~1 year earlier

Megan walked into Garcia's office and slid down the door she just closed. It didn't take long for the tech to turn her attention to her friend. Her eyes still stung with the tears brought on my Spencer's recording to his mother, and she only hoped Megan wouldn't ask.

"I thought you took a personal day?" She asked, surprised by how composed her voice sounded.

"It was only one doctor's appointment. What's going on here, it looks like a war zone."

"That's a question for our fearless leader, my dear. I suggest you go talk to him before doing anything else."

"Can I hide in here for a little while? I need to clear my head."

"What's wrong?" Garcia asked, taking in her tousled hair and worried eyes. "Is everything okay?"

"I'm not sure yet. It's nothing life threatening, so don't worry too much." Megan stared up at her friend and couldn't resist the question any longer. "Are you okay, when I came in you looked upset?"

"Fine, you should go find Hotch."

Reluctantly, Megan left the safety of the tech office and went to find her older brother in the mass of military personnel that had taken over the BAU. Finally walking into their conference room, she saw a visibly upset JJ and her brother both staring out into the bullpen. For a moment she thought about turning around and taking the rest of the day off before he realized she'd come in, but something big was going on and she needed to know what.

"Aaron," she called out quietly. The hurt expression on his face didn't silence the alarms going off in the back of her mind. "What's going on? Everyone is freaking out and Garcia won't tell me anything."

"I thought you weren't coming in today."

"It was one doctor's appointment. I never said anything about being gone the whole day, just the morning."

"Are you okay?"

"Fine, it was just a physical. What about you?" She stepped further into the room as JJ patted her arm reassuringly before leaving for her office. "Is she okay?"

"You need to take these." He handed her a cup with pills.

"What are these?"

"Cipro, Megan, there was an anthrax attack." She took the pills willingly, sliding down into a seat.

"Where's Spence?"

"He's going through the lab." He tried to sound confident, but his little sister was well versed in his vocal shifts.

"Please don't lie to me."

"He was infected. Morgan's with him."

"Why isn't he at the hospital? If he's sick," she couldn't continue. Her hands ran shakily through her hair. This couldn't be happening to her today. "Is there anything I can do around here?"

"I was going to have you meet up with Prentiss."

"I'd rather stay in here."

"Megan, this really isn't the time to be arguing. I need you in the field, that's where you'll be most helpful."

"There's something you need to know, as my boss, which means no one else has to know."

"Are you alright?" He took a seat across from her, eyes scanning for anything out of the ordinary. "Are you sick?"

"I'm pregnant."

She couldn't stop the happiness that washed over her for a brief moment. Telling Aaron wasn't as frightening as she'd expected, but it still caused butterflies to swarm her stomach. For what seemed like hours he said nothing at all, just stared at her.

"Aaron, say something. This is a big deal and I need to know if this is going to be a problem."

"This is great news, Megan." He smiled leaning forward to hug her. "I'm happy for you."

"Thanks, I wanted to wait and tell Spencer first, but..." She couldn't stop the tears that filled her eyes. "He's going to be okay, right? He took the Cipro?"

"Yeah, but this is a different strain. We're doing the best we can."

Megan walked through the halls of the hospital, running through various ways of telling her boyfriend their good news. It wasn't until she was outside the door to his room that everything fell silent in her head. She couldn't tell him now. She wasn't ready.

"Wow, babe, you look good." Her seductive tone caused Morgan to raise his eye brows.

"I'll leave you guys alone." He patted her shoulder before walking down the hall.

"How are you feeling?" She came and took a seat on the edge of the bed. "You scared the hell out of me, Spence. Please don't ever do something like that again."

"I won't. I promise."

She leaned in and placed a quick kiss on his cracked lips. It scared her how much she loved him. After two years of quietly dating within the team she couldn't believe she never thought about this moment. Any day something could happen one of them.

"I can't lose you, Spencer. Not now."

"How did your appointment go?" He held her hand tightly in his. "Everything's okay?"

"Spence, I'm fine. Let's worry about you for a little bit or at least until you're out of the Anthrax ward." She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. "I'm sorry I wasn't there with you."

"I'm glad you weren't."

"You think we could squeeze a week out of Aaron for recovery time. I wouldn't mind a few days off the road." Her smile was infectious.

"He's your brother, I'm sure all we're getting is the weekend. I'm fine anyway." He lifted her hand to his lips pressing a kiss to her knuckles.

"I love you, Spence."

"I love you more, Megs."