Rossi receives news of an unexpected death. Jacey deals with being ordered to stay home on bed rest.

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"ANONYMOUS" (SEASON 10, EPISODE 12).

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"Dad, you don't have to check up on me every morning!" Jacey told her dad, who standing beside her in the kitchen.

"The doctors put you on strict orders to stay in bed."

Jacey rolled her eyes. "I know that. But I don't understand why I can't just rest after this week. I really want to go to the lake with you guys." Jacey said, referring to the family trip that was planned a few days ago.

Rossi sighed before placing a hand on his waist. "There will be more family trips. You just need to stay healthy for my grandkid." Rossi placed his free hand on Jacey's hard maternity belly. He could feel his grandkid moving inside.

"He or She really likes your voice, you know? They only seem to move around when you're here."

Rossi chuckled. "Well, what can I say? The kid loves their grandpa."

Jacey gave her father a smile, she placed her hand over his. "You know, I've been meaning to ask you. Would it be okay if the baby gets your last name?"

Rossi's eyes snapped up at Jacey, the tears forming quickly. "Of course that would be okay. Jacey, I would love that."

"Good, because I was going to do it either way." Rossi planted a kiss on her forehead before looking at his watch.

"Alright, I got to go. I love you. See you two later." Rossi said as he walked out the door.

Jacey made sure he was gone before pulling out her secret stash of junk food. "Diet my ass. I've got a craving for Debbie cakes." She stuffed her face with the vanilla cream filled cakes. She looked on the kitchen counter to realise her dad left his wallet.

"For a profiler, you grandfather is starting to get mighty careless about his things." Jacey mumbled to her belly. "Why don't we go return this to him?" The unborn child then proceeded to kick multiple times. "Okay. Okay. Next time, one kick will do."

~•~

"Yeah. Yeah. I land this afternoon. And then we'll head up to lake on Monday. Yeah, me, too. Can't wait. Don't worry about Jacey. You know she's on strict orders to stay in bed. Okay. Bye." Rossi hung up the phone call with Joy with a smile. It was still hard for him to comprehend the fact that he has two daughters.

"Rossi, I'm from the south side of Chicago, okay? We don't have fishing ponds. How can something look so easy..." Derek Morgan said as he tried to catch plastic fish with a toy hook, "...be so hard?"

"It's all in your technique." Rossi started, giving Morgan the try advice of a professional fisherman, "and all those muscles of yours won't help in something like this. It's all in the wrist."

"Oh, the wrist." Morgan commented, really taking the advice to heart.

Jacey stood in the doorway of her father's office with her arms crossed, watching the scene with a smile.

"Yeah. Yeah. The wrist." Rossi was showing Morgan some moves to master.

"Alright. Alright. Okay, here we go. And..." Morgan flicked his wrist like Rossi said and caught a plastic fish. The two men celebrated by yelling their victory.

Jacey clapped her hands, making her presence known. "Way to go, Derek. If I were fish, I'd be scared."

Morgan chuckled at her comment before giving her a hug.

"Jacey, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be in bed rest." Rossi said, a little surprised to see his "oldest" daughter standing in front of him.

Morgan looked between and grinned. "I'll leave you two alone. It was nice seeing you again, Jacey."

"You too." Jacey said, giving Derek a smile before he left the room.

"Explain yourself."

"You make me feel thirteen again." Jacey said with a chuckle before sitting down in one of the chairs Rossi had in his office. She quickly reached in her purse all pulled out her dad's wallet. "You forgot this at my apartment."

Rossi's eyes widen with surprise. He gently grabbed it out of Jacey's hand. "I forgot it at your place? Thank God. I was about to call my banks to freeze my cards. Been looking for it all morning. Thanks, Jacey."

"Anytime, dad." Rossi shared a smile with his daughter.

Garcia then quickly walked in, not noticing Jacey's presence. "Sir, is your phone not working?"

"I shut it off. This vacation is completely unplugged." Rossi explained to the bubbly blonde calmly. "No work phone, no laptop..." He then noticed the sad look in Garcia's eyes.

"What's wrong, Penelope?"

Jacey looked between the two and suddenly felt like she was intruding on some personal information.

