Morgan and Brian had picked up Garcia on their way back to Britin Friday, and when they arrived, both Morgan and Garcia wanted to know what Justin and Reid had bought, but Justin refused to tell them, said it was to be a surprise and Reid followed his lead.
Saturday the team spent planning and preparing for the Babylon surveillance while Brian and Justin each worked on their own thing.
When it was about two hours until they had to leave, Justin went and pulled Reid away to go take a shower. When he had finished his own shower, he found Reid's new clothes and all the other things he'd need to get him ready.
Reid had really wanted to stay with the planning till the end.
"It is going to take two hours to get ready, besides, Derek needs to use the shower after you, so no, we can't wait."
"We were done here anyway; if we nitpick this any further we are going to plan it to death."
Rossi smirked while he said it and the others agreed; there was the risk of over-planning something like this.
Reid reluctantly got up and followed Justin upstairs. He took a shower and blow-dried his hair as per Justin's orders. When his hair was dried and he had put on his new clothes, Justin came in to help him with his hair.
Reid had heard Morgan enter the bathroom and get in the shower while he dressed and when Justin came to do something with his hair, they heard him finish.
Everybody was waiting in the dining room when Reid and Justin finally came down. They all stared with open mouths at the man walking in with Justin. Brian was the first to recover and whistled slowly.
"Well done, Sunshine, he'll fit right in."
"Damn, Pretty Boy, you look amazing."
Morgan tried to not look too hungry, but the sight of Reid with the topmost part of his hair pulled back in a ponytail that hung down over the loose hair at the back would have been enough to get his attention since it brought out his cheekbones and eyes. The fact that he was wearing a tight pale yellow t-shirt that just reached the top of the equally tight black kid leather pants did all too familiar things to his groin and he himself wore tight jeans, so an erection would have been impossible to hide.
Reid felt very self-conscious; every time he moved, his shirt would lift up and reveal some skin.
"Junior g-man, you look positively scrumptious, just as good as my chocolate Adonis. You are going to have a hell of a time keeping the groping hands off him, Morgan."
Reid blushed and Morgan took an unconscious step closer and pulled up to his full height.
"I feel ridiculous, and I can't hide my gun anywhere in these clothes."
"I'm wearing an ankle holster, plus the rest of the team is just outside if we should need backup."
"And you look good, Spence, Garcia's right, you are going to fit right in."
JJ sounded reassuring and when Prentiss and Rossi nodded their ascent, he relaxed a little; besides, he liked the look in Morgan's eyes his appearance had elicited.
"Spencer, it's important that you seem comfortable when you meet our friends; you have to relax."
Justin put a reassuring hand on Reid's shoulder and he nodded and took some deep breaths.
Brian had gotten ready too and they all left. Hotch and Rossi were going to park one of the SUVs one alley further down from Babylon, making it look like they were just two men out to spend some time together in a safe environment. JJ and Prentiss were going to be a little further up the avenue, closer to Woody's, also looking like a couple just out for a fun evening.
Carl was going to be in the manager's office with Garcia keeping an eye on the monitors of both the inside of the club and the surrounding alleys.
Brian, Justin, Morgan and Reid drove to the diner to meet the gang, who would undoubtedly be there after the word had spread that Brian and Justin would be there.
Everybody was there already when they arrived and they joined Ben and Michael in the booth behind Ted, Blake, Emmett and Drew.
"Who's that?"
Michael all but pointed his finger at Reid and Morgan when they scooted in to make room for Justin next to them while Brian bumped Michael further in the booth making Ben move closer to the wall.
"This is Derek and Spencer, some friends we met in New York a while back. Derek, Spencer, this is Michael and Ben. Behind us is Ted, who you, Derek, already met, his partner Blake, and Emmett and Drew. The redhead looking about to blow a gasket is Debbie, Michael's mom and surrogate mother to every queer in the Pitts."
Morgan said a polite hello while Reid just gave his usual shy wave.
"Hi, sweeties, what brings you to the glorious Pittsburgh?"
Emmett's exuberance couldn't help but bring smiles to Morgan and Reid's faces.
"We're just here to visit Justin and Brian for the weekend, see this club Brian has been bragging so much about."
Morgan smirked and Brian looked indignant.
