More Than Best Friends Now
Chapter 2
Surprise's are sometimes fun
AN: Don't own it. Morgan and Garcia both get a surprise.
Garcia wasn't sure what Morgan was up to, he had her eyes covered walking her to the back deck of Rossi's house at Little Creek. He refused to let her uncover her eyes and she was already trying to figure out who owned the red Toyota Camry that was parked in the driveway. Nobody owned a car like that she knew, the team had either black or blue cars or trucks like Rossi and Morgan, different models and color though.
"Morgan just let me see," she said again.
"Nope, I told you I had a surprise for you and I'm not letting you see it yet," he said.
"I hate surprises," she protested, but once he removed his hands she didn't hate this surprise.
The team was standing on the back porch along with Fran, Sarah, and Desiree Morgan. "Congratulations," they all said with smile before she was hugged by all the women.
"You said you'd see me next weekend," Garcia said hugging Fran.
"Well, I had to get you to here and he apparently wasn't moving any faster, and he still hadn't given you the ring either," she said.
"I don't get it how did you all know?" Pen asked looking at her friends and extended family. The team was her family and now she had three more people to call family.
"He called me yesterday said he'd booked us a flight and that Hotch would be picking us up at the airport this morning," Sarah said hugging her sister, she'd already thought of Penelope as a sister even before her brother asked her to marry him.
The guys were congratulating Morgan at the moment. Rossi was standing in the door way of the house, he had a surprise for Morgan, but he was going to make him wait for minute.
"First you don't tell me that you're dating Garcia then you ask me to borrow my house?" Rossi asked with smile, "Hotch called me and filled me in on the details last night, at least you didn't wait forever like I thought you would," he added.
"Thanks," Morgan said, the others were still talking to Garcia trying to get details out of her. He thought it was about time to give Rossi a real chance. "Look, I'm sorry if I've been an ass, its not easy to let others in," he admitted which Rossi could tell was hard for him to admit.
"Tell you what, we forget about it, and enjoy the engagement party," Rossi said.
"I will," Morgan said before he was dragged away by his older sister.
"Come on big brother, I got surprise for you, it's been six months since you been home and it rained out the game so I brought somebody with us," she said.
"What are you talking about; okay you got me stumped this time."
"It was Pen's idea the next time he could get here she was going to have Des come with him," Sarah said with smile.
Morgan wasn't sure what Penelope had been up to, he had known she had planned on them going to Chicago next month he just didn't know what she had planned then again she'd been talking to somebody that was defiantly not his mom or sisters on the phone. She'd hung up promising to call later.
"If you lead me to the pond and throw me in then you are so dead," Derek said when she covered his eyes up.
"It's only fair you did it to me, now stand there," Garcia said, "I was going to surprise you next weekend, but your mom had dropped a hint that for some reason they were coming in this weekend, so here's your surprise, and no it isn't the person," she added before Sarah uncovered his eyes.
"Hey, I'm only part of the surprise this is the other half," James Barfield who was friends with Morgan said handing him a package. James was sixteen now and was still playing football. He'd put everything behind him that had happened in the last few years. Derek had proved to him that he didn't need somebody to get him where he was going, he could do that himself and so far he had with little help.
Morgan was still surprise that James was there, "I thought you had a game?" he asked remembering when he'd called two days ago that he wasn't going to be able to make it down with his mom and sisters.
"It rained it out, and Pen called me said your mom was going to be at my house to get me and I was coming with them, now open the surprise, I don't know what it is I've had that thing for three days now I gotta know what it is," he said.
The team had joined them, most of them already knew what the surprise was, the women at least. The men were just as lost as Derek was.
"I don't get it," Morgan said when he opened it.
He had it backwards so he couldn't see what it was. "Turn it around, handsome," Garcia said she was nervous at the moment, but after talking to few people she was defiantly convinced he'd like the gift.
Morgan turned it around and to say he was surprised was an understatement. "When, I mean…"
"Do you like, because I don't think she can take it back?" Reid asked him.
