Micheala ran to the school building losing herself in the crowd of kids coming outside. It was a sunny but cold day and everyone wanted a little sun before class. At the last moment she swerved to the right around the corner of the building. She stood with her back against the wall and began to cry. Why did her friends want to ruin the only good thing she had. He wasn't a killer, she was sure of that. He was a nice man who treated her better than her own parents. How could she give that up?
Her cell vibrated against her leg. Pulling the phone out of her pocket she saw his number. Thank god it was him, he would know what to do. She fumbled the phone open her fingers shaking so badly she nearly dropped it.
"Hi" she said in a quavering voice."
"Hey princess why are you crying?"
"I-I'm not crying."
"Yes, you are I can hear it in you're voice, another problem with a teacher kitten?"
"No, it's just that.." She trailed off, he would be mad if she told him.
"What is it you know you can tell me anything, I love you princess?" He said in that way that made her heart beat faster.
"You'll be mad at me."
"No I won't be mad I promise, just tell me what happened.
"One of my friends saw the locket you left and I told them about you, I didn't have a choice Jimmy they knew a boy gave it to me and would've made my life hell till I told them. They think you hurt those other girls."
"Do you think I hurt them? Jimmy said his voice cold. He was angry.
"N-no Jimmy please forgive me I didn't know what else to do."
"Kitten from now on I suggest you keep your mouth shut about me or we won't be able to be together. You're underage and if your mother or the FBI agents in town find out about us I'll go to jail. Is that what you want?"
"N-no Jimmy please, I'm s-sorry I'll be quiet and my friends won't say anything, we're best friends. She was crying hard now.
"I hope you're right Micheala. I have to go, remember don't tell anyone else about us do you understand me?"
"Y-yes I'm sorry I love you." But she was talking to dead air he'd hung up.
She turned her face to the wall and sobbed. Now he was angry, what if he never called back or came to see her again? The bell rang and she hastily wiped her face and nose. Her eyes were red but there was no time to fix it now. She hoped no one would notice.
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Reid sat in the back seat of the SUV with JJ by his side holding his hand. He hated that he was nervous going inside a high school. Thank God for JJ she always knew what he needed. She squeezed his hand and whispered in his ear.
"Relax babe, it's going to be okay. Remember you're the one with the badge. You're not a child in an adolescent world anymore." She ran a hand up and down his arm.
He smiled nervously at her. Morgan watched them with a smirk. They were nauseating at times. The irony wasn't lost on him that the nerd had a beautiful woman fawning over him and he had- no Morgan don't go there remember your like your freedom, less headaches. Still, maybe he was wrong to reject the idea of sharing his life with only one woman.
They drove into the parking lot of the school as the bell rang and students began entering the building in the manner of cattle in shoots. They were entering the building when a short blond girl ran straight into Reid. She nearly fell and he caught her arm and when his jacket fell open he watched as her eyes grow round at the sight of the gun holstered at his side.
Seeing her red and swollen eyes, the distressed face he said "Miss are you okay?"
She flushed red and said in a voice that shook so hard she could hardly speak. "O-oh ah s-sorry I wasn't watching, I m-mean I'm sorry." She ran from him like the devil was on her heels.
"Smooth move Romeo, now they're running away from you man." Morgan said.
"Oh can it Morgan, she was crying I wonder-"
"Hey not everyone gets picked on at school, maybe her boyfriend just broke up with her."
"Yeah but-"
"Come on guys lets get set up" Hotch brought them back to reality and Reid filed way the incident for later consideration.
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"Damn that girl!" He fumed, as he left the high school parking lot. She was going to get him caught. That's okay he would have to accelerate his plans, tweak them a little and when no body turned up when expected he would be home free and no one would ever know what happened to poor little Michaela Simms.
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After the get together with two hundred noisy teenagers, Gideon and Hotch had headaches to rival any they'd felt before. They'd laid out the danger for the kids and some of their parents, but Gideon felt that most of them hadn't been paying attention. For them this was an excuse to goof off.
After the meeting there was a press conference set up to get out a tip line number for anyone who might have heard or seen anything. In both cases Gideon had pushed Reid forward to give the majority of the profile. Reid had long since gotten used to speaking to groups but he cursed Gideon under his breath to JJ on their way out to the press conference where once again he was in the spotlight.
"Why is he doing this." He hissed to JJ once he stepped back from the mike and Hotch took over with instructions about a mandatory 6 pm curfew.
"He thinks you're reassuring to kids especially girls." JJ said grinning
"Oh that's great what does he think they'll do call the hotline just because they think I'm nice."
"Yes, now hush up before everyone hears you complaining."
He scowled at her and wished desperately there were no cameras so he could show Gideon what he thought of his "ideas" the one finger salute came to mind.
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They spent the rest of the after noon and evening helping to field calls for the hot line. It actually worked too well. They received a lot of calls and none of them helpful. By the end of the evening Reid was more nonplussed the JJ had ever seen. They received a constant stream of calls from teenage girls claiming to know something and asking to talk to Reid. Elle and Stephanie were in stitches by the end of the night and while she refrained from laughing out loud JJ was highly amused. They finally called it a night when nothing productive came out of the exercise.
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JJ and Reid entered their motel room and it was then that JJ laughed long and loud.
"You know you could be just a little jealous." Reid said as he began to change for bed.
"Why? Because a bunch of oversexed teens thought they could get a thrill by trying to talk to my boyfriend?"
"It was mortifying JJ."
"Why you only talked to a couple the rest of us had to deal with them." JJ said
"Yeah and I had to listen to Morgan's snide comments all night"
He turned from the closet and almost ran into JJ. She stood in front of him her suit jacket thrown over a chair and several buttons on her blouse open. She approached slowly opening the rest of the buttons. He took two steps back and hit the edge of the bed Her blouse hit the floor followed closely by her skirt. His cords and sweater vest were off and he stood in front of her in boxers a button down shirt and tie. She reached up and removed the tie kissing him as she took it off. Looking him straight in the eye she said
"I'm not worried, she said unbuttoning his shirt. They can look but not touch and I-she became frustrated with how long it took to unbutton his shirt and ripped it open instead sending buttons flying-I can touch all I like."
She threw the shirt aside and pushed him down on the bed climbing on and straddling him, kissing his neck and running her hands down his chest to the waist band of his boxers.
"You belong to me Spencer Reid."
"Touch me." he said in a very unsteady voice.
She did and he remembered again what it felt like to felt like to have her hands and her mouth remind him that he was loved and desired.
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Micheala met Jimmy outside her house at 10 pm. Her mother was entertaining again and they would never miss her. She got in his car and he drove away. Sometime later they reached his secret place.
She recognized where they were and said in surprise
Why are we here, Jimmy what's going on."
He closed the gate behind the car and turned to her making sure she saw the gun in his hand.
"Oh my God you are the one hurting girls" She began to cry and fumble to open her door. But the locks were engaged
"Yes I am little girl and you should've listened to the FBI today and your mother when they said not to talk to strangers. This he said as he brought the pistol down hard on her head knocking her unconscious.
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The next morning just as they were figuring out their next move an officer came into the conference room
"Dr Reid there are two girls asking to see you."
"Hey Reid your fan club is coming to see you in person, way to go man."
"Morgan would you stop please." Hotch said before Reid could reply.
"Officer just take their statement and get them out of here." Gideon said.
"That's the thing Agent Gideon, they told us one of the their class mates is missing and the details they give make me believe this isn't a joke."
"I'll go talk to them Gideon said and left the room."