Hello people of the world who are reading this. This is my first story so please not too harsh… No Will, Henry, or Mick in this story. *=taken from the show. Anyway don't own criminal minds or any of the characters or actors etc. etc. Enjoy the story

Reid quietly headed for the elevator. Emily had returned but the betrayal he had felt outweighed the happiness of having a friend he loved back. The people he loved the most lied to him and he couldn't bring himself to trust the team … Especially on the field. Not anymore...

"Goodbye everyone…" whispered Reid. The elevator doors closed as he descended. Spencer Reid had quit his job at the BAU.

JJ's POV

Hotch called us all into a meeting. I hadn't gotten any new cases so I wondered what this was all about. As we all gathered joking and happy that Emily was back Reid wasn't anywhere to be found. I found it strange but assumed he was with Hotch. All his stuff was still on his desk.

"So how was Paris?" I asked making small talk while waiting for Hotch. Emily was telling the team all about how much she missed them while she was gone when Hotch walked into the room.

"So what's the case this time?" Morgan asked.

"There isn't a case. I called you in here to inform you that Reid left the team this morning." Hotch replied. There was a strong silence in the room. I had an uneasy feeling. Reid was sensitive and it couldn't have been easy for him to take the lie we fed him. Our argument ran through my head

*"You know what I think it is?"

"What?"

"You're mad that Hotch and I controlled our micro expressions at the hospital and you weren't able to detect our deception."

"You think this is about my profiling skills? Jennifer listen, the only reason you were able to manage my perceptions is because I trusted you. I came to your house for 10 weeks in a row crying over losing a friend and not once did you have the decency to tell me the truth."

"I couldn't…"

"You couldn't or you wouldn't?"

"No, I couldn't."

"What if I started taking dilaudid again? Would you have let me?"

"You didn't."

"Yeah, well I thought about it."

"Spence, I'm sorry."

"It's too late, alright."* The argument rang through me head. I still remember the look of hurt and anger in his eyes. Then the statement Hotch had said hit me. Reid had quit the team? He couldn't have quit the team. His stuff was still here. Before I had a chance Emily ended the silence, "What? Why? What's going on? Did something happen with his mother?"

"Nothing happened… Reid quit…" It confirmed my suspicions. The room became quiet again. We all knew why Reid had left but it didn't become any easier to swallow.

"What about his stuff? Everything is still here even his messenger bag. Why would he leave those behind?"

"He said he would pick them up when he knew only I would still be in the office. He didn't want you guys to ask questions and he didn't want to lie to us about where he was going. He said…" Hotch broke and for the first time since his wife had died I could hear and see the pain, "He said he couldn't lie to us like we lied to him."

"Well then we wait for him. How dare he just leave without telling us goodbye?! Nope, that just doesn't work for momma. Everybody is staying here until he comes to get his stuff." Penelope put a smile on Morgan's and Rossi's faces. But I knew Spence. I knew he wouldn't be happy to see us when he walked in to gather his belongings. The man I loved quit the team and left me because I hadn't shared with him the truth. The man I loved left because Emily Prentiss didn't want word of her being alive to be spread. I wanted to cry right there. It sickened me that I may have ended thing with Spence on an argument. I could feel the knot tightening in my throat and my eyes watering as I thought about it more. I looked at Emily and saw her the same way as me. Her eyes were watering and she couldn't look away from her fidgeting hands. I knew Spence wouldn't like it but I would stay and wait for him anyway.

Emily's POV

I didn't want to believe that Reid had quit. I hadn't told Reid was alive because I knew he would've looked for me. If he had looked for me Doyle would've killed him. Doyle knew that I loved Reid. I hadn't known he had been listening during my restless nights begging Reid would ok and wishing I had told him that I loved him. I felt water in my eyes and I knew that if I looked up to see Hotch I would have broken down. I wondered how Hotch had felt when he was listening to Reid explaining his decision to quit the team. The idea of waiting for him didn't seem like a bad one but I couldn't wait for time to pass by slowly. I grabbed my bag and headed for my car. I was going to Reid's house and he was going to listen to me whether he wanted to or not.

JJ's POV

I watched as Emily got up and left. I wondered where she was going instead of waiting for Reid. She and I were the one's who needed to apologize to Reid the most and now she wasn't even going to stay? Hotch watched as well, but Morgan, Garcia, and Rossi were too busy planning what they would do for their boy genius.

Hotch's POV

My mind kept wandering to this morning when Reid had told me he was quitting.
"Look I know you're upset but this is a bold move don't you think?"

"A bold move?! A BOLD MOVE?! No a bold move was keeping me and the rest of the team in the dark! That was a bold move." I knew I shouldn't have said it but part of me hoped he was angry about the team not knowing and not on himself not knowing.

"The rest of the team knew…"

"What?! Oh that just makes it so much better doesn't it? Tell everyone but the 'baby' of the team."

"Reid, it wasn't like that! Emily told me specifically not to tell you."

"Hotch, I'm done. I'm quitting the team and nothing's going to stop me. Not anymore"

I watched as Reid walked out my office and headed to the elevators avoiding making a scene. I excused myself to my office and for the first time over a long period I allowed myself to cry.

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