The lovely maxandKiz pointed out that you can have short notes at the beginning of a chapter just not author notes as a chapter themselves. So big thank you to MaxandKidz as I can put my notes up again. This is the last chapter of this fanfic. I will be putting up the new story tomorrow.
It is going to be called 'Learning to live again'. It is going to be Reid's recovery story.
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The next day
Reid was sat nervously at the kitchen table, he kept tapping his leg to the floor as he tried to calm himself down. Today was the day that he moved into Rossi's house. Today was the day that he was leaving the cabin and settling into somewhere new. He had only been to Rossi's house a few times and a part of himself felt guilty for staying for Rossi. Reid knew that he should be able to take care of himself.
He couldn't bear going to back to his apartment, he knew the second that he entered his apartment the memories would come rushing back and the small wall he had began to put up against the memories would come crashing down. Rossi kept telling him that he was no imposing or being a hassle by staying with him. Reid smiled slightly as Reid remembered what Rossi had said to him.
'Family looks after family.'
Reid jumped slightly as Rossi entered the room but relaxed after a few seconds. Rossi and Morgan were the only ones with him in the cabin, the rest of the team had been called to work a case, even Garcia had been called into the office. Reid had hoped that Garcia had been able to stay. She was always the one that calmed him down.
He also knew that he couldn't keep depending on the team. They all had their lives to live and their careers to focus on, he didn't want to keep holding them back.
"Hey Reid, are you ready to go?" Rossi asked as he placed a large bag full of Reid's belongings on the table.
"I th-think so, I'm just r-really scared about going out i-into the world again. I'm j-just a bit nervous," Reid said to Rossi. Rossi walked to Reid and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't be scared, my house has a state of the art security system and surveillance so you will be safe. You don't need to be scared anymore. You can stay at my home for as long as you need, you have been through so much and all I want you to focus on now is getting better," Rossi smiled gently. Rossi could tell that Reid was upset about something and deep down he already knew why Reid seemed upset.
"Reid, is everything okay? You look upset," Rossi asked.
"G-Gideon ignored me when I tried t-to say goobye to h-him, he barely e-even registered I-I was there. He i-isn't here to say goodbye. I t-thought that he wasn't angry at me for staying w-with you but I g-guess he is. I didn't mean t-to make him angry," Reid said quietly. Rossi let out a little sigh before he began to talk.
"Reid, don't worry about Gideon. Things are strained with the team and I think that he was just trying to process a few things, I think he was trying to process you being away. Just ignore him for now. I know from experience that old men are grumpy men half the time. Now, let's get on the road and get a start on you getting better."
Reid took a deep breath before nodde and got to his feet. Rossi picked up the bag off the table and flung it over his shoulder. Reid took one glance back at the cabin. He had felt safe at the cabin for a time but after Jacob's attack that feeling slowly disappeared. He would miss staying at the cabin though, he had some nice memories of his stay.
The best one only happened a day ago.
The best memory he had was when he had been dancing with Garcia in the kitchen, he had not laughed the way he had then in a very long time.
Rossi guided Reid to the car and put him into the car. Rossi walked away from Reid at the passenger door and placed the bag into the trunk of the car.
A few minutes later the two men were on their way to Rossi's home. Reid stared out of the window as Rossi continued to drive.
A ringing noise filled the car, it tooks Reid a few moments to realise that it was Rossi's cellphone. Reid picked it up from the dashboard holder it was in, he looked at Rossi for permission to answer. Rossi nodded, Reid flipped up the phone and pressed the answer button.
"H-Hello," Reid said, his voice shaking slightly.
"Hey kid, just the man that I wanted to talk to," Morgan voice said down the phone. Reid instantly relaxed when he heard Morgan's voice.
"H-Hey M-Morgan, is e-everything okay?"
"Everything is fine, I just want to make sure that everything was going okay. I know that you were nervous about today."
"I'm fine, Rossi c-calmed me down w-when I was scared. How is the case going?" Reid asked.
"It's going fine, the team misses having you around. I just wanted to let you know that you can call me whenever you need help. If you ever have trouble with the nightmares, I'm just a phone call away. I'm here for you when you need someone to talk to about certain things, things that only we can truly understand."
"I p-promise I will call y-you if I have a-any trouble with that. Is G-Garcy okay? She seemed a little d-down when she h-had to leave for the B-BAU."
"She just misses looking after her junior g-man, this case is proabably going to take a few days and she is at the BAU. You could visit her if you wanted."
Reid pondered the thought of a visite to BAU, he decided that a visit would be okay as long as he got to see Garcy again.
"I-I think t-that I will do t-that," Reid said down the phone.
"Reid, I have to go and interview a witness. Call me if you need anything or you need to talk. Promise me that you will call if anything happens," Morgan said, his voice full of big brother authority.
"I p-promise. Bye Morgan."
"Bye Kid," Morgan said down the phone. Reid closed the phone and put it back in the dashboard holder.
"Everything okay Reid," Rossi asked.
"E-Everything is fine, I-I think that things a-are going to be a l-lot better now."
Rossi smiled slightly as he heard Reid's words.
Rossi knew that Reid was starting to think positively again and he was glad that Reid was. He also knew that Reid still had a long road of recovery in front of him.
The team would be there with him every step of way. They would guide Reid back to a good place and they would keep him there. They would keep him safe no matter what.
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