Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds
A/N: I am so sorry for the delay on this chapter. I have been dealing with writer's block. It was hard thinking about what Spencer and Olivia would get for wedding presents from Spencer's teammates. And I had to think about how Reid would open up to his teammates about how he feels with everything that recently happened. This chapter isn't beta read since I really wanted to get this posted, but it will get beta read. So all mistakes are my own.
Spencer woke up to sunlight through his bedroom window and reached for his glasses. After he put them on, he looked at his alarm clock and saw that it was 9 AM and Olivia was still sleeping. So he kissed her on the forehead.
"Time to wake up Livy, its past 9 AM." said Spencer
Olivia opened her eyes, and smiled at the sight of her husband's lovely brown eyes.
"Wow, you must have been really tired from your recent case Doc." said Olivia
"Yeah I was." said Spencer who got out of bed and went through his closet and pulled out a blue and white striped t-shirt and black jeans and got dressed.
Olivia got out of bed and pulled out skinny jeans and a pink blouse out of the closet and started getting dressed.
"You hungry Doc?" asked Olivia
Spencer heard his stomach growl and knew that he needed to eat.
"Yeah I am Livy." said Spencer
"Should we cook or go out to eat?" asked Olivia who was combing her long light brown hair to get the tangles out
"How about going out to eat?" asked Spencer who fixed his short hair with some gel
"You pick the place Doc, since you have lived in this city since you were 22." said Olivia who decided to leave her hair down and was putting on her converse sneakers
"I think I know the right place." said Spencer who was putting on his converse sneakers
10 minutes later the young married couple left their apartment and headed to Spencer's car. Spencer opened the passenger door for Olivia before he got into the drivers seat.
"Where are we going?" asked Olivia who was looking out the window of her husband's Volvo and enjoying the sites of Washington DC
"A bakery that is my favorite." said Spencer who pulled over. They headed inside the bakery and looked around.
Spencer and Olivia bought some cinnamon rolls, and Olivia noticed a park.
"Can we go eat in the park? We have some blankets to sit on." said Olivia
Spencer pulled over, and Olivia grabbed the cinnamon rolls while he grabbed the blanket. A few minutes later, they were sitting on the blanket having a picnic.
"What should we do when we are done eating Spencer?" asked Olivia who took a bite of her cinnamon roll
"Do we have to go grocery shopping?" asked Spencer
"I noticed a farmers market that I have been wanting to go to." said Olivia
"You mean the farmers market near our apartment?" asked Spencer
"That is the one. I haven't gone to that farmers market yet." said Olivia
"We can go there when we are done here." said Spencer
A few hours later
"Where should we go out to eat?" asked Spencer who was putting a black blazer over his blue and white striped t-shirt
"I made reservations for a bistro I was told about." said Olivia who was putting on a white cardigan over the pink knee length dress that she changed into. She looked at her hair and decided to leave it down.
All of a sudden Spencer's cellphone rang and he saw that it was his father.
"It's dad." said Spencer
"Answer it Doc." said Olivia who rested a hand on her husband's arm while he answered his cell phone
"Hi dad." said Spencer
"Hey Spencer, can you come pick me up from Agent Rossi's?" asked William
"What are you doing there dad?" asked Spencer
"Rossi invited me over for lunch since he knew that I was in town and I ended up staying the afternoon having a glass of scotch with him." said William who was gaining some laughs from Emily, JJ, Morgan, and Garcia who were already at Rossi's
"Olivia and I will be there in 30 minutes dad. So please wait inside." said Spencer who hung up
"Where is your dad?" asked Olivia
"He is at Rossi's and he had a glass of scotch with him so he asked me to come pick him up." said Spencer
"We better go get him then." said Olivia
"Let's get going. Rossi is having a cooking party right now and I know that everyone is hoping we will show up." said Spencer
Meanwhile at Rossi's
William hung up his cellphone and looked at his son's second family.
"Spencer is on his way, and he will be here in a half hour." said William
Hotch came over and sat down by William. William looked at his son's boss and father figure and decided to open up about Spencer.
"I know that you are mad at yourself for breaking my son's trust, and I know the feeling since I walked out on Spencer when he was 10 years old. Yes he was angry at me when he tracked me down, but I don't blame him for his anger." said William
"Why are you telling me this?" asked Hotch who noticed that Spencer has his eye color and hair color
"I know that my son has extreme trust issues since I know that I am one of the reasons why he has them. A few months ago I had him tell me everything he went through after I left. I was appalled at the bullying he went through. If I had known how extreme the bullying he went through in high school was, I would have committed Diana much sooner and taken Spencer with me and home schooled him until he left Vegas for college at 12." said William
Hotch thought about how Spencer hated his father at first, but he realized that Spencer's relationship with his father is getting stronger.
