Ryan stared out the plane window, the case having been wrapped hours ago. She turned her head as someone sat down next to her. She smiled at Will.
"Hey."
"Stealing people's seats now, DiMario?"
"Eh. Elle can take mine, like it really matters."
"Right. What's up?"
"Was going to ask you the same question." He said, looking at her. Ryan stared at him for a second, before turning back to the window.
"It's Thursday, right? It's not like we're going to have a case till Monday. What if…. What if I went out there? Made him….talk to me, deal with this. ….Is that crazy?" She asked, turning back to him.
Will smirked. "Going to hold a boom box over your head too?"
Ryan glared before smacking the man in the head. "I'm being serious, Will."
He shrugged. "I say, do it. You know you have Henry on your side."
She laughed. "Very true."
Will looked over his shoulder. "What would Elle say?"
"That I was crazy." Ryan laughed.
He smirked. "You are crazy, Ryan. Crazy in love."
Ryan stares at him before smacking him again. "Go away."
Will laughs as he gets up, returning to his seat.
Criminal Minds || What Happens
Spencer raises his head at the sound of a laugh and smiles when he sees Henry and JJ.
"Daddy! We here for your lunch!"
Spencer pushes away from the desk. "Oh yeah?"
"Yeah! I made you Peanut butter and jelly!"
"All by his self." JJ tells him and Henry's eyes widen.
"YEAH! All by my self, Daddy!"
Spencer looks at JJ, noticing her amused look. "Is it edible?" He asks and Henry looks between them.
"It's very edible! It's tasty daddy, I made it!"
Spencer nods. "Thank you, buddy."
JJ hides a laugh as Spencer pulls out the sandwich, his face trying its best to look excited at the mangled gooey sandwich.
"Oh wow, look at this. What happened to the bread?"
"He hasn't mastered spreading the peanut butter yet."
Spencer looks at his sandwich for another second before he takes a bite. "Yum. Best sandwich ever."
Henry looks excited. "Better than Mommy's AND Mama Ryan's?"
He looks up at JJ at the name again, but she doesn't react. "Yeah, way better."
Henry grins up at his mother. "Told you, Mommy."
JJ ruffles the little boys hair before pulling out his sandwich, knowing that if the older man is eating, the son will follow course. Henry takes a bite before his eyes widen, in realization.
"Mommy! You say we call Mama Ryan today! It's morning now there, right?"
"Right." JJ nods before looking at Spencer, who's watching the two. He notices JJ rub her forehead before pulling out her phone. Spencer watched as she dials the number, slightly curious at how many times the little boy has had her call Ryan before. She hands him the phone.
"But you got to eat your whole sandwich, now, okay?"
He ignores her, waiting for the other woman to pick up and Spencer notices the eye roll before taking another bite of the sloppy sandwich in front of him. Henry's eyes widen.
"Mama Ryan!"
Criminal Minds || What Happens
Ryan picks up her phone, seeing JJ's number.
"Hello?"
She smiles immediately at the little boy's voice. "Mama Ryan!"
"Hey, Mini,"
"Ms. Ryan, Mommy said that she okay if I call you Mama, but only if you okay with it. You okay with it, right? 'Cos I like your son too, right?"
She sits, still in the airport, still debating if she should fly out to Virginia.
"I… Well…"
"I make you feel better, because you not lost me. And because the baby can't call you Mommy, so I call you Mama."
She leans back in the chair, his motives coming clear for the name change. "Oh, sweetheart, you don't have to call me Mama, just because of that. I don't want you to feel like you have to do anything like that. If you want me to be.. If you want to call me Mama, that's because you want to, not because of the other baby."
"I want to!"
"But honey, me and your dad aren't even together-"
"But you say, you love me even if you and Daddy not love each other." She hears his voice change, getting upset.
"I do, Mini. I do. I will always love you. You're my best friend, remember? My favorite little man."
"Yeah."
"But…" She bites on her bottom lip. "You have a great Mommy, Henry, you don't need another one."
"I know. I don't need it, but you… I love you, Ms. Ryan. You take care of me. I your little man, remember."
She smiles. "You are my little man."
"Yeah." He sighs. "and you my Mama Ryan."
"Okay."
"Okay. You come see me now?"
Ryan opened her mouth before closing it. "I…what?"
"You come see me now."
"Henry, I'm sure Ryans really busy buddy, you can't just ask her to drop everything and come down here." She hears Spencer say.
"Henry?"
"Yeah, Mama Ryan?"
"Can you keep a secret? It's a really, really big secret, you can't tell anyone."
"Okay." He says, softly.
"I'll be there soon."
Criminal Minds || What Happens
Spencer watches as the little boy's eyes widened.
"Okay!"
He wonders what Ryan's saying before the little boy pouts. "But you-"
He looks to JJ whos watching the little boy. "Okay." he sighs and is quiet for a while, Ryan must be talking. "Bye, Mama Ryan."
He hangs up and looks at his dad. "She say Bye."
"She had to go?"
"Yeah, but she say she call me soon."
"I know you want her to come out here, Henry, but-"
"It okay, Mommy. She say she call me soon."
Spencer and JJ look at each other. He was handling that better than expected.
"What did she say?"
"She say I call her Mama Ryan and she call me soon. She had to go. She busy. She call me soon though, Mommy. Real soon. She say when she not busy, she call me. So I keep your phone."
JJ laughs. "I'll keep my phone, but I'll make sure if she calls you, we'll answer it, okay?"
"No! I keep it! She Call me soon! Real soon, She say! She say, she call me and I got to answer!"
JJ looked at Spencer as the little boy clutched on to her cell phone. Spencer looked back to the little boy.
"Want some Candy? You can have some if you give the phone to your mom."
"Yeah! Candy!"
JJ stared at Spencer, annoyed, who shrugged, exasperated. "It works!"
