It'll Never Be The Same

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Reid's POV

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I looked to see who it was and read "Hotch". I quickly answered it.

"Hello?"

"Reid. I know it's early and you are still technically still on leave, but JJ is sick and we have a pretty bad case. I would like your help on it."

"Uhh Yeah, I'm on my way now. I'll be there in like 10."

"Alright." He replied hanging up.

I pulled myself out of bed and got myself dressed. After gathering all my stuff, I hopped in my car and made my way to the office. The drive was short because of the early morning. There wasn't much traffic making it easier to get there. When I got there I made my way up to the BAU and was meet with Emily getting in the elevator with me.

"Emily, it's good to see you." I pulled her into a tight hug. She laughed into my hug and tightly hugged back.

"It's really great to see you too Reid. How are you doing?"

"I am doing a lot better. I'm officially 90 days clean, and one month out. I'm feeling great. How are you?"

"That's great to hear. I'm doing good. I'm excited to see you back. Hotch call you?"

"Yeah." I nodded and exited the elevator with her. I hold the doors to the BAU open for her, walking in right behind her.

"Oh good." She replied to me. I looked at her with a confused look as we walked up to the conference room. She gave me a huge smile and opened the door, showing a room full of my friends. I looked up at the banner that Garcia, obviously, made. It read 'Congrats on 90 days.' I smiled as they, one by one, hugged me and whispered their congrats to me.

"We weren't able to be there for your 30 days, so we thought we could congratulate you on your 90." Garcia said handing me a box. I looked up at her and laughed, pulling her into another hug. I opened her box finding a bunch of funky pens.

"Thank you Garcia." I smiled. One by one they handed me gifts. Emily gave me a new mug, Rossi gave me a book, and JJ got me a framed picture of the team. I thanked all of them. I love them all so much and they all mean so much to me.

"Reid." I heard behind me. I turned to look at Hotch. He handed me a box, nodding at me. I opened it to see my badge in it.

"You earned it back. You still have probation, but you are now fully reinstated. Congrats, I am proud of you."

"Thank you." I said, holding back tears. It meant a lot to me to hear him say that he was proud of me. He pulled my into a quick hug, pulling away to smile at me. I smile back, then turn to meet the group once again. We sat around the table talking, eating cake, and drinking our coffee.

"Hey, I have something for you. Can we go outside?" Derek asked. I nodded and followed him out of the conference room to the bullpen. We stopped at his desk and he pulled out a small black box. He handed it to me and sat down, waiting for me to open it. I slowly do so, kind of scared, and kind of confused. I open it fully to see a key sitting in the box. I looked at him confused.

"It's a key?"

"Yes. It's a key to my apartment." He relied laughing. I stood there, still visibly confused. He stood to meet me and pulled the key from the box.

"I want you to move in with me." He smiled at me.

"Yeah," I managed to say, nodding.

"Yeah?" He asked, excitement washing over his face. I nodded as he pulled me into a tight hug. I snuggled my face into his neck, staying that way for about a minute. I pulled away and look his hand as we walked back to the conference room. I couldn't help but to smile the whole way back to the room. When we re-entered the room, Garcia and JJ gave us huge smile. I shook my head chuckling to them and sat next to JJ.

"So?" She whispered to me.

"He asked me to move in with him."

"What did you say?"

"Well of course I said yes." I laughed at Garcia leaning in to listen. She made a loud squeal, putting her hand over her mouth to silence herself. Hotch and Rossi looked over at us with confused looks, prompting me to look at Derek for permission to tell them. He nodded, walking over to meet me.

"I asked him to move in with me, and he said yes." He explained for me. Hotch and Rossi both smiled at us, giving us their congratulations.

We continued our little party. Garcia pulled out some cards and we decided to play poker. I looked around the table, smiling to myself.

'Finally home' I thought to myself, picking up my cards to play.

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I'm sorry for the short chapter. I am having some bad writers block right now. Thank you for all the reads.

----Much love