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Reid pulled into the all too familiar BAU parking lot at the early time of 5:50am. Shutting the car off he leaned back in his seat, closed his eyes and sighed. His body was already aching for another dose of Dilaudid and it had been less than 12 hours. He didn't want to face the constant questioning stares of his fellow co-workers and the immediate prying questions. Opening his eyes he sat for a few moments staring at the lock on the building. Was it still to late to drive away and take another day off? No, there's no possible way, the team already knew he was coming back today and the last thing he wanted was suspicion in this situation. Grabbing his satchel from the passenger seat he dragged himself out of the car and began walking towards the door. Arriving he was relieved to see that it was still locked, no one had been inside yet. He opened his bag and was looking for his key when he heard footsteps behind him. Turning around quickly he nearly smacked into Morgans chest.

"Woah there pretty boy! Sorry didn't mean to scare you. Long time no see, how are you?" He said with a smile.

Turning away from Morgan and back towards the door, Reid took the keys and unlocked the door.

"I'm fine." Opening the door he walked swiftly towards his desk only to find stacks of files for him to read over. Just what he needed. Sitting down Morgan walked over and sat on the corner of his desk, watching him intently.

"How's the JJ situation?"

Reid looked away from Morgan's piercing stare and began unpacking his bag.

"Things didn't turn out like they should have..."

In a desperate attempt to change the subject he abruptly asked "Do you want a coffee?"

"Sure"

Just from his tone of voice Reid could tell he wanted more information but didn't want to push it, but in the first five minutes of the day, Reid already felt very uncomfortable.

Quickly grabbing the coffee's from the staff room he walked out to the main floor to find that Rossi, Garcia and Hotch had arrived. They all sat in chairs from nearby cubicles.

"Boy I hope one of those is for me!" Garcia said clearly trying to break the already building tension. Handing the coffee to Morgan, he sat down and could practically feel the eyes of everyone radiating onto his skin.

"Reid, could I talk to you in my office?" Hotch asked beginning to walk towards the stairs. This was what Reid had hoped and prayed wouldn't happen, not today. Sitting up he followed his boss into the principals office, all the time he could still feel the eyes of the others. Walking into the freshly air conditioned room Hotch closed the door behind him, and they both sat down.

"I know something went wrong between you and JJ, I'm not looking for details, I just want to know the last time you contacted her?"

"Two days ago, why?"

"I've been calling her house and cell and she hasn't picked up."

"Well, what do you want me to do?" He said immediately regretting how nasty that sounded. Hotch's head snapped up towards Reid looking directly into Reid's eyes.

"Listen I'm just as concerned as anyone for her at this time but right now you're the only one she is interested in seeing. She refuses to talk to any of us and I need you to go out and make sure she's ok." Reid felt like a helpless child under a parents punishment but suddenly rage filled his veins, everything came back to him, the fight, the yelling... the insult. He was tired of being the "Good one" on the team. Standing up he looked at Hotch and sternly said.

"I want nothing to do with her right now, see if someone else wants to hunt her down because right now that someone is NOT going to be me."

Calmly opening the door he walked down the steps, ignoring the others eyes as he sat down and began reading his files. He could only imagine what Hotch was thinking, but it felt good saying no and knowing that he was free of seeing Jennifer for a while. Plus, only a few more hours until he could take another dose of freedom.

*So what did you think?! Do you agree with Reid finally saying no to JJ? Interesting twist huh? Well see you guys next week and looking forward to some more reviews! c: *

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