Ch.7 back in balance
On their 'coffee date',
As Spencer & Megen got to the cashier, he goes for his wallet to pay but Megen beats him by pulling out her credit card & handing it to the cashier. "Megen" he protests. She looks at him. "You don't have to do this" he tells her. "I want to" she replies. (He knew what she was doing; she was trying to make up for everything by doing this nice gesture)
They turn & find a place to sit. "Babe, you know I forgive you." He tells her as they sit. She looks at him. "Do you?" she asks. "Yes," he says reaching over, placing his hand over hers. She gives him a sad smile. (They still had a lot to talk about)
20 minutes later,
They walk out to their trucks & when they get to them, Spencer puts his arm around her shoulders & pulls her close. She puts her hands on his waist closing her eyes as he presses his fore head against hers.
He talks to her in a low tone as he fingers her chain on her neck with his other hand (fingers) She bites her lower lip, nodding to what he's telling her.
Just then his cell beeps & he releases her chain, pulling his phone out of his phone. He makes a face as he looks at the screen then pushes a button. They look at each other. "I got to go" he tells her, putting his phone back in his pocket. She nods as he gives her a quick kiss then gets in his truck. Swallowing, she goes to hers. As she gets in, Spencer rolls his window down & says "I love you" she looks at him, smiling slowly. "I love you too" she says before he takes off.
He had to go out of town for a case. Before he left, he called & left a message on her cell.
Three days later, when he returns, Megen was called out of town. Luckily, though they got to see each other briefly before she left.
Megan was just leaving the lab when Spencer steps off the elevator. (His face lit up seeing her) "Hey, I was just coming to see if you're available to grab dinner" he says as she walks up to him. She gives him an apologetic look. "As much as I'd love to, I can't. I got called out" she tells him. His face fell & he slides his hands in his pockets. "Can I have a rain check?" she says as she pushes the button at the elevator. Glumly, he nods. She gives him another apologetic look. "Where are you going?" he asks the disappointment in his voice. "Miami" she tells him. The elevator arrives & he gets on with her.
Megen giggles as he playfully tugs her ponytail as the doors close. (He really wanted to pin her against the wall & kiss her senseless, but they were at work & there were cameras on the elevators)
He walks her out to her truck. She gives him a hug, but he wouldn't let go when she tries to pull away. "Spence, I really have to go" she says quietly as he nuzzles her neck. Reluctantly, he releases her & she kisses his cheek. "I'll call you when I get there" she tells him then gets in her Avalanche. Sadly, he waves as she pulls out of the parking lot.
2 ½ weeks later,
"Hey look who I ran into on the way up" Garcia says walking into the bull pen smiling giddily. Prentiss, Reid, JJ, & Morgan glance up from talking at Reid's desk to see a much tanned Megen walking behind the quirky Garcia. "Oh, I love those boots Megen!" Prentiss coos. Megen laughs. "Thanks to you ladies, I couldn't resist them being on sale" she teases as her eyes go to Reid whose face was lit up seeing her. "What, uh, are you doing here?" he stammers (his body reacting at the sight of her in skinny jeans & a blue/green silk tank top) & clears his throat. (Happy he was sitting close to his desk) Megen smiles at him & he swallows. "Well, to see if I can cash in that rain check & use it for lunch" she says. Morgan grins & almost says something until Garcia gives him a look. Reid grabs his messenger bag & nearly knocks over JJ as he gets up. Sheepishly, he quickly says "Sorry" to JJ as he steps close to his wife. JJ smiles at him, seeing how excited he was to see Megen.
Reid puts his hand on Megens lower back as they walk out.
After they have lunch at a café they liked, Megen drove to a secluded area (a make out spot) at first it was just kissing until they started making out heavily & Reid pulls her onto his lap. Megen breaks the kiss, her forehead against his. Reid swallows, breathing heavy. "We should stop" she pants. He nods. Megen kisses him, sliding off his lap. Reid lets out a shaky breathe & closes his eyes trying to get his body under control.
