Title: Hiding Place
Author: Trista Groulx (dustytiger)
Rating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: I don't own CM, it belongs to CBS et al. And I don't own the song that inspired this fic Serena Ryder and her record label do. Don't sue I am just a lowly barista.
Summary: Reid wakes up to find Prentiss curled up to him. Where will their relationship go?
Notes: All right I warned you, here comes some drama, but just a little bit. Then back to more fuzzies. Wow this is the half way point of this story. I really hope you enjoy this. Hearts for the support.

Forgot about the accident, The words you didn't say, Forgot to call the ambulance, To take your heart away

Reid took a deep breath, breathing in the smell of apples the surrounded him. There was still the smell of old books and coffee that always greeted him when he woke up, but he loved it when he was also greeted by the smell of apples. It meant that he wasn't alone, and he hadn't woken up from the amazing dream he was sure he was living for the past three months. He sighed happily and kissed the forehead of the brunette who was in the bed with him. She groaned softly, no matter how he tried to wake her she always wanted to sleep that extra five minutes.

Reid always woke up before his alarm went off. He would set his coffee brewer to start half an hour before he set his alarm, and the smell of the brewing coffee always woke him up, and knowing that there was caffeine waiting for him gave him a reason to want to get out of his warm bed. He was finding himself spending more time lazing in his bed in the morning when she was next to him.

He knew he had to get out of the bed soon, and began to move. Prentiss nuzzled into his chest, snaking her arms around him so he couldn't get out the bed. He laughed softly and kissed her forehead. She groaned again, keeping her eyes closed. Neither of them said anything anymore in the exchange, it was always the same argument. He would try to tell her it was time to get up, and she would explain that the alarm hadn't gone off, and even if it had they still had half an hour to lounge around in bed. He would then tell her how your body gets into a better circadian rhythm if you allow it to get it up right away.

Now they were at the point in the morning where she would wrap her legs around his, trying to trap him in the bed. Some mornings he would easily slip out of her light grasp and get the coffee, and some mornings they would end up making love. She kissed his neck softly, and he knew exactly what she wanted that morning. He groaned softly, running her hand up her back. She moaned softly moved her lips down his jawline.

Reid was just letting his hands slide under her shirt when their cellphones began to ring. They had taken to leaving them on the side tables on the sides of the bed they slept on after a morning where they almost answered each other's phone. It still surprised them how at three in the morning an old analogue phone could be mistaken for a smartphone, but after an extensive discussion they agreed that in a state of sleep deprivation any ringing device within grasp needed to be silenced and their work with the BAU made throwing it against a wall a bad choice.

Prentiss her grip on his legs go, and rolled over to his side table and picked up the ringing phone. They both knew what it meant, and Prentiss was already getting out of the bed, and going to the coffee brewer. Reid was busy watching her leave the room, her bare butt peaking out from under the shirt she was wearing.

"Spence!" JJ snapped, bringing him back to reality. "Are you listening to me?"

"I… no, you – woke me up," he replied trying not to notice the way Prentiss had just shaken her ass before disappearing from his bedroom. "Is there a case?"

"No, you know there are other reasons I call you."

"Is there something with Henry ?"

"No Spence, I don't always call with bad news. Henry spelled his name with the blocks you bought him! I moved them all around and he did it again and pointed at himself! It took a video of it for you, I'll show you it to at the office. I'm sorry I woke up."

"I'm glad you called me," Reid assured her, grinning. "I'm just confused."

"I wanted to share the moment with you, you are his godfather."

"I can't wait to see the video, JJ but..."

"Gotcha, do your morning thing Spence. See you in a few hours."

He didn't have time to say goodbye before his phone beeped indicating she was already gone. He looked and saw Prentiss standing in front of him, wearing one of his button down shirts with most of the buttons undone, holding two travel mugs. He stood up, taking the tumblers and putting them down on his desk. He then kissed her softly. She sighed softly.

"Spencer," she purred. "Don't we-?"

"It wasn't a case, JJ wanted to tell me Henry spelled his name with the blocks I gave him," he explained.

"That's great, I'm glad it wasn't a case, but I should probably still get going."

"Why?"

"Morgan keeps asking more questions about these 'chess' games we've been playing. If we show up at the same time again he might start to suspect something."

