Here we go, next chapter. I hope you're all enjoying this, let me know if you want anything in particular included, I'm sure I'll be able to write it in. also I love reading these stories so if any of you guys have recommendations or stories of your own I'd love to read them :)

It had been nearly three months since the team went out that night. Spencer and JJ had been getting closer; always getting a coffee together when they had a break from paperwork and going for lunch together. But neither of them had made a move, and it was clear to the rest of the team that their feelings for each other were growing by the day. They had just returned from a brutal case, where the unsub targeted newly wedded couples and it took its toll on the entire team. They were granted a week's holiday, and Spencer took this opportunity to do what he'd wanted to do since that night out. Spencer was the last one out of the bullpen, and he saw JJ's light was still on in her office. He went up the stairs and knocked on the door.

"Come in" JJ said behind the door. Spencer opened it and saw JJ putting on her coat ready to go home.

"hey, I thought everyone had already left" she asked.

"I'm the last one. I'll walk you down to your car" Spencer offered. JJ couldn't help but smile, and took him up on his offer. They walked side by side to the elevator and down to the car park. Spencer walked over to her car and slightly pulled her back by her arm so she was facing him.

"I've been meaning to ask you this for quite some time now, but I've never been able to find the words" Spencer started, but looked down. JJ smiled at how nervous he was, all the while hoping he was finally going to ask her out.

"well, I was wondering if, maybe… you er… wanted to go out tomorrow night?" He looked into her eyes hoping she would say yes.

"I'd love to Spence" JJ grinned. Spencer let out a sigh of relief and smiled back.

"great I'll er, I'll pick you up at about seven? That ok?" JJ nodded.

"that sounds perfect, I'll see you at seven" she gave him a quick kiss on his cheek and got into her car. Spencer shut her car door and walked back to his car. He had a massive smile on his face the entire journey home, and he didn't lose it when he walked through the door. He had called Savannah telling her he was coming home tonight, and he wasn't surprised when he could smell dinner being cooked.

"Savannah I swear if you've made dinner again I'm going to feel so guilty"

"well feel guilty because I've cooked your favourite" Spencer walked into the kitchen to find the table all set up for the two of them, while Savannah was dishing up Spencer's favourite meal onto two plates. She put the plates on the table and turned to face her dad.

"welcome home daddy" she said with a massive smile and giggled slightly. Spencer walked over to her and pulled her in for a massive hug.

"please stop growing up" Spencer whispered in her ear. Savannah was turning into a young woman before Spencer's eyes, and although she physically looked like him, her personality and attitude towards life was certainly a mirror of her mother's. Spencer's eyes filled with tears as he pulled away and looked into Savannah's eyes before giving her a kiss on her forehead.

"why are you crying? It's only dinner" Spencer chuckled and pulled away.

"you're growing up, and I don't like it"

"oh you sop" Savannah giggled and sat down at the table. Spencer followed, and started eating. Halfway through, he decided to bring up his upcoming date with JJ.

"I wanted to tell you something, and I want you to tell me honestly how you feel about it ok?" Savannah frowned slightly.

"ok. Is everything ok?"

"everything's fine. but tomorrow night, I'm… I'm going on a date with JJ" Spencer studied his daughter's reaction. She nodded, and had a slight smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes like it normally does.

"it took you long enough" she said with a giggle.

"Savannah, be honest with me, how do you feel?"

"I'm ok with it dad, really. I mean, if things did work out I think it would be strange at first having someone else around. But I think it will be good for you to have someone else other than me" she said with a smile.

"honey I want you to think about yourself, not just me. Don't think about me ok? If things did work out, would YOU be happy?" Savannah paused for a moment, then nodded.

"I'd have to get used to it, but yeah I would want someone else around" she grinned, making Spencer smile.

"I'm proud of you, you know that?"

"yeah I know" Savannah smiled at her dad. Her dad was her idol, and she loved him with everything she had. She hated that his work took him away for days at a time, but she knew he was helping people and making the world a safer place for her. She knew that if JJ were to stick around that it would be strange to have someone come in and be a part of their little family, but the smile her dad has had on his face for the past three months proved to Savannah that JJ was special to him. And if someone was special to her dad, they were special to her too.

They finished their dinner and cleaned up. Savannah had been given more homework to do, and Spencer sat with her and helped her work through her science homework; something Savannah struggled with more unlike her father. Although Savannah was still able to do science with ease, she preferred subjects such as English Literature; where she could analyse pieces of text and figure out the message the author was trying to get across. Besides, she loved it when her dad helped her with her homework, as he taught her so much more than what school ever could. She loved hearing his random facts and loved impressing her teachers with the information she finds out. After that, she got into bed and her dad read her a book his mother used to read to him. Savannah had met her grandmother a few times, and she knew this book meant a lot to both her and her dad. A few chapters in, Savannah had fallen asleep and Spencer smiled at how peaceful she looked. He kissed her head before heading into his bedroom. His daughter was happy, and he finally had a date with JJ. Things were hopefully becoming better for the very small Reid family.

