A/N: Still don't and unfortunately will never own Criminal Minds

Back at the sheriff's station, Reid got on the phone to contact Garcia. Since he was attempting to make this a learning experience he had the phone on speaker as Garcia answered. "Maven of the information superhighway, speak and be recognized."

"Hi Garcia, how are you doing?"

"Greetings oh sweet one. How art thou cutie pie?"

The men in the group started laughing at Garcia's affectionate greeting. Greg even raised an eyebrow and gave Reid a good natured punch in the shoulder. Gideon noticed however, that Colleen's face was far from jovial. Her face seemed to sink inward and she had the look of a balloon that had been deflated.

Reid blushed and looked at the floor, saying "Garcia I have you on speaker phone."

"Better to hear me with my love."

She was incorrigible. Oh well, there was no stopping Garcia and really who would want to, Reid thought. He knew he would have to live with the embarrassment but it could be much worse, he could have no Garcia in his life.

"I'm fine Garcia. Listen we have a little situation here and I need…"oh hell if you can't beat em, join em, he thought, "Well I need the Goddess of all technological knowledge. In other words, Garcia I need you."

"Rrrrrr baby do you know how long I've waited to here you say those words?"

"Garcia, I need you to come to Castleton."

"Why sugar, I thought you'd never ask."

"I need you to bring a computer and the facial reconstruction software."

"All right boy wonder, what's going on down there?"

"Uh, well we seem to have found a skeleton in Castleton and we need to identify her if we can. She may have been the victim of foul play."

"Why don't you just send the CD of the CT scan here and I can work on it, instead of going all the way to Castleton?"

"Because Garcia, I'm trying to make this part of my educational seminar for rural law enforcement and I kind of want them to see the whole thing through from beginning to end. You will help me out won't you? I'm sure Hotch will give you the go ahead. How often do you get a road trip, I mean we're always going places and you never get to go anywhere. When was the last time you…?" He regretted the words the moment they left his lips, remembering that the last time Garcia had been called away from Quantico was to that farmhouse in rural Georgia where she was forced to watch his own kidnapping and torture.

"Reid, enough, enough, you had me at hello. I'll get the next flight out. Are you going to meet me sweet pea?"

"I'll be there Garcia. I'll be the guy with the big smile on his face."

"I'll let you know the time, okay honey. Over and out."

"Bye Garcia."

Greg looked at Reid like he was really impressed. "Wow man has that chick got the hots for you or what?" With that Colleen got up saying something about the ladies room and stomping out of the conference room slamming the door behind her. Reid looked after her with a confused look on his face and Gideon looked after her with an expression that said he didn't like where this was heading.

Reid said, "No she does not have the hots, as you put it, for me. She's like that with everyone and it's just something you get used to with Garcia."

They all nodded like they understood but they all thought to themselves that they couldn't wait to meet this broad. John thought she sounded like some kind of floozy.

Colleen came back in the room a few minutes later with a sickly look on her face. Reid looked concerned and said, "Colleen, are you all right?"

"Yes Reid, I'm fine, why wouldn't I be? Do you think I'm any less tough than those kick ass women you're so enamored with?' she said as she turned and strode out of the room.

Reid looked at Gideon and the expression on his face said, what did I do? Gideon felt sorry for the young man. For one so brilliant intellectually, he was so naïve socially. He had no idea the depth of Colleen's feelings for him and that she was intimidated by his lighthearted banter with Garcia. Oh well he supposed it was going to be interesting when Garcia arrived. Interesting, who the hell was he kidding, sparks would fly one way or another, Reid was right, it was just something you got used to with Garcia.

In the meantime, Reid was heading over to the hospital to oversee the CT scan being done and the extraction of DNA from the bones. These were not procedures that the people of the town were used to and he wanted to make sure proper procedure and protocol were followed to prevent questions later from aggressive defense attorneys. Whereas some investigators just waited for the information of lab tests and such to be handed to them, Reid's background as a scientist made him interested in this end of the investigation as well, and of course where most investigators did not, he understood every aspect of what was going on in the lab and could do the tests himself if he needed to. He was, therefore, very comfortable in this arena. Before he left, he asked if any of the sheriffs or deputies wanted to go along. He was hoping they would all say no and then he would ask Colleen to go and maybe he could find out why she seemed so mad at him. But as luck would have it Morris, Kyle and Greg wanted to go so Reid decided his discussion with Colleen would have to wait.

Gideon was reading over some consults, he had brought with him from Quantico and Jake, John and Roy were in one corner of the room talking when Colleen entered. "Where is the rest of the group," she said.

Gideon looked up from his consult, "Dr. Reid took the others to the hospital to oversee the CT scan and the DNA extraction."

Colleen nodded, "Probably a good idea that someone from each group went, then he can fill the others on his team in on the procedure. What are you reading; does it pertain to our case?"

"No, these are some consults I brought from Quantico."

"Oh then I'll leave you to them, sorry for interrupting."

Gideon had been looking at her over his glasses and removed them saying, "No please, sit down and talk to me. I can read these anytime"

"So how long have you and Reid worked together?"

"He's been in the BAU for four years now. I met him, as he told you all, at a lecture while he was in university getting his third doctorate." Colleen's mouth gaped in awe. "Yes, he has three doctorates. He is the most highly educated person I know. Of course, he is a genius so that does account for it but he also works very hard at what he does and never tries to coast on his intellect."

"The last time he was here he said that he had gone through a rough patch that made him question his belief in himself but he never told me what happened."

"The more you know Spencer Reid, the more you know he does not open up about himself easily. Like I said, I have known him for four years and in that time I have learned a lot about him but it takes him a long time to confide. He has been hurt a lot in his life and he doesn't trust easily. If you are patient and truly care for him, he will tell you when he is ready. It is up to him to tell you himself. You'll have to wait until he feels he's ready to trust you enough to open up. I will say one thing, if you truly care for him, he is worth the wait."

Reid and the others returned a short while later with the CD from the scan. The DNA and soil samples had already been rushed to Quantico for analysis. Reid said he'd heard from Garcia and her plane would be in in a couple of hours so he was going to start out shortly on the drive to Pikeville to meet her.

Colleen stood up looking a little sheepish and said, "Would you like some company?"

"Yes," Reid smiled, "I'd like that very much."

They said good bye to the others and left neither noticing the looks of fatherly concern on the faces of both Kyle and Gideon.