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Chapter Two
For once the jet that the BAU used wasn't going to a grizzly, grim crime scene. No UnSubs to catch... No. Maybe just once in the team's existance this jet would be able to hold some positive memories.
Everyone was in more casual attire than normal, most prepared for the warmer temperatures that Palm Beach would surely bring. Gloria herself was dressed in a lacy sky blue tank and khaki bermuda shorts, her hair was pulled back in two low-hanging pig tails on either side of her head. She was playing with her iPod, scanning through her library to find just the right song to put her in the mood for the good times ahead.
Suddenly her fingers froze and the song on the screen began to play...
Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel
If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You an call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
She came back to reality and quickly shut the iPod off, trying not to let exactly what she was feeling in that moment show. Dammit, Gloria, it's almost been six months! Why can't you just shake this and get on with your life?!
After taking a moment to breathe and clear her head, she noticed the guy called Reid... what was his first name? Steven, Sterling?... No, Spencer! Yeah, that was it. He was sitting in a corner of the jet by himself staring at a chessboard. Once again, his eccentricness got the best of her and she rose from her own seat, sitting in the seat opposite him.
"Solitaire Chess?" she asked with a smile.
"Mmm? Oh, hey Gloria. Nah, just a little something to unwind..."
"You use Chess to unwind?"
"Doesn't everyone?"
"Well personally a couple shots of Jack'll do it for me, but everyone has their own style."
Reid just smiled a little and continued plotting his next move against himself. "Do you play?"
"Lordy, no. I'm more of a Checker's kinda girl."
"We've got that somewhere on this plane if you wanna go a round."
Gloria's eyebrows raised and lowered, "Alright, but I'll warn you, I'll kick your butt."
Reid just smiled in a knowing way as he carefully put the Chess set away, "We'll see."
Just as Reid was getting up to put the box back in its place and get the Checker's box, a sudden yank on his pant leg made him look down.
"Ba!"
"Well hi there!" Reid said with a smile, scooping up little Henry Lamontangne into his arms. Since he'd gotten bigger, Reid didn't seem as afraid of breaking him, though he had his moments of discomfort when the poor bundle would drool on him.
Gloria couldn't help but turn around and watch this exchange.
JJ got up and walked over to Reid, "Looks like someone snuck away when Mommy wasn't looking!" she grinned, poking the little baby boy's tummy.
"He's fine, JJ. It's been awhile since I've seen him, anyhow," Reid bounced the boy around a little, tickling his little chin with his index finger.
"He amazes me more and more every day... he actually knows who you and Garcia are. He sees your pictures at the house and points and makes all kinds of racket!" JJ laughed.
Reid laughed a little himself, not really taking his eyes away from the adorable, chubby little baby.
Gloria got up and walked quietly over to them, smiling, "He's so cute, JJ."
JJ smiled back, "Thanks... he gets that from me."
"I heard that, li'l lady!" Will called playfully in his deep southern accent from his seat.
JJ laughed and rolled her eyes, but you could tell she was happy to have her family together, "Garcia was keeping him fascinated with all her crazy toys and fuzzy pens earlier..."
"That's my sister. Kid friendly, but sworn to not have any of her own."
"What about you? Any special men in your life?"
Gloria's eyes became cast with a sad shadow for a moment, but she shook it off before the others could really notice, "Eh, no. I'm flying solo for a little while. But when Mr. Right comes along, it's for sure I'm having one of these," she replied as she played with Henry's little fingers and tickled his tummy.
"You wanna hold him?" JJ asked.
"Sure!" Gloria smiled brightly as Reid handed her the little boy with care. She bounced him around as Reid had done before, watching all the little expressions and his precious blue eyes. At one point when JJ and Reid had sat down, she pretended he was an airplane, holding him up in the air carefully and making the silly airplane noises.
Morgan had been listening to his own headphones, sharing the other jack with Garcia when he heard the noises Gloria was making. He looked up and smiled, bumping Garcia's arm. "Check it out."
Garcia looked up and saw her sister playing with her GodSon and couldn't help but smile, "Yeah, children are one of her passions... she wants nothing more than to be somebody's Mommy someday."
"Check Reid... that look on his face."
Indeed, Reid looked much different than he normally looked of late. He was smiling, and the smile actually reached his eyes.
"Aww, so precious."
"So what was it that happend between your sister and her fiance?"
Garcia sighed and shook her head, "She caught the jerk cheating on her the day before the wedding... found out he'd been cheating on her the entire time."
Morgan shook his own head, "Damn, that's dirty."
"You got that right, Sugar. When she found out one of them might have had an STD, she went balistic. I about flew out there and beat the jerk up, myself. Luckily the rumor turned out false."
"That's good... damn..."
She patted his knee, "She's still hurting, but she'll be okay. I know her..."
"How about you, Hot Stuff? How are you doing?" Morgan regarded her seriously.
She sighed and blinked, "I'll live. It sucks like nothing else, but I'll live."
He wrapped an arm around her shoulders, "Just know I'm here for you, Baby Girl. I love you, you know that, right?"
She smiled, "I know... thanks. And I love you, too."
They sat there in silence for a moment, then put their headphones back on.
