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A/N: Shout out to Fashionista7, Daisyangel, criminalmindsrocks, fishtrek, Astrahan for reviewing chapter 11.

This chapter starts two days after the last chapter on October 28th of 2011 and From Childhood's Hour happened a few days prior.

Here's the chapter that everyone has been waiting for!

Spencer and Olivia were making breakfast tacos that they made for breakfast when the song "Mean" by Taylor Swift started to play on the radio causing Olivia to sing along.

When the song was over, Olivia looked at her husband, "That song reminds me a lot about you."

"Since I was able to overcome the bullying I went through and work a high profile job that has made me a bit famous in the law enforcement and academic communities?" asked Spencer.

Olivia nodded, "Yes," said Olivia before tilting her head, "Even though I have met your former classmates Ethan and Parker, have you ever attended any of your high-school reunions yet?" asked Olivia.

Spencer shook his head, "Work had always kept me from attending, but I heard that my high-school class are going to be having their 20-year high school reunion during the summer of 2014 when we're both 32."

"As soon as you find out the date of the reunion, please request vacation time so we can go and show off how great you did with your life," said Olivia.

"As long as we go to your next high school reunion too," said Spencer.

"Well I missed my 10-year high school reunion because of being in the Peace Corps, but I have my 15-year high school reunion this March," said Olivia.

"As soon as you get the date, I'll ask Hotch for some vacation time," said Spencer.

At that moment the coffee pot beeped causing Spencer to start pouring a mug of coffee.

"OK," said Olivia before her stomach felt queasy at the smell of her husband's coffee while she then looked at the eggs that she was scrambling causing her to put her hand over her mouth and back away from the stove.

"You OK?" asked Spencer.

"Can you just finish cooking breakfast please?" asked Olivia.

Spencer nodded, "Sure."

A few seconds later Olivia was heading off to the breakfast room so she could sit down as her mind whirled at the possibility of being pregnant because of missing her period while she just got nauseous over the smell of coffee and scrambled eggs.

A few hours later Spencer who had already gotten a message from Garcia telling him that they had a case was sitting in the bullpen with JJ and Emily as he watched a distracted Rossi just read a magazine without turning the page.

JJ watched Garcia and Hotch talk from Hotch's office before looking at Emily, "I so don't miss that face. No matter how many cases we solve, there's always more."

Emily looked at where Spencer was sitting at his old desk that had yet to be taken by another agent since she took Morgan's old desk while JJ took her old desk, "Insert Dr. Reid's statistic about active serial killers at any given time here."

JJ and Emily turned their heads to see Spencer watching Rossi while resting his hand on his mouth and chin.

"Reid?" asked Emily.

JJ let out a whistle before saying Spencer's name in a sing-song voice, "Spencer..."

"There's something wrong," mumbled Spencer.

JJ looked over where Spencer was staring at Rossi, "Why do you say that?"

"He's been reading the same page for," said Spencer as he looked at his watch, "16 minutes and 24 seconds," said Spencer as he sat on the corner of his old desk.

Emily thought about Rossi telling him about his ex-wife needing to talk to him about something causing her to wonder if Rossi was given bad news, "Maybe it's a really good article."

"It's never taken him longer than 11 minutes, 17 seconds to turn a page," said Spencer.

Emily's mouth opened in shock, "You time how long it…?" asked Emily before deciding not to ask since she realized that Spencer would most likely time everyone's reading speed, "What's your theory?" asked Emily.

Spencer got up and started to walk towards Rossi, "I'm extrapolating probabilities as we speak."

At that moment Morgan entered the bullpen and walked over to Rossi, "Oh, hey. Rossi, you think you could help me with a consult for Wildwood PD?" asked Morgan.

Rossi who was still thinking about his first wife telling him that she has ALS and wanted him to help her end her life looked at Morgan, "Uh, sure."

JJ who had joined Rossi with Spencer, Emily, and Morgan looked at her teammates, "Now, that I noticed."

"Is something going on?" asked Morgan.

Emily thought about the meeting that Rossi had a few nights ago, "How did it go the other night?" asked Emily.

"What happened the other night?" asked Morgan.

Spencer looked at Rossi, "You Ok? Olivia and I missed you at Mass on Sunday morning."

"Well, why wouldn't I be?" asked Rossi.

JJ exchanged glances with Emily, "You seem distracted."

"I'm considering a purchase," said Rossi as he pointed at an advertisement that dealt with a thrift store.

"Come on, now, Rossi, you know we're not buying that. What's really going on?" asked Morgan.

Rossi sighed as he stood up and turned around, "Look, it was a late-night with Ringo and not enough coffee. I mean, the guy's a world-class drummer, but don't think I didn't wipe the floor with him in Rock Band."

JJ looked at Emily, "All right, what do you think?" asked JJ.

