A/n thanks to all who've taken the time to review and give some wonderful feedback or add this story to your alerts.

Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own them people. No copyright infringement is intended with this posting

Reid was heading out to his car after returning home from a brutal case in Illinois. The man they had caught was kidnapping and killing small boys and it was only by luck and a little of what Morgan calls Garcia's magic that caught the man.

"Hey Reid, what's your hurry."

Reid's shoulders slumped and he drew a long breath. He'd managed to avoid Morgan's nosy questions about JJ for the duration of the case, but now he could no longer use work as an excuse not to work.

He and JJ were civil and polite to each other. He hoped that no one noticed that they didn't sit next to each other on the plane coming home as they always did when he wasn't sleeping.

"Come on man talk to me." Morgan rushed up and planted himself in front of the driver side door to Reid's car.

"Please just get out of the way. I don't want to talk tonight."

"That's the problem; you never talk to me anymore."

"Will you move so I can get in my car?"

"No… not till you tell me what's going on with you and the lovely agent Jareau."

Reid fidgeted with his messenger bag and wished he'd been faster getting off the plane and into his car.

"There's nothing to tell." Reid hoped the agent would buy that excuse and back off.

"That's not what I hear from Garcia and Prentiss." Morgan said his eyes lit up and ready for some juicy tales from his younger partner.

Reid felt a blush climbing up his face, so he decided to tell the truth. "Okay you caught us. She kissed me in her office that was it, end of story. Sorry to disappoint you… but it's hardly the romance of the century. Now may I please leave?"

"But…"

"Morgan, I'm exhausted and not in the mood to be chatty!"

The older agent pushed away from the car with an impatient shove. He clapped a hand on Reid's shoulder and said quietly. "You know I'm here to help, what ever you need buddy."

Reid's shoulders slumped and he really wanted to confide in Morgan, but he promised JJ and he had to keep that promise, right?

"Thanks man, but I got it for now."

"Okay, but like I said all ya gotta do is ask." Morgan slapped him good naturedly on the shoulder and nearly knocked the younger agent to the ground.

"I know I'll see you in the morning."

Reid made his escape to his apartment and while he was getting into bed he began to think that keeping this secret was a bad idea.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Women's Center of Washington DC was an unassuming building in the most political town in America. It was squat and short and built from red bricks. There were windows and door and a roof just like any building in America. The building was surrounded on three sides by trees and green grass.

To JJ it looked like a school. It wasn't a school though; it was what was called in politically correct terms women's health center. In reality it was an abortion clinic, one of the few in a large city that hadn't been bombed or shot up.

Every day for the last seven days since they're return from Illinois, she had driven here. The first time she drove down Cottonwood Ave she went right past the clinic and back to Quantico. Everyday she'd gotten closer and that morning, she had even parked and got out of the car. That was as far as she could go. She kept hearing Spencer's voice in her head telling her about his bastard of a father and all the terrible things he'd overheard.

There had been no cases in the last seven days. It was almost as though fate or whatever wanted her to come to this place and do what she thought she had to do.

She got back in the car and sat drumming her fingers on the steering wheel. It wasn't fair that he'd told those things. It had clouded her judgment. She wanted to be able to go in there do what had to be done. Now all she could do when considering an abortion is think about what life would be like without Spencer. What if he'd never come into her life? What would the BAU be like without him? She'd almost lost him to Tobias Henkel. She couldn't go through that again, ever.

Last night she'd called him and after a loud argument and a lot of tears on her part, she'd apologized and told him that she was going through with the abortion. He'd forgiven her for refusing his proposal, but he wasn't happy with her decision to terminate the pregnancy.

She pulled out her cell phone and hit the speed dial for his phone. He answered way too quickly for her liking.

"Hey Spence…"

"JJ, what's wrong? I thought you were going to the clinic today?"

"I'm sitting in the parking lot, and I can't make myself go in."

"I can come if you need me."

"No it's not that, I just can't do it. I… I wanted t-to ask if your offer was still open to be the baby's father."

There was silence on the line for so long that she thought he'd hung up in disgust. She wouldn't blame him; she put him through enough in the last two months.

"I said I would, but are you sure." She nearly fainted with relief to here him say the words.

"Yeah baby, I'm sure. I can't end this life no matter how it came about." She began to cry and her next words were so full of tears he could barely understand her.

"I'm so sorry for every thing I've said and done to you in the last few months. I wouldn't blame you if you never wanted to see me again, but please let me try to make it up to you. I love you Spence."

"I told you I would stick by you, so don't think you can get rid of me now. Will I see you at work?"

"Yeah, I'll be there soon and we'll talk again."

"Bye," he said and she hung up the phone and started the car.

The decision was made. She prayed that God would be merciful and not punish her child for the manner of its entrance into this cold and heartless world. Now she had to face the rest of the team.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hotch placed the phone receiver into its cradle and sighed. Another bad case had come their way and it was time to gather the team together. His thoughts strayed to the two youngest members of his team. It was obvious that they were head over heels for each other. At first this had concerned him, and then he saw how happy they were together. Then ten days ago it all went to hell. Maybe he should…

His door was thrown open without a knock and he looked up to read the intruder the riot act. His mouth nearly fell open at the sight of his normally well put together and calm media liaison standing there. He was even more surprised to hear her say.

"We need to get the team together now!"

