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Dr. Allen smeared cold gel over JJ's belly and readied the ultrasound machine. Spencer stood next to where JJ lay on the exam table. He knew he had a death grip on her hand, but he couldn't make his fingers loosen their hold. This was the first time he'd see the baby. His hand was sweating, he tried to calm down, but his heart wouldn't stop pounding. The consequences of their actions were about to be seen on the ultrasound screen. Now was the point of no return. Once he saw the baby on the screen it would be real.

He looked down at JJ and she was staring up at him. He gulped, and smiled weakly at her. Her beautiful eyes held anxiety but also trust in him. He swallowed hard again, could he live up to her expectations of him?

"Here we go boys and girls," the doctor smiled reassuringly at both of them. Reid watched the screen intensely as the doctor began to move the transducer over JJ's abdomen. The pictures were black and white and grainy.

Dr. Allen began to point out the head and the spinal column which looked like a string of tiny pearls. The baby looked like a little alien to Spencer, but he wisely kept his mouth shut. JJ was watching and listening with all of her attention. The doctor adjusted a knob and baby's heartbeat filled the room. It sounded way too fast to Reid even though he'd done his homework and knew that the average for the baby would be one hundred and forty beats per minute.

He hardly heard what the doctor was telling him about the baby. He stared at the screen trying to realize that a baby was growing inside JJ. It seemed to be too surreal to comprehend. There was a tug on his hand and he looked down at JJ who had tears in her eyes, but also a big smile on her face.

"Where are you Dr. Reid? You seem a thousand miles away."

He didn't know how to answer her as a thousand conflicting emotions poured through his blood at once and churned up his stomach.

"I guess I'm a little overwhelmed." He finally said.

Dr. Allen chuckled and then she said seriously. "I can't thank you enough for helping Jen. She needs someone like you."

He wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. It was strange that hearing the doctor say something like that didn't make him blush.

"You have a healthy baby. Do you want to know the sex?"

He met JJ's eyes and she mouthed no to him. He nodded and told the doctor they wanted to wait and see.

"Okay," she handed JJ a cloth to wipe the gel from her abdomen. She was definitely showing now at five months along.

"JJ… I need to see you again next week, and in another month we'll do your follow up HIV test. Since your fist one was negative, I don't think the results will change, but we have to be sure."

"Okay doc," JJ said happily.

"Hey… stop calling me doc. It makes me feel Elmer Fudd." JJ and Dr. Allen laughed while Reid only looked on, wondering if they had both gone crazy.

"Dr. Reid I'd like a word with you."

"Uh… Oh… What did I do?" JJ asked in a semi serious tone as she buttoned her maternity blouse.

"You didn't do anything, unless you've ignored your doctor's orders and gone back to work when I told you not to."

"No… I wouldn't dare try. I have my own personal watchdog. As a matter of fact, it's pretty annoying come to think of it." She picked up her purse and looked up to see two pairs of eyes pinning her with equally put out stares.

"What… oh alright, geez… can't anyone take a joke these days?"

"No… so do as you're told!" Dr. Allen told her.

"Okay… okay I'll be a good girl."

"Wonderful… now get out of here so I can talk to Spencer."

JJ exited the room, but not before giving Reid a look that promised him the third degree when they were out of the doctor's office.

"Dr. Reid I'm concerned about Jen." She said without preamble. "Has she told anyone about the rape?"

He sat back down on one of the hard and extremely uncomfortable chairs next to the exam table. "She told me in greater detail what the bastard did to her. I finally talked her into calling the rape crisis center. I know she's talked to a couple of different people there."

Dr. Allen's eyes softened a bit. "Good I'm glad she's finally talking it out with someone whose been through the experience." she regarded him kindly when he didn't meet her eyes. "Have you talked to someone Dr. Reid?"

He looked up in shock and she smiled. "You may be the profiler, but I know this has to be hard on you too. I've known Jennifer for 6 years. Every time she comes in to see me I hear about you. At first it was just to tell me all the funny and strange things you say. I think she looked at you like a little brother for a long time. Then about a year ago I realized she was in love with you. She's never told me all the details of what happened to you, but I know it was terrible. It ripped her up inside. I know that things got better for you and I'm glad. Now this happens… and I just think you should talk to someone too."

"Are you sure you're not a profiler." He asked with a small laugh.

"No… I just know my friend and I want her to be happy. What makes her happy is to be with you and for you to be happy too."

