This one is a tough one (I'd warn you)

Chapter Eight

"Spence, wake up! You're having a bad dream."

He woke up all sweating. "We were running behind the unsub but he kept laughing at us and then he killed Rossi right in front of us! We couldn't do anything to stop him!"

Reid felt Kristi give him a hug. "It's going to be okay. I'm right here for you just like you were there for me when I needed it."

"Cordelia stopped in front of me and said that it was my fault her Daddy was dead!"

"Baby, it's not your fault! We didn't even know he could be capable of this!"

Reid started crying, "First Gideon leaves. I find myself lost and just as I'm getting found Rossi is gone!"

Reid's phone rang. "It's Hotch." He answered trying to sound calmed. "Reid."

"Reid, I know it's a sensible time but wanted to know if you wanted to say something at the funeral today?"

"Hotch, I can't even think straight let alone think of what to say tonight!"

There was a knock in their bedroom door and Reid noticed that Kristi had gotten up and out of the room. After ending his phone call with Hotch he went to the restroom and washed his face and just as he was getting out the door of the room opened.

"Daddy we made you breakfast!" Geana said.

"What's for breakfast Gea?"

"Daddy, its pancakes!"

After breakfast with his girls and wife they got ready for Rossi's funeral. They were taking his coffin from the funeral home to the burial site. It wasn't that easy. As Morgan, Kevin, Hotch, Anderson, Will and Reid carried Rossi's coffin. Reid was remembering all those conversations on the jet, the funny, the not so funny. How we was there when Kristi was giving birth.

When Rossi left Reid stranded in the ditch in one of the case his fear of turbulence. Many sweet and bitter sweet moments and what he knew he would miss the most was his constant quiet "I believe in you."

As they were putting the coffin in place, Ashley was getting ready to speak.

"You weren't only my husband but my protector, my friend, my confidant and rock on those hard moments." Ashley said as she stopped to carry Cordelia, "You knew me better than I did myself. I didn't really care for our age difference."

Cordelia wiped a tear from Ashley's cheek and gave her a kiss, "You knew of my reason for saying no that it wasn't because of lack of love but I was afraid of giving you my heart and you would walk out the door. I am grateful for the moments that I shared with you, the many laughs and tears."

"I know you would want for us to celebrate instead of crying but how could I when my other half is no longer here? Know that you'll always have my crazy love for you! Baby, I always love you!"

"I love you Daddy!" Cordelia said.

"You've showed me what the real meaning of friendship was. You were there to give me words of courage when Haley died and you were there for Jack. Thank you!" Hotch said.

After few more minutes Cordelia got down Ashley's arm and went to Hotch's arms. As the people that were gathered began to put the flowers in the coffin and then the team the last ones were Ashley and her kids.

Reid heard the most wrenching cry he hadn't ever heard.

"Mommy make them stop! He doesn't like it!"

It was all the same cry Chiara was saying. "Mommy, I want to go with Daddy!"

He just turned around in time to see Ashley faint. As JJ and Kate were trying to help her Chiara cried harder, "No Mommy not you too. Mommy please! Mommy no Mommy!"

Emily, Kristi, Beth, and Garcia tried to say to her that it was going to be alright that nothing wasn't happening to Ashley to no avail.

"Chiara, Momma just fainted, she's okay. Calm down; look at me in the eyes. She's going to be okay." Benji said.

How did he do it? Reid had no idea but she wasn't crying anymore. When Ashley regained consciousness again Chiara didn't left her side.

The team left them alone to say goodbye to Rossi.

"Why did she faint? She was holding up so well!" Reid said.

"Well, from what she told me when I went with her to pick up clothes for the kids and herself that she had a dream were the Rossi was calling her but she couldn't see him and she entered the house he was already dead and the unsub was holding Chiara and said, 'I want to go with Daddy!' and then he killed her."

"No wonder why it affected her so much what she had said."

"I still can't believe he's not here with us!" JJ said tears streaming down her cheeks.

"How much love he had for her, he risked his own life to protect hers and the kids!" Morgan said.

Reid knew that he would had done the same thing Rossi did in order to protect his family.

I threw in there something that made him so special to me. How I wish he was here today...and almost had the chance to meet his granddaughter/grandson.