A/N: Hello again, everyone!

Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds. No copyright infringement is intended.

My apologies if I made any mistakes but enjoy the chapter!

This chapter will take place within the timeline of Closing Time, even though I will not be actually doing the episode.

"Yay!" Élise cried as she and Reid took Séraphine and Opal on an early walk in the park. She placed her hand over her stomach, "We know the gender of our baby! We know the gender of our baby!"

Reid placed his hand over her hand. "I know. It's so exciting." He looked down to see Séraphine playing with her doll. "Ready to see your soon-to-be sibling in the next few months?"

Séraphine cheered, "Yea!"

"How about your birthday in the next couple of weeks, huh?" Élise hoped she's getting Séraphine rattled up for her first birthday.

Séraphine clapped her hands, "Yea!" She soon burst into giggles.

Opal let out some barks and started panting with her tongue out.

Reid noticed this. "Hey, Opie," He stroked her fur and asked her, "Are you okay?"

Opal barked again and nodded her head in the direction she was trying to show the family. When they did, Reid and Élise saw Hotch running with the same brunette woman they saw earlier before they stopped at Hotch's SUV in the parking lot and began talking.

"Would you look at that?" Élise amusingly crossed her arms. "He must really like this woman."

Reid chuckled, "Judging by his body language and how he looks happy with engaging conversation with her, I definitely agree."

"Not to mention, she seems like a good person you want to have around," said Élise and wondered, "Think it'll get really close between them?"

"I think so," Reid answered as he petted Opal's fur again. "Who knows? Maybe he'll introduce her to us someday."

"Yeah, I hope so," said Élise. "At least we're giving him space. Plus, I think it's a good thing Garcia doesn't know who she is. I think she would have learned every little aspect about her: background, job, family, records." Élise lifted her eyebrow and smirked.

Reid replied, "Yeah, I don't think so unless she wants to get fired."

"Well, yeah." Élise laughed before they decided to pack it in and head home and get ready for the day.

"Mmm," Reid dabbed his mouth after enjoying the breakfast of whole-grain blueberry pancakes, two turkey bacon strips, scrambled eggs, mixed berries, and a tall glass of orange juice. He began washing his plate just as Élise walked in with Séraphine and settled her in her chair. "Breakfast was delicious," said Reid as he kissed Élise's lips and Séraphine's head.

Élise smiled, "Thanks love." She was dressed in a black knee-length-and-three-quarters-sleeves dress with gold zipper detailing and low black heels. She tapped Séraphine's nose, "You need the energy to take on the day."

Reid wiped off his suit jacket. "Ready to take on the day as well?"

"Absolutely," Élise answered as she got Séraphine's breakfast of Greek yogurt and mixed berries and soothed her belly. "Think we should tell your team about the baby's gender?"

Reid shook his head and pouted his mouth. "Nah. I figure to let them fuss over it for the next few days."

Élise chuckled, "That sounds like fun."

Reid looked at his silver watch, "I better get going." He kissed Élise and Séraphine, "Love you all."

"Lots of love!" exclaimed Élise.

"Bah, dada!" Séraphine waved him goodbye.

Reid closed his 1984 book and placed it back in his desk drawer. Morgan, Garcia, JJ, and Prentiss surrounded him with serious and curious facial and body expressions when he picked up his head. His tightly pressed mouth was in a straight line, and he twisted it to the sides a couple of times before finally saying, "Hello."

Garcia demanded in a squealing tone, "We need to know."

Reid pretended to act oblivious, "Know what?"

"The gender of Baby Élispencer," Prentiss dryly answered as she folded her arms. "Doesn't take a profiler to know the obvious."

Reid shook his shoulders, "Yeah. Élise and I did find out about the gender. So what?"

Morgan smirked, "What's the gender of Baby Élispencer?"

"Please?" Garcia folded her palms together with her tablet in between and pleaded. "Pretty please with everything magical and sparkling and colorful on top?"

"You will soon." Reid firmly assured her.

Garcia pouted, "Forget soon; I need to know now."

"Everyone."

Their heads turned when they saw Hotch standing.

"We have a new case." He waved a case file in his hand before heading to the roundtable room with Rossi coming out of his office.

A ping-sound came from Garcia's tablet. "Oh!" She clicked on the case file and took a quick look. "Yes, we do." She turned her tablet off for now and waved her alien-like figure pen in Reid's face. "This isn't over." She huddled to the roundtable with Morgan, JJ, and Prentiss trailing behind her.

Reid pleasantly sighed and smiled to himself. Just before he walked in, Rossi stopped him.

"What is the gender of Baby Élispencer?" Rossi wittily smirked.

Reid rolled his eyes before walking in to discuss the case.

Still working on some documents, Élise set her MontBlanc pen down when she noticed her phone vibrate on her desk. She took a look at it, and it was a text message from Reid.

Heading to Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, CA! Hope to see you by Valentine's Day!

Élise smiled and texted back to him.

KK! Love you!

She set her phone down again and finished a document just as her phone vibrated again. She looked at it again.

Love you!

Reid and JJ headed to a local gym where one of the victims was seen before meeting back at the police station with Hotch, Prentiss, Morgan, and Rossi after the two returned from the beach and concluded that the unsub had suffered a loss.

"Hello, my love."

Élise groaned into the phone, "Hey, baby."

"How was your day?" asked Reid.

Élise groaned again, "It went decent. You?"