"He could be telling the truth," said Emily as she watched Rossi smile a bit, "I only played him to the easy level."

"I can't tell," said Spencer.

Rossi pointed at Spencer as he thought about not wanting Spencer to deal with the fact that the love of his life could get sick and die someday even though Spencer already had to deal with Olivia almost being killed by a Mojave rattlesnake once, "And you never will."

Hotch walked onto the balcony of the bullpen and looked at his team, "Let's get started."

After briefing was over, Spencer was calling Olivia and telling her that he'll be outside of Los Angeles, California.

The next day Spencer just got off the phone with the medical examiner Dr. Carroll and approached his teammates, "That was Dr. Carroll. Preliminary test results show the unsub has cancer of the blood. He's dying," said Spencer as he sat down next to JJ.

Morgan thought about what they learned about the first victim Jake Shepherd, "All right, wait a minute. Witnesses said Jake Shepherd, the first victim, was out on the lake for a baptism, right?" asked Morgan.

"He was with his congregation," said JJ.

"Well, those water burials can be seen as a form of baptism, too," said Morgan.

"Especially dealing with an unsub who has a God complex," said Spencer.

"What if there's a religious or spiritual motivation to why the unsub is doing this?" asked Morgan.

Hotch called Garcia and put the phone on speaker before setting the phone between his two youngest teammates.

"Speak and be heard," answered Garcia.

"Garcia, I need you to pull a list of patients in the area with any form of blood cancer," said Hotch.

Garcia started typing, "I will make HIPAA my bitch, sir."

"I also need information on Jake Shepherd. Religious ties, spiritual background, anything," said Hotch.

"Oh, all that information will make for a fast search. Give me a mo...spiritual, something heaven-sent, other than my angelic self," said Garcia as she found a newspaper article, "Bam. Whoa. Jake Shepherd joined the church after a near-death experience changed his life."

"What happened to him?" asked Hotch.

"He was in an ATV accident, he coded for four minutes, he was life-flighted to L.A. where they managed to revive him, but clinically he did die," said Garcia.

Spencer held his breath as he thought back to his own temporary death before Tobias Hankel gave him CPR while he had to watch Olivia be given CPR as they waited for a helicopter to take Olivia to the nearest hospital after a Mojave rattlesnake bit her.

"Death and resuscitation. That sounds a little too similar to our unsub's M. O. to be a coincidence," said JJ.

"All right, Garcia, dig deeper. Jake Shepherd's death wasn't random," said Hotch.

"It's on like Obi-Wan. Garcia out," said Garcia before hanging up.

"So a terminally ill unsub targets a man who came back from the dead and then starts killing repeatedly. I mean, am I crazy, or is this about a guy trying to come to terms with his own death?" asked Morgan.

"Finding out you're gonna die isn't enough to make somebody a psychopath," said Hotch.

"It does, however, explain why he stopped strangling his victims. How do you find out about death?" asked Spencer.

"You ask someone who died," said JJ.

"Is he bringing these victims back so he can talk to them?" asked Hotch.

After learning about Jake Shepard's first death, Hotch looked at his team, "If this unsub is so obsessed with death, then Jake Shepherd was the perfect person to talk to. He'd been there and back again," said Hotch.

"But come on, guys. Gentle lights, shadowy figures? Those are the lights in the emergency room and the doctors hovering over the patients. We all know that. No one actually sees the afterlife," said Morgan sarcastically.

Spencer who was leaning against a pillar took a deep breath, "I did," said Spencer as he watched Hotch, Emily, JJ, and Rossi look at him, "Before Tobias Hankel resuscitated me, I had that exact experience. And I wasn't in an emergency room. I was in a shed."

A shocked Morgan looked at Spencer, "Reid, you never told me that."

"I'm a man of science who attends Mass every Sunday when I'm home, and yet, at that moment I was faced with something that I couldn't explain. It's just that after everything that Olivia and I have both been through when we were attending CalTech, after we broke up to follow our dreams, or since we reunited; I know that it's important to believe that miracles can happen," said Spencer.

Hotch decided to speak before someone else can confront Spencer, "What if this unsub has had a similar experience and this is his way of looking for answers?" asked Hotch.

"If that's the case, why kill Jake Shepherd? Why not just talk to him?" asked Rossi.

"He wanted to see if he had the same experience as before," said Emily grimly.

"Once isn't enough?" asked JJ.

"Not if Jake didn't see the same thing the unsub did. He wants to know if the experience can change. I can relate to that," said Emily as everyone glanced at her, "But... Reid felt a warmth and saw a light. When I coded in the ambulance, all I felt was cold and darkness. And I would like to think that there's a different future waiting for me."

A shocked Spencer looked at Emily, "You actually died?" asked Spencer.