He was stunned when she turned and left the room without another word. Had the world gone nuts in the last twenty four hours? He waited two minutes on principal, and then he strode out his office door and down the hall to the briefing room. Everyone was there looking very confused. JJ and Reid were no where to be seen.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The last thing Reid expected the minute he stepped off the elevator that morning, was to be ambushed by his girlfriend or ex-girlfriend or whatever she was that day of the week.

Had they even broken up? Were they back together now?

He didn't know the answer to that question. The night before she'd called him and they'd had a very loud argument, and it the end JJ had apologized for her reaction to his proposal. He knew it was stupid and he was probably going to get hurt again, but he couldn't stay mad at her.

Then she'd called him that morning and told him that she had decided against the abortion. He wondered if mood swings began this early in pregnancy. He would have to do research. He was so confused. Was it the rape, or had he done something other then pick the worst time in the history of the universe to propose?

His thoughts were interrupted when she was grabbed his hand and dragged him down the hallway to the briefing room without as much as a hello. They were in full view of at least a half a dozen other agents, and he felt his face going red.

"JJ… what are you doing." He hissed at her. She ignored him and tugged harder, increasing her grip when he tried to pull away.

Geez this woman is a lot stronger then she looks. Do baby vitamins increase strength? He would have to look that up!

She stormed into the round table room with him in helpless tow. "Okay everyone. I know you've all been speculating on my relationship with Reid.

He watched all of them react to this pronouncement with varying reactions. Morgan looked like the cat that swallowed the canary. Emily was looking at the table and Reid thought she may be redder then he was. Garcia looked thrilled and she gave Reid a large grin. Hotch looked angry and wary, but it was hard to tell with him. Gideon was the only one that looked serene and Reid wondered what to make of that.

"Thanks to people not knocking on my office door, you know who you are; it has been made public that Reid and I are together. It's really none of anyone's business, and I really want to tell all of you to stay the hell out of our lives.

Reid tried once again to extract his hand from hers, but she held on tight. She was going to do it. He opened his mouth and she shot him a scathing look.

"Unfortunately, I can't to that because circumstances have changed. I'm pregnant!

There was dead silence for so long that Reid thought maybe they'd all lost the ability to speak. That wasn't possible, was it? Unless it was mass hysteria in which case it was possible, after all a good illusionist can distract an audience and make them think they heard or saw something that wasn't there and…

"Congratulations, my man!" Morgan was the first to speak. He got up and engulfed Reid in a giant bear hug.

"This is so not happening. Why didn't she tell me she was going to out us like this?"

Garcia found her voice next and she jumped up to hug JJ and squeal. It was pandemonium after that until Hotch demanded that they be professional and work the case he'd just had dropped in their laps. His refusal to comment on JJ's announcement made Reid fell better. Gideon said nothing, but Reid knew he would be talking to the older agent on the plane.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The case was long and brutal. The killer was hunting and finding his victims on a college campus. Working with the campus police and the local authorities had been a pain in the ass, even more so then usual. JJ was completely overwhelmed by the logistics of dealing with the press and the governor who was upset about the political ramifications of co-ed being killed on his watch.

The man they caught was a maintenance worker who had the opportunity to watch the women he targeted. Since he lived alone in a home in a college suburb, it wasn't hard for him to snatch them and have privacy in the sound proof basement he'd customized himself.

One of the women had escaped from him. He had gotten careless and she was able to trick him into taking her bonds off. She'd gotten the knife away from him and stabbed him with it. JJ was very happy that he wasn't killed. He was going to jail, and jail was brutal for sex offenders.

The flashbacks hadn't been so brutal this time and as before knowing that he would never see daylight again helped her enormously.

She noticed that Gideon roped Reid in for a game of chess as soon as they boarded the plane. She put her head phones on and pretended to sleep. She didn't want to over hear what her boss was going to say to Spencer. She wondered if Gideon would council him to ask her to marry him, or if he would ask him if they had thought out being parents, or any one of a dozen other things. She knew it was cowardly to avoid her boss, but she couldn't help it. She lay down and soon real sleep replaced the faking she had been doing.

Reid woke her up after they landed. Everyone else had fled, leaving them to themselves. Reid was furious over this but what could he do.

"JJ… wake up!"

She opened her eyes to the best sight she'd seen in ten days.

"What's wrong?" She said, slurring her words like a drunk

"We're home; it's time to get off the plane." He gripped her arm and pulled her to a sitting position.

"I'm really tired." She said thinking of the drive to her place.

"Let me take you home." He insisted as he picked up her bag and put his own over his free shoulder.

"No… it's okay."

"Let me take you home, you're wiped out. You can get your car tomorrow." He held her hand as they deplaned. He led her to his car and opened the passenger side door for her. The drive to his apartment was a quiet one. She didn't protest when he took her inside and into his bedroom. He pushed her into a sitting position on his bed and removed her shoes.

"Spencer… I -"

"Shh… we'll talk in the morning." He moved her legs up onto the bed and covered her up with a comforter.

"I'm sorry," she said softly.

"I know you are so am I. Go to sleep."

He grabbed his robe, a tee shirt and pajama bottoms from the closet. When he turned around she was sound asleep, her golden hair spilling over one of his pillows. He turned off the light and took one step to the door.

"I love you Spence." She sighed softly.

"I love you too baby, always" He said and his night's sleep on the couch was more peaceful then any night in the last two weeks.