"Hey, yo, Spencer," Redfoo called when Reid entered the room. On the walls were different still frames from their music videos and concerts. "It's about time you showed up, man."
"Sorry, traffic was horrible." He apologized while taking a seat next to Q.
"Yeah, whatever. Let's get the show on the road," Sky Blu said, bringing everyone's attention to himself. "Our next video is for 'Sorry For Party Rockin' It's gonna be set after 'Sexy and I know it,' but before "Party Rock Anthem'."
"We are throwin' a house party so we will need extras and lots of them," Redfoo continued. "So bring your mom, your dad, your aunt and uncle, your friends, and as long as they are up to party rockin', your grandma and grandpa too," Sky Blu said, ticking off his fingers. "Even the lady that gets your coffee every morning."
"We don't care, we just need people to come and party," Redfoo finished.
"So that would include-"Q started.
"Yes," Sky interrupted.
"I suppose we should warn you now so you can warn your invites; they will most likely be in the background. They must dress the part and will provide a change of clothes if we deem them unfit. Also, if we have too many people show up, we may have to turn people away." Redfoo warned. "In which case, we," he gestured to Sky Blu and himself. "Will figure out who will stay and who goes. Now, that's all for the day," When no one made to move, he said, "That means get outta here."
Ye got up to leave, glad that is was a short announcement for once; glad to be going somewhere to rest for the day. That was, everyone except for Reid who was going to head to the Bureau to work for a few hours.
The second thing, after arriving (second only to getting a mug of coffee) was send out an e-mail to each of his team members saying: 'I would appreciate it if you would all gather in the conference room at 11 o'clock. I will tell you what it is about then and no sooner. So that means that there is no point in asking ahead of time. *Cough Morgan, *Cough Garcia, *Cough Cough*. Thank you. ~ Spencer Reid.' And of course, both Morgan and Garcia went up to him and asked what it was about; he did not budge in telling them.
To the team, it felt more like later rather than sooner when 11 rolled around. Because when he appeared in the doorway, not even a step in. they pounced, all asking questions at the same time. This caused two things to happen: One- Reid opened and closed his mouth, making him look like a goldfish and two- Hotch to place two fingers in his mouth and blow. The noise was enough to cause them all to flinch.
"Now," Hotch started. "Reid, what is this about?"
"As you all know, I had my meeting today, and we were discussing our next video. For it, we are having a party rock house party and thus you are all going to be invited to the set. Although I have to warn you that if there are too many people, you may be turned away."
Garcia had a grin so wide on her face that it looked like it hurt as she said, "Oh, my God, yes! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, can Kevin be invited too?"
"No, he doesn't know who I am and I don't really want anyone else to know."
"So, you mean that we can really meet the master minds behind LMFAO?" Prentiss asked.
"That's what I'm sayin'… As long as you can act professional about it, "He paused, "And unless you tell me otherwise, I'm going to assume that you're going."
"I'm saying otherwise," Rossi stated.
"Awe, come on, Rossi, it will be loads of fun." Garcia tried to persuade him.
"No thank you."
Hotch, not completely sure asked, When is it?"
There was a moments silence as they awaited his answer. Then… "Damn it! I don't know, they never said, and I meant to ask them. I'll have to find out and let you know."
"I will have to get back to you on that then."
Reid nodded. "Umm," he looked at Hotch.
"Okay, I have a question," JJ said "what should we wear?"
"I guess it doesn't really matter, they said that they would provide a change if needed. I would wear something of their style though incase that's the eliminating factor."
"Would be get to keep said change of clothes after words?" Garcia asked.
Slowly, Reid responded, "Most likely, but I do not promise anything."
"So in other words, we could get free LMFAO gear if we come unprepared?" Morgan asked. Reid nodded.
"Not that I really care either way, but would we be paid for coming?" Prentiss asked.
"I don't know. He answered, getting a nod back.
There was more silence then Hotch said, "Back to work."
***It was later, on his break that he called Sky Blu.
"Hey," Sky answered.
"So, I talked it over with my team and they brought up a good point… when is this going down?"
"Hum, ah, the seventeenth," it sounded more like a question. "Yeah, the seventeenth." He reassured both himself and Reid of that.
