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The team was at the hospital, anxiously waiting for news on Reid. The paramedics said that it wasn't fatal, but they needed to retrieve the bullet from his shoulder.

"For Mr. Reid." A man came out to the waiting room wearing scrubs, and the team rushed forward.

"It's Dr. Reid." Gideon corrected him. The man nodded.

"Well, I have good news for you. He's out of surgery, and will be moved into a room soon." The Doctor told them, and JJ could have cried in relief. "A nurse will come for you when he's settled."

About twenty minutes later, a nurse came and led them to Reid's room.

"He's still pretty out of it, so…" She let her sentence trail off as she opened the door. He was laying in the bed, and JJ sat on one side while Morgan sat on the other. Gideon looked like he wanted to sit near him, but leaned against the wall instead. Hotch sighed and rubbed his face.

"I have to get back to the station and clear up paperwork." He said, resigned. Rossi nodded.

"I'll come with you. We need to clear out the room, and I want to fly out as soon as Reid is able." He said. JJ, Prentiss, Morgan, and Gideon were left waiting for Reid to wake up.

"J?" Reid mumbled, looking around with bleary eyes. Gideon had left to get some coffee from the machine, and Morgan was half asleep.

"Spence?" JJ asked softly, though she knew he was too drugged up to really be awake. He frowned at her.

"You okay'?" He slurred. She blinked, not expecting him to worry about her.

"Um, Yeah Spence, I'm fine. I'm actually more worried about you right now." She said and a small crease formed between his eyebrows.

"Well, someone's upset." He muttered, looking around as if he was trying to find the source of this negative energy. Prentiss, who has been watching the exchange silently, walked closer to the bed.

"No one's upset, Reid." She said. He shook his head.

"Not you." He muttered to himself, then turned to look at Morgan. "Huh, not him either." He said as Morgan blinked awake."

"Hmm?" Morgan asked. "What'm I not?" He asked, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Shhhh," Reid said, closing his eyes. "I'm trying to hear whose energy is sad." Morgan looked to the two girls, but they were just as lost as him.

"Reid, maybe-" Prentiss started to ask.

"I know who she is, but… I can't- it's like I can't remember. But that never happens." He was talking to himself now, not even acknowledging the others in the room. JJ looked up when she saw a light go off from inside Reid's bag of clothes. She got up and pulled his phone from his bag. He had just missed a call from Lila. There wasn't a lock on his phone, and she looked at the call history. 28 missed calls?

"Reid, Lila-"

"Yes! That's who it is!" He laid his head back down and the phone lit up again, with another call. JJ reluctantly answered it.

"Hello?" She asked.

"Where is he?" A female voice, presumably Lila, demanded.

"Lila, I'm JJ, one of Reid's friends," JJ said.

"Tell her to stop being so loud." He muttered to her. "I can feel her from here."

"Um, I'm not sure-" She said to Reid, but was startled by the voice from the phone.

"What do you mean you're not sure? What happened to him?" She asked, desperation and panic creeping into her voice.

"No, I was talking to Reid. He's right here, but he said to 'stop being so loud' and that he could 'feel you from here', but he's pretty drugged up right now, so-" JJ was getting pretty tired of being cut off.

"Oh, Reid, I'm sorry." She said, taking a few deep breaths. "He says that when emotions are too intense, it's reminiscence of being in a loud, overcrowded room." She explained as Reid seemed to become less tense.

"Let me talk to her," Reid muttered, and JJ gratefully handed the device over. Reid took the phone and held it to his ear.

"Hey." He said, and she sighed.

"You were shot?" She asked.

"Yeah- how did you know?" He asked, mind racing as he tried to figure out how she knew.

"I-I dreamed it." She whispered, and his eyes widened. There was no way that was a coincidence. "I knew it was real- I don't know how, but it was like I was there, and then you didn't answer your phone, and I thought-" She cut herself off with a sob.

"Lila, I'm okay, I promise." He said and continued to murmur comforting words until she stopped crying.

"I'm flying out to Virginia tonight. I'm going to stay at your apartment until you get back." She said. He sighed, knowing there was nothing he could say to change her mind.

"There's not much in the fridge, seeing as I'm never there." He warned her, and he could all but hear the smirk in her voice.

"I'm sure I'll make it work." She said and hung up.

"I'm sure you will." He said to himself, looking at his screen. He still felt like he might float away at any moment due to the drugs, but he was more aware. Especially of all the other people in the room. "So, I'm sure you'll want an explanation." He said to his teammates as the door opened and Gideon walked in.

"Reid, you're awake." He said in surprise. Reid perked up at the styrofoam cup in his hands.

"Coffee?" Reid asked. Gideon took a sip and grimaced.

"If that's what you want to call it." He said, causing the rest of them to smile. "Now, what would require an explanation?" He asked. Reid ran his hand over his face and winced as the movement cause the stitches to pull.

"I think Lila can dream walk."

A/N: ahowell1993 and Flufflez McSugartop are good at guessing! (Or I'm just really predictable ;). Thanks to all who have reviewed, faved, or followed!