Here's chapter 6. So it happened earlier than I was thinking it would - but here it is, our first chapter of lemony goodness. May you all enjoy the dose of vitamin 'C' ;)

I don't own Criminal Minds... I know it's sad... we'll have to learn to cope together.

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"Hey, are you going to be okay?" JJ asked as she pulled back the goodbye hug she gave Will. He had dropped them off at the airport. Then he was going to spend the next few days regrouping before he had to see Charlie at work again.

"Yeah," Will nodded "with friends like you two, how could I not be?"

JJ smiled. "Promise you'll call?" JJ asked.

"Every chance I get cher, every chance I get. After all, someone has to check up on you and make sure Spencer here is treating you right." Will joked with a wink. "Spencer, it was real nice meetin' you outside of work. I hope you an' JJ will keep comin' down to visit. You're welcome anytime." Will said holding his hand out.

Spence smiled. "Thanks, I had a great time." he said as he shook Will's hand. Then he glanced at JJ for a moment and turned back to look at Will. "I think it's safe to say that we'll be taking you up on your offer at some point. It's nice to have someplace to get away… you know you're always welcome to come and visit us too… if you need the time away, that is."

Will smiled and nodded. "Well alright then. You two have a safe flight and have a good time in Vegas. Tell ya' momma I said hello." he said as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back against his car as he watched JJ and Spencer walk into the airport.

"I'm sorry sir, but with the conventions in town your room was double-booked." The concierge at the front desk said as he looked over the counter at Spence.

"What exactly does the mean?" JJ asked as she Spence's hand in an effort to hold back both of their frustration. They'd been in line for over twenty minutes waiting to get checked into their hotel so that they could drop off their things and go visit Spence's Mom.

"What it means ma'am is that the hotel was overbooked and we don't have any rooms left." The concierge replied snidely and condescendingly.

JJ took a deep breath and prepared to go on a blue streak. She might not be a genius like Spence, but she damn well knew what double booked meant. Her question had been in regards to what that meant for her and Spence since they had a reservation.

Luckily, or unluckily for the concierge, depending on how you looked at it, the manager happened to just be coming out of his office and had heard everything. While the concierge wouldn't have to deal with JJ's wrath, he would probably end up getting the dressing down of his life from the manager.

"Phillip." The manager snapped "There is some paperwork we need to go over in my office. Could you go wait for me there please?" the manager requested in a stern matter of fact manner.

"I…" Phillip began in a questioning voice. Then he saw the expression on his boss' face. "Yes sir. Right away sir." He replied and scurried off to the office.

It was all JJ could do not to snicker as she watched the power hungry front desk attendant scurry of under the watchful glare of his boss.

As Phillip rounded the corner, the manager turned back to JJ and Spence. "My apologies for Phillip's attitude. My name is Joe. I'm the General Manager, and I hope this hasn't changed you opinion of our hotel." he said with a smile. "Let me see what I can figure out in the system here; it will just take me a moment."

JJ smiled and sighed that they were getting some assistance as she leaned into Spence's side. Spence let go of JJ's hand and wrapped his arm around her waist as she settled into his side.

The manager winced as he looked at the availability on the screen. Phillip was right, of course. The couple in front of him had been double booked. That wasn't the worst of it however. There were still six more bookings to show and the hotel was already sold out. Wait. The hotel was almost sold out. He sighed. Well at least he got to make this couple happy before he had to be screamed at six times today for what appeared to be Phillip's mistakes in the first place.

"I apologize." Joe said. "Phillip was correct that your room was double booked and the other party has already checked in." Joe held up his hand as JJ opened her mouth. "In fact almost all of the rooms in the hotel are sold out; I do, however, have one room left. I'll go ahead and put you in that room shall I?"

"Yes please." JJ and Spence replied in unison, both relieved that they wouldn't need to find another hotel for their weeklong stay in Las Vegas.

"Excellent" Joe replied with a smile, deciding to let them be surprised as he overrode the pricing on the sole remaining room in the hotel to be the same price as the room they had booked and finished the check-in process with them. "You are on the 15th floor and you'll have a wonderful view." Joe said handing Spence two key cards for the room once he finished signing everything. "You are all set for your stay with us this week. Have a wonderful stay, and if there is anything that you need, or any way I can be of assistance, please feel free to let me know." he continued with a smile.

Spence nodded. "Thank you." he said as he bent over and picked up his bag and sat it on top of JJ's wheeled suitcase. He grabbed the handle and then he and JJ headed for the elevators.

