The knock on the door told JJ that he was there. She had not wanted him to come but knew better than to tell him that. He would have come quicker had he known that he was not wanted. She knew that Reid had called him; it was the only reason he was at the door now and that made this all so much harder. Knowing that Reid had called him, that he had nowhere else to turn, knowing that he no longer turned to her even if that is the way she had wanted it made the hurt that much more unbearable.
"Coming." JJ yelled as she picked up a wiggling Liam. "It's time for you to met Grandpa Gideon." She whispered to the child who looked so much like his father that she sometimes wondered if he had any of her DNA.
"May I come in?" Gideon smiled at her, but it was his sad smile. She had seen it countless times on cases when they had caught the unsub and the families could move on knowing that the person would never again be free and knowing that their loved one would never again be.
"Yes." She walked back into the kitchen with him following behind. "Gideon this is Liam," She handed the baby to him as she moved to the coffee maker. "That's your grandpa Gideon, Liam. Your daddy and him are best friends." She looked at Gideon to see if she was correct.
"JJ can we talk about this? About Reid?" Long ago the team had made a pact not to profile each other or pry into each other's lives.
"What is there to say?" JJ looked almost broken to the old profiler.
"Do you love him?" He asked in his all knowing Gideon way.
"I can't remember a time when I didn't love him"
"Then why are you here with me when you obviously should be talking to him?"
"Can you watch Liam? Thanks Gideon." She grabbed her keys and left before he could protest.
