This first chapter is set 'In Birth and Death' the first part though is set a couple days before the episode. In the next chapter there might be little peeks in between 'In Birth and Death' and 'Limelight' , but most of the story will be set after 'Limelight'.

I, sadly, do not own Criminal Minds.

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The orange glow from the candles made her look beautiful, as she lie in bed next to Dr. Spencer Reid. Her blond hair fell over her bare shoulder, Spencer just couldn't help himself. He started playing with her hair. His long gentle fingers pulled out some of the tangles.

"Spence that was amazing." Jennifer 'JJ' Jereau said to her colleague and the love of her life.

"Yeah, it was." He sighed, lying back on his pillow.

"So where is Gideon staying anyways?" JJ asked.

"He's… ah… staying at a hotel. I would have him here but…" He said looking at her meaningfully.

"Oh." She said.

"How many more day's until Hotch is back?" He asked.

"Three days…" She said, then she looked at the clock, it was almost two am, "sorry, two days."

"Can you believe it's already been two weeks?" He asked her.

"No, I can't, it's been an amazing two weeks though hasn't it." She asked, then she leaned down and kissed him passionately. Then they started all over again.

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"Reid? What are you doing here?" JJ asked two weeks later, she found Reid asleep in Gideon's office. He told her that they were supposed to play chess, then he asked her if Hotch had arrived yet, he hadn't. They walked out to the bullpen together where Morgan was watching them. It wasn't until JJ had walked back to her office and Reid was seated that he realized that Morgan was watching him.

"What?" He asked.

"What's up with you and JJ?" Morgan asked.

"Nothing, what makes you ask?"

"I've been watching you two. You think I don't see it?" He said.

"See what?" He asked.

"Nothing, never mind." He said.

"Hey gorgeous, hey sweet cheeks." Garcia said walking up to them. "How have you all been?"

"I've been wonderful baby girl, of course you knew that already." He said.

"What do you mean by that?" Reid asked looking at them suspiciously.

"Gorgeous here and I spent a lot of time together, we hung out with Emily too, though JJ was busy." Garcia said, she pouted a little.

"Oh." He said.

"So Reid you didn't answer the lady's question." He said.

"Oh, well I have been well, can't really complain." He said, he smiled a little as the thought of all the time he spent with JJ, sometimes at his apartment, sometimes at hers.

"That's good, well I have got to get back to my babies." She said with a smile, then she walked away.

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"Hey there gorgeous, unfortunately we are going to have to take a rain check on dinner tonight." JJ said to Reid when Reid walked in, Morgan had gone to Garcia's office so they were waiting on him and Hotch, and Gideon too.

"Yeah, hey where is everybody?" He asked.

"I have no idea, it's making me nervous to tell you the truth." JJ said, Reid reached over and took her hands in his.

"It'll be okay, everyone is just running late." He said, looking into her beautiful blue eyes, she looked back into his adorable brown eyes.

"Yeah." She said.

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A few days later JJ and Reid stood in front of the unsub's house, they had just arrested him, his son sat in the police car they were both staring at. Emily had taken a hit to the head so she sat on the back of an ambulance, she was going to be okay. Hotch and Morgan were talking.

"I just can't believe someone would teach a little boy this, I mean look at him, he is so precious…" JJ said, Reid grabbed one of her hands and squeezed it, Hotch and Morgan both noticed, but they shrugged it off as him just comforting her, the fact that he had been using his son was tough on all of them. A couple seconds later Hotch walked away, JJ and Reid watched him walk away.

"So we've got our team back." JJ said.

"We still don't have Gideon." Reid said sadly, it was JJ's turn to squeeze his hand.

"He'll be back, he took Sara's death pretty hard, but he'll be back, I promise." She said.

"I hope your right."

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Later that night Reid dropped JJ off at her house.

"Why won't you stay?" JJ begged.

"I have something I need to do, I am really sorry." He said giving her a kiss.

"Yeah well you owe me." She said opening the door and getting out of this car.

"I don't mind." He said. He watched her walk up to her house, once she was inside he pulled his car out onto the road, he was heading to Gideon's cabin. An hour later he arrived at the cabin. He walked up to the door and knocked on it.

"Gideon?" He called out, he opened the door. "Gideon." When no one answered he pulled out his flashlight, he scanned the room, it was completely empty of anything, he turned on a light. That's when he spotted an envelope, Gideon's gun, and badge all on the table. Fear and sorrow over whelmed him, he knew what it was. He sat down in front of it. He just sat there for a moment, mentally preparing himself. Then he picked up the envelope. SPENCER. That's what was written on the front of the envelope. He opened it, he dreaded every movement, because he knew it brought him one step closer to this being real. That Gideon was gone. He pulled out the one page letter.

Spencer,

I knew it would be you who came to the cabin to check on me. You must be frightened, and I apologize for that. I'm sorry the explanation couldn't be better Spencer, like I said, I just don't understand it anymore.

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I skipped part of the letter, I may have gotten parts wrong. So there ya go! The first chapter, the next chapter will be Reid's reaction to Gideon leaving and such. Happy Reading!