"Alright, see you then." He hung up
He went to Hotch first, since he had asked first. Standing outside the office door, he knocked once then stuck his head inside to see a hand motioning him in.
"I just called to ask and Sky says it will be the seventeenth."
Hotch nodded and said, I don't believe I have anything already planned for that day but I will have to let you know later."
"Okay," Reid responded, leaving the room to inform the others; who were of course fine with any date.
In the days leading up to the sixteenth, Reid watched in amusement as, Garcia mainly, but the others as well, were basically bouncing off their chairs with anticipation for the day to come.
It was inside the parking garage that they formed an impromptu meeting outside Hotch's car. (Except Rossi who still refused to go.)
"So how's this going to work?" Morgan asked, looking at Reid.
"Well first, Hotch, are you coming or..?"
"Yeah, I'll go." He said seeming somewhat reluctant.
"We have to be there no later than nine so how about we meet at my house at about eight and we'll get there early. We can decide who's going with whom then."
Everyone was fine with that and so they set off for their respective homes, hoping that they could get some sleep that night through their excitement.
He had his alarm set for seven in the morning to make sure he had enough time to shower before anyone got there.
Luckily, he got it in but before he could get dressed, Morgan was knocking at the door. With his towel wrapped around his waist, he opened the door to let his friend in.
"I didn't know it was going to be that kind of party," Morgan greeted him.
Scowling, he said, "If anyone else shows up, please let them in." He walked into his kitchen and started his coffee machine moment later, he returned to walk through and into his bedroom to get something on before the others arrived. "Feel free to turn the T.V. on." He called out.
"Got it," Morgan called back.
About ten minutes later, Reid re-appeared wearing gray sweatpants and a black and white 'Beat Rock' along with a Shuffle-bot head shirt on, along with a dinosaur sock and a mustache sock in his hand.
"Hey, Reid," Garcia greeted from next to Morgan then added, "nice socks."
"Thanks," Reid said as he sat perpendicular to them to put said socks and a pair of Converses on.
"Prentiss is in the bathroom." Morgan informed him idly.
Reid nodded, standing up, he asked, "Does anyone want some coffee?"
"Sure," Morgan said.
"Mm, yes, please."
"Ooh, I'll have some too," Prentiss said, entering the room.
"Hi," Reid said exiting. As he poured the four cups of coffee, he thought about how weird it would be for this elite team of FBI profilers to be going to a set for a music video that contained lyrics like: '…And if you black out with your sack out…'
He wasn't really sure what was going to happen but he could imagine… 'Why am I doing this again?' he thought before walking back into the other room.
By now it was almost eight and JJ had arrived.
"Hi, Reid," she said helping him with the mugs in his hands.
"Hi, JJ, do you want some coffee?"
"No thanks, I stopped and got some on the way. Is Hotch here yet?"
Reid looked at Morgan for an answer. He shook his head without looking up from the T.V. "Not yet," Reid answered her. Glancing at the clock, Reid stood up to say, "We will be leaving at eight-fifteen with or without Hotch. It takes about twenty minutes to get there so we'll be there a little early which will be good. Now, when we get there, I will hand you passes and you have to stick with me at least until we get past security. And remember to act professional, remember where you work."
"We get it, Pretty Boy, don't embarrass you." Morgan said.
Reid sat down, nervous as to what was about to happen. He looked around to see that they were all too excited to show any nerves about meeting LMFAO. Then all of a sudden, he was up again, and on his way to his room.
"You okay?" Garcia asked him.
"Yeah, I just wanted to call Hotch." She nodded, leaving it at that.
It was quiet in his room and that was what he wanted; to call Hotch and have a moment to himself. It was just excitement and nerves that made him uneasy about what the team would think of the crew and what the crew would think of the team. Everything would work out fine was all he had to remember. Taking a deep breath, he dialed the number and put the phone up to his ear.
"Hotchner," he answered.
"Hey, Hotch, it's me, Reid. Where are you?"
"I'm on my way now."
"Okay, just so you know, we are leaving at eight-fifteen so if you aren't here by then, we will leave without you."
"I should be there by then."
