Here's another Reid/Kay Chappie for you! It's dedicated to superdani152003 for making me work on this - I hope you like! It's pretty short, but also EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to the plot.

Sooooo...

I WANT FEEDBACK! If you're not big fans, I'll repost something less...well, just wait & see.


"Kay, we should call the police." Reid murmured into her ear as he held her, cradling her to him as they lay curled up in her bed, clothes magically dry.

"What? No!" Kay protested, sitting up abruptly, breaking their contact.

"He tried to rape you and you don't want him to pay?" Reid asked, incredulously blunt.

"Pogue and Tyler stopped him." She said softly, not meeting his eyes.

"Not soon enough." Reid pointed out, grasping her jaw and forcing her to meet his eyes. "He shouldn't have been alone with you. He shouldn't have been near you at all."

"The guys handled it."

"And you're okay with that?" He asked, torn between suspicion and shock.

"They…they kind of hit him."

"So?"

"He can sue them for assault." Kay choked out.

"But he raped you." Reid stated uncomprehendingly. "You don't need to protect Pogue and Tyler. Did you forget what all our parents do for a living?"

"No! They can never know! None of them!" Reid's eyes narrowed at her tone.

"Why not?"

"They-they…they just can't!" She struggled, refusing to meet his concerned gaze.

"Our parents can lock this guy up for years for what he did to you and you're protecting him?"

"Reid, I don't want to ruin his life! It's not his fault!"

"What do you mean it's not his fault? He touched you, you told him to stop, he wouldn't, end of story."

"He thought it was part of the deal!" Kay burst out before smacking a hand over her mouth in horror.

"What deal?" Reid asked, voice low and eyes guarded.

"He thought it counted among his boyfriendly duties." She murmured quietly.

"That's no excuse. No one should be able to do that, much less get away with it." Reid said fiercely, entwining their fingers. The feel of cool metal between his fingers made his attention waver for a half a second. Kay took advantage of the situation and pressed her lips to his, effectively ending the conversation.

They pulled away slowly, in perfect sync with each other, both savoring the moment and the taste of each other. He moved on to her neck, pressing soft kisses onto her silky skin. She leaned into him, loving the feel of his lips on her.

"I love you." Kay's eyes widened in shock at her love-induced slip-up. Reid froze, lips still pressed to her neck, tickling the sensitive skin. "Um, I mean-" She stumbled, trying to cover her mistake.

"Since when?" He asked softly, intimately. She felt her face color in embarrassment.

"Since I was four and you told Pogue not to put worms in my hair." He sat up and looked her in the eye, smiling softly.

"I think I fell in love with you the first time I ever saw you. You were so beautiful." He cupped her face in his hand, taking in her lightly freckled nose, her tiny ears, her too-big eyes. Everything that made her perfect to him.

"Reid, you were 11 months old." She couldn't help smiling at his seriousness.

"So?"

"Reid… you don't mean that." Her amusement died, replaced with caution born of too many years of living with heartache when it came to Reid Garwin.

"Yeah I do." His eyes burned with sincerity.

"No, you don't. Just…forget I said anything."

"I'll prove it to you."

"Reid…" She warned, worried at the look in his eyes.

"I will, Kay…" The broke off in thought. In a few moments, his face lit up in triumph. "Marry me."

"WHAT?!" Kay shrieked, completely unprepared for this turn of events.

"Marry me. Be my wife." He slipped to the floor and onto one knee beside her bed.

"What? Reid, stop this. It's crazy. We're not even dating!"

"What'll it take to get you to say yes?" He asked, utterly unabashed.

"I don't know…" For a moment, Kay felt as if she was Ali in The Notebook and almost added 'cause I don't want to? But she did want to. Didn't she? They were so young… not even out of high school. What would her parents say? What if it was some game, or worse yet, a bet with Pogue or Tyler? Hmm… Pogue and Tyler… "Get the guys to give you their blessing. All of them. And Daddy. And Sarah and Kate. And Mama."

"Done." He surged up from his knees and gave her a kiss completely unlike the ones they had shared earlier that morning. Somehow he managed to convey his passion and joy and, more than any other thing, his complete and absolute love. For her.

And in that moment, Kay realized nothing else mattered. Not the other girls he had been with, not what anyone said. Reid Garwin loved her. And he was going to marry her.