I'm back hope you like. I don't own Criminal Minds
Reid walked into the office and was about to approach his desk when he noticed a girl sitting at it. She was wearing black jeans, with black velvet boots, a white v-neck tee shirt and a black hoodie. He shot a confused look at her hair as she sketched something on a blank sheet of copy paper she found on his desk, she had long needle straight chestnut hair with a single dark pink streak to the left of her face. He looked at her once more and bee-lined to Hotch's office
"Are you aware that there is a girl at my desk?" he asked after entering
"Yes I was wondering if you could watch her, as you can see I'm neck deep in paperwork, so is JJ and Dave and Morgan has two days off to go meet his mom,"
"But you know I'm no good with kids, the last time I approached a little girl she kneed me in the groin and ran away screaming to her mother, I mean, what am I even supposed to say to her?"
"Garcia will help you and you'd be surprised to know Reid that most people will listen when you aren't rambling even thirteen year old girls,"
"Why is she here again?"
"Her entire family was killed and CPS can't find her a foster home," he nodded and walked out of the office
"Hi," Reid said from behind her causing her to jump out of the chair, he noticed tear tracks on her face before she quickly wiped them away, she looked slightly italian
"Um, agent Hotchner told me to-"
"It's okay have a seat," he said pulling up Morgan's empty chair "I'm D-Spencer,"
"Rosanna, my friends call me Rose,"
"You're really talented," he said observing what she drew, it was a woman's face she rubbed her fingers on the lines to create a downward movement making it look as if the woman was wet and crying. There were other pictures scattered on the desk, one of Hotch, Garcia and another of a boy he looked to be around her age but it was difficult to tell from a drawing
"Th-thanks," she said shyly
"I heard about what happened to your family, I'm sorry,"
"It wouldn't make a difference, forgive me for saying this but I would rather live on my own,"
"What do you mean?" he asked confused, she hesitantly raised her tee shirt revealing a long scar along her abdomen
"My father was schizophrenic, he accidentally hit my mom once and he and my uncle got into a fight, one of them threw a knife and it cut me..." she trailed off as she put back down her shirt, he couldn't help but feel that there was something else she wanted say but couldn't "I was more like their maid than a family member,"
"Who's the boy in the picture?" he asked picking up to page with the boy on it revealing another of an entire family including her and the boy
"My actual family..." she looked at it with a smile "My best friend Lucas,"
"That's his family?" he asked gesturing to the other picture, she nodded.
They talked as he did his paperwork until evening when it was time for everyone to leave
"Rose you're gonna have to stay with one of us, since CPS couldn't find you a home yet," Hotch said as she grabbed her duffel bag
"She can stay with me," Reid offered, he couldn't believe that he Spencer Reid the man who all animals and kids hated had grown so close to a girl in just one day, that and he wanted to help her, he still racked his mind to figure out what was wrong with her, he knew she had an abusive family but still he couldn't put his finger on it. Everyone looked at him as if he'd grown two heads, "I have an extra room and nothing to do tonight but read, I'd be glad to help her,"
"I never thought I'd see the day," Rossi said
"I think it's sweet Spence," JJ said ruffling his hair
"So you'll stay with Reid till CPS finds you a foster home, or is there one of us other than Reid you'd rather stay with,"
"I'll be fine with anyone," she said shyly, Reid led her out to his car and drove her to his apartment building
Reid unlocked the door and led Rose inside. She looked around and saw endless books, something about the scent of the apartment was comforting to her, old books, coffee and an unusual musk but it was comforting to her.
"Your room is right across the hall from mine, I changed the sheets yesterday," he said leading her to her room
"Thanks," she said shyly before going inside and dropping her bag down on the bed
"What do you want for dinner? I was thinking of ordering take out," he said walking her back out to the kitchen, she observed his kitchen ware, noticing everything was practically brand new except the kettle
"When was the last time you ate an actual home cooked meal?" she said looking at his pantry searching for things she could use to make dinner
"Um I'd say roughly six months, two weeks, four days ago," she looked at him mouth slightly ajar "I rarely get time to cook because I get called out to work a lot," he explained
"Well what do you have to cook," she asked looking through his fridge
"I restock the shelves but I rarely cook anything on them, everything is fresh," he said as she pulled out a chicken breast from the freezer and put it to thaw out along with some fresh veggies "What are you making?" he asked as she started washing the vegetables
"Deconstructed chicken noodle soup,"
"What can I do to help?" she handed him a knife, chopping board and three carrots
"Peel and slice the carrots into thin disks," she said showing him how to cut the carrots into disks, after assigning him the task she placed a pot of water on the stove to boil and got to work on cubing the chicken breast
"Who taught you to cook?"
"My Nona, she taught me most of the family recipes everything else is self taught," she said with a sad smile on her face remembering her grandmother
"You're Italian?"
"My mother's side of the family," they cooked the rest of the dinner in companionable silence
They had just finished dinner and sat down to eat when there was a knock on the door
"I'll get it," Reid said getting up, when he opened the door the boy from Rose's drawing was standing there, the boy looked at the gun on his waist and paled
"Um, I-I, I uh, I-I came to-"
"Lucas?" the boy nodded "Rose it's your friend," he called as he guided Lucas in
"Luke hi," she said hugging him
"Hey, I just came to drop off Leia," he said bringing in a cat carrier
"Oh thanks," she said letting the cat out "But um, I'm just staying her temporarily until they find me a foster home or something,"
"Foster home?" the boy asked as if he was offended "Well why don't you come stay with us, mom already loves you,"
"Thanks but you guys have done enough for me,"
"Well are you at least coming back to school,"
"Yeah, that depends on the foster family,"
"Rose I can't stand to see you like this it was bad enough when your own family treated you like garbage," Spencer watched the two converse, it was clear they were close like family, but he saw something in the boy's eyes, something he used to feel for Maeve, but he could see the boy not wanting to do something about it, he probably thought he'd ruin everything if he did
"It's fine really, would you mind watching Leia for a couple more days just until I find a foster family, if they don't allow pets I'll put her up for adoption,"
"Don't worry about it, I'll keep her safe, I'm worried about you Rose," he said putting a hand on her shoulder almost as if he was afraid
"I'll be fine," she said as he nodded and left with the cat.
"You two are really close," Spencer said as she closed the door and turned around
"We've been best friends since preschool I wouldn't have it any other way," he shot her an awkward smile
"Lets have dinner,"
After dinner they washed up and sat down to read some books seeing as there was nothing good on TV
"Can you actually read that fast?" he looked up from his book not wanting to confuse her he answered simply
"I can read 20,000 words per minute," she blinked and nodded
"Cool," she went back to reading her book, he noticed her flinching slightly as she moved her wrist to turn the page
"You alright?"
"Yeah," he furrowed his brows at her
"What's wrong with your wrist?"
"I can't get anything by you can I?" he smiled and shook his head
"What do you expect from one of the best profilers," he said smugly
"You don't need to worry," she said going back to reading, he nodded, but deep down he was worried, he was still trying to figure out what she was hiding
Spencer lay in his bed staring at the ceiling racking his brain to figure out what Rose was hiding from him when he heard whimpering from the other room. He quietly got up grabbed his gun and went into the other room.
Hehe cliffhanger and it's only the first chapter, I'm evil aren't I. Don't worry second chapter coming really soon depending on the reviews. Can you guys figure out what Rosanna is hiding? feel free to leave what you think in reviews.