Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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Emily stirred her morning coffee as she sat in the break room with Garcia, JJ and Morgan. Her navy pantsuit with a powder blue tank and JJ's form fitting grey jersey dress were in sharp contrast to Garcia's bright orange skirt and her white top with big orange flowers and a wide V neck that went almost to her cleavage. Her curly blond hair was swept into a messy updo while her friends both wore their hair neatly around they're shoulders. "Yesterday was a good day," Emily said, "I hope today goes as well."

"Yeah, it was great until I got home," Reid said as he breezed into the room heading straight for the coffeemaker.

"What happened sweet pea?" Garcia asked.

Reid poured his coffee, adding a liberal amount of sugar and turned to the group. "I walk in the house and Joanna's crying. I ditch my gun and go to the nursery to see what's up. Allie's rocking her and she looks upset. I asked her what was wrong and she tells me she took Joanna to the doctor for her two month checkup."

"Oh my God, there's nothing wrong with the baby, is there?" Emily voiced the dreaded question they were all thinking.

"No, but that's what I thought too, when I saw Allie's face. I'm sure my heart stopped; my mouth went dry; I couldn't breathe. Then she tells me the doctor said everything was great. Joanna's a happy, healthy little baby who's extremely bright for her age." The whole group seemed to heave a collective sigh of relief.

"So, why was Allie upset?" JJ inquired.

"I guess our daughter had to have her first immunizations and Allie couldn't stand it when they poked Joanna. She was hating herself for standing there watching while someone hurt her baby even though she knew it had to be done. The nurse told her Joanna might be fussy for a while, which she was, and Allie couldn't seem to soothe her. What made things worse was that when I came home and Joanna realized I was there, she was reaching out to me. She only wanted me for some reason which had Allie in tears. She was feeling like Joanna was blaming her for being hurt. I told her she'd forget about it right away, I mean, who remembers the pain of their first needles? I got Joanna settled and then went to work on Allie."

"You know what you need honey bunch?" Garcia told him.

"What's that?" Reid asked like a man who was in desperate need of an answer.

"You and Allie need a night out. You need to go on a date."

"A date," Reid repeated like it was the first time he'd heard the word.

"Yeah baby cakes, you and Allie seriously need some couple time. She's spent twenty-four hours a day since Joanna was born with an infant. I know you're home as much as you can be and take as much of the burden off her as you can but you two need some alone time. You and the lovely Allie should go out for dinner and a movie, or dinner and a show," Garcia elaborated.

"Dinner and a walk along the Potomac, holding hands," Emily said dreamily.

"Uh, yeah guys, that all sounds really great but haven't we forgotten someone, Joanna?"

"Of course we haven't forgotten her Reid. JJ, Emily and I would love to baby sit your little princess. You make the reservations for you and Allie and we're there. Right girls?" the other two nodded in agreement. "It's settled, you go figure out where to take your wife and we've got Joanna," Garcia told him.

Reid looked skeptical. He wasn't sure about this plan but the girls liked the idea and they would know what a woman would want wouldn't they? He dug out his cell and got the number for Eve's. Allie loved Eve's. Would she like to go to a movie or a show or maybe a lounge with soft music? If they went to a lounge, she'd want to dance. Oh well, if it made her happy, he'd dance.

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"Mendez," the guard said to Chico as he was leaving the dining room after lunch.

Chico, who was walking beside William for the trip back to the textile factory, stopped and turned in the direction of the voice. "Yeah," he said.

"It's your lucky day. You got the afternoon off. Your lawyer's here."

"My lawyer," the young man said, "Mr. Graham's here?" He turned to William, "I wonder what that means?"

"Well, Chico, you better go find out. I'll see you later." He patted the young man on the back and watched him walk away with Vince. He walked the rest of the way to the textile factory with his fingers crossed.

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"What do you mean, go on a date?" Allie said into the phone.

"I mean you and me, out for dinner and a movie, a show, some music in a lounge, whatever you want," Reid replied.

"W…what about Joanna?" his wife asked.

"JJ, Emily and Garcia will take care of her. I made reservations at Eve's, so everything's all arranged," came the quick reply.