"It's New Directions for veterans in California. They tried to call you, but you..." David quickly grabbed the phone out of Garcia's hand.

"This is David Rossi..." Jacey recognized that look, her father just received awful news. "I see. Well, I appreciate you letting me know. Um...I'll be out there later today." Rossi hung up the phone.

Jacey carefully lifted herself out of her seat. "Dad, is everything okay?"

Garcia then looked over to see Jacey standing there. "Oh my God, I didn't see you there. Hi." Garcia said before giving her a big hug. Jacey gave the blonde a smile before turning her attention to her dad.

"Harrison Scott died last night." David announced to the two women in his office. Garcia was lost for words.

"I'm so sorry, dad." Jacey said as she placed both of her hands on her blooming baby bump.

"Bone cancer. He never even said a word." Rossi had to pause for a moment, to hold his tears in. "I will, uh, be going to Los Angles before heading up to San Francisco to see your sister, see if I can be of any help I can."

"Sir, if there's anything I can do..." Garcia offered. Rossi thought over something for a moment.

"Well, I would appreciate it, Penelope, if you don't tell the rest of the team about this. Not just yet."

"Of course, whatever you want." Garcia gave Rossi a hug before leaving the room.

"I want to go with you." Jacey said, offering her father a helping hand. David looked at her and gave her a sad smile.

"I'll call you when I get there. You should get home and get off your feet. I mean it, Jacey."

Jacey nodded. "I'm not going to argue. Dad, if you want to talk, you know where I live." David made sure to kiss her forehead before watching her leave.

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Jacey wobbled towards the elevator, pulling out her cellphone to shoot Joy a text when she heard a familiar voice call out her name.

"Jacey?" Spencer Reid said with his bag strapped on his shoulder. Jacey looked up at the agent, giving him a shy smile.

"Hey, Spencer," Jacey greeted, nodding her head at him. "I enjoyed our date the other night."

Spencer looked down and smiled. "So did I. I was wondering if you wanted to do it again sometime."

"I'd love to but there's a small problem." Jacey told him, awkwardly looking away from his brown eyes that made her blush. "I'm under strict orders to stay in bed for the next month."

"Oh." Spencer said awkwardly.

"But you're welcomed to come over and visit me. It gets a little lonely." Jacey offered with a sweet smile. Spencer returned the smiled and nodded.

"I'll definitely keep that in mind." Spencer told her, sweetly.

Jacey hummed in agreement. "Um, I'll text you my address. You can come by anytime, I'll be there."

"Lover boy, we got a case." Derek said, interrupting the pair's awkward, butterfly moment. Spencer looked at Jacey.

"I'll call you later."

Jacey smiled in response. "Sure thing. I'll see you around."

Spencer walked off before turning around. "There's a theory that if you soak your feet in warm saltwater the swelling will go down." Jacey blushed.

"Thank you, Spencer."

"Anytime."

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Jacey walked through her apartment door with a few groceries in her hand. Just as she closed the door, her phone started to ring. Seeing the caller ID, she answered it quickly.

"Long time, no call, baby sister."

"I called you yesterday." Joy said with a small smirk.

"You did, didn't you? I wouldn't know. Time flies by slowly when you're alone in bed."

"Someone's a little salty."

Jacey started to unbag her items. "Damn straight. Did dad call you yet?"

"Oh, so, you know about it?" Joy asked, referring about the horrible news Rossi received earlier.

"I was there when they called. You should have seen his face. I was damn near in tears."

"I don't know what to do."

Jacey popped a few chips in her mouth. "If I didn't have to stay in bed, I would comfort him in every way I know how. Just be there for him, you know? Maybe after that, he'll truly understand that he's our family and we wouldn't want him to be alone during this time of grief."

Joy paused for moment. Eventually agreeing with her sister. "You're right. I'm going to head to L.A."

"Good. Tell me how it goes later."

"Wait. Dad tells me you and a certain doctor are getting a little cozy."

Jacey had to control her scoff. Instead, she sighed. "It was just one date."

"What time did you leave your apartment?"

"7:04 p.m." Jacey shoved a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth.

"And what did time did you get back?"

"11:21 p.m."

"We might have a winner here! Your dates never last more than an hour." Joy commented excitedly.