"Do you sometimes wish that you could have gone back in time and changed everything?" asked Hotch
William knew that Hotch was asking about how he hurt Spencer's feeling with faking Emily's death and not telling the truth right away. And he thought about how his son demanded the truth as to why he walked out when Spencer was 10 years old.
"Sometimes I do, but Spencer told me that it's best to move forward and rebuild our relationship and not dwell on the past." said William
"Do you think your son will look up to me again, even though I broke his trust?" asked Hotch
"I think out of you, JJ, and Emily; he is angry at you the least since you are his boss." said William
"I figured that, but he will barely talk to me." said Hotch
"He is trying to process everything. You should give him some space for now, and eventually he will be back to normal." said William
Hotch decided to lighten things up a bit when William brought up Spencer smiling and laughing again.
"Your son has an effect on people with his smile and laughter including me, but there were times that it would be days or weeks before he smiled or laughed again." said Hotch
William had a feeling what Hotch meant about the times when his son wouldn't smile or laugh, leaned closer and whispered.
"I know about the LDSK case and the Hankel case." whispered William
Hotch was shocked that William knows about those cases.
"So you know about the issues he had after the Hankel case?" whispered Hotch
"He told me about his addiction during his sabbatical, but I am glad that you made sure that he got help." whispered William and he spoke up "What was he like when you met him?" asked William
"He looked like he was 16 instead of 21, but he was very shy. And he is one of the strongest men I know since he has a remarkable amount of inner strength." said Hotch
"He was shy as a child." said William
"Your son is barely shy anymore, but I know that there are times he will still become flustered." said Hotch
"You should have seen him in Vegas, when Diana brought up that Spencer and Olivia will give her cute grandchildren." said William with a slight chuckle
"You really want grandchildren?" asked Hotch
"Yes I do."
"I know that Spencer and Olivia are planning on having more than one child since they are both only children. And once Spencer told me that when he was a child, he wished to have siblings that would not be mean to him like the bullies he faced." said Hotch
"I wanted Spencer to have siblings, but Diana only wanted to have Spencer because it was a rough pregnancy for us since Diana went off her medication until he was born." said William who thought about how scary it was for Diana to be un-medicated during the entire pregnancy
"Must have been scary for Diana to be off her medication." said Hotch
"Diana's pregnancy was really scary, but I knew that it was worth it when I held Spencer for the first time." said William
"It is worth it when you hold your child for the first time." said Hotch who was watching Jack play with Henry
"You are a great father Agent Hotchner, and you would do anything for your son to make him happy." said William
"Please call me Hotch or Aaron instead of Agent Hotchner." said Hotch
At that moment the doorbell rang. William looked at the others.
"Let me answer the door, since you guys nominated me to make sure my son gets here." said William
"Go ahead." said Rossi who motioned everyone to gather in the dining room
William headed to the door and opened it up.
"You two made it. Come inside." said William
William led Spencer and Olivia inside and Spencer came into the kitchen. Everyone including Will, Jessica, Jack, and Henry were in the room.
"Sorry we're late." said Spencer
"Spencer, it was planned that you and Olivia would be last to arrive." said William who pulled his son and daughter in law into a hug
"And my job was to keep you busy today." smirked Olivia
Jack and Henry went running to Spencer.
"Uncle Spencer!" shouted Jack and Henry
"Hi Jack and Henry." said Spencer while hugging both boys tightly
Olivia walked over to Emily who she has never met and introduced herself.
"Hi I'm Olivia, you must be Emily Prentiss." said Olivia
"Nice to meet you Olivia. It's finally nice to meet you." said Emily who shook hands with Olivia
Olivia leaned forward and whispered to Emily.
"It will take a while for me to like you, because you really hurt my husband even though you were protecting him." whispered Olivia
"It's OK if it takes some time for you to like me, your husband is like a little brother to me since I was an only child. I know that I broke his heart with lying to him, but I was protecting my family." whispered Emily
"Spencer did tell me that you are like an older sister to him since he was an only child." said Olivia who then walked away to be by Spencer who was talking with his dad
Spencer saw Olivia approach him. He wrapped an arm around her waist and whispered in her ear.
"How did it go with Emily?" whispered Spencer
"We can talk later." whispered Olivia
At that moment, Rossi pulled dinner out of the oven.
"Dinner is done." said Rossi
Everyone filled up their plates and headed to the dining room. They started eating and while everyone was eating, Jack asked a question.
"Uncle Spencer, is Olivia now my new aunt?" asked Jack who remembered his daddy telling him that Olivia is now Mrs. Reid
Olivia knew that Jack considered his daddy's teammates aunts and uncles.
"Jack, you can call me Aunt Olivia if you want." said Olivia with a smile at the young boy
"So have you and Olivia talked about going on a honeymoon in the future?" asked Hotch
Spencer decided to answer since he and Olivia talked about their honeymoon.
