Reid's night with Alex had happened exactly a month before he heard from her again. And, the only contact she made was an awkward voice mail on his cell phone. "Hey..uh Spencer. You said that maybe I should, uh, call or whatever or something. And, uhmm, I need, well want I guess, to talk to you. Or see you. Or whatever. I don't know, anyways. Call me uh, back again? 555-7814 If you want?"
He didn't know what to make of Alex's demeanor. Reid finally decided to let Emily hear the message. She proved that she wouldn't hassle him, and he figured that a girl's opinion wouldn't hurt.
"Something is bugging her." Prentiss said when she heard the message.
"Wow. Good thing you're a profiler." Spencer said. As if he hadn't figured that out on his own.
"No need to get mad at me Reid." Prentiss said in an annoyed voice. "I'm just saying."
"You're right. Sorry. Just, she hasn't called me all month and now what?"
"Why didn't you call her?"
"I was too intoxicated to remember to get her number. I put mine in her phone."
"Oh. Well, you need to call her. She's obviously stressed. Maybe she feels bad about it only being a one time thing." Emily said. "There are tons of girls who feel guilty after a one night stand."
"Tons of guys too." Reid admitted.
"Well, if you're feeling this way, call her." Emily urged.
"Who are we calling?" Morgan asked as he strolled into the bullpen.
"Alex." Reid said. "She left a weird message on my cell phone." Reid passed his phone to Morgan, who played the message again.
"Well that woman's clearly hiding something." He said, slightly surprised.
"You never get these calls Derek?" Emily asked with a smirk.
"My ladies are a bit more upfront Prentiss, and if you play your cards right and you can be one of them." He said with a wink.
"Gross." She laughed. "But Reid, seriously. Call her. Call her now."
Reid took Prentiss' advice, and to avoid Morgan's nosey nature, he went outside to make the call. He dialed the number she left and he suddenly felt his stomach flip. What did Alex have to say? He guessed that this would be the moment of truth.
"Hello?" Alex's soft voice asked.
"Alex, its Spencer."
"Oh! Spencerhi. Howareyou?" She asked in one breath.
"I'm okay. How are you?"
"That's kind of what I wanted to talk to you about." Alex sighed as she regained her composure. "Are you working?"
"For a few more hours, yes. Are you working?" He asked.
"No, but I'm working tonight. Do you think I could stop by for a few minutes? It's super urgent." Now Reid was becoming very worried. What the hell was going on? She needed to stop by his work? What the hell did she need.
"I guess so."
"Okay. I'll be there in like five minutes." With that, Alex hung up the phone.
Like she promised, Alex pulled up in front of the BAU five minutes later. She was dreading seeing Spencer after a whole month. It was not as though Alex didn't want to see Spencer. She actually wanted to see him again the moment he left. And she wanted to tell him that she usually didn't do things like that. Alex was so embarrassed about the night she spent with Spencer. Alex was a good girl, at least, she thought she was. She wasn't such a good girl anymore. Guilt was an emotion she wasn't accustomed to dealing with. Things like this didn't usually happen to her. And now because of her stupidity and foolishness, she might have ruined her own life. And poor, poor Spencer's.
"Hi, I'm looking for Spencer Reid." Alex said when she went into the office. An agent gave her directions to the bullpen and she followed them to the letter. Spencer was sitting at his desk, chatting with a brunette woman and a handsome black man was bringing them all coffee. Her heart was beating so rapidly, Alex swore that everyone in the room must have been able to heard it. She approached him and Spencer turned around.
"Alex! Right on time." Reid said with a smile. Alex looked at the floor and shifted her weight from foot to foot. Reid realized that she wasn't wanting to speak with Emily and Derek there. The two agents were listening in the most un-subtle way possible.
"Hi," Alex mumbled.
"Alex, this is Agent Emily Prentiss, and this is Agent Derek Morgan." He introduced. "This is Alex..."
"Jacobs." She finished for him.
"I knew that. I just forgot." Reid tried to explain quickly.
"It's fine. Can we...?" Alex gestured to the door, asking him to talk outside.
"Yeah, sure."
"Nice to meet you." Emily said and Derek waved.
"The pleasure is all mine." Alex said with a smile as she and Spencer left the bullpen.
"So, how have you been?" Spencer asked after a few minutes of silence.
"Okay. What about you?"
"Oh, you kn-" He began but Alex cut him off.
"Look, I'm really sorry I didn't call you sooner. I really wanted to but I was embarassed." Alex explained.
"You don't have to say sorry." Reid said softly.
"No, I do. The whole one-night-stand thing really isn't something I do a lot."
"Me either." Spencer admitted.
"I really do like you, you know." Alex said while blushing.
"I like you too Alex." Spencer said.
"Not for long," Alex said under her breath.
"What did you say?" Reid asked.
"Spencer, The thing is...something happened the night we were together. You can be as involved as you want and I just want you to know that I'm keeping it." Alex said hastily.
"Keeping what? Involved? Alex, what's going on? You come to see me at work after a month. What is going on?" He asked again.
"Spencer, I'm pregnant."
