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Brooke sat up gasping. Her heart racing and her clothes drenched in sweat. Something was wrong but she didn't know what. She rolled over and saw it was 3:38 a.m. She figured Derek was sleeping so silence was a must.

She crept down the hallway towards the kitchen. She was filling up a glass with water when a cough made her yelp and drop the glass to the ground.

"Troubles sleeping?" Derek asked and Brooke as she tried to steady her breathing.

"I'm sorry,did I wake you?"

"Nah,I haven't gone to bed yet. I was watching a show and heard you moving around. You okay?"

"Yeah,fine. Just thirsty," Brooke said as she picked up the glass.

"You don't look fine," Morgan commented as he mopped up the water, "In fact,you look just like your brother after he has had a nightmare."

Brooke raised an eyebrow, "Do I want to know how you know what my brother looks like after a nightmare?"

Morgan threw the wet towel at her,prompting a laugh from her, "We sleep together on cases."

Brooke's eyes got wide and Morgan realized what he had said and tried to recover, "I mean we...we bunk..I mean we room together. We share a room."

"Is this something I should be concerned about?"

Morgan laughed, "You're such a freak,kid. You know what I meant."

Brooke laughed, "Yeah,it was just funny seeing you look unnerved and rattled."

"Funny,huh?"

"Yeah,funny. You always have it so together that it isn't often I see you not like that."

Morgan had a feeling the conversation was slowly shifting, "I could say the same about you,you know. Little miss "I have to look perfect every second of the day," Morgan said,keeping his tone light and joking, "In fact,this is the most human you have looked in awhile. With your hair a little less then perfect,wearing your brothers old sweatshirt and a pair of raggedy shorts."

"Funny,Morgan."

"I'm not kidding,you look so much like your brother right now."

Brooke didn't say anything,what could she say?

"You know,everyone has nightmares. Even me," Morgan said as he dug in the cupboard for something,giving Brooke some space.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"And sometimes I'm not always to put together."

"You're not?"

"Nope,not always."

Morgan waited to see what she would say was slightly surprised at what came out of her mouth,"I'm gonna go back to bed. Night,Morgan."

"Night,kid," Morgan said as he watched her go back to bed. He wished she wasn't so closed off,it would make life much easier.

"Ready to go?" Morgan asked a yawning Brooke.

"Yeah,I'm ready."

"Alright,I'll pick you up around 5?"

"I can get a ride with someone so you don't need to come all the way across town."

"It's fine. I was thinking we could do Chinese for supper and there is a great restaurant over that ways anyways."

"Oh,okay."

"You sure you're okay?" Morgan asked,she looked exhausted and worried about something.

"Do you ever have like a gut feeling that something isn't right?"

"Sometimes,yeah."

"Does something bad happen when you get that?" Brooke asked as they got into the car.

"Not always,no."

"Okay."

"You have a feeling something isn't right?" Morgan asked looking over at Brooke.

"I'm sure it's nothing."

"If you say so," Morgan said smiling.

"I say so."

"Alright,let's get you to school then."

Brooke looked down and saw it was Spencer calling. She debated answering,it could end up being a long conversation and she didn't have time for that, "I'll talk to him later," she said out loud.

"Talk to who later?" Leighton asked as she came into the locker room.

Brooke jumped and Leighton laughed, "Relax,just me. Talk to who later?"

"Oh,my brother is calling."

"You have ten minutes if you want to talk to him," Leighton said.

"I'll call him after practice. He probably just wants to check in."

"Okay,well let's go stretch then. Christina is in a mood today and you don't want to be on her bad side!"

"How was practice?" Morgan asked as Brooke threw her stuff in the backseat.

"Exhausting," Brooke said as she attempted to fix her hair.

"You up for eating out or do you want to go home and I can order something?"

"We can go out,that's fi-" Brooke stopped talking and dug around for her phone before silencing it.

"You don't want to answer that?"

"It's just Spencer,I'll talk to him after we eat."

"You sure?"

"I'm sure. He just wants to check in like always."

"Alrighty then,let's go eat."

"Is Brooke there?I've called her a few times today and she hasn't answered," Spencer told Derek who was pacing around the living room talking to his best friend and getting an update on the case.

"Yeah,hold on," Derek covered the phone before shouting, "Brooke,get down here!"

Brooke came down and stood in the doorway, "Yeah?"

"Phone's for you."

"Spencer?"

"Yeah."

Brooke took the phone from Morgan and curled up on the couch, "Hello?"

"Nice to hear your voice finally."

"Sorry,I've been fact,I have tons of homework to do so I can't really talk long," Brooke said as she tapped her foot impatiently.

"Oh,okay. Well I just wanted to say hey and see how you were doing."

"I'm fine,just tired and busy is all."

Spencer sighed, "Okay,I'll let you go then. I love you Brooke."

"Yeah,talk to you later," Brooke handed the phone back to Morgan who felt bad for Spencer.

"I don't know what to do,Morgan."

Morgan felt a tug at his heart after hearing the sadness in his friends voice, "She'll come around. Just give her time,kid."

"Yeah I know. I should go too though. It's going to be an all-nighter at the station. Thanks for keeping an eye on her."

"No problem,pretty boy. Go find our killer."

"Later,Morgan."

"Later,kid," Derek said as he hung up the phone.

He wanted to go talk to Brooke about her rudeness with Spencer but figured now wasn't the time. Instead,he made some popcorn and sat down to watch a movie.

Morgan woke up to hear his phone ringing. He looked at the clock and saw it was 2 in the morning. His senses were on high alert because no one called at 2 a.m with good news.

"Derek Morgan."

"Morgan?"

"Emily,what's up?Everything okay?"

"It's Spencer,Morgan. He's been hurt."

"He...he what?"

"He was doing a routine check,I don't know the details but Hotch was calling for him and he never responded so we were looking and Hotch found him beaten to a pulp,shot,and left for dead."

Morgan was shaking he didn't know what to do or what to tell Brooke.

"Is he going to ma-make it?" Morgan choked out the last couple words.

"I don't know,he's in surgery now. Morgan,you need to tell Brooke and you guys need to get here as soon as you can. Garcia is already setting up tickets for you. I'll text you the details."

"Morgan?" Brooke asked,causing Morgan to turn around.

"Okay,thanks Emily. I'll call you in a bit," Morgan said before focusing his attention on Brooke who looked scared and confused.

"Morgan,what's wrong?Why did Emily call?"

Morgan walked towards Brooke who was shaking, "Come on and sit down,we need to talk."

"It's Spencer,isn't it?What's wrong?Is he okay? Morgan,tell me if my brother is okay!"

"I don't know. I don't know much,kiddo. We are flying there in a bit. I need you to go pack some stuff."

"Is he going to make it?" Brooke asked softly.

"He's strong,he'll be okay."

"Will he be the same?"

Morgan didn't know what to say and instead gave Brooke a hug and then led her upstairs to help pack.