Here's chapter 17 - I'm off to work on chapter 18 - so more to come soon :D

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The weeks flew by. Will was settled into the pool house. It gave him privacy, but also allowed him to be close by to hang out with JJ and Spencer. They'd reached an agreement where he would pay rent… actually he told them he would be paying rent, they would take the money, he would watch the house while they were away on cases, and that his terms were non-negotiable.

He was focusing on getting out and meeting new people and building a new life in DC. He'd thought about applying for a job with the DCPD, but he just wasn't sure if it was what he wanted to do anymore. Maybe it was the change of scenery or maybe it was just the freedom he felt to be himself now that he was out of his hometown and there wasn't any pressure on him to be the man everyone had expected him to be his whole life.

"Sir, I just wanted to give this back to you." Spence said as he handed John back his one year medallion.

"Spencer, how many times do I have to tell you to call me John? There are no sirs here." John said as he slipped the one year medallion he'd given to Spencer as he ran out of the Beltway Clean Cops meeting a few months ago on his way to a case. After all, there would always be people to profile and cases to solve in their line of work.

Spence smiled. "Sorry, force of habit. Sometimes it's hard to keep two lives separate, you know?"

John chuckled and nodded. "Believe me, I do. So, I take it that this," he said as he held up his one year medallion, "means that you now have one of you own."

"It does." Spence said as he pulled his own one year medallion out of his pocket and held it up. "Thank you for believing in me… John."

Spence sat on the stool next to where JJ lay on the exam table, holding her hand. Her shirt was lift up to expose her belly, which was just beginning develop a small rounded bump, but not enough so that one would think she was pregnant if they didn't already know it.

"Alright JJ, this will be a little cold." the doctor said as she smeared gel on JJ's belly to prepare for the ultrasound.

JJ and Spence both smiled as they saw the baby on the screen turning somersaults. Then the doctor reached over to the machine and flipped a switch, turning on the sound.

Spence was in awe as they heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time. Hearing the baby's heartbeat made it that much more real that there was a tiny person growing inside JJ. He turned to look at JJ with tears in his eyes and leaned down to kiss her.

JJ reached up and used her thumbs to wipe the tears cresting the rims of Spence's eyelids.

"The baby looks very healthy, you do too." The doctor said with a smiled as she glanced up from the notes she was making in JJ's file.

JJ and Spence were at the bookstore. It had actually been her idea to stop at the bookstore. She needed new reading material to distract her on the plane. With now being in her second trimester, her hormones were raging. There'd been more than a few times over the last few weeks where it had taken every ounce of self-control she had to keep her from grabbing Spence and pulling him down onto the couch on the jet with her so they could join the mile high club.

JJ bit her lip as she searched through the selves housing the works of some of her favorite authors and quickly made her selections. She was eager to get home now that she'd once again started thinking about her fantasies of her and Spence making love on the jet. After making her selections, she turned on her heels and set about finding Spence.

After looking in the science fiction section, the classics section, and science sections of the bookstore, JJ was just about to give up and ask them to page Spence, when she glanced down the aisle with all of the health books, more specifically all the pregnancy books. JJ headed into the aisle into the aisle to let Spence know she was ready to go.

"Hey baby, are you ready to go?" JJ asked as she walked up next to Spence where he stood about halfway down the aisle perusing the shelves of pregnancy books.

"Um… yeah." Spence said and then bent over picking up a stack of pregnancy books and baby books that he'd selected.

JJ's eyes widened. "Baby, you don't need all those books."

"But JJ, I want to be able to help you with everything you're going through… and I realized while we were watching the monkey and listening to the heart beat… I don't know anything about babies."

JJ was touched that Spence wanted to learn as much as he could between now and when the baby got here, but there were some things that all the knowledge in the world out of a book could not help you with. "Baby reading some is good, but all of these… that's just overdoing it. But I appreciate why you want to read them all. I think it's very sweet… and kind of sexy." JJ said as she leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. "But we need to put some of these back." She said as she started to sort through the heavy stack of books in Spence's arms.

Eventually they whittled the stack of books down to a handful. There were two books about pregnancy, two books about babies, and a book of baby names. With that accomplishment, JJ drug Spence to the register. After all she had plans for him when they got home.

JJ spit out the toothpaste from her mouth and rinsed. She wiped her face just as the shower shut off. She turned and leaned back against the counter and grinned as she watched the shower curtain open to reveal a naked and wet Spence.

Spence reached for the towel on the rack and shook it out and then dried his face and his now shorter hair. He dried off his arms and chest a bit, then, he wrapped the towel around his waist as he stepped out of the shower. That was when he noticed JJ leaning against the counter watching him.

"Good morning." She grinned while eying him up and down.

Spence walked over to the counter and placed his hands on either side of JJ. "Good morning." He leaned down to kiss her. "But why is it always you catching me getting out of the shower? Why don't I ever catch you getting out of the shower?" he teased.

JJ giggled. "I guess from now on I'll have to do a better job of letting you know my shower schedule." She said as she traced her hands along the top edge of his towel.