"We talked about going on one after Christmas and into January because Livy's students will be on winter break from Christmas until mid-January so she wouldn't have to find a substitute or cancel her classes." said Spencer
"I will arrange for you to have time off then." said Hotch
"Have you two talked about where to go?" asked Rossi who was planning on paying for the honeymoon since he didn't get to host Spencer and Olivia's wedding
"Spencer and I talked about going somewhere warm where we both have never been." said Olivia
"And we decided on Hawaii." said Spencer
Everyone continued eating dinner while talking and laughing. When the table was cleared off, Garcia looked at Rossi.
"What should we do now?" asked Garcia
"It's time for post elopement presents." said Rossi who handed the young couple an envelope that contains his wedding gift for them. "And please don't refuse what I am giving you two." added Rossi
Reid opened the envelope and saw a check written for him and Olivia and they gasped when they saw that the check was written for $1,500.
"Rossi, you didn't have to give us this." sputtered Spencer
"Consider it a nest egg for when you two get a house of your own since your apartment is small. And this is also for you helping me out with the books I have written since joining the team since you helped me with research and editing when you were on crutches for a few months back in 2009." said Rossi
"Thank you David." said Olivia who spoke for her husband who was still flustered at their gift from Rossi
"You could even use it towards your mother's medical bills since you pay quite a bit to make her comfortable." said Rossi
"We will have to brainstorm on what to do with the money." said Olivia who thought that using it for her mother in law wouldn't be a bad idea
Garcia decided to be next and handed Spencer and Olivia two boxes.
Spencer and Olivia unwrapped their gifts from Garcia and they each got a new laptop. They looked at Garcia in shock.
"Reid, with you publishing articles, working on your latest BA online, and using Skype, I decided that you need a new laptop since your laptop is a few years old." said Garcia and she looked at Olivia who was sitting next to her husband "And Olivia, I decided that you could use a new one too since I've seen your laptop." said Garcia
"Thank you Penelope, I was going to ask you for your help with choosing a new laptop." said Spencer
"Not a problem Boy Wonder." said Garcia
"Thank you Penelope." said Olivia
"You're welcome." said Garcia
Morgan decided to be next and handed Spencer and Olivia a manila envelope.
Reid opened up the envelope and realized that it's information on properties that Morgan was currently working on. Spencer was quickly reading through the papers about the houses. Then he handed the papers to Olivia so she can have a look.
"I know that you two are going to be looking for a bigger house to live in for when you decide to have children. So I thought that you should get to have a first look at the properties that I am currently restoring before I put the finished houses on the market." said Morgan
"Thank you Morgan, you actually helped us narrow down houses since you are spot on with us thinking about living in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood in DC." said Spencer
"And I like it that the houses are near Georgetown University." said Olivia who was looking at the map of the area that Morgan included
Emily decided to be next and handed Spencer an envelope. Spencer opened it right away and realized that Emily got them a gift card for Pier One Imports.
"I wasn't sure what to get you two, so I decided to get you a gift card." said Emily while giving the young married couple a small smile
"Thank you Emily, Pier One Imports is one of my favorite stores." said Olivia
"I'm glad you like my present for you. And the gift card has $100 on it." said Emily
Hotch decided to be next, and handed the newly weds a wrapped box.
Spencer and Olivia opened up the box and grinned when they saw the new coffee maker.
"I hope you like the new coffee maker I got for you." said Hotch
"Sweet." said Spencer who was admiring the design of the coffee maker
"But you have to buy the coffee to make yourself." said Hotch
"And now you have to spend more than $50 a week on coffee since you two combined your expenses." joked Rossi, causing laughter to erupt in the room since everyone knew that Spencer is addicted to coffee
"We might as well use that check you gave us to go towards coffee." joked Spencer and everyone burst out laughing while Olivia lightly swatted him on the shoulder
Rossi decided to speak in Italian since there were little ears in the room. He knew that Reid and Emily would understand what he is saying since Reid translated for him before when he quoted some Dante in Italian and he knew that Emily lived in Rome.
"You are such a smart-ass Reid." said Rossi in fluent Italian
Spencer and Emily burst out laughing.
"What did you say Rossi?" asked Garcia
Emily leaned and whispered in Garcia's ear and Garcia started laughing
JJ decided to go next and handed Olivia their wedding gift from her, Will, and Henry.
Spencer opened up the wrapped present, and he noticed some framed photos of him, Olivia, and Henry from the Fourth of July picnic.
"I thought that you two should have some photos that were taken during your sabbatical Spence." said JJ
"Thank you JJ." said Olivia who was looking at the pictures and thought about when she and Spencer will be in pictures when they have a child of their own
After Spencer and Olivia were done opening presents, Jack came up to Olivia.
