Chapter 2: Agreements
Six weeks later, Spencer was in the kitchen feeding his daughter. "Open wide," he told her smiling. Isabelle opened her mouth, leaned forward so her dada could put the spoon in her mouth.
"How do I look?" JJ asked when she walked into the kitchen.
Spencer looked up and she laughed when his mouth almost hit their daughter's tray. "Well?" she asked.
"Are you going to a job interview or a date?" he asked, raising his brow.
"Ah ha, you're funny," she answered as she walked over, kissing him.
Spencer kissed her back, stunned when she suddenly pushed the chair back against the table and sat in his lap. The only reason they pulled apart was because they were hearing their daughter laugh. She smiled as she wiped the lipstick off his lips before getting off his lap. "We'll continue this later," she whispered, making his cheeks turn red. She smiled as she walked over, kissing the top of her daughter's head. "I love you!" she called out.
"Love you!" he answered as she left.
Arriving at Quantico, JJ went through security, letting out a deep breath she was led into a bullpen and she couldn't help but smile when she passed her husband's desk on the way up. "Agent Hotchner, your 10:00 appointment is here," the agent told the man behind the desk. He stood up seeing JJ.
"You must be Ms. Jareau?" he asked.
"Yes, hello," she replied, shaking his hand.
He nodded to the agent who left the room, closing the door behind him. "Please, have a seat," Hotchner told her as she sat down. JJ sat down with a small smile as he began to interview.
As time went on, the profiler couldn't help but notice the blond twisting her rings around on her finger. "Your marital status on your application is checked "married" but yet you would like to be called by your maiden name," He commented. JJ cleared her throat.
"That's because my husband works here at the BAU and we kind of want to keep that quiet except for the people who absolutely need to know," she answered.
"Ms. Jareau if I'm going to recommend you for the position as our media liaison I don't think they would appreciate me saying that you are keeping secrets like this," he commented.
JJ cleared her throat. "My husband is Dr. Spencer Reid, he's on your team," she answered.
"Well, he does like to talk about the wife that the team has yet to meet," he commented with a slight smirk.
The blonde's heart grew a little knowing her husband spoke about her to his coworkers. "Never your name, no picture, just that you exist," he added.
"Spencer and I felt that if I'm going to try to join the BAU that it'd be best that no one knew about the fact we were a couple, let alone married. Not that we are afraid of being put on separate teams, we don't care about that," she answered.
"You're protecting yourselves from dangers in the field as well as for your child," Hotch stated.
She nodded her head slowly. "So why ask to come on this team?" he asked.
"Your media liaison position was open, I thought this would be the best time to try to get on your team," she replied, "I want to be part of the BAU, I want to be part of this unit."
"If I recommend you for the position, can I assure the Director that you and Dr. Reid will keep your professions and relationship separate?" he asked.
"Absolutely, as long as no one can find out about our marriage," she replied.
Hotch nodded his head slowly as he wrote down some notes. "I will send your recommendation to your director and I should know by the end of the week about your employment status," he told her. She smiled as she stood up.
"Thank you sir," she answered.
Hotch stood up, shaking her hand. "I wish you luck, Mrs. Reid," he said with a small grin. She gave him a slight nod before she left the room and was escorted out of the building.
Spencer was in the living room reading to Isabelle when JJ came in. "How did it go?" he asked.
"So you talk about me to the rest of your team?" she asked.
"I just say my wife is an amazing woman that I'm lucky to have her," he replied.
"Oh you're so sweet," she said smiling.
She leaned forward, kissing him lightly. He kissed her back, his hand resting on the side of her neck. "You're an amazing man, you know that?" she said smiling as she draped her arms around his shoulders as she sat on the other arm of the chair.
"Only because you think so," he answered.
"I know so," she said softly, pushing the hair from his eyes.
Spencer smiled as he kissed her shoulder as they started reading to Isabelle together.
That night, Spencer was lying awake reading when his wife walked out of the bathroom having taken a fresh shower. She smiled as she walked over to the bed and plucked the book from his hand. "I was reading that," he said with a slight pout.
"I promised you earlier that we would continue what we started this morning," she said with a grin as she straddled his lap.
He grinned a little as she pushed him back against the pillows. "Just relax and enjoy the show, Dr. Reid," she said huskily. He chuckled as he leaned forward and kissed her deeply.
Two weeks past, Spencer was at his desk when JJ walked over and introduced herself to Elle. He smiled a little, acting as though he had just met this woman for the first time. He twisted his wedding ring around on his finger and noticed that his wife wasn't wearing her rings, but he saw a gold chain hanging around her neck. A small smile appeared on his lips, knowing that his wife was keeping her wedding rings close to her heart even if she wasn't wearing them for those to see. He, however, always wore his wedding ring. "So, Reid, how was your weekend with wife?" Morgan asked.
"It was relaxing, we just watched 'Doctor Who' all weekend," he replied.
Truth be told besides playing with Isabelle they did sit and watch 'Doctor Who', since it was his weekend to pick the movies to watch. He twisted his wedding ring around on his finger, looking up as JJ walked by Hotch and he called for the team to go to the conference room.
Spencer sat on the jet watching his wife going over the files. "So, Pretty Boy, when will we ever meet the mysterious Mrs. Reid?" Morgan asked.
"I'm not sure, our jobs never coincide, she just got a new job and it takes her everywhere," Spencer replied.
"How did you meet her?" Elle asked curiously.
He could see JJ smirk out of the corner of his eye. "We met while I was at the academy, she was just starting. I kept noticing her sitting in the same chair at the same time studying whenever I was there," he replied. He smiled as he twisted his wedding ring around on his finger. "Then she would come up and start talking to me, took me a month to realize she was flirting with me," he added, his cheeks turning red.
"That's so cute," Elle commented, smirking at the young man's flushed cheeks.
"Where did you take her for the first date?" Morgan asked, "This is the first time we've ever had you talk more about her than she's an amazing woman."
JJ was smiling to herself as she thought about their first date. "It was a disaster," he admitted, "I had it planned to take her to an Italian place, but when we were driving there the tire on my car blew out. By the time we got it fixed they gave our table away. We ended up at a diner and had cheeseburgers. She'll still tell you that it was the best date she ever had."
"Probably because you were acting like you and not trying to pretend to be someone else," JJ said conversationally.
Spencer glanced at her and smiled a little. "Again, sounds like a lucky girl," JJ commented.
"As much as I would like to discuss more about Reid's personal life, we should talk about the case," Hotch stated.
Relieved that the talk was off him, he looked over at JJ who winked at him discreetly as Hotch started the briefing.
Several hours and another fire later, they were able to capture their arsonist. Spencer was glad that the unsub was caught and they were going to get her the help she needed. Spencer was in his hotel room preparing for bed when there was a knock on the door. "I'm not in the mood, Morgan," He called out.
"It's not Morgan," a feminine voice said behind the door.
Opening the door he was surprised to see his wife standing there in her pajamas. "We could get caught," he commented.
"Everyone's asleep, we're fine," she answered as she walked into his room.
Spencer closed the door and his wife immediately wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him deeply. Kissing her back, he rested his hand on the back of her neck as he held her close to him. "I think this is the first time we've actually been alone since Isabelle was born," she commented after they pulled away.
"Well speaking that either her cries or your mom interrupted us most of the time," he answered.
JJ shrieked when he suddenly lifted her up. "I say, we take advantage of it while the team sleeps," he commented.
"Why Dr. Reid you have read my mind," she answered smiling.
Spencer smiled as he leaned forward and kissed her again. JJ kissed him back as he pulled her to him and they enjoyed each other's presence for the rest of the night.
