Few things in this chapter. First is it follows the general storyline of the show, but I didn't feel like watching the episode and copying it word for word. So, I did my own wording and spin on things. Hopefully, it's still believable and fun.
The song in this chapter is Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, and both of the performances are real (as are all the others). You can find them on youtube under Skyscraper Live Ellen and Skyscraper live America's Got Talent.
Thank you for comments, it always pumps me up to continue writing. I've already started the next chapter, but I'm too tired to finish it tonight. Hopefully tomorrow! Xoxo
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Carter nervously took the stage on the Ellen Show. Her nerves were causing her to shake and she hadn't been able to get a hold of Spencer since the previous night. She really wanted to talk to him before performing, but when cases called him away, there wasn't much he could do.
She sat down on the piano bench and took a deep breath. She could hear Ellen welcoming everyone back from break and beginning to announce her. Before she could process much, she heard her band start playing and she followed suit.
The doors pulled open to reveal the large crowd watching her. In a panic, she closed her eyes and tried to imagine Spencer there in front of her.
Skies are crying
I am watching
Catching teardrops in my hand
Only silence
As it's ending
Like we never had a chance
Do you have to
Make me feel like
There's nothing left of me
You can take everything I have
You can take everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
As the smoke clears
I awaken
And untangle you from me
Would it make you
Feel better
To watch me while I bleed
All my windows still are broken
But I'm standing on my feet
You can take everything I have
You can take everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Go run, run, run
I'm gonna stay right here
Watch you disappear, Yeah
Go run, run, run
Yeah it's a long way down
But I am closer to the clouds up here
Carter stood up and clutched the piano as she tried to gather her strength. She could feel her emotions threatening to explode at any moment. She slowly walked away from the piano, took a deep breath and finished the song.
You can take everything I have
You can break everything I am
Like I'm made of glass
Like I'm made of paper
Go on and try to tear me down
I will be rising from the ground
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
Like a skyscraper
She pasted a fake smile to her face and bit back the tears as Ellen approached her with a hug. She could barely make out the words she was saying over the pounding in her ears. She walked off stage ahead of her band. She needed to get to her dressing room as quick as possible.
She gave small smiles to everyone she passed and said thank you to those that complimented her, but right now she was determined to lock herself in that room and cry. She grabbed the handle of her dressing room, flung the door open and stopped in shock.
Standing in the middle of the dressing room with a smile on his face, stood Spencer. Carter lost all control and burst into tears as she ran for him. He held out his arms as she jumped into them, clutching him for dear life.
"You're here, you're here," she sobbed.
"I was in the area. Thought you could use a hug," he said as he held her tight.
"You're here, you're here," she continued to repeat.
"I am so proud of you," he said as he kissed the top of her head.
They stood that way for some time, until Carter finally got herself under control. She stepped back and wiped away her tears and sniffled.
"I still can't believe you're here," she said with a small laugh and a smile.
"I knew you needed me," he said as he brushed her long hair behind her shoulder.
"You are too good to be true, Spencer Reid," she said as she leaned forward to kiss him.
As they kissed passionately there was a knock on the dressing room door. Carter broke their kiss and glanced over her shoulder to holler, "come in."
The door opened and her manager, Max, walked in.
"Carter, that was incredible! You smashed it!" he said walking toward her.
"Thanks, Max," she said smiling. "Max, you've never been formally introduced to Spencer. Spencer this is Max."
The two shook hands.
"Nice to meet the man that captured my girls heart," Max said with a smile.
Max looked to be in his 70's. He had short white hair that surrounded his head, but on top he was bald. He wore a gray suit with a light blue tie. He was only a bit taller than Carter.
"You have some down time until tonight's performance. Did you want to go back to the hotel?" Max asked.
"Yes, I want to go back to the hotel," she said immediately. "Spence, can you come too?"
"I have all day. I don't need to be back until Monday morning," he said.
"Hotel it is!" Carter grinned as she pressed her lips to his.
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When they reached the hotel, Spencer went to grab some food from the cafeteria, while Carter waited in the bedroom. He had only been gone for 5 minutes, but by the time he returned, she was sound asleep.
Spencer grabbed a blanket that was in a ball at the end of the bed and covered her with it. He climbed onto the bed behind her and curled around her. He wrapped his arm across her waist and snuggled close behind.
He missed her smell. He missed the way she felt in his arms. The way she fit perfectly against his body. He kissed the back of her head and closed his eyes. Soon drifting off along with her.
