Derek's POV
"Um, baby girl? I'm going to have to call you back." I said, before she could get another word in. I hung up the phone, and I turned my full attention towards Reid. He stepped closer to me, and sighed. We stated at each other for a long moment. "I hate seeing you like this." He said, to me. "It breaks my heart knowing that your hurting, and there's nothing that I can do to help you." I looked down at the ground for a moment. "Spencer, you've done more for me than anybody that I've known my whole life." I looked back up at him. "And for that I'm grateful to you." He shook his head.
"Nice to know that I've helped you out a little bit." I stepped closer to him. Putting my arms around his shoulders. "More than a little bit." We stood like that for a few seconds. "Hey. You know Garcia told me what you said to her. That day we broke up." His breath caught in his throat. "Yeah. She told me that you told her that you loved me." He stepped away from me. "That day we broke up, I walked out of that bathroom feeling like I was going to die from the pain that I was feeling in my chest. I hadn't felt like that since I had sent my mother away. So when I felt that same feeling again, I knew that it could have only meant one thing. Derek, I love you. I love you more than I think you know, and the thought of that scares me, because I don't want anything to happen to this team. I don't want Strauss to get her way, and disband all of us. I don't want to loose you as a partner."
Hearing those words made me ill. I took a deep breath, and ran my hand through his hair. "Spencer you won't loose me, or anyone else on this team. We're going to get through this, and we're going to be okay." "Yeah?" He said, unsure of my words. "Yes." I said, more assuring this time. He smiled. "Okay." "Good." I said, smiling myself. "Hey. I came up here, because Hotch needs us in the bullpen. We're going to give the profile." I squeezed his shoulder. "Lets go then." I said, as we walked off the roof, and into the bullpen.
Rossi POV
As we stood there waiting for Morgan and Reid to show up, I started thinking. They have still been action kind of funny around us. I had thought that it was because of Strauss, but instead of avoiding each other, and looking sad, they were latched on to one another seeking comfort. When Morgan had ran out of the room, Reid didn't hesitate to go after him. They thought no one had noticed, but I saw them holding hands as we watched those tapes play. It's not that I'm upset at there being together, it's just with Strauss, I don't want anything bad to happen with them.
Those two have been through a hell of a lot over the past 4 years. With Reid getting infected with Anthrax, and Morgan driving an Ambulance with a ticking time bomb inside it. Some how they managed to find themselves coming together through all of it. And in truth, I'm happy for them. I just wish that Strauss could see that. See that they aren't letting it get in the way of their jobs, but helping it. Without the kind of compassion that they both share for each other and the victims we help everyday, what kind of job would this be? But it's not up to me to decide. It's Strauss.