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Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts

April Prompt: Team Challenge: The women enter the BAU men are some type of contest or event such as a dance competition, karaoke contest or auction for a date in order to raise money for a charity.(5,000 word minimum)

Author's Notes: This is a Romance Morgan/Reid story. I've never written anything like this so I hope it works. Here's a short introductory chapter.

The Surprise in the Jealousy

Chapter 1 – Squeal Worthy

"Good morning, good morning. Look at you, Mama. You have some extra pep in your step. You and Lynch kiss and make up?"

"That's old news, my chocolate love hunk. What I have is delicious news."

"Isn't your chocolate hunk delicious enough?" he teased her back.

"Don't get me side-tracked. Follow me. We have people to see and things to plan."

Morgan shook his head and chuckled softly. "Woman, what trouble do you have cooking this time?" he mumbled to himself as he followed her.

~oOo~

It didn't take long to have Rossi and Hotch's attention from the walkway above as the rest of the team hovered around JJ and Prentiss's desks in the bull pen.

"What is the theme of the silent auction for this year? Must be something techy to have you so excited," reasoned Reid. "Which means I'm not really needed." He attempted to return to the safety of his work space. Garcia quickly stopped him.

"No. It's better!"

That got everyone's attention.

"Oh, this I gotta here," said JJ.

"Better than techy for my tech kitten?" asked Rossi.

"Much!" Garcia emphasized with her hands showing excitement. "Ladies… the silent auction is for a night on a Potomac River Dinner Cruise with the man that gets your winning bid."

"What?" squeaked Reid.

"You've gotta be kidding," growled Rossi. "Who came up with that lame idea?"

"I'm sure it wasn't Strauss," deadpanned Hotch.

"So, who's volunteering?" Garcia looked expectantly at all the males in the vicinity of the bull pen.

"I'm always game for a night with some lovely attention of the feminine kind," said Morgan slyly.

"Well, that was a given," announced Prentiss.

"You know me so well. Will you be one of the bidders for me?"

"In your dreams, Hot Dawg!"

"Oooh! That one hurt."

"But so fitting," commented Reid. Morgan didn't hesitate to slap him on the back of his head.

"Hey!" Reid complained.

"What about you, Spence," asked JJ.

"I think I'll sit this one out."

"You can't do that. It's for a good cause." Morgan looked to Garcia. "What's the charity this year, Baby Girl?"

"This year's auction is going to buy needed school supplies for our city schools that are seeing an influx of homeless and immigrant students."

"Even in the suburbs, Jack's teacher told me they were struggling with supplies, the standard kind and multi-lingual resources," informed Hotch.

"Great! So we can count on you, too!" chattered Garcia excitedly.

"Sorry! I can't do that. I'm dating someone."

"It's just one night, Hotch," said JJ. "Even Garcia is signing Kevin up."

"Does he even know about the auction?" asked Rossi knowingly.

"Well, not yet. But I have my ways of persuasion."

"Sure you do," mumbled Rossi.

"So, Rossi? Are you in?" smirked Prentiss.

"It's not really my style."

"Are you kidding? You're a legend around here. You'll bring some big dough," laughed Morgan.

"I like picking out my own women, thank you. I don't resort to selling myself," he complained.

JJ grimaced. "It's for charity. It's not like we're expecting you to sleep with the lady."

"What fun would skipping that part of the date be?"

Morgan laughed, the women groaned and Hotch grimaced.

"Dave, your auction comes with the stipulation that the bidders may not be FBI employees," announced Hotch.

"What? This is charity. You can't do that." Rossi was clearly miffed.

"You go along with it and I'll join the embarrassment of being on display." Hotch turned to Garcia. "How exactly does this work?" he asked all of a sudden worried about the specifics.

"Relax, guys. A photo and description about you appears at the auction. You don't have to show up for anything until date night."

"Alright. That sounds acceptable… if Beth is okay with it. So I'm not promising anything."

"You really think she'll agree?" asked Reid.

"It's just one night," said Morgan with a questioning brow.

"One… one night is a big deal when you're dating someone new. It's not like living together when you see each other every day. And with this job, there aren't very many days," he reasoned.

The team looked at him quietly while waiting for some sort of scientific data on relationships. But that wasn't what they heard.

"And add to that the jealousy it could cause and it might add unwanted stress to the relationship."

"And you are overly concerned about the psychology of relationships all of a sudden because…" Morgan said waiting for Reid to give some sort of Reid-like answer.

Reid didn't need to answer because Garcia squealed so loudly they were sure she could be heard two floors up.

~oOo~

Chapter 2 coming soon!

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