AN:I'm not normally a Reid and Prentiss fan but I've read some really good stories lately and I think I can see it happen. Anyway, I decided to try one myself. Hopefully it's up to your standards and you enjoy! Please R&R! Would like to know if you like it or not.

Disclaimer:I don't own CM or anything else affiliated with it. Just the story line.

Lying is Easier

Sometimes lying to the ones you love is easier than telling them the truth.

Spencer sat in the waiting room at the hospital waiting on the doctor to call him and tell him the results of the tests they had run a week and a half ago. He had gotten sick and thought it might be some stomach bug but Emily had insisted he visit the doctor just to make sure. Spencer smiled when he thought of Emily. She had been fussing over him ever since they had started to date. She obviously cared a lot about him and no one has ever shown him the kind of love she had in the last 8 months.

"Dr. Reid?" called the nurse pulling him out of his thoughts. "The doctor is ready to see you now. Just come with me."

Spencer nodded as he stood up and followed the nurse out of the waiting room and into an examination room to wait for the doctor. He thanked her and picked up a magazine as she left the room. Spencer never really reads magazines to often because of his eidetic memory but he decided to just flip through the pages until the doctor came in to keep his hands busy; his mind was on the latest date he had had with Emily...

"Spencer, you Ok? You seem a little distracted," she said taking his hand from across the table.

"What? Yeah, I'm alright. Just haven't really felt like myself lately. I'm more tired than usual. But I'll be Ok," Spencer smiled at her and squeezed her hand.

Emily smiled. "Ok, but if you're not feeling better by Monday, I'm making a doctor's appointment for you."

"Sure, Emily. But I'll be feeling better by then. I feel better already!" he said smiling.

"Well, if you're feeling better now, how about you dance with me?"

Spencer's smiled got wider as he stood and pulled Emily to her feet and walked with her to the dance floor where they danced the rest of the night.

Spencer smiled at the memory. She had looked so beautiful that night. And the love and tenderness that showed on her face made her look even more beautiful than ever, if that was possible. Spencer sighed and laid the magazine back down on the table as the doctor came in.

"Dr. Reid, how are you feeling today?" asked Dr. Brown.

"I feel fine today. Still a little tired but could be the case we just finished up. Child abductions are the worst kind to have when you are tired."

Dr. Brown nodded his head as if he understood and opened the medical chart in front of him. "Well, we ran several tests on you last week and I'm afraid I have some really bad news. We ran them several ways and got the same results every time. Spencer, I'm sorry but you have a very rare blood disease."

Spencer sat there dumbfounded. "Are-are you sure? I mean I don't feel sick, just a little tired..." He stopped at the look on Dr. Brown's face. "How bad is it?"

"There are some medicines we can try if you would like. They're just in the experimental phase at the moment but mostly all we can do is make you comfortable. This disease and quick and brutal on the body. I haven't seen any success stories so far..." Dr. Brown trailed off as Spencer's face fell.

"I really am sorry Spencer."

"It's Dr. Brown," Spencer said in a small voice. "Umm, I know that with these types of results that you have to call my boss, but can you hold off? I'd like to break the news myself."

"Sure, Spencer. I would like to have you back in a couple of days though to discuss what we can do and the types of things we can try. Just because the mortality rate is at 100 percent doesn't mean we can't change that, alright?" Dr. Brown seemed at a lost for words.

Spencer knew that this was hard on him as well. They had been friends for awhile. He just nodded and tried to smile at the good doctor as he left the exam room and headed out of the hospital. As he climbed in to his car he thought of the best way to break the news to everyone. He knew Emily would be devestated and Garcia would break down crying. He didn't want to have to see that. It was bad enough that he probably didn't have much longer to live. He didn't want it to ruin their lives too.

Spencer didn't know what to do. He didn't want to lie to them but telling them the truth was harder than lying to them. He decided there was only one person who could help him sort out the mess that was in his head.