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Carter's eyes fluttered open and she felt a calm she hadn't felt in a while. She could hear Spencer's steady breathing behind her and felt his arm draped over her. She sighed happily as she snuggled further into him.
While wiggling herself backwards she brushed against his crotch, making him twitch. She grinned as she continued to gyrate against him. She felt his dick hardening and the arm around her waist moved to hold her there.
She rolled over to face him and was surprised by the amount of lust in his eyes. Wasting no time, she climbed on top of him as she pressed her mouth ravenously against his. As they kissed, Carter ground herself into him. Groans of pleasure echoed through her mouth.
Sitting up, Carter lifted the dress she had been wearing over her head. Scooting down his body a bit, she quickly unbuckled his pants and undid his zipper. She pulled his pants and briefs off before climbing back on top of him.
"Take off your shirt," she said huskily as she finished undressing herself.
The second they were both fully naked, Carter pulled Spencer up into a sitting position and immediately attacked his mouth. Their kiss was messy and desperate. They licked and nipped at one another as though it was they needed to live.
They flopped back onto the bed before Carter sat up and grabbed a hold of Spencer's throbbing cock. She ran her hand up and down it a few times, making him groan. After a few drips of precum escaped, she lifted herself up and lowered herself down onto him. It took a few pushes before he was fully immersed in her soaking wet heat.
They both sighed as they became one. Carter stayed still for a moment as Spencer's hands ran up her body, cupping her breasts. He sat up for a second and sucked on each nipple as Carter threw her head back in pleasure. Spencer laid back down as she began to lift herself up and slam herself back down onto him.
She started off slow, but soon began bouncing faster and faster. Slamming herself down onto him, harder and harder. Occasionally, stopping to grind into him. Her cries of ecstasy were growing louder and Spencer worried about others hearing them. He pulled her against his body and flipped them over.
With him now in control, he kept his mouth pressed to hers as he pounded into her. Her screams and moans were now muffled by his mouth. Her body was beginning to shake and tense, a sign that she was nearing her orgasm.
Spencer grabbed her hands and tangled them with his, as he pushed himself deeper into her. Suddenly, Carter broke away from his mouth, threw her head back as her body arched and she let out the loudest moan he'd ever heard. This threw him over the edge as he expelled himself into her over and over, until he was shaking and couldn't hold himself up.
He dropped onto the bed next to her, face first into the pillow. They both lay there panting and trying to catch their breath. After a good solid five minutes, Spencer lifted his head and looked over to see Carter on her side smiling at him.
"That was amazing," she said as she brushed a piece of sweaty hair out of his eyes.
"Tell me about it. I think I may have blacked out a little," he said as he rolled onto his back, so she could snuggle into him.
Carter giggled as she scooted closer to him. She lay her head on his arm, that was wrapped around her, and put her arm on his chest, where she rubbed circles mindlessly.
"I am so glad you came. I had no idea how badly I needed you," she said.
"I'm glad I could be here for you," he replied as he kissed the top of her head.
"I love you, Spencer. I've never loved anyone the way I love you," she said as she propped herself up to look into his eyes.
"That's good because I love you the same way," he said before leaning forward to kiss her.
Their kiss began to intensify again, when there was a knock at the hotel room door. She sat up and looked at the bedside clock.
"That's probably Max. We need to start getting ready for tonight," she said as she grabbed a robe nearby and put it on.
"Hang on!" she called out as Spencer hurried to dress himself.
Once he was finished getting dressed, Carter walked over and kissed him one more time, before leaving the room to answer the door.
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Having Spencer around rejuvenated and strengthened Carter. Her performance for America's Got Talent was even better than her performance on the Ellen Show. When they arrived back to the hotel room that night, Carter's phone rang with a Facetime from Penelope.
She hit accept and smiled when she saw not only Penelope, but J.J. and Derek as well.
"Guys! Oh my gosh, I miss you so much!" she said as tears filled her eyes.
"We miss you too!" Penelope said.
"Dude, you killed it tonight!" Derek said with a big grin.
J.J. and Penelope both agreed, making Carter blush as she leaned into Spencer who stood behind her.
"And your outfit! I want your outfit!" J.J. said.
Carter laughed. "I'll send it home with Spence."
"I just can't get over those vocal ranges. Are you even real?" Penelope said in awe.
Carter laughed harder as she waved her hand at them.
"Stop, oh my gosh, you guys," she said.
"Seriously, you have some pipes on you girl," Derek agreed.
"Enough about me," she said. "How are you? J.J. how is Will and Henry?"
"They are well. Since Mommy had a girl's night out, they decided to have a boy's night out," she said lifting her glass of wine.
