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Reid twists his hands around the handle of his duffel bag as he walks to the bus stop. He breathes out a sigh of relief as the hospital behind him gets further and further away. He has a few blocks to go and so he thinks back on his time in there.
After finding out his father did not murder one of his peers, Reid went to visit his mom. After a few hours he was leaving when he ran into Diana’s doctor. “Hey Dr. White,” Spencer greets her.
“Spencer I’ve told you that you can call me Cathy” She says smiling at him, Spencer blushes and shrugs and she continues, “So are you here to visit your mother?”
Reid is immediately confused, “I’m actually leaving, we were just talking for like three hours.” He points over to the lounge area where his mom is reading a book now.
Dr. White shakes her head, “No I was just in session with her and before that she was in her room. Now she is in art therapy.” She tells him matter-of-factly.
“How can that be I was just talking to her about the BAU and how my life is going. I told her I was seeking help for my addiction and she said she was proud of me” Spencer tells her getting quieter as he thinks back to the conversation. She did seem awfully quiet today he thinks to himself.
Dr. White is growing concerned now. “Dr. Reid are you feeling okay?”
Spencer looks startled by her question as if he forgot she was there and that they were talking. “Dr. White you scared me.” Spencer says with a small laugh.
This has the doctor even more concerned, but she does not push it. “Are you going home, Spencer?”
Reid nods and smiles “Yeah just had a great visit with my mom so I’m going to head to my hotel, and I’ll be back tomorrow before I head to the airport.” He informs her.
“Okay then, I’ll see you tomorrow” She says, and they walk in different directions the doctor really concerned about her patient’s son.
While he is walking out, Spence rolls his eyes at the sight of Tobias Hankel waiting for him at the door. “Leave me alone!” He orders clearly annoyed.
“Aww, but why man? Aren’t we best friends?”
Spence scoffs and continues to walk away, “Not even close, you got me addicted to dilaudid, remember?”
“Now don’t be like that, you like it and you know it. In fact, you are gonna get high as soon as we get back to the hotel room, aren’t ya?” He laughs.
Spencer ignores him and shoves headphones in his ears and listens to his favorite Beethoven piece. The bus gets there, and Spencer gets on with Hankel following suit.
“Are you seriously trying to ignore me?”
Spencer shuts his eyes trying to block him out.
“Come on you know that doesn’t work”
Finally, Spencer has had enough, and he rips out his earphones stands up and screams, “Just shut the fuck up, asshole!” Everyone turns to look at him.
The guys sitting beside him jumps frightened but doesn’t let it show. “Chill man, I just asked what you were listening to, sorry.” He holds up his hands in surrender and gets up to move to a different seat.
Tobias smirks and dissipates.
Spencer blushes and sits back down in his seat trying to keep a low profile. When he finally makes it to the stop close to his hotel, he gets annoyed when he sees Tobias following him again. Hankel doesn’t try to speak to him, yet. They make it up the stairs avoiding most people like that, and Reid unlocks the door. They enter and Reid throws his bag on the couch and calls the front desk to order room service. When that’s done, he finds the vial of his drug of choice from where he stuffed it under the mattress and draws some up into a needle. All the while Tobias is whispering in his ear to get more. Reid ignores him, tying the tourniquet around his bicep, and injecting himself with the drug.
A few minutes later a man delivers the food and when he opens the door, he spots Reid passed out on the floor with a needle in his arm. He calls 9-1-1 and then the front desk. When paramedics get there, they find he still has a slow heart rate and shallow breathing. They give him Narcan to counter act the effects of the drug. He wakes up briefly but not for long as he passes out again. They load him onto a stretcher and into the back of the ambulance and take him to the ER.
A few hours later Reid wakes up in the ER. “Where am I?” He asks but no one other than Tobias Hankel is there, and he keeps quiet. He looks around and notices he’s in a hospital room. Great he thinks to himself.
“You fucked up Dr. Reid!” Hankel mocks him, with a small smirk.
“Shut up!” Reid tells him.
“You just had to shoot up, didn’t you?” Tobias interrogates him. “You couldn’t have waited thirty more minutes and then you would have been in the clear.”
Spencer grimaces but doesn’t look at him. A nurse comes in. “Good you’re awake. My name is Britney” She starts taking his vitals. “So how long have you been doing Dilaudid?” She questions him.
Spencer swallows, “A few months, but that was my first time in 3 weeks” She nods and gives him a pity look, Spencer hates getting that look.
“You know dilaudid is a hard one to come across, they’re are easier to come by drugs out there.” She states, curious.
Spencer get annoyed quickly, “I didn’t want to be an addict okay! It’s not my fault, I was kidnapped, and he injected me with it.” The nurse immediately regrets her words and doesn’t say anything else.
“Yeah sure blame me.”
“It was your fault you asshole!” Spencer yells at him. The nurse jumps.
“That was my fault?” She asks nicely. “Yeah but I didn’t make you keep taking it after you got free.”
“The fuck you didn’t, you won’t shut up until I do!” Spencer screams at him ignoring the nurse.
The nurse is overly concerned, “Sir, who are you talking to?” Tobias rolls his eyes and gives Reid the middle finger before transforming into Diana Reid.
Upon seeing her Spence starts crying, “I’m so sorry mom, I tried to be strong, but he just won’t stop.”
The nurse stays quiet and hits the call button and approaches the bed. “It’s okay Spencer, it’s not your fault. I still love you.” She kisses the top of his head and wraps him in a hug.
Spencer hugs her waist, which is really the nurse, and continues to cry. “I love you too, Mom.”
The nurse stands there shocked and raises her finger to her lips when another nurse comes in. The new nurse slowly and quietly makes her way over to them. “Go get psych.” Britney whispers in her ear. The other nurse nods and leaves.
With psych on the way, Spencer lets go of Britney’s waist and holds her hand instead. “Mom, who told you I was here and who brought you?
Britney stays quiet already working out that his delusion will answer him even if she wasn’t there. “Dr. White, of course. Silly boy, who else? Spencer shrugs but doesn’t answer. A doctor from psych enters the room but Reid doesn’t acknowledge him.
“What going on?” He asks, taking in the joined hands.
Britney looks up, “He is experiencing some sort of delusion. I’m not sure if its from the drugs or not. First, he was screaming at somebody, and now he thinks his mother is here.” She explains.
The doctor frowns, “Well it could be the drug or something else. Hmm, as soon as he’s able to be moved I’d like for him to on the mental ward for observation. I’ll be able to better assess the situation up there.”
The ER doctor enters right then, “Well, Dr. Moore, he can go now, he’s physically stable and nothing is holding him here.” Spencer had zoned out now and had released Britney’s hand. “Britney please go ahead and roll Mr. Reid up there.” Britney nodded.
Dr. Moore held up his hand, “First, I’d like to give him a sedative, just in case.” The ER doctor nodded, and Britney went to get it. When she came back, she plunged to needle into his upper arm and Spencer was out like a light. Unknown to him, for the rest of the night.
Britney wheeled hi m up to the mental ward following Dr. Moore there. Spencer slept soundly, his dreams bouncing between his mom and Tobias Hankel.