Spence smiled. "I would really appreciate that. But right now I need to shave JJ, and you're kind of blocking the mirror." He said as he reached for his razor and shaving cream.

JJ braced her hands on the edge of the counter and then hopped up to seat herself on the counter. She reached out and took Spence's razor and shaving cream from him. "Why don't I do it for you? Then you won't need the mirror."

Spence was slightly in shock as JJ wrapped her legs around his waist and pulled him up to the edge of the counter and in between her thighs. He reached for the can of shaving cream. "JJ, I can shave myself. Believe it or not, I've been doing it for years."

JJ swatted at Spence's hands. "I know you have baby. But just let me, I want to." JJ replied.

Spence sighed and settled his hands on her thighs just below where her sleep shorts ended.

JJ shook the can of shaving cream once Spence was settled in between her thighs. She pressed the button on the can and released a thick lather of foam into one hand and set the can off to the side with her other hand. She reached her hand up and smeared the shaving cream across the morning shadow of a beard covering Spence's jaw, chin, and neck. Then she dropped the stopper in the sink and ran some hot water in the basin. She turned back to Spence and lifted the razor. "Ready?"

Spence swallowed causing his Adam's apple to bob. He nodded his head in agreement.

JJ dipped the razor in the sink and then tapped it on the edge. She lifted the razor and gently scraped it along the skin in front of his ear and worked her way forward along his jaw, pausing to rinse off the blade every few swipes. Then she reached the area around his mouth, nose and chin. She turned his head to get the other side of his face then she made the several swipes of the blade necessary to remove the stubble along his upper lip and chin.

Spence tipped his head back for JJ so she could get the underside of his chin and his neck. Then he watched as JJ let the water out of the sink and rinsed his razor under the tap.

"Rinse off your face baby" JJ said as she moved her hand out of the way.

Spence cupped water in his hands and rinsed the residue from the shaving cream off of his face with the warm water, then, he reached up and changed to water temperature to cold and splashed that on his face. He stood back up and JJ was waiting for him with a towel in hand. She reached out and patted his face with the towel and then grabbed the bottle of moisturizer.

"Mmm, that feels goods." Spence moaned as JJ's fingers massaged moisturizer into his the skin of his face and neck. He rested his forehead against JJ's as she finished rubbing the last of the moisturizer into his jaw line. "Thanks" he murmured softly.

"You're welcome." JJ whispered back just before his lips met hers in a kiss.

"Mmm" JJ moaned and closed her eyes as she bit into one of the brownies that Sela had made for them as the team relaxed for their just over an hour flight back to Quantico.

"You know" Emily said smiling at JJ's enjoyment of her brownie, "chocolate is supposed to be pretty good substitute for sex."

Morgan choked on the bite of brownie in his mouth, not having expected such a conversation since Penelope wasn't traveling with them on this case.

Emily reached over and patted Morgan on the back with a chuckle. "What's the matter big guy? Worried you'll be replaced in the lives of all the girls in your little black book by Hershey's?"

"I'm irreplaceable and any woman I've been with knows it." Morgan said with a big cocky grin as he stood up.

Rossi shook his head as he peered at the other agents over his reading glasses for a moment and then went back to sipping his glass of finely aged scotch and reading the newspaper while he half listened to the conversation going on.

"Oh my god these are good" Emily moaned as she took a bite of the brownie. "You know, unlike all of my previous boyfriends, chocolate has never let me down."

JJ laughed. "Chocolate might not ever let a girl down, but personally, I find the real thing to be much more satisfying." She smirked as she noticed the tips of Spence's ear turning red where he sat next to her.

"I… uh… I'm going to go get some coffee." Spence squeaked as he stood up from his seat. "Do… um… do you want anything…JJ? Emily?"

"Some tea would be great Spence." JJ replied while Emily shook her head no.

Spence scuttled off to the galley while Emily and JJ continued to discuss the merits of both chocolate and men.

JJ and Spence lay on their bed on a lazy Sunday afternoon. They'd spent some time relaxing in the pool earlier to get a break from the summer heat but still be outside for a bit. They'd showered and changed into fresh shorts and t-shirts and cuddled up together for a nap.

JJ woke up to Spence lightly stoking her belly, which was starting to be more visibly rounded at 16 weeks. "Hey" JJ croaked in groggy, sleepy voice. "What are you doing?"

Spence smiled. "Just thinking… did you know our little monkey is about 4 and a half inches long now and is growing toenails?" he asked in a wistful voice.

"Yeah?" JJ asked and then reached down to bunch up her t-shirt and look at her belly. "The monkey's been pretty busy growing huh?" she asked with a grin as she turned her head d to look at Spence.

Spence however was completely mesmerized with the baby bump that had started to appear on JJ's tummy in the last few weeks. He stroked his fingers lightly and reverently over her belly, thinking about the baby, their baby, their little monkey who currently called that bump home.

JJ gasped softly at the feel of Spence stroking her belly. Her hormones for the last few weeks had her constantly in a state of 'turned on' and there didn't seem to be an off switch.

