Title: Forever His

Author: pikachucranstongirl

Story Category: Criminal Minds

Rating: Teen

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds, which is owned by the Mark Gordon Company. I just own Alexander Langston, Gabriella Chambers and Roxanne Hammond...I also don't own Nickelback's Far Away, N'Sync's Gonna Be Me, and a quote from Saturday's Warrior...so please don't sue

Inspired By: Nickelback's Far Away in a twisted reincarnation sense

Summary: He's always loved her as Alexander Langston and Spencer Reid. When it comes down to it, he will find her...because she was always meant to be his.

Characters: Alexander Langston(OMC)/Spencer Reid, Roxanne Hammond/Gabriella Chambers(OFC)

Pairings: Alexander Langston/Roxanne Hammond, Spencer Reid/Gabriella Chambers

Universe: AU with Canon ties...

Chapter 2:

Gonna Be Me

'You've got no choice, babe, but to move on and you know there aint no time to waste. You'll do just fine, you'll see, but in the end you know its gonna be me…'

Nsync, Gonna Be Me

28 year old Spencer Reid hadn't forgotten his childhood promise to Gabriella. In fact, she'd just vanished off the grid. Asking Garcia to search for her would be the last resort. In the time that had passed, Spencer found himself believing more and more in both love and soul mates, suspecting that Gabriella was his. Lila and Austin had piqued his interest, yes, but he missed her.

"So Reid, who have you been looking for?" Prentiss asked. "And who is that girl?" She had seen him looking at Gabby's picture in his wallet.

"A friend of mine." he answered vaguely.

"And she's blonde…" Morgan had a smirk on his face, reminding Spencer of the smirk on his face when he had teased Spencer about Lila. "Let me guess, she's the one who started it all?" Spencer rolled his eyes.

"This is the only picture I have of her, Morgan. I haven't seen her since before my father disappeared." JJ, Morgan and Prentiss stared at him. "I called her mother recently. Marcie hasn't seen her since nineteen, when they had a huge fight about her godfather performing his duties."

"Wow, sounds like she had daddy issues real bad." JJ paraphrased.

"The man that helped give life to her died when she was 15." Spencer explained. "JJ, daddy issues are an understatement. Marcie told me that Gabby said his chance to help parent her has passed."

"Ouch. I hope that whoever the guy is, he doesn't take offense at that." Morgan commented.

"He doesn't because she's right." Rossi cut in. The remaining team members stared at him. Rossi shrugged. Spencer couldn't believe what his mind was telling him - Rossi couldn't be Gabriella's godfather. There was no way.

"You?!" Spencer squeaked, making the others look at him.

"Yes, me. Here, this is for you. Put it to good use. If you don't, I'm going to be pissed at you, Reid." Rossi put a piece of paper on Reid's desk. "She's been hurt three times. If you make it a fourth…" Spencer gulped at the unspoken promise.

"I won't hurt her." He promised.

Spencer drove to the address indicated on the piece of paper. He had no idea if Gabriella would welcome him into her life as she once had. He hoped that she would because he wouldn't know what to do with himself if she didn't. Parking on the street, he went up to the door and knocked on it. A woman opened the door as far as the deadbolt would allow. "Gabriella Chambers?" He asked. A spark of recognition ignited on her face.

"Spencer? Just a minute." She closed the door and unlocked the deadbolt then opened it again. "Hey!" she murmured as she hugged him. "Sorry." She apologized. "Come on in. Lemme guess, Rossi."

"Uh, what about Rossi?" he asked as he stepped foot into her house.

"He's the only one that has my address." She answered. "I don't want my mother coming here." Gabby pointed out as she sat down on the opposite sofa to where Spencer was sitting.

"So, how are you doing?"

"Fine. I work as a cop now for the DC department." She told him as she fiddled with her fingers.

"Rossi told me that you've been hurt one too many times." He still had no idea what to say to her. They'd been apart too long for their old habit of finishing the other's thoughts.

"Yeah. My last boyfriend was a serial rapist. Wish I could've seen that coming." Spencer looked at her in shock, wondering if he had raped Gabby.

"Did he…" He asked, still shocked.

"No. I wouldn't let him touch me with a ten - foot pole before I found out." Spencer laughed, making Gabby frown. "I'm serious. I was reeling from my last breakup." She shook her head. "So, you were right, Spencer…love doesn't exist, or if it does…"

"Don't finish that sentence. You deserve to be loved, Gabs. By the right man." Spencer declared. Startled, Gabby shut her mouth.

"I still haven't found my Mr. Right yet." she finally pointed out. Spencer thought of that conversation when he was eight. It was a conversation that he thought a lot about recently. "Maybe he's forgotten about me. It wouldn't be the first time I was abandoned." Gabby was saying as Spencer looked at her.

"Abandoned…by me?" He asked.

"No. I'm referring to my mother not telling Rossi that I was his godchild until I was 10." She answered, then looked at him from head to toe. "Look at 're still as thin as a toothpick." The old joke about his overall looks calmed and made him smile.

"You're shorter than me."

"Oh, nice comeback, Spencer. Girls are supposed to be shorter than guys, if you haven't noticed by now." The look that Spencer got was amusing to say the least. It reminded him of when he suggested something that Gabby didn't like.

"Why do you think your Mr. Right has forgotten about you?" he asked, trying to steer the conversation away from himself.

"Because he doesn't care." Her green eyes glanced at the clock.

"Why wouldn't he?" Spencer was beginning to get angry. "Seems to me that he'd care a lot about you." Spencer cared a lot about Gabby for him to make that promise to find her when he turned eighteen.

"Why are you asking me about my Mr. Right? You don't believe in soul mates, Reid."

"Come on…I said that when I was eight, Gabs. Don't hold it against me." Spencer pleaded. "I love you, Gabby. I was young and…well, you said it yourself back then, boys mature half as fast as girls mentally. Give me a chance, Gabs." She stared at Spencer.

"If I give you a chance…I'll be proven wrong - that I can't survive without a man, and I've done pretty well without one so far, Spencer Reid." She replied, looking ashen. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Spencer nodded and wrote something on the back of a paper card.

"Here's my phone number in case you want to talk, Chambers." Spencer suggested coldly as he used her last name, handing her the card. "It's been nice to see you after all these years. Thanks for hearing me out at least." That didn't mean that he was giving up. After finding her again, Dr. Spencer Reid would never settle for friendship where she was concerned.

When Gabriella walked into the office the next morning, she caught sight of a small vase of roses - red roses - on her desk. "Hey, Rawlings, did you see who put these flowers on my desk?" She asked her partner with a frown.

"Didn't they come with a card?" John Rawlings asked in return, shooting his younger partner a grin. "I remember Hernandez snickering over it, saying that it was about time you got a boyfriend." Gabby smacked her forehead. She picked up the card.

It read,

One chance. All I'm asking is for just one chance to prove to you that I love you. Please, Gabs…

Spencer

"Oh, Spencer…" she murmured as she looked at the roses. Spencer had told her a long time ago that red roses meant romance. "I should have known that you wouldn't let it rest."

"Who's Spencer?" Her partner asked.

Author's Note: Gabby has a lot of explaining to do now to John. Read and review, please!