Morgan who was in that ambulance with Emily quickly changed the topic back onto the case, "All right, but resuscitation is hit or miss. He can't guarantee that he can actually bring anyone back, let alone that anyone will remember what happened in their moment so-called death."

Rossi looked at Spencer, "Reid, what's the best way to make sure his victims had an experience?" asked Rossi.

"Keep them dead longer," said Spencer softly.

As they were flying home from Los Angeles, Spencer who was wearing clean clothes while his hair was still damp from the shower he took after his swim in the lake to keep Chase Whitaker from committing suicide by drowning himself was reading a book when he heard someone sit down across from him and placed a chessboard in front of him causing him to look at Emily who was also in a change of clothes while her hair was still a bit damp because of joining him in the lake too.

"Would you like to play a game of chess?" asked Emily.

Spencer closed his book, "Sure."

As they were halfway through their game, Emily looked at him, "You're not going to berate me for not telling you that I actually died on the way to the hospital?" asked Emily.

"I really don't like talking about my temporary death, so I wasn't going to ask you again since we're all still healing over your faked death," said Spencer.

"I appreciate that," said Emily before taking a deep breath, "Does Olivia know about Hankel?" asked Emily.

Spencer nodded, "I told her about nearly everything that happened to me on the same evening I reunited with her at the movie theater that was showing "Solaris"."

"How did she handle the news about your abduction and torture?" asked Emily.

"She felt guilty that she wasn't able to be there for me, but she's glad that I managed to recover with the help of family and friends," said Spencer before sighing, "When Olivia and I were 17 and she became an amputee because of a Mojave rattlesnake bite, Olivia was actually dead for five minutes when we were waiting for a helicopter to take Olivia to the hospital. I was so afraid that I would never get to ask her out on a date as soon as we were both 18 and living in the dorms and eventually ask her to marry me and I was relieved when my now brother-in-law successfully revived Olivia."

"What matters is that you both survived the life and death situations that you two dealt with and were able to marry each other when I was dead," said Emily.

"When I told Olivia that you were killed by Doyle, we both agreed to still marry each other on the 14th anniversary of the day we met since I knew that you would want me to still marry Olivia on the day we planned even though we found out that you were alive during our honeymoon and Doyle would be arrested a month after the wedding," said Spencer.

"Even though part of me wished that you waited, I'm glad that you two still followed your plans since I didn't know how long it would be until I was able to come home," said Emily before smiling a bit, "I wasn't lying when I told you that I was bawling while I watched you and Olivia marry each other through the live feed that an Interpol agent was sending me."

"Even though Olivia and I went with the traditional vows?" asked Spencer.

Emily nodded, "I was hoping that you wrote your own vows, but I know that you like to be traditional," said Emily before smiling a bit, "Well let's hope to live to old age since I want to see you chase after your future grandchildren."

Spencer groaned, "Can you not bring up grandchildren yet since Olivia and I have yet to have a baby?" asked Spencer.

"I promise," said Emily.

Spencer then looked at the chessboard and moved the piece he needed to move to checkmate Emily, "Checkmate."

Emily groaned, "I just wonder if Olivia has ever beaten you at chess."

Spencer thought about the games of strip chess they played during their honeymoon and during the week Olivia was ovulating while he was thankful that he didn't feel his face blushing, "She has."

Over five hours later a pajama-clad Spencer entered the family room to find a pajama-clad Olivia putting a DVD into their DVD player, "I found your note telling me to get in my pajamas and come in here, but what are you still doing up Livy?" asked Spencer.

"Since you told me that you had a rough case and it's currently 10:30 P.M., I thought that we could talk about the case before we watch "Hocus Pocus" since it's Halloween in two days while Edmund, Danielle, and I all agreed that we'll attend the 10:15 A.M. Mass service tomorrow morning," said Olivia.

Spencer smiled, "Why don't we build a pillow and blanket fort while I tell you about the case."

"Wanting to bring out our inner child since we built pillow and blanket forts in Professor Donaldson's house to watch movies when we were teenagers and eventually with Abigail and Brayden when we babysat them until our breakup?" asked Olivia.

Spencer nodded, "I built multiple forts with Jack when I babysat him during my sabbatical."

A few seconds later Spencer and Olivia were building their fort when Spencer looked at his wife, "The unsub who was dying from blood cancer was drowning his victims before bringing them back to life until he couldn't revive them anymore."

"Causing you to think back to the time I was dead for five minutes while we were waiting for that helicopter after that Mojave rattlesnake bit me?" asked Olivia.

