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Chapter 10

Spencer, the BAU team, Chloe's parents and grandfather sat in the hospital waiting room. Spencer had a broken wrist and minor whiplash along with minor cuts and bruises over his arms and legs, he also had a seat belt shaped bruise on his chest. JJ had a cut on her forehead, but was forced to wait in the ER for an OB consult. Her baby was fine.

Spencer had woken up before the ambulance he was in got to the hospital and as soon as he could he called Chloe's mom, knowing that she would want to be there. He would have been more worried but was slightly relieved when he saw that Shannon was going to scrub in on Chloe's surgery. Chloe had been the closest to the truck when it hit them. Her leg had been pinned and the bones were going to need to be surgically set. The main thing all the doctors were worried about though was internal bleeding.

Spencer stood up as soon as he saw Shannon walking down the hall, his face flat and emotionless. Spencer's heart jerked.

"Please tell me she's ok." Spencer whispered, not noticing Chloe's mother joining him by his side.

"Yeah, she'll be fine. But the placenta ruptured and detached from the uterine wall. We weren't able to save the baby." Shannon whispered.

"What?" Spencer knew what Shannon was saying but he didn't want it to be true.

"I'm really sorry." Shannon whispered, looking from Spencer to Chloe's mom, who had tears running down her cheeks. "I'll show you to her room." Shannon started walking away, Chloe's parents and grandfather followed quickly, while Spencer slowly walked back to where he was sitting before and sat down, his head falling into his hands.

"Spence." JJ whispered, sitting down next to Spencer and touching his shoulder.

"Why didn't the breaks work?" Spencer almost shouted.

"What?" Hotchner asked.

"Chloe screamed, I tried to stop but the breaks didn't respond." Spencer looked up, eyes glassy and tears running down his cheeks. "I killed my child."

"Reid, you can't think like that." Hotchner said quickly.

"You know you would have switched places with Chloe in a heartbeat if you would've known." JJ said.

"How am I going to explain this to her?" Spencer whispered.

Everyone looked up when they heard a man clear his throat. Chloe's father stood in the hall with a few cops. "These men have some answers, and I was hoping to talk to Dr. Reid for a minute." Chloe's father said, taking a deep breath. Spencer nodded and stood up, wiping his face. Spencer followed as the father started walking down the all, hands crossed over his chest.

"Is Chloe awake?" Spencer asked.

"Not yet." Chloe's father sighed. "Chloe's mother got pregnant right after we got married, we thought it was the best thing."

"Sir?" Spencer looked at the man confused, not knowing where it was leading.

"Go with it." Chloe's father said, holding up his hand. "She was six months along with a baby boy, Lee Hatcher." Chloe's father sighed. "One night I came home and we were having a nice night at home. We were about to go to bed when Shelly said she had not felt Lee move all day. We went to the hospital the next morning, her OB said it was typical. She went to do an ultra sound and she couldn't find the heartbeat." Chloe's father stopped across the hall from Chloe's hospital room. "The cord got wrapped around Lee's neck. We lost him."

"I'm sorry." Spencer whispered, looking down at his shoes.

"It was hard for both of us, almost ripped us apart." Chloe's father took a deep breath. "You can't let that happen to you two. Chloe loves you, and we know you love her. But she'll need you, especially with everything else going on. If you start blaming yourself, she'll start blaming herself. I've seen it."

"It's not her fault." Spencer said.

"It wasn't yours either." Chloe's father shot back. "You were hit by a drunk driver."

"We were?" Spencer asked.

"Yes, the police found him a few miles from the accident. He claimed he was told to hit your car." Chloe's father shook his head. "Anyways, I need to know if you can handle this. My daughter will need someone and you are the best person to help her. But you two have only been together two months and if you can't be with her after this, you need to leave before she wakes up."

"I'm not going to leave her." Spencer said quickly.

"Then you need to stop blaming yourself." Chloe's father said sharply. "Understand?"

"Yes, sir." Spencer nodded.