Joe smiled, glad that he was able to make someone's day. Oh what he wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall when they realized the upgrade he'd given them. Then his smile dropped. Time to deal with that ass-hat of an employee Phillip. Joe wasn't sure what the hell made him think he could treat people the way he did, but quite frankly, he was fed up with cleaning up the messes that Phillip's little power trips caused. He sighed. Such was the life of a service industry employee.

JJ enjoyed the elevator ride up to the 15th floor. She stood close to Spence with her arms wrapped around his waist and her cheek resting on his shoulder. His hand hadn't left her waist since they were at the front desk of the hotel. The only thing that would make the ride to the 15th floor better in her opinion was if she leaned up and kissed him and he pushed her back against the wall of the elevator and she was able to wrap her legs around his waist. Somehow, though, she didn't think the older couple they were in the elevator with would appreciate that show. Not to mention poor Spence's genius brain would probably implode right now at the very thought of something like that happening.

The elevator stopped at their floor, and they got off with a smile and a nod to the older couple who remained on the elevator. They paused in the hallway as Spence checked the room number, and then Spence led the way to their room and unlocked the door, holding it open for JJ as she led the way into the room.

"Spence" JJ gasped as she turned around to look at Spence.

"What?" Spence replied as he closed the door behind him. Then he turned around to face JJ and saw just what she was gasping over. This wasn't the type of room he'd booked. This was much better. He'd originally booked a standard queen double room, as when he'd booked the room, he and JJ hadn't even been dating, let alone sharing a bed. His thoughts of sharing a bed with JJ caused him to blush slightly.

The room before them was definitely an upgrade. There was a Jacuzzi in-set into the windows of the room, allowing for a dramatic view of the Las Vegas strip as well as a magnificent view of the stars. The kink size bed looked plush, and inviting. The bathroom was large and spacious. The tile, carpet, motif, decorations, size, and layout of the room spoke of luxury, elegance, but at the same time remained romantic and intimate.

"Well, I'll guess I'll be leaving a card and a thank you tip for Joe when we check out." Spence said as he looked about the room and stepped forward with their bags.

JJ nodded and then she and Spence set about unpacking their bags.

Spence pulled the keys out of the ignition and paused as he looked out the windshield at Bennington Sanitarium and sighed.

"Hey, are you okay?" JJ asked as she ran her hand up and down Spence's forearm where it rested on his thigh.

"Yeah. I … I just, every time I come to visit I'm reminded that I'm the one who put my mother here and I wonder if a better son would have found other options than locking my mother up." he replied as he turned to look at JJ.

"Spence, you did the right thing. Your Mom couldn't take care of herself. It's not like you had her committed to state run hospital like you see in horror movies." she said as she pointed at the sprawling grounds of the medical institution. "I could tell when we met your Mom last year that she loves you Spence. I don't think she blames you."

Spence sighed. "You saw her on a good day. There are days when she blames me. There are days when she rages at the world. There are days when she doesn't even know who I am; and the scariest thing is that when I come to visit, I don't know what kind of day it is until I walk through those doors."

"Spence" JJ sighed as she leaned across and wrapped her arms around him as best she could from the passenger seat of the car. "It's okay, I'll be right there with you no matter what."

Spence nodded and wrapped his arms around JJ. "Thank you… I …. I just… I miss my Mom… the way she used to be … before my Dad left. I only remember a little bit… but I remember when she was happy and she'd smile… and when she'd read to me…" he murmured in her hair where he'd buried his face.

JJ tipped her head back to look up at Spence and reached up and used her thumb to wipe away the tears that had crested his eyes. She leaned up and kissed him softly. "It's going to be okay Spence. We're here for a week, so if she's having a bad day, we can just leave and come back tomorrow."

Spence nodded and reached up for the door handle of the car.

"Hi Mom" Spence said softly as he approached the arm chair his mother sat in in the lounge holding JJ's hand.

"Spencer?" Diana said turning to look at her son. "What are you doing here?" she asked as she stood up and hugged him.

"We had some down time at work so I came to visit. I… I want you to meet someone very special and important to me." he said as he indicated towards JJ with his free hand. "This is JJ, my girlfriend."

Diana tipped her head in thought. "Yes I suppose every adventurer does need a break every now and then. And you dear, haven't we met before?" Diana asked as she looked at JJ.

"Yes ma'am, yes we have. Jennifer Jareau. We met last year when you flew to help Spence out with the Randal Garner case." JJ replied holding her hand out to shake.

