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Author's Notes: As you can probably tell, I'm a huge fan of the show. I love all the characters/actors in the show. The storylines are amazing. I'm an English major and a writer in the making. I also happen to be a huge shipper of Elle/Derek Morgan. I think they have a great chemistry. They had some sparks in the episode, The Broken Mirror and other episodes as well. This is a romantic story that gives the readers a glimpse to who Elle really is and what happened to her in the past. I hope all of you guys enjoy my story. Please don't hesitate to post comments on it. Thank you.

Previously on Unexpected Feelings…

She lay on her bed. He covered her with the blanket and then lay beside her and held her tightly through the entire night. She finally fell asleep in his arms. She felt safe. She knew that she was in good hands.

Unexpected Feelings

Chapter 6

Just a few hours later, Elle was having another nightmare. In this nightmare, Morgan and the rapist were struggling for the gun. Suddenly, the gun went off. The sound of the gun startled Elle, and she began shouting Morgan's name in her sleep. Morgan, who was sleeping right next to her, woke up at the sound of her screams.

Elle: Morgan! Oh my god, Morgan!

Morgan: Elle, wake up! I'm right here!

Elle: Morgan!

Morgan: It's okay, Elle. Wake up!

He softly shook her out of her nightmare. Finally, she opened her eyes and looked at him.

Elle: Morgan?

Morgan: Yeah, it's me, Elle.

Elle: Oh, thank god! You're okay.

She hugged him tightly once she saw that he was all right.

Morgan: Of course, I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be? What were you just dreaming?

Elle was fully awake now. She then realized that Morgan was lying in bed with her. She got up quickly.

Morgan: Hey, you ok?

Elle: What are you doing in my bed, Derek?

Morgan: You don't remember?

Elle: No, not really. Everything is a little fuzzy right now.

Morgan: You were having a nightmare last night. You were screaming in your sleep. I thought something was wrong. And so I broke down the door and then calmed you down. I didn't want to leave you alone. So I stayed with you to comfort you. I was planning on leaving when you fell asleep, but then I fell asleep too, I guess.

Elle slowly remembered what happened. Suddenly she felt embarrassed.

Elle: Oh, my god. Look at me. I'm a total mess. You must think that I'm really weak. You watched me crying here all night and yelling in my sleep. I'm not acting like an FBI agent at all.

Morgan: First of all, I don't think you're weak. Actually, I think you're one of the strongest people I know. And you're entitled to be a mess, especially after what you had to go through just seven hours ago.

Elle: Thanks for trying to make me feel better, Morgan. But I'm still an agent. I'm supposed to be able to control my emotions. Instead, I'm totally loosing it.

Morgan: Just because we're agents, it does not mean we don't feel things. Elle, we're just like anyone else. We're only human. And it just kills me that you had to be that bastard's victim again last night.

Elle: What did you just say?

Morgan: Listen, Elle. I don't know how to tell you this, but...

Elle: I can't believe you, Morgan! You did a more thorough background check on me, didn't you? How could you do that?

Morgan: I was worried about you! You weren't acting like yourself. I just wanted to help you!
Elle: I trusted you! You had no right researching my past! That's personal!

Morgan: That bastard is trying to finish what he started 16 years ago, Elle! You and I both know that you're in danger! Your life is at steak here!

Elle: So who else knows about this, huh? I bet everyone is now discussing how unfortunate I am and how poor Elle had to live through this nightmare again! All of you are feeling sorry for me!

Morgan: You've got this all wrong. No one else knows. Except Garcia, and that's only because I had to ask her to do the research.

Elle: Oh that's even better. Now she's going around the office telling everyone about my miserable past.

Morgan: She won't tell anyone. And you're wrong. I don't feel sorry for you.

Elle: I don't believe you. You're not even looking at me the same way you used to. Now, I see pity in your eyes.

Morgan: That's not true. You're still the same Elle you've always been. I may look at you differently now, but that's only because I understand you a whole lot better. Not because I pity you. It's because I feel like I really know you.

Elle: Nice try, Morgan.

Morgan: I'm being serious, Elle. You have this way of closing yourself off from the world. You won't let anyone in. It's as though you are afraid to actually show us who you really are. You never talk about your past or even your family. You just try to keep everyone at a distance.

Elle: Great, so now, you're profiling me, is that it? I don't need you to tell me how I feel.

Morgan: All I'm trying to do is help you. Why can't you see that?

Elle: So you call going behind my back helping me. I told you that I was not ready to talk about that time.

Morgan: When will you be ready, huh? The longer you put it off, the more difficult it will get. You have to deal with this now, Elle. You have to put your past behind you and move on with your life. Stop pushing the people that care about you away. Let me in. Don't shut me out.

Elle: I don't want to talk about this anymore. I want you to leave, Morgan.

Morgan: You don't mean that.

Elle: I do. I want you to go, Special Agent Derek Morgan.

Morgan: Don't do that, Elle!

Elle: Don't do what?

Morgan: Don't use formalities with me. You're the only one on our team that occasionally calls me by my first name. And now you're calling me by my title. Is that some way of isolating yourself from me?

Elle: That's just great, Agent Morgan. Now you're profiling me again.

Morgan: I'm not going anywhere. You can argue with me all you want. You can hate me and even call me names. Nothing is going to make me leave you.

Elle: Just go.

Morgan: Elle, come on. You need to talk about this. You need to get it off your chest. It's for your own good.

Elle: Let me be the judge of what's best for me. Now, I'm asking you nicely to please go.

Morgan: I already told you, I'm not leaving.

Elle: Don't make me say something that I might regret later, Morgan! Get out!

Morgan saw the pain in her eyes. He saw her tears running down both her cheeks, and decided it was best to give her some space. He didn't want to upset her even more.

Morgan: All right! Fine, I'll leave. But I'll be back. You can't kick me out of your life. I care about you too damn much for you to do that.

She opened the door for him. He gave her one last look and then left. Once she closed the door behind him, Elle started sobbing. She let everything out. It actually made her feel better to get everything off her chest. All the things she's been holding inside all these years have finally come out. After a few moments of crying freely, she told herself to hold it together. She finally stopped crying. She promised herself that those were the last tears that she would ever shed over that rapist.

To be continued…

Coming up next…Will Morgan tell the team about Elle's past? Stay tuned.