Hey everyone, thank you all for the lovely reviews. You are all absolutely brilliant.
I have two choices for you all. I want to let you choose the end as you have all been with this story since I started to writing it.
Choice 1 - Reid returns to be a BAU agent although stays out of the field until he is ready.
Choice 2- Reid doesn't return to the BAU and instead chooses to teach future profilers at the academy.
I would love to know which one you all want as the ending. Feel free to throw in any other suggestion although I would please ask that they are sensible ones.
Enjoy and please review
All mistakes are my own (I'm human and I have a headache.)
Reid let his mother into his apartment without hesitation. He smiled at Morgan who had been the one to drop his mom. Morgan left the two alone but told Reid to call him if any problems arose. Reid assured Morgan he could handle it.
Reid walked into his apartment to find his mother staring at his book collection, she smiled slightly as she traced his
collection of 15th century literature. Reid felt happy as he saw the smile. His mother was lucid at the moment, he hoped it lasted a long time. He needed to spend some time with her.
"How h-h-have you been mum?" Reid said as he stared at Diana. Diana turned round to look at her son for the first time in a long time. The first thing she noticed was his hand. Reid noticed what she was looking at and instantly hid his disfigured hand behind his back.
"I've been scared Spencer, you didn't write to me for so long and then your friend told me that you had been hurt. Spencer, what happened to you?" she asked gently as she walked over and placed a motherly touch to Reid's cheek.
"We s-s-hould sit d-down" Reid said before he led his mother over to the couch and sat her down. Diana looked round the room quickly but she managed to keep herself calm. She felt the mother inside of her take over the voices. Her son needed her more than ever. She had to stay strong for Spencer.
"Spencer, tell me what happened? Your eyes tell me that something is haunting you. A mother knows when her child is scared, I can see that you are scared. Talk to me" she said before she set down her handbag. She went to take his Reid's hand but Reid pulled them and hid them.
"The r-r-eason I w-wasn't able to w-write to you w-was because I-I was taken b-by a man. H-He hurt me and did really b-bad things to m-me. I'm s-sorry I didn't wr-write to you" Reid said before he apologised. He put his head down in shame as he realised what kind of son he had been. He had failed to keep his promise to his mother, he had failed to write to her.
Reid jumped slightly when his mother grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. Reid returned the hig before he leaned his head on her shoulder. Reid felt soothed as he felt his mother stroke his hair.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. You will always be the most important person in the world to me. Never apologise for something that you can't control" she told him before she pulled away from the hug.
"Now why do you keep moving your hands away from me?" she asked as she tried to hold his hands again. Reid bit his lip slightly as he decided on whether he show his mother his hand.
"T-The man w-who took me. He t-took something f-from me" Spencer said quietly before he brought his hands up onto his lap. Diana looked at them and gasped when she saw what had happened to her little boy.
Reid kept himself strong but he knew his mother was having a tough time seeing what she was seeing. She took his hands and held them tight.
"Oh my little boy, what did he do to you?" Diana cried gently as she brushed Reid's hair out of his face.
"He-He did too m-much" Reid said honestly "I don't think I can be an agent anymore. I don't know what to do."
"You do what you think is right but I want you to stay safe. What else happened sweetheart? Your eyes are showing me that you are still scared and hiding behind a secret" Diana said as she regained her previous calm.
"I-I have s-some brain d-damage. I f-f-forget t-things and p-people, I as you c-can tell have t-trouble speak-ing. I'm
getting b-better t-though" Reid smiled as he thought of all the progress he had made since he had started speech therapy.
"You are getting better Spencer, that is wonderful. Remember this though, you are still special and you always will be" Diana smiled at Spencer as he moved her thumb in a circular motion on Reid's hand.
"Thank y-you mum" Reid smiled before he hugged his mother. Reid remembered the tough times with his mother when he had been growing up but he always remembered how it was just the two of them. He always she was there even if she didn't always remember to take her medication.
Reid knew that the one person who would always truly understand him would be Diana, his mother.
Gideon - Two days later
Gideon was on his way to Reid's apartment with a fold out chess board. They had played a few games of chess and Gideon was truly amazed at how much Reid had improved in the game. He knew that Reid must have been practicing. A echo in the back of his mind thought that Reid had practicing in case he ever returned. Gideon had decided to walk to the apartment, it was a lovely day and long walks were now common practise for Gideon. A practise he had come to love.
Gideon was halfway to the apartment when he noticed a young man sitting on a bench. He immediately recognised that the man was Reid. Gideon jogged to the bench as he wondered if Reid was in trouble.
"Reid, are you okay?" Gideon asked as he sat next to Reid on the bench. Reid looked at Gideon, it took Reid a moment to realise that it was Gideon.
"I'm f-fine" Reid mumbled quietly. Gideon didn't believe Reid's words at all.
"Reid, tell me what is wrong?" Gideon asked with more authority in his voice. Reid looked at the street for a moment before he looked back to Gideon.
"I-I left my apartment t-to t-take a walk, it's such a n-nice d-day and Dr S-Song told me to t-take walks" Reid told Gideon before he took a deep breath to regain the calm he had a few minutes ago.
"Did you get too tired?" Gideon asked.
"I'm f-fine. I w-walked to the park and when I-I tried to w-walk home I c-couldn't r-remember. I couldn't r-remember how t-to get home" Reid said before he ran his hands through his hair as he became more and more fustrated. Gideon put his hand on Reid's arm, Reid looked at Gideon with tired eyes.
"Come on, I was heading to your apartment anyway. I'll show you how to back. Dr Song said you would have trouble with your memory. Let's go, we can talk about it on the way back" Gideon said calmly before he helped Reid get to his feet. He picked his chessboard case up.
"T-Thanks Gideon" Reid said before he started to walk.
"Anytime" Gideon smiled back.
Next chapter up tomorrow
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