[Criminal Minds] The Waiting Behind

Michelle tried hard to swallow those obscure emotions, and didn't care that she was already in tears, waiting desperately until her eyes looked at Hotch, who had long been unable to see the outline clearly:

"Although this sentence is very old, I still have to say it. You have the right not to like me, but you can't stop me from liking you. This is my right and my freedom."

Michelle licked her dry lips, raised her head, and tried her best to maintain that image of never being afraid of losing, confident and proud, as if nothing had happened just now, and nodded to Hotch reservedly.

"Then, I have to leave first. Good-bye."

Straightening her back, Michelle told herself that she must not show weakness at this time, otherwise she would lose forever.

Hotch looked at the girl who was trying to control his demeanor, but didn't notice that he was trembling slightly, walked past him like a proud peacock, lowered his eyes, and didn't speak for a long time.

The conversation just now brought him a shock he had never felt before.Whether it's the girl yelling that she understands her grievances very well, or just trying to control her temper because she was very sad and hit by being rejected, or...Hotch thinks of the phrase "I will never treat someone so nice again ’” I still feel a little stunned when I think about it now.

He really heard the emotion contained in a very plain answer, which was depressive and strong.He had never seen such a strong emotion from the girl's eyes. She had always been indifferent, shy, blushing, and infatuated. That's why he thought that the girl's feelings for him were just a superficial obsession, or even just a superficial obsession. The mentality of the fledglings who opened their eyes and saw the first sight after despair caused trouble.

From the beginning of the meeting, the girl has always given him a changeable feeling, smart, kind, ghostly, shy, and sometimes suddenly full of momentum. Every time he meets her, he seems to refresh his understanding of her.But Hotch never knew the girl's feelings were so repressed.but why? Hotch is still puzzled, how could he suddenly fall in love with him so much even though he had no contact with him before.

Be puzzled.

Hotch stood there frowning, thinking about it.But I didn't realize that I had already spent too much thought on Michelle, but sometimes, being interested is often the first step in love.

Changing the appearance of pretending to be strong in front of Hotch just now, Michelle lowered her head in despair and walked slowly.

Reid followed beside, looking at Michelle like this worriedly, anxious to comfort her, but unable to speak well, she didn't know what to say.

Just now he saw the two of them in a good distance, and then Michelle became emotional for some reason, and separated from Hotch after saying a few more words.It wasn't until he walked up to him that Reid realized that the girl in front of him was already in tears.

Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Reid realized that only Hotch could make Michelle, who has always been strong and optimistic, cry. He couldn't help feeling a bit of complaint towards Hotch.Even he knows to be gentle with girls, that rigid guy Hotch didn't just reject Michelle right?But what should I say at this time, it doesn't matter, there are so many good men in the world, don't you have to fall in love with a single flower?Bah, bah, bah, isn't this adding fuel to the fire!

Just when the pure Doctor was at his wit's end, he saw the girl in front of him raise her eyes silently, "Spencer, get me out of here quickly. I can't take it anymore...I don't want Hotch to see me like this...Please..."

Reid understood, immediately surrounded Michelle, blocked Hotch's sight for her, and left this sad place.

Street park.

Pedestrians passing by saw a young couple sitting far apart on the bench in front of the lawn. The boy seemed to be talking and coaxing the girl all the time, smiling knowingly and not disturbing.

Little did they know they were guessing in two completely different directions.

Reid was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

As soon as Michelle got to a place away from Hotch, she broke down and cried, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances and resentments in her heart.

There is nothing wrong with venting, but the key point is that they are standing at the gate of the court now!Receiving all kinds of condemnation and contempt from passers-by, Reid has no way to think about what the other person has imagined, and only has a headache thinking about how to stop Michelle from collapsing in public.

Probably as Reid himself once said, he's at his best when he's at his worst.Although the situation is slightly different now, the brain that was spinning at high speed finally came up with an idea. Reid said softly to the girl:

"Michelle, we are still at the gate of the courthouse. Hotch may come out to see it at any time." Seeing that Michelle stopped crying immediately, Reid continued to persuade the girl with his head down, "There is a park on the corner of the street, it is a good place to think quietly , shall I take you there?"

Michelle was depressed and just nodded without saying anything.

This silence has continued until now.

Reid found that she didn't respond to anything Michelle said, whether it was a probing question or comfort, she seemed to have not heard it.

I've never seen Michelle like this before, she seems to be silently resisting everything around her, and only sinks into her own world.

Reid looked at Michelle who refused to communicate with great worry, and thought in panic, maybe it will be like this in the future. At least several mental illnesses came to Doctor's mind, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He quickly pulled out his phone and prepared to call Emily. At this time, he needed to find foreign aid who understood emotions better.

"No need to call Emily or Hotch, I'm fine."

A slightly hoarse voice suddenly came from the ear. Reid looked up in surprise, great!

Michelle, who was obviously amused by Reid's silly expression, felt that her mood was not as bad as before. It was true that she called Reid the mascot of BAU before.Seeing Reid like this, no matter how depressed and sad, I feel healed.

"Even if I'm not a profiler, I can read the expression on your face. It's so easy to guess."

Capturing the faint smile on Michelle's face, Reid felt that his heart finally fell to the ground, just smile.

