A/N: Chapter 5, probably the last chapter. I'm gonna post an epilogue sometime next week. I'm sorry if the French in this chapter isn't grammatically correct, I used an online translator since I don't speak French. Hope you enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds, only my original characters.

Keep Holding on

Chapter 5

"Morning," Anna smiled as she woke up next to her boyfriend.

"Morning," Reid replied and gave her a soft kiss. They had flown back to D.C the day before, and today Anna was coming with Reid to the BAU.

"Have I ever told you that I love waking up next to you?" She tenderly stroked his cheek.

"No, but feel free to tell me whenever you want," Reid smirked, and Anna chuckled.

"I love waking up next to you,"

Reid smiled and pulled her close, placing a kiss to her mouth. Soon they were engaged in a heavy make out session. Suddenly, Reid got a fearful look on his face. "Oh no,"

Anna frowned. "What?"

"We were supposed to be at work nearly an hour ago!"

After that, the next 15 minutes were a daze. Both Anna and Reid hurried up, showered and then nearly ran down to his car.

"Can't you just tell them we overslept?" Anna suggested as they drove towards Quantico.

Reid shook his head. "They won't buy it. I never oversleep,"

"That's weird,"

JJ looked up when she heard Morgan's voice. "What's weird?"

Morgan pointed at Reid's desk, which was empty. "He's always the first one in,"

"Maybe he overslept," JJ suggested, but Morgan shook his head.

"Reid doesn't oversleep. He has like 3 alarm clocks, there's no way he's overslept,"

Right then, Hotch walked by. He too stopped at Reid's desk. "Reid's not in yet?" Morgan shook his head.

"Maybe he overslept," JJ said, and Hotch looked at her.

"Reid doesn't oversleep," he replied, and with a hint of a smile he disappeared into his office.

"Hey, what's going on?" Garcia had come out from her office, and was now looking at the two agents.

"Reid's not here," Morgan said. "JJ thinks he overslept."

Garcia laughed. "Honey, Reid doesn't..."

"Oversleep, I know," JJ exclaimed, rolling her eyes.

"Sorry we're late, the car wouldn't start," came Reid's voice, and three heads turned in his direction. Reid was standing there, next to a smiling Anna. No one could ignore the fact that their hair was damp, and that both were looking slightly flustered.

"Uh huh," Morgan said, looking doubtfully at them, and Reid's face turned slightly red.

Anna smiled at Morgan. "I hope you haven't given my guy a hard time Derek,"

Morgan laughed. "Who, me? Never,"

JJ smiled at Anna and extended her hand. "Hi, I'm Jennifer Jareau, but you can call me JJ. Everyone does,"

Anna smiled at the older woman, and shook her hand. "I'm Anna Marshall. Nice to meet you,"

JJ might not have been a profiler, but she could see that Anna was good for Reid. He smiled more than JJ had seen him do in the few months she had known him, and he seemed more relaxed.

"Are you going to start college here in D.C?" Garcia asked, and Anna nodded.

"Yeah, I'm going to Georgetown University," she replied and draped an arm around Reid's waist.

"Have you chosen a major yet?"

Anna nodded again. "Yes, I'm majoring in English and minoring in French,"

Garcia lit up in a smile. "Enfin j'aurai quelqu'un pour parler français à. Aucune des autres ne sait le français," (Finally I'll have someone to speak French to. None of the others knows French)

Anna chuckled. "Dites-moi à son sujet! J'ai essayé d'enseigner le français de Spencer, mais sa prononciation était terrible. J'ai peur qu'il soit seulement un génie en anglais," (Tell me about it! I tried to teach Spencer French, but his pronunciation was terrible. I'm afraid he is only a genius in English)

Garcia laughed. "Vous ne pouvez pas être mieux dedans le tout. Regardez-les, ils n'ont pas un indice de ce que nous disons" (You can't be the best in everything. Look at them, they don't have a clue of what we are saying)

Morgan, JJ and Reid indeed stood with puzzled faces, looking at the French speaking pair.

"You wanna fill us in baby-girl?" Morgan asked Garcia, who laughed.

"Not gonna happen mon dieu de chocolat," (My chocolate God)

"What do you say we all go out for lunch?" JJ suggested, and the others agreed.

"I'll go ask Hotch," Morgan said and walked up to his boss's office.

"Come in," Hotch said as a knock sounded on his door, and he looked up when Morgan poked his head in.

"Hotch, we're going out for lunch, you coming?"

Hotch looked up at the younger agent and nodded. "Sure, I'll be out in a minute."

"He's in," Morgan said as he re-joined the others. "So, where do you wanna eat?"

"How about Chinese?" Garcia suggested, but Reid shook his head.

"No way,"

"Why not?" Anna asked, looking bewildered at Morgan as he laughed.

"Young Dr. Reid can't handle chopsticks,"

Anna looked amazed at Reid as she stifled a giggle. "You don't know how to use chopsticks?"

Reid sighed, looking slightly embarrassed but still amused. "I know how to use them in theory, but not in practice."

Anna giggled openly and pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Come on Dr. Reid, I'll teach you how to use the sticks," they walked ahead, and Garcia was the first one to speak when the couple had disappeared.

"Is it just me, or did it just get really hot in here?"