Disclaimer – Don't own anything. If I did, Morgan and Prentiss would have gotten together already!
A/N – Sorry for the delay!!! My Brazilian friend was visiting me and I was seriously busy at work! Anyway here it is!
"Garcia, do you have an address for Menton?" Hotch asked her.
"I've sent it to your phones." Garcia replied. Hotch thanked her and hung up.
The team got up, with Prentiss scarfing down her cereal. She never wasted Cinnamon Toast crunch. She saw Reid doing the same and grinned! She loved it when she introduced other people to the cereal and they got hooked.
"You really like your cereal don't you?" Morgan asked a choking Prentiss.
"This one, yeah. Maybe cocoa puffs. The rest I don't care!" Prentiss said, wiping her mouth and grinning back at JJ who was discovering new sides to her new friend.
Prentiss went ahead and caught up with JJ and the two women walked together. Morgan looked at them and smiled, glad that Prentiss got along with the others from the team.
"I don't think I've seen Prentiss talk to anyone else on the team. It's usually you. And sometimes me." Reid said, catching up to Morgan.
"You have a milk mustache." Morgan said, laughing out loud. He was happy.
The team assembled at the police station, put on their vests, checked their weapons and they headed to Menton's house, accompanied with two squad cars. They made a soft entry and checked all the rooms. The house was empty. They checked the basement and the garage which were empty. They found pictures of Menton with the kids, but no weapon, no real evidence to say he was the killer.
The team stepped out to let the Crime Scene guys check the place out.
"I cannot believe he's getting away!" Prentiss said, clearly frustrated. It was dragging on too much, 8 people were dead and he was slipping away! He was on the run and it was that much harder to track him.
"I know. We'll get him." Morgan said and then bit his tongue when Hotch looked at him funnily.
"Let's regroup at the station. Morgan, I would like to have a word with you when you get there." Hotch said, looking at Prentiss.
Prentiss just looked down and then looked at Reid, and asked him if he noticed anything else. She ignored Hotch and Morgan and she knew Hotch was looking at her. She and Reid walked away from the group to talk the case out. They enjoyed working together and usually did their best work when they talked to each other.
"What's it about Hotch?" Morgan asked, though he had a very good idea. He couldn't believer he had slipped up so early. He was grateful that Prentiss had ignored them.
"I'd rather not discuss it here." Hotch said and climbed into the waiting SUV. Rossi called after Reid and Prentiss and climbed in the front, while Morgan got in the back.
Reid looked at Prentiss who looked like what he he expected her to look like if she panicked. They walked a while in silence and ignored Rossi's call.
"Everything alright?" Reid asked Prentiss.
"Derek, Morgan, and I slept together!" Prentiss said, looking at Reid for his reaction.
"Um… That is bad." Reid said, turning a little red at the possibility of discussing his friend's love life.
"I know!!! And Hotch is going to question Morgan! I have no clue what to do." Prentiss said, letting it out.
"Are you two, uh, dating?" Reid asked.
"No. Well, not yet. I don't know if we'll ever date. See, this is why I stay away from men. They really screw with your head!" Prentiss said, exasperated and slightly panicked.
"Maybe you should talk to Garcia. She'll be of more help." Reid said, trying to extricate himself from this conversation.
"Lord no. She'll start thinking up baby names if I tell her." Prentiss said. She looked at Reid, who was clearly uncomfortable with the conversation. Since she had gotten it out, told someone, she breathed deeply and said "So, Kevin Menton. Where would he go? He has to have a safe place."
"It will be in Basking Ridge. Maybe close to DCF?" Reid speculated.
"Why DCF? He hates the place, unless, he is masochistic. Mentally. Then he would welcome the pain, the reminders." Prentiss said, liking Reid's theory.
"It would serve as a stable connection. Help him keep his focus on the mission as it were." Reid said, getting into the theory.
"I agree. Let's go. And Reid? What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas right?"Prentiss asked Reid, though she trusted him implicitly.
