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Morgan got up from the table and decided that he was going to check on Reid. Morgan made his way down the corridor towards Reid's room. Morgan stopped dead when he turned the corner and saw Reid sitting against the wall with his knees to his chest. Morgan could see Reid was upset.
"Hey Reid, what's wrong?" Morgan asked with concern, Morgan gently walked to Reid's side and sat on the floor next to him and leaned against the wall. Reid brushed some hair from his face and looked up to Morgan, he bit his lip nervously before he started to talk.
"Y-You all look like a f-family out there. Y-you seem happy when I'm not a-around. I d-don't want to cause y-you all anymore trouble," Reid whispered.
"Reid, why would you think that? You know that you are part of the family, we were talking about you. You don't cause us trouble and you never have. We are happy when you are around. Reid you will always be family to us and we would never abandon you. Reid, I need to talk to you about a few things," Morgan said.
"W-what do you need t-to talk to me about?" Reid panicked slightly.
"Calm down, it is nothing bad. The team was talking with me and we have decided that you should move in with me till you feel more comfortable and ready to face the world. I have some vacation time saved and the team thinks that this is what would be best for you. You don't have to, it is up to you what you want to do. The choice is yours," Morgan explained.
"Have I done s-something wrong? Is R-Rossi angry at me? I can get a-a place of m-my own, I won't cause y-you any more t-trouble."
"Reid, Rossi isn't angry with you. You haven't done anything wrong. You won't speak with a professional about what you have been through and we don't want to force you to speak with a professional. It will be better if you stay with me because I understand what you have been through. I know that you wake up everyday wondering why you were hurt in such a personal and horrific way and that no matter how hard you try to forget what happened to you, you just can't. Reid, I want to help you get better and the best way to do that is for you to live with me. I can't keep driving here in the middle of the night, I can calm you down better if you are nearer. Are you up for having a new home?" Morgan said to Reid.
"I-I can't face talking with a-a s-stranger about what h-has happened to me. I c-can't trust anyone, I-I have trusted people b-before and I-I have been hurt b-by then...even almost ki-killed by them. I want t-to be normal again but it i-is just so hard. I'm tired of f-feeling so weak and I'm t-tired of feeling so useless. I-I'm not a baby, I-I shouldn't need y-you or the team t-to look after m-me," Reid sniffed before he started to cry, he pulled his knees up to his chest tighter.
"Reid. Hey Reid...shhhh. It's okay," Morgan said as he tried to calm Reid down, he put his arm around Reid and held brought Reid's head onto his shoulder. He felt Reid shake as Reid sobbed into his shoulder.
"You are not a baby Reid. You are a strong person, most people would have given up if they had gone through what you had to endure. Not everyone in the world is bad and I understand why you are so afraid of putting you trust in other people other than the team but you will have to trust other people eventually. You won't be able to get to normal if you don't. I know it is going to take time but you will get back to normal. You got back to normal after Jay Henson, you can do it again," Morgan said.
"Jay Henson d-didn't t-tie me to a b-bed and-" Reid began to say before stopping himself, his crying had stopped and replaced with small anger.
"Say it Reid. You need to talk about it, I know you told me about it before but the more you talk about the better you will feel. Its dangerous to keep it all in," Morgan urged Reid.
"Jay H-Henson didn't t-tie me a b-bed and make me w-want to kill m-myself. I-I really w-wanted to die after t-the attack, I d-didn't feel even human a-after he used me t-that way and t-there was so much pain. W-When I first t-tried to kill myself, I did it because I thought everything would be better that way. T-There would b-be no m-more pain or t-torture and the team could m-move on with their l-lives. I know t-that I was wrong to t-think like that but after Jacob a-attacked me in my apartment I wanted to die. J-Jacob even offered to do it," Reid gasped with his eyes open wide.
Morgan grabbed Reid by the shoulders with a tight grip.
"W-What did you say?" Morgan shouted angrily, he ignored the screeching of chairs that came from the kitchen.
"D-During the attack, after he shut the phone off, he put a k-knife to my wrist and asked m-me if I wanted h-him to f-finish what I n-never could," Reid whimpered gently. The rest of the team had come to the corridor, Morgan signalled them not to come any closer.
"What did you say Reid?" Morgan asked. Reid pressed him lips together.
"What did you say Reid?" Morgan shouted at him causing Reid to jump.
"I said yes!" Reid yelped. "I thought h-he was going to d-do it but t-then he just laughed in m-my face and p-put away the knife. He beat me harder a-after that."
"Reid, don't ever think like that ever again!" Morgan said as he brought Reid into a hug and held him tightly. Garcia quickly kneeled on the floor next to her two boys. Garcia ran her hand through Reid's causing Reid to come away from his hug with Morgan and go to Garcia. Garcia wrapped her arms around Reid and brought him into a soft embrace. Morgan gave her a thankful nod before he got to his feet and rushed outside.
"It's okay Reid. Shhh..." Garcia soothed.
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