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 Halloween to all my readers out there. Second off, sadly there's only one more chapter of this story left after this one. The first half of it is our two couples and the latter half features the whole team minus Morgan at work.
Chapter 19: Plowing Ahead
The next morning Morgan's apartment…
Garcia smiled to herself as she pulled herself out of Morgan's grasp. Last night had been wonderful. They hadn't even bothered trying to watch another movie; instead they had opted to go to his room. Once there they spent the night cuddling, kissing, and talking till they both eventually fell asleep.
Morgan didn't even stir as she quietly left the room and headed to the kitchen to get a pot of coffee.
"Good morning," She heard a few minutes later.
When she turned around and saw Des standing there Garcia was surprising unembarrassed considering all she was wearing was a t-shirt of Derek's.
"Same to you," Garcia said as she poured the young woman a cup of coffee and handed it over to her.
Des gave a nod of thanks before taking a sip of the hot liquid.
"How was your date last night," Garcia then asked.
"It was wonderful," Des replied with a wistful smile, "Even more wonderful than I thought it would be."
"I'll bet, Reid's one of the few good guys that are out there," Garcia replied.
"Yep," Des agreed, "And that definitely is a change for me, actually picking out a decent guy."
Garcia nodded and took a sip of coffee herself before saying, "Sometimes we have to go through all the bad ones to find a good one."
Des smiled before saying, "Speaking of good guys, you seem awfully happy yourself this morning. Anything I should know?"
"Let's just put it this way," Garcia answered, "Your brother and I finally got things right."
"Well then here's to us both finally getting a good guy," Des said.
"Should I be worried," They both then heard Morgan whose voice was still raspy form sleep say.
"Worried about what, bro," Des asked innocently as she went over and hugged her brother good morning.
"About you two getting along so well." Was Morgan's answer as he hugged her back with his good arm.
"Nope just be happy like we are this morning," Des replied as she pulled away.
Morgan smiled to himself that seemed like something he could do. And with that in mind he made his way over to Garcia and kissed her good morning. When he finally pulled away he whispered, "Okay I'm happy now."
Garcia giggled as she wrapped her arms around him and pulled his mouth back down to hers.
Both were unaware of the fact that Des had taken her cup of coffee and left the two of them alone.
Reid's apartment…
Reid had just poured himself his first cup of coffee when his phone rang. He couldn't help but smile as he answered after noticing Des's name on the caller id.
"Save me, my prince," Des said as soon as he said good morning.
"Save you from what," was Reid's reply.
"From my brother and Penelope that's what, or I guess who. Anyways as happy as I am that they came to their senses last night and our now together. I really don't want to spend the whole day watching them make out." Des explained.
"Alright sure, but wait did you say your brother and Garcia are together now?" Reid replied.
"Yep she told me herself this morning, then my brother came into the kitchen and they started kissing. That's when I high tailed it back to my room," Des said.
"Hmm… Interesting. So what exactly did you want to do?" Reid then asked.
"I don't care just as long as it doesn't involve watching them kiss all day," Des answered.
Reid shook his before saying, "Ok I'll be there in twenty minutes."
Morgan's apartment a few minutes later…
"Excuse me," Des said to the couple who were still lost in their own little world.
"What?" Morgan practically growled out when he pulled away.
"I just wanted to let you know, I'm on my way out and I'll see you later," Des said. She then quickly made her way out the door before her brother could respond.
Needless to say each couple spent the rest of the weekend each in their won little romantic world. That's probably why when Garcia and Reid went into work on Monday they were literally oozing happiness.
Monday morning BAU headquarters…
"So your date must have gone well," Emily observed noting the smile the young genius couldn't hide.
"It did, but apparently I'm not the only one that had a good Friday night," Reid replied.
"Ooh… Does than mean what I think it means?" Emily replied.
"I don't know why don't you go ask Garcia and leave me alone," Reid quipped
Emily just grinned at the happy young man before heading off to do just that, stopping only to nab JJ along the way.
One hour later BAU conference room…
Once the impromptu girl talk or interrogation depending on who you asked. All three women headed to the conference room. Once inside Reid, Emily and Garcia tried to ignore the suspicious that was sitting next to Rossi and Hotch. Instead they listened as JJ explained that over the past six weeks, 10 people had been brutally murdered on the same hiking trail in Utah.
Once JJ sat down Hotch proceeded to introduce the team to a tall blond haired man, named Agent Mark Stalin. Apparently he would be filling in for Morgan until he got back.
With that the team left to gather their ready bags. They would be taking off in two hours for Utah.
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The first thing Reid did was call Des.
"Either you're really bored or you're leaving me," Des said as soon as she answered her phone.
"We've got a case in Utah," Reid replied his voice full of regret because they had made plans for later. "I'll try to call you later okay."
"Okay do me a favor and stay safe," Was Des's response.
"I will, Now I have to go," Reid promised he then told her he loved her before quickly hanging up.
Morgan's apartment…
"I love you too," Morgan heard his sister say despite the fact he knew Reid had already hung up.
"Come here," He said when she set her phone down.
"It's so stupid to worry isn't it," Des said as she scooted closer and felt her brother wrap his arm around her.
"No it isn't," Was his reply. "Besides I know you worry about me all the time don't you?"
"You're right," Des admitted, "But this is different somehow."
Morgan nodded before offering, "If you want I'll call Penelope and find out how bad the case is."
"Thanks, you're the best," Was Des's reply.
He nodded and picked up his phone.