"Carl, she's waking up." Shelly, Chloe's mom, called from her spot next to Chloe's bed. Spencer followed Chloe's father into the room, walking around to the side opposite of Shelly, taking Chloe's hand in his.

"Spencer." Chloe whispered as she slowly started to wake up.

"Yeah, I'm here." Spencer said quickly, moving a chair so he could sit down. He brought Chloe's hand up to his mouth, kissing it gently.

"What happened?" She groaned, turning to face him.

"Drunk driver." Spencer whispered.

" Are you ok? Is JJ ok? What about her baby?" Chloe said quickly.

"Her and her baby are fine. And I only have a broken arm." Spencer said, holding up the casted arm. Chloe nodded, bringing her hand up to rub her eyes, that's when she saw the purple wrist band she was wearing.

"Surgery? What happened?" Chloe said, ignoring her family as she stared at Spencer.

"Your leg needed a pin to help set the broken bones. But they also wanted to check for internal bleeding." Spencer stopped, taking a deep breath.

"No." Chloe whispered, hands reaching down to her stomach. "Please, no." Chloe said, tears starting to fall down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, sweetie." Spencer whispered, trying to hold back his own emotions. He reached down and took Chloe's hands in his, holding them tightly as she started to cry. Spencer moved from his chair to the side of the bed, pulling Chloe into his arms and holding her as she cried.

After a half an hour Hotchner came into the room. Spencer passed Chloe off to her mother before leaving the room.

"Are you doing ok?" Hotchner asked first.

"Getting there." Spencer said quickly. "What's going on?"

"We think the crash was planned." Hotchner sighed. "The driver said he got paid by a man and had been given a note to give the cops. The note just said mine, but it was in the last victim's blood. The SUV's breaks were cut as well." Hotchner said. "We need to talk to her and figure out how the last two victims are connected."

"I don't think her family would leave her right now." Spencer said softly.

"I don't care as long as we get to talk to her." Hotchner said.

"Give me a minute." Spencer said taking a deep breath before walking back into the hospital room. "Chlo." Spencer whispered as he sat back down on her bed. "Would you be ok if the team came in to talk to you?"

"Is that necessary?" Shelly asked quickly.

"Yes." Spencer whispered. "You all can stay though." Spencer said looking at Chloe's parents and grandfather.

"I can do it." Chloe whispered, sitting up from her mother's arms.

"Hotch." Spencer called from next to Chloe holding her hand. Chloe watched as the team walked into her room, smiling when Garcia walked over and handed her a red hippo.

"How're you holding up, baby-cakes?" Garcia asked.

"I've had better days." Chloe whispered as she hugged the stuffed hippo. "What do you want to know?" Chloe asked as she looked over at Spencer's team.

"Do you know a Noah Write or a Jacob Emerson?" Morgan started.

Chloe looked to her mom as she nodded. "Noah and I were seeing each other when I was in middle school. He tried to force himself on me. My older sister came home early that night and came to help me. She kicked him and he turned from me to her, he chased her into a bathroom and locked the door. He raped her." Chloe took a deep breath. "Jacob was the first one to give me adderall, after I went through rehab for it he started spreading rumors about me throughout high school. Saying that I accused Noah because I was mad after he dumbed me. And that I became a junky because what I did, and that I pushed my sister to suicide." Chloe just stared down at her lap, playing with the hippo.

"You never told us about Jacob." Shelly said quickly.

"I never told anyone about Jacob." Chloe whispered.

"Someone knows." Prentiss said.

"I keep a journal on my compu-" Chloe stopped mid-sentence, looking up at the team.

"What is it?" Rossi asked, pen poised above his notepad.

"Dr. Able, my advisor at GW. Durning my year of internship I was suppose to see him once a week. He said that he was too busy and that instead I should keep a journal and send it to him once a week. I think I mentioned it all in there." Chloe said. "I didn't think he actually read through it all so I didn't think twice about putting in names."

"Does he has access to medical supplies?" Hotchner asked.

