I know the order is all messed up with true CM timeline, but just go with me...
This one just continues on, no need for another call...
"Hello." Garcia says into the speaker phone.
"Hey, how's Miss Smart and Sexy doing today?" Comes Morgan's voice through the air.
"Fair warning Cupcake, as much as I love you and our witty banter, I'm all out of witty and banter, and I'm struggling with love." She says, her voice not as perky as usual and he could hear the stress in her voice.
"What's wrong, baby?" He asked, the concern evident in his voice.
"I'm standing at the crossroads of 31 lives and what I see is a train wreck." She says and he wants nothing more than to be there, to wrap his arms around her and help restore her back to her normal vivacious self.
"Baby, calm down. Will you do something for me?" He implores softly.
"What do you need handsome?" She asked with a sigh and he realised she'd thought he meant work related.
"Will you sit that gorgeous ass now and take a deep breath." He demanded, his voice strong and allowing her no real arguments. When she didn't reply with one of her usual witty retorts he knew that she was struggling with this a lot more than she was letting on. "Ok, are you sitting down?"
"Yeah." She replied, her voice softer but closer to the phone.
"Ok, I want you to just relax baby. I want you to just sit and take a few deep breaths and I want you to think about something other than the case, something other than those people, just for a minute."
"But you need something no-"
"No. We can wait a minute. You need to clear that head of yours, this way we both get what we need." He replied forcefully.
"Ok." She conceded on a breath.
"Right, so I want you to listen to me, just me. I'm just going to talk and I want you to listen, okay?"
She snorted, "Derek Morgan what have you been reading?"
"Hush Baby Girl, just do as I say...for once." He added cheekily, hoping she would jump on it as ever.
"For once? Hot Stuff, you know you love it when I'm naughty." She joked back with a laugh, "Plus, I always do what you say." She pouts and he's glad that she's not as lost as he had thought.
"Ok, silly girl, you going to do as I say this time then?" He asks with a smile.
"For you, handsome, of course." She replied, playing it up a bit.
"Right, I want you to shut your eyes." She did. "I want you to...think back to just before I left for this-"
"Derek Morgan! You wouldn't dare!" She interrupted with a laugh. "You would not be trying to make this conversation dirty?!" She said her eyes sparkling with glee once more.
"Well you can't blame a guy for trying." He shot back with a chuckle.
"Yes, you can!" She replied back with a smile lighting up her face. "I'm still in shock here!" She laughed.
"Baby, don't kid yourself, of course you're not in shock. You're worse than me!" He replied wanting to get a rise out of her.
"I am not!" She replied, her voice raising an octave in protest.
"Oh really?" He questioned, "So are you saying it was me who started the handcuff conversation when I was at my mum's?" She went to interrupt but he continued. "Was it also me who started the conversation about just what they were wearing as the other was driving? Or how about when there was the phone call about the desert we were having that night? Was that me too?" He questioned with a laugh.
She didn't reply.
"Cat got your tongue Baby Girl?" He questioned with a smirk.
"You, Derek Morgan, don't play fair." She said with a pout which turned to a smile when he laughed. "What can I get for you handsome? What do you need from the oracle?" She asked and he knew she was a bit more herself, that he'd managed to help her get out of her mind for just a short time. And that short respite had helped restore a little bit of her Garcia 'magic'. He smiled as he gave her his request and listened as she delivered. Helping them out above and beyond her job as ever.
There we go...how much did you wanna hug Garcia in that episode? And well, if Morgan couldn't hug her...this was the next best thing :P