"Hey, I just told you I owned the best club in the Pitts, you're the one who insisted that you wanted to see it."
Morgan, Brian, Justin and Reid all laughed at that, and it really did sound like the four of them had known each other for a while. Everybody but Michael joined the laughter, but he just looked like he had a hard time not crossing his arms across his chest, looking petulant.
"Where exactly did you meet; Brian was hardly in New York long enough to make friends."
Brian looked at Michael oddly while Morgan and Reid just looked surprised.
"Spencer and I were in the city for a weekend getaway when we passed a gallery with an amazing painting in the window. We decided to go in and loved the work displayed inside as much as the one in the window, so when we heard the artist was there, we wanted to tell him so. Brian happened to be there too and that's how we met."
Morgan looked at Justin and Brian who nodded and then Reid thought he should add his two cents worth.
"We hit it off and went out for a drink and we've kept in touch ever since."
"Well, it's nice to meet you,"
Ben, ever the Zen peace-maker, said, and the rest followed up the sentiment, even Michael, who had gotten over his initial shock of seeing Brian and Justin with someone new.
"Now that that's over with, what can I get everybody?"
Debbie took all their orders and went to put them in. While they waited for their food, the gang all wanted to know more about the two newcomers.
Blake had caught on to the fact that they had been in New York for a weekend getaway.
"Where do you live? I figured you don't live either here or New York?"
"We live in D.C., or in Virginia a little outside D.C."
Ted, forever interested in people's professions from an accountant's standpoint.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a psychologist and Derek's a lawyer. We know what Ted does, what about the rest of you?"
"Well, I'm a party planner, and my Drewsie used to be a football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers; now, he coaches for the Carnegie Mellon University team. Blake's a substance abuse counselor; Michael owns Red Cape Comics and Ben is a professor at CM."
"I thought I'd seen you before." Morgan looked at Drew, who just smiled and shrugged. "I used to play for Northwestern before I blew out my knee."
"Ouch, sorry to hear that."
"Hey, it's ok, it was a long time ago and it all turned out for the best anyway."
He smiled at Reid, who blushed but smiled back.
"What do you teach?"
Reid looked at Ben to get the attention off of himself.
"I teach English literature with an emphasis on gay studies."
"Wow, that sounds interesting, my mother was an English professor, too, but her area was medieval literature."
"She retired?"
"Some years back, yes."
"As a psychologist you must have a field day with someone like Brian."
Michael smiled; he really didn't mean anything bad, he just didn't realize that it might not be funny.
"What do you mean? He's unique, but not in a way a therapist would need to work on."
"Oh, come on. He doesn't exactly lead a normal life by anybody's standards."
Reid looked at Michael like he had lost his mind.
"Let's see, he's married, has a son, owns two highly successful businesses and gives back to his community by donating to charities; which part is it that you think isn't a normal life?"
Michael looked a little shocked, but then he recovered.
"His tricking for one; it's not exactly normal to have an understanding like that."
"I'm not sure you're aware, but Brian and Justin have been monogamous for the last year, since six months before their wedding."
This time, Michael looked like someone had just hit him in the face. Nobody had thought to tell Morgan and Reid about Ben's positive status and subsequent need to always use condoms and the fact that Michael and Ben didn't know that Brian and Justin had forgone using them.
"You're monogamous? Do you not use condoms either?"
Brian and Justin looked uncomfortable while Morgan and Reid looked confused.
"No, Michael, we don't; we haven't since the wedding."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
He looked like he was about to cry and Ben took his hand while Brian took a deep breath.
"Because we didn't want to upset you. We know you and Ben can never do it raw, and we didn't want to rub your faces in it."
Comprehension dawned on both Morgan and Reid's faces, and then Reid just looked apologetic.
"I'm so sorry, I had no idea."
Justin put a hand on his shoulder and shook his head while Brian spoke.
"Not your fault; it was about time anyway, it would have gotten out eventually."
Just then, Debbie arrived with their food, assisted by Kiki. They talked while they ate and Brian and Justin had been right about the kind of questions they got; some of them were very personal.
Michael recovered from the shock and joined the conversation. They talked and ate long enough for it to be Babylon time when they were done, so they skipped the usual trip to Woody's.