Meanwhile, in New York, Agent Brookes and her team continue to work the case after she informed them that she had called in some help from a friend. During the few hours it took for their team to get there, two more bodies were found.
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"Oh good, you're here"
Aaron made his way over to me and kissed me like it was the last time he would ever see me, like it would be his last breath, like at any moment he; or I; could die at any second.
"Damn I miss you too Aaron, but I don't plan on dying any time soon, do you?"
He let out a small chuckle as he caught his breath.
"No, I don't PLAN on dying any time soon, but with our jobs…,"he let his sentence trail off.
"I know, I know." I leaned up and gave him a gentle kiss on the cheek, then side-stepped him to speak to his team.
"Hi."
"So this the lovely lady Aaron is always going on about," said Agent Rossi.
In that moment I had the audacity to blush.
"You must be Dave, the ever charming Italian. Aaron speaks of you often. Not that he doesn't speak of all of you. Do you guys mind if I try and put a description with a face?"
"Go for it!" piped in Garcia.
"Ok, so you must be Penelope and the raven haired beauty has to be Emily. Um…Mr. Handsome here has to be Doctor Reid, and last but not least JJ the fabulous Media Liaison."
"You forgot me, "pouted the mocha skinned agent.
"No one could forget you Derek."
"Now that introductions are done, I can brief you on the two new victims. If you will follow me."
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After four days of trying to catch the sick bastard we made an arrest. Aaron, his team and I were now sitting around the table indulging in Chinese, when curiosity got the best of Garcia.
"How do you know the boys?"
"Who Aaron and Derek?"
"Yep"
"Well…I meet Derek our senior year in high school right before graduation, and Aaron, I meet at a Leadership Conference."
"Hey Derek, is this the Alesha you were talking about the other morning?" asked Garcia between mouthfuls."
"Um…Yea. She is…" he trailed off." (If he had been paler we would have seen his blush.)
"I told you it would happen." Derek turned and looked at me in shock.
"How on earth do you remember telling me that?"
"It's kind of hard to forget things when you have an eidetic memory."
The team smirked at my answer. As they smirked Dr. Reid piped in.
"Really? You really have an eidetic memory?"
"Yes, she does and sometimes it is quite annoying," said Aaron, but upon the raise of my brow he quickly added, "in an adorably, sexy, smart ass way that I totally love."
"Yeah, I know you love it." I said with a cocky smile.
That was when Garcia cut back in, "So you and boss man banter like that all the time?"
"Yep. Keeps me grounded, you know?"
"Yeah, I know I'm the same way with him," she said while motioning to Derek.
"You've been quiet all night, why?"
He slowly broke out of his thoughts when he realized I was talking to him.
"Huh?"
"You've been quiet all night, why?"
"Uh…," he contemplated telling us the truth, but decided on a lie, "…I'm just tired."
I could see the pleading look he gave me, a look that said, "Don't call me on my Bull Shit." I decided to cut him some slack, but not completely.