A/N: I'm really sorry about taking so long to post this one.
And again thank you so much for the reviews and for sticking with the story.
Season 2 Episode 21 = Open Season
I could not believe this guy. FBI agent?
Seriously? He really though he was going somewhere with this?
I mean is he for real? Classified? I never said that in my life.
And then he decides to touch my arm as if I was really into him, and that was it. Time to screw with Brad, the FBI agent. God it was nights like this that I could get my bitch side out to play.
We had to leave our cars at the bar and get a cab to the BAU, but the only thing on my mind was the fact that I had yet to tell the team, or better saying, Morgan, Garcia, JJ and Reid that I had a boyfriend.
Not that it was any of their business, I never share those things without needing to, but we were together for about four months now, and I had yet to mix those two parts of my life together. I guess I was just waiting for the other shoe to drop, the temporary kind of problem.
I had accepted the temporary term in my life a long time ago, it was temporary house, you temporarily have to do this, my job at the agency had being a temporary thing, my moments with my parents had being temporary, and most of my "dates" had called me a temporary solution, which meant get in my pants or use my connections.
So I was still looking for the temporary thing with Liam, and I knew that I would probably make things worst, but I didn't want to need, later on, to tell the team that we had broken up, because that would be a conversation I would never have, with anyone, ever.
As we paid the cab and started walking inside I made a decision I would later regret.
"Hey wait." They both stopped and looked at me waiting for an explanation. "I need to say something."
"Yeah sweets we got that. What is it?"
"Ok, but after I say what I have to say we go inside and both of you zip it, I don't want any comments, understood?"
"Okay." JJ put her hands up and I knew I was being a little over the top, but damn it, I was not a sharer, and I did not have this kind of conversation with people, any type of people.
"I have being dating this guy for a little over 4 months now." I saw their jaws drop. "Ok, this was all I had to say, I'll see you ladies inside, bye." I ran ahead and went straight to the break room where Reid and Morgan were.
"Wow, look who was out partying tonight."
"From the looks of it you, ass." I was a little worked up, and Morgan had being partnered with me so many times already that he new my moods, and new I wasn't really trying to offend him.
"Love you too princess, but all I meant was nice dress, you dressing yourself up for someone?." Agent Hotchner came to the break room just in time to hear Morgan's comments and I could see the corner of his mouth lifting up.
"Girls night out, take your mind out of that dark place it's at Agent Morgan, you are the only one with those kind of dates."
Just as I got a cup of coffee for me Garcia and JJ came almost running to the break room, but stopped seeing Hotch, Derek and Morgan. I could see they though they could get me before the meeting, sure as hell not.
"Everything ok?" Hotch asked lifting up an eyebrow at them and I had the urge to laugh.
"Yes sir, sorry."
"So sorry."
"Let's start the briefing." I took advantage and followed him out, it would definitely not be good staying alone with Garcia and JJ.
Morgan and I left the plane quiet, I knew we were getting some weird looks, but I had already put Morgan in a funk with my thoughts, it wasn't fair to put the others in it too.
But the truth is, we hunted people. We hunted bad people, and we made the world a better place, but still when was that normal? What made it different? What made us different? And would we ever change and become like them, justifying the means to an end?
I was sitting in my desk when I got a message from Liam telling me he was on his way to pick me up by now only Morgan, Reid, Hotch and I were still here. I was getting my things when Hotch asked me to come to his office.
"Please have a sit."
"Sir?" I sat down in front of him.
"What happened?" He looked at me and I knew he could tell that Morgan and I had something that was sticking with us.
"Nothing really sir, I just had some questions that ended up sharing with Morgan and I think they also made him think, I'll talk to…"
"No, no, no. Prentiss, I don't mean as a critique. I mean as someone who is worried. The only people with Paul Mulford when he died were you and Morgan, and if both of you are questioning something, I would like to know what it is, If I can?"
"Bobbi Baird asked me how they could do this, and I told her that they didn't think like us. But I lied. We do think like that, and it downed on me that we do the same thing, we hunt people, so what make us different, and could we ever change. Start doing it for the wrong reasons?"
"I think….I believe that every person that is on my team is ready, I believe that you all are emotionally and psychologically well for what we do and see. And I know that we all do it for the right reasons, we hunt monsters agent Prentiss, and we get trained to think like them. We don't think like them."
