Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds. The occasional scenes from episodes of Criminal Minds in this story belong to the writers of Criminal Minds and CBS. No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: Shout out to Fashionista7, Nina, Cary, criminalmindsrocks, fishtrek, Daisyangel, and Kelsie for reviewing chapter nine.
Cary: Speaking of JJ and Emily, they're going to be dealing with some consequences in this chapter based on a revelation that Emily made when telling Hotch about how she got by in Paris.
Kelsie: He wasn't too angry with her. He just got stern with her since he had a bad night while he wanted Diana to respect their dead relatives by letting them rest where they were buried since he and Clarissa don't believe in spanking their children because of their jobs so they just give timeouts, take away a favorite object, or forbid their child from going to a place that said child was looking forward to going to as punishment.
I like having Spencer's birthday be on October 9th because of the episode Plain Sight taking place on the week of October 9th of 2005 and I know that a few other authors on this website have Spencer's birthday happen on October 9th too.
Spencer woke up to the smell of pancakes, turkey bacon, and breakfast sausage while Olivia was kissing him on the lips causing him to smile at his wife, "What's with the wake-up call?" asked Spencer.
Olivia smiled at her husband, "Happy 30th birthday, Spencer."
"I can't believe that I'm 30 now," said Spencer.
Olivia gave her husband another kiss, "Speaking of 30, you get 28 more kisses from me today."
Spencer waggled his eyebrows, "So I'm getting 30 kisses from you today?" asked Spencer.
Olivia nodded, "Yes," said Olivia before she pointed at the tray of breakfast, "We should eat our breakfast so we can go to the 8:30 A.M. Mass service today with Edmund, Danielle, Abigail, Brayden, and Baby Spencer."
"Yes, ma'am," said Spencer before checking his phone and noticed a text message from Rossi.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND MASS WITH YOU AND OLIVIA TODAY. MUDGIE ATE SOMETHING THAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO AND WE'RE AT THE VET. ~ DR
Spencer quickly replied.
IT'S OK. ~ SR
"Dave won't be attending Mass with us today since Mudgie ate something that he wasn't supposed to eat and they're at the vet," said Spencer before sighing sadly, "He didn't even wish me a happy birthday either."
"Instead of focusing on being upset, let's eat breakfast before it gets cold," said Olivia.
A few minutes later Spencer and Olivia were eating their breakfast in bed as they talked about the plans they had for the day.
As soon as they arrived at Our Lady of Victory Parish, Spencer smiled as he watched his 11-year-old niece who was wearing a long-sleeved pink dress that reached her knees and pink converse sneakers, and his 11-year-old nephew who was wearing khaki pants, a light blue dress shirt, a dark blue tie, and blue converse sneakers run over to him, "There are my favorite niece and one of my favorite boys."
Abigail quickly hugged her uncle first, "Happy birthday, Uncle Spencer."
"Thank you, Abigail," said Spencer.
Brayden then took a turn to hug his uncle, "Happy birthday, Uncle Spencer."
"Thank you, Brayden," said Spencer before he broke out of the hug and walked over to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law who were holding a car seat that held six-week-old baby Spencer who had strawberry blonde hair like Olivia and Edmund, "How's my little namesake doing today?"
Baby Spencer let out a few gurgles before smiling at his uncle.
"You're smiling," said Spencer.
Danielle released some tears, "It's little Spencer's first real smile that doesn't deal with gas."
"And on his uncle's 30th birthday too," said Edmund before hugging his brother-in-law while ruffling his messy short curls, "Happy big 3-0 to the little brother I always wanted."
Spencer laughed, "Thank you, Edmund."
Danielle gave her brother-in-law a one-armed hug, "Happy birthday, Spencer."
"Thank you, Danielle," said Spencer.
Edmund gave his sister a teasing smile, "Even though I'm 40, you'll be joining the 30s club with both your husband and sister-in-law soon."
"I know," said Olivia.
A few minutes later Spencer, Olivia, Edmund, Danielle, Abigail, Brayden, and Baby Spencer were sitting in a pew while Spencer who was holding his nephew didn't even know that the parish was going to be throwing him a small party during coffee hour after Mass.
Two hours later Spencer was blushing as everyone who stayed for coffee hour sang "Happy Birthday" to him before he blew out the candles of the cake that one of the members baked for his birthday before he opened up a few presents that some fellow parishioners got for him.
Later on that afternoon, Spencer smiled when he saw his father's face on his laptop, "Hello, dad," said Spencer.
