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A/N – back from my vice! Sorry it's taking FOREVER to upload. Thanks for reading and sticking to the story. I did something super fantabulous on my vacation. I hung out with Paget Brewster for like 20 minutes in LA! I still cannot get over that! But yeah, if you want to read about it, go to romyskyesworld (.) blogspot (.) com I can't post the link here because will take it away! Oh well. Here's the next chapter!
Prentiss dropped Reid off at his place and bade him goodbye.
"Should I say have fun with Morgan?" Reid asked, teasing Prentiss, which was uncharacteristic for him, but he was very comfortable with her.
"That would be the correct phrase, yes. And thanks! I'll see you later!" Prentiss waved from her car laughing and sped off in the direction of her condo. When she got there, Derek was already there
"Hey! You got here fast! We're in law enforcement. Not allowed to speed!" Emily said, approaching him. She leaned up for a quick peck outside her door and proceeded to fish about for keys in her bag. She looked up at Derek when he was quiet. "What?" she asked, pausing before she turned the key in the lock.
"Nothing. Let's go inside." Derek said, smirking.
Emily opened the door and they went inside. They went in and dumped their bags on the floor. Derek picked up Emily and gave her a long, sweet kiss and then hugged her close before bursting out laughing.
"What? I don't even know how to react to that!" Emily said, pushing Derek away from her. She was annoyed and confused and trying to not laugh at the same time, because his laughter was very contagious.
"Sorry. Gimme a minute." Derek said, coughing and choking as he spoke through his laughter. "Oh shit. This is funny." He said, his laughter finally dying down. "Okay. So, Rossi came up with the theory that you and Reid are seeing each other and told Garcia. Garcia in turn told JJ and me, completely excited and thoroughly convinced." Derek said, taking Emily to the couch to sit next to him.
"Oh God! Where did they get something like that? This is funny! What do you want to do though?" Emily asked, sitting on his lap.
"Well, a part of me wants to play with them and another part wants to tell them that it's me you're seeing and not Reid!" Derek said and nuzzled her neck.
"I think we should play with this. We will have to come clean though, but we'll have to come clean at some point of time, so might as well be now right?" Emily asked, arching her neck to give him better access.
"I must say I agree. Now how about that bath?" Derek asked, pushing her a little, to indicate that he wanted to get up now. Emily obliged and told him to get the wine and glasses while she ran the water for the bath. "I want candles!" Derek shouted and Emily cracked up. Who knew Derek Morgan was a candles man.
The couple met Garcia and JJ at a local pub for drinks the next evening. Emily went to pick Reid up and fill him in on the plan. It would also look like she arrived with him, making the excuse that she picked him up. Derek headed straight to the pub from his place.
Derek, Garcia and JJ were already halfway through their beers when Emily and Reid made their appearance. They went up and took their seats next to each other.
"Hey guys! Sorry we're late." Emily said, before taking a sip out of Derek's mug.
"Oh that's perfectly okay. Let's get you some beers also, shall we?" JJ said, not being able to keep the smile off her face.
Reid texted someone and Emily's phone went off.
They really think we're dating don't they? This should be fun!
Garcia didn't miss this and when Emily read the text and nodded, Garcia was this close to squealing "Got you!", but she and JJ had agreed to give the couple a few more days of peace before descending on them.
"So what were you guys up to all day?" Garcia asked, directing her question to Emily.
"Oh I just lounged about, had a lazy morning, ate food, napped and here I am." Emily said, with a content smile on her face, as she leaned back in her chair.
"I actually went to an afternoon lecture of the similarities of the matrix trilogy and the Hindu sacred book, the Bhagavad Gita." Reid said, unknowingly giving JJ and Garcia more to squeal about. It could only mean that he and Emily were together all morning and he went to the lecture while Emily was napping.
"That's interesting Reid." JJ said, to be polite and to make her focus on not getting excited.
"It was very interesting. The Wachowski brothers are actually Hindu converts and the similarities are glaringly obvious. Emily, you would have liked it, because you are familiar with the Hindu religion and culture." Reid said, playing into their hands even more. Derek actually choked as he realised what was going on.
Emily looked at Reid, gave him a little smile and said "Next time then. I had a late night, so I really needed the sleep." This time it was Garcia who lost it and excused herself, soon after which, JJ followed.
"You guys are killing it! I came this close to bursting out in laughter!" Derek said, laughing openly now.
"We are? I didn't even realise!" Reid said, to which Emily gave him a hug. JJ and Garcia chose that moment to come back and see the rare display of affection. Garcia's jaw literally fell open and JJ gasped.
"Morgan's in on it?" JJ asked Garcia.
"I didn't think so! But he must have confronted them and they must have come clean! This is unbelievable!" Garcia said, clearly angry that her best friend had more scoop on the couple than she did! This could not be happening. She marched up, with JJ right behind her.
"Sorry about that. I don't know what came over me." Garcia said, in a very un-Garcia like way.
"That's okay. Another beer you guys? This one's on me." Emily asked. She downed the last of her beer while Reid took another sip of his still full mug.
"I'm in for that. How about I play you for the third round?" Derek asked Emily, after she signaled the waitress and asked for another round.
"Play what?" Emily asked, resisting the urge to grin wickedly.
"darts of course. Unless you had something else in mind." Derek asked, innocently. Emily wanted to smack him and she decided to give him a dose of his own medicine.
"I had something else in mind, but I don't think you'd have the stamina for it." She said, and turned towards Reid to tease him about his unfinished beer.
JJ and Garcia didn't catch any of the innuendos and were busy focusing on the Reid/Emily interaction that was going on, while Derek seethed at the implications of Emily's statement. He was now determined to finish this evening soon so that he could take her home and show her who was boss.
The rest of the evening passed by with no real events, other than JJ and Garcia trying to look for any signs for anything between Reid and Emily. Soon, it was time to leave. Reid and Emily left together and Derek looped around to get to Emily's condo. He didn't want to give the gossip twins any reason to change their focus. He was having too much fun with them. He arrived at Emily's condo, expecting her to be there by now. When she wasn't, he waited. After waiting for 20 minutes, he called her.
"Where the hell are you?" Emily's voice came over.
"Me? Where are you?" Derek asked.
"At your place! I thought it would be easier for me to meet you here after dropping Reid off. You would have to loop around to throw the girls off." Emily said, impatience clearly showing in her voice.
"We really need to work on our communication skills. Guess where I am?" Derek asked, snickering.
"Lordy! Did you actually loop around? Okay I'll come home. Hang on for another 20 minutes. Oh shit! Oh shit!" Emily all but shrieked, and some scuffling was heard.
'Em? Baby? Are you okay?" Derek said, urgently, not knowing what was happening at the other end.
"Shhhhhh. Garcia is here!" Emily said, panicked. "What do I do?" She hissed into the phone.
It took everything for Derek to not burst out laughing. "Hide?" he said, helpfully.
"Derek, you're such a little shit. I gotta go." Emily said and hung up.
A/N – So, what do I do? Do I let Emily get away or Garcia to find her? Hope you like this chapter. It's just some fun. Read and review please! I love hearing from you guys!