CHAPTER TWO: THEY KNOW !

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CASEY'S KNUCKLES RAPPED ON REID'S FRONT DOOR AND SHE HAD WAITED FOR A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE SPENCER HAD ANSWERED THE DOOR. "Hey!" Spencer greeted. "Hey." Casey smiled, giving him a peck on the lips before entering the apartment.

"Thought I'd surprise you," Casey spoke. "We haven't really seen one another besides work and we're not really seeing each other there. So, I thought I'd spend some time with you."

Spencer smiled at his girlfriend as she spoke. He could tell that she really cared for him and she truly and deeply liked him and was trying to make sure that the love was still in the air. Spencer could tell though, because he liked her just as much.

"I bought some Chinese food for us, so we can eat and probably watch a movie or something. I brought over one of Gideon's old movies that was left laying in a box in my apartment." Casey looked over at Reid, noticing that he had been staring at her. "What?" She asked.
"You're... cute." Spencer spoke as he shook his head in astonishment at the girl. Casey smirked and cupped his face. "You're cuter." She smiled and kissed him on the lips.

Their kiss was deepened but was then immediately interrupted by both of their phones going off. They both checked their phones and said: "Garcia, we have a case." They both chuckled at their words being in unison.

"I don't know how much more of this sneaking around I can do." Reid sighed. "I know, but... we'll tell them soon. I promise." Casey assured. "When's soon?" He asked. "The right time. Maybe when we're out with all of them or something."

"In the meantime, let's put this Chinese food in the fridge and head down to the BAU." Casey tells. "You're driving." Reid points. "I always do." Casey shrugs.

       When the two arrived at the BAU, they headed straight to their desks and realized that no one else had been in yet besides Hotch and Garcia. The two had looked at one another and each raised an eyebrow as they got an idea.

       They both rushed over to the file room that anyone had barely gone in. It was small and tight but it would manage — it was also soundproof, too.

     Reid closed the door behind him, knowing that the door automatically locked. The two began to have a very heated heavy make-out session until Reid pulled away. "Hey, how long did JJ and Morgan say until they would be here?" Reid asked in curiousness. "They said they'd be here in ten. Gives us plenty of time." Casey smirked as Reid pushed the girl up against the wall and began to kiss her neck.

       Casey began to try and quiet herself down from the moaning she was doing and pulled Reid away from her neck as she began to kiss him again.

        The door suddenly opened and the two immediately split apart. Garcia had stood there, mouth agape and eyes needing to be bleached. "Oh, my—" She said. "Pen—" Casey tried but Garcia began to walk away, covering her eyes. "I didn't see anything! I didn't see anything!"

       She began to head over to the roundtable room and Casey and Reid exited the room, looking quite frumpy and this had gotten the attention of Morgan, JJ and Rossi coming up the steps.

      Reid cleared his throat and Casey muttered: "So much for waiting." Everyone remained silent as Reid headed into the roundtable room and Casey followed behind. Their secret had basically been revealed to the team and Casey mentally face-palmed herself. The secondhand embarrassment was strong with this one.

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After a hefty debriefing, the awkwardness still fulfilled the silence. Blake and Hotch had been the only ones that didn't know what the situation was and frankly, didn't really care to know.

       Everyone remained silent until Rossi finally spoke up.  "So, this unsub's got a thing for right legs and he's moving fast. Two victims in a week. What's the compulsion?" Rossi questioned. "You know, the fact that one of the victims was left in a motel room makes me think it's not a compulsion at all. Maybe it's black market." Reid explained.

     "What's the going rate for a leg these days?" Morgan questions. "Mm, pretty good. In 2002, tendons were shipped from South Africa to the US and sold through private medical and biotech companies." JJ stated.

     "The body parts trade coexists with the drug trade in border towns." Hotch told. "Let's say it's a chop shop. That means we're looking for a small team or network." Alex tells. "One that usually deals with the dead before the living." Reid added.

      "Did Garcia find any overlap with victimology?" Casey questioned. "Just that they were both organ donors. She cross-referencing with the United Network for Organ Sharing." Hotch answered.

      "UNOS deals with vital organs, but we're talking limbs." JJ said. "Yeah, but hospitals around the country are networked into it. If the unsub is a medical professional, he might have access to it, and by extension, the victims." Reid explained.

      "Reid, you and JJ go to Juarez and look at Richard Hubbell's body. Morgan, Willows and Dave, go talk to Tony Anders. And Blake and I will investigate the black market angle here." Casey looks over at Morgan and Rossi and realizes: "Great, this is gonna be awkward."

       The three headed into a separate car and the ride was silent the entire time. Once they got out of the car and they made their way to the hospital, Morgan finally spoke up. "Someone was awfully quiet on the way here." He said, motioning towards Casey.

