This Means War

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I don't own Criminal Minds. (Though I do wish that I owned Reid.)

Summary: Before they were all a team, they were just trying to fit in and survive high school. They've all got a story and a secret to hide. Can they survive high school and protect each other while keeping a smile on their faces? What happens when the secrets become life threatening? High school Major AU. (May be triggering, set in 2015 Quantico)

(September 17th, 2015)

JJ called Emily on her cell from the car outside the hospital.

"You'll never guess who I just told to go to hell."

"Oh boy," Emily laughed. "Must be pretty bad to get you cussing. I don't know, tell me."

"One Mr. William Reid."

Emily almost dropped the phone. She wanted to cuss him out too. She had always been really protective of Spencer. "What?"

"Yeah. Hey, can I come over?"

"Sure. Do you mind grabbing me a cheeseburger? It sounds so good."

"You feeling better?"

"Yeah. Musta been a forty-eight hour bug."

"Just ketchup and cheese, right?" JJ asked.

"No," Emily scrunched her nose up. "No ketchup."

"You love ketchup," JJ was puzzled.

"Not now. See you in a few," Emily said. The two girls said their goodbyes and hung up.

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"The discharge papers are all taken care of," William Reid told his son. Spencer stared straight ahead, not reacting to or even looking at his father. His stomach burned. He had refused any morphine because he hate the way it made him feel. He was sick of sleeping constantly.

"Come on, Spence, don't give me that look. Your mother is ill. She needs help."

"Don't call me 'Spence,'" Spencer growled. "Ever. Again."

"Let's go," William ignored his son's angry demeanor.

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Emily held her fate in her hands, literally. She had gone through this before. About four months ago, she had food poisoning after eating a gas station hot dog (bad decision) with Ian. After having sex with Ian that night and being sick the next day, she had bought four of those little tests. She only used two, both coming back negative. Now, again holding one of the strips in her hand, she was terrified. She didn't even want to look at its results.

Exactly three weeks ago she had Ian over while her parents were away and she had sex with him. One little choice could have such devastating consequences. She was terrified to know what the test said.

JJ's knock at the door broke her pessimistic thoughts. She opened the door slowly, revealing her best friend. Emily started crying, the stick still clutched in her first. She was too scared to look at it.

"Jayje... I think I'm pregnant."

"Emily," JJ led her gently to the couch. "Do you want me to look at it?"

Emily nodded through her tears. JJ gently removed the test from her clenched hand.

"Is this the only one?" JJ asked, looking down at the pink strip.

"There's another unused in the bathroom," Emily sniffed.

"Can you take that one too?" JJ questioned.

"What does this one say?" Emily asked cautiously, slowly pronouncing her words. She tried to prepare herself for the outcome, but she couldn't.

"I'm sorry, Em," JJ said. "It's positive."

Ahowell1993: I seriously considered having Spencer move away. But I decided against it. Thank you for reviewing.

Kateryne1: You are correct! I can't believe you guessed it (Well, I can, it was pretty obvious.) Yeah, I know, but he's not here because he "changed." He wanted to lock up Diane, and Spencer getting stabbed was the perfect excuse once he heard about it. He sees her unfit. Hope you keep reading. 💕

Stay Gold lovelies,

- Alee XxX