"I guess I can see your point sir. Thank you." Maybe he was right, but I think being careful and watchful from now on would be a nice precaution; after all I had already gotten too close once and almost lost myself in a case before.
"No thanks needed." And with that he got back to his endless pile of files, I took it as my dismissal. As I left the room I saw Liam near my desk with Morgan and Reid, and I could tell something was off.
"Hey guys." They all looked up with the exact same face expressions. Ok, definitely not good.
"You ready to go?" Liam asked.
"Yes, let me just get my things." I got my purse and jacket and waved goodbye to the other two men. We walked to the car in silence and after bucking my seatbelt and realizing that Liam had not started the car I waited.
Liam never said anything just took a deep breath and started the car. He drove to my apartment, we had agreed to spend the weekend together, we had done so much in the last few months, he had shared a lot of his past with me, but unfortunately I hadn't done the same with him, I couldn't.
He told me about being a very angry teenager and getting into the wrong circle of friends and that he paid for that. His back was full of tattoos, he said they were there to remind him of the things he went trough.
The first time I saw them I had being surprised, and to be honest, amazed. His back was covered with tattoos, from shoulder blades to waist, but nothing on anywhere else, it was like a canvas and I spent better part of the night just going over them, he had laughed at me and asked if I had never dated a tattooed guy before, and I told him that never one as cute as him.
We got to my house and he was still silent, I knew I had to give him his space so as soon as we were in I told him I was going for a bath. After getting the tub filled enough so that both of us could get in without making a mess.
I got in, closed my eyes and waited, if he wanted to he knew he knew he could get in, I had left the door opened and he knew me enough about those things by now. Close door equals stay away, open door you can come in, simple.
I kept my eyes closed as I hear him come in, after some shuffling around I felt him enter the tub and sit in front of me, instead of his usual place behind me, so I opened my eyes and looked at him.
He looked tense, wary and deciding I didn't like that I got one of his hands in my hand and started massaging it.
"We need to talk." Hearing that I decided I did not want to be naked in a bath tub while he broke up with me, so I started to get up, only to have his hand grip my arm. "Where are you going?"
"I don't want to have this conversation here Liam." I tried getting my arm out of his grasp, but he only tightened his hold.
"Not this type of talk Em, I promised." I sat back down.
"Then talk." Still deciding if I want to leave him there and just go change clothes or if I should shut down the overthinking process in my head.
"You didn't tell anyone." What?
"Sorry, what?" What was he talking about?
"You never told you team about us Emily. We've dated long enough that you have even met my sister through skype, and she lives half a planet away, so tell me how I should feel over the fact that today, when I got there, no one knew who I was." He was pissed.
"Ok, come with me." I decided on a practical answer better then explaining, he was a little stubborn when it came to hearing things he didn't like it. I got his phone and dialed Garcia's number "Tell her you can't get in contact with me, and that you got her phone from me, ask for my office number." He didn't get the phone and looked like he would protest. "Just do it."
"Hello? Hi, my name is Liam and I…." The moment she cut him off I knew she would talk his ear off, serves him right. " Emily Prentiss gave me your phone, I'm going to pick her up at the office tonight and I can't reach her on her mobile, could you please give me her office number?"
I could hear Garcia's fast talking without having to get close to him, she was probably inquiring him, and I could guess that I would receive a call from JJ anytime tomorrow.
"Yes, yes I am. British. Yes, a little over 4 months. Oh ok. Yes, sure. Ok, I'll. Thanks bye." He put the phone on the bed and looked guilty at me. I raised an eyebrow and went back to the bathroom, after a few minutes of him not following I called.
"You can come here anytime sweetie." I laughed at his child-like expression, hand in the cookie jar indeed.
"I'm sorry?"
"You don't have to be sorry, I haven't told Morgan because he is an ass about stuff like this. He would mock me a lot and then try to have the 'if you hurt her conversation'. But it's not because I don't like you or because I don't want this."
He pulled me up by my hand from the bath tube and after climbing out for the second time, I suddenly remembered we didn't have any clothes on. It hadn't being a detail that my mind registered when I knew he was upset with me, but with the way he was staring things were getting quite intense.
He pulled me against him and his mouth descended on mine and without a thought I surrendered to him. He started walking me back to the bedroom without letting go and with quite the expertise after all he never bumped us into anything.
