7. Please Listening To ME
Her little jog brought her to Reid's desk. She didn't say a word and just extended her hand to the young genius.
''On a level of 1 to 10 how mad are you?'' he asks giving her a cell phone.
''Tell the girls with that little stunt I'm late on my work, so I wont be having lunch with them.'' was her reply as she turns around to leave.
''But Garcia they're… right… there… Oh! That mad! I guess we're way over the scale'' he concluded seeing her turning the corner.
Morgan came in with a smile on his face.
''JJ! We're in the dog house!! I've never been in the dog house!'' Emily stated
''It's a funny feeling. Not a good one, I don't want to stay there!''
''And why do you look so smug Derek?'' asks Emily acknowledging his presence.
''Well my meeting went better than expected and I just discover I have leverage…''
''Do we really want to know?'' inquires Reid.
''No! This leverage better awesome! And you better make incredible amends and make this situation we're in, for you I might add, worth our while.'' Emily rants pouting.
''Don't worry, I aim to please beautiful ladies like yourselves!''
JJ giggled ''Well it must be awesome since all his cockiness is back!''
''Hopefully he won't let this 'cockiness' make him believe its all in the bag and mess everything up.'' said Rossi as he came in the bullpen with Hotch who came out of hiding, which he'll deny with his dying breath. Maybe he should give her the new program she's been talking about with a new picture of Jack to be on the safe side…
''I know what's at stake here, I appreciate what you guys done greatly, thank you.'' replied Derek sobering up.
''As lovely the company is, I want to get out of the 'Dog House' as soon as possible.'' said Hotch with a ghost of smirk.
''You're not to shabby yourself!'' the girls quipped.
With good spirit everyone went back to work.
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Garcia looked at the time for the hundredth time today, she's been home for half an hour now, and she had an hour left before going to Derek's. Nervous, anxious, didn't cut it to describe how she felt each time a minute flew by. Why was he allowed to flee her presence like he did for the pass 6 months and she had cornered on purpose! Granted she had the Friday he left to play hide and seek, but one day versus 92 days seemed hardly fair to her!
She was at a point where she considers going underground. Stop it! Get a hold of yourself woman! Its like a band-aid, you rip it off in one quick pull! She'll listening to he side of the story, tell him she understand and keep what's left of there relationship to 'warm colleagues'. No need to hang out, he can stay with what's-her-tree and she'll mind her business! That's what they've been doing anyway! A knock pull her out of her musing rant. Better not be the girls, she knows they are trying to help, but she wasn't in the mood! Or maybe it was Derek, if he still cares to know her like he use to, he should know by now she had over a thousand escape plan! She opened the door without looking, cause she might have not open it if she saw either of them.
''Hi Penny! Remember me? Ebony, Derder's girlfriend!'' chirped an over friendly Ebony.
Now Garcia wishes she would have looked regardless! Penny? Seriously? If you're not a child use her name correctly! She almost had to threat Kevin to make him and his friends stop. She let the girl in and offered something to drink.
''No thanks dear, you're sweet. I won't be long I just came to talk about my man.'' She said with saccharine smile.
''What about him?''
''Well he told me this in privacy, but you know how clumsy he is with words when something too close to home is bothering him, he says things he don't mean in the heat of the moment! Guess the passion he has in him has its good and bad sides if you know what I mean!'' she said with a conspirator smirk.
Ok! TMI! This girl needed to go yesterday! Better make this quick I only have half hour.
''Can you get to the point?''
''It's just he got under the impression that you wouldn't like me and since we've met he said he got the confirmation. He even thinks there are deeper feelings mixed into it. That you might have a crush! Isn't that funny?!''
''Hilarious!'' she reply dryly
''Well I set him straight and told him yes, it might be jealousy…, hold on let me finish, but not the kind he might think. It's like the little sister seeing her big brother starting dating. I'm here to tell you I am no threat to your friendship with Derek. I wont make a scene if he wants to spend the day with you. I know you were here long before I came into play! I know my place in his life and I know yours. That's all, I was only afraid that when he comes and talks to you it might come out wrong you'd think I sent him and it could cause some damage to your relationship.'' she smiled again.
Man she missed her calling she should have been an actress! Hopefully this bitch will send Derek away and she'll just happened to be there to pick up the pieces!
''Don't worry Ebony, this is only a misunderstanding. Who am I to dislike any of Derek's girlfriends without knowing them? I'll talk to him and straight this out, you wont hear about it again.''
''I'm relieve! Remember, what he say might come out wrong don't take any offence in alright?''
''Will do, I'm not throwing you out, but I have an appointment to get to.''
''Oh! Sorry! I'll just let myself out, thanks again for listening, Derder told me how good you were with people, and he was right on the money! Bye Penny!''
Garcia cringed at the nickname again. She let Ebony out. Well guess she have her answers!
