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Emily had agreed to a few days of leave, but only so she wouldn't have to confront Reid. She had to go back to work this morning, but didn't know what she was supposed to say. The flight from their last case had been… awkward. She knew that Reid had thought the same way, and that was the problem. Did he know something was up? Emily asked herself. Her thoughts were stopped when she saw the time. She stepped out of the door in her apartment, and made her way to her vehicle to go to work.
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Reid looked towards the doors leading into the bullpen as they opened. He quickly put his head down when he saw that it was Emily entering. Maybe, he thought, Maybe if I don't mention anything, she won't bring anything up! Reid hoped this would be the case. He didn't want this to happen any more than Emily. He just hoped that Emily would leave to do her work, and leave him to his. That doesn't mean Morgan won't do anything…. Reid slumped his shoulders at the thought. He still had to deal with Morgan.
"Hey Princess!" Morgan called over.
This is it, Emily thought as she walked over to where Morgan was sitting. She looked at the desk next to hers and Morgan's, and noticed an uncomfortable Reid. "What's wrong with him?" she asked, and then quickly wished she hadn't. She had just walked into the retort she knew was coming soon. She silently cursed to herself and told herself to think before speaking next time.
Morgan grinned. "Pretty boy must miss you," he said in a tone that, if she was blind, she would be able to tell that he was smiling.
"As much as Hotch misses Haley," Reid muttered. He had missed Emily, and he wanted to somehow get back at Morgan for his comment, and this was the perfect way.
"What was that pretty boy?" Morgan asked. He thought he had heard Reid right, but wasn't quite sure. If he did, he wondered what was with the random sentence about missing Emily.
Emily looked at Morgan, and before Reid could speak, said, "He said as much as you miss getting denied by that one girl from Chicago." She grinned at the face that appeared on Morgan. She was starting to believe that there was a girl in his home town that had denied him multiple times, and the thought made her put an even bigger grin on her face.
The happiness was cut short when Hotch called Emily up to his office. Oh great! She thought. It was psych evaluation time.
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After a few hours, Emily reappeared in the bullpen. Reid looked at her with a shocked face on. How had she managed to be so much trouble she was in the office for hours because of a psych evaluation? He remembered his hadn't taken that long. He looked to Morgan at the desk next to him and was glad that the agent hadn't noticed Emily's arrival.
Emily sat down at her desk and looked at the paperwork in front of her with a blank gaze. She wasn't sure if she was going to do the work or not. The doctor did say take in easy… What in the world are you thinking Prentiss? She mentally scolded herself. She eventually blamed the thought on too much leave before beginning to work.
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Emily had been back at work for a few days, and Morgan had stopped his teasing after he was given a lot of paperwork from what looked like an amused Hotch. The look on the unit chief's face had made everyone's morning that day, and they were soon put back into the order of things again. That was until the dreaded talk between Reid and Emily suddenly appeared.
Reid walked up to Emily while she was getting some coffee in the break room. It was early in the morning, and everyone had just started arriving, minus Hotch, who always seemed to be there before anyone else. He watched her for a second before he decided he needed to talk to her about the incident on the jet a few weeks ago. "Emily?" he asked softy to get her attention.
Emily turned around to look at Reid with a coffee cup in her hand. "Yeah?" she asked.
Reid took a deep breath. It was now or never. "We never really got a chance to talk about what happened in the jet a few weeks ago," he said silently. What was he doing?
Emily looked at Reid in surprise. She was not expecting this. "Oh, I didn't know that you wanted to talk about it," she said in a slightly confused tone. She didn't want this to happen, and she could tell that Reid didn't want this to happen either.
"I just think we need to make sure we understand what had happened," Reid said, even quieter than when he had spoken before. He was amazed that Emily heard him, and also a little sad. He was hoping that Emily wouldn't hear him, and he could just leave the subject alone with that.
"And why's that?" Emily asked in panic. "I-I told you that I thought you were someone else!" she ended quickly.
Reid looked at his feet in rejection. "I know" he whispered.
"What's wrong Reid?" Emily asked when she noticed the hidden emotion in his voice.
"It's nothing," Reid said quickly, before turning around to leave the break room. He didn't get far before Emily had pulled him back in.
Emily looked at her feet, trying to think of what to say. She knew that when she said that she had thought that Reid was someone else, she was lying. She was well aware at the moment that she was coming over to Reid, but was too tired to stop any actions from happening. "I knew that was you," she finally admitted.
Reid looked at Emily in shock. "You did?" e asked.
Yeah, I was tired, and wasn't able t stop any actions that my body did," she said quickly.
Reid smiled at Emily. "Next time don't try to lie to a profiler. I think you could have stopped yourself if you really tried," he said in a happier voice.
Emily looked at Reid for a second before pulling him into a hug. When she felt him flinch away, she quickly released him. "If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm always here," she told him with a mile, before going back to her desk to start on the paperwork left on it.
