Everyone got settled in the conference room. Other officers were piling in and taking seats. Gidieon stood up front with Hotch were a few pictures of crime scenes had been put up for reference.

Hotch began to explain to the other officers about the serial killer on the loose. Reid was only half listening; after all, he had heard this before.

She thinks I'm threatened by her? Reid thought, I am threatened by her, I am not arrogant and she is not smarter than me.

He turned and looked at Gaby, a few seats away from him. Why does this bother me so much? He thought.

The clock read 1: 45 by the time Hotch and Gidieon had finished and all questions had been answered.

"Ok, if that's all, we'll tell you what we found out this-" Hotch said.

"Excuse me, I hate to interrupt," A man about 22-years-old cried, rushing into the room. "But I've just heard something that I think you should know."

"William," Officer Voggler said, "Now is not-"

"Another girl's gone missing!" he cried.

There was a chilling silence among the agents and officers in the room. "Who?" Gidieon asked.

"A girl named Stella Greenspell." He said.

"Oh my god!" Gaby gasped. She and Reid looked at each other, shocked.

"You two know her?" Hotch asked.

"She was one of the kids Gaby and I interviewed this morning." Reid said. "What happened?"

"They said she went out to her car, putting a project inside to take home. She never came back in. The project was found shattered beside her locked car."

"Oh my god!" Gaby said again. "I can't believe this! We just talked to her!"

"Someone should go down to the school and find out the whole story." Hotch said.

"I'll go," Gidieon said. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Thanks Gidieon." Hotch said. Gidieon walked out. Hotch turned to the rest of them. "Ok, Gaby, Reid, I want you to go to the church and find out anything you can about the janitor, Chris Fielding, that we didn't already learn. The rest of us, I want any files we can brought up about Mr. Herring, Ms. Winters, Mr. Fielding, and the other victims."

Gaby grabbed her coat. She and Reid walked out into the hallway. "Listen, Gaby," Reid said.

"Yes?" Gaby asked, turning to face him.

"Look, I have some things, some paper work I need to take care of, stuff I didn't finish last night. I'll be in really big trouble if I don't finish it and send it in. Do you think you can handle this on your own?"

Gaby thought for a moment. "Well, I guess so. I mean… I am still new at this… but I wouldn't want you to get written up on my account." She paused, thinking, "Ok, I'll go."

"Are you sure?" Reid asked.

"Yes, I'll be fine. Anyway, Hotch gave me everyone's cell number, so if I have any questions, I'll call you."

"Great," Reid said.

Gaby smiled. Reid felt a flutter in his stomach. "Try not to get into any trouble," he said.

Gaby's smile faded. "I'll do my best." She said. Quickly, she whipped around and left the station through the front doors.

Reid watched her until she was out of sight and then went back into the, now empty conference room. He didn't have any paper work to do. He just had to be away from Gaby for a while. She was driving him crazy. She thought he was threatened by her. She thought she was so smart, the little know-it-all.

But then again, he thought as he laid down on the sofa, she had never actually acted like a know-it-all. She basically kept her mouth shut about things. She was quiet. She was nice. She was fun to be around. She was very pretty.

Without even a thought as to what he was doing, Reid closed his eyes and fell asleep, his all-nighter finally getting the best of him.

Hours later, Reid awoke. He bolted up with a start. The clock on the wall read 5:07.

"Oh no!" Reid cried. He jumped up and ran out of the conference room.

"Reid, hurry up!" Morgan cried, "Hotch said he needs to meet everyone in Voggler's office, now!"

"What's wrong?" Reid asked.

"I don't know!" Morgan said.

Reid followed Morgan down the corridors, finally reaching Voggler's office.

"Isn't Gaby back yet?" Reid asked J.J., looking around.

"I thought you were with her," J.J. said,

"Everyone," Hotch said, "We have a very serious situation on our hands. We have received notice from the unsub that… one of our agents has been taken."

Reid felt like someone had kicked him in the stomach. "Oh god, no," he said.

"What's wrong?" Elle asked.

"I was supposed to go with her." Reid said, "I was supposed to protect her."

Reid sunk into a chair. He couldn't believe what he had done. "She's going to be killed because of me."

"Who's going to be killed?" Gaby asked, walking into the room.

Reid stood up like lightening. His jaw dropped. "Gaby!" he cried rushing over to her and clutching her by her arms to make sure she was real. "You're… you're here!"

"Where else would I be?" Gaby asked.

"Wait, if she's here…" Reid said, "Then who's missing?"

Hotch swallowed and took a deep breath, "Gidieon."