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"To lose a friend is a hardship, but to forget them is as if you died too." ~ Anonymous
Hey Spence. Is everything alright?
"Hey JJ, everything is fine did you make it home okay?" Reid asked.
"Yeah I'm home now. Just finished taking a shower and was about to start making dinner. How are you feeling?" JJ said
"Im feeling good. I just took a shower too which felt relaxing." Reid started
"Thats good to hear I'm glad." JJ said
"Yeah but word of advice if you break an arm, sit down when putting pants on." Reid chuckled softly at what he did.
"sit down? Why? did something happen?" JJ asked slightly confused.
"Nah nothing big, I just tripped on my pants leg and hit my head on my ottoman at the end of my bed. It was a cushioned one so I guess I'm lucky in that." Reid shrugged.
"Oh my god Reid are you ok do you need me to come over!?" JJ panicked knowing he basically just did what his doctor told him to avoid doing.
"No JJ..." Reid laughed, appreciating the concern his best friend had over him. "Im fine, I told you, it was cushioned, plus I don't weigh that much so it wasn't a heavy fall. Im fine. Thanks for caring tho not really used to that sort of thing."
"Oh don't worry about it, I'll always care about you Spence you're probably my closest friend I've ever had." JJ admitted.
"Same here JJ and I thank god every day for it. Anyway the reason I called is I have a slight change of plans for tomorrow, nothing major tho just wanted to make sure it was okay with you first." Reid said
"Yeah sure what did you have in mind?" JJ asked
"I was thinking if I could pick you up at your house tomorrow morning and go pick up coffee and come back to my place for a bit and talk about something. After that I can drive you back to your place and I can spend the rest of the day as planned with Henry." Reid asked waiting on how JJ would take his proposition.
"Umm sure that sounds fine with me. 8 o'clock sound good?" JJ said
"Sounds perfect. Well I wont hold ur dinner up any longer. Goodnight JJ sleep well."
"Goodnight Spence you to see you tomorrow." JJ said and hung up wondering what Reid wanted to talk to her about.
Tomorrow came and at 8 o'clock sharp Reid was knocking on the door of the Jareau/Lamontagne house hold. Reid and JJ went and got their coffee and he drove her back to his place so they could talk. They got situated on his couch and she was the first to begin.
"How are you feeling today? You look a little better."
"I feel better. who thought what one night in your own bed could do to a person." Reid chuckled.
"Tell me about it." JJ laughed with him. "So what did you want to talk about."
"Remember when I said that I hit my head last night?"
"Oh yeah I remember." JJ said as she took her free hand that didn't have her coffee in it and went to touch Reids head to see if she could feel a bump
"I don't think you'll find a bump, it doesnt even hurt that much anymore."
"Oh well thats good to hear." JJ said retrieving her hand.
"Yeah, Anyway when I hit my head I started to regain all these 'random' memories." Reid said with finger quotes around random. "but soon realized they weren't random but from that little time in my memory that I couldn't remember after getting hit."
"Oh..." Was all JJ could say, suddenly going quiet knowing her secret about lying to him was finally out.
"Yeah, and before you say anything can you please let me finish? I feel like what I'm about to say is not what you think I'm going to say." Reid asked
JJ just nodded finding it hard to look at him.
"So once I started going through those memories I started to think more about each one. I remember Henry getting hurt because I turned my head for a second. I remember calling you right after because I've never had a situation like that happen to me before and didn't know what to do. I remembered how panicked you were over the phone but also how furious you were with me when you finally got to the hospital-" Reid began,
"Spence I'm so so sorry..." JJ interrupted but Reid reached and grabbed her free hand with his.
"JJ let me finish, please." Reid said
JJ just gripped his hand tighter and nodded.
"I saw you so furious with me and started realizing that you had every right to me. You asked me to take care of Henry while you were out so he wouldn't get hurt, and what did I do? I let him get hurt. And I just want to apologize for letting that happen." Reid said, now unofficially letting JJ speak if she wanted to. Which she eagerly did want to.
"Spence don't apologize, I should be apologizing because I had no right in assuming you would intentionally let Henry get hurt. I've known you too long to think otherwise."
"I still feel a bit guilty tho. And I realized that was probably the bigger reason you didn't let Henry come see me at the hospital? because you didn't want him to ruin the lie you told me about why I got hit?" Reid questioned.