"Spencer is different. I can actually have a conversation about old literature and debatable grammar topics without the guy falling asleep." Jacey said as she stared at the chips then the chocolate ice cream. She then dipped the chip in the ice cream, putting in her mouth shortly after. The savory and sweet takes made her eyes roll. It was the best thing she's tasted in a while.

"That's a great thing. I'm so happy!" Joy shouted. "Did you kiss him?"

"On the first date? No." Jacey shook her head. "Listen, I'm going to go soak my feet. You, get to dad. I love you. Talk to you soon. Bye." Jacey hung up the phone after hearing her sister say goodbye.

~•~

The case was finally done, unfortunately the unsub committed suicide. Spencer sat by himself on the jet, staring at his phone with a smile.

FROM JACEY:

I'M NOT DOING MUCH RIGHT NOW. JUST LAYING ON THE COUCH, WATCHING MY LIFE PAST ME BY.

Spencer couldn't keep his grin from showing.

TO JACEY:

SOUNDS LIKE TORTURE.

FROM JACEY:

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

Spencer bit his lip, his mind traveling in thought. Everyone was right, he needs to take a chance.

TO JACEY:

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA?

It didn't take long for his phone to ding with a text from Jacey.

FROM JACEY:

SUPREME, ONLY BECAUSE I'M GREEDY.

TO JACEY:

NO PROBLEM. I LIKE A GIRL WITH AN APPETITE.

"Hey, Spence," JJ said, grabbing his attention away from his phone. "We'll be landing in five minutes."

"Okay." Spencer replied.

"We were all talking about grabbing drinks after. You in?"

Spencer thought about it for a moment, but then shook his head. "I already have plans. Sorry."

"Maybe next time, huh?"

Spencer nodded. "Yeah. Next time."

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Spencer walked into the pizza place with his brown bag strapped on his shoulder. He just landed ten minutes ago.

"Your order, sir?" The cashier asked.

"Ah, yes, may I have two orders of large pizza?"

"Toppings?" The girl asked as she pressed in his order.

"Supreme and Pepperoni."

"Anything else."

Spencer shook his head. "No, that will be all."

"Your total is $25.64." Spencer handed her the cash. "Your order should be done in 20 minutes."

"Thank you."

~•~

"Jack. Jack. I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go."

Jacey was sobbing at the saddest scene in movie history known to men. She blew her nose and continued to sob.

"Damn this movie! You tell him you'll never let go then you let go! You could have scoot over, Rose! But no, you just had to hog all the space." Jacey wiped her tears. "Poor Jack. Poor beautiful Jack."

Jacey turned off the Tv and then looked around her. She sighed. "You know, kid, there was once a time where I would spend most of my time at the library or local coffee shops. Now, we're home...alone."

There was a knock at the door. Jacey walked over to look in the peephole. It was Spencer. She gasped. She looked in the mirror by the door and was horrified by what she saw.

"Uh, just a minute." Jacey pulled her hair out of the ponytail and quickly brushed it down. She sprayed some perfume on her neck and ditched her robe. She quickly ran back to her room and slipped on a dress that complimented her blooming tummy.

She finally opened the door with a smile. "Spencer, what a surprise."

"Did I come at a bad time?"

"What? No! Of course not, come in."

Spencer took in his surroundings and smirked. "Nice place. You have a shelf full of books."

"Yes, I do. In case I get bored of television. I'm sure you have more books than I do."

Spencer nodded. "I do." There was a comfortable silence between them. "I brought pizza. You like supreme, so here's a box."

Jacey couldn't hold her excitement in so she hugged him. And to her surprise, he hugged her back. Jacey pulled back, almost immediately.

"I'm sorry. I know you have a germ thing." Jacey babbled on and on.

"No, it's okay. Really."

Jacey blushed at the way he looked at her. "Right. Okay. How about we enjoy pizza while watching Star Trek? I heard you liked it. So I bought it the other day."

It was Spencer's turn to blush. "I'd love that."

Jacey led Spencer to the couch where they both sat down. During the Star Trek marathon, conversations and laughter blossomed between the pair. For once, Jacey knew what it felt like to really be attracted to someone.