Thanks for reading! Some of the information in this chapter I had to find on the internet and as we all know not everything on the internet is true. I thought the information sounded cool though so I used it anyway. So like I said before, we might need to use some imagination while reading this story. Sorry it took so long to update I have been supper busy lately.

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My Lily Chapter 5

It was just my luck that the day I ask for Garcia's help we got a case, and to make matters worse as soon as we got back, we were sent on another case. Meaning not only did I not have time to keep looking in to Lily's case, I did not have time to prepare everything for her to get here. Also, Garcia did not have much free time to dig in to lily's case either. And thus three weeks have passed and I still have not gotten any closer to finding the un-sub. Tonight Lily is going to call me again so we can hash out the details of how we are going to get her here safely tomorrow. I have already dealt with getting the next three days off. However, to do it I had to tell yet another lie. I told Hotch that I had to go Las Vegas to see my mother's doctor about her medicine. To make the story more believable I spouted out random facts about how over time the body and the human immune system get accustom to the medicine they are taking and the medicine stops working as well, so I had to discuss changing her meds a little, because her body has started to become to accustom to her current ones. It worked, because he told me to take as much time as I need and to call if I needed anything. His sympathy only made the lying worse, as it always does. As I walk up the stairs to my apartment I look down at my watch, 7:30 only 30 more minutes and I get to talk to Lily again and only one day and I can physically be with her. I used the time I had to eat a quick dinner of soup, which reminds me that if Lily is going to be living here I will need groceries, and I wish I had more time to clean up. I still have books randomly lying around and I am sure the whole place could use a dusting and vacuuming. I should probably clean the bath room as well. It has also been some time since I have washed the sheets, so I can add that to the list I am now making in my head. Wait, will she sleep in my bed with me, or should, I offer to sleep on the couch? I know that even though we aren't really religious, we both agreed that we liked the idea of only giving yourself to the one you marry, and abstaining until your wedding night. But we have slept in the same bed before when one of us would stay the night at the other's house. Which happened quite often in college, but has the time apart changed anything? Four years is a long time, but I still love her the same. Maybe I will just wait until she gets here and see how things go, or I could just offer out right so she can decide what she wants to do, but I don't want her to think that I think it is different now, if she does not. Ugg! Never mind, I will decide how to handle this later! I was brought out of my mental rambling by my phone ringing. As always, it rang once and stopped and as quickly as I could I redialed and waited for her to pick up.

"Hey Einstein!" she answered using one of her pet names for me. Before I met her I never really got why people called their loved ones random things, but after she started using different names for me I found that it makes me feel more loved, and that it is more personal between us because outsiders don't know why she calls me what she does.

"Hey Lil, how is everything over there? Still don't feel like you're being followed right?" I asked trying to make sure that she still feels safe.

"Everything is fine over here. Better then fine actually, I would say it is almost perfect! It's been two weeks and by the fact that you are asking if I think he is here, then you don't know where he is, which means that I get to come live with you!" Even though I would never tell her I felt guilty for not having found anything, I know she does not blame me, but I can't help but think if I was a better profiler I would have already found him and this would have ended long ago. But I did not dwell on that long, because she was right, by tomorrow I will be happier than I have been in four years.

"I'm sorry Lily but you're right, I have not gotten any further, but I have asked a friend to help look into some things, and I hope that she will be able to find something to help us soon. But no matter what you will be here tomorrow and we can deal with the rest of this together!" As I told her that I have found nothing my guilt came back full force and I could just imagine the dejected look on her face.

"Spencer Reid don't you dare feel guilty about this! I understand that he just disappeared. I understand that you are doing everything that you can to find him. It's ok. It is not your fault. The only person that is allowed to feel guilty is the guy who killed those girls! Do you understand me?" She knows me to well, I can't get away with anything when it comes to her. "Hey! I asked if you understand me! No feeling guilty!" If I don't answer her I will get another, longer, lecture.

"Yes Lily, I understand that you don't blame me." I did not want to lie to her, so I could not tell her that I did not feel guilty.

"That's not what I asked. Spence you can't feel guilty about this it will eat you up inside! Please promise me that you will at the very least try and let it go!" She was practically begging me by the end, and I just could not say no, so for her I would try and let it go.

"Fine, I promise that I will try to stop feeling guilty."

"Good! And when I get there I am going to do everything in my power to ensure that you don't!" Knowing how stubborn she is I knew that she was telling the truth, and that she wouldn't give up until she was sure that she completed her goal. I decided to change the subject to something happier, "hey sweetheart, how about we talk about how you are going to get here tomorrow." I would never admit it but I was practically jumping up and down with excitement.

"Well John and I already figured it all out. He is going to drop me off at the airport and I'm going to get on a plane at around 9:30am, if all goes as it should I will land around 1:00pm. Since you want me to keep hiding, I will stealthily get out of the airport using my ninja skills and meet you in the underground parking lot, in lot E. Does that work for you? Is that secretive enough?" I could tell she was mocking me a bit but her plan was pretty impressive and very thought out. It just shows some of what she learned these past four years.

"Yes, Lil that sounds fine and is plenty 'secretive'. Do you know what John is going to do after he drops you off?" I wondered why he was not going to hand deliver her home, by the way Lily talked, it seemed that he never liked it when he had to let her leave his sight.

"John is going to take a different flight and go visit his daughter's grave. He has not been able to go this whole time and he used to go once every month. But I am supposed to cheek in with him every day at 3:00pm. He does not need to come with me, he needs a break, this has been hard on him." I knew that John would probably go back to his old home. I'm just glad that he is still going to be watching out for her, even if it is over a distance.

"I understand. I just wanted to know what he was going to do. Is there anything else that I need to know about tomorrow?" I did not want to mess anything up so I needed to know everything.

"I don't think so, that should be everything! I should probably go though because I still have some things that I have to do here before the flight, and I want to try and get some sleep tonight." I know what she meant, sleep would be hard to find tonight because of how much I was looking forward to tomorrow.

"Alright, I love you Lily, Sleep well!"

"I love you too Spence! Sleep tight; don't let the bed bugs bite!"

"Hey! I don't have bed bugs, if I did I would have bites on my body that were in a straight line, plus I would be able to see the bugs on the edge of my bed and by the head board if I were to look, but I don't need to because I don't have any bed bugs!" I did not want her to think that my house is not clean!

"Spence it was just a figure of speech…" Well I knew that but I still had to make sure that she knows that I have a clean home, well relatively clean, it's a little cluttery and I still have that list of chores that I need to do.

"Did you know that, that saying came from when people slept on mattresses supported by ropes, and when the ropes loosened, and the mattress sagged it would allow the bed bugs to climb into bed with the sleeper. So when they say sleep tight they are referencing that you needed to keep the ropes holding your mattress tight so that you don't get bugs in your bed." I might have rambled a bit but I thought it was interesting.

"I missed that! I missed you!... I will see you tomorrow Spence." I could hear the longing in her voice.

"Bye Lily." As I hung up I looked at the clock, if I try and get to sleep now, then I could wake up early and clean until it is time to go and pick Lily up. And the cleaning would keep me distracted and hopefully make the time go faster.

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