"You are beautiful Emily, and I'm lucky, so fucking lucky." His mouth was on mine again and he pushed both of our bodies onto the bed.
He already new the places in my body that would give me chills, that would light me up and make me ache for him. He started kissing me at my neck and went down to my breasts, my stomach, my thighs.
God. He was going to drive me insane.
"Liam" I could barely talk.
"Yes sweetheart?" He said looking me in the eye and stopping all and every action. I absolutely hated when he tried to play dumb in bed.
"Liam" My voice was a warning that he knew.
"But you look so gorgeous when you beg Em."
"Really because if you don't start doing something soon, you won't see …" I couldn't finish my sentence because he kneeled beside me, grabbed me by the hip, tuned me over in bed so I was lying on my stomach and then got on top of me again preventing me from moving.
"See, I'm doing something." He started the same slow and continuous process of kissing, biting and rubbing me, from the neck to my knees.
It was torture, but such a satisfying one. He knew how to make me ask for it, and he knew just how to get me there. He turned me over again. Looked at my face and kissed my mouth, and for the first time touched me where I wanted the most.
"Yes, Liam yes." I didn't need to see his face to tell that he was grinning, the bastard, he was going slowly and steady, just to make me angry and needy.
"You look so pretty like this, sensual, erotic." After kissing me again, dominating my mouth without living me time to recuperate he went to my breasts sucking, licking. All the while his hands kept stimulating me, and bringing me closer to the edge.
Finally after gently biting and with harder and quicker strokes I couldn't deny us anymore and seeing as he was on top of me, I wrapped my hands around his neck and my legs around his waist. He laughed at me, he knew what I wanted, and I just had to beg for it.
"Please Liam, please." I couldn't take it anymore, I just needed him.
"Tell me Emily."
"I want you inside, I need you inside." And with that he turned us over and got us in my favorite position. Him sitting down on the bed with me sitting on top of him, making us both groan with pleasure as he finally entered me.
"You ok in there?" I moved a little and from his grunt I smiled triumphantly, who was affected now.
"Uhum" I nodded. I didn't trust my voice, I just wanted us to start moving already, if I didn't get some nice trusts right about now I would take matters into my own hands.
We started moving, and kissing and trusting and moaning, I grabbed his shoulders for support and I could feel his strong grip in my hip, it would probably leave a mark.
"So good."
"Come on Em, I'm close, just looking at you, just feeling you so tight and hot. Come with me darling." He kept whispering in my ear and started stroking my clit at the same time.
And with that I was gone.
It was a good thing he didn't mind me totally turning boneless on top of him, I could still feel myself tingling and my legs were definitely not steady enough for a walk outside. I turned over and grabbed my phone.
"What are you doing?"
"Ordering a pizza." I said calmly.
"Seriously, after all this, the only thing you can think about is your stomach?" He sounded offended.
"Well honey you got all my other needs satisfied, so I really need food."
"Nice save, my ego thanks you." Just as we were about to kiss his cellphone starts buzzes.
"Is it her?" I ask as he looks at the caller id.
"Yes, I'm really sorry Em."
"It's ok." He got up and went to change his clothes, as I got up and put a robe on.
I walked him to the door. His boss in the hospital had being calling him all the time and at all hours. He said sometimes it was even about silly stuff that other people could resolve.
But apparently ever since she found out he had a girlfriend, Dr. Helena was trying everything to make it difficult on him, this was the fourth time this week, but at least this time she called after we were done.
Last time she called while he was still working on orgasm number one, lets just say I was very vocal how upset he left me.
"You don't get very upset when this happens." It was more a statement then anything.
"Well I know who you go home to honey." He looked at me funny and after a peck in the lips he went to the hospital.
But his phrase continued with me, was I wrong not to be so attached to him as he was to me? I had sometimes told him that I was too busy or too tired and that we should get together the next day.
But that was how I was, I didn't like to deal with people all day everyday, and sometimes, he was just kind of always there, and I needed my space.
Were we in different places at the relationship? I thought things were easy with Liam, but lately I could feel him pushing more, and I wanted to give him more, that was why I told the girls about him.
But I didn't know if that was enough for him, and I definitely could not say if I could give him more then that now. We needed to talk, and it probably would not be a good talk.