Author's note:
The team was in the breifing room. Reid was talking at his normal speed, saying way too much way too fast. "...People were dying so fast from the plauge they resorted to burning the bodies, because there was no time for a proper burial. The citizens back then-."
"Reid," Hotch said in a voice that sugested he stopped talking. Reid shut up, and slid a little lower in his chair. Hotch turned to JJ saying, "Continue."
Morgan nudged Reid's left elbow, and passed a sheet of paper to him. It said:
Awwww. Is little Spencer pouting because Daddy yelled at him?
Reid kicked Morgan under the table. He saw a flash of pain across Morgan's face but Morgan quickly covered it up. Morgan grabbed the sheet of paper again and wrote:
Damn kid. I was only teasing you.
Reid sighed and scribbled back:
Sorry. I'm having a bad week.
Yeah. Hotch has been riding your ass all week. I think something is going on with him and Hailey.
Reid angerly wrote:
Yeah, and I like how he takes it out on me. :(
Sorry kid. :(
Just then Hotch said "Wheels up in thirty!"
Everyone was in such a scramble to leave the room, Reid and Morgan forgot the note on the table. Hotch saw it and picked it up. He frowned when he read it.
On the plane Reid and Morgan were playing cards when Hotch walked over and stopped in front of Reid. He took a deep breath before saying, "I know that I have been hard on you this last week, yelling at you over the littlest things and I just wanted to say that I am sorry."
"It's fine Hotch." Reid said quietly.
"No its not." Hotch shook his head. "Things aren't going well between me and Hailey and I have been taking my frustrations out on you. It was not fair to you and I'm sorry for that."
Reid nodded, and Hotch walked away, taking a seat next to Rossi. Everyone was staring at Reid. He and Morgan shared a glance. Morgan slid a piece of paper across the table, knowing that they couldn't talk without the rest of the team hearing their conversation.
I think he seen our note from earlier. Did you grab it from off the table?
No, Reid wrote back, wide eyed. I went back in there to grab it and it was gone. I thought you took it.
Oh shit. We are in trouble.
I don't think so.
Why not?
Because, if he was going to yell at us for passing notes during a breifing, wouldn't he have yelled at us just now?
Good point.
I wish everyone would stop staring at me.
Don't pay attention to them kid. Just focus on our card game and they will look away.
Reid did focus on the game and soon he felt everyone going back to their buissness.
Thanks Morgan.
No problem kid.
At the next breifing Morgan got a text and tried to look at it but Hotch saw him.
"Morgan. Put your phone away." He said
"Sorry Hotch." Morgan slipped his phone back into his pocket. He felt a nudge on his left elbow. He saw Reid pass him a note.
Awww. Is Morgan pouting because Daddy yelled at him?
Morgan kicked him.
"OW!" Reid cried, craddling his leg.
"Are you two finished?" Hotch asked, glaring at them.
They blushed and looked forword again.
Morgan passed the note back to Reid.
Pay back is a bitch.
You kicked me alot harder!
Are you going to go whine to Daddy about it?
Shut up Morgan!
And if I did kick you any softer, I wouldn't have even touched you.
You calling me a wimp?
Yes. :)
Morgan saw the glare he was getting.
Calm down kid! I was kidding. I don't think you're a wimp. Honest.
He saw Reid's face soften. Reid knew that Morgan never lied.
Sorry for getting so pissy right away.
Its fine.
Who was that text from.
Someone.
Who?
Why are you Nosie Nelly all of the sudden?
Why wont you answer the question?
Because its none of your buisness.
Come on Morgan, you can tell me!
My sister.
You have a sister?
Two accually.
Who have you told?
Just you. I don't want the rest of the team knowing, especaily Hotch.
Why not Hotch?
You know. He can be a bit...
Yeah. I'm glad that you trust me enough to share something like that.
You know me better than anyone kid and I know that you wont tell anyone.
You can tell me anything Morgan. I need you to know that. I wont tell anyone. It will stay between you and me.
I know kid. Thanks.
Anytime.
The breifing ended and Reid made sure to grab the note this time. Hotch was still packing up his stuff as everyone else filed out. Reid was the last one out the door and tossed the crumpled up note towards the garbage can. He was allready out of the room so he didn't see that he missed the can. Hotch picked it up and read it. He felt horrible that one of his team members didn't feel comfertable telling him something like that. He was going to have to fix that.