"Okay," he hung up.
After another breath, he came back to join the others. "Hotch is on his way now and he knows that we will leave without him. So this will be the last call for the bathroom before we leave."
Once again, he found himself in the kitchen, pouring coffee into a traveling cup. He looked at his watch: 8:12.
"Everyone out the door now." He yelled.
Garcia, Morgan, Prentiss, and JJ were ushered outside. "If you have anything your taking with you, make sure you have it with you now." Reid yelled again while he grabbed a duffle bag off the floor. Once outside, he went straight to his car to put the bag in the trunk.
"Who's going with whom?" Prentiss asked.
"I don't care. I know that I'm driving but other than that…" he trailed off.
"Well, I want to see you behind the wheel," Morgan said.
"I'm with Reid too," Garcia stated before either of the other two could.
Looking at Prentiss, JJ said, "I'll drive unless Hotch gets here, then he can."
"Sounds good," Prentiss agreed. "I'll drive back if that's the case."
"We have one more minute before we have to be gone." Reid said frantically. "You two get in the car." He told Morgan and Garcia. "And you two, be ready to either run or drive." Garcia and Morgan listened by getting into the car while JJ and Prentiss stood by the JJ's ready to get in to dash. Reid, also in the car by this point, was now pulling out so that he was sideways on the lawn, idly.
As soon as he had the window down and was about to tell them to leave now, they heard the screeching of tires on pavement as Hotch pulled into view and stop about a yard away from where Reid was parked.
"Sorry I'm late."
"You're here and that's what counts," Garcia said over his shoulder before he could say anything.
"Do I have time to use the bathroom?" He looked at Reid as Prentiss and JJ climbed into the vehicle.
"No, we have to leave now if we want to make it there on time." He paused then added, "by the way, you're driving and following me."
Hotch nodded as Reid pulled out in front of him. "Has he had his morning coffee yet?" he asked.
"He reminds me of you," JJ said.
"Yeah, all grouchy and business like," Emily joined in.
"Come on, I'm not that bad."
*20 min. later at set*
Reid pulled into the short drive first to be stopped by a security booth.
He rolled down his window and the officer said, "You can go on in Spencer."
"Hey, Carlos, these people behind me are with me. Their names are Aaron Hotchner, Emily Prentiss, and Jennifer LaMontagne."
"Very well then, I'll let them through too."
"Thanks Carlos."
He nodded and raised the bar to let him in. Reid pulled forward about twenty feet then stopped again to wait for Hotch. A minute later, they were off to find a place to park, eventually finding two spots next to each other. Upon getting out, Garcia squealed with excitement and moved to stand with JJ and the crotchety Prentiss.
"He should not be singing at all," she was saying.
"It's over now." JJ tried to calm her.
"What's wrong?" Garcia asked.
"The whole way, Hotch was singing and in a good mood." JJ explained.
"I don't trust him when he's happy." Prentiss mumbled.
"Hey, you guys," Reid called their attention and motioned for them to join the half circle the boys had made. "You are going to have to keep these on you at all times." He passed out a visitors pass to each of his team members. "I want to say this; I don't know and I can't say where you will be used in the video or even if you are in it at all, but you'll at least get to meet everyone. Remember to have fun with this and…" he stopped to think. "Be appropriate as in no wacky fan people things. Please stay with me until I can show you around and introduce you to everyone."
It was as a group that they move towards the entrance and secondary security. Each taking their turn to show their passes and sent through to explore the set.
It was big and warehouse like when they first got a good look at the place. It was clear where some things were located and some things were better hidden.
"Right, so over there is the snacks." Reid pointed to the table with a wide verity of foods then started to walk off to start the tour. "Over here is the green screen and just over there are the bathrooms." He continued pointing to places of interest as he went along. He finally came to a stop saying, "This is the set we're using today along with the green screen."
"Wow, this is amazing." JJ breathed.
"I would so love to live there." Morgan said.
"Yeah," Hotch agreed.
"Hey, Spencer," someone yelled from across the open area.
"Hey," he yelled back then said, "Come on guys."
"Spencer, this is my grandma. Grandma, this is Spencer Reid, he's the robot guy I was showing you."
