A/N: Figured I'd post this since I already accidentally did in my other story. I suck at life hahaha. So here ya go! Should make a tiny bit more sense now :p Thanks for pointing it out everyone! Cause I never would have caught it lol. :)

And I'm not saying that I'm any smarter than you.

Sometimes I have motives that are just so stupid,

And I play the fool...

- The Rocket Summer

When the team arrived on the scene, it seemed as if it was already too late. There were police cars and an ambulance were already there. The two black SUV's parked, and Natalie ran out of it to find her brother on a stretcher.

"What happened here!?" Hotchner asked an officer.

"Apparently, the man on the stretcher somehow escaped and got into a fight with his captor. He was stabbed three times in the ribs before getting the knife and stabbing the man in the heart twice," the officer explained.

Natalie was crying. "No, no, no. Is he okay? Will he be alright!?" she asked one of the men in the ambulance frantically.

"Ma'am we don't know yet. We're going to do our best to pull him through, though. You can ride with us to the hospital if you'd like," the man told her.

Natalie climbed in and shot Hotchner a look before they closed the doors. He nodded. Ten minutes later they were at the hospital. Her brother went into the OR, so she paced back and forth in the waiting room. After 30 minutes her team showed up. Morgan walked over and hugged her. "Hear anything yet, babe?"

Natalie sighed and wiped her eyes. They were puffy from crying and a lack of sleep. "No." Spencer walked over and hugged her as well, and she received sympathetic looks and apologies from the rest of the team.

Prentiss walked over and held her for a few minutes. "I'm sure it'll be alright, Natalie. Just have faith," she cooed as Natalie hiccupped.

"I know. Thanks, Emily." She looked forward and into her friends eyes with a small smile. Prentiss sat back down as Natalie began to pace again.

Then, a doctor came into the waiting room with a clipboard. "Miss Moriarity?" Natalie shot over to him. "We've finished operating. Your brother's going to pull through."

Natalie bent down for a second and started sobbing again. "Oh, thank God!" she straightened herself out and breathed deeply a few times. "Can I see him?"

"Of course. I'll take you to his room." The doctor led her away, and she glanced back at her team. They all gave her small smiles and waves. The doctor let her into the room. "He's sleeping, but he should be waking up sometime soon. I'll leave you alone." He left the room, and Natalie took a seat in the chair next to her brother's bed. He looked so peaceful. She smiled at him and grabbed his hand softly.

"Nathaniel... God I've never been so happy to see you. I've missed you so much. I'm so glad you're going to be okay. I don't know what I would have done without you." Natalie laughed to herself. "I've got so much to tell you. So many things have happened since I moved here." She watched as her brother's bandaged chest moved up and down slowly. "The job's been perfect. I've gotten a few cuts and bruises, but everything heals over time." Natalie gripped his hand the tiniest bit tighter. "I met a guy. His name's Derek Morgan. He works with me. We've been dating for about four months now. But you know me, ha. It's nothing serious. In fact I think he's been seeing someone else..."

At that moment, Spencer came to the door. He could hear everything Natalie had said about Morgan, but he wasn't sure if he should come in the room yet. He stood still, making sure not to make any noise.

"My other coworkers are great too. My boss, Aaron Hotchner... he's a good guy. He's really strict and all about the rules, but I think he's loosened up a bit since I've been here. My other supervisor... He's nice. He's not really that social, though." Spencer saw her wipe a stray tear from her eye. "JJ didn't like me at first, but... we're pretty good friends now. Emily is the sweetest. She's probably the best girl friend I've ever had. I think you'd really like her, Nathaniel." Spencer wondered what she would say about him, and then wondered if he really wanted to know. He quietly began to walk away just as she started talking again. "And Spencer Reid... I don't really know what to say. I met him before I even started work. I mean, I didn't know it was him at the time, because I just saw him in a café. I remember thinking he was so handsome. When I met him at work, he seemed to dislike me, though. Then I found out it was because he was jealous that I'm smarter than him." Spencer then realized he didn't want to hear anymore, so he walked away.

"We were paired on an assignment together. We had to pretend we were married. When I kissed him on that case... I felt something that I haven't felt in my entire life. My stomach went crazy. But I chose Morgan instead, because... I think it's because I knew that with Spencer... I'd get more attached. And I don't want to be that way with someone, because..." Natalie trailed off, finally realizing her fears. She let go of her brother's hand and quietly wiped a couple of tears away.

"Natalie..." Her brother looked at her. She opened her mouth to speak, but he put his hand up. "You can't be afraid. You weren't raised to be afraid. You're strong. You're probably the strongest person I know. I don't want you to be afraid to get close to someone, just because you're afraid of being hurt when or if you lose them. Things happen. Sometimes they're good and sometimes they're bad, but you have to understand that they happen for a reason..." Natalie began to cry again, and she took her brother's hand. She kissed it.

"You heard all of that?" Natalie questioned.

"Yeah, ha. I was only pretending to sleep." Natalie let out a laugh. "I missed your laugh." She smiled as he drifted back to sleep for real.