"Hey, man. Where you been?" Morgan called to Reid as he walked in.
Reid licked his lips, confusion still in his eyes, and let out a breath containing a tiny hint of a laugh. "I think I just got back my job back" He answered and looked up at the group.
"Really?" JJ asked and glanced over to Hotch who simply shrugged.
"Strauss just wrote up my contract… I start my retraining on Monday" He stated, the shock of what he'd been told moments before slowly ebbing away and being replaced by excitement.
"If Morgan's training you, I'd give up now" Emily said with a little laugh that spread through the group.
Morgan yawned a little and JJ pulled out her phone, reading a message from Will asking where she was; she'd told him she'd been home almost half an hour ago. "I'd better get going" JJ sighed as she slipped the phone back into her pockets.
"Aww" Garcia complained as the team all agreed and began gathering their things to leave. "You guys are so lame" She moaned, put her hands on her hips and dramatically pouted.
"You didn't just get off an eight hour flight" Morgan reminded her as the team walked toward the elevator.
"You're right; I didn't get to sleep on my own private jet. I just got a couple hours of sleep on a couch being constantly interrupted by your phone calls" She said as the elevator jolted into action.
"So why are you complaining about going home to sleep?" JJ asked with a little laugh.
"Because we won't see Jessie again for ages after today" Garcia said and glanced over at the little girl sleeping in Emily's arms.
"Well, now we're both working here we can bring her round a lot more often" Reid said with a little smile as Garcia's face lit up.
"Really?" Garcia asked and turned her head from Emily, to Reid, then back to Emily. Emily laughed a little then nodded in agreement with Reid. The elevator slowly stopped on the bottom floor and the group made their way into the car park, each splitting from the decreasing group as they walked towards their cars.
Hotch stopped Reid and Emily once it was just them left looking for their cars and Emily spotted hers. "Now that you're both working at the BAU you're going to need some to look after Jessie for you" Hotch explained as he handed them a business card for babysitters and nannies. "Ask for Nancy. She looked after Jack until he turned five, she was great with him" He said explained as softly as he could.
"Thanks" Reid said as Emily took Jessie to the car. "This really means a lot" He added and slipped the card into his pocket.
Hotch gave him a slightly confused "it's just a babysitting company"
"You didn't hire anyone to replace me for almost two months. You hired Emily within three weeks of Elle leaving, Rossi had replaced Gideon after a month of his resignation" Reid explained as pushed his hands into pockets and away from the cold night air.
"I had my suspicions your absence wouldn't be permanent" Hotch said with a small shrug.
Reid tried not to smile but it was hard, Hotch wasn't one to throw around compliments which made the moments he did say something like that even nicer. He glanced back to see Emily waiting in the car for him, her head resting against the window with her eyes closed. "I better go… Thanks again" Reid called before racing to the car, hopping inside and gleefully driving his little family back home.
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"Come on, pretty boy. It's just a couple of laps to make sure you're in top physical condition" Morgan said as he jogged around the unimpressed Reid, his arms crossed over his body as he shook his head.
"Morgan, the bureau already knows I can't do physical training and they've excused me of it. You just have to make sure I can still shoot a gun and know arrest procedure" Reid reminded him.
"But you can't expect me to pass you if you can't do a couple of laps" Morgan teased and playfully punched his arm.
"That's unfairly using your position to-" Reid began but Morgan cut him off.
"Fine, fine. You don't have to do laps… Let's just get you to the shooting range and make sure you can still fire in a straight line" Morgan said jokingly and laughed a little as he walked with Reid out of the FBI's training gyms and sports facilities to the shooting range a few blocks away.
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"How'd he do?" Emily asked when Morgan walked down into the bullpen, all the team's attention turning to him as Reid looked up with a worried expression.
Morgan let a little tension build then grinned widely and said proudly to Reid "You passed with flying colours"
Reid's face was consumed with a grin and he turned gleefully to Emily who was sharing the same smile. "I told you" Emily whispered to him as the team cheered loudly.
"I say we go out and celebrate" Rossi said and gave Reid a congratulating pat on the back.
"I say we celebrate by Reid taking back the load of paperwork on my desk" Morgan said as he dropped the pile of files and folders onto Reid's old desk that he'd claimed back that morning.
"Where'd you get all that from?" Reid asked as he pulled the first file off the stack and flicked his eyes through the writing.
"Apparently you do a lot more paperwork than I thought…" Morgan said as a smile crept onto his face from Reid already being so eager to start working. JJ and Rossi gave him a confused look so he expanded on what h had previously said. "When Reid was fired they need to share out his work until they found a replacement. I didn't realise how much work there was so I just said I'd take care of it" Morgan explained nonchalantly. "Anyway, we should probably wait till Friday to celebrate" Morgan added with a wink.
"You've probably got a point there" Emily agreed with a smile as she dropped her eyes to her phone. She glanced over the text Nancy had sent her about how Jessie was then pushed the phone back into her pocket. "I'm gonna head home" She said with a small yawn as she stood.
Reid's eyes glanced up from the file and he quickly placed it back on the pile. "Is it alright if I work on these tomorrow?" He quickly turned to ask Morgan.
"Sure, it's your paperwork, you can do it whenever you want" Morgan replied with a warm smile before Reid returned the smile and jogged after Emily who was waiting at the elevator for him. The team fondly watched the couple get into the elevator as Garcia approached.
"It's weird seeing them together" Morgan said quietly as the elevator doors closed. Garcia gave him a playful little nudge and he glanced down at her before grinning. "A good weird" He explained. "I like them together. I wouldn't have expected them to be like that but… they're good together. They make each other happy" he said, his smile softening as he spoke.
"You didn't expect them to get together?" Rossi said with a small laugh as he perched on the edge of the desk.
"You did?" Morgan asked and raised an eyebrow.
"You could see it by the way they looked at each other" Rossi stated with a small shrug then smiled as the team turned and looked confusedly at him. "None of you noticed?"
"They were pretty good at hiding it" JJ said in her defence.
"You noticed, right Garcia?" Rossi asked and turned to her.
"I hoped they might someday… but I never thought they actually would… or were… or are" Garcia kept correcting herself and her face scrunched up in confusion as she thought of the right word.
"Come on, baby girl. You've been looking at those screens for too long" Morgan said, a laugh slipping through his voice, as he led her to the elevator with the rest of the team following.
When the group got down to the car park they quickly split to find their own cars. Morgan was surprised to see Reid and Emily still sitting in their car talking by time he had found his car. He watched them for a few seconds. It looked like Emily was explaining something to Reid but it was hard to see from the distance there was between him and their car. Eventually Reid nodded and Emily smiled, laying a gentle kiss on his lips before she started up the engine and drove off, unaware anyone had been watching.
Morgan smiled a little then hopped into his own car and drove home, content with the knowledge that the team were back together and Reid and Emily were finally able to be happy.
Well, here it is folks! The last chapter! I've loved writing for you and i hope i can continue to write stories you'll enjoy for a long time! I know some of you weren't keen on a follow up but i don't know how i could have continued writing such a long story so i've, hopefully, finished the last chapter so that you can choose whether or not you'd like to read the second part or leave it here. Whatever you choose i'm so happy you've read this far and i'm glad to have provided you with at least a little bit of entertainment. I hoped you liked the last chapter and the whole story altogether :)