AN- just a quick thank you for all the reviews and views everyone's been so nice pond I hope you enjoy reading this.
chapter 5: leaving.
Reid was standing in the hallway of the hospital. Not quite sure how he got there. His mind was reeling with the events which occurred in the last 24 hours. He was on the jet. He got a phone call. His mum was sick. He was worried she was not going to make it. He came to the hospital. The doctor told her she was going to be alright. He went to visit her and made her a promise. He broke that promise. She was just behind the door in front of him fighting for her life. It was when he came to the final realization, that his knees buckled and he fell to the floor. His stomach was aching with emotion and he was violently shaking. He simply couldn't loose her not after everything they'd been through. A sudden thought hit him. He was all alone not only did he not have a father to help him through this he didn't have his team. JJ had probably gone back to the hotel after he fell asleep and now he was left here all alone to face his darkest nightmare. A mix between panic, grief and confusion flooded through him. Spencer started to breath heavily and felt sick.
"Spence." Came a gentle voice from behind him. It was the voice he had needed to hear and was overwhelmed by the fact that she stayed.
"JJ." Reid cried. JJ saw how distraught her best friend was and gently helped him up to his feet then pulled him into a tight embrace. Reid didn't hesitate, right now all he wanted was for someone to hold him and tell him everything was going to be okay.
"Y-you stayeddd." Said Reid's voice cracking.
"Of course I did. I would never leave you. I couldn't sleep so went to get a coffee when a nurse came and found me and told me what happened. I'm so sorry spence. I called the team straight away and they are on their way over. I just figured you didn't really want to be alone." JJ said soothingly as she gently made circles on Reid's back.
Reid wasn't to sure how to react to this. He was so grateful she stayed yet he felt slight anger that she hadn't consulted with him whether he wanted to call the team or not. But he was to unstable to voice these thoughts so instead just buried his face into JJ's body. Thoughts raced through Reid's mind, statistics on his mothers condition, memories and what to do if the worst were to happen.
"Reid." Came a stern yet sympathetic voice which made Reid loose his train of thought. He looked up from JJ and saw that the rest of the team were there, even Garcia. Morgan must of called her, he thought to himself.
"My junior G-man! I've been so worried about you, are you holding up alright?" Garcia asked quickly before grabbing him into a rib crunching hug.
"Let the man breath Garcia." Came Morgan's voice. He was still guilt ridden about not believing Reid and felt he should leave some distance between the two of them. Garcia instantly let go of Reid about to apologize when the doctor walked out.
"How is she?" Reid shouted at him. Not meaning to be so rude but he needed to know. However he was nervous about what the doctor had to say. Doctor Chapman obviously tried to hide all of his current emotions however that didn't stop him looking distraught.
"Would you like to follow me and we can discuss this somewhere a bit more private?" The doctor asked gently.
"No here's fine just tell me she's alright." Reid begged. The desperate plea in his eyes was breaking the teams heart.
"I'm so sorry doctor."
"No no no." Reid interrupted angrily.
"Reid I know this is hard but just listen to him okay? We are all here for you." Emily said gently noting how distraught Reid was becoming.
"We tried are best to revive her doctor. Sometimes after the heart goes through so much strain and damage it has one massive spasm that the damage is just not tried doctor. But she's gone." Dr. Chapman breathed.
Reid stood frozen. He felt the little color in his face drain. He wanted to be alone so he could scream and shout and let out all his anger. He wanted to curl up in a ball and cry his eyes out. He wanted his mum. But he knew that wasn't going to happen. Without thinking he turned on his heels and ran. Not sure where he was going but anywhere was better than where he was.
The team stared at Reid waiting for him to react to some of the worst news a person could possibly be delivered. They were certain he'd either curl up in a ball and sob like he'd sobbed on the jet or get angry and start denying what had happened. However when he stood there frozen they knew the news hadn't quite sunk in. But what the team were most defiantly not prepared for was when their young genius turned around and darted out of the hospital. The team knew not to follow him for a while as they knew he would need his space and time to let everything sink in. He needed to know that they were going to be there for him. He needed to know his mum was gone and wasn't going to come back. But above all he needed to know that although she was gone he wasn't alone.
Another quick note I am sorry for killing Diana. I do like her but I just wanted to capture how reid copes with grief. I will try to update really soon. Thank you:)