He found his hands to be very interesting again and the doctor stood and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I didn't mean to embarrass you or meddle where I'm not wanted."

He finally looked up at her and she gave him another small smile. "Go on… take care of my friend. Okay?"

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Spencer took the cup of tea out of the microwave and took it to JJ. She was sitting in the easy chair in their bedroom looking at a parenting book she bought a month ago.

"You gotta stop spoiling me like this… in about 4 months." She teased.

He handed her the cup without saying anything and she frowned. "Hey… I was kidding you know."

"I know I just want you to be careful."

"Honey… getting my own cup of tea isn't going to hurt me." She said in exasperation. "What's bothering you Spencer? What did Carrie say to you?"

"Nope… can't tell you that, doctor patient confidentiality."

"Very cute, but she isn't your doctor." JJ pointed out and she took a sip of the perfectly brewed tea.

"I plead the fifth."

"Okay… I guess there's no making the profiler spill his guts." She put the cup down on the arm of the chair and held out a hand to him.

He sat down on the other arm of the chair and ruffled her hair with his hand. "I promise I'll tell you all about it someday."

His phone rang just as he was about to kiss her. He groaned and pulled the offending technology out of his pocket.

"Looks like Hotch." Reid said, his fears of the phone call coming true.

"Reid," He said into the cell.

"Sorry to bother you on your day off, but we have a high profile case that needs to be dealt with now."

"Alright, I'll be there in thirty minutes." He slapped the phone shut and stood up.

"I have to go."

"Yeah, I kinda figured that." She stood up, ignoring his protest that she stay where she was. She watched him go to the closet and get his coat. He grabbed his scarf and gloves.

"Do you know what the case is about?" She wanted to know as they went out to the living room and the front door.

"No. Hotch said it was high profile, that's all I know for now."

She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him. "Be careful… I want my handsome profiler back in one piece."

He kissed the top of her head. "I promise."

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The team was assembled in the conference room when Reid entered. "What've we got Hotch?"

Hotch gestured at the photograph on the wall. A young woman with long blond hair and blue eyes smiled at them from the white board.

"This is Terry Pendleton. She's a graduate student at Georgetown University. She was raped last night in her apartment off campus. Her roommate came home from a weekend rock climbing with her boyfriend and found her. She was beaten pretty badly and she's lucky to be alive. Her roommate called the cops and they called us."

"Terry Pendleton, as in Donald Pendleton's daughter," Reid asked with a squeak in his voice. Terry looked a lot like JJ and he recognized the pattern of her wounds and bruises. He went cold all over.

"Reid you okay." Morgan was looking at him curiously.

"Yeah… I'm fine. This was a pretty brutal attack. I doubt if it's his first time." Reid answered evasively.

"He's been doing this for awhile. He had to have been watching her to pick a time her roommate would be gone" Gideon said, while he perused his file.

Reid didn't listen to the rest of the brainstorming the team was doing. He wanted to go call JJ and make sure she was alright. It was the same man. He was sure of it.

…all I know is that we have a major problem. We have the daughter of a United States Representative brutally attacked. The media is going to have a field day with this." Hotch was saying when Reid tuned into the conversation.

"Yeah… we could use JJ on this." Morgan said, continuing to watch Reid closely.

"It's not my fault she's not here." Reid said thoughtlessly as he fiddled with the end of his tie.

"No one is saying it is." Gideon remarked, looking over his glasses at the younger agent.

"Reid… what's wrong?" Emily asked him.

"Nothing… I just need to make a phone call." He jumped up from his seat and ran out of the room leaving the team looking at each other in surprise, except for Morgan. He stared at the door and his dark eyes held a question he didn't want to ask his partner.

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JJ put down her book again and got up to go to the kitchen for a snack. The refrigerator didn't have what she wanted when she opened it and stared inside. She giggled at the memory of a night last week, when she sweet talked Spence into going out in the cold and getting Rocky Road ice cream and cheese bagels with jalapeños.

Unfortunately, that snack was gone. There was nothing else there that she really wanted. She went back to her room and pulled on her boots. She put on her coat and grabbed her gloves and her phone. She was going to go get something from the convenience store down the street. They had some great chocolate donuts that would hit the spot. Maybe she would buy one for Spence too. He needed some meat on his bones.

She went out and locked the door behind her. It was still gray and stormy looking. She figured she could just make it to the store and back before it began to snow again.

A hand came around her mouth and a familiar voice from her nightmares said. "Stay quiet my sweet and I won't kill you."