cheeks. "I am going to throw you out if you do that again."

The others chuckled and spent the rest two hours with Reid.

"Guys, I think he asleep." Emily whispered.

The rest suddenly stopped chatting and gazed at Reid. His head on was JJ shoulder and he was fast asleep.

"Is he sleeping? I thought he was just leaning on me…" JJ mumbled quietly.

"Wait a second." Morgan said before he walked forward and gently took Reid's head from JJ's shoulders. Morgan tenderly laid Reid back on his bed. Reid stirred a little but thankfully, he resumed sleeping.

"Is he going to be okay?" Garcia asked like a kid.

"I don't know but we will not leave his side until he is all right." Hotch said before he helped to wrap a blanket around Reid.

Reid knew he was in the middle of some chat. He was enjoying some pleasurable time with the team but he doesn't know when did he fall asleep.

"How come I didn't get tired of sleeping yet?' Reid asked and he was slightly surprised to see Morgan alone in the room " Are you planning to vacate your house and rent a room here?"

Morgan chuckled. "Your jokes don't seem to be genius like you."

'Why was Hotch yelling at you just now?" Reid asked, as he pulled himself up, leaning against his pillow.

"Well, he is still blaming himself for what had happened to us."

"What?" Reid was shocked. "Why?

"It was his idea to send us undercover, so, no matter how many I tried talking, he still blames himself." Morgan informed.

"Um… Derek… What happened to the guy… you know… the one.." Reid trailed off.

"He is dead."

"How? ...What happened actually?" Reid asked for the first time about the incident that almost claimed his life.

"How much you can remember?" Morgan asked, sitting on Reid's bed.

Reid thought for a second. "I walked to the kitchen, I guess he hit my head from behind, next thing I know, I was on the floor, my hand was tied and you were on the knees."

"He made me to do that." Morgan explained. "He had his gun on you, I am sorry I couldn't do anything at that moment."

"Derek…" Reid sighed. 'I understand. I can remember until I pushed you away when I saw him taking another gun from his ankle. What happened next?"

"Hotch shot him before he can shoot me again." Morgan informed.

"Hotch?…but how do they know something was wrong with us?" Reid asked but he instantly knew the answer when he saw Morgan smiling. "Garcia.."

"Yeah, she noticed something wrong with our security system. Do you remember about Denise telling us about a guy watching over Paul's house?"

"Yeah…" Reid mumbled.

'He is the guy. Micheal Brown. He was one of Paul's friends, stayed in his house once, made a copy of his house key, used his house when Paul was away."

"Why did he…"

"Killed the couples?" Morgan asked and resumed to answer "His wife cheated on him after five years of relationship. She was reported missing but the CSI team found her bone fragment in his backyard."

"But how come he knew about us?" Reid questioned again.

"He was one of the workers who installed a security system in the house we stayed. He installed hidden camera in the house when he found out that a couple was moving in. So, he watched us all the time." Morgan said.

"So, his wife cheated on him, he got angry with other loving couples and kills them?" Reid shook his head in disbelief. "One sick son of a bitch."

Morgan chuckled again when he heard Reid's words.

One week later.

"Are you okay?" Need any help?" Morgan asked when he saw Reid standing on the same spot, leaning against the wall.

"No." Reid said. "I can do it." Using the wall as a support, Reid took his steps rather slowly but he successfully reached back to his bed without any failure.

"Good." Morgan said he patted Reid's shoulders. "You are improving really fast but we still need to work on your sense of balance."

Reid smiled proudly. "I told you that I can do it."

"Okay…Genius." Morgan reached and scooped Reid's leg back to his bed. Morgan sat on the bed and began to massage Reid's foot just like the way the therapist have taught him.

"Does it hurt?" Morgan asked.

Reid was about to answer when the girls barged in.

"Awe." Garcia giggled. "Isn't it adorable?"

"When are you guys are going to tell Hotch about this?" Emily asked.

"Tell Hotch about what?" Reid questioned, puzzled.

"Guys, how many times do I have to tell you, we are not in a relationship." Morgan said and Reid couldn't help but to gasp in shock.

"Okay, hide it as long as you want." Garcia said, smiling. "But we know it!" Three of them yelled at the same time."

Morgan shook his head in irritation but Reid remained calm "What makes you to think that we are together?"

"First, Spence, your eyes sparkles each time you are with Morgan."

"Second," Emily resumed. "Nowadays, Morgan is probably glued to you. It is like either you see Morgan and Reid together or you don't see them at all."

"And, you are calling each other by your first name." JJ reasoned.

"Plus, we got the video of you two kissing." Garcia said.

"What?" Reid glanced between Morgan and Garcia.

"Pen, we are not kissing in that video." Morgan reasoned.

"Hello?" Reid waved in hands in between. "What video?"

Garcia opened her iPhone, flipped through her files and passed it to Reid.

Reid almost immediately snatched the phone. The video was the recording of them gardening in front of Mr. Smith's house. "Garcia, we are not…" Reid talked but then he stopped when the video showed the moment Morgan was holding his head. Only Reid knew that Morgan was actually helping him to get dirt out of his eyes, but from the angle of the camera, the way Morgan was holding his head on both sides, it actually looked like they were kissing.

"We got something for you," JJ said before she passed a small sized box to Reid.

Reid opened the box and was indeed surprised to see the photos of Morgan and him, taken for the undercover.

"We were clearing the house, and it's a waste to throw the pictures. You can hang it in your house." Emily said.

Reid and Morgan remained silent but the girls never did. They went on nagging about their relationship. Finally, when they went back, Reid opened his mouth.

"How long they have been going on with this?"

"Do you really want to know?" Morgan asked.

"Do they really think that we are together?" Reid questioned

"No." Morgan answered and Reid was puzzled again. "But then, why are they…"

"Probably just to annoy us. Look, Garcia knows about me more than anybody and she knows that I am into girls, she also knows that I perceive you as my younger brother and obviously everyone knows that both of us are not gay." Morgan informed, slightly leaning against his chair.

"Will they ever stop teasing us?' Reid asked, felling bothered over the situation.

"Or we have to stop them…"

"How?" Reid questioned.

Morgan's smile grew wider. "Reverse psychology."

Reid raised his eyebrows "I don't like the tone behind the reverse psychology thing. Should I be worried about this?"

Morgan went closer to Reid. "Wait and see, my friend. Wait and just see."

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