"Hey, it's not a girl's night out," Derek frowned.
"Well, it was supposed to be, until you invited yourself along," Penelope said with a playful bite.
"What? That is bologna!" he gasped.
Carter giggled as her friends bantered back and forth.
"Well, you don't need to be here for this," J.J. said. "We just wanted to say hi and tell you how great you did and also, tell you how much we miss you."
"I miss you too. Only a few more weeks and I'm free," Carter replied with a smile.
"We will celebrate your return!" Penelope said excitedly.
"You two love birds have fun. We will see you Monday, kid," Derek said waving.
They said their goodbyes and hung up. Carter tossed her phone on the bed and turned in Spencer's arms. She stood on her tip-toes and gave him a quick kiss.
"So, this afternoon was sort of rushed," she said as she trailed a finger up his shirt.
"Was it?" he said with a hint of a smile.
"Mmm hmm," she said as she unbuttoned one of his shirt buttons. "I didn't get anytime to play with SJ."
Spencer furrowed his brow as he thought over what she said.
"SJ?"
"Spencer Jr," she said as her hand rubbed over his pant covered dick.
He instantly reacted to her touch.
"Oh," he said, swallowing hard.
Carter smiled at his shyness. It was funny how sometimes he was incredibly confident with her and other times he slid back into the Spencer she had first met. It was so endearing. She grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the bed.
"Lie down and get comfortable, cause this is going to be a long night," she grinned.
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Spencer popped up from the bed, startled. He realized his phone was ringing. He was supposed to have two more days with Carter, but he knew if that phone was ringing, all plans were changing. He reached into the dark and grabbed his phone.
"Reid?" he answered instinctually.
"I'm sorry to do this to you, but I need you back at the office asap," Hotch said.
"Yea, ok. What's going on?" Spencer asked as he rolled out of bed to find his clothes.
"We'll talk when you get here."
With that Hotch hung up the phone. Spencer was just slipping his shirt back on, when he heard Carter moving in the bed behind him.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked gruffly.
"I'm so sorry, babe, but I have to go. Hotch just called and needs me back at the office. He won't tell me why, which isn't a good thing," he explained as he searched for his shoes.
The light flicked on, temporarily blinding him. After a moment, his eyes adjusted and he snatched up his shoes. He turned to see Carter sitting up watching him. Her breasts uncovered and swaying as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"God, you are breathtaking," he said, momentarily distracted.
Carter smiled at his moment of ADD. She slid out of bed and found a robe to cover herself. Not because she didn't want him to look at her body, but she knew it would cause further delay in his preparation to leave.
"Do you have everything?" she asked as she walked to the bathroom to see if his toiletries were packed.
"Yea, I never emptied anything out. I kept it all in my bag. Habit of being ready to run at all times," he said as he picked up his go-bag.
Carter walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Please be careful and let me know you made it home safe," she said before giving him a quick chaste kiss.
"I will," he said as he followed suit with another kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too," she said giving him one final kiss before he walked out the door.
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Spencer walked into the conference room to find Derek, J.J., Rossi, and Penelope sitting at the round table. They all looked at him as he plopped down into the chair.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"No idea, but it can't be good if Garcia doesn't know what's up," Derek replied.
"Is someone leaving? Did someone die?" Penelope asked panic stricken.
J.J. was looking down at her feet and rubbing her hands together. Spencer was about to ask her what was wrong, when Hotch walked into the room.
"I'm going to jump right into this. Ian Doyle is somewhere in DC," Hotch began.
There was an audible gasp from nearly the entire team. Spencer felt his anger rising. Ian Doyle was near, and he wanted to be the one to find him and kill him.
"Why is he here?" Derek asked, with the same anger as Spencer.
"He is here to find his son that has been in hiding for the past 7 years," Hotch said. "We need to get to him before Doyle does."
"Ok, where do we start?" Derek said.
Spencer could tell Derek was hoping to run into Doyle to exact revenge. He knew this not only by the look in Derek's eye, but because he felt the same way.
"There's more. I made a decision a few months ago that I felt was for the best of this team. Emily's life was in danger, as was all of ours, and her injuries provided an out," Hotch said as he looked around at each member of his team.
They all stared at him, wide-eyed. Unable to move.
"Are you saying … Emily's … alive?" Derek asked slowly.
Hotch didn't say anything. He just stared back at Derek.
"But, we carried her casket," Spencer said, unsure if he should believe what he was hearing.
With that the sound of clicking heals could be heard and they all turned to the doorway, where Emily stood looking at them sheepishly.