Another chapter for my favorite readers ever! I seriously hope you guys are loving this story because I am having a blast writing it,although I'm nervous about your honest thoughts! I'm already working on the next chapter and should have it posted within a few hours! Please please review! It makes me want to write more and at a quicker pace! Also,there will be a little time jump coming up in the next chapter!
Reid went over to wake up Parker. Supper was ready and she needed to eat. They also needed to get her to drink water,she had hardly drank it anymore which was unusual for her.
"Parker,time to wake up. Supper is ready," Reid shook her gently not wanting to scare her.
"Stop,please stop. Turn it off please,make it go away," Parker mumbled to deep into her dream to realize she was trying to be woken.
Reid shook her a little harder, "Come one Parker,wake up. It's me Reid. I need you to wake up."
Parker jerked away from Reid and kept shaking her head, "Please,turn it off. Don't let him touch me,please."
Reid saw she was crying in her sleep and knew that as much as he hated to do what he was going to do,he had to, "Turn what off Parker?I'll turn it off but you need to tell me what it is."
Parker kept crying so Reid tried again but was now joined by Morgan who came to see what was taking so long, "Parker listen to me. I'll turn it off if you tell me what it is."
"The music,make it stop. He's here please stop it,please," Parker moaned.
Reid looked at Morgan who nudged him aside and shook Parker a little harder then necessary, "Hey kid,wake up. It's Morgan and Reid,we need you to wake up."
Parker shuddered and slowly opened her eyes and rubbed them with her one good hand, "Wh-what time is it?"
"Want to tell me what you were dreaming about?" Morgan asked sitting down on the edge of the chair.
Parker looked around and realized where she was, "Nothing,it was just a dream."
"It was more then that if it had you in tears and talking in your sleep,"Morgan said as he brushed her hair out of her face causing her to tense and flinch, "I'm not going to hurt you kiddo,you know that.
"I know,"Parker stood up and instantly felt her body sway. Reid grabbed her and steadied her and helped her sit back down.
"Put your head between your legs," he instructed as Morgan rubbed her back.
"I'm fine,"Parker snapped and stood up again as she kept her grip on the side of the chair. Morgan and Reid looked at each other,both taken aback at her sudden anger, "I'm sorry,I just I didn't mean to get mad. I'm fine though. You don't need to baby me."
Parker let go of the chair and walked back to her bedroom. When she was a little ways away from the two guys she turned her head back and said, "I'm going to go wash my face,is that okay?Or do I need one of you to follow me? Oh wait,there are probably camera's set up in there too,right?Let's just take away every bit of privacy possible."
"What the hell,kid?" Morgan asked,clearly confused at this angry girl.
"Nothing,never mind," Parker mumbled before walking to her room.
"What the hell was that?" Morgan turned to Reid.
"I have no clue,but something is bothering her."
"That would be an understatement. We should go warn the others before she snaps their heads off," Morgan walked into the kitchen followed by a thinking Reid.
Parker shut the door to her bathroom and leaned over the sink before glancing up at her reflection. She didn't know where all that anger had come from and she felt bad but she couldn't help it.
Suddenly,she couldn't stand looking at herself. She didn't like the girl staring back at her. Parker flicked off the lights and then washed her face, "There,that's better," she thought to herself as she dried her face and went to join the others.
"It was weird,it was like she was possessed or something. It seemed like she didn't want to be saying what she was but she couldn't stop herself from saying it," Morgan was explaining.
Garcia got a sad look on her face, "Poor girl. She's really struggling,more then even I thought she was."
"She's fragile,we just need to be careful about what we say. Also try not to be so obvious about helping her with things that she needs help with," Hotch said as he pulled the chicken out from the oven.
JJ finished filling up water glasses before speaking, "We need to get her to talk about what happened though. said she needs to talk about what happened when the cameras were off and we couldn't see what was happening."
"Oh like that's going to be easy," Emily rolled her eyes as she set the filled glasses on the table.
"We aren't going to bring up Bryce until after supper right?" Reid asked.
"Right,let's get her to eat first then break the news," Hotch answered as the team started sitting down around the table.
Parker felt the anger wash over her again. That's all they ever did,talk about her like she was some baby. Well,she wasn't a baby and she didn't need their help. They didn't need to watch her like she was going to break at any second. She took a deep breath,hoping to calm herself down before stepping into the kitchen.
"Hey munchkin,have a good nap?" Garcia asked patting the chair next to her.
Parker slid into the seat Garcia had saved for her and saved herself from answering by taking a sip from her glass. She instantly started gagging and got up to spit out the water in the sink.
The team shot looks at each other,not sure of what just happened. JJ spoke up first, "You okay Parker?"
Parker dumped the water and moved to the refrigerator, "May I please have milk or juice?"
"Um sure,but Parker you need to drink more water. It's good for you and you have hardly been drinking it, "JJ said.
"It's fine,I won't have anything."
"I didn't say that, I just think you need more water is all,"JJ looked at Morgan who smiled his 'I told you so' smirk.
"Right,sorry."
Parker sat back down and everyone started helping themselves to the food. Parker took just enough to keep anyone from saying anything but just moved it around. The thought of the food in her stomach made her feel ill.