Megen drives back to the BAU & they kiss quickly. "Will you be home tonight?" he asks. She nods. They look at each other intensely. "If we don't catch a case, how about I bring home dinner & we talk?" he suggests. Megen smirks slowly. "It's a date" she says. He kisses her again then gets out.
Of course, when he got upstairs, Morgan teases him about looking disheveled.
Later that evening,
Spencer walks into the house, carrying a large brown paper bag. Megen greets him at the kitchen in her gypsy skirt (Which he loved on her) "Hi" she says as he sets the bag on the counter. "Hi back" he says pulling her close, giving her a kiss. "MMM, you smell of oranges" he says, nuzzling her neck. Megen laughs softly. "Shower?" he asks, grazing his lips along her neck. Uh-huh. You like?" she asks, getting a thrill from what he was doing. "Very much so" he says, lifting his head, grinning at her. They look at each other; he kisses her & presses her back against the counter as it deepens. His hand slides her skirt up her thigh as they make out against the counter. "Spence" Megen says shakily as she breaks the kiss & stops his hand. He breathes heavy against her mouth. "I'm sorry" he says, stepping away from her, looking very guilty. "God, I'm so sorry. I almost-"he says, his eyes wide. "Hey, hey Spence, it's ok." She tells him calmly, reaching for him, but he steps back, not looking at her. "Spence, look at me" she tells him. He glances at her. "This isn't easy for me either, babe. I want you so bad; I want to buy a box of condoms just so we can be together." She says. He looks at her, his eyes, simmering with pain. "But we can't even with condoms" he says. Megen nods, going to him. "I know how hard it is for you to stop" she says quietly. "Trust me babe, the week will go by fast & then my god, I hope we get a weekend together so we can have sex like rabbits" she tells him. He laughs a bit. "I don't know if I can make it" he says. She smiles. "Spence, you can. Hell, you waited 2 months after we got back from our honeymoon." She tells him, putting her hands on his chest. "C'mon let's eat & we can talk some more okay?" she says. He nods, still looking sad.
Megen was thrilled to find he brought home Thai food (she liked Thai) Spencer didn't eat much because he was so upset. No matter what she said, she couldn't bring him out of his funk until she suggested they do something they hadn't done in a long time, lounge in bed together.
Spencer, again fell asleep on her shoulder in bed. Megen lovingly ran her fingers through his hair as he drifted off.
The following week, the team was sent to Kansas City, Kansas for a case.
Which, by chance Megen was there too working, they just didn't know the other was there until, the team was talking with the sheriff of the town outside of Kansas City about several bodies that had been found at an old homestead. "Yeah, there's an anthropologist out there with the forensic team" he tells the team. Morgan & Prentiss glance over at Reid whose face lit up. Morgan grins at him. "Hey, pretty boy. Do you think she's there?" he asks. Reid shrugs then goes off on a spiel about how many forensic anthropologists there are in the United States. Morgan just chuckles as Prentiss looks at Reid clueless.
Everyone saw how giddy Reid was when he was sent along with Prentiss to the site of the bodies. Prentiss rubs her temples on the way there as she listens to Reid talk about a study about something she didn't understand.
At the site, Reid got excited when he indeed saw that it was Megen working with the forensic team.
"How is it that you guys make it work? Prentiss asks as they get out of the truck & walk over to where Megen was talking with her assistant. "Make what work?" Reid responds, his eyes on Megen. Prentiss sighs exasperatedly. "Your marriage, I mean, how do you two make it work being apart all the time like you are?" she asks. Reid shrugs. "We try to talk as much as we can on the phone, then when we do get time together, we make the best of it" he tells his friend. Prentiss sees the grin on his face & could only imagine what he was thinking. (Probably what they do when they are together) "You ever go see her if you're off and she's working?" she asks. He shrugs. "Sometimes, if I got the weekend free" he says.
Megen looks up when they come closer & she hears their voices. She slowly smiles at them. "Hi, Megen" Prentiss says in greeting as they walk up to her. "Emily, Spence" she says, her eyes lit up.
"Let me guess, you got a serial killer on your hands?" she asks. "Depends" Prentiss says then asks Megen what she has found so far.
