Different Paths

4. Freedom

I walk out of my cell and made my way to find Sera. Eventually I found her and cut through the crowd.

"What happened back there?" I ask.

Silence.

"Sera?"

Silence again.

"Serafina Luz."

She turned her head to me.

"Will you tell me what the issue is?"

"You had sex with Derek," she said, finally speaking.

"Yeah, for one night, a while ago, why does it matter?"

"You also had sex with me."

"Yeah, and? I'm not stupid, I got myself tested. I'm clean. He also used a condom. He's not trying to become someone's baby daddy."

"Oh."

"Yeah. Are we good now?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry for overreacting."

"Just talk to me before walking out next time."

"I will."

"Good," a smile cracked on my face along with hers.

Sometimes I wonder how long I can do this for. I mean, Sera only has 3 years left on her sentence, and I could be potentially leaving sooner than her. Plus, when you're doing the same thing, or in this case someone multiple times, it tends to get boring.

Don't get me wrong, Sera is an incredibly beautiful woman, but there's only so much you can do in prison. We have to be quiet all the time so we don't get caught. Everything's getting boring so quick.

Eventually Count was done and it was dinner time. Sera and I made our way to the cafeteria when a guard came up to me.

"You have a visitor."

"Seriously? Again? Right now?"

"Yes."

"Alright, I'll be back Sera."

I placed my hands behind my back and the guard placed cuffs on my wrist. Then I was led to the room again. My hands got out of the cuffs then re-cuffed with the ones attached to the table. I was waiting for a few minutes when a familiar scent wafted into the room.

"Derek?" I say in a confused tone then looking behind me.

"How'd you know?"

"The smell of your cologne."

"Ah," he said before sitting down across from me.

"Anyway, what're you doing here?"

"I came to talk."

"Talk about what?"

"The proposition Hotch gave you earlier."