~SPENCER POV~

As soon as Bexley was out of sight, I looked to the Rossi, Morgan, and Hotch before asking "Would you be willing to help me with something?"

"Absolutely." Rossi said and I felt my heart lighten a little bit. I was nervous, excited, and impatient all at the same time.

Morgan smiled and Hotch asked "What's wrong?"

"I need an engagement ring." I said and their eyes all widened as I said this.

"Reid." Morgan started before asking "Are you sure?"

I nodded before saying "More than I've ever been sure of anything."

"That's good enough for me." Rossi said and stood from his chair. "Come on boys. There's a jewelry store not far from here."

The rest of us stood from our chairs and walked out with Rossi. He led us to a small jewelry store that I'd never noticed before despite that I grew up here. I felt my nervousness take over as I walked in the store but I knew I was sure.

"Reid, you know that it's not certain that the trial will go well." Hotch said as we walked in. I stopped in my tracks and this caused Morgan and Rossi to turn back to us.

I smiled before saying "I know. I'm not going to give it to her until after the trial but regardless of how it goes, I'm going to ask her to marry me. I just hope she says yes."

"Bexley doesn't seem like the marrying type." Morgan said as he looked at one of the rings on a small display table.

Rossi's laughter caused all of us to look towards him. "It doesn't matter whether or not she's the marrying type. She loves you and I'd be more surprised if she said no than if she said yes."

"Thank you, Rossi." I said and we walked over to the woman behind the case.

She looked up, brushed her long blonde hair out of her face, and I could see that she wore thick makeup around her blue eyes. I also saw a large diamond ring on her finger and it was then that I didn't have the first clue what I was looking for.

"What can I help you with gentlemen?" she asked and looked between the three of us.

Rossi cleared his throat and said "One engagement ring is all we need."

She nodded before asking "Anything specific and is there a price limit?"

I shook my head before saying "I have no idea."

She gestured us over to a selection of very large diamond rings and as she explained the price and cuts, I couldn't see Bexley being happy over any of them. She wasn't a flashy person and a large diamond would only upset her.

"Do you have something a bit smaller?" Rossi asked and I couldn't help but give a grateful smile.

The woman was about to say something I was sure about us going cheap but Hotch cute her off and said "The young lady isn't a flashy person."

"She's also part Romanian." Derek added and I was surprised that they'd all picked up on these details about her. I was thankful for the help though. I knew Bexley didn't care for flashy jewelry but I wasn't sure if I should bring the Romanian account into her ring.

The woman smiled then and said "This ring is a bit of a one of a kind and got mixed up in our shipping arrangement. It's the only one we have from Romania."

She unlocked one of the cases and pulled out a blue velvet box with a gray crest on top of it. When she opened the box, I knew that this was the ring that was meant for Bexley. The gold band had a single white pearl in the middle of it and it stood out from every other engagement ring in the store. It was simple but beautiful just like her.

"I'll take it." I told the woman and she smiled before leading us to the register.

~BEXLEY POV~

"Bex, stop worrying so much. You look beautiful." Penelope said as she grabbed my hands from where I'd been fiddling with my dress.

It was a yellow dress that came down to about my knees, with an empire waist, and had sleeves that came down to my elbows. The silver hoops that we'd bought accented the dress perfectly and my red hair was falling around my shoulders. I'd actually put a bit of makeup on but was careful to not put too much on.

I looked down at the silver flats that we'd bought and tried to calm my breathing. I looked up at JJ and asked "What if she doesn't like me?"

JJ walked over to stand beside Penelope and asked "What if she loves you?"

I smiled before wrapping an arm around each of them. They hugged me back, careful not to wrinkle the dress but I honestly couldn't have cared less.

"Thank you so much." I told them and I pulled away from them to take a deep breath before composing myself completely.

Penelope smiled and said "No problem."

"Spence is here." JJ said as she heard her phone buzz. "You're ready."

I nodded before making my way down the stairs to meet him. I saw that Aaron, Derek, and David were all teasing him about something and that he had a nervous composure about him. I'd almost hoped he'd changed his mind but I buried the thought before walking over.

"You look beautiful." Dave said and this caused the others to look in my direction. I could see Aaron smiling and Derek nudged Spencer in approval. Spencer's expression was as if he'd seen something beautiful that could fade away if you blinked and I felt my cheeks heat up in a blush.

He walked away from the group of men before wrapping his arms around me. "How did I get so lucky?"

I wrapped my arms around his neck and whispered "I love you too."

He laughed before grabbing my hand and walking me past the group of agents. I felt nervous as we walked outside but as I leaned in closer to him, I knew I'd be okay.

It wasn't long that we'd been walking to the hospital where his mom was that he got a phone call. He pulled it from his pocket and I could see from the I.D. that it was the hospital that we were heading to.

"Is everything okay?" he asked and I heard the other person talk briefly before he said "Thank you."

After that he hung up and I looked up at him, a nervous feeling washing over me. "Is something wrong?"

"My mom's having one of her episodes tonight. How does dinner sound?" He asked and he looked a little sheepish.

"Spencer, you've seen the worst sides of my family. Seeing your mom at her worst isn't going to scare me away." I told him and even if that wasn't what he was worried about, I wanted him to know that.

It may not have been fully what he was worried about but he did look a little more at ease when I said this. "I just don't want the first time you meet her to be on one of her worst days."

I nodded before giving him a sly smile. "Dinner sounds good."

He laughed and took my hand before leading to the other side of the street. We hadn't been walking very long when I heard someone call his name from a good ways behind us.

I was surprised when he sped up our walking and I finally had to make him stop because I couldn't keep up. "Baby, what's wrong?"

He didn't have time to answer as the man caught up to us. "I was hoping I'd catch up with you. It's getting to be a tradition where you either avoid me or come after me on duty."

I noticed that Spencer was completely calm on the outside but I could feel his hand tightening around mine. I could tell that he wasn't going to say anything to the man so I held out my free hand.

"Bexley Kirrier." I said and I could hear in my voice that Spencer's reaction to this man had made me tense, despite not knowing what was going on.

The man held out his hand and took mine, shaking it only once. He gave me a polite smile and said "William Reid. It's nice to meet you, Ms. Kirrier."

Well… that explained everything.

***Well… that was an unwanted coincidence. Reid and his dad are seeing each other again after a long period of time and it doesn't seem to be going so great. I wanted to say thank you to tannerose5 and ahowell1993 for the reviews on my last chapter. I hope you are all still enjoying the story. Let me know your thoughts on the chapter and thank you for reading!