A Bad Week Turns Into 2
Chapter 8
Time For Some Fun
Morgan woke up Monday morning to Clooney jumping on him. He stiffened a groan as he rubbed his dog. "You know it's not even daylight right?" he asked before getting up. "Just don't wake Pen up I don't need another lecture about you learning some manors," he said with smile before getting dressed so he could take Clooney for a run. Their flight had landed later than expected because of some problem in the airport or with the plane. He hadn't cared; he'd called Hotch before they'd gotten on the plane letting him know they weren't coming home till late that afternoon. They'd stopped and gotten Clooney before heading to his place for some much needed sleep.
"Where you think you're going?" Garcia asked.
"Clooney wants to go for a run, I'll be back soon, promise," Morgan said before giving her a kiss.
"Mm, hurry back and I'll show you a really good morning, hot stuff," Pen said.
"Baby girl, you're going to kill me," he groaned as she reached down running her hand under his shirt touching his bare skin.
"You better go before I pull you back on this bed," she said back before pulling away to snuggle back down into the covers.
It was eight-thirty when Morgan and Garcia walked into the office. He walked her to her office giving her a quick kiss before he went back down stairs. He hadn't had a chance to talk to the team about what had happened and he knew he was going to have to. Not because he had to but because they were his family too and they deserved to know what had went down the week before.
JJ was coming out of her office when she saw Derek coming from Garcia's office. "Hey, glad to see you back," she said with a smile.
"I think another week of vacation would be better," he joked, "Where you going?"
"Meeting with few local media networks, we took week to catch up on paper work and gave couple profiles, but other than that nothing," JJ said, "Gideon and Reid had to do one the seminars this morning, they'll be back this afternoon," she added.
"Okay, have fun, sis," Morgan said before going towards the bull pen.
"Stay out of trouble, big brother," JJ added as she walked towards the elevator.
Emily was sitting at her desk finishing another case report. She looked up seeing Morgan sitting down at his desk. "Hey trouble maker, Hotch wants to see you in his office before you start on those case files," Emily said.
"I got the bad boy rep now huh?" Derek asked.
"Don't look at me, I didn't give you that nickname, JJ did," Emily said smiling, "Hey, are you okay?" she asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, trust me, I spent the last week with Garcia, I've worked through it," Morgan said before going towards Hotch's office.
Hotch was finishing up another case folder when somebody knocked on his door. "Come in," he said looking up to see Morgan, "have a seat," he said finishing the last bit in the folder before putting it in the out going box. "Guess you know why I wanted to see you?" he asked.
"Yep, and if you have some nickname can we get it over now, JJ and Emily already called me trouble maker, you got a nickname for me too?" he asked trying to lighten the mood of the room.
Hotch smiled, glad to see that Morgan had found the way out of the darkness that had been the last week. "After listening to Garcia for an hour last night tell me that you are okay, you don't have to talk to Dr. Daniels, and Straus is not going to give you a hard time, that was the hard part, but you're cleared for duty," Hotch said.
"Just curious here, what did she have in mind, so I know not to piss her off in the near future?" Morgan asked.
"Two week suspension, I called a friend that has some leeway with her, and she agreed after two days to let the vacation you took count as your time served, don't worry about the rest," Hotch said.
Morgan was about to leave, but he turned back around, "I sort of owe you an apology for the way I reacted, I just thought I put that part of my life behind me, and buried it, I know I shouldn't have lied to you…"
"Derek, you're not the only one that has secrets and skeletons in their closets, and you wanted to protect yourself and Penelope, but like I said don't worry about the rest, and if you don't want to tell the others you don't have to, Gideon and I haven't said anything and they haven't asked." Hotch said.
"I know I don't have to, but some things only time and family can help heal," he said before leaving Hotch's office.
The rest of the day had been slow, Morgan still was dreading the part about telling the team, but he'd made it through telling his mom and sisters, which had been the hard part after dealing with the pain inside of him. He was just glad he'd brought Garcia home with him and that he'd fell in love with his best friend. She'd been there for him more ways than one this last week, she'd sat beside him and held his hand while he told his mom and sisters the abridged version of what had happened. He didn't want to cause his mom even more pain by going into all the details. He'd never blamed them for what happened, and he'd protected Desiree even more making sure she didn't have the same thing happen to her. He'd kept her away from the Youth Center, every time she'd wanted to tag along with him; he'd opted for staying home with her instead.
"Are you ready to get out of here?" Garcia asked little after five.
"Yeah, we're meeting at our place," Morgan said signing the last case file; he'd finished the ones on his desk finally.
"Our place huh, I thought I had an apartment still?" Garcia asked.
"Well, after today you're moving in with me, and that apartment of yours is history, baby girl," he said.
"Can I paint our bedroom purple?" she asked giggling when he shook his head laughing at her.