Spencer nodded, "And when the Charles personality of Tobias Hankel killing me too," said Spencer before taking a deep breath, "What I haven't told you is that when I was briefly in the afterlife, your parents and Alice who had remained six-years-old were there even though we never met Alice. They briefly berated me for agreeing to break up with you before thanking me for letting you follow your dreams while your father told me that I still have his blessing for your hand in marriage when we get back together. Then a few minutes later, I felt a warmth causing them to tell me that it wasn't my time yet."

Olivia chuckled, "I know that our friends and family thought that we were idiots for breaking up, but we both knew that we still had plenty of time to marry each other since we were only 21 when you got that job offer from the F.B.I."

Spencer nodded, "I know," said Spencer before giving Olivia a serious look, "What did you see when you briefly entered the afterlife before Edmund successfully resuscitated you?" asked Spencer.

"I saw Alice who thanked me for making my parents and Edmund happy again since she picked me out while she told me that you were really cute before telling me that it wasn't my time yet either," said Olivia.

"Emily ended up telling Chase that it wasn't his time after we both dived into the same lake we both kayaked in during the camping trips to the Los Angeles National Park we went on with Professor Donaldson and Dr. Donaldson to keep him from committing suicide by drowning himself," said Spencer.

Olivia groaned, "I missed out on seeing you soaking wet with your clothes plastered to your skin?" asked Olivia.

Spencer nodded as he started to blush.

"I bet that you looked hot because I'm getting wet at the image of you in your soaking wet clothes," said Olivia as she licked her lips before getting her mind out of the gutter, "We might as well make popcorn and heat up some hot chocolate before we get started on watching "Hocus Pocus"," said Olivia before she put her hands over her mouth again as she felt nauseous.

"Are you OK?" asked Spencer.

Olivia took a breath, "I went to the doctor yesterday."

"Are you sick?" asked Spencer.

Olivia smiled, "I'm seven weeks pregnant," said Olivia as she went into her purse and pulled out a sonogram photo, "You got me pregnant when we were having sex on our one-month wedding anniversary."

Spencer gently hugged his wife as he exclaimed, "Even though I got you pregnant a month sooner than planned, that's great, Livy!"

Olivia smiled, "I know, but I don't want to tell our immediate family until Thanksgiving while we'll tell our coworkers through our Christmas cards when I'm starting the second trimester."

Spencer nodded, "I agree, but I'll need to tell Hotch so I can arrange time off for your first ultrasound."

"We can tell our bosses," said Olivia.

Ten minutes later Spencer was sitting up in their fort while Olivia who ended up vomiting after smelling popcorn was sitting between his legs as they watched "Hocus Pocus" before deciding to camp out in their family room.

The next morning Spencer and Olivia were getting ready for Mass when Spencer got a text message from Hotch.

"A case?" asked Olivia.

Spencer shook his head, "Dave's first wife Carolyn who was diagnosed with ALS passed away shortly after Rossi went to visit her."

Olivia gasped, "Oh my. When we get to Mass, we must light a candle while we'll bake him a pan of lasagna when we get home."

"OK," said Spencer.

Olivia looked at the time on her alarm clock, "We should get going, but no telling Edmund, Danielle, Abigail, and Brayden that they're going to be getting a niece or nephew or a cousin."

"I promise," said Spencer.

"And when we stop by at Dave's, we shouldn't tell him the news either even though the news about him getting a grandchild could cheer him up," said Olivia.

"I understand," said Spencer.

Later on that afternoon, Spencer rang the doorbell of Rossi's mansion while Olivia stood by his side as she held their casserole dish that held a meatball lasagna just as a solemn-looking Rossi opened the door.

"I know that you wanted your privacy, but Spencer and I baked you a meatball lasagna so you won't have to cook dinner for a few days," said Olivia.

"Thank you," said Rossi before smelling the lasagna, "Since the dinner you two made me smells delicious, can I please share the meatball lasagna with you two?" asked Rossi.

"Are you sure? We were planning on leaving right away so you can have your privacy," said Spencer.

"Since you two remind me of a young Carolyn and me, I want to tell you two some stories about us," said Rossi as he gestured to Spencer and Olivia to join him in his mansion.

A few minutes later Rossi was telling Spencer and Olivia some of the stories about him and Carolyn he has yet to tell Spencer and Olivia as they enjoyed the meal that Spencer and Olivia cooked together while they drank sparkling wine since Rossi knew that Spencer and Olivia weren't big into drinking because of Hankel for Spencer while he knew that Olivia stopped drinking alcoholic beverages in hopes of getting pregnant.

A/N: I hoped that everyone is excited about Spencer and Olivia finally becoming parents.

When it came to Marissa's date with Will, I decided to not write a scene but all you need to know that the lunch date went well while Henry had a play date with a friend from preschool when his father took Marissa out for lunch.

I promise you readers that I will be writing a chapter that deals with Olivia being bitten by a Mojave rattlesnake and becoming an amputee in the prequel Promised Love: The Beginning.