Cattail sat in the hallway for about an hour before Reid came out to get her. She followed him into the room and sat down in the chair nearest him.
"Sorry about the long wait Ms. Reid, but the conference went on a little longer than planned." Gideon said apologetically.
"No need to worry, and please, call me Cattail, or even Cat will do. It's alright, by the way, you should read War and Peace, it was a really good book." Cattail said as she held up the book.
"Wait, was? You mean you finished the whole book in one hour?" Morgan asked disbelievingly.
"Well, truth be told I read it about three times, and I've read it before this. I just like to re-read things to see if I can get anything else out of the story than the first time I read it" Everyone in the room except Reid stared at her.
"Umm, I know it may sound weird to ask but, what's your I.Q. Number?" Garcia asked.
"Umm, just around 180. Why?" Cattail looked at Garcia so questioningly, it was obvious that she was truly curious about why her answer may have sounded strange.
"Oh, no reason. You're just a lot like Dr. Reid."
"Come on Cat, we've gotta go get you settled in. Grab your things and let's go." Reid grabbed her duffel bag and went out the door. "I already put in for early leave so it's okay if we go home now. Bye everyone." Cattail grabbed her rolling bag and followed him out the door.
"Well, looks like being a genius runs in the family." Garcia said as she stared after them.
The next day...
Reid walked into the building with Cattail right on his heels. All throughout the day she stayed by his side or right behind him. By noon she could already recite the whole building floor-plan, which she had demonstrated to Gideon.
"Well, it looks like you won't need to be shown where the bathroom or anything else is. How long did it take you to memorize the building again?"
"Umm, just about six hours. If I had a floor-plan mapped out on a blueprint or something, maybe four." Morgan was in the room picking up some forms and paperwork for their latest meeting from Gideon, and stared at the little girl in the room.
"Are you sure she's not your kid Reid? Because it's pretty damn hard for me to think that she's not." Morgan said as he filed away the paperwork. Garcia, who had just entered the room, frowned at him.
"Morgan! Watch your language! There's a kid in the room!" Garcia scolded him as she placed some paperwork on the desk. Spencer felt his phone vibrate in his pocket and pulled it out. When he saw the screen, his eyes widened.
"Oh, rats. Um, Garcia, something urgent just came up, I need to go, now! Do-do you think you could maybe watch her for an hour or so until I get back?"
"Of course. We'll have lots of fun. Not to mention I'm gonna be able to put some meat on her bones. Look at her, she's skinnier than a pole." Reid shook his head and turned to Cattail.
"Cat, I'm gonna leave you with Garcia for a bit. I should be back in an hour. I'm sorry, but I just don't want to leave you alone."
"That's okay. I need some time to do some research anyways." Cat gestured to the books she held in her other arm and Spencer smiled.
"Right, okay. Thanks a lot Garcia. I owe you big time. Bye Cat." Spencer gave his cousin a quick hug, then walked out the door.