"Happy birthday, Spencer. I wish that I could be in DC with you today, but I have a last-minute court appearance at 9 A.M. tomorrow and I need to prepare for tomorrow," said William.
Spencer nodded, "As someone who's on-call 24-7 and have to drop whatever I'm doing for a case or have to travel to another state to testify during a trial for a case I worked on, I understand, dad."
"Did you get my gift delivered by FedEx yet?" asked William.
Olivia nodded, "I refused to let Spencer open it until we found time to Skype with you."
"Please open it now, Spencer," said William.
A few seconds later Spencer was opening up the box and his eyes went wide when he saw a pocket watch that had his name and birth-date engraved on it.
"My father got me this on the day you were born, so I wanted you to have it," said William.
"Thank you so much, dad," said Spencer before he told his father about how he had spent his birthday so far.
A few hours later Spencer was blushing again as Olivia, Edmund, Danielle, Abigail, Brayden, Alex and James Blake who both came over for dinner sang "Happy Birthday" to him before he ended up blowing the 30 candles on his birthday cake with Olivia's, Abigail's, and Brayden's help.
Later on that night, a naked Olivia looked at her naked husband after their second round of sex to celebrate his birthday, "Are you OK?" asked Olivia.
"Even though my parents couldn't be out here to celebrate my birthday while you made sure that I had the best birthday, I just can't believe that my teammates forgot my birthday today," said Spencer sadly.
"Maybe they decided that you should spend today with our niece, nephews, my brother, our sister-in-law, and they planned something for at work tomorrow," said Olivia.
Spencer sighed, "I don't know. We're all still reeling about Emily's death being faked."
"Didn't you mention that Emily's birthday is on the 12th?" asked Olivia.
Spencer nodded, "This Wednesday is her birthday."
"Maybe the team is going to have a joint birthday party for you two," said Olivia.
Spencer shook his head, "There's never been a joint birthday party for us," said Spencer before kissing his wife, "I don't want to talk about my teammates anymore tonight because we should continue trying for a baby."
"As long as we're asleep by midnight because you still have work tomorrow," said Olivia.
A few seconds later Spencer and Olivia were going through their third round of sex before they fell asleep while Spencer dreamed about him and Olivia playing with a baby girl.
The next day in Boise, Idaho, Spencer, and JJ entered the room that Principal Givens was killed in.
"OK. So the unsub has to be tied to the school somehow, right? Current student, alumni, family member who lost someone?" asked JJ.
Spencer looked at the remnants of the bomb, "It could be Slade groupie celebrating his hero. He taped nails to the exterior of the bomb, specifically to rip open flesh. That's a sadistic detail of Slade's the unsub copied."
"Except he tricked Givens into blowing himself up. A groupie probably wouldn't show that much self-control," said JJ.
"But someone with an ax to grind against the principal would. Maybe he's a surrogate for the tormenters in high school he can't punish," said Spencer as he wondered if JJ was ever bullied like he was, "Who were yours?" asked Spencer.
"I don't even remember," said JJ.
"You don't even remember?" asked Spencer before thinking about how badly JJ treated his wife while she also ruined the date that Gideon once set them up on even though not having a second date with JJ eventually allowed him to eventually marry Olivia, "Wait, were you one of the mean girls?" asked Spencer.
"No," said JJ.
Spencer thought about a bit of JJ's past, "Valedictorian, soccer scholarship, corn-fed, but still a size zero. I think that you might have been a mean girl."
"I was actually one of the nice girls, even to guys like you," said JJ carefully.
Spencer looked at the crime scene photos in his hands before looking up at JJ, "Guys like me? I'll have you know that my social standing increased once I started winning at basketball."
JJ looked at Spencer in shock as she thought about hearing that he was exempt from taking gym class in high school, "Oh, yeah, you played basketball?" asked JJ.
Spencer nodded, "I was required to take physical education classes at the Polytechnic School every school year from when I started CalTech when I was 12 until the May after my 18th birthday while I attended CalTech. Plus the Polytechnic School's basketball coach convinced me to join their school's team after he found out that I coached basketball by breaking down the opposing team's shooting strategy when I attended high school in Las Vegas."
JJ thought about the $300 that Spencer won during a pool at work the week before, "Is that why Morgan kicked you out of the pool last week?" asked JJ.
"Yeah. It took him three rounds to realize I was hustling him," smirked Spencer.
"Huh," said JJ.
Less than 30 minutes later in Washington D.C., Olivia who was watching the National News had just watched Morgan give her husband's name and work and personal phone number to the press shook her head in anger as she quickly pulled out her phone and called her husband who answered on the first ring.
