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JJ stepped off the plane that had taken her from DC all the way to Las Vegas. She was about to spend her first weekend with her new boyfriend Detective Dr. Spencer Reid. After working with him on the case a Las Vegas a few weeks back, she had found herself attracted to the detective. They spent a couple of weeks talking over the phone before he had offered her a weekend in Las Vegas showing her the sights.
Technically, they weren't officially dating but JJ figured what else could he be called. You don't call a detective you were attracted to who you called on a daily basis and hoped would ask you out already while you and he both flirt over the phone a crush. What else could you call that?
Once she left the plane and got her luggage from baggage claim, she found Spencer waiting for her.
"Welcome back to Vegas, JJ," Spencer said.
"Detective Reid," JJ said professionally.
"No need for professionalism or formality here, JJ," Spencer said. "Here, I'm just Spencer Reid."
JJ smirked a little. "Okay, Spencer. So what's the first thing we're going to see here in Las Vegas?"
"Well, you're going to see some of the more well-known landmarks before I show you the lesser-known ones outside of the Las Vegas Strip."
"Okay, what are we waiting for?" JJ asked.
A few hours later, they had seen all the big name sites in Las Vegas and the lesser-known sites of Las Vegas.
Spencer was walking JJ back through the Strip when she noticed the Vegas replica of the Eiffel Tower again. She stopped in her tracks at the sight and just stared at it. Spencer stopped and stared as well.
"You know," JJ began. "I'm going to be blunt, since you are probably never going to get it. I am seriously attracted to you. And I want you to ask me out on a date."
Spencer smiled as he looked at her. "You don't consider this a date? I knew you had an attraction to me since you left me your number. Trust me, I have the same feelings for you."
JJ perked up. "Really?"
Spencer turned her body towards him. "Really."
He lowered his head towards her hers. She met him halfway and they kissed. They stayed in that spot and kissed longingly for a few minutes before they broke the kiss for oxygen. He lowered his forehead and laid it on hers.
"So, how you feel about coming back sometime soon?" Spencer said.
"I don't know if I could," she said. Then she smirked. "But how about you come visit me in DC?"
Then Spencer smiled. "I think that can be arranged."
Two weeks later, Spencer was walking through baggage claim at a DC airport. After he got his luggage, he saw his girlfriend waiting for him. He walked briskly over to her. He set his baggage down and kissed his girlfriend passionately.
"Spencer," JJ said as she spoke between kisses. "We're in public."
Spencer stopped his kisses. "Sorry. I can't help that you're beautiful and that you are the world to me."
"And you say that you don't flirt," JJ teased.
"Not often," Spencer replied.
Both laughed at the response.
"So," Spencer began as they were able to breathe again. "What do we start our weekend off doing?"
"I say dinner at my apartment or a fancy restaurant where we talk about each other and then we cuddle up with a movie?"
"Sounds perfect to me," Spencer replied. "A perfect suggestion from a perfect girl."
JJ blushed.
Dinner at a fancy restaurant seemed a little too much for a casual romance. Plus, they couldn't be really personal with fifty other people in the same room.
So there they were, standing in JJ's kitchen putting together a dinner of fried chicken, biscuits, potatoes, and salad. It turned out that Spencer was a great cook along with being a great boyfriend and a smart detective. Within twenty minutes they were done, seated, and ready to talk.
"So, Spencer," JJ began. "I was remembering that case that we helped you out on. How did things go with the judge afterwards?"
"He listened. Unfortunately, due to the incident having happened years before, Lisbon got slapped with a nothing more than a $300 fine. Bitch deserves to be punished worse if you ask me," Spencer said. "Pardon my language, but it's true."
"What did she do to you?" JJ asked curiously.
Spencer froze for a moment. "JJ, are you sure you want to know?"
JJ nodded slowly. Spencer took in a deep breath.
