A/N: Zabe Rouge here! This is a response to the CCoAC April Challenge! If u want to know the challenge check the last chapter. Don't forget to Reid, Review and Enjoy! P.S. This is slightly AU.

… for Bombshells?

Dr. Spencer Reid slowly sat up in his hospital bed. The pain in his leg was starting to get worse. He looked at his antibiotic bag and realized that it was half empty. He was about to press his call button for a nurse when….

"Hi, Dr. Reid."

Reid looked up and saw a familiar face he hasn't seen in nearly 10 years.

"Cassie?" He gawked. "What are you doing?"

"I'm a nurse. The purple scrubs and the stethoscope usually give it away."

"I know that. I mean what are you doing here in McLean, Virginia?"

"I live here and I work at this hospital." Cassie laughed. "That's what you get for not keeping in touch."

"Well, I thought you settled in Los Angeles with Brad or gone back home to Nebraska."

Cassie started to respond when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Uh…chica." Marisol whispered. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"

"No, you're not important."

"Just introduce me!"

Cassie rolled her eyes. "Spencer, this is my friend, Nurse Marisol Alvarez." She introduced. "Mari, this is Dr. Spencer Reid, my best friend from Caltech."

Reid looked up and down at the nurse waving at him, smiling.

"So, this is your infamous FBI friend?" She smiled. "It's nice to finally meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."

Cassie cleared her throat. "Uh…don't you have some rounds to do?"

Marisol shook her head. "They can wait." Then she saw the look in Cassie's eyes and conceded. "But I do have a tough backlog so I should get to it."

"Can you find out about my partner?" Reid asked. "She came in a different ambulance. She was suffering from volatile nausea and vertigo."

"What's her name?" Cassie asked.

"Supervisory Special Agent Jordan Todd."

"I think they took her to E.R. 3." Cassie turned to Marisol. "Marisol, find Jonathan and ask him about Agent Todd's status."

"Why me?"

"Because I said so."

Marisol rolled her eyes. "Fine." She looked at Reid and smiled. "It was nice meeting you Dr. Reid."

Reid smiled and waved. After Marisol left, Cassie went over to replace Reid's medicine bag with a new one. The two college friends didn't say anything for a moment. Then Reid broke the silence.

"So," He began. "How've you been?"

"Been great." Cassie replied. "What about you?"

"I've had better days."

"Except for now. What happened, tough day at work?"

"Very funny. I was protecting an E.R. doctor from an Unsub when he shot me."

"Unsub?"

"It means 'unknown subject.'"

Cassie laughed. "And you always say that my vernacular was confusing."

Reid shrugged. "It's not my fault that you were raised on poor grammar."

"Hey! I was raised in Nebraska, genius!" She took out a syringe. "Hold out your arm."

Reid did as she was told as she inserted the antibiotic in his IV.

"Is it a narcotic?" He asked.

"Don't worry, I read your chart." Cassie assured.

Reid nodded and said nothing for a while. Then he asked: "How's Nadia?"

"She's sick with a fever." Cassie replied. "One of the nurses is picking her up from school."

"What about Brad?"

Cassie sighed. "We divorced two years ago. He lives in Georgetown but he's in L.A. on business."

"I'm so sorry, Cass."

"Turns out he was sleeping with Brooke Miller while we were dating. And six other women while we were married. You were right."

"Well, I wish I wasn't."

"You were always a good friend Spencer." Cassie assured. "I just was too stubborn and love-struck too see it at the time."

"Well, at least something good came out of it. How old is Nadia now?"

"She'll be 9 next week. So, any girlfriends I should know about Spencer?"

Before Reid could respond, there was another knock on the door. Cassie turned to see Marisol motioning her to come over.

"I'll be right back." Cassie told Reid. "Don't move."

"Yeah, like I have a choice." Reid snipped.

Cassie laughed and stepped outside to talk to Marisol.

"What you got?"

"Jonathan told me that Jordan Todd was transferred to Dr. Lin's care," She explained.

"Doesn't Dr. Lin work in the Maternity Ward?" Cassie asked.

Marisol nodded. "Here's her chart."

Cassie took the chart from Marisol and started glancing at it.

"Well, this is new." She said.

"You want me to break the news?" Marisol offered.

Cassie gave Marisol a look. "I'll do it, Mari; thank you. You can finish your rounds now."

When Reid saw Cassie come back in the room, he noticed the dramatic change in her expression. It doesn't take a profiler to realize something was wrong.

"What's going on, Cassie?"

"You said that Agent Todd fainted from extreme nausea and vertigo?"

Reid nodded. "Yeah, so?"

"Apparently, she was suffering from volatile morning sickness." Cassie explained. "The exhaustion, stress and possibly lack of sleep and nutrients must've been too much on her."

"Morning sickness?" Reid repeated. No…no, no wait. That can't be right. A woman has to be in the early stages of pregnancy to experience morning sickness."

"Wow, you really are a genius."

"I'm serious, Cassie."

"All right." Cassie glanced at the chart again. "According to this, Agent Todd is approximately 2 months pregnant."

The news came to Reid like the Atom Bomb in Hiroshima. He realized that Jordan wasn't feeling all that well and she especially looked worse after Canada. But this? Why she didn't tell him? She could've said something.

Reid was so deep in thought that Cassie could've sworn that she can see the wheels turning in his brain. She came over to Reid and sat on the side of the bed, not the side where his bad knee was.

"Spencer," She asked. "Are you alright?"

Reid looked up at the redhead nurse. Cassandra "Cassie" Germand was always a good friend. She was the only one who cared about him at Caltech when everyone else took advantage of him. She knew about his mother, father, even his Dilaudid addiction. He told her things he couldn't tell anyone not even his own teammates, whom he considered as family. Reid let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"How come she didn't tell anybody, Cassie?" He whispered in a low voice. "How come she didn't tell me?"

Cassie didn't say anything. She just put her arms around Reid and pulled her close to him; like she did in college whenever he was having a bad day. There was no way that he was prepared for this type of news. But then again, who ever is?

"You want some coffee?" She offered.

"Extra packs of sugar?" Reid asked.

Cassie laughed and ruffled Reid's unruly hair. "Okay, genius. I'll be right back and I'll get you something from the vending machine too."

Reid smiled a little bit. He forgot how much he missed Cassie until today.