Spencer walked downstairs wearing a light blue dress shirt and black trousers. Savannah was sitting in the livingroom and smiled when her dad walked in. Spencer turned to her.

"how do I look?" Savannah looked at his hair and gestured for him to come towards her. She stood on the sofa and started fixing his hair.

"that's better" Spencer looked in the mirror and nodded in approval.

"ok I will be back later tonight. Kayley said that you can go over at any time if you want to stay the night, ring me if you need me ok?"

"yes dad I know. And one more thing, don't mention you have a kid" Spencer frowned.

"why not?"

"it's not exactly a great first date conversation"

"ok well I wont bring you up, but if she asks I'm not going to lie. I'm not ashamed of you Savannah, and if she doesn't approve then she isn't the one" Spencer said as he pulled her into a hug.

"we come as one, if she cant accept that then we'll just be friends" he kissed her head and Savannah tightened her grip.

"I love you dad"

"I love you too" he pulled away and smoothed her hair. "right I'm going, I'll see you later" he started to walk away, but Savannah called him back.

"there's something for you on the table" Spencer walked into the diningroom and saw a bunch of flowers on the table.

"I knew you wouldn't think of it, so I bought those for you to give to JJ" Spencer grinned and picked them up.

"what would I do without you?" Spencer kissed her head and walked out to his car. He put the flowers on the passenger seat and drove to JJ's house. He pulled up outside and got out the car with the flowers and walked up to her door. He rang the doorbell and she answered the door with a smile on her face.

"hey Spence, come in I'm not quite ready" he walked through her door and went into the livingroom.

"I'll be two minutes" she said and quickly went upstairs. She came back down wearing a plain black dress that hugged her waist perfectly and flowed just above her knees with her hair in a cascade of waves.

"sorry about that"

"it's ok, erm these are for you" He smiled and gave her the flowers.

"oh Spence they're gorgeous" she took them from him and walked into the kitchen, putting them in a vase. "thankyou so much" she said as she walked back into the room.

"you're welcome, you ready to go?"

"yeah" she smiled and walked out to his car with him.

They got to the restaurant and were seated by the window that overlooked a little lake. Once they had ordered their drinks and food they started talking about their childhood.

"so I hear you were a bit of a soccer queen" Spencer said with a chuckle. JJ grinned and nodded.

"I wasn't good at anything else, and I really wanted to go to college, so I thought my only way to get a scholarship was through soccer. It worked" she smiled. "what about you? You said you graduated high school at twelve. That's definitely impressive"

"it wasn't as good as it sounds. Like I said, I didn't have that many friends. The friends I had were ones that either lived near me or were family friends. I didn't have school friends"

"that's quite sad to be honest" Spencer shrugged.

"yeah, but it got me here, so it all worked out in the end" they got their meals and started talking about families; the topic that Spencer was silently dreading.

"so have you got any brothers and sisters?" JJ's face slightly dropped before continuing.

"er yeah a brother" Spencer didn't want to push, but he knew there was more to that answer.

"what about you?" she asked. Spencer shook his head.

"only child" JJ nodded and paused before she asked the next question. She had her suspicions, but she never wanted to ask.

"do you have any kids?" Spencer suddenly stopped eating. He didn't want to hide Savannah, and he thought that if JJ couldn't accept the fact that he had a daughter, then they weren't meant to be.

"er yeah. I have a daughter" he said with a smile. JJ smiled back, slightly shocked at how calm she felt about the fact that he did have a child.

"tell me about her"

"her name is Savannah, and she's thirteen" JJ's eyes widened slightly, and Spencer had to chuckle.

"yeah, I was only sixteen when she was born, but she's the light of my life" he said proudly. "she actually told me to not tell you about her"

"why?"

"she said that it wasn't a good topic for a first date, and she was worried that if you found out it would scare you off" JJ laughed, but also felt sad at the fact that a little girl was scared she would scare off her dad's date.

"what happened to her mother?" Spencer played with his food before answering.

"she died. Three years ago"

"oh Spence I'm so sorry" Spencer shook his head.

"don't be"

"do you want to talk about it?"

"Can we talk about her after dinner? I'd rather talk about it when we aren't in a restaurant" JJ nodded.

"can we talk more about Savannah? I want to know about her" JJ asked with a smile. Spencer grinned, pleased that JJ was showing an interest. Once they had finished dinner and Spencer paid the bill, they got up and went for a walk around the lake. Spencer took the plunge and reached out to take JJ's hand. JJ smiled and held onto it tighter.

