Thanks Hidge (I'm leaving Sunday morning at 4 AM and I won't be back for a week, I was hoping to talk to you more before I left!) talleigh and LoraLee2 for reviewing the last chapter.
All my readers, I apologize but I will not be updating for a week because I am going to Virginia for a week. I'm sorry, but I will be writing on the twelve hour drive and the time I have in between the stuff we do at Teen Week. Because I probably stay up much later than a lot of people so I am sure I'll have time to write, updating tons of stories. I'm sure I'll come back with tons of awesome stuff for all you guys.
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"Are you okay?" Reid asked when he and Elle left a couple hours later, Hotch gave him the rest of the day off to make sure Elle was okay.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said staring out the window, watching the buildings roll by.
"Are you sure?" Reid asked, Elle nodded, still not looking at him so that he wouldn't see the tears falling down her face. Reid reached over and took her hand that was sitting on her lap. She turned to look at him for a moment before turning back to the window.
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"Don't hurt me!" Elle screamed later that night, sitting straight up in Reid's hotel bed, startling Reid out of his sleep. Her hair was stuck to her head from sweat, her breathing was shallow and frantic, her eyes darted around the room, they were wide-eyed and scared.
"Elle, Elle it's okay, you were asleep. It was just a dream." Reid assured her reaching out and touching her back. She spun her head to look at him fearfully. She relaxed a little when she saw him sitting next to her. Reid shifted his weight and pulled her into his arms. "It's okay." He said as she cling to him and started to cry on his shoulder.
"H-His eyes…" Elle sobbed.
"He can't hurt you now. It's over, I'm here, I won't let him near you ever again." He said into her hair.
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"I'm sorry about last night." Elle apologized the next morning as she and Reid were getting dressed.
"No need to apologize, really." Reid assured her as he pulled on his pants. Once he had them fastened he went and sat down on the bed next to her. "It's okay to express emotion."
"I'm still sorry." Elle said looking down at her slippers.
"Don't be." Reid said rubbing her back soothingly.
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EEP! OMG so short, but I wanted her to have a nightmare. Sorry it's so short, I'll write an extra long chapter while I am in Virginia.