This was entirely Penelope Garcia's fault. She could never keep out of other people's business, not ever. And now thanks to her meddling here stood Dr. Spencer Reid in front of everyone he cared about, trying desperately not to run to the bathroom to puke. He had never been more terrified in his life and it was all Penelope's fault.

It had all started 2 years ago when Kevin Lynch had asked Penelope Garcia to marry him. She had said yes and as a result an engagement party had been held. The party had been held by Penelope's best friend from childhood. A girl named Rebecca Donwell. Rebecca hadn't been at all what they had expected. From the stories Penelope had told them they expected someone just as wild and outgoing as Penelope herself. Instead the girl they met was calm and relaxed. She was just as eternally happy as Penelope and just as brilliant.

Rebecca had taken a shine to Dr. Reid very soon after meeting him, which was obvious to Penelope as she heard Rebecca laugh at one of his awful jokes. Though neither, Spencer or Rebecca had any inttention of seeing each other anywhere other than Penelope's wedding, Penelope had other ideas. For weeks after that night Rebecca had popped up everywhere. Penelope would bring her in for tours of the BAU and invite her along with them on nights out. The more time that Rebecca spent around the team the closer she and Spencer got.

It was only a few weeks after the party and the team had all gone out to a bar to relax when once again Penelope invited Rebecca along. Spencer, Rebecca and Penelope were sitting down talking as the other members of the team were scattered between a dance floor and dart board. Penelope got up from the table to get a drink, and stood at the bar for a while just watching her two friends and decided that she had had enough. Leaving her drink at the bar she went back to the table and informed the two that if they did not go on a date within the next week she would refuse to have either one of them at her wedding and walked away. And that is what made it entirely Penelope's fault.

Rebecca and Spencer had gone on that date, and then another and another. And in spite of Spencer's job, 6 months later they went to Penelope's wedding together. 3 months after that they spent Christmas in Vegas with Spencer's mom, and a few months after that they sat on a park bench as Spencer rambled about everything he loved about her and all the fears he had and at the end of it she had said yes.

So here he stood in front of everyone he cared about terrified out of his mind watching her walk towards him draped in white. She looked up at him and as she smiled all of the terror left him. Yes this was all Penelope Garcia's fault. He'd have to remember to thank her one day.