As Megen tells them, Prentiss felt a headache forming as Reid pipes in & they start talking their own language. (What the team calls it) After about five minutes of listening to them, Prentiss holds up a hand & says "Okay, please stop both you!" They look at her, frowning. Megen then smiles then explains in simple terms to Prentiss. "Why can't you do that?" Prentiss asks teasingly, looking up at Reid. Megen chokes back a laugh when she sees the look on her husband's face. "Thanks Megen. We'll be in touch" Prentiss says then turns to go. Reid & Megen look at each other. Megen bites her lower lip. (He remembers her doing that when they first started 'seeing' each other. He always thought that was cute) "Reid!" Prentiss calls over her shoulder. Reid smiles sheepishly at Megen then walks away, glancing over his shoulder at her every so often.
2 hours later, four more bodies had been found. Megen calls Prentiss to tell her & it was found that the victims had suffered different versions of torture. While she talked to the female agent, Megen shivered, remembering what was done to her years ago.
That evening,
Megen was lounging on her hotel bed, doing some work on her laptop when someone knocked on her door. She ignored it since it was late. Suddenly, her phone rings. She smiles, looking at the ID. "Hi" she says, answering it. "Hi, babe, Um, just so you know, I'm the one knocking on your door" he says. She laughs, gets up & opens the door to her husband. "What are you doing here?" she asks, smiling. He grins, bringing a Daisy from behind his back. "To give you this" he says. "You-" she says laughing taking the flower. "And this" he says, with his other hand he brings a small bag from behind his back. "What's this?" she asks taking it. "Open it & see" he tells her. She moves so he can come in. He shuts the door as she opens the bag. "You brought me a donut?" she asks. He nods. "You got that exact donut on out first 'coffee date'" he tells her. She looks up at him & smiles. "Thank you" she says, putting her arms around his neck. "You're very welcome" he tells her, giving her a kiss. He starts to put his arms around her, but she pulls away so he grabs her as she turns. She giggles as his arms go around her as he pulls her close to him from behind & nuzzles her neck. "Spence" she says in protest but doesn't pull away. She sets the donut on the dresser then touches his arms with her hands. "Why are you so good to me?" she asks, leaning her head back on his chest. "Because I love you" he tells her as he kisses her. "Let me stay tonight" he pleads softly. "Please? I just want to sleep with you" he says. Megen couldn't say no, she missed him too. (That's why he was asking to stay with her)
They lounged on her bed, he watched her work for a bit then she shut her laptop so they could get some sleep. She loved it when he spooned her as they lay down.
"Spence" Megen says softly early the next morning, softly nudging him. He came awake slowly. "What time is it?" he asks sleepily. "6:30. I have to go babe." She says quietly. With a yawn, he gets up & heads to the bathroom. He comes back out a minute later. Megen hands him a go up of her private stash (coffee) "I love you, for this" he says taking a sip. She smiles at him. "I know" she says then smacks his butt as she grabs her key. "Hey!" he says, laughing.
Later that day,
At the homestead, Megen went into the house after an officer cleared it but said he could smell 'death' inside where the floor in the front room was torn up. He went outside to his car.
As Megen knelt beside the hole, she examined the body that was in the hole & made mental notes about everything.
Morgan & Prentiss were on their way there after someone called about seeing someone digging behind the old barn.
Megen was getting up when someone grabs her from behind & slams her against the wall. "Who the hell are you?" a rusty sounding, male voice says. "Are you a cop?" he growls. Megen says "N-No" He turns her to face him, slamming her back against the wall. His hand goes to her throat. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asks. (She hears the country accent in his voice& mentally takes in everything about him. He looked young, about Spence's age, weathered skin, his hands were calloused) "I was called to look at the bodies found around here" she says. He yowls & slams her against the wall again. "Are you a FED?" he growls. She shakes her head as she couldn't talk since his hand was tightening around her throat. "You're lying I saw you talking to those feds yesterday" he growls. "I'm not" she gasps. He glares at her & she could see he had dead eyes. (No emotion except hatred) Megen knew she had to get away from him or she'd be killed.
