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I. February 2012
Morgan is currently drinking her 3rd cup of crappy coffee for the night.
“Woah. You know that’s coffee and not water” Sara joked as Morgan sipped her coffee.
“ I know. I wasn’t able to sleep properly since my - “ crap almost slipped there “- housemate snores and it kept me awake”
“I did not know you had a housemate. And if it kept you awake, that is a loud snore”
“Yeah. It’s kinda new.” Morgan shrugs and finishes her coffee.
Sara also finished her coffee and stood up. “Oh, you have some fur on your shoulder”
“I know. That’s cat hair”
“Housemate again?”
“Yeah. They came together. So I have a cat housemate too”
“It seems you should not be with this housemate of yours” Sara laughs.
“Nah. Worth it” Morgan shrugs and leaves to prepare for the next crime scene.
II. August 2012
The LVPD CSI Family (as Russell calls it) is currently out drinking at Catherine’s casino.
“To a successful first half of the year” Russell raised his beer and the others followed.
“Salut!” They said in unison.
Morgan is currently sitting between Finn and Hodges. Finn did not expect Hodges to go with the whole team in this kind of event.
“So Henry, how is the dating pool right now?” asks Nick
“Same as always. Never reached the third date. You can ask Hodges, he knows all about it too.” Said Henry while finishing his 3rd beer.
Hodges did not hear what Henry said since he is busy stopping Morgan on drinking her 5th bottle of the night.
Finn witnessed the unusual interaction between Morgan and Hodges, and noticed that Hodges’ drink is non alcoholic.
“You already reached your beer limit for the day” chastised Hodges to the giggly woman beside him.
Morgan leaned on his shoulder and whispered within Finn’s earshot “But you’re the one who’s driving. I can drink moreee”
“No. You will puke and blame me when you have painful hungover when you wake up”
When did these two become so close? Finn wondered, but her thought was cut off with Russell calling her.
“Jules, we are needed for a crime scene. This is a special one”
“Dammit. Unlucky me for drinking one bottle only” said Finn.
“You can sober up on the way. Doc is already inspecting the body. A car will pick us up since it is not safe for the both of us to drive.”
III. April 2013
“That’s a fancy patch you got there, Hodges” greeted Nick seeing the pain killer patch on Hodges’ nape.
“Didn’t sleep well coz the couch was uncomfortable” Hodges said nonchalantly.
“Dude, why sleep on the couch, you have a bed right”
“Uh-“ Hodges stammered “my… my” Shit, this is why I don’t lie “mother is staying with me and she is not a good companion as of the moment”
“You sure it’s your mother who is not a good companion Hodges? And not you?” Morgan said with a bit more weight on the words while leaning on the doorway of Hodges’ office.
“Yes, I am sure. Just some arguments in hypothetical scenarios and there she is, being a pain”
“Huh. Hypothetical” and with that Morgan left his office leaving Nick confused with the interaction.
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“What got you in a bad mood today?” Nick asked while he is inspecting the crime scene with Morgan.
Morgan is busy looking on the pillows and bedsheet when he looked up to Nick “Nothing”
“Come on, you even snapped at Hodges”
“I don’t know. Let me ask you a hypothetical question”
“Shoot”
“Hypothetically, your wife or girlfriend is pregnant, will you tell her to stop working?”
“Hmm. That’s a question that came from nowhere, Morgan.”
“Just…humor me Nick, please”
“Uhm, it depends?”
“Depends on what?” Morgan snapped.
“Depends on the risk of the pregnancy, stress on the job, and whether she wants to continue working”
“Thank you! That last part is a good help” Morgan smiled at Nick.
“Somebody, pregnant? Are you pregnant?”
“Uhm- my… friend is. And her husband doesn’t know yet but they.. talked about it hypothetically.”
“Huh. Maybe she needs to talk to her husband. The answer might change if it is not hypothetical.”
“Yuhh… maybe”
“Gotta tell you, Morgan. That’s a lot of anger just for a friend”
“What can I say, I am a great friend.”
IV. May 2013
“David Hodges! Where’s David?” Conrad comes inside the lab with the kind of anger of a father.
“Uh-oh. That’s not good” Henry said from Hodges’ back.
“Ecklie! Hi! What brought you to my humble lab” Hodges said nervously.
“I think you know”
“I don’t quite follow.”
“Dad. What are you doing here?” Morgan asked her father. She has an important thing to tell Hodges.
“Talking to Hodges.” He looks at Hodges “When are you gonna tell me?”
Oh no. He’s gonna tell him. Morgan thought nervously.
“Uhm. Hon- Hodges” the slip of the tongue did not go unnoticed with the onlookers that includes Finn and Nick. “Can we talk in the interrogation room?” She gestures to the empty room.
“No. You tell it here.” Ecklie is still angry.
“Dad. He doesn’t know it yet” she told her father.
“Know what?” Now it got David worried.
“Uh. You see…”
“Your wife is pregnant.” Conrad couldn’t wait and you can hear the irritation on his voice.
“Wife?” Finn gasped.
“Hodges has a wife?” Nick looked around looking for answers.
“Yep. Me” Morgan walked beside David and he puts his hand on her lower back.
“When?” And it is Henry’s turn to ask.
“Well, they filed it with HR and informed me last year” it’s Russell turn to butt in the conversation.
“Last year?” It’s a united question that the couple did not bother to answer. They are on their own little world.
“A baby? Really?” He is happy. You can see it in his eyes.
“Really. Found out last month”
“Is that why I was forced to sleep on the couch for a week after our conversation?”
“Yeah… I did not like the answer”
“I’m sorry, honey. We can talk about it again now that it’s not hypothetical”
“Ugh. I don’t want to see this sappy side. You owe me a story Morgan” Finn and the others left David’s lab with a lot of questions and aha moments.