"Let's go Ariel," Morgan said waiting till they got to the elevator to kiss her.
"You call me Ariel in front of the team and I'll be cuffing you to the bed tonight," Penelope warned him.
"Ariel, Ariel, Ariel," Derek said kissing her between each word running his hand under her shirt, "Ariel," he said again before the doors opened and Gideon was standing on the other side.
"Save that for tonight when you're alone," Gideon said with smile before Morgan and Garcia got out the elevator.
"You are in so much trouble," Garcia said before going to the passenger side of his truck.
"What, you don't like the nickname?" Morgan asked, "What's wrong with Ariel, I thought it was your favorite Disney character? Maybe we should name our daughter that, then I could tease you everyday," he joked with smile. It felt good to be able to laugh, but he still had nightmares it wasn't completely over, and with the job he was doing he'd always have them, but at least he would have Penelope and their baby to get him through.
"If I didn't love you so much I would give you the silent treatment for a month," She said pouting as she buckled up.
Morgan got in before turning to her, "I love you too, baby girl, and I know I haven't said it much in the last week, but you're my light, and I'll forever love you for helping me through this, all I wanted to do was bury it back inside and pretend it never happened, and I know it wouldn't have worked for long, not this time," he said.
"You are my light too, we've both had people taken from us, and the innocents that we're supposed to always have was taken too soon from all of us, I'm just glad you shared with me, I don't think I could have taken you shutting down and not being the man I fell in love with," Garcia said back before kissing him.
"What took you two so long?" Gideon asked, "You left before I did, yet you are the last ones here?"
They both laughed before Morgan unlocked the door letting them in. "Sorry, certain someone distracted me," he replied.
"Next time wait till you get home to have sex," Hotch said with a grin.
"Never said we had sex, which we didn't," Garcia said, but if she hadn't stopped them it would have lead to them having sex, "We're going to change and be right back," she added before following Derek upstairs to their room.
"You sure leaving them alone is a good idea, they were pretty close in the elevator from what Gideon said?" Emily asked.
"We give them five minutes then check on them," JJ said before going towards the kitchen. They had been there countless times before, since Morgan and Hotch were the only two with a house, they usually had big events at one the places.
Five minutes later Garcia came down stairs trying to act natural, but if anybody looked close at her neck they could see the formation of a hickey. She'd let her hair down and changed into more comfortable clothes before getting back out of the bedroom. She'd been tempted to say forget the celebrating with the team and just have her own fun, but Morgan had shooed her out of the room before that could happen.
"Ariel," Morgan said which got the teams attention and made Garcia blush, "I mean, baby girl," Morgan said with smile as he got death glares from his best friend.
"What is with the Ariel nickname, that's the third time I've heard you call her that today?" Gideon asked.
"You are so dead Derek Morgan, I know your middle name and I'm sure that Emily doesn't know it yet, call me that again and she'll know that along with your other nickname," Penelope warned.
"My middle name is Michael, my dad's middle name and the other nickname she calls me is something in French I still can't pronounce, so now Ariel do we get to have some fun?" Morgan asked.
"I wasn't talking about that nickname, I'm talking about…" she started but Derek covered her mouth before she could say it.
"I'm marrying you, so that nickname isn't good any more, princess," he said.
"Knock it off you two, before we throw cold water on you," Reid said.
"Okay, we'll behave," Pen said pulling away, "What did you all have in mind for celebrating because I don't think there is anything here to eat, let alone have a party with," she said because they hadn't been to a store since they got back.
Half hour later they were all in the living room talking and watching a movie. Haley and Jack had showed up with pizza and drinks, nonalcoholic since they had to work the next day. They were enjoying the movie and having fun together. There was just one thing that was left, besides telling them about what had happened.
"I don't want to go, but Jack's getting sleeping," Haley said to the others, "Congratulations you two," she added before giving Garcia and Morgan a hug.
"I'm going to go too," Hotch said.
"Wait a minute, there is one thing we still haven't got to tell you and it's not about last week, well it is but not really the way you think," Penelope said, "Before we left last week I found out that I'm pregnant, about a month along," she said with smile as she felt Morgan wrap his arms around her waist.
"You're pregnant, that's wonderful, Pen," JJ said before hugging her friend, "Dang you get her pregnant then you want to marry her, shouldn't it been the other way?" she teased.
"I didn't know I was pregnant until before we left so he did do it in the right order," she said getting hugs from the others.
"Why didn't you say something sooner, we could have gone somewhere?" Haley asked.
"This was better, just us," Pen said.
Haley, Jack and Hotch left few minutes later leaving the others still there. They had few more movies to watch if they wanted to, but there was one thing that they all wanted to know, but they didn't want to ask. Morgan went to let Clooney out getting some fresh air himself in the process.
