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Reid thought that he was extremely lucky for a few reasons. The first was that everyone had their own hotel room. This meant that he didn't have to explain or try to rationalize to anyone why he was leaving his room as soon as they checked in. He was also lucky that there was a twenty-four hour drug store with an open pharmacy less then ten minutes away from their hotel. He could walk there without seeming suspicious. No one would even know that he had left; it wasn't like he had to take his car.

He was almost at the pharmacy when his phone rang. He had forgotten that he had taken it off vibrate and the ringing made him jump. His heart was pounding in his chest, his palms were sweaty again and he was having a hard time catching his breath. With shaking fingers he took the phone out of his pocket and looked at the screen. He recognized the number immediately and knew that if he didn't answer it, matters were only going to made worse.

He took a deep breath, cleared his throat and willed his voice not to shake. "Hello?"

"You never answer any of my calls. What gives? I thought that we talked about this. I thought you understood. Do you need to be taught your lessons all over again?"

Reid was already shaking his head, even though this was over the phone. "No. But I told you I was at work and that we had a case. I wouldn't have been able to answer my phone anyway. Look, Hotch is calling me. I'll talk to you later." He hung up before anything else could be said. He knew that that was the wrong thing to do and that he would pay for that later but he couldn't help it, he had to end the conversation. He walked into the brightly lit store.

Derek Morgan watched as Spencer ended his phone call and walked into the drug store. He knew that he and Hotch were supposed to talk but when he saw Spencer leave the hotel almost as quickly as they had entered it, he knew that something was wrong.

Ever since Derek had known him Spencer had always been on the shy side but over the last year he had gotten worse. A lot worse. He was exhibiting most of the signs of being in an abusive relationship. But he never even mentioned that he was dating anyone, which was why Derek thought that he was wrong. So he asked Garcia what she thought. After all, even Morgan knew that when he was stressed it was Garcia that he turned to, especially since Gideon was gone. He was disappointed that she wouldn't say much, just that Reid was in a bad situation and that he was trying to figure things out.

Now Morgan was sure that this was a little more serious then just a rough patch. From where he was hiding he had a good view of the drug store, it seemed that Spencer was getting a prescription filled. Derek knew that this was bad. Ever since the Hankel case, Reid had been very careful not to take any narcotics at all, he was terrified of becoming dependant on them. And now he was getting something from the drug store. Morgan knew that Hotch needed to be told about this right away. If Spencer was using again, they all needed to be ready.

Morgan headed back to the hotel. He was thankful that Spencer didn't see him. Spencer was his best friend and he knew that he had to protect him. He had failed at that once, he would not do that again. This time, they would get the entire team involved if they had to. There were certain things that you had to do when you were part of a team, part of a family. He just hoped that in the end Spencer would understand that this was not an attack against him and that they just wanted him to be safe.

When he got back to the hotel, he was glad that he beat Spencer there. He softly knocked on Hotch's door. He knew that Aaron would be awake; after all, they were supposed to talk. Aaron saw how tense Morgan was and knew right away that something was wrong. "What is it Morgan?"

Morgan shook his head, "I think that you were right. Something is very wrong with Reid. The reason why I'm late is because I saw him leaving and I followed him to the drug store. He had something filled and he seemed very agitated about something. I think that he may be using again. We need to do something."

Aaron shook his head. If Dr. Reid was using again he would hold himself personally responsible. He knew that if he had made himself more emotionally available or at the very least, friendlier, then maybe Reid would have felt more comfortable coming to him when he had a problem and not to the drugs that he was probably taking right at this moment. "You're right; we need to do something and quickly. We should try to talk to him but if that doesn't work then we might have to get the whole team involved. Maybe once he sees that everyone is here to support him, he'll open up. Tomorrow, we'll set it so that we are with Reid and we'll try to talk to him. For right now, you should try to get some sleep."

Derek nodded. Morgan knew that Hotch was right but at the same time he was so worried about Reid. It wasn't just that he thought that he was using again. What if he wasn't? What if it was something much more serious? He went back to his own room and tried to sleep. He tried not to think of all the dangerous things that Reid could be up to.

As Reid walked out of the store, he felt better then he had in along time. He never saw Morgan follow him to the store or quietly leave. He had no idea that Hotch and Morgan were really close to guessing and guessing wrong. He honestly thought that he could deal with everything on his own and that in the end everything would work out.