Disclaimer - i don't own anything. Officially on holiday, whooo 3 day 'til christmas. Not a lot of Lacey in this Chapter but just wait until you see what i have planned for the next chapter :)
The Stories We Could Tell
Reid leaned back into the cushioned seat of the plane, they were heading to South Dakota; three people killed in the last four weeks in a small town. All victims had been killed in different ways, all different races, two males one female – the only connection was the same apologetic note left at each crime scenes. Spencer sat up in his chair spotting something one of the crime scene photos and called it to attention of the team, not knowing what was going on back at the B.A.U headquarters.
Garcia only spotted the SIM card by chance, in her normal fast rate of gather information for the team she had bumped into Spencer's desk and sent some pencils to the floor, causing her to stop and gather them up. In amongst them was a white SIM card that was calling her name. It must have been Reid's; her little G-man would have no idea what it was with his technophobia and most likely took it out to avoid technology. It would give her the perfect chance to find about more about Reid's girlfriend. She placed the pencils back on the desk and clutched the SIM in her hand and headed back to her technological heaven.
She used two of her main screens to continue following a lead Reid had found and used her third one to run the SIM card. She stared at the number that came up registered to the SIM. It wasn't Reid's and it wasn't Erin Keller's. She stared at the screen for a while before the other two screens started screaming for her attention. She decided to phone her chocolate god of thunder to give him the findings but also get advice.
"Hey Baby-Girl, what have you got for me?" Morgan's voice filled her office through the small speaker, Garcia quickly filled Morgan in with what she had uncovered before continuing with the more personal side of things.
"I found a SIM card on Reid's desk."
"Okay, so Reid took his SIM out of his phone, so what?" Morgan asked not sure why she was so confused, Reid was usually with another member of the team so he didn't always have to use his cell phone.
"But it isn't his and it isn't Erin Keller's, should I run it or should I just put it back?" Garcia asked looking at the tiny card that was causing her so much panic.
"Run it, search the person who it belongs to and call me when you find out more." Morgan said with an air of authority.
"You got it sugar shack, P.G out!" Garcia called before hanging up the phone and moving closer to the SIM card "So my little pretty, what information do you have for Auntie Penelope?" she said as her hands flew across the keyboard.
Spencer's phone started to buzz a few hours after they landed, he pulled it awkwardly from his pocket well aware that Morgan was giving him a funny look and answered the phone.
"Reid …" He said but couldn't get anything else before he was ambushed by a wave of panicked chatter.
"Do you have Chuckie's brain? Please tell me you still have it." Reid ran his hand over his face before he answered; he had completely forgotten to warn Lacey he still had it.
"Yeah, I left it on my desk, I completely forgot, can you live without it for a few days or do you really need it." Spencer asked trying to think of a way of getting Lacey her SIM back without causing too much commotion.
"Thank God! It's okay, I can live without Chuckie for a few days, but you're buying coffees when you get back!" Lacey voice chimed down the phone sounding a lot happier. "I'll see you when you get back, take care of yourself Spence."
"I will, see you when I get back." Spencer agreed before hanging back and turning towards Morgan.
"Everything okay, Pretty Boy?" Morgan asked, curiosity seeped through his body
"Yeah, just a friend I was going to meet for drinks." Reid lied wanting to keep his work and time with Lacey separate, at least for now.
Morgan nodded not believing Reid for one minute and started to wish Garcia would call him back as soon as possible.
Two words finally jumped out after a long time searching, Lacey Thompson. Blonde hair, brown eyes, about 5'6", same age as Reid and worked in a small bookshop. This confused Garcia, how did she fit into this mystery? She stretched across her desk and called Morgan.
"What have you got for me, sweet cheeks?" Morgan called, his voice once again echoing around her small office. Garcia shared her findings, not sure what else she could do, there were no messages saved to the SIM just a few numbers, one being Erin Keller's and another being Reid's. Morgan didn't seem too sure either, they both agreed to keep it to themselves, for now. Garcia scooped up the SIM and placed it back on Reid's desk in roughly the same area as she believed it would have been before she sent it to the floor.
Three days later the team were on the plane back heading home, the killer had been caught and everything had turned out okay, there had been no more victims since the B.A.U were appointed to the case, something everyone was relieved by. Spencer made a quick stop to grab Lacey's SIM, too tired to even notice that the card was not in the same place he had left it in and headed for the elevator. Morgan watched as Reid slipped the SIM into his pocket and headed to the door, before leading Emily to Garcia's office.
"What have we got?" Emily asked, having being partnered with Rossi for this case she wasn't up to date of the new player in the 'Who's Reid's girlfriend' mystery.
"Two girls: Erin Keller – 43 years old, works in a laundrette. Or Lacey Thompson – same age as Reid and works in a bookshop, both are within a two minutes' walk from Tina's café." Garcia answered pulling up a picture of each girl. They were looking at the two pictures when Rossi opened the door and walked into the middle of the 'briefing'. He looked at the two pictures of the girls before looking at the younger profilers.
"Should I be worried? Or should Reid?" Rossi asked raising one eyebrow and watch as the younger agents had the decency to look a bit guilty. "You could always ask him," Rossi said as he turned to leave the room leaving the younger agents to think about his short point. They all waited a minute before they were sure he had left.
"Should we check them out?" Emily asked looking at Garcia and Morgan, not sure whether they should be breaching into their friend's personal life.
"I think we should make sure Reid's not out of his depth," Morgan answered, Garcia nodding in agreement. They stayed in the office for the next half hour planning their surveillance on the two women who Reid appeared to be in contact with.
Just a filler chapter i guess, i don't want to write too much about the cases as this is more the personal side of things, but i wasn't really comfortable writing Morgan and Garcia as i was writing Spencer and Lacey, Review and let me know what you though.