"Yeah, he's an MD and has privileges at a bunch of different hospitals." Chloe nodded. "I really always thought he hated me." She whispered, looking at Spencer.

"Do you know his first name?" Garcia asked.

"Richard." Chloe nodded.

"I'm going to go start digging." Garcia said before rushing over and hugging Chloe, leaving after.

"Morgan, Prentiss, go talk to Able's co-workers. Rossi and JJ, go watch his house, I'm going to go get a search warrant." Hotchner said quickly.

"What should I do?" Spencer asked.

"Protection detail." Hotchner said before him and the team walked out of the room.

"I don't know if I trust you with a gun when you only have one good hand." Chloe whispered as she pulled Spencer closer. "I'm sorry I didn't protect our baby." Chloe whispered as she rested her head against his chest.

"Don't talk like that." Spencer whispered, running a hand through Chloe's hair. "It's not your fault." Spencer looked up at Carl, Chloe's father. "Neither of us are at fault." Spencer looked down as he saw Chloe nod and slowly drift off to sleep against his chest.

After a few hours Carl and Chloe's grandfather had left but Shelly was still perched next to Chloe's bedside. Spencer had slowly relaxed, enjoying the feeling of Chloe curled up next to him.

"You wouldn't happen to know a 9 letter word for events after the first quarter of the moon?" Shelly asked

"Neap tides." Spencer said.

"So, Dr. Reid, where are you from?" Shelly said looking up from her crossword puzzle.

"Las Vegas." Spencer said. "Born and raised." Spencer smiled.

"That must have been a fun place to grow up." Shelly smirked.

"It had it's moments." Spencer nodded. "Have you always lived in the Washington D.C. area?" Spencer asked softly.

"Yeah. My dad was very into his marine career, we lived in Quantico for as long as I can remember. When he finally retired I was already in college and he then went and took over his father's publishing company." Shelly said. "Chloe loved reading so much as a child I thought she would go into publishing."

"She told me she really wanted to get in at the VA so she could feel like she's helping her father's friends." Spencer said, running a hand through Chloe's hair.

"She was always a daddy's girl." Shelly smiled.

"Chloe talks very highly of him, especially when it comes to his acceptance of her." Spencer said.

"Carl and I were trying to get pregnant, going through IVF. When it happened we didn't want to risk terminating the pregnancy because we didn't know if I could ever get pregnant again. Carl always said that she was just as likely his and he wasn't going to treat her like she wasn't." Shelly sighed, looking at her daughter.

"You never thought to run a paternity test?" Spencer asked.

"We were going to after she was born, but I fell in love with her at first sight and so did Carl. It didn't matter anymore who her father was, I couldn't give her up." Shelly smiled. "Her grandfather was against us not testing, said if she wasn't biologically Carl's it proved rape. But I didn't want her growing up thinking that is what she was to us."

"At least she knew how much you loved her when she found out the truth, it probably helped." Spencer said.

"What about you? Were you a daddy or mama's boy?" Shelly smirk.

"Mama's boy. She taught literature, so while everyone else got Dr. Seuss I got Charles Dickens." Spencer smiled. "She said the best way to enjoy a book is to have it read to you."

"Sounds like a woman I would like to know." Shelly giggled. "Do you get to see her often?"

"Not as often as I like, but I write her a letter each day." Spencer said. "Chloe met her when we went out to Las Vegas. They both got along quite well. My mother is very picky about people she likes, so I was relieved when she said she liked Chloe. Said I made a good choice." Spencer chuckled.

"I never thought Chloe would find a guy who would accept everything about her. Especially at a doctoral level." Shelly said.

"Studies do show that men tend to marry down when it comes to education." Spencer nodded. "And I can understand what she's been through."

"Really?" Shelly looked up from her crossword puzzle, eyebrow cocked.

"I got my one year medallion last month. I use to have a problem with dilaudid. I wanted to escape, so when she told me about her troubles with adderall I couldn't look down on her." Spencer said. "And I've heard so many life stories that nothing she could say would shock me."

