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Chapter 11: First Kiss

It was a day later that the team finally had cracked the case and arrested Harold McDonnell. The bodies of the three girls were found buried beneath his house. Reid had never seen something like that before. He sat in the chair on the jet staring out the window. Morgan walked over and nudged him.

"Hey, man, you okay?"

Reid shrugged. Morgan sighed, took the seat across from him, and patted his knee at which Reid flinched.

"Look, man, I know that this was a hard case."

"Three girls, Morgan. Three and we couldn't save any one of them. Not one!"

"Reid, listen to me man, I know exactly how you're feeling, but listen, there are gonna be cases like this. I mean we can't save everyone no matter how hard we try."

"It sucks."

Morgan chuckled, "Yeah it does. But that's why we usually have some kinda release mechanism."

"Huh?"

"Like for instance, Greenway you see how she's reading a book and in her own little world?"

Reid nodded as he glanced at Greenway.

"Right, so for Prentiss, the way she deals with hard cases is to read fantasy books and pretend the world doesn't exist for a few hours. Hotch, he works. Garcia and JJ go shopping. Not sure what Gideon does, but it's different for everybody, man. You just gotta find what works for you."

"What about you? What's yours?"

"Construction. Whenever there's a hard case I usually work on one of my properties."

"Properties?" Reid asked intrigued.

"Yeah, I have a couple of houses that I fix up around here. Hey, wanna come with me to one?"

"Uh…"

"I mean if you're not doing anything, of course."

Reid glanced at Gideon. He was Gideon's release and he knew that this was going to be especially brutal. He gave Morgan a small smile.

"Sure."

Out the corner of his eye, Reid saw Gideon frown. Morgan smiled.

"Great, you're gonna love it."

Before long, the pilot got on the P.A. system and announced that they were beginning their descent and everyone needed to be in their seats and buckled. Reid leaned back in his chair, buckled his seatbelt, and smiled to himself. I'm gonna hang out with Morgan again. I hope I don't make another fool outta myself.

As the plane landed and the team filed off the plane, Morgan threw his arm around Reid's shoulders. Reid tried hard not to flinch.

"C'mon, pretty boy, let's go demolish a house."

Reid smiled as Morgan steered him to his car. Reid sat in the passenger seat and sat his bag at his feet. Derek slid in the driver's seat, pulled out of the lot, and headed toward the interstate. Derek put on a cool jazz station as they drove.

"Do you mind?" he asked Spencer.

Spencer shook his head, "No. I didn't expect someone like you to listen to jazz."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Spencer blushed and turned to look out the window clearly embarrassed. Derek laughed.

"I know, I think that the team thinks all I listen to is hip hop, but trust me I listen to a lot of different stuff. I'm just not into classical music."

Spencer nodded, "I see."

Spencer looked out the window again and noticed that they had left Quantico. He frowned as he turned toward Derek again.

"Uh, Morgan? Where are we going?"

"I have a house in Woodbridge that needs some work. I've been dealing with the houses here in Quantico that I forgot about the houses that I have outside of Quantico."

"Oh. Did you know that Woodbridge has a total population of 54,275?"

"Really? I never knew that."

Spencer nodded, "Yeah, it's larger than Quantico. Quantico only has a population of 561 per the 2010 census. Everyone thinks that Quantico is the largest, but it's not. The largest city in Virginia is Virginia Beach with a population of 437,994 per the 2010 census."

Derek looked at Spencer dumbfounded, "Dude, you actually read the census?"

"Of course, don't you?"

Derek shook his head, "No."

Derek pulled up to the house about an hour later after stopping for gas and snacks. Both Derek and Spencer got out of the SUV and Derek popped the trunk and pulled out a bag that had some tools in it.

"So what are we gonna do?" Spencer asked as they walked to the house.

"Demolition. C'mon, I'll show you," Derek said unlocking the door.