"Last month you said you wanted to, but wasn't sure if you could, well trust me Angel, you can," Garcia said.
Hotch and Rossi were still stumped they couldn't see what Morgan was holding at the moment. "Can you tell the ones that cannot see?" Hotch asked him.
"Technically I don't think we can see for another nine months," Emily said with smile, "She's pregnant,"
"Now I know why you wanted pickles at two am the other night, I should have known you just didn't it out the blue," Morgan said with smile before kissing his baby girl.
"You know what was the hardest part out of this was keeping Desiree from telling you, I thought she was going to call you when I told her," Garcia said with smile when she pulled away few minutes later.
"I couldn't help it soon as you said don't tell your brother, I wanted to tell him," Desiree said.
"Let's go eat and we can talk all about it when we get food," Morgan said with smile on his face. He defiantly hadn't expected this surprise, but it had been planned out by more than one person. He was pretty sure his mom was in on it by the less than shocked look on her face. She was finally going to get those grandbabies she wanted.
"I'm going to the bathroom, be back in few," Pen said kissing him and heading off to one of the many bathrooms that Rossi had here.
"Don't you get lost on me," he replied back, "I'd hate to have to come looking for you," he teased.
"Don't think about it," Rossi said knowing what Morgan was thinking, "That's for a bedroom, not a wall," he added when Derek have him the stunned look.
They were all eating half hour later trying to get the newly engaged couple to spill on when they actually got together and how. It had been a year, but they still weren't talking about it, only one person outside the couple knew, but he wasn't going to tell either.
Morgan slipped away with Garcia nobody even noticing they had slipped out when he said he had to go to the bathroom and she had been playing with Clooney and Rossi's dog. They got along well which was great and he had even noticed that James was having fun. It was the first time he'd met the team outside of last year when he'd met Emily.
"You sure we should leave him alone with them, I mean they might start asking if he had girlfriend or something?" Garcia asked.
"For once stop worrying about everybody else, James can take care of himself, you however have some talking to do, baby girl," Morgan teased pulling her closer as they walked down to the pond.
"I'll talk all you want Hot Stuff, just no having sex in the grass, I don't trust the grass here, might be some type poison plant."
"Do I look like I'd let you get in poison plants?" he asked, "I borrowed blanket from Rossi's closet; he's not going to miss it."
"No, but somebody might miss us, and come looking for us I really don't want to get caught having sex, not here at least, no where to hide."
"Just cuddling I promise, but we're still talking about you keeping secret for three weeks," Morgan said trying to be serious but the smile was still on his face, he had never wanted kids, but she'd worn him down in the last year and he'd promised to try and if they had them he'd be happy. Having a boy or girl that looked like her was something he wasn't passing up.
Rossi had slipped inside to see where the newly engaged couple had went to, but he didn't see them anywhere. He went in the front yard finding Clooney sleeping and he'd found where James had taken off too.
"Hey, you seen Morgan and Garcia?" he asked.
"No, I was looking for him too, si…" James started, but Rossi cut him off.
"It's Rossi or David, please don't say sir it's too weird," Rossi said, "I didn't even get your name earlier," he thought out loud.
"James Barfield, you can call me James, just not Jamie, I'm not six no more, my mom still calls me that, drives me nuts," he said, "You're a profiler like Derek right?"
"Yeah, just came back two months ago, I was retired, decided that I'd tried that didn't want to be anymore," Rossi said, "It was nice, but had some unfinished business and all."
"Derek told me that you came back after Gideon left, give him some more time, I've known him for almost five years, takes him time to warm up around people he doesn't trust, he's great guy though, once you get in as his friend don't take it for granted, Pen said that we're alike in some ways, excluding last year, but he's cool to be around."
Rossi knew that James thought of Morgan as a big brother, not just a friend, the way he just talked about him, said a lot. "How did you meet him?" he asked.
