Title: Learning the Hard Way.
Pairings: Primarily team centric, but will eventually be Morgan/Garcia
Summary: Morgan is forced to trust that his team will be the ones to rescue him this time, not the other way around, when he is unexpectedly kidnapped out of the blue. Will the team find him before too much damage is done?
A/N: Thank you once again for the reviews, alerts and what not. For some reason the last chapter was more difficult than I thought it would be, but that's probably just because it was a transitional chapter. We're now transitioning to the second part of this story. Which will entail Morgan's recovery, the budding relationship between Des and Reid, and last but not least Morgan and Garcia move from flirty best friends to what they're meant to be. So as you can see there's plenty of story left and with that in mind I'll stop my rambling and let you enjoy the next chapter.
Chapter 9: We're making Progress
Outside Morgan's Hospital Room…
After lunch they made their way back upstairs and they didn't have to wait long for Dr. Johnston to exit Morgan's room.
Smiling he looked at everyone before he began, "He's doing really good in fact him waking up this early is a good sign because I didn't expect him to wake up quite so soon. Plus he's already breathing easier, so his lung is re-inflating at a good pace. At this rate he'll have the chest tube out by Monday."
"What about his memory, doctor?" Hotch asked, "Should we be concerned about it being so fuzzy."
"I'll tell you what I told him," Dr. Johnston replied, "What they were drugging with hasn't fully left his system yet and given how drugged they kept him that isn't surprising. His mind will be a lot clearer once it's out of his system."
"And how long will that take?" Hotch asked.
"Probably another 48 hours before it fully leaves his system, plus by then we can start weaning him off the morphine as well. Like I said though given what he's been through his progress already is remarkable."
"Thank you doctor," Fran said with a smile.
He nodded and said he'd back to check on him later before leaving.
Inside Morgan's Hospital Room…
Relieved to the good news they all entered Morgan's room and found him with his eyes barely open. It was obvious he was trying to fight sleep and it was even more obvious that he was losing the battle.
"Hey did you guy's have a good lunch," He asked softly opening his eyes just a touch more.
"Yep bro, let me tell you the cafeteria here sure has five-star cuisine," Des quipped as she sat down. "We'll tell you all about it when you wake up so rest ok,"
"I'll hold you to that," he murmured before the pain meds kicked in and he let his eyes close all the way.
Everyone else followed suit and sat down; Garcia re-gathered his hand in hers as they once again protectively watched over him as he slept.
It was more than clear to the nurse that filtered in and out the rest of the day why he was doing so well. A man that was this loved, that meant so much to so many had a lot to live for, and whatever strength he didn't have they gave him.
Later that day…
Morgan woke up to the sound of Hotch and other voices trying convince Garcia to leave so she could get some rest. He opened his eyes slowly and noticed how tired she looked as she vehemently refused to leave his side. Giving her hand a squeeze to let her know he was awake he whispered, "Baby girl listen to them please. I'll be fine… even goddesses like your self need their beauty sleep."
Garcia looked at him silently asking if he was sure because she didn't want to leave him.
He nodded and squeezed her hand a little harder this time.
Garcia finally relented when Morgan's mom offered to stay with him for the night
Not too much later they all said goodnight to Morgan and ushered Garcia out the door leaving mother and son alone.
Morgan family home…
As soon as they got back to the house they ordered in for dinner and after watching a little TV together they each went to their separate spaces. Sarah of course went home, Garcia ended up in Derek's old room, Emily and JJ to Sarah's old room, Des and Reid went off to her room, Rossi and Hotch remained in the living room.
Desiree's room…
"So what did you want to talk about?" Des asked innocently on purpose once they were alone in her room.
Reid rolled his eyes at the teasing little game she was trying to play before saying, "That innocent act may work on your brother but it doesn't work on me."
"Ok but I still don't the point in analyzing why I kissed you this morning," Des replied, "You see it's rather simple. I wanted to. In fact I'm pretty sure I'll feel like doing it again."
With that said she sat down next to him on the bed and proceeded to do just that, kiss him.
Reid sighed into her mouth; he just couldn't think when she was that close to him. Therefore instead he just did what came naturally and kissed her back.
After a couple of minutes Des pulled away and breathlessly said, "See I told you I liked it."
Reid was blushing as he said, "So do I."
Morgan's Hospital room…
"What," Morgan finally asked a few minutes after everyone was gone.
"Nothing… I just I always knew there was the possibility something like this would eventually happen to you, when you told me were joining the FBI," Fran admitted. .
"Yeah, so did I but that doesn't make it any easier does it?" Morgan replied as he reached for her hand.
Fran nodded before going on to say, "That's true but at least I knew you were going to be okay."
"Is that your mother's intuition talking?" Morgan probed with a grin.
Fran nodded again before adding, "Plus I had the luxury of knowing my son works with some of the best agents in the world."
"That I do," Morgan replied his voice sounding tired once again, "That's why I didn't give up. I knew if I hung in there they'd find me."
Fran gave yet another nod before leaning over to kiss him on the forehead. "Get some rest baby; I'll be here when you wake up."
Smiling, Morgan gave in and once again drifted off to sleep.