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Set after Episode 12 , Season 5 The Uncanny Valley
Dates To Remember
14 January 2010
"It still creeps me out that she can do that," Morgan stated, looking at the tiny girl in Reid's chair with a children's book in her lap. Her face was scrunched up, as she tried to read. Her father had been teaching her, which meant that she was progressing her reading faster than most gifted children. Chris stroked her daughters head, grinning. The sixteen month old girl looked up at her mother, before looking back at her book.
"Tell me about it. Spencer was teaching her. He used to read to her all the time, but she can read simple things like children's books on her own now," Chris shook her head, smiling to herself as she played with her toddlers shoulder-length caramel coloured hair. "Spencer could read fully at two and a half. He wants her to read before that. Looks like he got his wish."
"That's just not normal," Morgan stated, shaking his head. Chris chuckled, responding 'tell me about it'. Morgan eyed Chris, noticing something about her that was different. She flushed, and stared down at herself, touching her face to see what he was looking at. 'What?' slipped out of her mouth, defensively. He shook his head, his eyes running over her face. "Nothing... you just look different."
"Mommy has new hair," Anna stated, looking up at her Mother. It was true. Before, her hair had been long, to her mid back and slight curly. Now it was in layers to her just under her shoulders with a side-swept, face-framing fringe. Morgan hummed suspiciously, but once more shook his head.
"No, that's not it," Morgan stated, and Chris looked at him nervously, shifting uncomfortably under his scrutiny. Morgan looked at Anna. "Why don't you go see your Aunt J.J for a minute, kid," he told the toddler. She blinked at him, gazed up at her mom, before pushing her book of her lap and careful navigating her way of the chair. Morgan ruffled her hair as she toddled past him and up the stairs to the office that J.J worked in. Hotch rose an eyebrow when she passed his open door, in a blur of pink, before shaking his head.
"Okay, sugar mama, talk to me, cause I will get Garcia here to break you down," Morgan stated. Chris rolled her eyes, picking up the book that Anna had dropped and sitting down in Reid's chair. She set the book on top of a pile of folder slowly, her head bowed.
"I think... actually... I know... I'm pregnant," Chris stalled, and Morgan's eyes widened. Chris smiled nervously, while he whistled low, clapping his hands. Chris laughed, staring at him imploringly. "Derek stop it... It's doesn't require that type of reaction, you know. It happens all the time."
"But still, come on. It's Reid. People can barely believe he has one kid. How on earth can they believe he has two?" Morgan jested. Chris rolled he eyes, reaching over and playfully hitting him on the arm, before getting a thoughtful expression. Morgan stared her down. "You still haven't told Reid yet, have you?"
"No..." she breathed.
"How far along are you?" Morgan asked, and Chris mentally calculated it in her head, before responding 'about eleven weeks'. Morgan's expression became one of disbelief. "Eleven? That's almost your entire first trimester up, sugar mama. You gotta tell Reid at some point. Soon."
"What do yo know about trimesters?" Chris asked, her tone disbelieving, and he gave her a 'are-you-kidding-me' look. She went 'ah' in understanding, bobbing her head in amusement. "Spencer talk non-stop about them? Of course..."
"Now quit changing the subject, Chris, you have to tell him," Morgan stated, and Chris closed her eyes, pulling her knees up to her chest and spinning on the chair slowly. Morgan looked up, and smirked. "And now seems like a great chance. Here he comes."
Chris stopped spinning, her head shooting up. Reid grinned widely when he saw her, and waved as he got closer to his desk. "What are you doing here? You said you were going to see your friends," he questioned. Chris smiled weakly, nodding.
"I am... it just happens to be that my friends are your friends," Chris joked uneasily. Reid frowned, looking at her and asking 'What's wrong?'. Chris's eyes fluttered, and her gaze flicked to Morgan, who just shrugged and turned to his computer, back to them. She looked back at Reid, who was shifting uncomfortably. "Nothing, Spencer, I'm fine."
"No, you're not. What's going on?" Reid asked again, pouting slightly.
"I'mpregnant," the words flew out of her mouth, and she covered her mouth with her hands, eyes wide. Reid froze. She slowed down, taking a quick breaht and bitign her lip, before repeating herself. "I'm pregnant."
"How?"
"Spencer."
"Sorry," Reid apologised, obviously surprised. He had missed the signs. Stuff he always picked up on. He had missed. That never happened, especially not when it came to Chris, or Anna. "We're going to have another baby?"
"Yes."
"Can we have a boy this time?"
