The safe house was a bizarre set up. It was an apartment building, Hotch had said it was so that a lot of people going in and out would be unnoticed. At first everyone thought that they would only be split between two of the apartments in the building, but that was quickly dismissed by Hotch as he explained the rooming situation. JJ and Penelope would share one place, Ashley and Emily in another, Morgan and Spencer in the third and Rossi and Hotch in the last.
Nobody was permitted to be in their apartment alone at any point at all. Nobody was allowed to leave the apartment building alone. There were so many rules that had to be followed that the entire team wondered if they were just going to be swallowed up whole.
Reid forced Morgan to sit on the sofa opposite him whilst Reid himself was meant to be resting and not supposed to stand up much. Morgan of course took the opportunity to interrogate him about his partnership with Ashley.
"So, Spencer. What's the deal with you and little Ashley?" He taunted, a grin from ear to ear.
"We're just a lot closer since she came back. I think it's been good for both of us to have the support." He shrugged innocently.
"So, you saying that she's supported you and you've supported her?" Morgan chuckled. "When are you going to ask her out?"
Reid's face instantly went bright red and he hit his head against the palm of his hand before looking at Morgan again. "I'm not going to ask her out because we're just close friends."
"You say that now, but I've seen the way you interact with her. You like her Reid, you just might not realize it yet."
"Of course I like her, she's…" He trailed off, face going an even deeper shade of red at what he'd just said. "I didn't mean it like that-" He rapidly started to backtrack, but Morgan was already smirking in victory.
"Don't worry pretty boy. Your secret is safe with me." He laughed.
"I'm not ready, not after Maeve…" Reid stuttered, the mood suddenly sadder than Morgan wanted it to be.
"Reid, you might not have noticed, but everyone else has seen the improvement. Give it time."
The conversation ended there. Morgan shifted to sit on a different chair and then grabbed the remote and flicked on a sports game that Spencer didn't pay attention to, instead grabbing the book from the coffee table beside him.
It was a little over three minutes later that the first bullet broke the glass window. Morgan reacted quickest, pulling himself and Reid down onto the floor in between the sofas and grabbing his cell phone as they went.
He cursed a few times as more bullets whizzed past them and they heard the unmistakable sound of glass breaking from the apartments above them. "I thought this was meant to be a safe house!" He shouted at Reid through the roar of gunfire.
"Don't you understand Morgan? Nowhere is safe for us until this is all over."
Nothing ever goes well for them does it? xxx