"Spence..." JJ started but Reid stopped her.
"I get it JJ, you told me that lie to me because you realized someway, probably by Henry telling you that it was all an honest accident and you didn't want to risk losing our friendship so you thought by not telling me the truth you could keep the friendship alive." Reid said.
JJ fell quiet for a minute waiting for what she thought Reid was about to say next, or as she put it, end next.
"Well I just wanted to tell you how much I respect that decision and that it couldn't have been an easy one to make." Reid said
JJ was shocked. "Wh- what? you- you're not mad at me for lying to you?"
"Of course I'm not mad, the fact that you were sitting by my side waiting for me to wake up, and then admitting to yourself that you messed up and tried to cover it up with a lie to save our friendship, well that basically just sounds like something I would do. I can't be mad at something I would do." Reid said chuckling softly.
"So you are not mad? about all of it? Any of it?" JJ said wanting a confirmation.
"No I'm not mad, I just wanted to talk about it here and not at your house."
JJ didn't know what else to say so she didn't say anything. Instead she leaped from where she was sitting and into Reid's arms and hugged him almost for dear life.
"Thank you thank you! Oh my god, Spence, you have no idea how much weight you just lifted off my shoulders. I thought if you found out I lied about that you would hate me even more than how mad I thought you would be remembering how mean I was being toward you." JJ said with a muffled voice because her head was buried deep in Reid's shoulder from hugging him.
"JJ I could never be mad at you. I also don't think I could physically hold a grudge that long. Longest I've gone is like a day or 2." Reid said hugger JJ just as tight.
JJ pulled away from Reid just far enough to still be in the hug but to see his face. "Morgan was thinking the same thing but I was to distraught to care at the time." JJ admitted.
"im sorry I made you feel all those types of emotions." Reid said
"No I'm sorry that I was so mean to you." JJ countered.
"Can we ever agree on who we should be sorry for?" Reid said lightening up the mood.
JJ lightly swatted his chest. "Spence! I'm trying to have a moment here!"
"I know I know! can we agree that both of us are sorry? and if I know mathematics two negatives equal a positive so if both of our apologies are the negative then that means it will create a positive being use forgiving each-other and, hopefully, forgetting about this and just continue being the best best friends we can to each other?" Reid said ready to put this whole ordeal past them.
JJ laughed glad to have her Spence back to his official normal self. "Fine you win. I agree. on two conditions." JJ said
"Oh god... what are these 'two conditions'?" Reid asked now slightly nervous.
"Spence why are you so nervous? you don't even know what I'm going to say." JJ teased while slightly hitting his good arm.
"I know and thats what's making me nervous." Reid chuckled.
"Oh Spence its nothing bad.. Well this first condition isnt bad for me atleast.."
Reid didn't say anything just gulped.
"The first condition is that for lunch we order Chinese and you have to attempt to use chopsticks." JJ said remembering the last time she saw him try and fail to use them.
"Honestly.. maybe you being mad with me wasn't such a bad thing." Reid contemplated.
"Spence!" JJ quietly shouted
"Im kidding. Fine, yes ill attempt to use chopsticks, but only for you."
"Good." JJ said with an approving smirk.
"And whats this second condition." Reid questioned
"Ah, yes the second condition is that right now we forgive one another for what we each put the other through, and then from this day on to forget about it happening and just continue living our lives as best friends." JJ said
"Now that is a condition I couldn't agree with you more on. I forgive you." Reid said with his hand out waiting for a handshake.
"And I forgive you." JJ said taking his hand and shaking on it.
"Good." Reid said as he suddenly pulled their conjoined hand toward him and into his embrace causing her to let out a cute shout.
"Spence!" JJ giggled into his embrace.
"We should get going, I have a date with a pair of chopsticks and a godson who I'm dying to meet."
JJ laughed at the former. "Yes and he's dying to meet you too." JJ said. They both got up and left his house ready to continue their lives as two happy best friends.
~ Fin
Authors Note: Well there it is. I hope I wrapped it all up nicely. I know I forgot to mention Reid repeating to JJ how she said he was a horrible godfather but I really didn't think it needed it, plus I didn't want JJ to get even more upset for no reason when Reid already forgave her. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions. Thank you for reading and see you on the next one!.