**Author's note: sorry about the typos last chapter. I'm working on a computer with out spell check. I usually check it when I load it to the site, but I forgot last night. This one should be fine. Enjoy!
As Amy left her brother's office she found Spencer standing ouside the door. "Eavesdropping are we?"
"I was trying to," he admitted. "But I couldn't hear a word you guys were saying."
"Hmm, that's really gotta suck for you," Amy replied, walking away. Spencer followed her.
"So are you going to tell me what he said?" Spencer asked, curious. He pulled at her arm, stopping them at the top of the stairs.
"And what makes you think you need to know what we talked about?" She grinned.
"I think I am entitled to any information regarding my own personal safety," He replied in all seriousness, making Amy laugh.
"You think what we discussed affects that?"
"I think Hotch didn't buy our excuse that I slept on your couch for one minute," Spencer replied. "I know we didn't do anything wrong, and you know it. Your brother probably has other ideas. If we are going to be friends and hang out outside of work, I need to know what your he is thinking."
Truth be told, he was looking forward to more times with her like they had had this past weekend. The conversations they had were some of the most stimulating in his life, and he was looking forward to getting to know the more personal side of her. He was already so comfortable around her, which surprised him. There were very few girls he was close to. Having Hotch mad at him would put a damper on that.
"Well I suggest you carry your gun with you at all times," she said. Spencer blanched thinking she was serious. "I"m joking Spencer. Aaron isn't going to do anything to you."
Spencer relaxed. "So what did you tell him then?"
"I told him the only thing he was going to accept, the truth," she said. "I told him we fell asleep on the couch and I refused to let you walk home tired in the dark. So you stayed in the night, in my bed."
"And your trying to tell me he doesn't want me dead?" Spencer asked. "Most guys want to kill the men they think slept with their sister."
"Well, technically you did sleep with me," Amy said with a quirky smile.
"That's not funny," he said, unamused.
"But its accurate. We just didn't have sex, but we litterally did sleep in the same bed together. He knows nothing else happened. Honestly, you are going to have to get over your fear of my brother," she said, walking down the stairs with Spencer in tow.
"Despite anything he may think or say, he won't stop me from being friends with you. I wont let him, and he wont try it. He just wants us to be smarter about are decisions," she added, taking a seat at her desk while Spencer leaned against its side.
"So I"m guessing that means no more pranks?" Amy nodded. "Good. I don't think i can handle anymore of your crazy ideas."
Amys jaw dropped. "I can not believe you said that Agent Reid. I'll have you know my ideas are no where near crazy."
"You're right," he said with a smirk. "They are far beyound that."
"Well it's not like you have to go along with them," she countered, standing up and placing herself infront of him.
"Sure I do," He said, standing up right along with her and closing what little distance they had. "I've been sucked ont the dark side by you."
Normally Amy wouldn't have had a problem with their sudden close contact. However, just having gotten lectured on their inappropriate behavior at work, she decided this was too close. Looking away from Spencer to find something to distract herself, she noticed Emily wasn't at her desk. A detail that had escaped her before.
"Where's Emily?" she asked, jolting Spencer to awareness of their proximity.
Stepping away, he looked around and noticed she was in the break room. "She's over there. I don't see Morgan though. Do you think he told her?"
"Only one way to find out," she said as they both headed off to the break room.
As it turned out, both Emily and JJ were in there. While Emily had been sitting at the table, JJ was at the counter making coffee, which had blocked her from their sight until they approached. Wehn JJ saw them come in she said, "Hey guys. How'd everything go with Hotch?"
"You didn't get yourselves fired did you?" Emily asked.
"No, thank God." Amy replied.
"We did however recieve a lecture on pranking in the work place," Spencer added, gaining laughter from the girls.
"Well what you guys did was a bit over the top," Emily said.
"Yes, we did go a bit far," Amy admitted, still feeling guilty. "So I take it Derek told you what happened?"
"That he did. So were you able to convince Hotch nothing was going on between you two?" JJ asked.
"What? What do you mean did we convince him there is nothing going on?" Spencer asked, voicing both his and Amy's confusion. His question only served to confuse Amily and JJ.
"Derek told us that while you were going to take the blame for the prank, you weren't ready to let Hotch know about your relationship yet." Emily explained. "Which is fine with me, I just don't understand why..."
"Emily, we are not together," Amy said, interupting her. "What exactly did Derek tell you?"
"That Spencer complained about Morgan's teasing to you and you came up with a plan for revenge. You pretended to flirt with him, then spencer walked in pretending to be pissed at catching his best friend with his girl. It got out of hand, and that's when Hotch walked in," Emily retold the story Morgan had told her. It almost exaclty like what had happened, so how had they gotten the impression that they were a real couple?
