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Cristina Reid – Yes, Garcia was jealous because Reid 'got' Morgan when they'd both been crying over him the night before his wedding. The lie was based on the fact that Reid wanted to hide the fact that they'd had sex from Morgan. I hope that clears things up for you.
Till Death
Chapter 6: Flash and Substance
"You still love me, right?" Reid traced the dots of perspiration on his lover's dark skin. He hated the quiver in his voice it made him feel needy and young and so desperate. It had been three days since they got back together and all they'd done was have sex. Every free second on every free surface but they hadn't talked. The three words he needed to hear the most hadn't been spoken.
"Baby, I wouldn't be here if I didn't." It was a nice side step leaving him stuck with the implication instead of confirmation.
"You know I'm sorry.." Morgan's lips cut him off.
"Stop saying it. I forgave you so we don't need to talk about it anymore." He rolled off the bed tying the condom off with an audible snap. "You might try focusing all that remorse in a different direction."
Reid tugged and pulled at the white bed sheets covering his nakedness. "What do you mean?"
"Have you talked to Garcia?"
The genius flinched at the mention of her name, getting impossibly paler. The last time she came up everything had fallen apart. "I don't know what to say."
"Just stand there and let her yell at you." Morgan's body made a dip in the bed when he sat down again. "Everything she owns has feathers or sparkles nothing she throws will actually hurt you."
Reid smiled gently meeting Morgan's warm brown eyes. "That's not helpful."
"I can't help you with this." Morgan kissed him hard and headed for the bathroom. "You have to fix what you broke." Reid followed those tight buns till a familiar Bluesy ringtone broke his trance. He hesitated 'What if its Garcia?' running through his head.
With trepidation he got the phone out of Morgan's pants rejecting the call when the screen flashed 'Rachel'. Why is she calling him? He took a quick look around to ensure that the bathroom door was still closed and the shower running before he scrolled through the call logs finding evidence of Rachel, Rachel and more Rachel! What is going on?
The offending machine was dropped at the yelled "Spencer get your cute butt in here we are gonna be late." Brow furrowed in confusion he returned the phone to its place and went to join his treacherous lover.
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Morgan peeped through the open door of Garcia's inner sanctum finding her perched on the edge of the seat glaring at the enormous screen before her.
He knocked on the solid wood waving a white hankie when she looked up. "May I come in?"
Things had never been so awkward between them but he was determined to change that. The first words out of her blood red mouth almost ruined that. "You and Reid made up."
"How did you.. I forgot you see everything." His bright smile produced no reaction out of her. Okaaay! "Listen I'm sorry I have been …"
"Cold, dismissive, super pissed off at me?"
He wished there was a way to just sweep this under the rug and just move on but he obviously needed to grovel a little more before forgiveness would be granted. So he pulled up a chair and took her hands in his "I am sorry. I shouldn't have taken my rage and disappointment out on you. Baby girl, you know how much I love you I'm sorry I lost sight of that after everything that went down. But you gotta understand where I was coming from, you were the last person I expected to screw things up for me."
Her watery blue eyes were magnified by the thick lenses. "I had no idea you too were involved. I would never deliberately ruin that for you."
"I know that and I'm sorry that I thought otherwise even for a second. Please forgive me."
She snatched the white scrap off the table dabbing at her tears, blond head bobbing frantically. He kissed the back of her hand dodging a vicious looking ring. "Do me a favor?" he pleaded. She made a sound that he took for acceptance. "Talk to Reid. He wants to make up but he's scared you'll hurt him."
"Because I will." She garbled back at him.
"Hey, I just – I need him okay? I need him. Please lets try to move past this."
"Fine. I'll take the photos down."
"Photos? I don't need to know… I mean thank you princess." He'd gotten to the door before he remembered another thing he needed to know. Fuck! "Garcia?"
"I'm not pregnant!"
xxXxx
"Hey – Ah, JJ?" Reid hurried to catch up when she looked up from opening her car door.
"Spence? It's late what are you still doing here?"
"I had to wrap up some stuff. Can we talk?"
JJ glanced around the deserted parking lot. "Right now? Ok. Get in." She started up the Jetta opening the door to let the anxious genius in. "We could get dinner? She added when he sat there gazing off into the distance. "Reid?"
"I can't. Dere – Morgan is waiting for me at the Golden Dragon. I suspect he keeps picking Chinese restaurants cos he likes to 'help' me with the chopsticks." He smiled faintly.
"I'm glad you're back together." He barely acknowledged her comment so lost was he in his own thoughts. "Reid? What's going on?"
"He's talking to Rachel, should I be worried?"
JJ's eyes widened dramatically. "The crazy bride? Yeah she was a bunny boiler if I ever saw one." She elaborated at Reid's confusion "Fatal Attraction? Glenn Close has an affair with Michael Douglas' character and when he rejects her she leaves his daughter's bunny boiling in a pot in their kitchen? Still nothing, you should wander out of the Science Fiction section of the video store every once in awhile there's a whole world out there to explore!"
"I see enough psychopaths at work. Why would I want to watch a movie about them?"
She made a silly face at him. "What did Morgan say when you asked about her?"
"I – uh – didn't - ask him"
"How did you…Reid? Please don't tell me you went through his phone?"
"I didn't mean to."
JJ rested her head on the cool steering wheel. Long blonde hair hid her face from him when she replied quietly. "You are doing a lot of things these days that you don't mean."
The judgment cut through him "I can't explain it. I've never been like this before. All I feel is hormones and madness. I just want him but the more I try to hold on to him the further he slips away."
A small hand stroked his arm. "You went through a massive breakup. You both need to heal and learn to trust each other again."
"He said he forgave me for that?"
"Part of him probably believes it but he's going to test you repeatedly. It's a natural response when trust has been broken. And Sweetie, you are not helping by snooping through his stuff."
"So you're saying I should ignore it?"
"It's too late for that, come clean and deal with it. Lies fester; they will ruin you if you let them." Blue eyes met brown. "I lied to you about Emily's 'death' and our relationship suffered as a result. I'm not trying to make you feel bad I'm just saying I broke your trust and it took awhile for us to get back to where we used to be."
"I do trust you."
"Then how come I had to hear about all this from Garcia?"
"I wanted to tell you I did." Reid shook his head in deep sorrow. "God, I never thought I'd miss being called 'Baby Genius'. It was one mistake. How am I still reeling under the effect?"
"Well honey, If you want him you gotta fight for him cos it's gonna come down to this, how much do you love him?"