Fic: Gamble, Chapter 2 (Criminal Minds, Spencer Reid / Derek Morgan)
Title: Gamle, Chapter 2
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pair: Spencer Reid / Derek Morgan
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
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Notes: Follows Flight Back
Chapter 1
“Ready to go?” Morgan stepped out of the shower drying himself to a fluffy white towel. “I’ll get dressed and I’m ready.”
“No hurry, we’re not going.” Reid stated. He was sitting on the edge of the bed clutching his cell phone in his hand.
“Why not?”
“I just called the sanitarium to let them know we’re coming and they…. They don’t think it’s a good idea. She’s having one of her…. bad phases.”
“How bad?”
“She’s in isolation.”
“How long are they gonna keep her there?”
“Not very long probably. That kind of episodes come and go. They’re adjusting her medication, and…. She should be back in the regular ward in couple days.”
“Does that happen often?” Morgan sat down next to him.
“Sometimes. When she’s good, she’s almost like herself, and when she’s not doing so good…. it’s pretty bad.”
“So…. What do we do now?”
Reid leaned his head against Morgan’s shoulder and let out a heavy sigh.
“Anything distracting.”
“Back to poker tables?” Morgan tried to sound light.
“Maybe not.”
“We’re in Vegas. What else is here?”
“Well…… there’s the Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park.”
“What?”
“Las Vegas Zoo. Their reptile house has all the all species of venomous reptiles native to the State of Nevada.”
“We’re together in Sin City and instead of charming my snake, you wanna go see venomous reptiles. I’m hurt.” Morgan complained as seriously as he could. Then he started laughing.
“I didn’t say that!” Reid laughed too. He couldn’t help it. “And they have chimps too.”
“Chimps?”
“I knew that would get your attention. But we don’t need to go right now, we got three and a half days.”
“Actually…..” Morgan leaped up and dug up his cell phone from his pocket. “I got an idea, Garcia talked about it before we left. I’ll be right back.” He stepped into the hallway and Reid waited. Morgan came back few minutes later.
“Pretty Boy, I got us a reservation.”
“For what?”
“Steam room. They got a bunch of them in the basement and visitors can rent them.”
“Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why are we going there?”
“It’s relaxing. And you get to watch me in a tiny skimpy towel.”
“I see that all the time, why are we going to watch it in a steam room?”
“Because you need some distraction and relaxation. We got five hours before that, we can go check out those chimps and then come back for some soothing steam.”
“Why are you so interested in chimps? They got wallabies too.”
“Walla-what?”
“It’s actually an informal general term for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo.”
“So it’s a mini-kangaroo.”
“If you want to simplify it like that.” Reid groaned.
“I listened your two hour lecture on seamammals when we had that case in San Diego, and you didn’t have time to go see the Sea World.”
“The correct term is marine mammal, and I couldn’t go because of you.”
“I was seriously injured!”
“Angry old woman bit you. I’m not even sure if she her dentures in….”
“There was blood! And she looked like she might have rabies.”
“You can get shot or stabbed and you don’t even blink but an innocent old woman made you panic.”
“She bit me! She was like a wild cat.”
“Not your kind of a cougar?” Reid asked innocently.
Morgan stopped to look at him. “Did you mean that metaphorically?”
“Yeah.”
“Wow….. I didn’t think you even knew that term.”
“Anyway, let’s get going. I want to see the cycadophyta exhibit.”
“What kinda animal is that?”
“It’s a plant. They have a botanical section there too.”
“Any meat-eating plants?”
“Yes, and they eat insects so don’t get exited. I remember how you were when we saw that crocodile feeding in Florida.”
“You liked it too.”
“Only from the zoological point of view. You liked the gore.”
“All men like gore!”
“True, but there’s a clear distinction between watching a horror movie and watching a crocodile tear a dead deer from limb to limb.”
“Do you want to go or not?” Morgan chuckled.
“I’m going, I’m going.” Reid hurried to gather his shoes.
“And when we come back you can take advantage of my sweaty, willing body in the lulling steam.”
“Morgan, I told you I want to see the zoo, you don’t need to sell it to me.”
“Who’s selling? I just like to say stuff like that and see you blush.”
TBC