"Is everything OK, Livy? Usually, you have me be the one to call you when I'm on a case so you don't call me at the wrong time," said Spencer.
"I know, but I wanted to warn you that I'm watching the national news and I just saw Morgan give your name and phone numbers to the press," said Olivia.
"Which must be his retaliation for hustling in the betting pool I participated in for three weeks before he kicked me out last week. He's hoping that I'll get annoyed about my phone constantly ringing as his revenge," said Spencer.
"Even though he's going to hope that you should prank him back and we were both ruthless at prank wars when we attended CalTech, please don't prank him back until you're either flying home or on Saturday."
"Why?" asked Spencer.
"Derek misrepresented himself to the entire Bureau and his country so the most mature thing to do in retaliation is report Derek's inappropriate prank to your boss and let the Bureau punish Morgan themselves while I want you to keep whatever revenge you plan outside of the office so you don't get in trouble too," said Olivia.
Spencer sighed, "When it comes to yesterday, I might not retaliate."
"The team didn't ask if you had a good birthday at all or throw you an office party this morning?" asked Olivia.
"No," said Spencer before hearing JJ's voice, "I have to go since there's another victim."
"Please stay safe and I love you," said Olivia.
"I promise and I love you too," said Spencer before hanging up.
A few hours later in Boise, Idaho Spencer pulled Hotch aside, "I had an interesting conversation with Olivia earlier."
"Does it have to deal with the brief press conference that Morgan and Rossi gave?" asked Hotch.
"You already know that Morgan gave my name and phone numbers to the press?" asked Spencer quietly.
Hotch nodded, "The Director was watching the press conference at the same time Morgan and Rossi spoke to the press. He called me right after Morgan gave your name and phone numbers to the press and told me that I can't let his actions slide since we're still under scrutiny by the Senate Committee," said Hotch before placing a hand on his youngest agent's shoulder, "I promise you that Morgan will be dealt with after the case"
"Thank you because I'm getting annoyed with the phone calls that I've been dealing with all afternoon, but I refuse to turn off my phone since I need to be reachable to you and the rest of the team while I don't want to miss any phone calls from Olivia or any other family members who need to talk to me about something," said Spencer.
"I agree, but if the phone calls get to be too much you can turn off your phone and can borrow my phone or even Rossi's phone to contact Olivia if needed," said Hotch before taking a deep breath, "Since Morgan pranked you during a case, are you going to be unprofessional and prank him back before the case is over?" asked Hotch.
Spencer shook his head, "Even though I was ruthless during prank wars when I became of age and moved into the dorms at CalTech, I'm going to honor my badge and choose to be the mature one and not prank him back until we're flying home."
"Just make sure that your prank doesn't cause any damage to the jet," said Hotch.
"I promise," said Spencer.
Two mornings later Spencer looked at Hotch, Morgan, and Rossi as he explained the condition he realized that their unsub had the night before, "There's a medical condition called pain asymbolia, where patients register harmful stimuli without being bothered by it. They've been documented holding their hand over an open flame because their brain doesn't send pain signals to the central nervous system," said Spencer.
"Sounds pretty rare. You sure the unsub has it?" asked Rossi.
"The crime scenes prove it. This unsub displayed an unusual level of savagery towards his victims. And consider this-," said Spencer as he pointed at the crime scene photo of the broken trophy case, "he smashed through a glass display case, but there were no cuts on Jerry. That means he most likely punched through it as a show of force. Now, the only way the human body could withstand that level of pain is if he couldn't feel it at all."
"It must take a major toll on someone's emotional development," said Rossi.
Spencer's phone started to ring causing him to not accept the call when he saw that it was a number he didn't know as he thought about how irritated he has been ever since his phone started ringing constantly while knowing that he had to keep his promise on not getting back at Morgan until after the case is over.
"A significant contributor to our sense of empathy is the way we personally experience pain," said Morgan.
"And the unsub didn't develop his sense of empathy because it was cut off," said Hotch before looking at Spencer, "Does every person with asymbolia have this?" asked Hotch.
"Actually, most feel empathy just fine, which makes me think the rest of our profile is still accurate. Loner, invisible," said Spencer as his cell phone rang again causing him to get irritated, "Outcast, boiling rage- SON OF A BITCH!," yelled Spencer as he finally decided to answer his phone as he yelled, "Hi! This is Dr. Spencer Reid. I actually can come to the phone right now with a very special message that your mother is a do-."
