OMG Sorry for the super short chapter, just a little to tide you over, I swear I will have a longer one up tomorrow, got a bit of writers block going on tonight

-CM-

The daylight was a harsh reminder that a new day of secrets had begun, but it was Morgan who felt it. He had sat awake in his room almost all night, his room wasn't that far from Reid's and he had waited most of the night to hear any sign of his young friend coming in. Derek wasn't even sure what he would do if Reid did show up, if he would confront him on his whereabouts or sit seething in confusion and annoyance behind the door of his hotel room, the whole situation frustrated him to no end.

JJ and Prentiss were sharing a snack they had gotten from a vending machine at the end of the hall. They were making small talk, about how JJ missed saying goodnight to Henry and Emily saying how she missed her cat Sergio even though it was nowhere near close to how JJ felt, they laughed about it as they paced the halls, they were waiting for everyone to get up.

Rossi was still in his room, he was buffing his shoes. Not because they needed it but he told himself because he was Italian it was a good idea, besides who didn't like shiny shoes?

Unbeknownst to the rest of the team Hotch was already up and down in the lobby, he knew Reid had not spent the night in the hotel, and although he didn't feel as intrigued about what Reid was doing as the rest of the team did he had noticed the change in Spencer's behaviour at work and with the team, and he wanted it to stop, the last thing he needed was for one of his team members to get injured on this case because their thoughts were somewhere else.

Hotch turned his eyes towards a cab that was pulling up on the opposite side of the street, there was a coffee shop there, and he watched as Reid got out of the cab.

Reid looked around a moment then went into the coffee shop, and at the same moment Hotch exited the hotel and crossed the street heading in the same direction. Spencer hadn't seen him.

Hotch opened the door to the quaint little coffee house, a bell positioned above the door jingled as he opened it, there was a short line of people so no one looked back to see who had entered.

Reid felt eyes on him, and he momentarily shut his own knowing somehow inside that it was Hotch, he always got this weird feeling when Hotch was staring him down, it was like Hotch Radar or something.

"Good Morning." Reid said not turning around. Hotch stood behind him staring out the window to his left.

"Hello Reid." Was his response, and Spencer knew he was going to be in for an earful now whether he liked it or not. He decided quickly then not to lie to Hotch but also not to reveal anything that he knew was no one's business.

"If you're not going to stay with us at the hotel you could just say so." Hotch said plainly as the line slowly shuffled forward, the people in front fiddling with coins in their pockets and muffled music pinging from headphones.

"I know.." Reid said, his tone a bit reserved, he didn't want to get Hotch upset with him, he didn't want anyone upset with him but was having a hard time not being defensive lately.

"I was with a friend, I'm sorry I should have told you." he finished, Hotch pulled out his wallet from his front pocket. Reid made his way to the till as his turn came up, and he ordered something with vanilla and tea, Hotch had never heard of it, but shrugged it off as nothing he then paid for Reid's drink before Spencer had a chance to reach for his wallet.

Reid turned to face Hotch with a puzzled look on his face, and Hotch could see it.

"You attitude has been off to say the least Reid." Spencer gave a tight lipped smile and nodded, looking down at the floor as the two men moved to the side out of the way of the other customers.

"I don't know where you've been going, and frankly it doesn't concern me but while you're here with the team that's where I want your head, understood?" Spencer nodded, feeling a bit tense at the words but also relieved.

Hotch didn't share much with anyone, he was having issues at home with his wife and that seemed to make him focus on work that much more, which in turn made him enforce that on the team, but at this moment Reid was more than ok with that. At least it hadn't been Morgan who'd crept up on him for a pep talk.

"Let's get the team and head out." Hotch said making his way out of the shop, and Reid nodded in agreement as he followed his boss out the door.