"I don't know what happened" JJ said, still in shock from listening to Reid's suicide message to her. "I guess I just forgot…" She added as her minded drifted.
"It's alright, JJ" Morgan said as he held one of her hands tightly and thought back to hearing the message Reid had left for him. Garcia came into the living room with a small glass of water and handed it to JJ.
"Thanks" JJ whispered before she took a few small sips of water then set the glass down on an end table.
"I'm gonna check on Reid" Garcia said quietly as she edged toward the door.
"I'll come with you" JJ said quickly and got up to follow.
"Are you sure that's a good idea, JJ?" Morgan asked as he stood and reached a hand forward to stop her.
"I'm fine" JJ said and pulled away from him. "It's Reid who needs our help now" She added quietly and followed Garcia out. Morgan ran a hand over his head then sat back down and sighed.
"Reid? It's just me and JJ" Garcia said quietly as she edged into the spare room where Reid was curled up in a corner.
At first Reid didn't respond, he just lay in a pile as his body quivered from the cold. He could distantly hear Garcia's voice but it was so far away he wasn't sure if he was imagining it.
"Reid?" Garcia asked again as she knelt down next to him and placed a hand on his arm. His skin felt icy cold to the touch and Goosebumps covered every visible bit of him. "He's freezing" Garcia relayed to JJ who was standing a few feet away staring down at the two of them.
"Garcia?" Reid murmured quietly as he lazily lifted his heavy head to look round for her.
"Yeah, hon. I'm here, I'm right here" She whispered as she reached for his hand and gave a quick, comforting squeeze.
"Where's Emily?" He slurred out as he struggled to sit up to look around.
"Reid she's…" Garcia started but she couldn't bring herself to say it as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Let's get him into bed" JJ quietly said, walked over to Reid and slowly helped him up with the help of Garcia. "Come on, Reid" JJ whispered as she lay him down in the bed and covered him up.
Once in the bed he curled up into a tiny ball and hugged the sweater tightly as he continued to shiver. His eyes slowly closed, his breathing increased regularity and his muscles relaxed but he still clung to the sweater.
"How is he?" Morgan whispered as JJ carefully closed the door behind.
"Worse… He asked for Emily" JJ replied as her eyes studied the floor.
"God" Morgan sighed and rubbed his hand over his head again. "Where's Garcia?" He asked as he looked round for her.
"She's still in there… He's asleep now but she just wants to keep an on him… Should… Should we call someone?" She asked nervously.
"Like who?" Morgan asked and stared hard at JJ.
"I don't know… Hotch?" She asked, even more nervous now.
"Hotch? He'll fire him" Morgan angrily whispered back.
"No he won't!" JJ said a little too loud. "We can't deal with this on our own" She whispered back once she got a bit of composure back.
"And you think Hotch can? He'll send him to some shrink who'll lock him up… You think that'll help him? That's what he doesn't want. That's why he did all of this" Morgan whispered back.
"I don't know what else to do" JJ admitted and ran a hand through her hair.
"He'll have to stay here for a couple days… If that's alright with you" He added. JJ nodded and gave a sad smile. "After that…" He said with a sigh "We take him back to the apartment and work out a way so someone's with him all the time… This isn't going to happen again"
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