       The Willows already knew what this was leading up to so she simply said: "I don't wanna talk about it."

      "You and Reid," Morgan says. "That is definitely something that needs to be talked about. I mean, come on, I'm your guys' friend. You both tell me stuff, why didn't I know about this?" Morgan questions.

        "You know, I owe Garcia $30 because of them. I'm surprised you didn't catch on." Rossi spoke. "How long have you guys been doing this thing for?" Morgan asks again.

        Casey gives in, "Almost three months, now."

        "Three months with him?" Morgan chuckles. "I'm surprised you lasted that long. I mean, he is kind of a dweeb. You sure you're not being held against your will?" Casey was caught off-guard. This was his supposed best friend and he was talking about him that way? This did not fly with her.

        "See, this is why I didn't wanna tell you guys." Casey spun around to Morgan and Rossi. "My personal life... is personal. Now, Reid, he understands me. I like him and he likes me. And since I'm dating him now, stop talking about him like you're a bully. Because you're being a bully right now, Morgan. A bully!"

        Morgan smirked. Truthfully, he was testing the girl to see if this was all just a hoax and he had never seen Casey have such deep feelings for someone. Sawyer was probably a close second before he died.

        "What?" Casey questions. "You really do like him, don't you?" Morgan shakes his head. "What?" Casey asks again. "That was a test, you passed. I knew you two would end up together. You just had to... find each other."

        "We-We did?" Casey asks. "Oh, yeah. Everyone saw it coming." Rossi nods. The three walk into the hospital to talk to the latest victim.

       Meanwhile, Reid had been at the morgue with JJ and they had been trying to figure out the MO. "It could be dumping the body down here was a forensic countermeasure." JJ starts. "Probably, but it's the deviation in MO that stumps me. Pun intended." Reid tells and JJ chuckles in disbelief of the comment.

      "Two different victims, two different amputations." Reid points out and JJ looks at the man. He's been avoiding eye contact with her when he normally never does. "So, we're not gonna talk about the elephant in the room?" JJ starts off awkwardly and Reid looks at her in confusion.

       "What?"

       JJ sighs, "Come on, Spence, we all saw you and Casey in the file room." Reid looks back down in embarrassment that his friends had seen him and his girlfriend that way. It was definitely not the way he wanted them to find out. "Why didn't you tell me?" JJ asks.

      Spencer looks at his friend before answering. "We thought it'd be best if we kept it secret for the time being." He looks back down at the body. "Honestly, I don't really wanna talk about it right now, so can we just focus on the case please?"

      JJ nods in understanding before continuing. "All right, so what do you see, doctor?"

    "This amputation was transtibial, but the survivor was transfemoral." Spencer told. "So his leg was cut below the knee, and Tony's was cut above." JJ points. "The cutting here was pristine, nerve and vascular dissection was careful, well-ligated. I mean, this unsub definitely knew what he was doing medically."
      "I thought you said the unsub wasn't a doctor."
      "I said he wasn't a surgeon, but his knowledge of anatomy and procedure shows definite medical training."

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       After both Casey and Spencer solved the case with their brilliant minds, they had taken in a man who was trying to help his wife that had an amputated leg. He was sewing on different people's legs and putting them together like a missing puzzle piece.

       The team had been back on the jet and Casey was asleep on the couch. Morgan had seen this and taken the opportunity to speak to Reid. I mean, this was his best friend and he knew that they definitely needed to talk.

       Morgan sat in front of Reid as he read a book. Reid looked up at Morgan sitting in front of him. "I feel like you and I haven't had a chance to talk in a while." Morgan spoke. "It's nobody's fault. It happens. But if you've got somebody new in your life to talk to... I'd just like to know who she is. And I know it's Casey. And I am just saying... she is one hell of a woman to keep up with you."

       Reid smirked a bit and looked up at him. "Okay, how'd you know?" He knew that Morgan definitely figured it out when they were together. "Well, for starters, you have been acting a little squirrelly. So I just filled the rest in. And those little glances you sneak at each other... and you guys are very loud." Morgan jokes with that last bit.

        "In any case, I'm happy for you." Morgan leans forward a bit. "But if you hurt her again, I will not hesitate to go 'big brother' on your ass." Reid smiles a bit. "You don't have to worry about that." He turns around towards the sleeping girl on the couch. "You don't have to worry about that, at all."

        "Man, you have got it bad for her, huh?"

        "I guess I do."

okayyy ik i said the team wasn't gonna find out until later buttttt i had to switch some stuff around and well- now part of the team knows lol

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this wasn't much but i just wanted to squeeze in a lot of spasey lol

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