"I'm hanging in there, but still, I'm so sorry if I woke up, and I always will be, but I really needed to hear your voice," said Reid.

Élise tiredly chuckled, "I'm pretty much used to it." She yawned again.

"I'll let you sleep," Reid whispered. "I love you."

Élise yawned again, "I love you too."

The following morning, after news of another murder victim with the unsub's MO, the team delivered the profile.

"Oh," Élise had her eyes set on a white romper with a sparkly red heart before picking up a white long-sleeve one-piece with a big red heart and a red chiffon diaper cover and a headband made with tiny red flowers and rhinestone and sparkly heart and matching leg warmers. She showed them off to Séraphine, coolly chilling in her stroller seat. "These will look so cute on you, won't they, Fifi?"

Sucking her thumb and kicking her legs, Séraphine's eyes were more focused on Valentine's Day props than what Élise was showing her.

"I take it you want to be surprised," Élise decided to get both. "I respect that." She soon whispered to herself, "I have my own surprises for when daddy comes home." She raises her eyebrows as she strolled Séraphine out of the department store.

Élise visited a few more stores before grabbing a quick snack and headed home.

The team continued working on the case, especially when there was another victim, but a female victim this time and completely different from the unsub's usual MO. Despite this, they managed to find the unsub and rescue his victim.

Reid looked at his phone to check the messages he had gotten from Élise.

I can't wait to see you; I'm going to show you how happy I am to see you, my love.

Reid couldn't help but break out into this dorky and sheepish grin. Morgan soon noticed this. "Looks like someone's going to have a good Valentine's Day."

"Oh, don't be sad for me." Reid pinched Morgan's cheeks and playfully mocked him. "I'm going to have a wonderful time with my girls while you drink your sorrows on why you're still single to boot."

Morgan slapped Reid's hand away. "Ha-ha." He deadpanned before he let out a chuckle. "Make sure you give your girls kisses for me."

Reid placed his satchel strap on his shoulder, "Yeah, I think Élise would hustler-witch slap you, and Séraphine would blow raspberries at you."

Morgan chuckled again before seeing Reid dash out of the bullpen and heading to the florist to get Élise the flowers he had pre-ordered with Garcia's help.

"Dada!" Séraphine's eyes twinkled at the sight of Reid entering the house and headed in her direction. "Dada! Dada!"

Reid smiled at seeing Séraphine with Rose. "Hello, my love!" Crouching, he kissed her forehead before admiring her Valentine's Day attire. "Don't you look so cute, my little Valentine?" Acknowledging Rose as he got up, "Hello, Rose."

"Hello, Dr. Reid," Rose waved before she scooped Séraphine into her arms. "How was the case?"

Reid placed his hands in his pockets. "It was…something else."

Élise entered the great room after coming from the dining room, wearing a black coat and heels, warmly greeted everyone before setting her bags down on the couch, "Hello, people."

Reid kissed her lips and presented Élise a flower bouquet, "Valentine's Day, my love."

"Ah, thank you, my sweet king," Élise sniffs the flowers. "So beautiful."

Rose giggled before gently rocking Séraphine, "Well, I better be on my way." She grabbed her bags. "Don't worry about Séraphine. I'll be back with her in one piece tomorrow morning."

"It's not too much trouble for you to watch Séraphine for the night," A nervous Élise began picking her fingernails. "Seriously, Rose…"

"It's okay, Ms. Élise," Rose assured them. "Really. She can spend the night at my apartment, and I will bring her back in one piece tomorrow morning."

Reid stroked Élise's hand, saying for her, "Thank you, Rose."

"Okay," Élise sighed before she and Reid kissed Séraphine, but there was something Élise needed to do before Rose left with Séraphine. "Oh! One last thing." Élise sashays to the coffee table and hands Reid a red heart-shaped wrapped present. "Séraphine, Opal, and I wanted to give you something."

"Oh!" Reid unwrapped his gift, and his mouth dropped at the Valentine's Day theme photoshoots. "You all look like natural models."

Séraphine blabbed, "Mama. Dada."

Reid stroked Opal's fur, "Thank you all."

Séraphine let out a yawn before rubbing her eye with her half-closed fist and began smacking and licking her lips.

"Oh, I better get going," Rose began whispering.

Reid and Élise nodded their heads in agreement before giving Séraphine one last kiss and bid them adieu for the night. While Opal headed to her pen, Élise pouted her mouth and continued playing with her fingernails.

"Oh," Reid kissed Élise's forehead. "Séraphine's going to be fine."

Élise exhaled and began smiling. "Yeah." She began pulling Reid into the dining room, showed him the candlelit dinner, and lowered the lights.

"Oh, what's for Valentine's Day dinner?" Reid pointed to the silver lids.

One by one, Élise revealed what was under them. "Pomegranate and butternut squash winter salad. Homemade bucatini with winter pesto and sweet potatoes. And not yet the last but definitely not the least, heart-shaped angel food cake."

"Oh, we're going to have a night, aren't we?" Reid knew where Élise would go through this Valentine's Day.

Élise batted her eyelashes as she coyly removed her coat, revealing a rose-red slip dress, "Mmm-hmm."

After Reid and Élise had their dinner, Reid begins massaging Élise while enjoying a nice—and safe—bubble bath together in their private bathroom.

A/N: Don't worry: you'll find out about the baby's gender soon.