Reid noticed that Parker had taken only a few bites and nudged her with his knee.
"What?" Parker asked shortly.
"You feeling okay?You've only taken a couple bites of your food."
"I'm not hungry," she said as she pushed her plate away from her.
"Aww come on sweet-cheeks just a few more bites for your favorite person?" Garcia asked poking Parker.
Parker flinched at Garcia's touch and took a deep breath, "I'm not hungry."
"You're never hungry," Morgan said chiming in to their conversation.
"Is there a problem with that?" Parker asked Morgan,daring him to challenge her.
Morgan saw she was trying to get a rise out of him and decided he was going to play into it just a little, "Yeah there is actually. You're 16 years old and maybe just maybe 100 pounds so yeah there is a problem."
By this point the table had gone silent and the focus shifted over to Morgan and Parker who were in a stare down.
"I don't hear anyone else complaining."
"Anyone else care to point out that this isn't healthy?" Morgan looked at everyone.
"I'm with my man on this one hun,it isn't healthy. You're scary skinny,"Garcia said gently.
"Of course," Parker said sliding back her chair and started to get up.
"Whoa okay every take a deep breath. Parker sit,now." Hotch ordered.
"I'm not a dog."
Hotch took a breath because if he didn't he was going to yell, "I never said that. Parker,please sit down."
Parker glared at Hotch and continued standing up but didn't leave the room.
"Fine,stand. But,you can't leave because we need to talk to you about some things. We were going to wait until after supper but maybe now would be best."
"I already know."
Hotch looked at Parker not sure what to say, "What do you know?"
"I'm not stupid,Bryce escaped. The cops were everywhere,it was on the televison."
"Oh,well that was easier then expected,"Emily said trying to break the tension.
"It took you long enough to bring it up. Don't you think I should know these things? You keep saying we're a 'family' but families don't lie to each other. They don't keep secrets,"Parker said angrily as she gripped the back of her chair.
No one had seen Parker like this before and none of them liked it,it was like she was a whole other person.
Reid saw how hard she was gripping the chair and also noticed how she was a little unsteady on her feet, "You're right,we should have told you sooner. We just wanted to protect you," he said as he reached towards her.
"Protect me? PROTECT ME? Where were you when I needed protecting?Not here. You weren't here,you were gone. I get it,you guys have a job. I know that, I know that you can't be here 24/7 but I also know that if I never had to come here,none of this would have happened," Parker was shaking with fury as she yelled at the team, "I don't need you 'protecting' me. I do that well enough on my own."
Parker turned and started off for her bedroom. She was at the door when she turned back one last time,her eyes black, "I'm sorry," and her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she collapsed.
Everyone jumped up at once. Reid reached her first and checked her pulse, "Her pulse is good,a little weak but strong enough. I think she just passed out."
"I don't think I have ever heard her say so much before," Emily said as she hugged Garcia who was nearly in tears.
"Or sound so angry and hurt," JJ added as she followed Hotch and Morgan into the living room where Reid was carrying Parker.
Reid laid her down on the couch while Hotch put a cool cloth on her head, "She was swaying,she hasn't used that much energy in so long that it was too much," Reid said as he sunk down on the floor next to Parker.
"We didn't go about it the right way either," Hotch said smoothing the cloth over Parker's head.
Parker started stirring after a few minutes, "Wh-what happened?"
"You passed out, kid, and scared the crap out of us,that's what happened," Morgan said smiling at her from across the room.
"I yelled at you too, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound so angry," Parker said quietly.
Reid smiled at her, "It's okay. We did kind of deserve it,we shouldn't have brought it up like we did."
"I don't know what was scarier though,hearing you speak so much or hearing you so angry," JJ laughed as she sat down in the chair next to Parker.
"Probably both,I'm a girl of very few words," Parker forced herself to smile.
"So we've noticed,we're sorry my beautiful 007 we shouldn't have brought up everything at once-Derek Morgan I blame you," Garcia said softly as she followed Emily into the living room, "Apologize Morgan."
"She's right,sorry kid. I shouldn't have gotten upset with you like I did."
"I'm sorry too."
"Enough apologizing," Hotch said smiling, "We have more important things to talk about."
"Like what movie we are going to watch?" Emily asked hopefully, "Or what is for dessert?"
Everyone laughed at Emily. She was always good at getting people to smile.
"I would love to say yes but no. Parker,we need to talk about Bryce," Hotch said his smile fading.
Parker shifted nervously under the blanket, "What ab-about him?"
"First off,if he has contacted you in any way and how comfortable you feel living here. We also at some point need to talk about what happened while he and Molly had you," Hotch said a little more gently.
"I'm fine here,and no he hasn't," Parker said as she tasted the lie in her mouth. Lying was something that came so naturally to her nowadays that it stopped tasting so bad.
"Okay,well if you ever start to feel worried or scared I want you to tell one of us immediately okay?"
"Yes sir."
"That's enough serious talk for now, Prentiss where is this dessert you were talking about and where's the movie?" Hotch said turning his attention to Emily.
"On it like a bonnet,sir" Emily said saluting her boss.
After dessert had been passed out the team settled in to watch a movie,none of them were aware of the man dressed in all black watching from the outside.
