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I really hope you all like this chapter, I had a lot of trouble with it. Really bad CM writer's block, thankfully I finally got past it.

Enjoy.

Reid and Morgan were sitting in the waiting room while the sketch artist was in with Garcia. Morgan had wanted to stay with her while she gave the man her description of James Colby Baylor but Garcia said she felt more comfortable without him there, she had said something about not being under as much pressure. However Morgan knew that she just didn't want to be around him at the moment.

"Hey" J.J. said as she and Prentiss made their way to Morgan and Reid's side. They had run out to get coffee and muffins for lunch. Prentiss passed the coffees to Morgan and Reid and took a seat next to them.

"Who's that?" Prentiss asked pointing towards Penelope's room.

"Sketch artist" Reid replied.

"We're just waiting for Hotch and Rossi, they should be here soon. We already started on the profile." Morgan explained.

"What did you get from that?" Prentiss asked.

"Not much" Morgan said with a sigh "He took her out to a place where no one knew him, it seems like he might have had a rental car and he really hurt Garcia, not just physically but mentally."

Prentiss shook her head; they would need a lot more to catch this guy.

"I think we can do a replay with her in a few days" Reid began "I don't think she's mentally or physically strong enough for it yet."

Morgan nodded his head "We definitely don't want to stress her out right now."

"So what do we do now?" Prentiss asked.

"We wait until the sketch artist is done" Morgan replied "By that time Hotch and Rossi should be here, I'm sure they will have orders for what to do next."

Almost as on cue Rossi and Hotch stepped out of the elevator the next minute.

Morgan and Reid filled them in on what Penelope had told them.

"I think it's a good idea not to push Garcia too far right now, she's probably already stressed as it is" Hotch said.

Hotch looked the team over, thinking about the next path to take. "Morgan and Reid I want you two to go to the restaurant Garcia said he took her to and bring the sketch from the sketch artist, to see if anyone knows the unsub."

Morgan was about to protest but Hotch cut him off "That's an order Morgan, I want J.J. and Prentiss to stay with Garcia for now. There should be one of us with her at all times until we find this guy. I'm going to need you and Reid to be here for the night shift, so you should get out of this hospital for a while."

Morgan was annoyed but he didn't argue, he knew Hotch was right it was just hard to leave Penelope at the moment. However since she wouldn't talk to him anyway he guessed there was no reason for him to be there.

"Rossi and I are going to head back to headquarters" Hotch continued "We need to find a technical analyst that can look up the facts until Garcia is feeling well enough to come back to work. Hopefully we will have caught the unsub before then."

...

Prentiss and J.J. sat in Penelope's room with her after the sketch artist left.

Penelope was thankful that they weren't pushing her to talk about what had happened, she had gotten enough of that for one day. Instead they were discussing shopping, men and movies, pretty much anything that didn't involve the case.

"How's your relationship with Will going?" Prentiss asked J.J.

"It's good" J.J. answered "A little stressful though since we only get to see each other every other weekend. Having a long distance relationship isn't easy."

Prentiss snorted "You can say that again."

J.J. quirked her eyebrow at Prentiss and even Penelope could say she was now interested.

"I dated this guy in high school during my senior year and then when we went off to University we promised each other we would keep our relationship even if it was long distance" Prentiss explained. "Then during like my first month of University I got a message from one of my old girlfriends who went to the same school as my boyfriend had. She asked me if I was still dating him because at their campus he had become like a player. That ended our relationship."

J.J. frowned she really liked Will and hoped it didn't end up that way for her. Prentiss seemed to know what she was thinking "Oh don't go there" she practically shrieked, causing one of the nurses nearby to scowl at her through the glass doors. Prentiss lowered her voice "You and Will are so made for each other."

Penelope nodded her agreement "Besides you and Will are far from being horny teenagers in University. Not to mention the fact that you can so tell he loves you" Penelope said her eyes moony "just in the way he looks at you. It's obvious he knows just as well as you do that you two were meant to be."

J.J. shook her head in amusement "You're such a romantic Pen" she said with a smile, looking like she wasn't upset anymore.

Penelope shrugged her shoulders "I can't help it if I like a good romance."

...

The three women talked for hours, Penelope couldn't remember the last time she had had as much fun with her two friends. Too bad it took getting shot to be able to spend some quality time together.

