"Reid, my man, your girlfriend is magic, couldn't she have waved her wand and done all of this so we wouldn't have to?" Morgan complained as he stacked more books into boxes.

"She could, but since she has to coordinate a transatlantic move, I didn't want her to have to try and do my move as well."

Morgan laughed, shaking his head. "You're quite the catch, kid. Very considerate of you to not take advantage of her magic powers."

"I guess I just don't see her magic as a resource for my use. If she wants to use it to help out around the house, and it benefits the both of us, that's just icing on the cake."

"I can't believe you're moving out of this place. I don't remember you living anywhere else."

He shrugged. "Between the two of us, we have too many books for this one bedroom, and it just makes sense to buy a house."

"I also can't believe you're getting married!"

"I know. We're moving quickly—"

"It's not that. You two have been together for nearly six months. It makes sense that you're moving to the next step. It's just not something I expected for you, not after…"

"After Maeve."

"Yeah."

"I didn't either. I thought everyone got one person. And when that one person was gone, that was it. But meeting Hermione really changed my perspective, and showed me that I didn't need to spend my life alone and in mourning."

"I'm really proud of you, Spence. And I'm really happy for you. I like Hermione a lot. And we're not saying that just because she allowed us to keep our memories in tact."

"It cost her a lot to do that."

"We know. And we will forever be in debt. Are the trials all done? Is that why the move is finally moving forward?"

"Yeah, they wrapped up last week. Stripped her of all of her security clearances and demoted her to the lowest level of auror. She replied with her formal resignation."

"After everything she's done for their world, that's how they repay her?"

"Yep. Since she's a woman and a muggleborn, they decided to make an example of her."

"That's bullshit."

"Funny, that's what I said."

"I read that book she gave us all, Hogwarts a History and her world is so backward and out of date. I don't know how someone like her could stay there for as long as she did."

Spencer shook his head. "I don't know. I've asked her the same question. She mentioned that after the war, the magical world was the only place she felt like she had a home. She lost her parents. And she was with Ron. But now, she doesn't feel like the magical world is her home anymore. She still has Harry, but that's about it."

"She's really going to move here and live like a muggle?"

"She is. She has an interview with a local law office as a paralegal, actually."

"Good for her."

They packed up the rest of the books and Spencer looked around the room. He had lived in this apartment since he moved to DC and started working for the BAU. Over ten years. He sighed. It was a little bittersweet moving out of the apartment, but he felt good about his decision. They were moving out near where Hotch lived. He said the schools were good.

He smiled to himself. He knew the future wasn't guaranteed. Hell, if anyone knew that, it was him. But it was nice to have something to look forward to for once.

He stepped out of the moving truck that Morgan was driving. They were at his townhouse and were waiting for Hermione to show up.

The door to the house opened and his fiancee came bounding out, with a wide smile on her face. She flung herself into his arms and he caught her, bringing her into a hug.

"You're early."

"I may have fibbed just a little bit about what time I was getting in so I could surprise you."

"Surprise me with what?"

"With this."

She pulled out her wand and waved it at the moving truck and he watched as all the boxes he painstakingly packed and loaded went flying into the house.

"I thought you said we couldn't use magic here because we live in a Muggle neighborhood?"

She shrugged. "I may have cast some notice me not charms around the house just for this one occasion."

"Girl, where were you this morning when he forced me into pack all this stuff and load it into the truck."

Hermione moved to give Morgan a hug. "I'm sorry, Derek. Spencer told me he didn't want me to use my magic, so I let him do it his way. He doesn't want to take advantage of me. I did offer."

"Kid, you need to get over this and let her do her thing."

"I think I'll get used to it one day." He moved back to the truck. "I actually have a surprise for you, too." He pulled out a cat carrier with an orange tabby cat in it. "It's a rescue, so he already came with a name, and I kind of love it, but we can change it if you don't like it."

Hermione brought her hands to her mouth to muffle her shriek. "Spencer," she said removing her hands, "I thought you didn't like cats?"

"I didn't. But then those nights in your hotel room with Mittens…well I think I grew fond of having something to pet while I read."

"What's his name?"

"Luke Skywhisker."

"I love it. And I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Should we go in and try to arrange our books?"

"I'm gonna let you two bookworms take care of that, and I'm gonna return this truck and go home. See you tomorrow at work, Spence."

"Thank you, Derek."

"No problem, kid."

Derek left, and then it was just the two of them. Well, three if you counted the cat.

Hermione took the cat carrier from him and walked into the building. He paused for a minute and smiled to himself. Half a year ago, he was just going through the motions of life. Depressed that a case took away any hope for his future. Funny, how it was a case, nearly two years to the day, that would turn his life around. Bring back in the sun.

He closed his eyes and sent a little prayer to Maeve, wherever she was. He wanted to make sure she knew he was okay. And that he was living. The guilt he once felt was no longer there. Replaced with hope, happiness, and most of all, love.

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