"That's good, she needs someone who won't be surprised or troubled by what she's been through." Shelly sighed. "She's been through so much in her life."

"She's a very strong woman." Spencer said, leaning down and kissing the top of Chloe's head.

"You're good for her." Shelly said softly. "I've never seen her smile like she does when she's around you."

"I love her." Spencer said. "I never thought I'd risk opening myself up to anyone other then the team. But it's nice to have someone to come home to." Spencer smiled as he looked down at Chloe.

"I'm going to go get some coffee." Shelly smiled as she stood up. "Care for a cup."

"Sure, two sugars, please." Spencer smiled. Shelly nodded before walking out of the room. As soon as Shelly was out of the room Spencer felt Chloe move and kiss his chin.

"You are a comfy pillow." Chloe smiled.

"How are you feeling?" Spencer asked, running a hand through Chloe's hair.

"Sore, sad, but slowly working through it." Chloe sighed. "I want kids, Spencer." She looked up at Spencer, eyes wide and voice soft.

"Well, once your job becomes stable, we have a bigger house and I put a ring on this finger, we can try to have one." Spencer nodded, picking up Chloe's left hand and kissing her ring finger.

"Really?" Chloe asked, eyes brightening.

"Really, really." Spencer smiled.

"Promise?" Chloe whispered.

"Cross my heart." Spencer said, leaning down and kissing Chloe softly. "As Emily says, we'll have little baby geniuses." Chloe giggled at the thought.

"Did I hear baby geniuses?" Shelly smiled as she entered the room.

"Spencer says we can try again in a few years." Chloe smiled.

"Really now?" Shelly said as she passed Spencer his coffee. "Grandkids would be fun, have someone to test children's books on." Shelly said as she returned to her seat.

"If they are anything like me, my mom will insist we read them Proust, Kent and Dickens." Spencer sighed, smirking as he watched Chloe steal his cup of coffee.

"With plenty of kids stuff in between." Chloe said as she took a sip of the coffee, making a disgusted face. "I forgot you take coffee with your sugar." Chloe joked handing Spencer back his coffee.

"I'll go get you a cup of your own." Spencer said, kissing the top of Chloe's forehead.

"Thanks." Chloe smiled.

"Be right back." Shelly said, following Spencer out of the room. "What is going on with this psycho and my daughter?" Shelly asked as she followed Spencer down the hall.

"I haven't heard back from my team, but if everything we think is true, the psycho is going to jail." Spencer said.

"But what has he been doing? What did Noah and Jacob do to get mixed up with him?" Shelly asked.

"The unsub was killing men who had hurt Chloe. The man who attacked you, the supervisor that threw her into a mirror, the man who threatened her in court. I'm guessing Noah and Jacob were just the last on that list." Spencer sighed. "After the first three we got the case and that's when we put Chloe in protective custody."

"At your place?" Shelly asked.

"At our place, yes, we had no reason to suspect it wasn't safe." Spencer said.

"What happened then?" Shelly asked.

"Chloe woke up screaming from a nightmare, I was trying to help her get back to sleep when she got out a bottle of pills, adderall. She said they were left on her pillow. We were going back to the FBI but that was when the last body was found. We were waiting until the rest of the team would be there when we got there." Spencer sighed, putting his change into the coffee machine.

"Did she take any of the pills?" Shelly whispered.

"No, said she didn't want to hurt the baby." Spencer whispered.

"Good, she was so different when she was on adderall, I would hate to see her go back there." Shelly said, looking down at her coffee. "Can I ask you a very motherly question?"

"Of course." Spencer smiled.

"I overheard you say that you were going to put a ring on Chloe's finger." Shelly started.

"I mean it. I can't see myself without her." Spencer said.

"Are you planning on asking her father?" Shelly smirked.

"I was thinking that would be safest." Spencer smiled.

"Thats good, I would also include my father though." Shelly said as she started to walk back towards Chloe's room. Spencer followed, dropping the coffee cup when he saw the empty hospital bed, drops of blood marring the white sheets next to an abandon IV needle.

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