Garcia's office was as brightly and festively decorated as the bullpen, despite not being part of the party. Christmas lights and garland twinkled as the four of them squeezed into the small room, crowding around the monitors. The technician took her seat, tapping away at her keyboard and performing a brand of magic the others could only marvel and guess at until a grainy black and white image of the sidewalk outside the doors of the BAU appeared on the screen.

"Just in time." She muttered happily as the security camera captured Reid and Avery exiting the building.

"Has this thing got audio?" J.J asked. Penelope shook her head.

"This is the best I can do."

"Doesn't matter what he says anyway." Morgan scoffed. "He ain't gonna kiss her."

"I wouldn't bet on your confidence." Will drawled.

"You wanna bet against it?" Morgan arched an eyebrow at Will. "Ten bucks says it doesn't happen."

Will looked from Morgan to J.J, whose silence on the matter answered well enough for him.

"You're on, brother." He shook Morgan's hand, sealing the bet, and they returned their attention to the screen.

The temperature had dropped. Avery crossed her arms against the chill as they stood outside the door, chatting inaudibly.

"He's offering her his coat." J.J surmised.

"He's gonna kiss her." Will predicted casually, taking a pull from the drink in his hand, not even bothering to watch the screen.

"She didn't take it." Morgan's confidence jumped. "No kiss."

"Shh!" Garcia shushed them.

"Garcia, there's no sound." Morgan retorted.

"Shush anyway." She snapped.

"Oh, wait, okay, here we go." J.J motioned to the screen.

Avery stepped closer to Reid, who wrapped his arms around her. They stood there a moment, finishing their conversation, before.

"HA!" Morgan laughed triumphantly. "Well, look at that. A very polite goodnight hug."

Will looked at the screen in surprise as Derek gloated, before pulling his wallet from his jacket pocket and paying his debt.

Morgan took the cash.

"What'd I say?" Derek asked, his self-esteem once again restored. "Lover boy just doesn't have the moves." He held up the cash Will had just given him. "I'm gonna go get a drink."

J.J rolled her eyes, suitably amused, but finished with the game.

"C'mon Will." She said. "We'd better say goodbye. The sitter's waiting up."

Will shrugged, following Derek out the door, J.J behind him, leaving Garcia alone in the room. She plunked some keys on her keyboard, somewhat deflated.

"Hey," Reid's voice startled her. "What are you doing in here?"

"Me?" She tried not to sound guilty. "Nothing."

Reid grinned, entering. "What did you think of Avery?"

"She's really nice." Garcia nodded as Reid balanced against the desk, listening intently to her response. "I like her."

"Yeah. I thought you might." Reid nodded. "You know, she's got a bigger Doctor Who collection than I do?"

"Really?" Penelope's face brightened excitedly.

Reid smiled before another thought overtook him. His brow furrowed curiously.

"Hey, do you know why Morgan's suddenly in such a good mood?"

"Oh, his world suddenly makes sense again since you didn't kiss Avery good -" For the second time that evening, Garcia bit her tongue. "I am really not the secret-keeper of this group." She finished.

"Who says I didn't kiss her goodnight?" Reid asked.

Garcia flushed. "We... may have been watching you... outside the building."

"Oh." Reid said dispassionately as he nodded. Thinking over her admission, he slowly stood. "I see..."

Garcia sat quietly, a sheepish look on her face as the agent turned and headed to the door, stopping in the doorway.

"You know, if you were going to spy on us," he turned quietly. "you should have hacked the camera in the elevator."

Penelope Garcia sat pleasantly shocked as Reid, almost too embarrassed to be proud, slipped from the room.