"You don't look like a robot." She said rather loudly.
"Grams, he isn't dressed up yet." The man said although she seemed to have lost interest in the conversation.
"Q, this is my team, Aaron Hotchner, Derek Morgan, JJ, Penelope Garcia, and Emily Prentiss."
"Nice to finally meet you all, Spencer is always talking about you guys."
"Only good things I hope." JJ smiled.
"Mainly; hey, where's the Italian guy you mention once in a while."
"He didn't come; probably didn't want to break a hip or something." He laughed. The team looked at him in astonishment, not believing what they just heard.
"Grandma, where are you going?" Q asked, seeing that the older woman was walking away.
"Aye, are the others here yet?"
Q just laughed in response; then called, "Grandma," as he rushed to catch up with her.
"What was that about?" Garcia asked.
"Oh, Sky and Foo are always late." He looked at his watch. "They should be here soon. I have to get changed now so you're on your own. The place should fill up soon and once they get here, I will introduce them."
"See yah," Morgan said as Reid walked away.
So far so good he thought on his way to the locker room and hopefully it would continue that way. As he finished lacing up his shoes, he decided it would be in his best interest to put the head on too so that he could still seem mysterious to fans. Taking a few steps out of the smaller room, he couldn't find anyone that he knew. There were plenty of unfamiliar faces now that seemed to crowd around him.
Ignoring most of them, he went out in search of either the crew or the team. He had no luck in either as he became more and more crowded with people. He felt the phone in his pocket vibrate and he quickly whipped it out to read the message. From: Sky Blu: meet us outside in 5 so we can get this party started.
From his current location, he would be surprised if he made it out in ten. Yet somehow it was seven minutes later when he found himself outside with a small group of people; all of which he knew.
"This is how its goanna go down," Sky Blu said. "We will introduce ourselves to the group just in case they don't know who we are then you all will show us who you brought with you and then finally we will decide whose goanna be in this."
"Q you'll go first, Hok, Ryan, Feng, Aris, Victor, Steve, Hirano, Spencer, and then us. Let's go," Foo finished.
One by one, each person got a minuet worth of undivided attention, each announcing themselves… except Reid who had an iPad with him to make beeping noises, and finally Sky Blu and Red Foo. After that, they took turns with closer meetings. Again, Reid was last.
Not wanting to talk, he gestured to his team as a whole. "This is Derek Morgan, JJ, Penelope Garcia, Emily Prentiss, and I'm Aaron Hotchner." He said for Reid.
"Well, hello there, Emily," Red Foo practically purred.
Elbowing Foo, Sky said, "We got shit to do."
"Right; if you'll excuse us…" He trailed off before following Sky to the front of what now seemed to be a mob.
In a loud voice that everyone could hear, Sky Blu announced, "All the Ladies, you're in so go off to the left…. Your right, my left…. The other way," he shouted when they headed in the other direction. "Fellas, you have more competition and will actually have to show us that you belong here. So all of you line up over there and we will let you know. Ladies, in the back room there; there are some extra things to ware if you need it."
Once they were put of the room, Foo said, "We are going based on looks so if we give you a thumbs up, you stay if not you can still stay to watch however you will not be included."
Each took one end to start, pausing every once in a while to come to a decision. That happened with both Hotch and Morgan. Hotch stood there and looked stern, like he always does, and was given a thumbs up. However, Morgan stood there and gave a smile; he received the opposite. When the two meet in the middle, Foo said, "Thumbs up, there's another room in the back with things for you. The rest of you stay here and we will be back in a moment."
Hotch left without another word to Morgan.
It was ten minutes later when people started emerging one by one from the dressing rooms, all looking like they belonged to LMFAO's life style. Garcia, Emily, and JJ exited one after another. Spotting Morgan, they walked excitedly towards him.
"Hey there hot stuff," Garcia flashed a smile that quickly went away when she saw his face and attire. "What happened? Why didn't you change? Where's Hotch?"
He opened his mouth but shut it again with a small shake of his head.
"You didn't make it?" Prentiss asked in a surprised tone. They had all thought that if any of them couldn't be in the video, it would have been Hotch.