He gave Spencer a rough tour of the house and his plans for it. He explained that what they were gonna do was to knock out some walls and paint the bedrooms since those were the only rooms that were finished.

"Do you usually do this by yourself?"

Derek shook his head, "No, I have a couple of guys who help me out sometimes, but not every day."

Derek handed Spencer a jacket that looked like a lab coat and goggles, "Put these on."

Spencer tentatively took the coat and goggles and put them on, "Now what?"

Derek smiled and Spencer nearly lost himself. He was so tempted to kiss Derek on those lips. Derek bent down to grab a couple of things from the bag and Spencer's breath hitched slightly. God, he has such a nice ass. Focus, Spencer! But it's such a hot ass. Spencer, Derek's staring at you.

"Uh, did you say something?" Spencer asked.

Derek chuckled, "Have you ever used a sledge hammer before?"

Spencer shook his head and Derek smiled again and placed the hammer in his hands, "Here's the fun part. This is the part I love the most. It allows me to work out all my frustration. Here, take a swing at the wall."

Derek stood back and instructed Spencer on how to use the hammer. Spencer used both his hands to hold the hammer and swung it at the wall knocking part of it down. Spencer looked at it in shock and kinda giggled.

"Nice, right?"

"Yeah."

Derek chuckled, "Alright, you keep working on that wall. I'm gonna do another one. Don't worry about the bricks and stuff when you're done, we'll clean it up before we leave."

Spencer nodded. Derek took another sledgehammer, jacket, and goggles with him down the hall. Spencer took another swing at the wall and laughed a kind of giddy laugh at the feeling he got from knocking holes into the wall.

{~CM~}

Spencer had gotten about half the wall knocked out when Derek called for a break. He walked over to Spencer and the wall and whistled.

"Nice job, pretty boy. I think I might bring you with me every time."

Spencer blushed, "Thanks. So now what?"

"Well, I figured we'd take a break and have a snack and then maybe do some painting in the bedrooms."

Spencer nodded, "Sounds good to me." The more time I spend with you the better.

Derek and Spencer sat on the floor away from the wall and Derek handed Spencer a can of Pepsi and a bag of chips. Spencer smiled his thanks and dug into the chips.

"So Spencer, why'd you choose to move out here from Vegas? I mean Vegas is pretty cool and besides don't you have someone who misses you?"

"Besides my Mom? No."

"So you don't have a girlfriend?"

Spencer shook his head, "Do I look like boyfriend material?"

Derek chuckled, "Whoa, easy there killer it was just a question. Tell me about your parents."

Immediately Spencer went on the defensive, "What do you want to know?"

"How'd they feel about you joining the BAU?"

"Uh…well, Mom she was happy I guess."

Derek raised an eyebrow, "That didn't sound too convincing, kid. And what about your Dad, how'd he feel."

"My Dad could care less about what the hell I do. He left us when I was ten."

"Damn, I'm sorry. Look, I never should've asked, I'm sorry."

Spencer sighed and shook his head, "No, it's okay, you didn't know and were just asking. It's just that my Mom is a really hard subject to talk about."

"How come?" Derek asked taking a swig of soda.

Spencer sighed, "Mom is a paranoid schizophrenic. She has been before I was even born. She could barely take care of herself. I tried to take care of her but it was hard between, school, and taking care of her and then eventually trying to find a job to keep money in the house and food on the table."

"Wait a sec, Reid. So you've been taking care of your mother since you were ten?"

Spencer nodded, "Yeah, but I had to have her institutionalized when I turned eighteen. I just couldn't do it anymore and she just kept getting worse and worse. So I sent her away to a sanitarium." He sighed, looking at the floor he continued in a whisper, "Every day, I wonder if I did the right thing."

Derek got quiet. He wasn't sure what to say. He stood up and took their trash, "I'm sure you're mother doesn't blame you, Reid. You did what you thought was best for her. Now, wanna paint?"

Spencer stood and smiled.

