Drabbles About Reid- Chapter 49

The Eyes Have It

"............k, no more of Gideon's cabin...for now :) and slight spoilers for The Eyes Have It- obviously. :) Please R&R!"

"Why does it have to be eyeballs?" Reid mumbled. Hotch smirked.

"I am assuming this is about the case?" he asked. Reid nodded, and moaned as he slammed his head on the table.

"Hate eyeballs." he muttered.

"Why?" Hotch asked- curious.

"Because they..........." Reid suddenly stopped- shaking his head. "Never mind."

"What? Come on Reid, you can tell me." Hotch urged. It was odd to him to see his youngest agent act so childish.

"Sure, eyeballs are nice because they allow you to see, and sight is very important, but....." Reid started, sounding agitated.

"But what?"

"It's just......." Reid sighed. "When I was studying for my first BA, the class had to dissect a human eyeball. They were from the corpses of humans who donated their body to science. We had to uh.......pick it up with our hands. Ever since then? I haven't been able to look at an eye- fake or real- that wasn't attached to a body." Reid explained. Hotch looked up at his agent- eyebrows arched.

"I guess that explains a lot....." Hotch murmured. Reid smirked, and smiled lightly.

"Yeah." he laughed.

"Hey Hotch?" Reid asked with a nervous cough.

"What?" he answered.

"Can you do me a favor? Don't tell Morgan he'll never let me live this down." Hotch smiled at Reid's request- knowing that it was the truth.

"Fine. Under one condition." Hotch said- smiling.

"What's that?" Reid asked.

"You buy the next round." Reid smiled, and nodded. He got up, and headed for another round.

'I should have known..........' Hotch thought with a smile- shaking his head.