"Freeze! FBI!" Derek Morgan's voice rang out through my apartment making me jump and almost drop the box I was holding. "Put the box down and slowly step away."

I rolled my eyes as I turned to face the group that had appeared in my living room doorway.

"I'm fine," I insisted. "It's been weeks since I dislocated my shoulder, I can lift a few boxes."

"That's not what we've been told," JJ informed me from where she was standing next to a man I didn't recognize, but could assume was her mysterious boyfriend. "Spencer gave us strict instructions not to let you lift anything heavy."

"What does he know?" I mumbled, but did as I was told and put down the box just as Spencer made his way to the front of the crowd which consisted of JJ, her boyfriend, Derek and Penelope.

"Quite a lot actually," He smirked. "I have an IQ of 187 and an eidetic memory, plus I'm a doctor so I'm quite well qualified to comment on whether or not you should be lifting heavy boxes so soon."

I stuck out my tongue, but I was nervous about irritating my injury as I'd only just gone back to work a couple weeks earlier so I did as I was told.

"I really appreciate you guys helping," I said to the group still huddled in the doorway. "There isn't very much really, just a few suitcases of clothes and some boxes of things. I haven't really lived here long enough to collect much, but with Spencer insisting I don't lift anything, it would take us ages to move it all ourselves."

"Don't you worry about it," Derek assured me with a smile as he picked up the box I had been holding. "We don't mind at all and Spencer promised us beer and pizza when we're finished."

Spencer looked bewildered at his comment.

"I-I did?"

Derek just laughed and shook his head as he walked out the door leaving Spencer trying to puzzle out what had happened.

"It's okay, hun," I smiled, patting him on the back. "Beer and pizza is the least we can do for these wonderful people giving up their Saturday."

He nodded and we quickly organized the team. There really wasn't that much so it only took one trip for everyone and a second for the men to get everything loaded into a couple of the FBI SUVs that we'd borrowed for the weekend. Once we got to Spencer's, and now my, apartment we figured the best course of action would be for the strong men to do all the lifting while the women focused on organizing.

We dumped the suitcases in the bedroom for now, Spencer had condensed his clothes to half the closet so there was plenty of space for mine, but I could do that later. Penelope and JJ set to work unloading all my kitchenwares and knick knacks, I planted myself in front of the bookshelves with my box of books and the men, having brought up the last few boxes, cracked open some of the beers Spencers bought for them on the way over.

"Spencer, would you like me to put my books alphabetically with yours or should I put all yours together and try to find a shelf for mine separately?"

The question rolled off my tongue naturally as I was used to Spencer's particular way of doing things, but it earned chuckles from our friends, making his cheeks go pink.

"Just put them wherever you want," Derek suggested with a smirk. "It'll do pretty boy some good to have some disorganization in his life."

"Don't be mean," I scolded with a smile on my face. "Everyone has their thing that they like doing a certain way. I'm not gonna barge into Spencer's apartment and change the way
he does things."

"It's your apartment now too," Spencer pointed out. "You can put your books in with mine, or just on the shelf I cleared at the bottom, I don't mind."

"Alright," I shrugged. "I'll keep them separate so I know where to find them."

"I know I say this all the time," Penelope started. "But you guys really are so sweet together."

"It's true," JJ agreed. "You're so different, but you work really well together."

I didn't think that me being aware and considerate of my boyfriends mild OCD when it came to how he organized things really made me girlfriend of the year, but I'm sure they'd seen people mistreat him plenty in the past. It was just normal for me though. Spencer had his little quirks, maybe more than most people, and I was usually fairly laid back about things so if he wanted it done a certain way, I was fine with that.

"I do think we balance each other out," I nodded before changing the subject. "But what about you guys? JJ? Will? How long have you two been together?"

"Like a year!" Penelope blurted out, her outrage written all over her face. "Apparently all these profilers had caught on, but no one thought to keep me in the loop."

"A year?"

JJ hadn't mentioned anything about having a boyfriend so I was as confused as Penelope appeared to be.

"About nine months to be exact," JJ clarified, rolling her eyes at Penelope's outrage. "We met on a case about a year ago and kept in touch. We didn't start dating until a few months after that though."

"Took me a while to wear her down," Will piped up with his wonderful New Orleans twang. "She wasn't so keen on the idea of long distance, but I knew we'd be able to make it work."

"She thought she was being so sneaky," Derek chuckled. "But we all figured it out at least two months in."

"Well I didn't, if that's any consolation," I smiled. "But it's hard to keep anything away from this group I've learned."

"I just wanted to keep it to ourselves for a while," JJ defended her actions and I could tell from her tone it was a conversation she'd had several times since everyone found out a few weeks ago. "We all know absolutely everything about each others lives, sometimes it's nice to have some secrets and privacy."

"But we're your family," Penelope whined at her. "Besides, it's not very safe to fly off to New Orleans every weekend without telling anyone where you're going. What if something had happened to you? We would never have known!"

"I think all this serial killer chasing has gone to your head, Pen," I giggled. "There isn't as much danger around every corner as you think."

All five of the people in the room with me gave me a look that told me I was probably not right about that even if my heart was in the right place.

"Actually, statistically-"

"Spencer, no," I cut him off before he could finish his sentence. "I've told you before, I don't want to hear any statistics that will scare me or make me not want to go about my day to day life the way I do now."

"Alright, alright," He held up his hands in defense as everyone laughed before Derek turned his attention to Penelope.

"Anyway, baby girl, you can't really talk when it comes to secret relationships," He pointed out. "Where is your tech prince anyway?"

"I kept mine a secret because I thought we'd both get fired!" She defended her actions. "But he had to help his dad with some house repairs. He said he would have loved to help otherwise though."

I raised an eyebrow sceptically.

"I dunno, Pen, I've still not met this man and you've been dating for months," I pointed out. "I'm starting to think he doesn't like me."

"If he's never met you, how would he know if he doesn't like you?" She shot back before shifting the conversation again. "But why don't we talk about your love life, Derek? Since you're the only single one in the room right now..."

"There's nothing to talk about," He shrugged. "I get by, but no one's been willing to stick around and put up with the job so far."

"Well when you find the right woman, she'll stick around," I assured him. "And it'll be worth the wait."

"Awwe, when did you become such a romantic?" Penelope teased.

"Since Spencer swept me off my feet."

I faked a swoon as Spencer's cheeks grew pink and Morgan patted him on the back with a laugh.

The rest of the afternoon and evening was spent unpacking, reorganizing and, for Derek at least, mercilessly teasing Spencer. We ordered pizza, drank some beers and just enjoyed our time together, thankful for the chance to hang out without being interrupted by a serial killer for once.


Note: Super short and basically just filler. I'm just trying to move time along to get to the big things without skipping massive amounts of time haha The next chapter should be more exciting though!

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