"Aunt Olivia, can you play with Henry and me?" asked Jack
Olivia looked at her husband who nodded, and she knew what he was planning on doing.
"Sure I can." said Olivia and she looked at her father in law. "Dad, would you like to join us?" asked Olivia
"I would love to Olivia." said William
Jessica and Will decided to join Olivia and William in playing with Jack and Henry, and Rossi decided to take the others to a separate room.
"Since we finished up celebrating our youngest team member getting married, we need really need to talk about how the recent events are affecting us with no interruptions." said Rossi
Reid decided to speak up first since he thought about what Dr. Norman told him.
"I do have a lot to say." said Spencer and he looked at Hotch, JJ, and Emily and he continued "Emily, when you walked into the conference room after being in hiding for seven months, I thought that I was becoming like my mom." he said in a neutral voice
"You really thought that you were having a schizophrenic break?" asked Emily who knew that schizophrenia is one of Spencer's biggest fears
"Yes I did." said Spencer and he continued since Rossi nodded and he looked at Emily "Even though you came back, I thought about all the people who left me in my life. Even though I used my sabbatical to reconnect with my father so he can get to know the real me instead keeping track of me online." said Spencer
Reid decided to add on while everyone digested what he said and decided to bring up high school. He looked at Hotch, JJ, and Emily and spoke again.
"I understand that Emily's death being faked was above your pay grade since you know how my mom once saved me from a child molester and the aftermath of the Riley Jenkins murder which led to my parents divorce. I was brought back to some unpleasant high school memories about the time I was lured to the football field to be stripped naked and laughed at for hours. I ended up untying myself at midnight and finding my mom in a middle of an episode when I finally got home." said Spencer and he heard Garcia gasp
Everyone except Morgan and Hotch were shocked since they knew how bad the bullying Reid went through was.
"And during my school years before moving to DC, my teachers mainly focused on my growing IQ, but they really didn't pay attention to my..." said Reid and he had trouble saying the next part
Hotch decided to finish since he knew what Reid was talking about since he thought about when he told Gideon that he never got to teach Reid how to deal with things emotionally during the Hankel case. He thought about one of the doctor appointments that Reid asked him to join and his emotional intelligence was mentioned and how it was currently affecting him at the time.
"Your emotional quotient wasn't focused on like your IQ was during your childhood which led to you being socially awkward. It was one of the many conversations that I had with Gideon when I was assigned as your training officer when you joined the BAU at 22. And it was because of your emotional intelligence that you developed stress related migraines because of being under a lot of stress." said Hotch
"With the betrayals I dealt with throughout childhood with bullies and people walking out of my life, that is why I will be meeting with a psychologist that my mother's doctor recommended."
"So you will be working at finding healthy ways to deal with your emotions?" asked Hotch
"Yes. And luckily the psychologist that I will be seeing will meet with people after 5 PM or on weekends." said Reid
An hour later; Spencer, Olivia, and William left Rossi's. Spencer and Olivia drove William to the airport since he had a flight at midnight.
An hour later
Spencer and Olivia walked into their apartment. They looked at the clock and realized that it was 11 PM so they headed to bed. Spencer looked at Olivia who was not asleep yet.
"How was it playing with Henry and Jack while I talked to my teammates?" asked Spencer
"Jack asked me when is he going to get a new cousin, and I told him that when people get married they sometimes have a honeymoon phase before they have a baby." said Olivia
"Do you regret us deciding to have a honeymoon phase first?" asked Spencer
"No I don't. I just moved here to Washington DC less than two months ago. We just got married a week ago, and we have plenty of time to have a baby. And I have to get used to you being out of state a lot for work." said Olivia
"We are pretty much home on the weekends unless there is an emergency case. My dad works more hours than me, even though I am on call 24/7." said Spencer
"Have you ever considered moving your mom to a hospital here in DC or in Virginia?" asked Olivia
"I thought about it when I graduated from the academy, but my mother's doctor said that I should just keep her in Vegas unless she wants to transfer to DC or Virginia. I could picture my dad moving out east, but I think he will stay in Vegas for the time being because of his job." said Spencer
"I don't blame you for wanting to keep your mom in Bennington." said Olivia
Spencer looked at his digital alarm clock and saw that it was 12:30 AM.
"We should get some sleep, because we have a productive day in a few hours." said Spencer
"With attending Mass, cleaning the apartment, and preparing for work on Monday?" asked Olivia
"Yes." said Spencer
Olivia rested her head on her husband's chest since she loved sleeping to the sound of his heartbeat, and a few minutes later Spencer and Olivia were asleep.
A/N: I don't know a lot about Emotional Intelligence, but I know that a high IQ can affect someone's EQ.