"I'm pregnant, I'm pregnant," Lila whispered, her hands resting protectively on her belly.

"Yes, I heard," Diana said.

"Are you okay with this? I mean, I know you don't know me very well, but I want you to know I love your son more than anything in the world and my number one priority is making him as happy as humanly possible. I adore him and would do anything for him."

"Yes, yes, I know that," Diana said, waving a dismissive hand in the air. "I just wish you two had been married first. In my generation young people got married before they started a family."

"I would love to marry Spencer more than anything," Lila confided. "I would marry him today if he asked me."

"Well he better hurry up about it," Diana said, her eyes suddenly twinkling. She reached over and rested a hand on Lila's stomach.

"Finally, after all these years, I'm going to be a grandmother. My baby is having a baby," she said, her voice cracking with emotion.

"I know Spence and I are living thousands of miles and a time zone away from you, but we will include you in this child's life as much as possible. Instead of one letter a day, you'll receive two, as well as so many phone calls you'll probably ask the facility to change their number so we'll leave you alone."

"Don't count on that," Diana said, her hand gently stroking the flat barrier that separated her from her firstborn grandchild.

"I know it's far too soon to tell, Diana, but I think I'm having a boy," Lila confided.

"A mother knows and please, call me Mom. We are family afterall."

"Yes we are," Lila agreed, happy tears in her eyes.

Diana rose from her seat and walked over to a trunk that rested at the foot of her bed. She came back with an armful of photo albums, making more trips until she finally had them all.

"What is all this?" Lila asked, looking at the mountain in wonder.

"Photographs of my precious only born," Diana said before sitting back down. "I have been wanting to show you these ever since Spencer told me about you. Spencer gets embarassed by them, but I know you'll love them as much as I do."

"Of course I will," Lila said, curious to see what her sexy agent looked liked as a child.

"You'll have to send me some photographs of yourself, Lila. I have plenty of empty albums."

"When Spence and I are settled I will send you copies of whatever I have," Lila promised.
"although to be honest I don't make it a habit to display photos of myself."

"You should. You're a beautiful girl."

Lila blushed and looked at the first album Diana opened. She melted at the sight of Spencer as an infant. Even at that stage of life he had that adorable dorkish charm she found irresistable. She hoped to have a son that was just like him. She looked at the pictures and read the captions underneath.

"Did Spence really roll over at two months?" she asked in amazement.

"He also crawled at five months and walked at eight months," Diana said, nodding her head. "our Spencer was special from the moment he was born."

Lila loved how Diana said "our Spencer" and nodded in agreement. "You do such good work, Mom. Why did you stop at one? It seems unfair to deprive other women of such amazement."

"I didn't want to mess with perfection," Diana said, giving her the same explanation she had given Spencer when he had asked her the same question.

Lila laughed and Diana picked up a leather, burgundy colored journal she had retrived along with all of the albums. She handed it to Lila, who was now admiring Spencer in his toddler years.

"What's this?" Lila asked, thumbing through the journal. It was obviously old and oft-read, but clearly well cared for and loved.

"It's the journal I kept when I was pregnant with Spencer," Diana said softly, looking at the mother of her grandchild with obvious affection. "every feeling or thought I ever had during those nine months is on these pages and I want you to have it during your own journey."

A flood of emotion burst out of Lila. She futilely tried to wipe the waterfall of tears away, but quickly gave up. Diana's gesture was so loving and so heartfelt and something Lila had never thought herself worthy of experiencing. She held the journal reverently, protectively.

"Oh Diana, Mom, that's....I...."

"I said you could have the journal during your pregnancy, not forever," Diana said, pulling back after hugging Lila for a few minutes. She handed the girl another leather bound journal, this one chestnut brown.

"This one is yours to keep. Document every thought or feeling you have, because you will treasure this long after your little is grown and living his own life. Who knows, someday you could be sharing this with your own daughter-in-law."

"Thank you so much. This means more to me than you'll ever know," Lila said, hugging the journals close to her heart. "I certainly plan on sharing my journey with you. I will include copies of my journal entries with every single one of my letters."

"I would love that," Diana said, touched that Lila was so willing to include her in her and her grandchild's life, given the unique circumstances of her life.

"How do you think Spence will react to the news?" Lila asked.

"I think he'll be blown away, but even more ecstatic than I. Spencer has always wanted a family of his own, but until he met you, never thought it was possible. You are giving him everything he has always wanted and I love you for it."

"And I love you for bringing such an amazing, unique man into this world," Lila said.

"When will you tell him the news?"

"As soon as he returns. I don't think this is something I can say over the phone."

Diana nodded in agreement and Lila suddenly had a thought. "If Spence happens to call you, please don't tell him. I really want to tell him in person."

"That won't be a problem, especially since Spencer rarely calls," Diana said, diverting her eyes to the albums.

"Well, I will simply have to change that," Lila said, reaching out the grasp the older woman's hand. Diana looked at her and beamed before both women went back to enjoying their day of getting to know each other, celebrating new life, and of course, gushing over the amazing perfection that is Supervisory Special Agent Dr. Spencer Asimov Reid.