Megen slams her foot down on his & twist s in his grip. (Just way Morgan taught her) which causes him to howl in pain then punch her in the face. She falls against the wall, her head ringing from the blow. He grabs her by her ponytail, causing her to yell out in pain. He throws her against another wall, which as rotted & she went through it. Megen lands on the other side & screams as he grabs her by the ponytail again.
"What was that?" Prentiss says as Morgan & her get out of the truck. They draw their guns & proceed cautiously. "Get out you bitch!" the man yells, dragging her by the ponytail towards a large window. Megen's eyes widen as she realizes what he's going to do. With a howl, he hurls her hard through the window. Megen covers her face.
"What the hell?" Morgan says as Megen crashes through the window & lands on the ground. They run over & see Megen laying on the ground covered in bloody cuts. She slowly tries to get up, holding her left arm which was bleeding badly. "He-he's inside" she says weakly. "Go, I'll stay with her" Prentiss tells Morgan. Morgan nods & stalks off, gun ready. Prentiss calls for an ambulance as she kneels down to Megen. Megen winces. "Megen, don't move. The ambulance is on its way" Prentiss says quietly. "Spence is going to freak" Megen says weakly. "He's allowed to" Prentiss says.
The ambulance pulls up just as Morgan comes back & gets in the officers face about leaving Megen alone he did. Megen starts to shiver & her eyes roll back in her head. "She's going into shock" the EMT yells as the other grabs the gurney & they load her into the ambulance.
The ambulance was leaving just as the rest of the team shows up. Morgan returns looking pissed. Hotch steps in & asks what happened. "The son of a bitch beat the hell out of Megen & threw her through a window. And this idiot, let it happen!" Morgan says angrily as Hotch pulls him away from the officer. Everyone looks at each other. "Who's going to tell Reid?" Prentiss says. No one wanted that job. (Reid had stayed behind to do some leg work at the station. "I'll tell him" Morgan says, going to the truck. "The son of a bitch took off & I lost him after the corn field" he says sounding pissed.
5 minutes later, Morgan walks into the station. Reid looks up from what he was doing & goes off on a spiel about what he found. Morgan holds up a hand, stopping him. Reid sees the look on his face. "What happened?" he asks. Morgan let out a slow breath. "Reid, its Megen" he says. Reid's face paled. "She was attacked while working at the homestead. Prentiss & I saw her get thrown through a window" he says." Reid drops the papers he has & takes off. Morgan races after him.
At the hospital,
Reid storms in the ER looking for his wife. The nurse motions him to the room Megen was in. Morgan tries to keep up with the young man as they head on back.
Megen is sitting up on a bed, getting her arm stitched up. She has a bandage on her forehead by hear hairline.
She looks up as the two men walk in. The doctor starts to protest. "Excuse me doctor, that's my husband & his friend will bodily remove you if try to keep my husband from me" she says, slurring a bit. The doctor smiles at her. "He must really love you" she says. Megen smiles sloppily.
Reid goes to her, after the doctor finishes stitching her arm. Megen weakly hugs him, her face against his chest. He hugs her gently then looks at the doctor, asking if Megen was okay. The doctor nods. "No broken bones, a slight concussion though. She needed stitches in her arm & her head from being thrown through a window. She's been given a mild painkiller" the doctor says then leaves. "Sleepy" Megen slurs & Reid eases her back onto the bed. "Get some rest" he tells her softly. Megen sighs as she falls asleep.
Reid looks at his friend. "She'll be okay, kid" Morgan says. Reid nods. "I'm staying with her anyway." He says. Morgan grins. "Take care of her, kid" he says then turns to go.
Megen had to stay overnight because of the concussion.
The man who attacked was found & arrested for multiple offenses including attacking a Federal employee.
Megen flew home with the team on the jet. As she slept against Reid's shoulder, Reid motions to Morgan who took off his head phones. "I want to thank you" Reid says quietly. Morgan asks what for. Reid glances down at Megen then back to his friend. "For, teaching her self-defense. She told me she did to defend herself. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have her here. I thank you" Reid says. Morgan grins. "Reid, you're welcome. I'd do it again to" Morgan says then puts his head phones back on.