Hotch gave Spencer a disapproving look as he made a mental note that Morgan needed to be suspended aside from being written up, "Reid."
Spencer quickly hung up, "Sorry. I'm really sorry. I don't know what got into me," said Spencer before deciding to go back on topic, "Where were we?" asked Spencer.
"I'm going to have Garcia check medical records. What causes asymbolia?" asked Hotch.
Spencer glanced at Morgan as he thought about knowing that Morgan was the culprit as he stuttered a bit, "S-s-severe trauma produces lesions in the insular cortex, usually after a stroke. But this unsub's so young, it's most likely caused by an external factor."
Rossi thought about knowing that Spencer must be plotting revenge, "Like a bomb going off next to him?" asked Rossi.
Spencer looked at a chuckling Morgan, "Yeah, a bomb going off next to him," said Spencer as Hotch walked away causing him to mutter to himself, "I will crush you."
Morgan looked at Spencer, "What?" asked Morgan.
"What?" asked Spencer before checking his phone and realized that he answered the call from his eye doctor's office causing him to realize that he has his yearly vision exam on Friday and their receptionist most likely called to remind him of his appointment and to see if he'll be able to make it before going to find Hotch, "Can I please turn off my phone?" asked Spencer.
"Yes," said Hotch.
Spencer then went to Rossi, "May I please borrow your phone?" asked Spencer.
"Go ahead," said Rossi.
A few seconds later Spencer sent Olivia a text message.
THIS IS SPENCER TEXTING FROM ROSSI'S PHONE. MY PHONE WILL BE OFF FOR THE DURATION OF THE CASE AND WE HAVE A LEAD THAT MIGHT LET ME COME HOME TONIGHT OR TOMORROW WHILE HOTCH PERMITTED ME TO PRANK MORGAN BACK. IF YOU NEED TO GET THROUGH TO ME, JUST CALL HOTCH OR ROSSI WHO BOTH TOLD ME THAT I COULD USE THEIR PHONES TO CONTACT YOU OR I CAN SKYPE WITH YOU ON MY LAPTOP. IF SOMEONE FROM DR. WERNER'S OFFICE CALLS THE LAND-LINE, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M SORRY FOR THE WAY I ANSWERED THEIR CALL AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIDAY'S APPOINTMENT. I LOVE YOU. ~ SR
A few seconds later Olivia replied.
I WILL. I LOVE YOU TOO. ~ OR
Later on that night Spencer was sitting next to Rossi as he and the rest of his teammates flew home from Boise just as he heard his own voice through Morgan's headphones.
"We interrupt your regularly scheduled musical selection with an important announcement. Never wage a practical joke war against a CalTech graduate, because we have a history of going nuclear. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the dulcet sounds of me screaming in your ear. Aaaah!" screamed Spencer into Morgan's ear.
Morgan who had tried turning off his MP3 player but couldn't turn it off ended up removing his headphones and looked at Spencer who looked like he was pretending to be sleeping while Emily gave him glances as she heard Spencer's screaming through the headphones, "OK, kid, that was cute. But that's all you got?"
Spencer let out a few fake snores just as Morgan's cell phone rang causing him to think about how he did some additional hacking so he could make it that Garcia was calling Morgan only for Morgan to hear him screaming.
"Hey, baby gi-," said Morgan.
At that moment Spencer softly chuckled as he heard his screaming through Morgan's phone.
Morgan looked at Spencer who was chuckling in his sleep while Rossi waved a white napkin in Spencer's direction, "Uh-uh. All right, Reid, it's on. Just know that paybacks are a bitch."
Spencer let out a few fake snores before opening his eyes and looked at Morgan, "Before you ask, I didn't ask anyone to help me do the hacking that I did into your phone and MP3 player since I'm a genius who has PhDs in mathematics and engineering."
Rossi looked at Morgan, "I waved the napkin to say that Reid won since Hotch told Spencer that after he pranks you back, the prank war is over."
"No it isn't," said Morgan.
Spencer nodded, "Yes it is since we're both adults and you're going to be disciplined for giving my name and phone numbers to the press."
"I'm not going to be disciplined," said Morgan.
Rossi shook his head, "Yes you are. The director saw the press conference and called Hotch right after he witnessed you giving Reid's name and phone number to the press. After the trouble that all of us except for Reid got into last month, we're under scrutiny and your behavior during the press conference could get you fired."
Meanwhile, Emily went to sit across from Hotch, "Hey."
"Hey," said Hotch.
