My Partner Against Crime

Chapter 6

|Spencer|

We finally arrive home. I gently lay Marina on our bed.

"You didn't have to carry me, I'm perfectly capable of walking." I lay in bed next to her.

"It's a little too late for that isn't it? Anyway I have work tomorrow so I'm going to sleep." I shut the light off and shut my eyes. Before I fall asleep I hear her comment, "We have work tomorrow."
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"Spencer," Marina groans, "your alarm." I slam my hand against the obnoxious clock then roll out of bed. I walk around to Marina's side of the bed and kiss her on her forehead.

"Are you going back to sleep?"

"No, I'm coming with you." I attempt to walk away, but Marina's hand catches my arm.

"Come here." Her small hands lay gently on both of my cheeks. Her kisses are rougher than I would expect at seven in the morning.

"What're you doing?" I pull back and look at her.

"Please, I'm finally starting to feel better."
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Late. We're late because I let Marina talk me into morning sex.

I rush into the building looking like a mess. No doubt I have sex hair, and three of my top shirt buttons are undone. We get into an elevator and Marina attempts to fix my hair while I quickly work at the buttons.

I hold her hand as I fast walk and pull her along into the conference room. Everyone stares at us, Morgan has a smug look. I ignore them and stare down at my file. Garcia continues with the presentation yet I can't pay attention. I look over at Marina who squints her eyes and rubs her temple. I dig though my bag and pull out a pair of sunglasses, I hand them to her.

She silently thanks me and puts them on.

"Reid, Emily, you two go to the site start a profile. Wheels up in thirty."

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|Marina|

I sit away from everyone on the plane. I try my best to focus on my case file and not fall behind just because of some head injury. Hotch comes over and sits across from me.

"You alright?" I give him a thumbs up, not wanting to hurt my head by nodding.

"Listen, I think it would be best that you hang back. I've already assigned everyone their jobs and since Garcia is coming with us she'll be staying at the police station, I want you to stay with her, alright?" I'm even upset like I typically would be. "Alright."

|Spencer|

Marina and I check into our hotel room and almost immediately go to sleep.
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I shoot up in bed only to face the pitch black room. I turn the lamp on that's placed on my bedside table and sit on the ground beside the bed.

My alarm clock reads 4:17 am. I know I'm not going to be able to fall back asleep so I get dressed, grab my case file and head to the hotel lobby. I'm pleasantly surprised to find a nice seating area as well as a large, modern fountain in the center of the large area.

The more and more I look over the case the heavier my eye lids get. Slowly but surely I pass out.
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"Reid." Someone firmly says my name. I'm exhausted so I ignore it and kept my eyes shut.

"Reid." Again says a firm voice followed by a shove on the shoulder.

Reluctantly I sit up, I open my eyes to face Hotch, and the rest of the team.