"Oh yes. And please, call me Diana." Diana replied as she clasped JJ's hand between hers. "So you work with my Spencer?"

JJ smiled. "I do."

Diana nodded as she sat on the couch and patted the spots on either side of her. "So tell me Spencer, Jennifer, how fare the other knights of your round table?" she asked.

JJ could tell, watching Diana as she listened to Spence that she was very much present as Spence updated her on the happenings of the team. She was glad for however much time Spence had with his Mom where they could interact like a normal mother and son.

After spending the afternoon catching up and chatting with his Mom, he and JJ hugged her goodbye with promises to come back tomorrow and visit again when dinner time arrived.

"So, feeling better?" JJ asked as they walked hand in hand across the parking lot.

"You know, " Spence said glancing back over his shoulder at the entrance to Bennington as he opened the car door for JJ, "I do."

JJ smiled and leaned back against Spence's chest as their gondola floated down the recreated grand canal of Venice at the Venetian hotel, complete with a singing gondolier, beneath bridges, past quaint old world looking cafes, underneath balconies, and the beautiful streetscapes of the faux Venice back to the dock. She sighed as Spence stood up from behind her and stepped onto the deck and then held out his hand to help her up onto the deck.

They walked down the Las Vegas Strip with their arms wrapped around each other. They took in the sights of the strip all lit up at night. They paused at the Mirage to watch the volcano erupt. And then continued on with their walk.

Suddenly Spence glanced down at his watch and pulled her to a stop right where they were, in front of the Bellagio. They stood next to the railing looking out at the dark lake as the music picked up. JJ gasped softly at the beauty of the lights and the water sprays as the fountain came on and began its choreographed dance in time with the music. Spence stepped forward and wrapped his arms around JJ, enjoying watching her watch the Bellagio fountains for the first time as he rested his chin on her shoulder. JJ settled back against Spence's chest as the romantic atmosphere grew with the music and dancing lights and music. Water exploded out of the fountain as the musical accompaniment hit its crescendo, and JJ wiggled back more snuggly into Spence's arms.

Spence turned his head to whisper in JJ's ear. "Do you like it?"

JJ nodded. "It's beautiful."

Spence kissed JJ softly on the neck just behind her ear. "So are you. I… I love you JJ." he whispered in her ear and then turned back to watch the fountains as their performance came to an end.

JJ smiled and squeezed one of Spence's hands where it rested on her waist, and then tipped her head back to be able to see him. She leaned back against him, stretching on her tip toes to be able to reach his ear. "I love you too." She breathed in his ear and then kissed his cheek and turned back to enjoy the show wrapped in Spence's embrace.

JJ sighed contentedly again as the fountain's show came to an end. She could stand like this forever, wrapped snuggly in Spence's arms on a beautiful night underneath the stars. Then she yawned, the traveling and all of their walking catching up with her.

"Tired?" Spence murmured in her ear.

JJ nodded her head against his chest where it was resting.

"Come on then, let's go back to the room and get some sleep." Spence said and released his arms from around JJ and held out his hand.

JJ took Spence's hand and as they walked back to their hotel, she woke up a bit, enough to realize how badly she wanted a shower.

"I don't know about you, but I want a shower before I go to bed." JJ said as they entered their room.

Spence nodded. "You go ahead and take a shower first."

"Are you sure?" JJ asked.

"You were practically asleep when we left the fountain." Spence replied.

JJ smiled "Okay. I'll go first then." she replied and leaned up to kiss him and then headed for the bathroom.

Spence lay down on the bed while he waited for his turn in the shower.

JJ turned on the water in the shower and adjusted the temperature. Then she realized she'd forgotten to grab her pajamas. She exited the bathroom and smiled at the site of Spence stretched out across the bed asleep. Then she crossed the room and gathered her pajamas from the dresser she'd placed them in earlier when they unpacked, and headed back for the bathroom and the shower she was longing to take.

JJ took her time relaxing under the hot steamy water while she debated if she should wake Spence up so that he could take a shower, or if she should just take his shoes off and let him sleep. She finished showing, she dried off, applied lotion, and dried her hair after pulling on her favorite pair of sleep shorts and a spaghetti strapped tank.

When she walked out into the bedroom, her mind was made up. Spence was sleeping far too well for her to wake him up. She walked to the foot of the bed and set to work pulling off his shoes so that he would be as comfortable as possible sleeping in his clothes.

As she removed his shoes, Spence began to shift and mumble in his sleep and become more and more agitated.