"I'm really fine. I just feel a little discouraged, so I don't want to talk." Michelle knew that she had made Reid worry. It was obvious that he asked her out out of good intentions, but it turned out like this. "You don't have to blame yourself, it has nothing to do with you .It's about me and Hotch."

Reid was even more worried, Michelle's flat tone when she mentioned Hotch really couldn't stop him from thinking about it.

"I figured it out. It's really stupid to wait for the mountain to come over, let alone such a smelly and hard mountain."

Seeing the genius baby's more puzzled expression, Michelle, who had just recovered a little, felt messy again in an instant. She really couldn't count on Doctor's EQ, so she gave a helpless reminder——

"Mountains can't come over, I'll go over."

Sure enough, Reid began to endorse again in a serious manner, "This is an allusion from the Qur'an. Ask the Prophet alone..."

Michelle, who felt a sudden headache, watched Reid finish the allusion very quickly, and blinked innocently: "So... what did you mean just now?"

"What? Didn't I just...didn't I say it?" Emotional intelligence really made people anxious, Michelle looked at Reid's questioning expression that didn't seem fake, and waved her hands weakly, "Forget it, forget it...Nevermind."

"Hey! What..." Michelle leaned her head back on the bench, ignoring Reid's chatter.So the idea that she valued Hotch so much before was simply too stupid, liking it was her own thing, whether he was bored or not, it had nothing to do with her.All she needs to do is to follow behind him thick-skinned and wait for the moment when he turns around, that's all.

Well, what a beautiful day! Feeling the warm sunshine and fresh air, Michelle gradually leaned back on the chair and fell asleep.

Reid, who had been noisy all the time, saw Michelle finally calmed down, and a gentle and sly smile climbed onto the young Doctor's face.

If it made her happy to make him play dumb, he didn't mind.It can only be said that his usual image is too popular, so the exaggerated performance just now did not arouse Michelle's suspicion.But it is also possible that Michelle saw through her mind and deliberately pushed the boat along.

Forget it, forget it, whatever, Nevermind.

Reid also leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the rare fine weather.

Pedestrians on the road saw this scene, smiled knowingly, and left quietly without disturbing.

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Tucson desert.

The rare moon and stars are rare.

With the faint moonlight, I saw a few black spots moving slowly in the desert.

This is the place where the southwestern part of Arizona and Mexico meet.

The famous "Devil's Road".

Even though countless people die on this road every year, wave after wave of illegal immigrants continue to embark on this road of no return without hesitation.

Because even if there is such a one-in-a-thousand chance, once they can successfully reach the end, then what awaits these illegal immigrants is paradise-the United States that symbolizes work and wealth.

And now it is such a group of people who are eager to walk in the dark.Most of them are young lovers and husbands and wives, and they have embarked on such a dangerous road full of thorns with longing for a better future.

Suddenly one of the fat young men stopped and collapsed on the ground, "I can't, I can't walk anymore."

The people in front didn't pay attention to this little episode, except the man's wife who looked at him anxiously, "Honey, come on, stand up quickly, we are almost at the last transit station."

The transfer station, as it is called, is actually just a lot of hidden places set up by many snakeheads in the vast desert in order to improve the survival rate of smuggling people and get more final payment.There, tired people no longer need to worry about being exposed to the sun during the day and the temperature being too low at night, they can rest assured and recuperate, and replenish lost nutrients and water.

"It doesn't matter, you follow them first. I will follow after a short rest." The man comforted his anxious wife panting.

The wife was not willing to abandon her husband, but the man kept persuading him, coupled with the impatient look of the snake head not far away, he finally listened to the persuasion and left without turning his head.

The man rested on the spot for a while, deeply regretting his lack of exercise, he gritted his teeth and stood up, chasing in the direction where the large army left.

The desert at night seemed extraordinarily quiet, and the man could only hear the rustling footsteps under his feet.

The shadows of the tall cactuses under the moonlight look extraordinarily gloomy, as if there are monsters lurking in the darkness, coveting, and will pounce on them at any time.

I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the man seemed to hear some rumbling sounds.It's better to catch up with them quickly, the man felt a little hairy in his heart, and he couldn't help speeding up his pace.

Then the sound grew louder and closer.Only then did the man become sure that he was not hallucinating, could it be the border police?There was a burst of anxiety in my heart, the more I wanted to speed up, but I tripped myself and rolled down the sandy slope.

The rumbling sound was approaching, and with it came the lights.

The man struggled to get up from the sand in embarrassment, but was so stimulated by a strong beam of light that directly shone on his eyes that he couldn't open his eyes.It's been a long time.

While avoiding the lights, the man waved his hands wildly, "Hey, you've caught me. Remove the lights!"

However, what was waiting for the man was not the questioning of the police who turned off the lights, but the sound of the motor accelerating.

The man opened his eyes in fear, "Hey, what are you doing? Hello!"

Without answering, the heavy motorcycle ruthlessly drove towards the man.

Knowing something for a moment, the man started to run back in horror, "You are not a policeman! Who are you? What are you going to do!"

In the silent desert, only the roar of motorcycle motors and the panicked shouts of men can be heard.

Staggering, the man fell to the ground again. Seeing that the motorcycle also stopped, the man begged for mercy, "Please, don't do this..."

However, what answered him was still the roar of the motor.

The man closed his eyes in despair...