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I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS! Nor do I own any other copy-righted things mentioned, for example The Chronicles of Narnia.

"Aravis also had many quarrels( and, I'm afraid even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarreling and making it up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conveniently. And after King Lune's death they made a good King and Queen of Archenland, and Ram the Great, the most famous of all the kings of Archenland, was their son. Bree and Hwin lived happily to a great age in Narnia and both got married but not to one another. And there weren't many months in which one or both of them didn't come trotting over the pass to visit their friends at Anvard."

(The above was an excerpt from "The Chronicles of Narnia" the story "The Horse and His Boy". I do not own the passage above.)

Spencer finished the story and closed the book. He looked down and smiled. Perdita was sleeping peacefully, her one hand clinging to his shirt. She looked so small. Spencer Reid sat there and wondered what to do now. He had no idea how to take care of a kid. He took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No…I need to ask you something Hotch," Reid said nervously. "How do you take care of a kid?"

Silence met his question before Hotch's voice came.

"What?"

"Um…I agreed to watch a kid…and she's sleeping right now…but," Reid said hoping Hotch would just answer the question.

"How old is she?"

"Seven."

"Well did you feed her?"

"Not yet."

"When she wakes up make her some food, she'll probably be hungry. Listen to what she says she wants, little kids can be picky and get upset when something isn't exactly as they said it should be. Remember to have her brush her teeth, make sure she changes her clothes, and just socialize with her. Reid I know kids act a little weird around you, but if you listen to what the kid needs when she says it you should be fine," Hotch told him.

Reid sighed in relief and said, "Thanks Hotch."

"And hey," Hotch said. "I'm bringing Jack by the office tomorrow. Why don't you bring her with you?"

"I'll ask her about it," Reid said. "I'm sure she'd like to meet Jack though. Thanks Hotch."

"No problem Reid. Just one thing."

"Huh?"

"Relax okay?"

"All right. Good bye."

"Good bye Reid."

He hung up and smiled down at Perdita. He sighed and slightly adjusted himself. He closed his eyes and fell asleep with Dita cuddled up next to him.

He felt someone tugging on his arm and he woke up. Perdita was sitting up and told him that she was hungry. Reid got up and looked at the time. 5 AM… thank god! He didn't hear his alarm go off. Reid got up and yawned, "What do you want to eat kiddo?"

"Oatmeal," Perdita said.

"All right…milk or water?"

"Milk."

Reid pulled out a box of oatmeal and Perdita giggled.

"You have that dinosaur oatmeal?"

"The regular stuff isn't sweet enough," Reid said simply. "The Quaker Oats brown sugar oatmeal doesn't taste as sugary as their dinosaur oatmeal."

Perdita giggled and said, "That's true."

He made them both oatmeal and got a glass of milk for the little girl. He got some coffee for himself. Perdita ate her oatmeal quietly. Reid finally spoke, breaking the silence.

"So Dita,"

"So Uncle Spence?"

"You want to come with me to work today? Just for a little bit," Reid said. "If anything happens Garcia will be there too."

Perdita's eyes lit up and she nodded eagerly.

"Then we both better get dressed," Reid said taking their empty dishes to the sink. "Did you find your bag?"

"Yeah."

Perdita went to go get changed and Reid put the dishes in the sink. He went to go change as well. He came out and slung his bag over his shoulder. He looked to see Perdita. She was wearing purple cargo pants with a small black and purple shirt. He grabbed a comb and started to comb her hair. Dita smiled and grabbed the comb from his hands. She climbed onto his lap and started to comb his hair. Reid smiled and picked Perdita up. He carried her out the door to the car.

"Dang…did Garcia leave a booster seat?"

Perdita nodded and said, "By the chair."

Reid grabbed the little girl and went back inside.

"You could've left me out there and ran in here," Perdita said.

Reid bit his lip. No, really Reid couldn't have. How many cases did he have were a person was just walking along, or waiting for the bus, or just sitting on their porch when they went missing? Too many for him to leave her outside, especially since that would be the time a potential child predator would strike. He wrapped and arm around Perdita. He grabbed her booster and went back out. He strapped her in and got into the driver's seat.

"You ready Dita?"

"Yes Uncle Spence."

The little girl smiled and gave him the thumbs up. They took off, Perdita looking out the window.

"So what do you do?"

"Huh?"

"Where do you work?"

"I work for the FBI, the Federal—"

"Bureau of Investigation. I know what the FBI is," Perdita said. "Can you get a little more descriptive?"

"I work in the BAU."

"Behavior Analysis Unit. You're a doctor on human behavior?"

"I guess you could say that," Reid said.

"Wow…you must be really smart Uncle Spence," Dita said thoroughly impressed.