"How's Jack?" asked Emily as she thought about knowing that her faked death caused Jack to ask if his own mother could come back too, "I just had a feeling."
Hotch sighed as he thought about having to deal with his son being bullied and an inappropriate prank that Morgan pulled on Spencer, "There's a kid that's being mean to him at school, and Jack's solution is to invite him over and make friends with him."
"Ohh... That is the sweetest and saddest thing I've heard. How did you find out?" asked Emily.
"His teacher told me," said Hotch.
A shocked Emily looked at Hotch, "Jack didn't tell you?" asked Emily.
Hotch shook his head.
"Oh, that must be hard," said Emily.
"He wants to solve it himself," said Hotch.
"And you want to let him. But there's probably a part of you that wishes you could step in," said Emily.
"Well, there's a part of me that wants to protect him from everything that could hurt him, but I know I can't," said Hotch.
"No. But you can show him that he doesn't have to face it alone," said Emily.
"How did you get by in Paris and eventually Greece?" asked Hotch.
Emily sighed as she thought about a secret she was about to reveal, "Um, I, um... I played a lot of online scrabble...," said Emily before glancing over where JJ was eating some Cheetos, "With some girl named Cheeto Breath."
Hotch quickly noticed that Emily was looking at JJ who was eating Cheetos causing him to glare at Emily, "You and JJ were very reckless by staying in contact. When Haley and Jack were in witness protection, they ended up being moved after every time Haley contacted her mother."
Spencer's eyes shot open before he quickly stood up and joined Hotch and Emily and glared at both Emily and JJ, "I thought that I would finally be able to forgive you two, but now I can't since you two placed my wife and the rest of my family in danger by choosing to stay in contact."
Morgan who heard what Spencer said got up and looked at JJ and Emily, "We all know that the internet is not always secure since Baby Girl has been hacked before while Reid was able to hack both my phone and my MP3 player in retaliation after I gave his name and phone numbers to the press."
Rossi nodded as he looked at JJ, "You placed Henry at risk too."
"How?" asked JJ.
"He could have had one of his men watching everyone who attended Emily's funeral's internet usage and decide to have Henry, my own son, ourselves, or anyone close to us abducted if he realized that Emily was alive," said Hotch.
Spencer thought about how Tobias Hankel found his victims, "Plus he could have had someone hack into the built-in camera or webcam on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop so he could see who you're playing against causing him to realize that Emily was alive just like Tobias Hankel did to pick out his victims."
Both JJ and Emily paled before Spencer, Hotch, Morgan, and Rossi chose to sit away from JJ and Emily while Hotch told his male teammates that he didn't know that JJ and Emily stayed in contact.
After arriving back in Quantico, Hotch looked at his team, "Before you guys go home, Chief Strauss and I need to have an emergency meeting with you guys now," said Hotch.
A minute later Chief Strauss looked at Morgan with a stern look, "You've been written up while you are being suspended for the next week without pay for introducing yourself as Dr. Reid and giving his phone numbers to the press. Plus I made arrangements for you to attend classes about speaking properly to the press at the academy while you'll also be giving a formal apology to the city of Boise through a press conference tomorrow afternoon and a script has already been prepared since the Bureau can't trust you to give an unscripted press conference."
"Reid hustled me in the basketball pool," said Morgan.
"It isn't appropriate to retaliate against a coworker while working a time-sensitive case where lives were at stake since you kept Dr. Reid from sharing important information that helped break the case," said Chief Strauss before looking at Spencer, "I'm sorry that you'll have to go through the pain of changing your phone numbers so the press and the public who got your phone number will stop calling you. Your work cell phone number will be changed by tomorrow morning."
Spencer nodded, "Plus my home security will need to be updated too."
"The upgrade of your home security will come out of Agent Morgan's paycheck since he placed you and your wife both at risk," said Chief Strauss.
Hotch looked at Chief Strauss, "I also found out that Prentiss and Jareau stayed in contact by playing online Scrabble against each other when Prentiss was declared dead."
An upset Garcia looked at JJ and Emily, "You two shouldn't have done that. I've been hacked before and Doyle could have had one of his men watching everyone's internet usage."
"Morgan already told us that," said Emily.
Chief Strauss looked at JJ and Emily who were still dealing with being yelled at by Hotch, Morgan, Spencer, and Rossi for staying in contact, "You two are also being written up, suspended for a week without pay, while your salaries are being degraded by two steps for putting the rest of the team, their families, and your own families in danger by staying in contact."
