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JJ picked up her phone and dialed Emily's cell phone number. It went directly to voicemail, and JJ left a message,

"Hey Emily, its JJ. Hotch wants me to let you know that the paper work from our last case needs to be in tonight. Did you tell Reid? Is everything okay? Please call me back as soon as you get this." She said and then she hung up the phone.

Morgan looked over at JJ, "What did you mean when you asked, 'is everything okay'? Is there something going on that we should know about?"

"Oh it's nothing. I just think it's strange that neither of them called in. And Emily's phone went straight to voice mail."

Morgan gave her a look. "So did Reids."

Hotch walked over to JJ and Morgan. "Did you get a hold of them?"

"No," Morgan shook his head. "Both of their phones were turned off."

"Why don't you two stop by their houses and see if they're there? It's possible their phones could have died." Hotch ordered.

"Both of their phones died?" Morgan asked skeptically.

"Come on," JJ said, "I'll go to Emily's you go to Reids."

XXX

Emily glanced over at JJ as she drove them to talk with Detective Hale.

"JJ, I'm sorry about earlier… You know, on the phone." She mumbled as she touched her necklace through her shirt.

"Don't worry about it." JJ laughed. "If I were on a hot date with my boyfriend, I wouldn't want to be interrupted to be told I had to work a case."

"Well…" Emily started, looking out the window. "It wasn't just a date."

"What do you mean?" JJ shot a glance at her friend.

A wide grin spread across Emily's face. She took the necklace out from under her shirt and displayed it to JJ. "Reid proposed to me!"

JJ's eyes shot open. "What? Really?"

Emily nodded.

"Oh Emily, I'm so happy for you two! This is great."

"I'm just lucky you didn't call earlier. Who knows if he would've chickened out?" Emily laughed, "When he was taking out the ring he was shaking so bad he dropped it on the ground."

JJ laughed with Emily, "That sounds like something he would do."

"And that's why I love him." Emily smiled.

"When are you planning on telling the rest of the team?" JJ questioned.

"I don't know. I want to wait a little while before I do. That's why Reid gave it to me on a chain."

XXX

JJ pulled into Emily's driveway and got out of her car. None of the lights were on in the house, but her car was in the driveway. It didn't look as if she had ever come home after last night.

JJ walked to the front porch and kneeled down. She saw the part of the siding that was slightly discolored and smiled. She had laughed when Emily told her where she kept her spare key. She pulled the siding out and taped to the wall was the key. JJ took it off and put it in the keyhole.

She entered the house and it was dead silent. She looked around the kitchen and living room area and didn't see Emily's purse anywhere or the usual work shoes scattered across the floor. She moved to the laundry room and didn't see the clothes that Emily had worn to work.

She must've just gone home with Reid, JJ thought. But she knew she should check the rest of the house anyway. She walked into Emily's bedroom and felt as though she was betraying her friend's privacy. On Emily's bed side table sat a picture featuring her and Reid. They were sitting by a fountain in the park. Reid was wearing a sweater vest and Emily was wearing a blue sweatshirt. Her hair was blowing through the wind and she had a big smile on her face.

When nothing in the room seemed odd she moved to the bathroom connected to the master bedroom. She looked into the trashcan and saw the thing that had scared Emily so much just a few nights ago.

XXX

A knock on the door woke JJ up. She pulled on her bathrobe and stumbled down the stairs. She was dreading opening the door, figuring it was something that would call her back to help out on the case she had just gotten a break from.

But she was shocked when she looked out the window and saw Emily standing there. She had her black jacket wrapped tightly around her and was shaking.

Immediately JJ opened the door and ushered her friend in. She led her to the couch and helped her sit down.

"Is everything okay Em?" JJ asked sitting next to her on the couch.

"I can't tell him," Emily whispered numbly.

"You can't tell who what?" JJ asked gently.

"We just- I can't tell him." She repeated.

"Emily, is this about Reid?" JJ took Emily's cold hands in her own.

Emily nodded stiffly.

JJ's concerned blues eyes fixed on her friends. She couldn't figure out what could have happened to make her strong friend act like this.