"I'm not a sinner; I'm not a sinner; I'm not …" Spence began mumbling in his sleep as J pulled of his shoes, barely audible and not really intelligible to JJ. By the time she finished pulling off his shoes, his nightmare had shifted. Rafael wasn't pulling off his shoes and beating his foot with a hammer anymore; instead Tobias was sitting in front of him tying a tourniquet on his arm with a belt and flicking the needle after pulling it out of a bottle of dilaudid. "Please, I don't want it; I don't want it, I… I don't… I don't, I don't want it" he moaned as he started to rock from side to side on the bed.

JJ dropped Spence's shoe on the floor and then quickly sat beside him on the bed. "Sshh. Spence, come on baby. I'm right here baby; wake up." She said soothingly as she brushed his hair back off his face and noticed that he'd broken out in a cold sweat. His polo shirt was stuck to him like a second skin. "Come on baby, please wake up." She murmured as she kissed his brow and her hand ran in circular patterns over his chest.

Then Spence stopped thrashing. His eyes fluttered open to find what he at first thought was an angel above him, as all he saw was a brightly silhouetted figure bent above him with a golden halo. Then the angel spoke.

"Spence, baby are you okay?" she asked softly so as not to startle him.

Spence squinted as his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room. The only source of light was a light in the bathroom. "JJ?" he croaked as he struggled to find his way to the surface of reality after his very real nightmares.

"I'm right here baby." she said and then leaned over and kissed him softly and wrapped her arms around him as she rested her face on his chest.

Spence blinked and wrapped his arms around JJ as he slowly surfaced back from the dark depths that his nightmare had dragged him to. He took a few deep breaths. "I … I didn't… um wake you did I?" he asked self-consciously.

"No, baby. I just got out of the shower and was taking off your shoes so you'd be more comfortable." JJ said rubbing his chest as she sat back up. "Speaking of which, I think you need to take that shower. You're soaking wet and you'll feel a lot better after a shower and some pjs. Come on. Sit up."

Spence shifted and pulled himself up into a sitting position and then scooted back against the headboard.

JJ grabbed the bottom of his soaking wet polo shirt to lift it over his head while Spence raised his arms above his head to help JJ as she dragged his soaked shirt up his torso and over his head. JJ let the shirt drop beside the bed and turned back to look at Spence.

Spence was silent as he studied JJ in the lowly lit room. She was beautiful, not just on the outside, but on the inside too. All the victim's families she helped with such compassion and caring; all the passion she brought to the job; how much caring she showed; how she hurt over every case they couldn't take; all if it made her so much more beautiful than just her dazzling blue eyes, her sunshine blonde hair, her traffic stopping figure, and her cheerful smile did by themselves. Spence reached out as JJ turned back to face him and tucked a stray hair behind her ear, and let his fingers splay and trail through her hair as he took in the beauty that was his girlfriend.

Then he leaned forward and he kissed her, softly at first, but building in intensity as his tongue stroked her lower lip.

JJ moaned as she was caught off guard and pitched forward, her hands bracing themselves on Spence's chest. She moaned again as Spence pulled her closer and his lips left her mouth and began to kiss a trail down the graceful column of her neck. JJ rose to her knees and straddled Spence, her thighs resting on either side of his hips as their make out session continued.

Spence groaned as JJ settled into his lap, his hands falling to her hips while his fingers traced the line of skin created by the gap between her tank and her sleep shorts. Then his fingers slipped under the edge of her tank top, his palms were pressed against the smooth skin of her back and he was kissing his way across her shoulders and chest. Back and forth, dipping lower each time, but occasionally kissing the tender flesh of her neck.

JJ's head was tossed back in absolute bliss. Her fingers were threaded through Spence's soft locks, gripping the back of his head and holding on for dear life as he bathed her chest in warm soft kisses while he moved lower with each pass. Then the kisses stopped. She tipped her head back up to find Spence looking at her, studying her as if he was afraid he would somehow lose her and never see her again.

"Spence, baby, what is it? We don't have to… we can wait… we can wait as long as you want." JJ said as she tipped her head forward and rested her head against Spence's.

Spence tipped his head back and smiled at her, the kind of smile that caused his whole face to light up like a kid's on Christmas morning. "Don't want to wait anymore, waited so long for you…" he said as he leaned his head forward and kissed her while his hands ran up and down her thighs.

"Are you sure?" JJ asked softly "I love you. Its okay if you want to wait." she said as ran her fingers lightly over his face, the tip of her thumb trailing across his lower lip.