At hearing JJ gasp Spence looked away from her belly, concerned something was wrong or that she was in pain. "Are you okay?"

"Mm hm" JJ nodded while biting her lip as Spence's fingers continued to trail over her belly.

"Are you sure, because you…"

The rest of Spence's sentence was muffled due to JJ grabbing him and kissing him senseless. Spence's hand moved to JJ's side as he braced himself so as not to squish JJ and the baby; while the kiss deepened but remained soft, slow, and gentle.

"Oh" Spence replied as JJ pulled out of the kiss and laid her head back on the pillow.

Spence rose to his knees and pulled his t-shirt off over his head and smiled down at JJ.

JJ returned his grin with one of her own as she sat up and pulled her own t-shirt off. Then she lay back down and lifted her hips to wiggle out of her shorts and panties. Then she flung them off to the side with a flick of her wrist.

Spence's eyebrows rose on his forehead as he lowered himself back over JJ and kissed her softly and then kissed his way across her cheek. "I love you." he whispered in her ear. Then he began to layer kiss after kiss up and down the length of her neck.

JJ was in heaven with the feel of Spence pressed up against her. Her arms were wrapped around him and ran up and down the length of his back, enjoying the feel of his sun heated skin from their time out at the pool earlier. Her fingers traced his shoulder blades, the line of his spine, his ribs, the waist band of his shorts. Then she decided that his shorts needed to go and her fingers slipped inside the waistband as she drug them down his hips and pushed them and his boxers as low as she could.

Spence managed to work his legs free of his shorts and boxers as he continued to pepper JJ's neck and chest with kisses. He worked his way down her torso. While normally he would pause to worship her breasts, they had been too sensitive lately for such activities. He kissed her just once squarely in the center of her belly and then looked up, his eyes finding hers from below the fringe of his new haircut as he slipped lower still between her legs.

JJ gasped softly at the love in Spence's eyes as she reached out and brushed his bangs back from his face. "I love you baby."

Spence nodded and lowered his head to kiss his way up and down her inner thighs. First one, and then the other, slowly teasing JJ and building her up into a frenzy as she wiggled and squirmed in his grasp. Then and only then did he finally end the wandering route of his travels down her body. He smiled up at her, holding his eyes up to greet her gaze as he lowered his head and his tongue took the first swipe across her sensitive flesh.

"Spence" JJ moaned, her back arching in delicious pleasure as she slid her fingers through his soft locks to cup the back of his head.

"Shhh" Spence mumbled against her as his lips, tongue and occasionally teeth worked to drive her over the edge and the relief from her hormone induced state. Although he definitely didn't consider it a hardship to take care of JJ, whatever her need.

JJ groaned as Spence's tongue swirled against her delicate flesh. His tongue slipped through her folds and danced along about her nether region bringing her to a peak. She threw her head back as she shuddered from her release with Spence's name on her lips.

Spence lifted his head and kissed her hip and then began to slide back up her body, pausing along the way to kiss her belly, her ribs, her chest, her neck, her cheek, her forehead, and finally her lips.

"Better?" Spence asked as JJ's breathing slowed and he rested his forehead against hers, examining the depths of her cerulean blue eyes.

"A little bit" JJ replied with a small smile as she shifted her leg against the hardness of his groin that she could feel pressing against her thigh.

Spence groaned low in his throat as the soft velvet of JJ's inner thigh pressed against him. "JJ, babe..."

"Yes, Dr. Reid?" JJ purred against the side of his neck as he dropped his head to rest on her shoulder. She ran her hands down his sides and rested them on his hips. Then her hips bucked against his as he ground against her.

They were both exhausted after three days of pure hell in Colorado. Neither JJ nor Spence really spoke much when they got home. They headed up the stairs hand in hand and prepared for bed.

Finally the climbed into bed and lay facing each other and JJ snuggled up to Spence. "Were you scared?" she asked.

Spence trailed his fingers through JJ's hair and leaned down to kiss her forehead. "Most of the time, no; I just focused on getting as much information as possible so that you guys could all end it as quickly as possible. But when Emily and I were in the tunnel and Cyrus found out one of us was an FBI Agent… when he had a gun to my head… I was terrified. And all I could think about was you and the baby… if I was ever going to get to see you again… if I'd ever get to see the baby… But I knew I had to keep my head because that was the only way Emily and I were going to be able to get out of there alive. What about you?" he asked, as he held her close and rubbed the side of her belly.

JJ played with the material of Spence's t-shirt that lay under her fingertips. "The entire time, but I also knew that you were going to do everything you could to stay safe. I had to believe that you were going to be okay. It's the only thing that kept me sane." JJ replied with a soft quaver in her voice as the emotions of the last three days finally released themselves.

"Shh" Spence murmured as he pulled her in tighter. "It's over and we're all okay. Although I have to say, I really don't know what would have happened if Emily hadn't said she was the FBI Agent… "

JJ nodded her head against Spence's chest, making a mental note that once the team all knew about them, she needed to remember to thank Emily for what she had done.