"Back home, he always came by the Youth Center when he went home, he's been giving me pointers for few years, I was looking for him to tell him I made a touch down in the last game, if he isn't on a case we talk once a week, but you all had a case last week so I didn't get to call him," he said.
"Soon as I see him, I'll point him towards you, why don't you come join us, I promise not to let the ladies gang up on you about a girlfriend, if you can help me plot on getting to people together?" he asked.
James smiled before following him. "Just which two people would that be?"
"JJ and Reid," Rossi said pointing them out before they walked back to the celebration.
Garcia was snuggled up on the blanket that Morgan had snatched, with him. She loved cuddling with him, but right now it was so much better. It wasn't too cold outside yet and she was glad of that, but he'd put his coat over her and snuggled even closer when the wind started blowing a little.
"We need to think of names you know," she heard him say against her neck before he started kissing her there.
"Not when you're trying to get me undressed," she replied with smile, if they weren't here right now she would have probably given him to his teasing few minute before. He'd told her everything he planned on doing to her when they got home that night, but then again his mom and sisters in the same house two rooms over and James next door, there was no way she could do that.
"We have a two floor house, they can go upstairs tonight or we can," he said knowing what she was thinking about, "I'm not letting them being there ruin the fun I'm going to have," he said.
"You better not make me squeal out," she said knowing he'd do what she said not to do.
"Then don't be bad, baby girl and I want have to punish you," he had half mind to have some fun here, but she was right, if they tried somebody would find them they always did. He still remembered his mom walking in on them the last time he'd taken her home. It hadn't been his fault he'd forgotten to lock his door; of course she hadn't known they were there yet. They'd snuck in the night before and she'd come in to make the room decent before they got there.
"You better lock the bedroom door and make damn sure your mom or anybody doesn't need us for any reason after we are in there, I love you, but I cannot take another embarrassing moment in front of her," she said.
"She's technically your mom too now," he stated, "okay, back to a safe topic before I change my mind again and just…" he was cut off by his phone ringing.
"Should have known we couldn't hide out forever," she said kissing him before he answered it.
"Where are you two at?" JJ asked, "If you don't get up here soon your mom's going to start talking about you as a baby, and I love you like a brother, but there is only so much I can take myself," she said, "Rossi has deemed all questions about girlfriends and possible ones for James off, I'm running out of things to ask him, and…"
"We'll be up there in like three minutes, keep my mom away from the topic of me and don't even think about setting James up with somebody, I love you too sis, but you and Pen are not great fixer uppers." He said knowing he was going to get it later.
"You are dead Derek Morgan," JJ said into the phone before hanging up, she wasn't mad at him though, she was just going to ignore him for awhile.
Derek and Penelope tried to slip back in, but it didn't work. Desiree gave them away before they could sit back down.
"Would have worked if you hadn't left for over an hour," Hotch said, "Care to share what is with the grins?" he asked.
"Nothing," the said in union, everybody was looking at them at the moment.
"What do you say to desert and you two don't run off first chance you get this time?" Emily said.
"What flavor?" Garcia asked.
"Chocolate," everybody said knowing what her favorite was.
"I get chocolate cake now and I get my…"
Morgan cut her off kissing her instead, "You can have both now," he said forgetting about the audience they had.
"I think I'm going to object to that, I love you handsome, but not in front of everybody will I do that."
"I'm pretty sure; Rossi wouldn't mind us using a room."
"Knock it off you two, I'm sitting right here and I so don't want to hear what you're going to be doing later," James said, but he still had smile on his face, "I'm also pretty sure that Jack here doesn't need you two corrupting his mind," he added referring to Hotch's son who had taken to James already.
"Yeah Morgan, you're supposed to save that for your bedroom, not here," Reid said.
Garcia pulled away a little bit, but not leaving the comfort of his arms. "Okay, I'll behave, but I better have some chocolate cake soon, or I might not be able to," she teased before Rossi gave her a plate with cake on it.
TBC