"Uh, okay, I guess, I'll see you later then," Allie said as she hung up the phone. Sudden terror crossed her face. "Oh my God, what will I wear?" she said as she rushed into their bedroom.

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Lloyd met Chico in the same nondescript room as the last time he'd visited the prison. The young man looked anxious as he entered the room. "Mr. Graham," he said, "you have some news?"

"Yes Chico I do," Lloyd replied warily, wondering how his client would take the news he had. "Why don't we sit down?" After Chico was seated, Lloyd began, "I presented your appeal before the court and the ruling was handed down yesterday." Chico merely nodded his head in understanding. He didn't think he could breathe, let alone speak. "The court feels that due to the fact that you were a minor at the time of the trial and that the court appointed you a lawyer who you couldn't just fire if you were unhappy with her handling of your case and that, inasmuch as it was a fair trial, your lawyer, due to her lack of experience, missed taking advantage of all that the law allows. Therefore the court ruled that you could have a new trial."

"A new trial," the young man looked confused. "What good is that? I already had a trial."

"I know Chico, but this time you won't have Miss Crest as your lawyer, you'll have me. The prosecutor won't have as easy a time against me as he did against Julie Crest!"

"They'll still say that because I was one of los Guerreros that it was my fault, so what's different?"

"Chico, this time you have me. I can make them see that it wasn't all your fault." Lloyd tried to calm his client. "Chico, this is good news. The court could have said the conviction stands but they didn't. They could have overturned the conviction. That would have been the best outcome but we didn't get that either. We got the middle choice and now we have to make the best of it. You're in a better position than you were yesterday."

Chico nodded again, "If you say so Mr. Graham."

"Do you trust me to get you through this Chico?" Lloyd asked.

"Yes sir, Mr. Graham, I trust you," the young man surprised Lloyd as he unexpectedly jumped up and hugged the attorney, "Thank you."

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At 7pm Esther pulled up at the curb outside the Reid house. Emily had wanted to bring her car but once they'd hit the road, the girls had to admit they enjoyed the wind in their hair. The three women jumped out and headed for the front door where they were greeted by Reid.

"Joanna's sleeping right now," Reid explained, "but if she wakes up, there are bottles of breast milk in the kitchen. She likes her little pink bear that Aunt Emily gave her. She's usually pretty good if you rock her. The baby monitor's here," he pointed to the coffee table, "so you can hear her if she cries, but, uh, I always kind of like to check on her anyway. All the supplies for changing her are underneath the change table. There are some movies," he pointed to some DVDs on the coffee table as well. "Allie told me what to get. There's iced tea and soda in the fridge and there are snacks in the cupboard. Uh, I hope I didn't forget anything. This is the first time I've done this."

"Hi girls," Allie said as she walked into the room in a black and grey plaid skirt. It was full and ended mid calf. It was topped with a black scoop neck tunic. "Joanna's sleeping…"

"Reid already told us," Garcia said.

"There're bottles in…"

"Reid already told us," Emily added.

"She likes her little pink…"

"We know," JJ replied.

"Okay then," she turned to go and then turned back, "sometimes when she's fussy Spencer makes this funny face at her. He makes his eyes go really big and he sticks his tongue out. She laughs and laughs. I tried but she just looks at me like I'm a retard. I guess it's the eyes, what can I say? Anyway if you need to you could try it."

"We'll keep that in mind," JJ said, barely able to keep a straight face.

"Do you have our cell numbers? Of course you do, what am I thinking?"

"Allie, go with Reid and have a good time, we'll be fine," Emily encouraged.

Spencer put his hand in hers, "Come on, we don't want to be late for the reservation." Allie nodded and they went out the door together with a last wave at the three women who burst into laughter when the door closed. Reid opened the door of the SUV for Allie and then went to the driver's side and started the engine, backing out of the driveway and heading for DC. The blue Firefly parked down the street went unnoticed.

So, that was the wife, Sharon Webb thought as she watched the Reids' SUV drive down the street. The bitch was pretty but now, it appeared, there was another problem. Those two FBI agents and some chubby broad came but didn't leave when Spencer and the little wifey did. That could mean only one thing. They had a kid!