Pretty Boy Chapter 6- Meet the Team
After an hour, Morgan knocked on Reid's bedroom door to see if he was ok. "Pretty Boy, my team is on their way, and will probably be here in a few minutes. Are you ready to meet them?"
Morgan heard a few shuffling noises on the other side of the door before it opened up a little. "Morgan, are you sure? The last thing I want to happen is for you to get in trouble, or to even get fired." Reid says, avoiding eye contact.
Morgan reached through the open door, and gently lifted Reid's face with his hand. "Listen Reid, I don't care if I get in trouble. I am not about to send you away to just be prey to a psycho." He said sincerely.
They stood there silently staring at each other for a few minutes before a knock at the door broke them out of their trance. "That's probably them. Come-on, I'll introduce you." He says, gingerly pulling Reid with him to the door.
When Morgan opened the door, the first one he was greeted by was Hotch. "Ok Morgan, let's get started on what you think about the profile." Just then, Hotch became aware of Reid. "Who's this?"
"Hotch, this is Reid. We recently became friends." Morgan says, as Reid blushes a bit. "Reid, this is Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner. He's my supervisor."
"P-Pleasure to meet you sir." Reid says, awkwardly waving at him.
"The pleasure's all mine." He says, nodding at him and placing a big stack of case files on the coffee table.
Next, a pretty blonde woman walked into the room with some more files. "Reid, This is our Media Liaison, Jennifer Jerrau." Morgan introduced.
"Oh please, call me J.J. It's nice to meet you Reid." J.J pats his shoulder, and joins Hotch.
Next, an older man walked through the door. "This is Agent David Rossi."
"The David Rossi?" Reid asked excitedly.
"I Take it you like my books?" Rossi asks, almost internally cringing.
"Sir, I couldn't put them down, I mean they are all so interesting. Especially when.."
"Reid!" Morgan says sternly, making Reid shut up immediately.
Reid looks hurt at Rossi. "Sorry, I tend to do that a lot." He looks down, embarrassed flush forming on his cheeks.
"It's ok kiddo." Rossi says, patting the embarrassed boy's shoulder.
"Aw! You guys are so mean; let the poor boy be obsessed. A little obsession is healthy." A dark haired woman says, walking through the door.
Morgan, feeling a little guilty for making Reid feel bad, walks over to Reid, and gently places his hand on top of the boy's head, and ruffles his hair. "This is Agent Emily Prentiss."
"Nice to meet you Reid. Don't let these jerks get you down. Me and JJ are nice." Emily says, winking at Reid, and walking over to join the others.
"Ok Morgan, what do you notice about the profile?" Hotch says, trying to get down to business.
"I would say that he is definitely a sexual sadist. He Rapes them, and then mutilates them. He uses a knife, so he could be impotent." Morgan says.
"The knife could represent the penetration aspect of the sex act." Reid said from the other side of the room.
Everyone stared at Reid for a few seconds with shocked expressions.
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. I'll go into the other room." Reid says, blushing again and moving to walk out.
"No, by all means, feel free to join in." Hotch says, inviting Reid over to the table.
Reid walks over, and aids in the profile. Thanks to him, the case they had was clearer now. "Reid, how do you know all this stuff?" Morgan asks.
"I went to college for Criminal justice for 4 years, and have three PhD's in mathematics, chemistry, and engineering. And I also have some BA's in Psychology and sociology."
"What are you a genius or something?" JJ Asked.
"I don't believe that intelligence can be accurately quantified, but I do have an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory and can read 20,000 words per minute." Everyone stares at Reid with looks that scream: what did you just say? "Yes, I'm a genius." Reid deadpans.
"Well, this is interesting." Emily spoke up.
"Reid, would you mind aiding us on this case, since you know your way around?" Hotch asked.
"Y-You want me to help?" Reid asked, honestly shocked.
"Yes, we could really use your brain. What do you say?" Hotch asked, hoping he says yes.
Reid thought about for a few minutes, and then looked at Hotch with a determined smile. "When do we get started?"
TBC. Well there you have it; Reid's helping with the case. And how will Morgan react to finding out that Reid's a genius? Find out in the next chapter.