Dancing With Cinderella
***In this, Kate is not going to leave, she already had her baby, JJ just got pregnant (she's due in October), and everything else is the same as in the show.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Criminal Minds. (I wish I owned Reid.)
(March, 2015)
"Hey, Reid. I know you asked for the day off on Tuesday, but we got a case and we could really need you to come along. It's in North Carolina," Reid listened to Hotch's voice on his answering machine before jumping in the car, a bag already packed in there for what he thought he was going to be doing. But, as usual, the B.A.U. had other plans.
JJ gave him a confused look as he walked into the briefing.
"I thought you were off."
"I thought I was too."
JJ grinned at him. "Well, since everyone is here, I have an announcement. I'm pregnant."
"I get another godson," Reid smiled widely. He couldn't believe this.
"Or goddaughter," Garcia butted in, giving JJ one of her famous, gigantic hug.
"I hate to interrupt this happy moment, but the clock is ticking. Six bodies have been found in the past four and a half weeks. The last two were found just three days apart," JJ flipped trough pictures of the bodies. Four females and two males, all stabbed through the heart.
"Wheels up in thirty," Hotch said as per usual.
"Hey, Hotch?" Reid asked cautiously.
"What do you need, Reid?"
"I can go on this case, it works out perfectly. I was supposed to go to North Carolina tomorrow anyway. Would I be able to step away for a few hours on Tuesday? I'll have to go back home then, too." It was Sunday, that gave Reid two days to help his team on the case.
"Yeah, no problem, Reid. Can I ask what you're doing?" Hotch asked politely.
"I have an announcement when we get on the plane."
Reid was sitting on the jet within ten minutes, his head swirling. So much has happened within the past few days. He couldn't believe that the past two years had led to this moment. He barely noticed Hotch climbing onto the jet until he nodded at Reid to talk.
"Hey, guys," Reid got everyone's attention. "Looks like JJ's new baby is going to have a cousin." Everyone's faces were shocked.
"You got a girl pregnant?" Morgan demanded, shock filling his voice.
"No!" Reid assured hurriedly. "I've been trying to adopt for over a year now. I got the call a few days ago. All I know is that she's twelve, almost thirteen, her name is Linsey Victoria, and that she has PTSD."
"Congratulations," Morgan patted him on the back, excited for his friend. It was about time he wasn't on his own.
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"You can call me Uncle Spencer if you'd like," Spencer said cheerfully to the girl in the seat next to him. She nodded mutely, not meeting his eyes.
"What should I call you? Do you go by Linsey?" He asked, hoping for a verbal answer.
"Yeah. Linsey," she whispered softly. It was a start.
A/n: How is it so far? I plan to do a few chapters in 2015, and then skip a year into the good stuff.
Aufenthalt Gold lovelies,
- Alee XxX