A/N: Okay, last chapter! This has been awesome, and you guys have been awesome! Gahh
Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.
Reid's eyes shot open and he tried to suck in a breath. He choked on something plastic. Panic rose swiftly as he tried to breath.
"Woah, woah, woah, calm down Pretty Boy, let the ventilator do its job. Stop fighting it. Reid, look at me." Morgans voice. He turned his head to look at the dark skinned man who spoke. He slowly relaxed as he looked into his friends dark eyes. The machine began to breath for him and he instantly wanted it out. Knowing he wouldn't be able to talk, he tried to communicate the want to Morgan with his eyes. Morgan walked out of his line of vision for a moment and Reid worried he might be leaving, until he walked back to his previous spot. "I called the nurse." He said as a young woman with blonde hair walked in. He recognized her as the intern that gave him coffee in his dream. She came in, checked his vitals after taking out the ventilator tube (Which was not pleasant), and gave he and Morgan the rundown.
"We think this time he will stay awake," She began, and was interrupted.
"Stay awake?" His voice was raspy from disuse, and he cleared his throat.
"Yes, you woke up a few hours after the crash, but you were not lucid and slipped into a coma." She explained. Well, that explained why she was the first person he saw in his dream. She continued to tell them his condition, about how most of his injuries had been healed in the two weeks he had been in a coma.
"Two weeks?" He had nearly shrieked the question as the entire team came rushing into the room, minus Hotch and Rossi, who walked in like normal people. He was ambushed with hugs by JJ and Garcia first, who had pushed all the others out of their way in their excitement.
"Oh, you have no idea how good it is to see you awake, Spence." She said, tears gathering in her blue eyes.
"I'm sure I have some idea." He murmured quietly, not meaning for her to hear him.
"Oh, how much I have missed my Baby Genius!" Garcia wasn't even holding her tears back as she kissed his cheeks and nose multiple times. He hugged them both back and accepted the kisses, knowing that they needed this. After they backed off, Prentiss approached him and hugged him gently and briefly, which he was grateful for. She knew he wouldn't want her to invade his space too much.
"Welcome back." She said simply, smiling at him. He smiled back. Next was Rossi, who took his shoulders in both his hands, leaning forward slightly.
"Don't ever scare me like that again, kid." He said, but with no real anger, before pulling him into a brief hug. Hotch stepped up last, Morgan having greeted him before the rest of the team. Hotch simply walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Good to have you back, Reid." He said.
"It's good to be back." Reid said, and he meant it. Forgetting may have been like a vacation, but he wouldn't want it to last. As he looked around this room filled with these wonderful people, he knew he wouldn't trade his life, his family, for anything.
"We are only as blind as we want to be."~ Maya Angelou.
A/N: And that's a wrap! If anyone has any requests for new stories, please, PM me! I love inspiration! I may not use it, but I adore having new ideas to play with.