Criminal Minds Imagines

seventy four: hookers and investigations (part seven)

on the way over, you were sitting in the back seat by the window to make sure that you wouldn't make yourself sick. you didn't want to get sick on anyone- especially not your boyfriend. 

when reid looked over at you, your hand was pressed against your head and your eyes were closed. he took your free hand in his as he began rubbing his thumb in circles across the top of it. you took your hand away from your head as you looked at him.

"i'm okay," you told him softly. "we can worry about me after this case."

he nodded. "you're sure?"

you gave him a soft smile. "i'm sure, honey."

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"_____,  it would be best for you to go work in the station since you aren't feeling so well," hotch told you. you shook your head as you ran a hand through your hair while reid looked at your actions. he knew that you wanted to be out helping with this case. 

"no, hotch," you began. "i can do this. i can work this case. send me with prentiss, morgan, and rossi. please."

he contemplated it for a moment before nodding. " okay, but if you feel even the slightest bit terrible, you will need to head back to the station to work on the case from there. morgan, keep an eye on her. alright, let's get to work now." 

morgan looked over at you. "you're sure that you can do this?" he asked you. you nodded as you looked towards the house where the parents were giving the press conference with the information about their missing son. 

"i know i can, but it's the stress that's causing these symptoms to get worse," you muttered. morgan leaned back against the car as he let out a sigh. 

"you know that you two can do this," he told you. "you and reid won't have any problems. you just need to focus on the smaller picture right now which are these cases. once you get a few more months in, you know hotch will make you stay in the stations until it is time for your leave from work." 

you nodded. "i know, i just wish this wasn't happening right now. it's not a good time for me to be pregnant. and reid keeps blaming himself which is the worst thing to know that you might be causing him more stress by telling him."

"well, _____," he began. "it's not like he wasn't going to figure it out. he's a smart kid."

you nodded, hearing them end the press conference as rossi called you two to come with him. 

"hey, morgan?" you asked on your way up to the house to meet rossi. 

he looked down at you as you made it to the end of the driveway. "yeah?"

"can you promise me one thing?" you asked him.

"anything," he responded. 

you took a small inhale before spilling your question. "if reid ever calls and asks or even just asks if i'm okay, just tell him that i am. i can't have him more stressed over me when he's already stressed about the baby."

he nodded. "of course, _____."

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when you and morgan got back to the station, you excused yourself to go off to the bathroom. you needed to call garcia and ask her a few questions of your own about the case that rossi had given to you.

when morgan, rossi, and prentiss got to the group, they looked over what the team had gotten. 

hotch looked up at them. "where's ______?" 

rossi looked over at him. "i gave her some questions to ask garcia."

"morgan, was she doing okay?" hotch asked. 

he nodded. "yes, she seemed fine the entire time. granted we weren't next to each other the entire time because she went off to look at the bedroom situation." 

hotch nodded. "good. hopefully she can do this for the rest of this case." 

reid went back to looking at the opening when you suddenly appeared. 

"guys, garcia has a match. hugh rollins," you told them. detective lancaster walked in as soon as you began to speak about that as he gave everyone a questioning look. you felt a headache coming back to your head as you tried to push it out. 

"_____, can i talk to you for a minute?" reid asked as you nodded. he excused himself from the group and proceeded to walk you out of the room and off to another room where he shut the door. detective lancaster gave the two of you a look as he turned back to the group.

"is she alright?" he asked. 

morgan nodded, feeling protective of you. 

"she's pregnant, but it's not a concern right now," hotch said as he looked through the case files. he nodded as they got back to work. lancaster looked off towards the room that the two of you had gone in. 

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reid shut the door to the room as you took a seat in one of the chairs. 

"oh Jesus," you muttered with a hand to your head. reid came over to you, getting down to get close to you. 

"hey, hey," he said softly as you looked up at him. "are you okay?" he asked as he took your hand in his. 

you felt tears randomly come to your eyes. "i honestly don't know, reid. it's like for some reason i keep stressing out about this child but i don't need to be."

he tightened his grip on your hand as you stared at him with tears in your eyes. 

"truth be told, i'm scared," you said gently. 

reid nodded. "i know, i am too. but we have to remember that everything will be okay." 

you continued to look at him as he looked down at your hand that he was holding. you pulled him close to you as you wrapped your arms around his neck to keep him close. he put his around you as you buried your face into his shoulder. 

he held you tightly, not wanting to let go. 

 "______, i think you might need to stay here," reid said softly. 

"no," you told him. "i can't. i need to be able to help."

reid shook his head, tightening his grip on you. "you can help here, _____. but i think it would be best because i can be here when you need me and when you feel sick, you'll already be here." 

you lifted your head from his shoulder as you looked at him. he ran one of his hands gently through your hair as you let out a soft sigh. 

"you're okay, darling," he said softly to you as he pressed a kiss to your cheek. you gave him a smile, putting your forehead on his as you closed your eyes once more. 

"alright, _____. we have to go back now," he told you. you nodded, getting up as you walked with him back to the room that the entire team was in. when you walked back in, you wiped your eyes briefly before going to the board with reid. 

morgan came over to the two of you. "you alright, _____?" he asked you.

you gave him a soft smile. "yeah, i'm alright. thank you."

he nodded, patting your back as reid went back to focusing on the details of the case while you helped him out with trying to figure out the motives for hugh rollins and who his preferred victims were. 

hotch nodded over to you and called morgan over. 

"morgan, maybe we should keep her here. i think it would be better considering that reid is here for her and she won't risk anything by leaving the station," he said. morgan nodded as he looked back over at you. one of your hands was playing with reid's fingers mindlessly as you pointed to a spot on the board about the suspects while reid nodded as he studied it as well.

"i think it would be for the best."