Title: Matters of the Universe: Soon Love Soon (Part 13 of 15)
Author: Trista Groulx aka dustytiger
Rating: T (same as the show to be safe)
Disclaimer: I still do not own CM, it's a pitty really, it belongs to many people, writers, directors, actors, actresses, creators, network types none of whom are me. I also do not own the quotes at the beginning. They belong to the people who wrote and preform them, and likely SOCAN as well.
Summary: Reid and Prentiss meet in a bar one night before she joins the team, but things don't go how she plans. What happens when they have to work together?
Notes: This is another one that the title was the prompt. Had another epic day would love some fuzzies. I hope you are still reading "Wing Man" cause I know that Fanatical Writer is keeping me on the edge of my seat. This has been sooo much fun... but I really do like to update daily. Lol I have stuff up my sleeve just no time. Also in October I am challenging myself to post a new piece of original poetry every day on allpoetry under the same penname if you're interested.

"Diamond rings among the most precious and useless things, Sick on wedding cake feel like I'm going crazy, Over there driving the same old broken ground, Got the pedal down together we'll be so lonely. Won't you be, Be my Valentine?" Zuckerbaby (Valentine)

Prentiss still couldn't believe it was real. Only a few hour ago she had been at work and narrowly avoided injury. Now she as in Las Vegas looking at chapels where she could see herself marrying Reid. None of their friends knew they'd been dating and now when it was revealed they were going to tell everyone they were now married. It all seemed surreal, but Reid's hand clutching hers was helping to ground her.

She was amazed at how easy it had been to convince everyone that she was going only to gamble and she would likely not even see Reid who had told the team he was visiting his mother. Garcia and JJ seemed upset that she was taking the trip alone, but she explained to them she just needed a few days in her own head since she hadn't gotten much of it since she'd joined the team. Between the caseload and building a relationship with Reid it was true she hadn't had a lot of time to herself, but she liked not being alone anymore.

Prentiss always thought that compartmentalizing was the best way to deal with the stress that she saw on a daily basis. But since she had known Reid she'd learned that having someone to talk about the day with was nice too. When they were on cases they would have to pretend like they were just friends and teammates so sometimes it would take a week or more to be able to decompress but it always helped knowing she would be able to talk to him when they got home.

"I wouldn't be offended if you did want to just gamble for the weekend," Reid assured her.

"I want to do this," she assured him. "On the way here I was thinking about this. This feels right. We don't have to have a big ceremony, we don't have to figure out who we want to invite, who we might insult if we forget to invite them. We don't have to find caterers, photographers, florist, any of that we just get to be the two us. I want this Spencer, I never thought I would but I do. Just as long as you don't want to be married by Elvis or an alien or something."

"No I don't want that, I want to be married at a nice chapel that will video tape everything so we can share this with our friends and family when we get home."

She smiled. "In that case I need a dress. I'm going to check into my hotel and we'll meet back here in a few hours?"

"Your hotel, I don't understand. I got us a room."

"I know you did, and I know it'll be great, but you know Garcia. If she has any reason to look for us she'll do it, and she'll find it strange only you have a room for the weekend. So I booked a room, as well. I'm going to check in, pay for it, put some of my stuff in there so they think I'm not some call girl or something and then do what I need to do. After we're married I promise we'll go to the room you booked and we'll spend the rest of the weekend there, mostly naked."

"All right, I suppose it is better if we both had room booked since we are not supposed to be together, and I wouldn't put it past Garcia to come looking for us. She likes to know where we are at all times."

"Exactly," she ran her hand along his cheek. "Spencer?"

"Yeah."

"I know that this is just a Las Vegas wedding, but this is the only one we're going to have, can you wear a nice suit?"

"If that's what you want, sure. I know a lot of women have their weddings all planned out. I never wanted to take that from you. I just felt that this might be the easier in the long run."

"I agree with you completely, and I never really thought about my dream wedding, but this sounds perfect to me."

He ran his hand along her cheek. "I love you Emily."

"I love you too Spencer, but we should get a jump on this just in case we went up getting a case."

He nodded then kissed her softly before letting her go. He decided to give her the keys to the rental car since knew where to go on foot from where he was. He'd never stayed at that hotel before but he had been to the casino. He checked in and brought their bags to their room. He wished he would have thought about Garcia tracking them down in Las Vegas before he had booked a honeymoon suite for them, but he knew he wanted to do something special for Prentiss.

He put their bags in the room, unpacking a few things so that he could shave and brush his teeth before he went in search of a new suit. He wondered if Prentiss might wear a new dress, but then realised that it didn't make a lot of sense for her to buy a wedding dress for a Las Vegas wedding. He walked to a menswear store, and decided to let the staff help him. He wanted to look perfect for his wedding even if it was going to be in a Las Vegas chapel.

Almost two hours later he got a call from Prentiss telling him she was in the lobby. He met her and her eyes lit up when she saw him wearing the new suit he'd bought only an hour earlier. They didn't have to exchange any words for him to know he'd made the right choice. Reid noticed she was now carrying a garment bag but decided not say anything. They walked to a chapel he had looked at earlier. They went inside, and Prentiss smiled when she saw it. It seemed quiet and it was tastefully decorated.

"Miss Prentiss would like to change before we start?" the receptionist asked as Reid spoke with the officiate.

"Please," she replied with a smile.

"All right, just in here, if you need any help I'm a pro at tying up a corset or just help with a zipper."

"Thank you."

Reid was surprised that Prentiss had taken so long to come into the room. He was standing with the officiate waiting for her. The doors opened and Reid's jaw dropped when he saw her come inside. She wasn't wearing the clothes she had been wearing a few minutes ago. She was now wearing a simple white flowing dress. It had an empire waist and a halter style top that showed just enough cleavage. It took him a moment to remember he had to breathe as he watched her walk toward him. She finally joined him and took her hand.

"You look amazing," he gasped.

She smiled. "That's the only part I wanted."

"Which part?"

"Where I got to see the look on my husband's face when I came into the room wearing my wedding dress for the first time."

"Shall we get started?" asked the officiate.

The couple nodded, and the officiate began. It didn't take them long to exchange their vows. The whole thing was being recorded so they could share it with their friends and family when they went home. Prentiss was glad that they had been able to find a small tasteful chapel. It wasn't how she thought her wedding day would go but she was thrilled about it. She was looking forward to telling her friends that she had gotten married over the weekend, and hoped that they wouldn't be hurt she kept her whole relationship a secret. When she felt Reid's lips on hers she knew that they had made the right choice, she had never felt like that about anyone before and was glad she didn't have anyone to cloud her opinion. For the first time in a long time she felt truly happy and she knew she would feel that way as long as Reid was by her side.

End Part 13

Notes: I should have them get married in the traditional way sometime. I hope you are still enjoying this. Thank you so much for all the support it means so much. PS sorry if I've been wonky on review replies. Crazy work day = looopy dusty (I'm up to 12+ espresso shots at work not good)/