"Whatever you tell me is just between the two of us." JJ assured her.

Emily took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She tried to picture what Reids face would look like when she told him, but all she got was an empty space. Then she jumped up and started to pace back and forth across the room. "I don't know what to do!" She cried.

"Emily, you need to tell me what's going on so that I can help you!"

"But it's too soon," Emily rambled, "what if I scare him off? What if he decides he doesn't love me anymore?"

"I don't think there's anything that could make Reid stop loving you." JJ said, trying to calm down the now hysterical Emily.

Emily stopped in her tracks and stared at the front door. "I'm pregnant." She said it in a flat voice.

"What?" JJ asked.

"I'm pregnant," Emily said again. Those words sounded so foreign coming out of her mouth.

"How far along are you?" JJ asked.

Emily shrugged, "I'm not sure. Probably a few months. I've missed my period twice, but I didn't think much of it. I've missed it before from all the stress of work…"

JJ nodded, she understood. "I take it you haven't told Reid."

"I can't. We just got engaged. What if…" Emily trailed off.

"Reid is going to stick by you through all of this. And I'm here too."

"I'm just scared," Emily confided, "I'm not ready for this, not now."

JJ brought Emily into her arms and let her know that she was there. That she always would be.

XXX

Morgan drove to Reid's apartment, wondering if the kid just dropped off into sleep. Morgan shook his head, Reid never overslept and his phone was always on. There was no way that the genius let his phone battery run out, and that made Morgan's big brother senses tingle.

He pulled lopsidedly into two empty parking spots, putting his BAU ID on the dashboard. Hopefully a cop wouldn't ticket him.

He bounded up the stairs, taking two at a time. He entered Reid's hallway and made his way to number 314. He wondered how the kid decorated his apartment, when he realized that he'd never been inside.

Morgan knocked on the door and it creaked open. Morgan drew his weapon in seconds and kicked the door the rest of the way open. He barged in and looked around. The place was eerily dark. He flipped on the lights and looked around the living room. Books were everywhere, on bookshelves, the coffee table and stacked up on armchairs. It seemed everywhere the agent turned there was a book.

Derek scoured the room with observant eyes. Being able to see into the kitchen from the living room he noticed something out of place. There was a book sitting open on the counter.

There was a piece of paper sitting on the page and the book was about a fourth of the way done.

There was no way in hell that Reid was reading that book. Morgan walked into the kitchen and looked around some more, something caught his eye. Flowers on the table.

That was strange, men usually didn't receive flowers. Morgan went over to the vase and found the tiny card attached to one of the stems. It read:

Happy Anniversary, Beautiful. Don't forget dinner tonight.

Love,

Spencer

Morgan let go of the card. So their genius had a girlfriend, and it seemed like they were getting pretty serious.

The girlfriend must've stayed overnight or come by in the morning if he'd given them to her that same day.

Morgan looked again at the book, maybe it was the girlfriends. He turned it over and looked at the cover; it was by Vonnegut. Morgan remembered having a conversation with Prentiss about that particular author.

A thought struck him but Morgan shoved it out of his head. Neither of the agents would risk their careers like that.

Morgan continued and saw two smashed cell phones. Smart UNSUB, he thought, already getting ahead of himself. He still didn't know exactly what happened, but that was the only thing that made sense.

Morgan glanced around and noticed a lack of photographs of the mystery girlfriend, but plenty of the team and the young man with family.

Maybe the kid didn't want anyone to know who she was if someone close to him were to come over to his house.

He continued into Reid's bedroom. Here it was more personal. The bed was still mussed from someone sleeping in it. Or rather, someone's. Both sides of the bed looked like someone had slept there.

Morgan looked around and peered into an open closet door. He chuckled, half the closet was women's clothing, along with a rack for shoes.

Next, he moved onto the bathroom connected to Reid's bedroom. Now this bathroom was in use. A hair straightened sat on the counter along with lotions and hand soap. In the bath/shower were various shampoos, soaps, and a purple loofa.

Morgan shut the door and made sure everything was back in place. He searched for signs of the UNSUB one last time and left the apartment.

Apparently their resident genius has a lot to hide.