He shook his head. "Morgan," JJ practically whispered as she put a hand on his shoulder.
Garcia however had a different reaction. "Where is Reid?" she asked outraged.
"What is he going to be able to do, Baby Girl?" Morgan asked, finally unfrozen. "All these people here know someone in the group and may be trying to do the same thing."
"I hate it when you have a point," she pouted. Soon after that Hotch was joining them, making it into an awkward silence.
"You know, this is the part where you're all supposed to say 'I don't want to do this if you can't'," Morgan tried to joke.
His four friends exchanged glances and Garcia was about to say something when Sky Blu came out and yell, "All right thumbs down, go change. Cause this is a party and you are all invited."
The effects of his words were instant as whoops of joy were heard all around. Without another word, Morgan was practically sprinting to get changed.
"Well I'm glad that he gets to participate because otherwise he would have never let it go," Prentiss said.
When everyone was done in the changing room, Sky Blu announced, "Let's get this party started! All extras go to the party rock house and start party rockin'. Oh, and one last thing, this is Mickey Finnegan; the director and you will all have to listen to him."
"So there are some of you that I will pull aside; if you are one of those people, just stand off to the side over there."
He pulled about twenty people out of the group and told them to change into some clothes that had been set aside. When they came back, Mickey explained that they would have special parts.
Two were dressed as either a blue or red toy boxer nine were set to work in the green screen area while the rest were instructed to be partying outside on either the lawn or balcony. Actually, the very last person pulled was Q's grandma who would play the wife of an aged Redfoo.
For the most part the morning when smoothly with no real problems and so they were about halfway done with the video when they took a break for lunch.
They had rolled out a buffet for their guest and set up several round tables to sit at. There was an hour for lunch then they would be working on the second half of the video.
Reid had decided to change back into the cloths he had been wearing before so that he could converse more easily. In doing that, he was the last in line so when he located the team at one of the tables, he asked, "So, what do you think?"
"Wow," Garcia said.
"As much fun it is doing this, I would love to actually get a chance to talk with Sky Blu and Redfoo," JJ said while Morgan agreed.
"You're in luck then, I think they are talking with everyone for a few minutes," Hotch pointed out watching as the pair shake hands with the group at one table then moved to the next.
By the time Redfoo and Sky Blu were walking up to their table, they had finished eating and had been quietly discussing what might be talked about.
"Hey, Baby Babies," Sky said sitting down in one of the two empty seats while Foo took the other. Unsure, no one responded. "So, we wanted to thank you all for party rockin' with us and as a thanks, you are welcomed to keep whatever it is you're wearing."
"Oh, thank you!" Garcia squealed, giving both singers a hug. "Can I ask you to sign the shirt?" she asked pulling a marker out of nowhere.
"Uh, sure; where ah, did you get the marker?" he asked signing it.
"I always have one on hand," she explained while Morgan shook his head.
There was a pause in which no one was sure what to say and as Reid was about to break the silence, Q came running up to them asking, "Have any of you seen my grandma?"
"No, sorry," JJ said and he was gone again. "Well, I hope he finds her."
"He usually does," Redfoo said.
"Do you remember the one time in Vegas?" Sky asked.
"Oh, ha, yeah," Spencer laughed and upon seeing the interested faces around the table, he explained, "We had this concert and his grandmother had to have eye surgery; for some reason, he thought it was a good idea if she came with us. So she stayed on the bus while we preformed and when we got back a few hours later, she wasn't there anymore. And to make a long story short, we later founder her in a strip club with five hundred dollars. She's never said how she got it though."
"She has to be the coolest lady ever," Garcia mused.
"Yeah, she's pretty cool," Foo agreed.
"I'm surprised that you haven't said anything yet, Morgan," Prentiss said.
"Silent observation," he shrugged. "Just like Hotch." He said with a big smile as he threw his arm over the other man's shoulder, getting death glares in response.
"Sadly, we have a few more tables to hit up before we have to go back to work so, thanks again," Sky Blu said getting up. The team said their farewells before their own light chatter picked up again.
Moments later, Reid stood up saying, "I have to go change again." The others nodded.
