Hi, just so you know I wasn't planning on writing another chapter because I liked the way I left it. It leaves more to the imagination and I have written this purely to satisfy lolyncut, so here's chapter 12 xx Enjoy!
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TWO WEEKS LATER
"I'm fine Garcia. You can trust me to be safe for five minutes." Reid said into the phone.
He had been released from the hospital a week ago but was only returning to work at the BAU that morning. The technical analyst had developed a habit of calling him at every given oppurtunity to make sure he was safe and, frankly, Reid was sick of it. At least back at work his overly protective friend could watch him from surveillence cameras without disturbing him.
"Are you leaving your apartment now?" she asked.
"Yes and I'll come straight to your office as soon as I get there." he reassured wondering if he could quickly grab a cup of coffee first.
"Have you taken your meds?" she asked again. Reid had tried to convince himself that he didn't need them but without taking them regularly everything he did made him ache.
"Yes."
"Do you have your gun?"
"Yes."
"Keys?"
"Yes."
"Phone."
"Yes." this was becoming extremely tedious.
"Is it charged?" she asked in a motherly tone.
"Seriously?" he asked not wanting to admit that he only had about another hour of battery life left before it went dead.
"I just want you to be safe." she said her tone lighter than before.
"I am. I'll see you in a minute." he said about to hang up.
"You'd better." she huffed.
"Bye Garcia."
He hung up the phone before she could find another reason to keep him on the line for longer. As he left his apartment he couldn't help but wonder when Garcia had turned from a protective friend to the equivelent of a paranoid girlfriend.
He walked down the main road towards the subway, passing many cars filled with people rushing to get to work on time. He moved as far from the rushing cars as the pavement would allow trying to shield himself from the questioning glares of the drivers. The unwanted attention made him want to turn back and take his usual combination of back roads and alley ways but he had promised Garcia that he would stay as visable as humanly possible. It seemed stupid to him but he did admit to himself that this was a more efficient way of getting to his desired destination.
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Walking out of the elevator he couldn't help but smile at the scene in front of him. Through the glass doors Emily Prentiss could easily be seen teasing a very frustrated Derek Morgan. Morgan still couldn't move his arms around to much, due to the stab wound he had sustained, and Prentiss was using this to her full advantage as she dangled a cookie above his head.
"Stop taunting him." he laughed as he walked past the pair and towards his disused desk. The pile of folders on it seemed to be considerably larger than when he left.
"Nice to see you back here Reid." Prentiss said, flashing him a smile whilst continuing to taunt the older agent.
"Pretty boy, make her stop." Morgan said giving Reid a pounting look. At this he walked towards Emily and snatched the cookie from her hand but instead of handing it back to Morgan the temptation was to strong and he shoved it into his mouth and started chewing the sweet buscuit.
"Hey!" Morgan moaned as Prentiss burst out laughing, clutching her stomache. Finishing the cookie he walked towards the brake room to fix himself a well needed cup of coffee. It might seem weird but one of the things he missed most about this job was the bitter coffee.
After spooning in three tea spoons of sugar he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. For a minute he was cofused but then remembering the time he realised it was Sophie. She had started the habit of calling or texting him at least once a day but unlike Garcia this was reassurence for her own health rather than his. He had found out that she self harmed the second day he was regularly conscious and he was continually being thanked for helping her cut out the habit. Nothing helps you respect life like a near death experience, he thought.
About to reply to her text he heard the familiar clicking of heals come up behind him and then felt a magazine being smacked around the back of his head. "Ow!" he said spinning around and facing an extremely annoyed Garcia.
"What do you call this?" she asked in a raised voice.
Still confused he answered, "Coffee, what does it look like?" Garcia sighed.
"You promised me that you would come to me office the minute you got in." she accused.
"Well I got side tracked." he said smiling at the memory.
"Yeah, I saw that. I baked those especially for my Chocolate Adonis you know."
"For the record they were one of the best cookies I've ever tasted." he joked.
"Well dah." she said blushing slightly at the complement and returning to her quirky self. "I have some more for you in my office if you want them."
Reid beamed at the offer but the happiness was short lived as JJ stepped into the break room and interrupted the pair. "Guys, we've got a case and it's a bad one." she said with a thrown before ducking back out.
"And life goes on." Reid said as Garcia giggled and headed back to her bat cave whilst he grabbed his coffee and strolled towards the conference room. It was as if Nicolas James had ever existed.
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Are you happy now?
