A/N: Thank you for your wonderful reviews, glad you like the story. On with chapter 10, I must be on a roll!

Chapter 10

To the one whose dreams are falling all apart
And all you're left with is a tired and broken heart
I can tell by your eyes you think you're on your own
but you're not all alone

- Safe by Phil Wickham

"JJ…" Reid started as he followed her into the computer room where he was supposed to help her set up a dating site account.

"Spence, I don't want to hear it. I know you don't want me to do this, but we need to catch this…" She paused, wanted to call him a bad name, but composed herself, "bad guy… Don't tell me what I can and can't do," she said, snapping slightly.

Reid frowned and settled down behind the laptop. "I wasn't going to say anything. No I don't like the idea of putting you in danger, but I know you know what you're doing and that you're… stubborn," he said, looking at her to spot her reaction.

JJ gave him a slight smile, "I guess I am," she said and sat down next to him. "So, how do we go about this?"

After logging into the website and opening the 'edit profile' section Reid turned to look at JJ. "Well, I've never… done something like this before. All I know is that written words can be really powerful," he said, thinking of all the letters he'd written to Maeve and all the ones he'd received in return. He shook the feeling and focused on the task at hand. "He's looking for women slightly younger than you, but I think we… or you in this case, can fool him," he said, not even realizing he'd just given her a compliment.

JJ smiled gently, "Thanks Spence," she whispered and sat behind the laptop, typing up a small story for her profile page. "Okay, now about… traits?" She asked, looking at Reid.

He blushed slightly as he thought, "You're… charismatic, friendly, a good listener, trustworthy, a great mother, but you best leave that one out. And you're…" He paused. "Never mind."

"I'm what Spence?" JJ asked gently, impressed with how easily he could give her positive traits.

"You're beautiful…" he whispered, his cheeks reddening even further. He cleared his throat and got up, "I'm gonna get us some coffee, I'll be right back," he said and slipped out of the room before she had a chance to react.

JJ sat stunned for a moment. Reid opening up like this and giving her such a compliment struck something deep inside of her. Reid never made any comments about appearance and him calling her beautiful, she'd never expected to hear him say something like this. She decided for now not to confront him with it, it had been tough enough for him to say something like that.

When Reid came back with their coffee she just thanked him and gave him a bright smile. She received a sheepish one in return.

"Do you think this'll work?" She asked once she had uploaded her profile along with some pictures.

Reid nodded, "Most definitely, looking at all the blondes on this site which match his preferences, well let's just say, there aren't many options left for him," he said.

"How do we know he's not just going to start using another dating website?" JJ asked.

"We don't, but Garcia said this one was in all of their browser histories, so it's worth a try, don't you think?" He asked.

JJ nodded. "Alright, let's head back to the team, see if they've got anything else for us," she said, leading the way to the conference room.

When she walked in she could see Hotchner's worried face. His brows were slightly furrowed and his stare was serious. "What's up Hotch?"

He looked at her, "We've got another one. Reid, I want you to go to the crime scene together with Morgan, see if you can find anything that will help us give a definitive profile this afternoon. The sooner we can provide the department with a profile of the man they're looking for, the sooner we can put this guy behind bars."

"Right with ya there Bossman," Garcia piped up, "he's such a creep," she said, pulling up the most recent crime scene photos on her laptop.

"Detective Mallory," Morgan said as he shook the detective's hand. "What have we got?" He asked as he followed Mallory to the crime scene.

"Another blonde woman, found this morning by a man walking his dog. The dog started pulling him in the direction of the water, he followed and that's when he saw her."

"She's left naked, that's a first time," Reid said, looking at the victim. "Mirrors in her eyes again, judging by the blood done when she was still alive. I bet that the ME will confirm she has blue eyes," he spoke to no-one in particular.

Morgan squatted down next to the victim, looking at her arms. "Ligature marks indicate her wrists were bound together," he said, getting back up. He looked around the area, "Looks to me he's evolving slightly. This dumpsite was more visible than the others; he left her naked, maybe to shock people?"

Reid nodded slightly, "I think we'll be ready to give a profile once we get back to the station," he said, turning to detective Mallory. "You can call your ME to have the body picked up."

When the detective turned to walk away Reid looked at Morgan. "I've uhm… never thanked you for listening to me when I had to talk about Maeve," he started, "for keeping it from the team that I like to visit her grave before coming into work."

"No problem man," Morgan replied with a slight grin. "So have you found what you were looking for there?"

Reid frowned for a moment and then nodded, "Consolation of some sorts. I'm just glad I had the opportunity to have this with her and I can do nothing but be grateful for that."

Morgan patted his friend on the back, "Sounds like you're slowly getting ready to move on, good for you," he said. He'd had a feeling that Reid was allowing old feelings to come float back to the surface again. He hadn't been blind to Reid's crush on JJ and he felt that with new developments his young friend was allowing them back in his heart.

Reid smiled, "Yeah… so thank you," he said again as the detective was done talking on the phone.

Together they headed back to the police station to give everybody a profile. They stood together in the conference room, a crowd of agents in front of them. Hotchner stepped forward.

"We're looking for an Omaha resident around his forties. He targets blonde women between the ages of eighteen and thirty. He is enlisted on a local dating website as are the women. We believe he gains their trust, goes on one or two dates with them before the women trust him enough to invite him to their homes. Once there he strikes, binds their wrists and places mirrors in their eyes while they're still alive. He wants to be able to see himself in their eyes, literally."

JJ stepped forward next to Hotchner, "We decided to create an account on the dating website, with my photo on it. Once the unsub reaches out we will talk to him via the chatbox, lure him in. When I go on a date with him we will be able to catch him," she said, looking around at the officers.

"Excuse me, what do you mean by unsub?" One of the officers in the back asked.

"The suspect, the unknown subject," Rossi said. "Because we are not sure he will fall for this trap we want you to be on the lookout for this man. He most likely works in the area around Fremont, he is not very intelligent so most likely works at a factory, at least work for which he doesn't need much brainpower," he explained.

Blake nodded, "He's a man you wouldn't find out of the ordinary when you pass him on the street. He is polite and doesn't attract much attention to himself. He is a typical narcissist, probably a loner. He doesn't think people are good enough to be allowed to spend time with him, so he rather spends his time alone."

Hotchner looked around, "That's all for now, good luck," he said and turned to JJ. "I want you to stay close to a computer in case you receive any messages on the website. Take Reid with you, he should be able to figure out which message could be from him."

JJ nodded and looked at Reid, "Let's go," she said and followed him to the computer room.

She opened the inbox on the laptop and was amazed by the amount of messages she had gotten. "Wow, these are… very good for your self-esteem," she said, turning to Reid.

Reid read a few messages and blushed at the straightforwardness of most of them. "I can't imagine ever finding a partner through a website like this," he said. "It's almost like selling yourself."

JJ looked at Reid and shook her head a bit. "I think it's a very good option for people who don't have much time to meet other people. This way they can sift through preferences and get straight to the point."

"I guess you have a point there," Reid admitted, "I just wouldn't know what to put on there without making me sound like a total nerd."

JJ smiled gently at him, "I could always help you if you want me to. If you're ready to get out there again that is."

Reid shook his head, "Nah I think I'm good, thanks."

"Suit yourself," she replied as they continued reading all the messages that had found their way into her inbox. Little did they know it was going to take many hours of reading messages from old perverts and horny little high school kids.

TBC