The beginning of the second part of shooting was incident free now that everyone there knew what to expect. The last things they were working on were the solos, green screen, the beginning and end.
The soloist part went by without complications as each person moved in and out of the circle, getting their time to shine. After, they worked the start with Q's grandma and 'Rufus' in their house, stopping at the point when 'Sorry for Party Rockin' starts to play only to pick up again with the end and a basic yelling match.
By the time that was done with, people were starting to leave because only a few people were needed anymore for the green screen bits. Mainly people were still there to watch. About ten minutes into that, Reid tapped on JJ's shoulder then tugged at his shirt and finally pointed off into the distance. She nodded at his message like she understood. However, when Morgan asked her where he was off to, she responded, "I have absolutely no idea."
For Reid, it felt good to finally be able to take his costume off for what might be a long while. He was amazed at how well the day went, normally, he felt that was never his luck.
That though must have jinxed him because when he left the changing room, he saw Hotch being escorted out of the building by two security officers. He rushed to Prentiss and asked what happened.
"He punched this guy, I think his name was Victor, but I don't know why," she explained calmly what she say.
Reid shook his head, figures something would have to happen. "I'm wouldn't be surprised if you heard right that it was Victor, he can have a mean streak. But it's too bad for Hotch because he might not be allowed back."
"Will we?"
"Yeah, I mean none of you punched anyone, right? I just know that I'll hear about it later."
"You have to admit though; it is kind of funny to think that an FBI agent just punched a famous dancer."
"Wait, you're with the FBI?" a random man came up asking in a nervous tone.
"Yeah," Prentiss responded raising an eyebrow.
"That's ah, that's good to know," he walked, well almost ran to where his car was no doubt.
The two agents sighed, it was most likely drugs but they couldn't ignore it and had to follow him. When they got outside, he was nowhere to be seen. "There's only the one exit, I'll call Carlos and he take care of it." Reid said while pulling out his phone and Prentiss nodded.
"Hey, Carlos, it's Spencer. I wanted to warn you that you have a possible drug user coming your way. Yeah, bye," he hung up. "He'll take care of it."
"In that case, let's head back inside so the others don't think we were kicked out like Hotch." She smiled.
As soon as they re-entered the crowed of watchers, they could hear Sky Blu speaking to the group, "We are done. Thank you all so much for joining us today. We hope to see you all again someday so until then, drive safe and go party rock!" Slowly, the crowd dispersed with the sounds of farewells and the soft playing of 'Hot Dog.'
When the team found each other, they headed towards the door lightly discussing plans of going out for dinner. Reid felt the phone on his pocket going off, already knowing who it was from and what it was about, he said, "Hey, I'll meet you by the cars in a few minutes, the guys need to see me." As he turned on his heel, he pulled out his phone and found that he was right.
"Let me guess, my boss is no longer welcomed to the set?" he asked upon approaching them.
"No, that's not what we wanted, although, we are going to thoroughly investigate that and let you know what's going on with that. The real reason we wanted to see you was to say that any one concert they want to see, they can on us and they'll be good seats too." Redfoo said.
"Cool, thanks. I'll let them know now." He said, turning after giving a wave then leaving to meet up with the team.
"So what did they want?" Morgan asked.
"They say that you can go to one concert on them," Reid informed them.
"Oh, my gosh," Garcia exclaimed with a smile as if the day couldn't get any better.
"Yeah, so just let me know a head of time. And Hotch, they are going to tell me the verdict later on. What happened anyways?"
"I'd rather not talk about it," he mumbled.
After a moment's pause, JJ stomach gurgled loudly. "Let's get Chinese," she suggested.
Somehow, that got Reid started on the different place around to eat. "I'm not riding with him this time," Morgan said as he got into Hotch's car.
"Was it something I said?" Reid asked, getting a laugh from the group surrounding him.
A/N: I am so sorry for the way past over due update on this and really there is no excuse but please for give me, and if it makes it any better, it was longer. I know what's going to happen for the next/last chapter, I just have to type it up however, I might update 'Roomates' first but I will get both done eventually. Anyways, let me know what you thought, and again, I own nothing. Thanks to everyone who put up with me. XOXO~ SSAfunbar