"When I was twelve, Harper Hillman, one of the victims from that case, came up to me in the library to tell me that Alexa wanted to meet me behind the field house. I had a huge crush on her back then so I agreed to meet her there. When I got there, Alexa was there with the entire football team. They beat up, leaving bruises that required medical attention, stripped me naked, and tied me to the goalpost. Not at the base either. I looked like Jesus on the cross. They just stood there laughing at me. Eventually they got bored and went home. It was after midnight when I got home. My mother..." Spencer trailed off. He didn't want to scare her off by telling her about his mother's schizophrenia. "My mother wasn't home at the time so she didn't know."
"You never told her?" JJ questioned.
"How could I? I could barely believe it myself. I filed my lawsuit after I got out of the hospital. The judge overlooked it and I remained a punching bag for the rest of the year."
JJ was taken aback. "I'm so sorry, Spencer. I wish someone had helped you back then."
Spencer looked up at JJ and said, "Made me stronger. I don't give a damn what they say to me. I don't take crap from anybody anymore."
JJ smiled. "You really did get a backbone."
"You bet I did," Spencer said.
"I never doubted you had one though, Spencer."
Spencer leaned down and kissed her. "Thanks."
JJ smiled. "No problem."
Spencer looked at her. "You know I noticed a bit of uneasiness when Jon killed himself. I'm taking a shot in the wind, but I feel like that wasn't your first time experiencing the effects of suicide."
"I work for the FBI," JJ responded. "A number of our UnSubs kill themselves."
"I meant personally," Spencer responded.
JJ looked at him uncomfortably. "Please, Spencer..."
"JJ," Spencer said. "Talk to me."
JJ was silent for a few moments before she spoke again. "When I was eleven, my older sister was my idol. Her name was Rosaline, but we called her Roz. She was my favorite person. Then one day, she came into my bedroom and gave me her necklace. She told me that she loved me. I told her that I couldn't take her necklace, though I secretly always wanted one just like it. She insisted, so I said thanks." JJ shed a tear. "The next morning, I found her in the bathroom. She had taken one of my Dad's razors and cut her wrists."
Spencer's eyes widened. "Oh, my God, I'm so sorry..."
"Don't be," JJ said through her tears. "It feels good to have someone know the truth about what happened with my sister. My mother was depressed for years afterward. I stopped being a girly-girl and became a little more tomboy-ish. My brother hide away his anger and sadness. My father became a drinker after that. He stopped, but I know it still hurts him."
Spencer looked down for a moment. "My father left me and my mom when I was ten years old. My mom's a paranoid schizophrenic that I had committed to a sanitarium when I was 18. I had to take care of us both. Jon wasn't my first friend to commit suicide, unfortunately. I had another friend in college named Carl who killed himself. He was a homosexual and when he was outed by a bunch of bullies, his parents disowned him, the school treated him like a witch in 1600's Salem, Massachusetts. One day it became too much for him. I gave him a ride home and that night he hung himself in his dorm room. I was the one who found him."
JJ's eyes widened this time. "I'm sorry, Spencer."
"I can't help but think I could have done more." Spencer started to tear up.
JJ leaned in and kissed him. "We've both seem people we care get taken away from us. I'm glad you feel comfortable to tell me this."
"I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to tell me about Rosaline what effects her death had on your family."
Spencer and JJ kissed one more time. "I love you, Spence."
Spencer raised an eyebrow. "Spence?"
JJ paused. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..."
"I didn't say I didn't like, JJ." Spencer leaned in and kissed her. "So, what movie do you wanna watch tonight?"
"How about something classic? Something Disney?" JJ asked. "Never mind. That's kid stuff..."
"I actually love that idea. I've never gotten the chance to watch a Disney movie. My mom always thought they were government propaganda."
"Well, I'm about to prove your mother wrong this time," JJ said, slightly laughing as she did. Spencer laughed a bit as well.
"Which one?" Spencer asked.
"How about The Lion King?"
Spencer's face scrunched up in thought. "Isn't that the one that's based off Shakespeare's Hamlet?"
JJ thought for a second. "I never thought about it like that. I guess so."
The two cuddled up on the couch together watching The Lion King. When "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" came on, they looked into each other's eyes and kissed. It basically turned into a make-out session. They ended up not watching the rest of the film. They finished it the next night.
There was no doubt in their mind on their relationship. They were made for each other.
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