Vegas

Part 4

A few hours later they all gathered in the lobby to head to the airport. JJ still looked sick to her stomach. Emily had on sunglasses and was holding a bucket full of casino chips. Reid had a neck full of hickies. Rossi was chatting up some woman with a big grin on his face. Hotch was in suit and talking to Strauss on his cell phone.

"Ma'am, I beg your pardon. It is not my responsibility to keep my agents from drinking in their off hours...Yes, I am well aware of the fraternal rules of conduct...Yes, my team has attended its fair share of sexual harassment conferences but to be fair those instances were not caused by either Agent Prentiss or Dr. Reid...I'm not a baby sitter! Ma'am, I'm about to go through a tunnel and so I'm gonna lose you." He hung up and glared at Reid. "Married in Vegas? Really? Who are you and what have you done with Dr. Reid?"

"Hotch, it was spontaneous." Reid gave Emily a loving look. "And I wouldn't change it for anything."

They had been married at sunrise in an outdoor ceremony after a short chat about how they both wanted to keep dating back in Quantico but things would probably get messy and there was no promises it would work out. Right when it seemed like Emily was about to say they should forget the whole thing Reid had suggested "You know, statistics show that Vegas weddings have a high ratio of success."

That was a lie but he was very horny, very much wanted to be with her again, and he felt sad over the fact that she was so down on love. Like it could never work out. He wanted to be the one man who made Emily believe she was worth being with for the rest of his life.

The rest of his life...wow...his head was spinning over going from being a bachelor to a husband in twenty four hours but this was Vegas, where anything could happen and usually did.

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"I love Vegas," Derek announced to no one in particular as he sat down on the jet, after putting Penelope's bag in the overhead compartment. Once he was in his seat he laid his head on her shoulder, looking up at her with wide eyes and asked "Don't you love this city, baby girl?"

"It has its charms."

"Mmm, it sure does. Garcia in Vegas, an experience not to be missed. We should come back here every year around this time."

She smirked. "But there is a whole wide world out there to explore. Is Vegas really that special?"

"Yeah," Prentiss said, staring at her husband.

"Yep," Reid agreed, lacing his fingers through hers.

Derek cupped Penelope chin, leaned close and gave her a gentle kiss, slowly pulling away after a moment. "Just admit it, you love Vegas as much as I do."

Hotch said "I hate you all," in a joking tone before shaking his head and staring out the window. "Just a dozen more years till I can get a full pension. That is if Strauss doesn't have my head for all you breaking the frat rules. They weren't just guidelines. They were rules. You would think that all those sexual harassment conferences would have gotten through to at least one of you."

"Hey," Rossi said "I've been good."

Hotch rolled his eyes. "Local cops we meet during cases count too."

"Oh," Rossi said "in that case, sorry."

JJ laughed. "It happens. I should know."

Hotch shook his head some more. His team was hopeless when it came to following the rules but they were too talented to break up- lucky for them all.

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"Just go home for the rest of the weekend," Hotch said, his tone tired, when they touched down in Washington.

"You don't gotta tell me twice," Derek said, happily, as he pulled his and Garcia's bags from the overhead container. "So what do you say, baby girl, wanna split a cab?"

Their eyes were locked on each other, lost in their own little world, sharing looks that said so much more than words could, when she nodded yes and he flashed her a big smile.

They had driven two beaura SVUs to the airport a couple days before when they left for Vegas so now Hotch took one to give JJ a ride home and then he went back to work to trade the vehicle in for his own. Rossi drove the other and took Emily and Reid to Emily's apartment. They had both rode the train into work so they didn't have cars sitting at work in the parking garage.

Rossi teased them about their impromptu marriage. "I didn't even know you two had anything going on. Sly devils, keeping it hushed up. I bet your mother is gonna love this, Prentiss."

Emily groaned. "My mother! I forgot all about her. No one, and I mean it, says a word to my mother about this till I'm ready."

Rossi joked "That should be some conversation when it happens. To be a fly on the wall."

Reid told Emily "All we have to do is prove our marriage will work and then we can go to her with a record of success that she can't argue with."

"My mother always finds something to hate about my choices but I could care less. I'm a grown woman and I get to get married in Vegas to one of my best friends if I damn well please." Looking in Reid's eyes she added "Best decision of my life."

"Okay," Rossi said "save the mushy talk for the honeymoon. Some of us around here don't have the best memories of being married but I'm sure it won't be like that for you two. When its right, you just sense it and I'm sensing rightness here right now."

"Rightness?" Reid asked.

"Yeah, I can tell these things," Rossi said "You two are gonna stick."

Reid and Prentiss shared a tender smile at each other after hearing that.

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"Home sweet home," Derek said as he carried their bags into her apartment. Setting them down, as she closed and locked the door, he turned to face her and asked "You weren't serious about getting married in Vegas, were you?"

"Nah but I do think it makes a great story. Its sorta like a chick flick come to life when two people get drunk and hitched there. My mind is still officially blown that Reid and Prentiss did that. Whoa! Uber crazy but they looked so happy this morning, didn't they?"

He pulled her close. "Love will do that," his mouth moved close to hers "to you."

Their kisses were slow and languid as they undressed each other, while moving toward her bedroom, pushing through the beaded curtain and falling onto the bed without ever letting go of each other. Soon he was laying heated kisses all over her body, murmuring words of praise and love, while she just said "Yes, yes, yes," over and over endlessly.

His mouth wrapped around her breast had her arching her back and crying in pleasure when she told him "Derek, I need you now, please, baby, now."

Raising up above her, he stared down into her eyes, as she ran her hand down his chest and stroked him a few times, making him moan deeply. "Baby girl," he dragged out her nickname.

Bringing his mouth near her ear he said "I love you so much, woman. You know that, right?" and then he thrust into her and put an end to all the unresolved sexual tension between them.

They had been dancing around it way too long. Now it was time to enjoy their natural chemistry, their beautiful friendship built on years of bonding and trust grown between them in times of trouble, and the love that neither of them had been able to deny for a long time.

For too long they had pretended that it was just a friendship sort of love but Vegas had proven that things between Morgan and Garcia were hot enough to make anywhere they went be dubbed Sin City. But was it really a sin when you were so in love?

If it was then so be it. He'd be a sinner forever if it meant being her man forever too.

THE END