"I need to pay Will child support this Friday or I might not be allowed to see Henry during my next visitation with him," sniffled JJ.
"Well you should have thought about the consequences that would happen before you stayed in contact with Agent Prentiss who was supposed to start a new life and make new friends and not contact anyone from her life here," said Chief Strauss before she looked at JJ, Emily, and Morgan, "Now give me your guns and badges before security escorts you three to your cars."
A few seconds later both JJ, Emily, and Morgan were surrendering their guns and badges before a security guard that Strauss summoned from the land-line on the conference table entered the room and took JJ, Emily, and Morgan out of the conference room and straight to the elevators.
After watching the elevator close on JJ, Emily, Morgan, and a security guard, Chief Strauss looked at Spencer, Hotch, and Rossi, "Since you guys are going to be working with three agents down for the next week, you three will be desk-bound by doing consults while teaching at the academy."
Spencer smiled a bit, "Do you think that I could guest lecture at Georgetown University for a day either tomorrow or next week Tuesday? Both my wife and Dr. Blake want me to tell her students about how I use either math or linguistics for the F.B.I. since they both have students who have an interest in joining the F.B.I."
"You can do that," said Chief Strauss.
A few seconds later Hotch looked at Spencer, "Since you completed your paperwork during the flight home, you can go home to Olivia."
Two minutes later Spencer was in his office putting case files that he had in his messenger bag back on his desk when there was a knock on his open office door causing him to see Chief Strauss, "Ma'am?" asked Spencer.
Chief Strauss handed Spencer an envelope, "Happy belated birthday, Dr. Reid."
Spencer opened up the envelope to find a birthday card that dealt with turning 30 before opening the card to find a $50 gift card for his favorite coffee shop and a picture that Chief Strauss must have taken of him and Olivia on his wedding day before giving his section chief a small smile, "Thank you, and at least you remembered."
Chief Strauss gave Spencer a shocked look, "None of the team contacted you on Sunday or wished you anything on Monday?" asked Chief Strauss.
Spencer shook his head, "They forgot and didn't say anything even though they remembered Emily's birthday today ma'am."
"Why not say anything to your teammates about them forgetting?" asked Chief Strauss.
"After everything that happened since my wedding, I'm a bit relieved they forgot because I wouldn't have shown up at the party my team might have thrown me if they remembered."
"Understandable, but did you at least have a good birthday with your family?" asked Chief Strauss.
Spencer nodded, "Even though my parents weren't able to make it out here because of a last-minute court appearance on Monday or having a schizophrenic episode; Olivia, my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, and nephews made sure that I had the best birthday while Dr. Blake who has become great friends with my wife and her husband also came over for dinner and cake."
"That's good," said Chief Strauss before looking at the clock, "You should head home to your wife."
"I will," said Spencer.
A few minutes later Spencer was getting into his classic Volvo as he made a mental note about needing to get a more reliable and safer car or an SUV so he'll have a much safer vehicle when he and Olivia finally become parents.
Over an hour later Spencer was eating the dinner that Olivia heated up for him while Olivia ate a piece of pie when Spencer's phone vibrated causing him to see a text message.
I AGREE THAT THE PRANK WAR IS OVER AND I'LL NEVER MESS WITH YOU OR OLIVIA AGAIN SINCE YOUR WIFE HAD CREATED A VOLCANO WITH MY WASHING MACHINE WHILE SHE HAD WRAPPED ALL OF MY BELONGINGS WITH WRAPPING PAPER, NEWSPAPER, AND TINFOIL AFTER SHE ASKED ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TO LET HER INTO MY APARTMENT SO SHE CAN DROP OFF SOME HOMEMADE DONUTS THAT ARE FILLED WITH KETCHUP. ~ DM
Spencer looked at Olivia, "Did you put baking soda and vinegar in Morgan's laundry, have all of his belongings wrapped up, and make him donuts filled with ketchup?" asked Spencer.
Olivia gave her husband an innocent look, "I plead the fifth."
Spencer burst out laughing.
The next afternoon, Spencer, Hotch, and Rossi were working on their consults in the conference room so they could bounce off ideas to each other as they watched Morgan give a press conference that involved him apologizing to the city of Boise, Spencer, Olivia, and the F.B.I. for misrepresenting himself to the press from a script that Chief Strauss prepared herself.
A/N: I was angry when I found out that JJ and Emily stayed in contact when Emily's death was faked, so I thought that some consequences should be given while Morgan should have gotten in trouble for giving Spencer's name and phone number to the press.