Spencer sat staring out the window, watching the clouds pass by. He tried to think when he had first started to feel this way. It was one of his favorite memories…

"You're Doctor Reid?"

Reid looked up from his piece of cake and looked at the Morgan women that were all smiling kindly at him.

"Derek talks about you."

It wasn't the first time that he had thought of Derek but it was when he realized that he had feelings for Derek…strong feelings for Derek.

Spencer slowly stood up, it was his first day off in almost a month and he realized he didn't know what to do. Working was almost all he had, and when he wasn't doing it was hard to find something else to do.

So he had started writing. His mother had given him the idea when he was talking on the phone to her a couple months ago.

"Why not write a book Spence?"

Spencer sighed then shoved another spoonful of Fruity Pebbles in his mouth. "I don't know Mom…"

"Why not Spence? Write a Fiction novel…that has nothing to do with science or science fiction…you know… make it a challenge."

Spencer loved those moments when his mother was lucid. She made him feel like he had someone to lean on even if it was briefly.

So he took her advice and after doing research he wrote three novels. One was a murder mystery, the others where romances. The only difference with the last one was it was a romance about two gay men.

He took his own feelings and wrote them down, and on top of being therapeutic it made he realize how much of a chance he really had with Derek…zero. But he was convinced that if he couldn't have a happy ending, his characters would.

He was now working on a book that he had modeled after Jane Austen but he was having writers block and decided to take a break. Now all he was doing was sitting at his window looking at the sky.

It took him only five minutes to brush his hair and he headed out. He went to a local café and sat down. Sometimes he hated being a profiler…he would just be looking around at people and he would figure things out about them without even meaning to.

It took him a second to realize that about six people had one of his books. He felt his mouth flop open a little and then took out his phone and texted his editor.

He got a text back with just a smiley face and he sat staring at each of the books. His phone rang and he flipped it open, "Spencer! I know your brain is way smarter then mine, so how have you not realized how famous your books have gotten?"

Spencer laughed at his editor's, Sarah McClain, upbeat voice, "Well I mean you're a small publishing company…and I don't read the paper or anything."

He heard her bubbly laugh, "Silly! You're making this company sooo much money!! I've started to get calls about people wanting to meet you. Are you sure about remaining anonymous?"

Spencer gulped, "Yea…I really want to remain that way. I'll have that new book for you in a week."

He heard her squeal, "Oh I love working with a genius!!"

He chuckled lightly and hung up. He got a coffee to go and headed back to his apartment, he had a book to finish.

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Spencer sat down at his desk and looked up to see Garcia, Emily and JJ all sitting in JJ's office. He slowly walked over, "What are you guys doing?"

They all grinned at him and JJ held up a book, "Book discussion. We all realized we loved these books."

Spencer blushed and nodded, "Yea I've read them."

Garcia gushed, "I love the one about the gay couple!! And the murder mystery was amazing. Oh and the one about the self-conscious girl finding true love was awesome!"

Emily laughed, "So basically we like them all!"

Reid jumped when Hotch walked threw the door, "JJ can I-…what are you guys doing?"

They showed him the book, "I've heard about them, but I haven't read them. Rossi read the murder mystery, said it was good…"

Spencer felt his blush increasing and was happy no one was looking at him. When everyone dispersed he sat at his desk and suddenly felt a smile on his face, his team…his family…they loved his books…

The stupid grin was stuck on his face until Derek waved a hand in front of his face, "Pretty Boy…you okay?"

Spencer jumped a little and nodded, "Yea I'm fine…what's up?"

Derek smiled at him, although he still looked worried, "JJ has a new case for us."

It took them twenty minutes to be briefed and then they were taking off on the jet to California. Spencer looked up to see JJ and Emily reading his books and again it made him blush.

JJ let out a gasp and Emily's eyes shot up, "You got to Chapter 9!!"

Hotch shook his head and looked at Rossi, "I'm going to have to read these books, or I will never hear the end of it."

Rossi smiled, "they are good, and I've read them all. Whoever the author is he either writes fast or had had these stocks piled up, waiting to publish."

Derek was listening in, "Who is the author?"

Emily's closed the book quickly, "No one knows! We even had Garcia try and apparently the little technology the small publishing company uses is a no-go. She even tried just calling but the editor; Sarah McClain is as solid as a rock. But it's so romantic!"

Spencer grinned at the information and then silently texted a thank you to Sarah. He had never texted before and wasn't very good at it, but Sarah had made him text. She knew about his job so she didn't want to call when he was busy. Texting was easier.

When they landed they went right into action, immediately he and JJ set up while the others went to the crime scenes. The attacker was brutal and he was taking children. The only difference was he wasn't raping them he was simply killing.

It didn't make sense, normally an unsub who took children would either sexually assault them or it was personal. Reid started to set up the geographical profile. He didn't see anything significant, then "JJ get Hotch on the phone."

JJ called and put it on speaker, "JJ what is it?"

Reid was still marking the spots on the map, "the unsub is killing as a religious mission or something. All the kids that where killed make a huge cross on the map and the center of the cross is at the church on W. Main St."

"Thanks Spencer, have Garcia see if she can get anything on the church."

It took Garcia ten minutes to call back, "Okay gets this, and all those kids have one thing in common. They all went to the same church camp about an hour out of town. I've already talked to Hotch and I've sent a list of the employees to him. Derek and Emily are on there way out there."

It took Hotch and Rossi twenty minutes to get back and they all took a look at the list of costumers, "It's a cult, how could you kill five kids all at once…"

Reid winced at the images in his head, "You could but it would be difficult and none of these employees have the background of study to do it."

JJ looked at him and shook her head, "Thank God you're one of the good guys Spence."

Hotch nodded in agreement, "so if there more then one unsub, how many out of these thirty and how many?

Derek sighed, this was difficult, he and Emily agreed that at least five of the employees where suspicious but they had their alibis down packed and they weren't going to rat each other out.

"Hotch we've got nothing. They are definitely suspicious but they aren't going to turn on each other."

He heard Hotch sigh, "Then we will have to catch them in the act."

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Derek watched as Spencer sat in the hospital room…again. It seemed like trouble followed this boy where ever he went. Just as he was about to walk in he saw a blonde bubbly girl run into the room and wrap Spencer in a hug.

Two things hit Derek, surprise at Spencer so willingly accepting a hug and jealousy. The jealousy ripped threw him and he had to take a moment to calm himself. They talked for a little while longer and then when she left he slowly walked in, "Who was she?"

Spencer jumped a little and then looked panicked, before trying to calm down, "N-no one…just a f-friend."

Derek raised and eyebrow, judging by Reid's reaction he would say they were more then friends…and again the jealousy was back, along with hurt.

"So Pretty Boy the doctor says you will have to be off that knee for a month, which means you will be stuck in the police stations for a while."

Reid wrinkled up his nose and reached for his Jell-O, "well we didn't expect any of the cult members to have a gun, they just beat the children. But I will be okay. How long do I have off of work?"

Derek smiled, "Two weeks. I have three days off to stay with you and then I will be checking on you everyday after that…unless we have a case."

Reid was blushing, "You don't need too…"

"Unless your girlfriend already plans on staying and taking care of you…then I can just come over every day after work."

Spencer's eyes snapped up, "She is not my girlfriend!"

Derek just watched him for a moment, "Well then, I have my stuff backed, let me go get you a wheelchair."

Spencer watched as he made his way out of the room. How had he gotten into this?