Chapter 7: Meeting

It should to be easy right? How hard it would be to tell his team members that he has a fiancée and a daughter.

It was Monday morning and Reid was eagerly waiting for his team members to arrive, but before they turn up, he needs to figure out certain things. How to start? He thought

'Hey, guys…I got engaged during the weekend…..'

'Oh…great!...you're a genius, Reid…you can do better than this….he told himself

Just when Reid was creatively thinking about how to open on the subject of Sophie and Eva to his team members, he saw Morgan, JJ and Rossi walking out of the elevator. Quickly, Reid pulled one of his paperwork and pretends to be immersed in his work. A few moments later, Hotch, Garcia and Emily joined, and they were all discussing about their activities during the weekend.

"Hey, Reid…how was your weekend?" asked Emily while enjoying her coffee

"Oh, come on…Prentiss…do you have to ask him that…we all know what he does…sleep, read and discovery channel…am I right, Reid?" asked Morgan, glancing back from Emily to Reid

"Actually, I did something else this weekend,"

"Something new? What did you do?"

Okay, maybe this is the chance, Reid thought "I got engaged," said Reid

Bad timing…definitely bad timing to expose about his engagement, upon those shocking words; Emily spilled her coffee on Rossi. Garcia dropped her handbag and her stack of paperwork on Hotch's shoes and JJ had to rescue Morgan from having panic attack.

Hotch: Today is not April 1st, Reid!

Rossi: Oh…come on…Reid…do you have to say that? This is my favorite trousers

Morgan: Did you just make a joke…?

But none of the girl made any comments; they knew it was true…how? They saw his ring. JJ walked past Morgan, almost knocking him out of the way, to Reid and took his hands.

"Nice ring…but wait…why you never told any of us?" JJ facial expression changed and Reid knew he is in big trouble.

Morgan was mystified "What is really going on here?" He walked towards Reid and when he saw the ring "You're engaged…for real, Kid?"

"Guys…I know…this might sound a little out of the ordinary…but yes…I got engaged," answered Reid

"Out of the ordinary?" said Hotch, raising his eyebrows "You just detonate a bomb on Monday morning!"

"Forget about that," voiced Garcia, while moving closer to Reid "What is her name?"

"Sophie…Sophie Ashley Williams," answered Reid

"Can we meet her?" It was Garcia again

"Of course…if you guys are free tonight, perhaps we can meet in my house…"

"It's on…tonight at 8pm," Garcia finalized

Everyone nodded in agreement, everyone was practically bowled over, not that they not happy for him but, Reid getting engaged…is something they didn't expect…and they just couldn't wait to have a glimpse of the girl who have stolen his heart.

"But, there is something else…" added Reid, thinking about Evelyn…

"What is it?" inquired Rossi

"There is someone else you guys will meet up when you come down tonight, so, just be ready, especially you, Garcia," said Reid, knowing how excited Garcia would turn out around kids.

"What do you mean by 'be ready' and why me specifically?" asked Garcia nonstop.

"You guys will find out tonight,"

Throughout the day, none of them could concentrate on their work, even Hotch, at the moment, they were more engrossed in knowing who someone else that Reid have spoken about is. Reid was enjoying every moment of that day, after a long time, he was able to keep everyone else on the edge.

Sophie was thrilled too, first she was quite nervous, but sooner or later, she has to meet them. From what she has heard from Reid, all six of them sound fantastic, so, it shouldn't be that hard right?

It was almost 8pm and finally, the doorbell rang. Reid welcomed everyone who came at once inside.

"Guys, this is my fiancée, Sophie Williams," Reid introduced the love of his life to his team members "and Sophie, this is Derek Morgan, Aaron Hotcher, Emily Prentiss, David Rossi, Jennifer Jareau, Penelope Garcia, and these two little boys are Jack, Hotch's son and this one here is Henry, my godson, JJ's son.

Sophie waved to all of them "Nice to meet you all," and then she walked to Jack and Henry "Hey there, little boys, nice to meet you too, give me five," When Sophie reached her palm to them, both Henry and Jack clapped their hand to hers. Then, everyone took their own time to have their personal introduction with Sophie

"Hey, Reid, is there someone else you want us to meet, you know…the one you was telling about?" asked Garcia suddenly

Sophie raised the eyebrows, clearly Reid has never told about Evelyn to the team. Well, this is going to be fun, she thought.

"I will call her," While saying those sentences, Sophie disappeared into the room.

"Her?" asked Morgan "Reid?"

"Guys, I am sure you guys will have tons of questions, save it, I am all yours tomorrow, for now, just enjoy the moment, okay,"

It might not have been even a minute since Sophie disappeared into the room, but all of them already have tons of assumptions in their head. Just when their head is about to explode with questions, they heard it

"Eva, slow down, honey…you're going to fall down," clearly, it was Sophie's voice

As Reid stood up, they saw a little girl attacking him with a hug "Daddy,"

At that split second, each person's facial expression was beyond description. Reid is not engaged but has a daughter…