"Spence you don't have to talk about her if you don't want to"

"no I do. You deserve to know. We were together since I was thirteen, and she got pregnant with Savannah at sixteen. We got married two years after and everything seemed perfect" Spencer said with a sad smile. They stopped walking and sat down on a bench opposite the lake; still holding hands.

"when Savannah was ten, we found out we were having another baby. We'd been trying for a few years, so it was amazing news" Spencer paused and cleared his throat, willing the tears that were forming to not spill over.

"she went into premature labour seven months later and she erm… died in childbirth. Our baby, our son… died a few days later" JJ had tears in her eyes. How could something so tragic happen to what seemed like a perfect family? She squeezed his hand tightly and cleared her throat.

"Spence I am so sorry" Spencer looked over at her and saw that she had tears rolling down her cheeks. With his other hand he reached up and wiped them away.

"don't cry, it's ok" he said with a sad smile. "I've got Savannah, so I'll always have a piece of her too. I've started to think about her without hurting anymore you know?" JJ nodded, understanding what he felt more than he knew.

"can I ask you something?" Spencer said. When JJ nodded, Spencer continued.

"you had more than just a brother didn't you?" JJ opened her mouth to ask how he knew, but then remembered his job and just nodded.

"I had a sister too. Rosaline" JJ looked down at her lap and Spencer took her other hand and held both of them.

"it's ok, you don't have to" JJ took a deep breath and carried on.

"when I was eleven, she came into my room, and told me that no matter what happened she loved me. She gave me her necklace, and I was shocked but secretly happy because I always wanted one the same" JJ sadly smiled before continuing.

"the next day… I went into the bathroom and she-" JJ's eyes filled up with tears and her voice cracked. "she was in the bath, her wrists all cut up" Spencer stopped her and pulled her into a hug.

"don't, it's ok, I don't want you crying on the first date" he chuckled, and JJ gave a weak giggle.

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to be honest with you"

"it's ok. Come on stop those tears" he wiped her tears away, and JJ leant into his touch. Within the first date they revealed some of their darkest secrets, and JJ decided to take that as a good thing. They carried on walking before heading back. Spencer drove JJ back to her house and walked her to her door.

"thanks for a great night Spence. Thankyou for opening up to me"

"you're welcome, and thankyou for the same" JJ opened her door and turned to face him.

"did you want to come in? or do you need to get back to Savannah?" Spencer smiled that JJ had thought about his daughter.

"yeah I better, I'm sorry"

"no don't apologise. But I hope we can do this again?"

"you want to do this again?" JJ frowned.

"yeah why wouldn't I? I had a good night, despite the obvious" JJ said with a giggle. Spencer smiled and had to chuckle too.

"well you find out that I'm a widower and I have a daughter on the first date. That hasn't scared you off?"

"no it hasn't. I would love to do this again, and maybe if things go well, I want to meet her" JJ said with a smile and hope gleaming in her eyes. Spencer grinned.

"I'm sure that can be arranged. Anyway get some sleep, and I will call you tomorrow, unless that's too soon, in which case-" Spencer was cut off by JJ's laughter.

"Spence, I would love for you to call me tomorrow. Now get home to your daughter, I'm sure she wants to hear all about her daddy's first date" Spencer chuckled, knowing that JJ was spot on.

"night JJ" He was about to walk away, but quickly turned back and gave JJ a quick kiss on her lips. It was short, but JJ thought her knees were going to give out underneath her. She blushed bright red and bit her lip.

"night Spence" she said as he grinned and walked back to his car. He drove back to his house and walked inside. Savannah was in the livingroom reading a book, and grinned up at her father as he walked in.

"hey, have a good night?" she asked as he sat next to her.

"I did, what are you reading?"

"Wuthering Heights. So come on, give me details" She said and set her book down on the coffee table. Spencer chuckled and shook his head.

"it was good. We went for dinner and then walked around the lake. And we spoke about a certain little genius that loves to read books by the Bronte sisters" Savannah's jaw dropped open and Spencer laughed.

"you spoke about me?! Why, I told you not to"

"she asked if I had a child and I wasn't going to hide you. She was fascinated about you baby. I think I might be seeing her again"

"really? I didn't scare her off?"

"no you didn't. in fact I think you were the reason I got another date so thanks Savannah" Spencer chuckled and nudged her. Savannah rolled her eyes and stood up.

"yeah yeah, anyway I'm off to bed. Night, I love you" Savannah kissed Spencer's cheek and walked towards the stairs, secretly happy that her dad may have found someone that not only accepted him, but accepted her too.