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Chapter 2:

Reid yawned as he got out of bed and sluggishly made his way to Anastasia's room as she woke up crying…again. It's been two weeks since he first brought her home to be a foster father to him. And this was the fourth time she woke up in the middle of the night. "Hi there, little lady;" trying to put a decent smile on his face.

Over a week ago, two social workers from the Virginia Child Protective Services made a visit to his place; one observed him and Anastasia while the other looked around the house to make sure everything was a child-proof, child-safe area and had everything he needed before being interviewed about him fostering her and what plans he has for the both for when he returns to work. The team was right: he passed with flying colors and got further custody extension of her as her foster parent. With the two social workers explaining her situation involving her family and the team giving him support, he was approved for temporary guardianship.

"Oh, let me hold you, now. I got you. What's wrong?" Grabbing her from her bassinet before taking a seat on the white chair for a while, lightly swaddling her, "Oh. I know I should let you fall asleep on your own…but I can't ignore you. You're just a little baby; I can't and I won't do you like that."

He started humming to her as he continued to swaddle her; at least her crying was started to simmer down,

If you smile

Through your fears and sorrow

Smile and maybe tomorrow

You'll find that life is still worthwhile

If you just smile…

A couple of days later, he was sitting in the rocking chair with Anastasia, watching her rest in his arms with the pink pacifier in her tiny mouth. After a few long minutes, he decided to give the team a quick call, just to see how is he and how things are going. He was sure they were missing him. Patiently waiting for someone to answer him,

"Hello?"

"Hey, Prentiss."

"Reid! Long time no hear! How are you? And how's Anastasia?"

"Good. Great. She just fell asleep. Just thought I give you a call, just to see how everyone's doing."

"Well, we're fine. Just catching up on some last minute paperwork. Oh! And Garcia wants to buy Anastasia more toys and books for you to read with her if you get to keep her any longer."

"Wonderful." Reid said, knowing Garcia would do that before yawning.

"Someone sounds tired." Prentiss guessed by the sound of his yawn.

"She woke up at one in the morning."

"Gas?" Prentiss answered.

"A whole lot of it. But it's worth it."

"If there's anything else…"

"Now that you mentioned it, I've…been wondering if you can get Garcia to find me some good nannies for Anastasia, for when I returned to work."

After that whole fiasco involving his mother and the caretaker nurse he had hired before the drama that spiraled out of control that lead to months of hell and back for him, he figured he had to keep his opinions to those closer to him and preferred to let Garcia handle the background checks.

"Of course, Reid, but if you need more time with her…"

"Prentiss, seriously, I couldn't. I mean, what about the cases and if I'm not there…"

"Please, Spence. You and Anastasia deserve it. You need it."

"Well…" Looking down at Anastasia, who started to make some gurgling sounds, smiling, "Okay, I'll think about it. But only because we're a family."

"Okay and don't you forget that. Well, you can't since you have an eidetic, but make sure you send us some of those pictures. And…make sure you stock up on some coffee, you may need it more than ever."

"Okay. Bye."

"Bye." After hanging up, Reid put his phone to the side and started to stroke her hair. He could not help but smile at how adorable she looked; she was almost like a little angel. But at the same time, he also saw her as a fragile angel in need of her own guardian angel.