This, this over confident, cocky, full of himself, egoistical man… saw right through her! That's what the weirdness was in the interrogation room! After all these year he would make a play at her just for the fun of it and a quick roll in the hay? Or make her be the girl on the side when Ebony is not around! How could he do this to her? To them? Didn't their friendship meant anything to him? Maybe it thought because of it she'd agree to a 'friends with benefits' status? Her cell buzzed, she put a timer on it. The next fifteen minutes would be a long ride to Morgan's…
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Two hours prior…
Morgan went in the café next to the BAU to buy pastries for Garcia, knowing they got her favourites here, thanks to a tip from JJ. He was waiting for his order when he saw Lynch. He was going to turn around and pretend he didn't see him, feeling bad for what he was about to do (going after another man's girl), when he saw the new red head tech coming Lynch's way. He took her in his arms and all but eats her face out! Morgan saw RED. How dare he? Didn't he had a chat with him about what could happened if he ever got wind he was cheating on his Babygirl? He stalked towards them anger coming off in waves.
''Excuse me Miss? If you'd kindly take your face back I need to talk to Lynch!
There were such distaste and fury in Morgan voice, she ran out without saying goodbye!
''What Morgan? Not happy to have screwed on a daily basis my relationship with Penny, you have to keep up the tradition with Sandy?''
''If you weren't so busy at making her feel bad you would of caught on to the fact that you didn't see me that much lately! From where I'm standing you screw it all on your own! Didn't we had a conversation on 'what's not acceptable' while you're with Penelope? Like cheating on her?!''
''What? Are you out of your mind? I didn't cheat on her! Did she said I did? She's lying, she just trying to punish me cause she couldn't handle truth!''
''What truth? I just saw you kiss that girl tell me again you're not cheating!''
Realisation hit Lynch; Morgan didn't know they weren't together anymore! How about that? Seems like he wasn't around much after all! Time for some payback! Bonus they were attracting a crowd!!
''We had a talk; I told her that I wasn't ready for any commitments and said that maybe we should take a break and see other people; she wouldn't hear any of it. I told her I could still be with her in an open relationship, she agreed quickly. Maybe she taught I wouldn't find anyone, since she can't!''
''You son of a bitch!'' he grabbed Lynch by his sickly colourful pattern shirt and shove him to the nearest wall to choke him, some men in the crowd try to pry him off but it would be more effective to move the wall!
''When I let you go you'll pick up your scrawny worthless ass, you go tell Garcia what you've done and hope to the sky above she don't ask me to hunt you down!''
''She… She…knows!''
''What?'' Morgan releases some of the hold he had on the weasel.
''…Ask… her… she… she knows about… Sandy! Let me go and this is not of your business!'' he wheezed out.
Morgan let him go like he'd been burned. Penelope wouldn't do that! She wouldn't settle for this? Lynch had to be lying.
''You better flee the continent, if I found out you were lying to me!'' he stomp out of the café missing Lynch evil smirk.
When he got home he couldn't figure it out. Maybe he was wrong. The team was wrong. Pen was deep in love with Lynch to agree to this! Maybe this was a waist of time and he should try to salvage what's left of their friendship. Even then he didn't know if he could stand by her quietly and let her do this…
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''Ok Garcia you've been at the front door for 5 minutes now, knock and get this over with!''
Before she could do anything the door opened up.
''You've been mumbling for the past 5 minutes, which made you late and as I promise I came to get you.''
''Morgan.'' She salutes him ignoring his comment and making way to his couch.
They sat assessing each other for the next 10 minutes until Pen cleared her throat.
''You seemed eager to have this talk, I'm waiting!''
''Like you don't have anything to say Babygirl?''
''I told you to stop that!''
''I can't, and to tell you the truth I don't care to try, so deal with it!''
She turned her head away angrily.
''Babygirl I know I have a lot to make up for, but it can't end like this for us! Not after all these years! You never got around to answer the most important question I ask you as of yet?''
Intrigued Penelope turned to look at him.
''Promise to never stop talking to me?''
Pen eyes burned and bitter sadness took over.
''Well maybe it's because someone wasn't there for me to go through with it!''
''I'm asking you now.''
''Look, we talk at work, saved from 2 Fridays ago I don't see why it would change.''
He knew she was going to be stubborn about it. Before his encounter with Lynch he had a plan, but now he was sure of nothing.
''You know this isn't what I'm talking about!''
''What do you want from me! I went out of my way to get you to talk to me since my company seemed to repulse you lately! You kept blowing me off, why didn't you just say you didn't want to see me outside of work anymore!''
''Cause it's not true!''
''What ashamed of showing me off to your little girlfriend? Look if it's because of the team that you on this guilt trip I'll make sure they back off and let it be, this between us is not of their concern!''
''Would you be quiet and listen to me!''
''No! Look, I'll just pretend we were never friends, since you seemed to do it so well!''
She got up.
''Sit down Babygirl…''
''I said don't! Stop it!'' she interrupted.
He got up and got into her personal space. Nose to nose with her.
''Make me!'' he growls.