{~CM~}

It was just going on 7 o'clock by the time the boys finished. Derek locked the door and packed everything in the trunk as Spencer slid in the passenger seat once again. Derek got behind the wheel and started for home.

"Thanks for coming with me, Reid."

"Thanks for inviting me. I had fun."

"Good."

The ride home was silent except for the radio. Each of the boys lost in their own thoughts. Spencer didn't realize that he had fallen asleep until Derek was shaking him awake.

"Reid, man, you're home."

Spencer sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked at Derek and smiled.

"Uh, Morgan, would you like to come up for some coffee?"

Derek smiled, "Sure that would be great."

Derek followed Spencer into the building and up to the fourth floor. Spencer nervously unlocked his door. He didn't understand why he was so nervous. Morgan had been inside his apartment before.

"Uh, make yourself comfortable. I'm gonna put the coffee on," he said heading toward the kitchen.

Derek took off his jacket and sat on the couch. A couple of minutes later Spencer returned and sat next to him on the couch.

"It'll take a minute, if you don't mind waiting."

"Not at all man."

Spencer glanced at Derek for a second before blushing and turning away. He grabbed the remote and turned on the television. He didn't care what he turned to he just needed something to keep himself from grabbing Derek and planting a kiss on his lips. After about five minutes, he stood and went into the kitchen and poured the coffee. He brought out the sugar for Derek.

"Uh, I wasn't sure how much sugar you like in your coffee. I tend to use a lot."

Derek chuckled, "I've noticed. Thanks."

Spencer sat silently drinking his coffee and watching the television. He sighed and put the mug down.

"Morgan?"

Derek put his coffee down and turned to Spencer, "Yeah, Reid, what's up?"

Before Spencer could gather control over himself, he leaned forward and placed a small kiss to Derek's lips. He pulled back and blushed as he put his head down.

"Uh, what was that for?"

"I like you, Morgan. From the moment I saw you," He shrugged. "I fell in love with you."

Derek licked his lips, "Reid, I...uh…"

Spencer shook his head, "Never mind, I'm sorry. Just forget I ever said anything.

Derek sighed. Oh, what the fuck. Derek grabbed Spencer's vest and crushed their mouths together. After a few minutes they parted.

"But, I thought…"

"What?"

"You were straight. I mean you talk about taking girls home all the time."

Derek chuckled, "Actually, I'm bi. And I've fallen for you the moment I saw you, Pretty Boy."

"Really?"

Derek chuckled, "Really."

Derek pulled Spencer to him and crushed their mouths together again. Spencer moaned low in his throat and parted his lips and Derek thrust his tongue inside as he laid Spencer back on the couch. Derek gripped the hem of Spencer's shirt and was about to lift it when Spencer stopped him.

"Morgan, wait!"

"What's the matter?"

Spencer sat up, "Can we just take it slow? I mean, I-I'm not ready for that just yet."

Derek smiled, "Sure, we can go as slow as you want, pretty boy."

Spencer smiled back, "Can we go back to kissing?"

"Yeah."

Spencer moaned as Derek crushed his mouth to his again. Derek tried to deepen the kiss and pushed Spencer back against the couch. Spencer gasped and gripped Derek's biceps and bit his lower lip.

"Fuck, Spencer," Derek murmured as they parted for air.

"Mm," Spencer moaned and attacked Derek's mouth again. Derek chuckled.

"Someone really likes to kiss."

Sometime later Spencer walked Derek to the door and placed a small kiss on Derek's already kiss swollen lips.

"Mm, see you tomorrow, pretty boy."

Spencer nodded. He shut and locked the door once Derek left. Grinning like a Cheshire cat, he walked into his bedroom in a daze. I kissed and got kissed by Derek Morgan. Spencer couldn't stop grinning as he got ready for bed and went to sleep with a grin still on his face.

TBC...

Angie:

I am sorry but once a week is the best I can do especially with getting my chapters to and from my beta. The chapters do tend to get longer but sometimes they have to be written short.