Disclaimer: Still own nothing unfortunately.

A/N: Thanks to all who read and reviewed

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As luck would have it, the weekend of the camping trip arrived and the BAU were not on a case. Evan was spending the night at Reid's as they had to leave very early for their grand adventure, as Evan called it. Reid was not as thrilled, but kept his thoughts to himself around the boy.

Evan was busily doing yet another check of all their equipment, making sure they had everything on the list Mr. Unger had provided. Reid was at the door talking to Allie, who had come to wish them luck for the weekend. She had been made to pay attention while Evan showed her all the gear he and his brother had bought in preparation for the trip.

"Okay, so listen to me," Allie said, grabbing the lapels of Reid's jacket. "If anything happens and you need me, you get somewhere within cell range, call me and I'm there. You got that?"

"Yeah, I got that," Reid replied, looking at the floor.

"I'll see you when you get back," Allie put her arms around his neck and their lips met in a long deep kiss that left them both breathless. When they eventually pulled apart Allie glanced up and whispered, "We're being watched." Reid turned to see Evan staring at them.

"Don't stop on my account. Maybe I should like go to the bathroom or something," Evan said, standing up to leave the room.

Allie and Reid started to laugh. "No, it's okay Evan, I'm just leaving, have fun you two." She gave Reid another quick kiss, waved to them and was gone.

"I guess it's not much fun to have your little brother around to cramp your style."

Reid laughed, "What style?"

"Spencer, what's it like to kiss a girl?"

"Well it's kind of hard to explain, it's nice."

"You didn't have a girlfriend in high school or university, right." Reid nodded. "So how old were you when you first kissed a girl?"

"Why, you're not thinking of kissing Bethany, are you?"

"Well, I think about it," Evan answered, sheepishly, "Shouldn't I?"

"Well, yeah, I guess it's normal to think about it."

"So how old were you when you first kissed a girl?"

"I was pretty old actually, I was twenty-four."

"Twenty-four! I'm not waiting that long," Evan said emphatically, "So who was she, the girl you kissed?"

"She was an actress I was protecting from a stalker in L.A."

"An actress, really!"

"Yes."

"What's her name, is she someone I know?" Evan was getting excited.

"I don't know whether you know her or not."

"Well, who was she, come on Spencer, dish?"

"Her name is Lila Archer."

Evan's jaw almost hit the floor. Lila Archer, you kissed Lila Archer, from that TV show! Oh man, she's hot! You kissed Lila Archer! My brother kissed Lila Archer! Wait till I tell Manny and the guys at school!

"No, oh no, Evan you do not need to tell Manny and the guys at school!"

"Oh come on, Spencer, you can't expect me not to tell the guys about this. It's the best. Lila Archer, so what was it like? Wow!"

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation. All right, you better get to bed; we have to get up really early to meet everyone at the school."

"Spencer do I have to," Evan whined.

Reid thought, why do I feel like a parent all of a sudden? "Yes, you have to or you'll be dead tired in the morning."

"Well, I probably won't be able to sleep anyway so why go to bed?" Evan added, hoping this logic would make his usually logical brother relent.

"I think you better try, you may be surprised." Reid didn't want to admit that he didn't think he'd sleep much either but the cause of his sleeplessness was more related to trepidation than excitement.

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They were on the road bright and early the next morning. The sun was barely rising. Much to Evan's surprise he had slept well and this morning was a bundle of excitement and spirited energy. Reid, on the other hand, had not slept and was a bundle of nerves.

They pulled into the school parking lot to find most of the other participants in the weekend excursion were already there. Evan immediately went in search of Manny and found him and his father pulling gear from their car. The boys greeted each other eagerly. Reid came up behind Evan and greeted Manny who introduced him to his father, Juan.

Juan Castillo was 5' 10" and had a stocky build with a thatch of short black hair. He shook Reid's hand telling him he was honored to meet him, in heavily accented English. Reid told Juan he was glad to meet him as well and he was pleased that the boys had become such good friends.

A tall thin man, who looked every inch the outdoorsy type, approached and Reid assumed he was the leader of the Explorers group, which the man confirmed when he introduced himself. "Lyle Unger, pleased to meet you, you must be Spencer, Evan's brother, the FBI agent. He talks about you all the time." Reid looked at the ground, his face turning a slight crimson color, and told Lyle he was pleased to meet him as well.

Lyle turned and introduced the others, Wayne and Jared Dressler, Nathan and Devon Jackson, Les and Peter Hollister. They all nodded briefly in turn as they were introduced. Lyle said they were still waiting on the last pair when a car pulled up driven by a woman. A man and boy jumped out as the trunk popped open. They retrieved their gear, waved to the woman and came to join the others. Lyle again introduced everyone to the newcomers who were Michael Forbes and his father, Jim.

It was decided to take as few vehicles as possible, pairs would double up. Since Reid had an SUV, they decided to take his vehicle and Juan and Manny would ride with him and Evan. After stowing Juan and Manny's gear, the boys jumped in the back and started babbling excitedly to one another. Juan joined Reid in the front and waited for the caravan to begin.

Reid started driving, trying to remind himself to keep a positive attitude, after all he told himself, the walk in the park he had taken with Allie had been, well, 'a walk in the park'. But, he told himself, it had been daylight, and they had not strayed from the paths. He couldn't help the flip flopping of his stomach that told him this was going to be another matter entirely.