Spence nipped her thumb lightly with his teeth as it crossed in front of his mouth and then he flicked his tongue over it watching JJ's eyes. He watched her eyes grow brighter and become a more vibrant shade of blue as his tongue flicked across the tip of her thumb. Then he kissed the tip of her thumb as it slipped out from between his lips. "I love you too." he said and then his hands moved to her sides and began to drag her tank top up along with his hands as they followed the curve of her rib cage.

JJ looked directly into Spence's eyes and as she raised her arms above her head giving him silent permission to remove her top.

JJ's eyes fluttered closed and she bit her lip at the pulling sensation in her stomach as Spence caressed her.

"So beautiful" Spence said softly and then leaned forward and kissed her, his tongue dancing with hers for mere moments before he pulled away and rested his forehead against her temple while he caught his breath. Then he kissed her on the temple. He kissed her on the cheek. He kissed her jaw. Then he kissed a trail down to her breasts.

JJ's breathing increased and she squirmed in Spence's lap as he lavished her breasts with well-deserved attention. When she couldn't stand it any longer, she reached down in between them and began working on his belt buckle.

Spence moaned against JJ's breast as he felt her nimble fingers undoing his pants and then pulled his face from her chest so that he could lift himself up and help remove his pants.

"Hi" she whispered as she wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her forehead against his.

"Hi" he replied as he wrapped his arms around her and ran his hands up and down the smooth, naked, expanse of her back.

JJ tipped her head to kiss him, one of her hands coming around to cup his cheek as she nibbled on his lower lip as she kissed him. Then her tongue was begging for entrance to his mouth, which was readily granted. The kiss grew more heated as JJ traced her tongue along the roof of Spence's mouth; his tongue ran along the underside of hers as the kiss continued to grow in intensity.

As they broke apart desperate for air, their breathing setting a ragged pace, JJ kissed her way along Spence's jaw to his ear. She ran her tongue along the shell of his ear and nibbled on the lobe.

Spence's hands continued to roam across JJ's back, her sides, her thighs. Anywhere that he could reach, he lovingly caressed with his velvet touch.

"Spence," JJ moaned in his ear. "baby you make me so hot. Touch me, feel how wet you make me."

Spence groaned and his hips bucked at JJ talking dirty in his ear. He followed her wishes and one of his hands trailed up her thighs, moved to her center, and groaned at how wet, how ready she was.

JJ's voice grew husky and breathless as she continued to whisper in Spence's ear. "Spence, baby, I want you so bad. Make me yours, always yours, only yours." She moaned as he came in contact with and circled her most sensitive nub of flesh.

Spence grinned against JJ's neck where he was placing feather-lite kisses as he continued to work her body into a frenzied state, holding off just a bit longer on giving in to what they both wanted.

Spence came out of the hazy fog of orgasmic bliss and started to lift himself up off of JJ to roll over next to her.

"No, don't move." JJ murmured. She was enjoying the weight and feel of Spence above her, resting in the cradle of her thighs.

"JJ, I'm too heavy; I'll hurt you." Spence whispered softly and kissed her temple. "Here, how about this." he said as he again gripped her thigh and cradled her head in his hand, holding her against his chest as he rolled them over for him to be on the bottom with JJ resting on his chest. "How's that?" he asked as he looked up into JJ's vibrant blue eyes.

JJ smiled. "Perfect" Then she leaned down and kissed him softly before laying her head on his chest. Within minutes they were both sound asleep; too tired for Spence to take his shower, not that it mattered.

The next morning, Spence woke for the sixth day in a row to the weight of a blonde beauty on his chest. The only difference was this morning it was a naked blonde beauty. He ran his fingers through her hair, brushing it back out of her face and then kissed her forehead as he lay in their bed waiting for JJ to wake up.

JJ stretched as she woke up, feeling amazing. She could feel Spence's hand running up and down her back and tracing random patterns. "Good morning" she smiled as she stretched up to kiss him.

"Good morning" Spence replied against her lips and then groaned as JJ shifted and her knee came in contact with his morning erection.

JJ winced, unsure of how hard she'd come in contact with him. "Are you okay?"

Spence took a deep breath and nodded.

JJ breathed a sigh of relief that she hadn't hurt him. "Are you sure you don't need me to kiss it and make it better?" she asked playfully as she snaked her hand below the covers and down Spence's belly.

When Spence groaned again, it wasn't JJ's knee that made contact.