"Emily he still thinks that I'm beyond out of your league."

"We have two months to before our reviews, let's not tempt fate."

He nodded. "I love you."

"I love you, too." She kissed him one last time before she left the apartment.

When they were at work the two of them acted like they always did. They would focus on their work and pretend like they were just friends. Reid had even made Prentiss promise not to try to defend him when Morgan began to tease him. Prentiss had trouble sitting on her hands during some of their exchanges, but she started to see that they just acted like brothers. When Hotch got in they were the only two at their desks.

"Reid, Prentiss," he called, and they both looked up at him. "I need you two to check a lead. I'm fairly certain it's nothing, but if it's not it's a case we can work close to home."

"Okay," they both said at the same time. "Where are we going?"

"You two are playing entirely too much chess. Here's the address, just do a perimeter search and report back anything that you see out of the ordinary. You'll know what you're looking for if you see it."

They nodded and left the building again. This time they got into one of the FBI SUVs instead of their own vehicles. They went to the address Hotch had given them. When they got there they both looked at each other, not expecting to see a nicely kept home. They got out of the SUV and began to look around. They were both surprised to see the front door of the home was open. They went inside slowly, not expecting to see anything. They both looked around the house, not seeing anything that either of them would consider a red flag as to why they had been sent to search the area. Prentiss pulled out her phone, and dialled Hotch to tell him they weren't finding anything.

Prentiss saw something moving out of the corner of her eye, and she could tell that Reid saw it too. She gasped when she saw glint of metal, and before she knew what was going on she heard a shot fire. She then felt Reid pushing her to the ground. She also felt something warm on her shirt. Her cellphone fell to the ground with them, the battery went in one direction while the handset went in the other direction. She knew that she should go after the person who had just shot Reid, but instead she was frozen, needing to know he was all right.

"Spencer!" she shrieked when she realised what had just happened.

"Sorry," he gasped.

"Why did you do that?"

She began to examine his injury. The bullet seemed to have only grazed the back of his arm, just below his shoulder. She knew it could have been far worse. She couldn't believe it but he was gently running his hands through her hair with his good arm, trying to comfort her while he was the one in pain. She felt like she was falling apart seeing him hurting, but she had hoped she wasn't obvious about it. The way he was looking at her, she knew she had failed.

"I didn't want to see you hurt," he reasoned, prompting her to glare at him. "My injury is minor compared to what yours would have been if I hadn't pushed you out of the way."

"Is that supposed to be comforting to me?"

"I guess not. I'm sorry Emily. I'm so sorry."

"Stop apologizing Spencer." She leaned down and kissed him softly.

"And here we were worried about you kids," they heard Morgan say.

Neither of them knew that Hotch had heard the shot on the other end of the phone, and had called an ambulance, before he got the rest of the team to get into another SUV and race to the location. They didn't hear the footsteps coming down the stairs. They were both relieved that nothing worse hand happened. When she heard the voice Prentiss jumped away from Reid and onto her feet. She couldn't believe that they had been caught like that.

Morgan told them that there was an ambulance on the way, and radioed to the rest of the team that they were both fine, but Reid had a minor injury to his leg. Hotch and Rossi had hoped they might find the person who had shot the youngest member of the team but weren't sure they would find anything. They were fairly certain that the couple had been at the wrong place at the wrong time and a squatter had reacted and they might never find out who had hurt them.

It didn't take long for the paramedic to arrive and examine Reid. Although the injury didn't seem dire they knew they had to take him to the hospital. Prentiss refused to let go of his hand, feeling guilty about what had happened. He had been hurt protecting her, and she knew that he would refuse pain killers. The bullet had gotten him in the arm and she knew that it was minor but she was still rattled by everything.

"He's going to tell everyone," Reid told her as they rode to the hospital.

"I know," she sighed.

"This is going to change everything, are you ready for that?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

It wasn't long before they arrived at the hospital and Reid was wheeled into a trauma room, leaving Prentiss alone in the waiting area. She knew that Reid didn't require any extensive surgery, but she was still worried. She wanted the rest of the team to arrive, but she was also nervous about having to tell them the truth about their relationship, alone.

End Part 5

Notes: I was going to make this a two parter but I really wanted to focus on the fluff, so we know Reid's all right, but what about the rest of the team lol. Enjoy.