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. First off happy Friday out there to all my readers; second off on with the story. In this chapter we have our two leading couples saying good bye to each other as the team minus Morgan heads back to Quantico. Enjoy!

Chapter 12: I'm Leaving You In Good Hands

Friday morning Morgan's room…

It was now Friday and the team was getting ready to head back to Quantico. Morgan, who'd stayed true to his word and hadn't brought the matter of how he felt again, was currently watching his baby girl pack from his bed.

He'd be lying if he said he wasn't sad. He'd give anything to be flying back today with his team; however the truth was his body just wouldn't be able to a trip like that quite yet.

Then again maybe this distance would be a good thing for both him and Garcia. It would give her plenty of time to absorb the knowledge of how he felt; hopefully it would give her time to adjust to it as well.

"I'm going to miss you too, sweetness," Garcia said as if reading his mind once her bag was zipped shut.

"Not as much as I'm going to miss you, baby girl," He said as she sat down next to him.

"I wouldn't bet on that," Garcia said leaning into him. "I'm going to call you everyday even though I know I'm leaving you in good hands."

"I look forward to those phone calls," Morgan replied softly as he nuzzled her neck.

"Derek, wha… what are you doing?" Garcia asked breathlessly a moment later when she felt his lips just below her ear.

"Giving myself to think about when the nightmares come," Morgan said as he nipped at her earlobe gently.

"Why didn't you tell me you were already having them?" Garcia asked with concern.

"Because I haven't yet," he answered, "But that's only because you've been here to chase them away. However if you want me to stop I will."

Shaking her head because it would be a lie if she told him to stop she leaned back to give him better access and then she moaned as he trailed kisses up and over to her lips.

A knock on the door broke the spell however as they heard JJ say, "Garcia are you packed yet? Hotch and Rossi are already starting to load up the car."

"I guess that's my cue to go," Garcia said when she heard JJ's footsteps retreat.

Morgan nodded with a smile and let her pull away.

"Be good and I'll see you in a week or so okay, handsome." She then said as she picked her bag.

"I can't wait," he said smiling even more as he watched her walk out of the room. She'd let him kiss her, that had to be a good sign right?

Across the hall meanwhile…

"I'll call you as soon as we land," Reid said to Des once he zipped his bag shut.

"You do that and I'll see you soon," Des said as she walked over and put her arms around him.

"Soon, how soon?" Reid asked knowing full well with her being in Chicago and his job it would be difficult to pull that off.

"As soon as my brother's cleared to fly," Des answered with a smile, "Besides someone has to take care of him while you guys rid the world of psychos."

Reid returned her smile with one of his own and reached up to caress her cheek as he said, "I guess I should be thankful you're such a caring sister."

"Yes you should," Des said before kissing him.

They both heard the knock on the door but just ignored it; instead they enjoyed the feel and taste of each other.

"I've got to go," Reid finally said breathlessly when he finally pulled away.

"Don't miss me too much," Des said before following him out of her room.

One hour later…

"You know I was wrong," Emily said to JJ as the jet began to take off.

"Wrong about what?" JJ asked looking up from the file she'd been reading.

"I thought Morgan was the foolish one. Not seeing what was obvious to everyone else," Emily began to explain.

"You're talking about him and Garcia aren't you?" JJ interrupted.

Emily nodded and glanced over at their resident tech queen, who was currently bobbing her head to whatever music was blaring on her Ipod. "Apparently he told her how he felt the other night." Emily said before going on to sum up what Morgan had told her.

"So that's why she practically ran out of the house the other night," JJ said when Emily was finished.

"Yep," Emily replied. "And all this time I was wrong because I thought he'd be the one that was afraid to commit when she finally decided to make a move. Instead he makes the first move and it's her that's afraid."

"I know but I can't really blame her, it's almost too good to be true. After all how often do you find a great guy, like him?"

"That's true. I don't think she realizes how lucky she is," Emily agreed before admitting, "That's kind of why I told Morgan I'd work on her when we got back to Quantico."

JJ shook her head at the brunette before saying, "Okay I'll help you."

"Good," Emily said, "She's bound to listen to listen to at least one of us."

The two women then fell silent as the plane ride continued. And unbeknownst to them Rossi, who wasn't sitting that far away, had heard just enough of their conversation to decide that come Monday morning he was going to have a little talk with Garcia himself.

Quantico, Virginia 2 hours later…

The plane had touched down not that long ago and Hotch watched the members of his teams all go their separate ways once they reached the parking lot. Reid who was getting in Garcia's car already had his phone out. Chuckling to himself Hotch got in his car knowing full well just who the young man was calling. And with knowledge in mind Hotch pulled out his own phone and dialed a number himself, hoping Haley would let him to talk to his son.