It Hit the Fan
The past three months was a haze of events for Morgan and Prentiss. They spent all their nights together so long as they were off duty. Nothing changed at work between them and nobody realized that they were dating. That in itself was a huge task when working with a group of profilers. It was a fear they faced in the earlier days of their relationship.
That night of the club's opening; they partied until 3A.M. followed by an early breakfast at a diner. They returned to Emily's apartment, made love for the first time in the shower and crawled into bed together. It felt so natural to be together with no awkwardness. Dating did not affect their lives in any way, he still went out with his boys and she found time to hang with JJ and Penelope. The most difficult thing was for Emily to keep a straight face during the countless not-so-subtle attempts of her friends to set her up with a 'nice guy'. She almost informed them once that she had a man who was nice but that would turn the BAU on its head.
It was Sunday morning and Derek was playing football with his friends. The guys started complaining that Morgan got the attention of all the girls without even trying. The game had ended and the freshly showered guys left the locker room. Two girls walked up to Morgan and started chatting. He was dressed in a white wife-beater tank and sweat pants. Trevor shook his head and remarked at the unfairness of the world where they had to work so hard to get a girl's attention while they fall into Morgan's hands. Derek rejoined the guys and informed them that he is not interested in any quick hooks ups since he had a prior engagement.
Emily got out of the shower and donned her robe. Sitting on the bed she started to comb through her wet hair. Derek leaned against the door frame enjoying the view.
"How long have you been back ogling me?" she asked without looking up.
"Just got here and I never tire of this particular view." He replied walking towards her.
"Well, let's hope that you never do," she answered with a smile before finding herself flat on her back in a heated make out session with Derek. He can't help but feeling horny thanks to Emily and his early morning workout. They finally made it out of bed for lunch and spent the rest of the day being lazy on the couch watching whatever was on the TV. That was the story they were sticking with however they saw less than one hour of programming being too busy cuddling and kissing.
Derek stepped out of the tie store and spied Emily leaving the bookstore. He also saw Roger Pruitt close to her and took off at a dead run. The commotion caused everyone to pause and focus on him. Before Emily could process what was happening, Derek had his gun in Pruitt's face. People started running and screaming until Morgan flashed his badge and declared, "I am with the FBI, stop panicking." That had a calming effect on the crowd that kept their distance but still remained glued on the action.
In the parking lot, Emily demanded to know what the hell was going on and who the man was. Derek made up some BS story and let Pruitt go. Emily knew he said so much more to the frightened man before she caught up with them. She had to do some crowd control to prevent the spectators from rushing out of the mall.
When they got home, she asked him for the real story. He explained that Pruitt was a parolee who had clippings of the BAU on his cell's wall. He claimed that this information was shared with him and he was just keeping a lookout in the event that Pruitt was seen anywhere near the team. She knew he was keeping something from her and decided to do some digging.
Two days later, Derek found himself across the kitchen table from Emily in his apartment. She pushed a file over to him. Without opening the file he had a very good idea what it held.
"I can explain..." he started.
"Don't." She answered, "Congratulations, I actually thought that you cared for me. But you were just babysitting me."
He was about to answer when she continued, "whoever recruited you must be very proud. You did a wonderful job. The sex was a nice touch."
She stood to leave and he immediately jumped up and reached for her. Pulling away, Emily said in a deadly tone, "Get your hands off of me." He raised his hands in surrender and watched as Emily Prentiss walked out of his door and most likely his life.
Damn it! This is exactly what I was afraid of. She will never forgive me.
Opening the file Derek realized that she had no idea of her mother's involvement. The contents were some clippings with Emily's face circled in each one. She had jumped to the incorrect conclusion that the FBI asked him to keep an eye on her since the guy fixated on her and not the team as a whole.
Emily spent the drive home being angry at each member of the team thinking that they knew but said nothing to her. That didn't hurt her as much as Morgan's seemingly betrayal. She had fallen in love with him and now felt that his actions were a facade to be close to her. Feeling as if she was just a warm body to him pained her more than she wanted to admit. This is why she kept her heart safe from people so as not to get hurt. She vacillated between anger and tears until she regained her equilibrium.
Emily Prentiss was not going to let Derek Morgan or any other member of the BAU to get that close to her again.