"Um, if you're addressing the fact that everything you've shared remains between us, then yes. Though we're not in Vegas." Reid said, frowning.
Prentiss put her arm around him and gave him a quick squeeze. They walked back to the second SUV and drove to the police station. Hopefully, Hotch would have talked to Morgan by the time they got there. She let Reid drive, which was a rare thing as he drove slower than she could walk.
Morgan looked around for Prentiss before he went into the room where Hotch was waiting. Hotch gestured to him to take a seat and looked at him.
"Morgan, you know fraternising within the team is wrong and not allowed right?" Hotch said.
"Yes." Morgan said, determined to keep his answers short and not give anything away accidently.
"Are you dating Prentiss?" Hotch asked Morgan directly.
"No sir." Morgan replied, honestly. They weren't dating. He hoped to date her when they were back home though.
"Alright then. But whatever you have with Prentiss, end it. You are becoming involved and it's compromising your work." Hotch said, in a tone that broke no argument. Morgan just nodded, knowing it wouldn't get him anywhere if he argued.
They headed out just as Reid and Prentiss walked in.
"Where have you been?" Hotch asked, irritated now.
"I'm sorry sir. We were discussing something and I think we may know where Menton is." Prentiss said.
"What's your theory?" Hotch asked, as JJ and Rossi came by.
"Well, the UnSub, Menton, will have a safe spot. Prentiss and I think it's near DCF. He would want a reminder, to complete his mission." Reid said, wanting to take the heat off his friends.
" That is a good theory. Morgan, call Garcia and have her look into properties around DCF that may be connected to Menton." Hotch said and walked over to Kenny's office to share the theory.
"What happened with Hotch?" Prentiss asked Morgan after Hotch left.
"Not now. But everything's fine." Morgan told her and went to catch up with Rossi. Prentiss looked at Reid who smiled to show support.
They had found Menton hiding in a shack about 2 miles from DCF and had gotten evidence that he had killed the 8 victims. The team was spending the night in NJ before flying out in the morning. Emily waited in her room for Derek to show. She sat on the bed and was drinking a glass of wine that she had bought earlier. There was a knock on her room and Derek let himself in.
"Hey." He said and walked up to her. Emily stood up and they kissed.
"Hi. What did Hotch say?" Emily asked, a little breathless as Derek kissed her neck.
"He asked if we were dating, I said no because we aren't dating yet. I want to change that once we're back home. You think you'll be okay with that?" Derek asked, straightening to see her face.
"Yeah. I'd be okay with that. But we have to be more careful. I told Reid." Emily said, biting her lower lip.
"You told Reid??? Why would you do that?" Derek asked her, a little shocked.
"I needed to get it out Derek! And he is my friend. We tell each other things." Emily said, defending her decision.
"What kind of things?" Derek asked her, pouring himself a glass of wine.
"Well, things he tells me, that I keep a secret. He is my friend." Emily said, repeating to stress that fact.
"Okay. He is your friend. As long as I don't have to share all of you, you can have how many ever friends." Derek told her. He put his glass on the table, took her glass and kept it aside and picked her up. She wrapped her legs around him and started to unbutton his shirt. He felt her hair tickle his shoulder and lay her slowly on the bed and climbed over her.
"Did I ever tell you that your bangs are sexy?" Derek said, combing his fingers through her hair.
"Really?" Emily asked, surprised.
"Oh yes! It makes your eyes smolder. Like now." Derek said, unbuttoning her shirt. She had already gotten rid of her pants.
"Smolder? I never thought I would hear that word from you. May I record it?" Emily asked, laughing and gasping when she felt his mouth on her breast.
"Later. I have some very important work to do right now." Derek said, and continued to pleasure her.
A/N – If you guys wonder why I alternate between Prentiss and Morgan and Emily and Derek, it's cause it is Emily and Derek when they are in private, but Morgan and Prentiss in public. Plus I love Paget's fringe, so I wanted to add it in here!