Spencer smiled and said, "I graduated high school at the age of 12."

"You can do that?" Perdita asked. "That's amazing! I was moved up to the third grade."

"Well you're a pretty smart kid," he said. "Have you actually read The Chronicles of Narnia?"

"Yeah, did you know some people think that Aslan is C.S. Lewis' depiction of God in his books?" Perdita asked.

"I've heard about that. I think they might be right," Reid said. "You're pretty smart kiddo to get that out of the book."

Perdita and Reid talked about the books some more before Reid said, "We're here."

He grabbed Perdita and Perdita grabbed her bag. She looked at Reid and positioned her bag so it was just like Reid's. She grabbed his hand and he led her inside.

"Reid!" a voice came.

"Hey Stan," Reid said greeting the elder guard. "This is my niece Perdita. Dita this is Mr. Stan"

The guard smiled and said, "Hello little lady. So Reid's your uncle huh?"

Perdita nodded shyly hiding behind Reid. Reid patted her head and said, "I'll see you later Stan."

He held her hand as they walked into the BAU. Perdita smiled up at Reid, but jumped when she heard.

"Hey Pretty Boy! Who's your female mini me?" a voice laughed.

Derek Morgan came walking over to Reid. He bent down and looked at Perdita.

"What's your name little lady?" he asked.

Dita hid again, but Reid stepped aside and bent down to Perdita's level too.

"Perdita this is my friend and co-worker Derek Morgan," Reid said. "Derek this is my niece Perdita."

"Niece?" Derek asked. "Thought you were an only kid Pretty Boy?"

"Apparently my dad, um…."

"Met up with another lady?" Derek guessed. "Man that must suck, but she looks a lot like you Reid. I mean aside from the hair color, but her eyes and her facial features. For a minute there I thought she was your kid. You look like you could be her dad."

Perdita laughed. She grinned at Derek and Spencer.

"So he's your co-worker?" Dita asked Spencer.

"Yeah," Reid said. "I work with a team, and Derek's apart of that team. So is Garcia."

"Spence!" a voice said in surprise. "You never said you had a little girl!"

Jennifer Jareau approached them. She bent over and said, "Aww Spence she's so cute!"

"JJ this is my niece Perdita. Dita this is another co-worker and friend of mine," Reid said. "Her name's Jennifer Jareau."

"But you can call me JJ. Everybody does," JJ said smiling.

Derek stood back up, and so did Reid. Garcia came walking over to them and said, "Aw Reid! She looks like a little you when she holds her bag like that!"

Perdita smiled and grabbed Reid's fingers. She looked up at them shyly.

"Why's everybody standing around?" a voice asked.

"Reid picked up a mini me," Derek said. "Reid please don't tell me you gave her any coffee!"

"No! I may not be an expert on raising kids, but I'm not an idiot!" Reid said.

"I had some milk and some oatmeal," Perdita stated in a matter of fact voice.

"Aw she's cute," Emily Prentiss said. "She's the most adorable thing ever! She's holding her bag like you do! You two even have identically colored eyes!"

"She's my niece," Reid said. "Say hi to Emily Perdita."

"Hi Miss. Emily," Perdita said.

"Miss Em?" a voice came.

Perdita looked over to see a boy. It was Hotch's son Jack. Jack came over to her and said, "Hi I'm Jack."

"I'm Perdita!" she chirped.

"Is it bring your kid to work day?" a voice joked lightly.

David Rossi grinned at them. He said, "Hello little lady. What's your name?"

"Perdita! I'm Reid's niece!" the seven year-old said.

Rossi smiled and patted her on the head. Aaron Hotchner was the last one to join them. He smiled and said, "So this is your little girl Reid?"

"My niece. This is Perdita," Reid said.

"Well she hasn't asked for food so I'm thinking you took my advice," Hotch said.

Reid blushed and said, "Yeah. I remembered to feed her."

Rossi picked Perdita up and said, "So Garcia, do you have any information on Clarice Neumburg?"

"She's Reid's half-sister, Perdie's mother," Garcia said.

"She doesn't like being called Perdie," Reid interrupted.

"What?" Garcia asked.

"Perdita…she doesn't like being called Perdie. She prefers Perdita, or I've been calling her Dita."

"Uncle Spence is right," Perdita said. "Do you have any crayons?"

Jack nodded and said, "Do you wanna color with me?"

"Sure!" Perdita said. "Uncle Spence are you gonna color with us?"

"Maybe Miss Emily will color with you," Hotch said.

"I can color with them," Garcia said.

"I'll color with them," JJ said. "Pen, they'll need your awesome computer skills. I'll watch the kids."

Reid was actually kind of sad leaving Perdita, but he went with Hotch and the others, leaving JJ with the two kids.