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"We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves." Henry Ward Beecher

Chapter 2 A daughter

Prentiss was talking with Morgan when she saw a woman wearing a blue jogging suit and a visitor's badge entered the BAU. It was obvious she had been crying.

"Can I help you?" Prentiss asked.

"I need to speak with Spencer Reid." She said firmly.

"He should be in any moment." Morgan said offering her a seat. "You can wait here for him."

"Thank you," she said taking the seat.

Prentiss knelt so she was at eye level with the woman. "Can I get you anything, water, miss . . ."

"Rebecca Daniels." The woman answered. "Becky. I would like some water please." She wrapped her arms protectively around herself.

"I'll get that." Prentiss said going to the fridge and grabbing a bottled water.

Morgan grabbed a chair and sat down next to Becky. "Do you want to talk about it?" He asked gently.

"No, I need to hold myself together right now." Becky said taking the water from Prentiss. She opened it and took a drink.

"Alright, we'll just wait on Reid." Morgan said giving Becky some air.

Neither Morgan or Prentiss had any idea about who this woman was, but she was obviously a bearer of bad tithing's.

Morgan kept an eye on her while Prentiss in the meantime stepped out and stood by the elevator waiting for Reid.

A moment later the doors opened and Reid stepped out. "Were you waiting on me?" He asked when he saw Prentiss.

"There's a woman named Rebecca Daniels here to see you."

"Becky." Reid said squinting his eyes.

"She looks really upset." Prentiss said.

Reid didn't say anything. He moved with a sense of purpose towards the bullpen. "Becky," he said as he came in. "What happened?"

Becky stood, but kept her head bowed. "It's Diana." She bit her lip in an effort to control her emotions.

"Over here." Reid said directing her into the conference room.

Morgan and Prentiss looked towards the conference room wondering what was going on inside of there. Neither one needed to be profilers to see that something was wrong.

"Do you think it might be his mother?" Prentiss asked. That was the only Diana that she knew.

"No, she wouldn't be that upset and she would have said your mother." Morgan said.

Rossi had observed what was going on in the bullpen and had stepped out of his office to see what was going on. "Where's the fire?" He asked.

"Some woman came in here asking for Reid. She said it was about Diana, and Reid took her into the conference room."

"It can't be about his mom. Is there another Diana?"

"Not that I know of." Morgan answered.

Garcia and J.J. had entered the bullpen talking amongst themselves, Both saw the three staring at the conference room and was wondering what was going on. "What's all this about." J.J. asked

"That's what we're trying to figure out." Morgan said. "A woman named Becky came in here and said she needed to talk to Reid about someone named Diana. She was really upset."

"Oh God." Garcia said her face flushing.

All eyes turned towards Garcia.

"Baby-Girl, what do you know?" Morgan asked.

"Reid swore me to secrecy." Garcia replied.

"Based upon what we just saw there is a good chance that we are all about to find out, so you better just tell us." Morgan flatly stated.

Garcia took a breath and then bluntly stated, "Reid has a daughter, her name is Diana Daniels. Her aunt is Becky Daniels."

Garcia and Reid were sitting in a coffee shop discussing the latest book that they both had read. Garcia was amused with the twist ending, but had realized she should have seen it coming.

Reid had been impressed with the twist, but because of his memory had seen the tale-tell signs by the time the ending had come.

"We were discussing a book in the coffee shop" Garcia said.

A little girl came running up to them and attached herself to Reid's leg. "Daddy." She said proudly.

"I thought it was a lost little girl, but Reid was happy to see her."

Reid scooped up the little girl and set her in his lap. "This is a big surprise." He said.

The girl wasn't content with just sitting in Reid's lap. She threw her arms around his neck in a giant hug.

"Big bear hug." Reid said hugging her back.

"She had the same brown eyes." Garcia said with a smile.

Reid pulled the little girl gently from his neck. "Who are you here with?"

"Aunt Becky." The little girl answered pointing to a woman in line.

Reid waved over at the woman in the line who waved back.

"There's someone very important that I want you to meet." Reid said looking the little girl in the eyes. "This is a friend of mine from work Penelope Garcia. Garcia this is my daughter Diana Lois Daniels. She's named after her Grandmothers."

"Hello, munchkin." Garcia said taking Diana's hand. "How old are you?"

"Four years, eight months, and sixteen days." Diana said proudly.

"I asked her age and she gave it to me year month day." She almost chuckled.

"What are you doing today with your Aunt Becky?" Reid asked.

"We're going to go see The Lion King." Diana answered. "Did you know that the story of the Lion King is actually based on a religious story from Africa about the son of a king that was banished and then came back to lead the people."

"She gave the facts just like she read them from a book."

Becky came up right then. "Hello Spencer." She said taking the additional seat. "Diana saw you and she went running."

"It's fine." Reid answered. "Becky this Garcia from work." Reid said politely introducing them.

"Nice to meet you." Becky said politely. "I really should have called and told you that I had her, but one of my clients got me tickets to the show and I wanted to take her and have her to myself for a while."

"That's fine," Reid said spying on the coffee cups that Becky had.

"Warm milk with honey, it's her favorite still." Becky said.

"No coffee until I grow up tall like Mommy and Daddy." Diana stated. "Caffeine affects your growth. People grow while they are asleep. That is why it is important that children sleep at night."

"It was adorable listening to her ramble off different facts."

"We better go." Becky said. "I'll call you tonight when we get home."

"Wait I just want a few pictures." Garcia said pulling out her phone and aiming the camera at the smiling Diana. She snapped a few photos of her sitting in Reid's lap.

"Can I get one more hug before you go?" Reid asked his daughter.

Diana greatly obliged the request with another bear hug. Reid gently pulled her off again and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before handing her back to Becky.

"Bye Daddy, bye, Penelope." Diana said having good bye to Garcia.

"Bye, munchkin." Garcia replied giving a little wave.

Reid and Garcia watched the two walk out together. When they were gone Garcia turned to Reid and her expression made him gulp. "You're not leaving my sight until you tell me the whole story."

"Able to do quick math, ramble off facts, and his eyes. Does anyone see a need for a DNA test?" Morgan asked.

Hotch had left his own office to see why everyone was gathered like they were and was equally surprised by the revelation.

"So what was his story?" Prentiss asked.

"Why didn't he tell any of us?" J.J. asked.