"You really should apologize to Morgan by the way," JJ said.
"More like beg for his forgiveness," Emily added. "You really had him going Reid. I didn't know you had it in you."
Spencer didn't register the compliment, he looked like he was thinking something over. Amy herslef wa wondering something. Derek had to have said something else to make them think there was more her and Spencer then freindship. Depending on what he had told them, she might not be begging his forgiveness so much as smacking him upside the head.
"We'll worry about forgiveness later," Amy said. "You still haven't explained what Derek said to make you think we would need to trick Aaron into thinking we are just friends when thats what we really are."
"He just said that you were worried enough about what Hotch was going to do with the prank," JJ explained. "You didn't want to deal with issues about you two getting together. Not only because of the fraternization policy, but because Hotch is your brother."
"So Morgan got his revenge by keeping the prank going," Spencer said, finally speaking up. "I bet he also told you not to believe us when we denied it."
"Yea, he said you would deny it becuase you were afraid we would slip up and tell Hotch." JJ replied, getting a little suspicios of who was telling the truth. "He said you would tell us the whole thing was a prank from the beginning so we wouldn't think you are together."
"So wait," Emily said. "You mean this was all really just a prank? Nothing happened between you two?"
"Not a thing," Spencer said.
"At least not what you're thinking," Amy added.
"So you lied to us?" JJ asked.
"No, we didn't lie," Spencer said. "We just told the truth in such a way that you would interperet as something more then it was."
"So what really happened?" Emily asked, some what upset at having been fooled, but also impressed by their cleverness.
"I went over to Amy's house to watch TV with her," Spencer explained. "We wound up falling asleep on the couch."
"Together?"
"Yes," Amy clarified. "He walked over to my place and was to tired to walk home at 2 in the morning. So I let him stay at my place. And before you ask, he slept in my bed, but that is the extent of what happened."
"Okay, so just to sum it all up, you pranked all of us. Morgan got the worst end of the deal and you both got in trouble for the prank," Emily said. "Does that cover it?"
"All except for the fact that Morgan tried to keep it going by telling you no to trust us and that we really are a couple," Spencer pointed out.
"So that's it?" Emily asked.
"That's it," Amy replied.
"Well then, I don't know about you JJ, but I think I have had enough for one day."
JJ agreed. "Hotch has already spoken to them. That's enough punishment for anyone."
"Alright then, back to work," Emily said. Her and JJ took off to their seperate areas.
Spencer moved to go back to his desk, but noticed Amy heading out the door. "Where are you going?" He asked.
"I'm goona have a friendly chat with Derek," She replied, continueing on her way. Spencer decided to follow her, not wanting to miss whatever she had planned.
Instead of knocking on his door, Amy walked right in. She found Derek behind his desk, and Penelope sitting in a chiar off to the side.
"Well it's about time you two showed up," Penelope said. "I can' stay out of my lair forever waiting for you two you know."
"You were in on Derek's little revenge plot to?" Amy asked in disbelief.
"I'm afraid so sista," Penelope replied. "Did you have fun torturing my chocolate god Spencer?"
"Yea, about that," Spencer said. "I'm incredibley sorry Morgan. I know you would never do anything like that. I took the prank way to far."
"It's alright pretty boy," Derek replied. "I got my revenge. You talk to JJ and Emily yet?"
"That's why we are here," Amy said with a grin. "Apparently you told them that Spencer and I were really in a relationship? And not to believe a word we said."
"Yes I did," Derek admitted proudly. "But I must confess that Garcia here came up with the idea."
"And you executed it so well," she replied.
Amy walked over and smacked Morgan on the back of the head. "Ow! What was that for?"
"That was for almost ruining the fact that I had gotten Aaron off my back about Spencer," Amy said. "We really aren't anything more then friends, but do you think my dear brother cares? No. If you people go around saying we are more, he'd be more then willing to believe I'm having wild animal sex in the supply closet with Spencer."
"The supply closet? Wild animal sex?" Penelope said. "Reid you super freak!"
Spencer blushed, "It's not really happening Garcia."
"I'm sorry, I just thought I'd have a little fun in return," Morgan said. "I'll tell the girls the truth."
"No ned, they already know," Spencer said. "Apparently we are more convincing then you."
"But then why did you hit me?" Morgan asked Amy. "And why did you say all that stuff about Hotch ebing on your case?"
"I wanted to make you sweat," She replied with an evil grin. Then she held out her hand. "I say we call a truce and stop the pranks. At least for a while. Agreed?"
"Agreed," He said, taking her hands.
""This doesn't mean I have to stop does it?" Penelope whined, making everyone laugh.
