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He's the One That I Want	By : KTT2123 Category: 1 through F > Criminal Minds Views: 8526 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Hours later, Morgan is still panicked by the feeling of finality in Reid’s goodbye. Upset and extremely concerned by his friend’s odd behavior and his reluctance to talk to him about it, Derek needs to talk to someone about it. So, he calls his mama about the situation on his lunch break.
“Mama?”
“Derek? What’s wrong, honey? You sound upset.” Fran’s voice is filled with worry.
“Something is wrong with Reid.”
“What do you mean?”
Morgan explains worriedly, “He’s been very irritable lately, snapping at everyone, he’s just not himself. And he won’t talk to me. He won’t tell me what wrong! Reid, he screamed at me today, swore at me. I’ve never heard him swear before. I don’t think any of us have. He told Hotch that he’s thinking about transferring! The BAU is the closest thing to a family Reid has ever had, what could possible drive him away from that?! And he’s gone…just took a few days off to do I don’t know what! I don’t know what is going on but whatever it is, it’s big. As the doors to elevator closed, he said goodbye to me, he called me Derek. Mama, Reid never calls me that, never, even away from work. He said goodbye like he was never going to see me again. Oh, Mama, he looked beaten down and absolutely hopeless. It broke my heart to see him so sad. Why would he look like that?”
*Oh Spencer.* “Has he talked to anyone about it?”
“Reid talked to Jayje today but she won’t tell anyone what he said. She promised and none of us dare ask her to betray his trust. Whatever he told her, it must have been major. She looks as terrified and hopeless as he did, like she can see what is going to happen and it is something terrible but she is powerless to stop it.”
“Derek, honey, you have talk to him. Don’t take no for an answer.”
Morgan is suddenly suspicious that his mother doesn’t seem at all surprised by Reid’s behavior. Fran appears concerned but not surprised, as if she was expecting it, which doesn’t make any sense to him. How could his mother know what was going on and he doesn’t? He sees Reid practically every day but Fran has only seen him a handful of times over the years.
“Do you know something, Mama? Do you know what’s going on with Reid?”
“It’s not for me to say.”
“You do! You know something! How could you possible know?! You haven’t seen him for months!”
She is silent. Fran does know and has for a while. She’s been praying every day for Spencer and for Derek. The man loves her son, quite desperately, even hopelessly, judging from what she had seen. Fran is hoping that her baby will realize the gift he is being offered and not throw it carelessly away.
“You’ve known about whatever this is for that long? Since you saw him last?”
“Derek, you are not the only one in the family that notices what most miss. You are simply too close to see it, maybe all of you are. Maybe that’s why you and your team didn’t see it and I did.”
“Why won’t you tell me?”
“I told you, it is not for me to say. That’s all I’ll say. Talk to him, listen to what he has to say.” As much as she wishes she could, love is a secret Fran feels no right to reveal.
“Mama, please, tell me,” Derek coaxes.
“Derek James Morgan, don’t you dare try to turn your charm on me. You know better.”
With a sigh, he replies wearily “I’m sorry, Mama. I’ll…go to his house, after work.”
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JJ watches as Morgan leaves for the day. He has a determined look on his face, and she immediately realizes that Derek is going to try to talk to Reid. While the blonde knows the two men desperately need to talk, she’s also aware that Spence isn’t ready to talk yet. From her car, JJ calls Reid to warn him that Morgan is coming over.
Unsurprisingly, Reid grabs the to-go bag he packed and bolts. He had been moping and crying since he’d come home, having no idea what to do next. He could not even settle down enough to read, he is so upset!
Spencer deliberately leaves his phone and car behind. The genius goes to his friend Josh’s house to stay, secure that it is unlikely he will be found there. Reid has never talked about Josh to anyone on the team, nor have any of them met him. They met years ago, having been set up on a blind date by mutual friends. He and Josh had gone out on a few dates but it had quickly become apparent there was no spark between them. They had become great friends instead. Josh knows all about his feelings for Morgan, he is the one Reid has poured his heart out to again and again. Josh has been his shoulder to cry, a steadying force in his life over the past five years when he could no longer confide in Derek.
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By the time Morgan arrives at Reid’s apartment, the genius is long gone. Derek forcefully knocks on the door. When he doesn’t get an answer for several minutes and his phone calls go unanswered, Morgan lets himself in with his key.
During Reid’s struggle with addiction the two had exchanged keys. Giving the key to his apartment to Derek had given the older agent permission to check on him at any time, just as his key was an invitation for the genius to come to his home whenever he needed to. The thought of Morgan catching him shooting up had given Spencer a strong reason to resist. He is the last person Reid wanted to disappoint.
The apartment is empty. Not finding any clues to where Reid had gone, he calls Penelope. “Baby girl, can you trace Reid’s phone, tell me where he is?”
“Anything for you, my sexy chocolate cupcake.” Pausing briefly to trace the phone, she declares, “He’s at home or at least that’s where his phone is.”
“Damn it. How am I going to find him now? I knew we should have put a tracking device in Reid! That man is a danger magnet, and a tracking device would be really helpful right now. Has Reid used his credit card, since he left work?” Garcia’s search finds nothing that could help to locate Reid, only that he had gone to the bank to withdraw a hundred dollars. Surprisingly, his phone records reveal that he frequently talks on the phone. There are too many numbers that reoccur to give them to place to look, even within the city. Spencer has friends outside of the BAU and a number of colleagues that he speaks to regularly, especially when he’s writing papers. He’s also a member of several book clubs, as an avid reader he enjoys discussing literature with both academics and the average reader. Morgan realizes there isn’t anything more he can do at the moment without running down every number on the surprisingly long list.
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In the meantime, Reid talks to JJ numerous times during his two days of hiding, using Josh’s phone. It is helpful to finally be able to talk about his feelings with someone that actually knows Derek, not that Josh hasn’t been helpful over the years. The years of silent pining have taken their toll. She listens as Reid tries to deal with the feelings he can no longer hide or ignore and the impact they are having on his life. She also keeps him up to date with what the team is doing. “Spence, Morgan is still trying to find you. He’s got Garcia searching for you. Sooner or later, he’s going to find you. The longer you wait, the harder this will be. Why don’t just you talk to him?”
While Reid knows it’s inevitable, he isn’t ready to face him. “I can’t, at least not yet.”
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After a day and a half of no leads, Morgan finally thinks of a way to find Reid. Calling Garcia, he asks “Baby girl, can you get me JJ’s phone logs?”
The quirky, currently blonde woman replies, “Of course. What should I be looking for, my delicious chocolate bar?” She heard all about what happened from Morgan. Penelope is almost as worried as Derek is. She has always had a soft spot for the genius. He is simply so adorably awkward.
Derek asks, “Is there a phone number she has been talking to yesterday and today that doesn’t show up before then?”
Garcia squeals, “Ooo, you’re good. I’ve found one number that shows up repeatedly in the past two days.”
Morgan smiles for the first time since Spencer left. “That’s gotta be Reid, trace it and give me the address.”
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