I decided to double update because I went to the Greek Fest with my friends and didn't get home till really late. This chapter gets kind of sad, but not that sad. It's like an 'I feel bad for him' sad.

If you hadn't noticed, I'm obsessed with the movie Ponyo. Frankie Jonas is freaking adorable. I don't own the book Rainbow Fish, but my niece owns a bath time friendly copy of the book :)


Henry turned away from Reid as he got his cast taken off. The loud saw startled the young boy. Reid sighed a sigh of relief as the cast was taken off, but kind of missed walking around with all the drawings Henry put on it. He was keeping the cast though. He loved the drawings.

"Your arm will be a little stiff for a while, but you're free to go back to work, but not on the field," Dr. Lewis said. Henry frowned.

"I go back to daycare now?" Henry asked.

"I'm sorry Henry," Reid said. They went back to the SUV. Reid was still on crutches and would have to work his way down before he could walk again.

Henry pouted in the back of the car. Reid was going to work tomorrow and so was JJ, so he had to go back to daycare. It was August, and most of Henry's friends were 4 or 5, meaning they would go to preschool or kindergarten. Reid looked back at Henry, noticing his sad face.

"Hey buddy, do you want to go to school?" Reid asked.

"School?" Henry asked.

"When I was 3, I started preschool. It's like daycare, but you learn some stuff that gets you ready for school," Reid said.

"Yeah!" Henry said. JJ smirked. Only Reid could make school sound fun.


Reid and JJ got Henry into a local preschool since he knew his ABC, could count to 24, and knew his colors. Henry held JJ's hand as they walked to the preschool, Reid hobbling along on his crutches. Henry smiled as he saw one of his friends from summer daycare. They walked over to the teacher, Ms. Miller.

"Hi, you must be Ms. Miller. I'm Jennifer, this is my boyfriend Spencer, and our son Henry," JJ said.

"Hi, you must be the Henry everyone's been talking about," Ms. Miller said. Henry became very shy and hid behind Reid.

"It's okay buddy, she's your teacher. She's really nice," Reid said. Henry put a hand out.

"Hi," Henry said shyly. Ms. Miller shook his hand.

"He's very shy around new people. He has Asperger's Syndrome," Reid said. Ms. Miller nodded.

"How old are you Henry?" Ms. Miller asked.

"Three," Henry said.

"Wow, you must be really smart to know everything you know at your age," Ms. Miller said. Henry smiled a little. He liked being smart like Reid. He noticed a book shelf.

"Can I read a book?" Henry asked.

"Sure, feel free to pick any book you like," Ms. Miller said.

"We have to get to work Spence," JJ said.

"Right. We'll pick Henry up at 3, but if we can't be here on time, his godmother Penelope Garcia will," Reid said. He and JJ went back to the SUV for a long day at the BAU.


Reid yawned and scratched his arm. Ever since the cast came off, he had been scratching his skin off.

"Spence, you're turning your arm red," JJ said as she dropped more case files on his desk.

"It itches!" Reid exclaimed. He groaned. Now his knee was hurting.

"What's wrong Pretty Boy? Missing that bed already?" Morgan teased.

"Not at all. I miss spending time with Henry, but I was tired of only being able to leave my bed to shower and use the bathroom. Even then JJ had to help me," Reid said. He groaned. "You have no idea how much she teases man."

"I believe it," Morgan said. Reid filled out another case file and dropped his pencil.

"Damn cast," Reid muttered. The entire 4 weeks he had his cast, his arm didn't itch once, now, he was ready to cut off his arm.

"How much longer are you in that thing?" Morgan asked, pointing to the brace Reid had to wear over his pants.

"Another month. I think I exploded my knee," Reid said with a laugh. "Seriously, I get shot in the knee, 3 surgeries to repair the damage, and then I dislocate the same knee, another 2 surgeries." Morgan laughed.

"Let's get you a bullet proof bubble," Morgan joked. Garcia came rushing out of her office and into the bullpen.

"Hey baby gi-" Morgan started.

"Henry's preschool is on line 2 Reid," Garcia said. Reid picked up his phone and clicked line 2.

"Hello?" Reid said.

"Dr. Reid, Henry is crying under a table and won't come out. He doesn't want to leave unless he's with you," Ms. Miller said.

"Tell Henry I'm on my way," Reid said, hanging up. He picked up his crutches and began hobbling to the elevator.

"You can't drive sweet cheeks," Garcia said. Reid started heading towards JJ's office. He opened the door.

"JJ, Henry's under a table at preschool crying," Reid said.

"What happened?" JJ asked.

"I don't know, let's just get going," Reid said.


JJ picked Henry up from under the table. His eyes were red and puffy from crying so much and he looked exhausted.

"What's wrong Henry?" JJ asked.

"I wanna go home. I hate it here. Nobody likes me," Henry cried. He buried his face into JJ's shoulder. Reid's face dropped he knew what Henry was going through. JJ took him to the SUV and Reid climbed into the back with him.

"What happened buddy," Reid said.

"They called me names," Henry whimpered.

"Like what?" Reid asked.

"Nerd, four eyes, weirdo, book worm-" Henry went on. Reid hugged Henry.

"Think of it this way, you're not a nerd, you're a genius. Nerds try to hard to be geniuses like us. If you didn't have glasses, you wouldn't be able to see straight and you'd trip over every thing. You're not a weirdo, you're just different from everyone else and they're all jealous of your big brain, and if you weren't a book worm, you wouldn't be nearly as smart as you are," Reid said. "I was called all of these names and more. I had no one to tell me they didn't mean anything to me, but you have me. They may talk about you today, but in the future, they're gonna be working for you."

"Are you sure?" Henry asked.

"I am. Look at me. When I was a kid, people would tell me I would grow up to be a nerd living alone in my mother's basement watching reruns of Star Trek, but I'm not. I'm an FBI agent living with you and Mommy," Reid said.

"I don't want to go back," Henry said. Reid sighed and hugged Henry.

"If you don't want to, you don't have to kiddo," Reid said.

"We're going to go to work for a little bit and then we'll go home," JJ said.

"I stay with Daddy," Henry said.

"You can help Daddy finish his work," Reid said. Henry nodded. Once they were at the BAU, Hotch was okay with Henry staying at the BAU until Reid and JJ got off. Henry sat on Reid's lap, his head resting on his chest as he took a nap. Reid carefully filled out his case files when Henry started waking up.

"Daddy," Henry said sleepily.

"You okay buddy?" Reid asked.

"Can we go home now?" Henry asked. Prentiss took the last of the case files on Reid's desk and added them to her stack.

"Let's go see if Mommy is ready," Reid said. He mouthed 'Thank You' to Prentiss. Henry started walking to JJ's office followed by Reid. Henry opened the door and walked over to JJ.

"Mommy, are you ready to go?" Henry asked.

"Yes I am sweet pea," JJ said. She picked up Henry and they went to the SUV. Once they were home, Henry sat on the couch with Reid while JJ started making dinner. They read a book together. Henry saw a book he got when he was 2.

"Rainbow Fish was the most beautiful fish in the sea. One day, a little blue fish-" Henry started reciting the book. Reid's eyes grew huge.

"JJ," Reid said. JJ looked up at them.

"After that, the other fish swam away from him. Rainbow Fish was all alone..." Henry recited. JJ noticed the book was sitting on the table and Henry was looking at Reid.

"Henry, you remember the entire book?" Reid asked. Henry nodded.

"Even the back of it!" Henry said. "Adapted from The Rainbow Fish, translated by J. Alison James. Copyright 1992, 2000-"

"JJ, he has an eidetic memory," Reid said with a smile


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