It was around four o'clock pm when Morgan opened the door to Penelope's hospital room. Penelope who hadn't noticed him coming tensed at the sight of him.

"How you guys doing?" Morgan asked softy, trying but failing to catch Penelope's glaze.

"We're good" J.J. said "I haven't had such a fun afternoon in a long time."

Prentiss nodded her agreement "Did you get any answers at the restaurant or coffee shop?"

"No" Morgan almost growled "No one could recall seeing him."

Garcia felt her chest tense up at that news.

"Where's Reid?" J.J. asked just noticing the absence of their genius friend.

"He went home to get a couple hours of sleep before we had to be back here at nine" Morgan explained.

"So what are you doing here?" Prentiss asked "You should be home getting some sleep too."

"I just wanted to bring by the update" Morgan explained.

"Wasn't much of an update..." Penelope mumbled under her breath and J.J. shot her a dirty look "I mean you could have just called, you didn't have to come all the way down here."

"Well I didn't think about it. I also thought one of you girls might be tired, I could start my shift early if you needed?"

Penelope shot a glare at Morgan, she was having fun with Emily and J.J. she didn't want him to come in and ruin it.

"We're fine Derek" J.J. said with a smile "Go home and get some rest, we'll see you at nine."

"Okay" Morgan said, he looked like he wanted to stay, like he wanted to say something else but instead he turned with a sigh and left.

Once he was gone J.J. glared at Penelope "What the hell was that Pen?" she asked.

"What?" Penelope asked pretending she had no idea what her friend was talking about.

"Don't play dumb Penelope" J.J. said sternly "That was rather rude, Morgan was just trying to be nice."

Penelope rolled her eyes.

"J.J.'s right" Prentiss said jumping in "You and Morgan are best friends but you've been acting like you can barely stand to be near him lately. What happened?"

Penelope sighed "It's nothing."

"Penelope" J.J. said a warning in her voice "It is definitely not nothing."

Penelope didn't know what she should tell them. She thought about it for a minute and then decided she would go for the truth, it after all had really been bothering her not having anyone else to talk to about it. She knew J.J. and Emily would have a new incite on everything and she could use their opinions on the matter. So she told them about the fight she had with Morgan and how she felt betrayed by him because of what he had implied.

Once she had finished her story J.J. and Emily were very supportive. She hadn't even noticed that she had started crying until Emily handed her a tissue, she guessed she was more upset about the issue then she realised.

"Pen" J.J. began "Believe me when I say this, I know what Morgan said sounded bad but I truly don't think he meant it the way you think he did."

Penelope sniffled "How did he mean it then?" she asked defensively "I might not be a profiler but I'm not an idiot, I heard what he said."

"But I don't think you took into account the way you were acting when you told him." J.J. began.

When Penelope gave her a confused look J.J. continued "It seems like you were surprised and even though you might not have noticed it I bet you seemed a little wary about the whole situation. Morgan saw that little piece of doubt you weren't able to cover up and tried to do best by you. I know Morgan wouldn't have said something like that and have it mean what you think it did. Morgan cares deeply for you, he wouldn't have wanted to hurt you; he would have wanted to protect you."

Prentiss smiled and touched Penelope's hand "J.J is right Penelope, when I first started at the BAU one of the first things I noticed was how much you and Derek Morgan cared for each other. You're best friends and I know he would never want to hurt you. You must know that?"

Penelope felt tears of stupidity run down her face "I do" she said with a small hiccup "I guess I just wanted someone to blame. I should have listened to Derek, I feel so stupid. I thought that I could take a chance and maybe just once I would meet my prince charming but Derek was right, I shouldn't have trusted it. I feel like a fool."

"Oh Pen" J.J. said "Don't be like that. There was no way you could have really known what this James' guy's intentions were. Please don't be upset. Now that everything is done with it's not worth it. You just have to let go."

"I know" Penelope said once she had her tears under control "And I have to apologize to Derek."

J.J. and Prentiss smiled at her and Penelope was happy that she had told them.

She planned to wait up until nine for Morgan to come but she just couldn't seem to keep her eyes open because she was so tried.

'I'll just close my eyes for a moment' Penelope thought 'then I'll be re-energized for when Derek get's here.'

As soon as she closed her eyes, she was out like a light.