Alright folks this is it. The last chapter. I really wanna thank you all for hanging in there with me and my beta. I hope this chapter meets all of your expectations.
I also wanna thank my wonderful beta: Dragon Claymore for taking the time out of her busy schedule to work on my story. I seriously don't know how this story would've turned out if it wasn't for you.
Thank you all again and please read and review one last time.
Chapter 38: And They All Lived Happily Ever After…Or Did They?
JJ and Emily nodded and headed out to talk to Elle. Elle wasn't all that surprised to see them as she figured that Morgan and Hotch hadn't believed her and sent the girls to talk to her. Emily and JJ tried to refrain from asking her direct questions about the case and the murders so she wouldn't close in on herself. Elle sighed and looked at the girls.
"It really pissed me off when they were never found. I felt like they were just giving up and then I saw and heard of all these men who had raped teenagers like me and got paroled. These are sick, perverted men! They should've never been allowed to walk free!" she yelled.
Emily and JJ looked at each other. This was the confession they needed. It just pained JJ to have to arrest someone she had once called a friend. Emily, who hadn't really known Elle, had no qualms with it. She read Elle her rights as she cuffed her, both JJ and Emily were surprised that Elle didn't struggle. They led her to the car and put her inside as they headed back to the police station. They handed her over to the officers and headed back to the team.
"I just can't believe Elle would do something like this," JJ said sadly.
"We all have a dark side inside of us. It's just what causes it to break free. Like Gideon," Morgan said.
For the first time in a very long time Reid didn't shiver at the mention of Gideon's name. He looked at Morgan and smiled and Morgan gave him a small smile in return.
Emily looked at JJ, "You gonna be okay Jayje?"
JJ gave her a tiny smile, "Yeah I'm gonna be fine." She looked at Morgan and Reid, "How about you boys?"
Morgan put an arm around Reid's waist and smiled, "We're doing fine."
{~CM~}
The team managed to make it back to Quantico that evening but no one really felt like celebrating. Everyone bid each other good night and went their own separate ways. Morgan and Reid climbed into Morgan's SUV and headed to their apartment. Once inside they dropped their go-bags by the door.
"I'm gonna shower," Derek said leaving it open in case Spencer wanted to join him.
Spencer nodded and headed for the kitchen where he refilled Clooney's bowls and gave him a gentle pet on the head. When Derek came out, Spencer hopped in. Derek sat on the couch and sighed before standing up and putting some coffee on for when Spencer came out of the shower. When Spencer came out he handed him a cup of coffee and they sat on the couch. They sat drinking their coffee and watching some meaningless show in silence.
"Are we?" Derek asked suddenly breaking the silence.
"Huh?" Spencer asked looking at his boyfriend, "Are we what?"
"Are we okay? I keep getting this feeling that you're still pulling away from me."
Spencer frowned, "What are you talking about Derek? Because we're not jumping into bed?"
"What? No. You haven't said two words to me on the jet or even in the car and now…" Derek sighed. "Are we okay?"
"We're fine, Derek," Spencer said before giving him a small smile and a peck on the lips. "I think I'm gonna turn in. Coming?"
"I think I'm gonna stay up a little bit longer. I'll be in soon."
Spencer frowned but nodded, "Okay."
Derek watched Spencer head into the bedroom before putting his head in his hands and sighed. He knew that if he went in their right now he'd have no self-control and try to make love to Spencer but he wouldn't do that until Spencer was truly better.
"Derek?"
Derek opened his eyes that he didn't realize were closed and looked up at his boyfriend, "Yeah?"
"Please come to bed? I know you're mad at me but I'm lonely and you've been out here a long time," Spencer said softly.
Derek frowned and looked at the time, and sure enough he'd been sitting there for about an hour. Derek cleared his throat and stood, "Baby, I'm not mad at you. I just don't understand why you're still pulling away from me," he said following Spencer into the room.
"I'm not Derek, honest," Spencer said lying down on the bed.
Derek just sighed and laid next to him.
{~CM~}
The next morning Derek was pleasantly surprised to wake up and find Spencer's mouth wrapped around his cock.
"Mm, Spence," He moaned tossing his head back trying not to buck his hips.
Spencer chuckled softly around Derek's cock and Derek moaned again.
"Baby, keep that up and I'm likely to come," he said.
Spencer chuckled and pulled off before glancing at him and grinned at him, "Do it, Derek, I know you wanna. Wanna feel you come in my mouth."
"Fuck Spencer!" Derek groaned as Spencer dove back onto his cock and sucked him harder than he was before.
Derek glanced at Spencer and before he knew it he cried out and came down Spencer's throat. Spencer moaned and swallowed all that he could before grinning up at Derek.
"Morning," he said before kissing him gently.
Derek chuckled, "Morning baby."
"When you finish getting cleaned up, meet me in the living room okay?" Spencer asked.
Derek was confused, "Wait, Spence, did you…?"
Spencer chuckled and nodded, "Yes. I'm going to clean up myself. I know you like to marinate for a minute so I'm gonna get some coffee going," he said heading to the bathroom.
Several minutes later Derek headed into the living room wearing a faded pair of jeans and a Chicago Bears hoodie and found Spencer sitting on the couch staring at his cup of coffee.
"Trying a new magic trick? Trying to see if you can make the coffee disappear just by staring at it?" he asked sitting down on the couch.
Spencer jumped a little, "Derek, you scared me."
Derek chuckled, "Sorry baby. So you wanna tell me what that was all about this morning? I told you before you don't have anything to prove to me."
Spencer shook his head, "That was more for me than for you."
Derek frowned, "What do you mean baby?"
Spencer bit his lip before sipping his coffee, "I needed to see if I could touch you without freaking out. It took me a good minute before I was able to actually get you in my mouth."
Derek frowned, "Baby, why are you doing this, if you don't wanna do it don't do it."
"But Derek, I do wanna do it. I wanna suck your cock and I want you to fuck me and…"Spencer trailed off.
Derek was even more confused, "Baby…"
Spencer sighed and chewed his lip again, "I'm not trying to pull away from you Derek or avoid you. I don't want that, but…"he trailed off again biting his lip.
"Baby, stop doing that," Derek said thumbing his lip, "But what?"
"It's gonna take me a long time to get over everything that happened with Gideon and Treyvon, and the nightmares. I want us to be okay, Derek, but it's gonna take me some time. I'm not trying to pull away from you on purpose, or that I don't want you because I do. So bad, but I gotta make sure I'm really okay. I mean yeah, this was probably the first time in a long time where I didn't flinch on mention of Gideon's name, but I wanna make sure that it stays that way. I don't wanna be afraid of them Derek. I don't wanna be afraid of you."
Derek looked at Spencer with soft eyes before pulling his boyfriend into his lap, "I understand baby, believe me I do and I appreciate you being honest with me. Like I said before, I'd wait forever for you baby so however much time you need, you have it. Just know I'm here if you need."
Spencer nodded and placed a soft kiss to Derek's lips before laying his head on his chest. Derek kissed the top of Spencer's head and smiled as he glanced out the window. He finally believed they would be okay.
END.