"Pen, is he okay?" Emily asked her.
"He's been smiling and trying to make us laugh all day, but is he really okay?" JJ added to Emily's question.
"He's doing better, but it's not my place to tell you, we're still cooping," Garcia said seeing Derek standing in the doorway.
"What happened last week, should have happened a long time ago, but when you're thirteen and the person you look up to starts doing things to you, you don't know what to say or do, and when he's the only father figure you have in your life because your dad was shot can killed in front of you, it's even harder," Morgan said, "I don't know what you pieced together or if you did, but…" he stopped trying to get the rest out. Garcia got up and went over to him before he finished, "I got the closer I've needed for years," he said.
"Closer?" JJ asked not sure what he meant.
"The reason I was always so pissed when we go after a pedophile, is because I know what it is like to be those kids, I was those kids for so long, and I was terrified that it would get worse, the bastard never raped me, I guess I'm lucky for that, but he did every thing else, that you could probably think of, and I never meant to take it out on you all when you tried to help me last week, I just wasn't ready to admit what happened to me, I'd buried it so far down, but it all came back out and I knew that when Hotch and Gideon kept pushing it was going to come out," Morgan said.
"We wouldn't have thought any less of you, Derek, you're like a brother to us," JJ said, "We're family, and I know I would never judge you for what he did to you, we all love you," she added before going to hug him.
"I told him that, but he's just as stubborn as I am," Pen said.
Reid and Emily joined in on the hug, Gideon stood behind them he wanted to do more, and he still felt guilty for not seeing it before Hotch had, and for not seeing it before now, but Morgan had hid it well and if this hadn't happened he probably would never have known.
"How is your mom?" Reid asked.
"She's dealing, and since I'm not there she's making sure that James is okay, I thought she was never going to let us leave," Morgan said, "Sarah and Des are okay too, and Des finally understood why I would never take her to the center," he added.
"You just wanted to protect your little sister," Gideon said, first time he said something since Hotch and Haley had left.
"More than she'll ever know," JJ added, "Okay, come on, let's watch another movie and if you want or need to talk, we'll listen," she said giving him another hug.
"I am doing better since you all left, I've had my own personal doctor," Morgan said pulling Garcia closer to him.
Later that night the most the others had left, Gideon had stuck around for while longer though, he needed to make sure for himself that Morgan was okay. It wasn't that he didn't believe him, it was just because he felt guilty, he felt like he owed Derek an apology even though Hotch had been the one that had pushed Morgan until he'd finally lashed out before he had let him go so he could lead them to the real unsub. He'd known what Hotch had been going to do, they'd talked it over before he'd let Derek go.
"Hey, I'm okay, Gideon, I promise," Derek said picking up the last pizza box.
"I know, at least I'm starting to see that, I just wanted to say I'm sorry," Gideon said.
"Why should you be sorry, you didn't do this to me, you didn't even know me then?" Morgan asked he'd known that Gideon was going to say something; after all he was the one that had helped him before he'd met Garcia.
"I know that, but you're like a son to me, and knowing what he did, I just have to know you're okay, we pushed you until you were trapped in a corner with no where to go and it shouldn't have happened," he said.
"I'm not mad at you and I can't forgive you for something you didn't do or didn't do, everybody for years thought that bastard was my mentor, but he wasn't, not after he started doing what he did, and even though I've felt guilty for not telling and knowing that if I would have just told that I could have saved James from this hell too, and those other kids, but the truth is I couldn't, and your are my mentor, not him, he didn't do anything for me besides take advantage of knowing I would never tell," Derek said, "Now, can we stop talking about me before Pen gets back in here and thanks I'm not okay, cause I really am, and next month I'll get the real justice that I've wanted for so long."
"You want somebody to come with you?" Gideon asked.
"I got Garcia coming with me, but I'm not going to turn it down, I think James could really use another friend right now," he added with faint smile.
Gideon nodded and for the first time he pulled Morgan into a hug, "I'm here for you too," he said before pulling away, "Don't let him push you away, Penelope," Gideon replied seeing her coming into the room.
"I'll never let him do that, if he tries you'll find him handcuffed to the bed," she said with a smile before giving him a hug, "Thank you for everything," she added before pulling away.
"I should be thanking you, after all you gave him a reason not to get lost in the dark," he said before taking his leave knowing that Morgan was going to be okay.
"Let's go to bed, handsome," Garcia said pulling him into her arms before kissing him, she deepened the kiss putting all her love into it before they went upstairs.
THE END
AN: Thank you all for the wonderful reviews and there is a sort of sequel coming to this story. It'll be after Gideon leaves and Rossi comes back, because I hated when Gideon just abandoned them all and he only left a note to Reid. He left Morgan too. Anyways thanks again let me know what you think.