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Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds, CBS does! I do own Cameron Mansfield.

Cameron had been staying with Reid a mere ten days and the time had been nothing shy of an emotional rollercoaster. On a Friday morning they both woke up late because of the long, sleepless night that followed Reid's fist Narcotics Anonymous meeting. It turned out that he couldn't cope with the pressure of sharing his emotions with such a large group of people and he ended up leaving not 10 minutes in. Cameron did her best to comfort him about his perceived 'failure'. Unfortunately it was a step backwards for him and all in all, it was an emotionally taxing night.

Reid awoke to the smell of coffee percolating and the sound of Cameron singing a familiar tune. Not surprisingly, it put a smile on his face.

He was stronger now, back to his old self, maybe even better. He moseyed on downstairs and helped himself to some coffee.

He sat down across from her at the table and drank his coffee quietly. He needed at least one cup of coffee before any type of communication could be attempted. He also found Cameron to be annoyingly chipper in the morning.

Luckily Cameron, who was a keen observer of habits, picked up on this quickly and toned down her energy in the morning. As soon as he downed the last of his coffee she broke the silence with a pretty smile and a few words, "Hey champ, bet you're glad to be back to work on Monday?"

He nodded tensely. I'm glad to go back to work, but where are you going?

Cameron slid out of her seat and laughed nervously. Reid moved over to make room for her on his chair and she put an arm around him. "Since this will be our last night together, how about doing something special?" She asked, she actually looked somber.

Her face was maddeningly close to his and his heart was racing, he gulped, "Uh…ahh, what have you got in mind?"

Cameron hopped up, suddenly aware of how close they were sitting. "It's a surprise." She tucked her hair behind her ears and cleared her throat, "Uh, more coffee?"

Reid held out his cup, "Please."

"Cameron did you say I needed a hat?" Reid called as headed downstairs. Cameron was on her cell phone and based on her tone of voice, finishing a serious conversation. He noticed her stiff posture, "Is everything okay?"

Cameron placed her phone on the table and smiled, "Yeah, everything's okay." She was a lousy liar.

Reid nodded doubtfully, "Oh, let me grab you a scarf." He returned from the coat closet and wrapped a bright red scarf around her neck. For some reason they both found the moment unusually intimate. Cameron blushed and smiled,"Wait until you see what I have in store for you."

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Reid stood at the top of a very steep hill, looking down it contemptuously. "Are you serious?"

Cameron just stared at the hill and smiled, "Come on, it'll be fun."

Reid raised his eyebrows, he made up his mind, no way was he doing this. But Cameron was already pulling a toboggan out from the trunk of his car.

"Where'd you get that?"

She set it down at the top of the hill, "I borrowed it from your neighbors while you were in the shower."

Reid's eyes were glued to the hill, his face paled.

Cameron's expression didn't change, "You don't want to do it, do you?"

He turned to her and held up his hands, "I'm sorry."

She smiled sweetly and stepped towards him, "You trust me right?"

"Of course I do." He replied without a moment's hesitation. "I've just never…" He gestured to the hill.

"You've never been tobogganing?"

"I grew up in Vegas."

"Spencer," She spoke softly as the day began to turn to dusk. "I would never let anything bad happen to you." He didn't reply, he just kept staring at the hill.

Cameron shrugged, "But if you don't want to go, I'll just go down by myself. Alone." She sat in the front of the toboggan, "Wish me luck!"

"Okay! Okay, I'm— I'm coming with you!"

And together they slid down the monstrous hill laughing like maniacs and holding on for dear life. The ride ended with both of them flying face first into the snow. They were out of breath and pumped with adrenaline. Cameron dragged herself over to Reid and flopped down on her back in the snow.

He looked upwards at the drastically darkening sky and took a breath, "Thank you, for that, thanks."

"Glad you had fun."

Maybe it was the thrill of the sledding but he made a bold move, "I think you should stay here."

Cameron laughed nervously, "What, here in the snow? I'd get kind of cold…"

"You know what I mean Cameron. You can't say you haven't liked it here."

"I like you." She said abruptly, "But this isn't my home." Her heart was aching incredibly.

"But it could be. I mean— you ran away from your old home. You could stay with me and work at the BAU, Hotch would let you."

"Spence, I can't work there."

"Remember in Missouri, when I was out of line and... yelled at you. Remember what I said about you being too hurt to want to care about anything again. I was right wasn't I?"

Cameron bit her lip, rude or not, he hit the nail on the head that day. "After Connor died, I realized that what I was doing, the counseling, wasn't right. I couldn't live with actually knowing how it feels to lose a child. I couldn't stand the reality that I hadn't actually changed anything."

"But it's different at the BAU." He interrupted. "No matter how good you were at your old job, you can't cure the incurable. But you said it yourself: we stop the unstoppable."

He turned to look at her and sat up, "Plus, I know you. Never caring, it would make you miserable."

She closed her eyes, a whole new picture filling her mind. Everything had changed so much. Everything he said filled her with some strange image of hope. She opened her eyes in a flash and sat up. "You're right. I want to stay. I'm going to stay." Reid smiled and stood up pulling her up with him. He just looked at her and pulled her into a hug.

Still in the embrace Cameron spoke. "Think Aaron's still at work?"

Aaron Hotchner sat at his desk filling out some paper work from their latest case. On the plane ride home he'd been his usual serious self. But when they returned to Quantico he had a message on his desk that said Reid would be back on Monday. He knew that meant he was better and Cameron had worked her magic. All and all it was shaping up to be a good day for him.

He heard a knock on his door and was shocked to see Cameron Mansfield standing there, looking around nervously. He instantly stood up, "Cameron. This is unexpected, what can I do for you?"

"I changed my mind." She blurted it out. She had meant to ease him into it, but her mind was racing.

Hotch's eyes widened, "You've changed your mind? I wasn't expecting that."

Cameron just shrugged, "I guess I just realized I was wrong."

Hotch shook his head, "I hope you aren't just doing this for Re—"

"I won't say that I'm not." She interrupted. "But I'm also doing it because I want to."

He nodded and began rummaging in his desk for official forms he'd kept in there for her, just in case." If you don't mind me asking, why the sudden change of heart."

She paused for a moment before answering, "Sometimes bad things happen and there's nothing you can do to stop them. I've seen the most unjust and unfair things happen to people who didn't deserve it. Then I experienced first hand what is unjust and unfair and I was powerless to stop it. I don't want to be powerless anymore. So I have to do this."

Hotch almost smiled when he handed the paperwork to his old friend. "Fill this out and bring it with you Monday." They both stood up and he held his hand out, "Welcome the team."

Yes, it had been a good day for Aaron Hotchner.

Cameron walked into Reid's house and found him asleep at the kitchen table, she pushed his hair off of his face causing him to stir. He looked around groggily, "How—yawn—how did it go?"

She looked at him vacantly and didn't speak. He stood up urgently, "What's wrong?" He stroked her cheek gently. She looked into his caring brown eyes and knew they'd found something that neither of them should let go of. He took her arms and pulled her into his chest, he kissed her forehead as she nuzzled his neck. Safe in his arms, she finally spoke, "I need your help."

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