How To Save A Life…

"Self-denial is not a virtue, it is only the effect of prudence on rascality."
- George Bernard Shaw

After spending almost a full week at the general hospital, Spencer Reid had been finally discharged and cleared to go back home, what was even better was the fact that due to interrogating Newton and sending him to jail, this took about a week to do so. So now he could head back home with his friends… his family and be enjoy his two weeks off.

On their flight back home, Spencer found his usual place on the couch on the jet and was now fast asleep, while the rest of the team kept a close eye on Prentiss. They all knew that she was keeping the fact that she was raped to herself and that she hadn't even told her fiancée. JJ then took the liberty to text Garcia about the current situation about Emily's denial about what happened.

"We have to talk to her tonight or even earlier – Jen", minutes later JJ's phone vibrated, telling her that Garcia had replied to her text.

"Why what's going on Sugar? Her telling our boy genius didn't go to well? – Pen"

"Opposite actually, she refuses to admit that it happened and that also means that she hasn't told him" after sending the text to her friend, JJ noticed Emily's hands were shaking, to which she pointed out to both Rossi and Morgan. While the boy exchange glances, JJ once again felt her phone vibrate and looked at the message she had just received.

"Oh, that's a definite ER- GT! I'll wait up for you girls at the office. See ya soon – Pen"

"Deal but we're not going to a bar due to the fact that Em is with child and was even before what happened – JJ"

Aftershutting her phone off, Jennifer Jareau walked up to a sleepy Spencer Reid, woke him up and told him that she and Garcia were going to take Emily out for a coupled of hours after they got back, to which he had no arguments, until Rossi walked up to him and said that he and Morgan were dragging his butt to a club after they land.

"Who'd going to watch Andrew?" Reid asked.

"Well Henry has been asking for another sleepover and I'll call Will right now to see if it's okay with him too and if things as planned then we should be able to unwind" JJ told them, while dialing Will's number.

Morgan on the other hand slowly made his way to where Prentiss was and asked her if it was okay for him to sit by her, to which she had no argument and offered him a seat to the opposite of her and not next to her, which was unusual, but he understood.

"… So… how are you feeling?" he asked, trying to start up a conversation with her.

"I'm okay" she told him, while keeping her voice emotionless.

"Listen JJ is talking to Will right now about a sleepover tonight for Andrew and Henry and if Will's okay with it, us men and you gals go somewhere to unwind"

"Why wasn't I asked?" she sounded offended, "JJ's asking if it's okay with Will, JJ probably started the idea and Reid agreed, but no one bothered to ask me? What if I just want to spend the night with my son?"

"Whoa, calm down Princess, listen you know we didn't mean to exclude you. But you have to admit that Andrew has been asking about another sleepover for a while now right or am I wrong?"

"No… you're right and I won't say no, he has enough trouble making friends at school and Henry is like an older brother to him… just like you and Reid"

"That's sweet" he grinned at her, "Now how come pretty boy is all the way over there and you're all alone over here, when he should be guarding and reassure you after what you've been through?"

"…What are you talking about?"

"Em… come on, you can't put a mask over this. He needs to know and you know it happened, it wasn't a nightmare"

"Can you just leave me alone?" she told him bluntly, trying not to sound mean. Derek respected her wish and walked back to his original seat.

~X~

As both JJ and Garcia were almost literally dragging Emily for their Girls night out, Hotch told the rest of the men that he had to finish up reports and then wanted to get home in time to be with Jack. After the men left, Hotch heard a light tap at his door. He looked up and saw that his boss Jessie Heather James was standing at the entrance of his office.

"Come on in, James" he told her.

"I think you know why I'm here Agent Hotchner"

"I do but can this wait?"

"That's why I'm here, we need to make a date to decide when agent Prentiss can come by my office so that I can hear what happened when she was taken hostage, as much as I hate to make her relive it, its protocol to match your reports"

"She's making herself believe that it never happened… Spencer Reid doesn't even know"

"That's why I would like it to be a private meeting… just Prentiss and I"

"…Agent James, don't take this the wrong way but why are you invested in something you have no knowledge of?"

"I can related to her more than you think agent Hotchner… especially what she just went through" was all she said before walking out and was now making her way back to her office.

~X~

With the men Rossi had decided to be the designated driver, while Morgan and Reid were having a drink. Spencer was being careful due to the fact that since he was on various non addicting medicines, some couldn't mix if he was drinking alcohol so he decided to stick with drinking pop instead of getting lightly buzzed, unlike Morgan who was already starting to get buzzed.

"How are you sleeping at night?" Rossi asked the younger agent.

"Not too bad, I still have nightmares of McGuinty… except I'm the one in the chair and Emily is in my position and she dies in front of me… then I wake up and find her looking down at me worriedly"

"Doesn't help about what happened at the hospital huh?"

"No, but it's not like anything happened right, Emily was held hostage and you guys rescued her" when Reid saw Morgan stiffened, he knew something was up, "Something else happened didn't it? What aren't you telling me?" he specifically looked at Morgan.

"Kid it's not up to me to tell… it's up to Emily to tell you when she's ready" the older agent told him.

This left Spencer Reid confused and the two older agents guilty about the fact that they to not tell him about what had really happened. Morgan then saw Reid's facial change from confused to realization… he now knew and he didn't look pleased. He looked hurt and betrayed.

"I need to head home" he told both men and all three left without speaking one word to another.

~X~

Both Garcia and JJ had spend over an hour trying to talk it out of Emily Prentiss, when she eventually told them that she needed to get home but that she would talk to Reid as soon as he got home.

"After you two talk it over we'll both be on IM okay?" JJ told her in reassurance, while Garcia was agreeing by nodding.

"…I know… see you tomorrow … or actually talk to you soon" she told them, before walking out of the car and making her way to her apartment.

As soon as she entered her apartment she knew that something felt off, so she settled her bags near her fridge and made her way to the stairs.

"Why didn't you tell me that he raped you?" Spencer Reid asked as he stood from the couch, refusing to make eye contact to her.

"Who told… Listen I'm fine"

"You're not fine Emily, you were raped, and what's worse is that I was left in the dark about it" he told her while he tried to get near herm but saw how she shrunk and backed away.

"Spencer, it's not something that I can just talk about" she told him as she sat on the stairs.

At that moment he slowly sat by her and slowly wrapped his arms around her, only to ahve her break down into sobs in his arms and comforted her until she fell asleep and he carefully carried her to their bed and he slept by her and held her ina protective matter, until hehimself drifted off into sleep.

~X~