A/N: Okie. I hope ya'll enjoy this. I'm proud of it myself. Also IMPORTANT I will not be posting next week due to some family things so I due hope you will wait that week. I hope you like this. And I finally got Reid to sound statistic-y. Enjoy. Also, I cannot stop watching Reid tackle that guy from the season 8 finale!
"So how are the wedding plans coming along?" JJ asked as she came up to Reid's desk. Reid looked up.
"Good I guess." He said. "We're trying to keep things cost efficient."
"Wait, your families aren't helping?" JJ asked. "Do you guys know how much that will cost. I mean it's tradition for the Brides family to pay for the wedding and the Grooms to pay for rehearsal dinner and honeymoon."
"Actually Up until the 1980s, the rules about who pays for what were much more strict than now." Reid said. "Traditionally, the bride's family footed the bill for the invitations, announcements, wedding consultant, gown and accoutrements, reception, which includes site, food, flowers, photographs, videographer, and music, and transportation for the wedding party. While the groom's family paid for the marriage license, officiant, bride's bouquet, boutonnieres, rehearsal dinner, and honeymoon." Reid shrugged. "There's no way my mother could pay a part of that, let alone all of that. So Ara and I are just going to save up until we have enough." He looked back down to his paperwork, an iconic sign that that was the end of the conversation. JJ sighed and walked away, getting an Idea on how to help out.
Morgan knocked on the door to Garcia's lair.
"Enter!" She called through the door. "Only if you dare!"
"Hey baby girl." He said coming in.
"What's going on hot stuff?" She asked turning around to face him.
"I was thinking. We should throw Reid an engagement party." He said. "Kid friendly of course."
"I agree with you darling, partly because I was thinking the same exact thing." Garcia said. "We should see if we can get Diana here." She said.
"You think you can do it?" He asked. She looked up at him through her eyebrows.
"Honey, It's me." She said.
"And you can do anything." he said, planting a kiss on her forehead.
"You know what? We should get Arabella's family here too!" She said. She dialed the phone as there was a knock on the door. Morgan opened the and put a finger to his lips as he let JJ in.
"Shhh." He said to JJ as woman picked up the phone.
"Hello?" She asked.
"Hi Mrs. Knight." Garcia said. "My names Penelope Garcia and I'm with the FBI-"
"Has something happened to my Arry and little Elle?!" Mrs. Knight asked frantically.
"Oh! Nonononono!" Garcia said quickly. "I work with Dr. Reid and-"
"Oh thank goodness." Mrs. Knight said. She took a breath. "Now what can I do for you dear?"
"Well, uhm, have you heard the big announcement?" Garcia asked.
"That Spencer finally proposed to my Arry? Yes!" Mrs. Knight gushed. "It was so cute. He even called to ask Ronald if he could. Such a little gentleman. he hasn't been around much, but I'm sure you know why, with him traveling and everything. Especially at last minute. But Arry assures us that he's good at what he does. And he's saving lives so you can't hate that."
"He is very good at what he does Mrs. Knight." Garcia said with a smile. "He's our own resident genius. The youngest on our team. And we are proud to have him. Also, that's great you heard the news because we are planning a surprise engagement party for them and wanted to know if you and Mr. Knight could come an join us."
"We would love to." Mrs. Knight said. With quick goodbyes after booking their flight, Garcia hung up.
"Now my dearest JJ," she said turning around. "How can I help you?"
"I had to tell you guys this," She said. "I just found out from Reid that he and Arabella are planning on paying for everything themselves.
"What?!" Morgan and Garcia said at the same time. Both wore looks of shock and surprise on their faces.
"Is he insane? The kid has lost his damn mind." Morgan asked quickly. "They do realize how much weddings cost right?"
Isn't tradition the bride's family pays for the wedding and reception itself while the Groom's pays for the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon?" Garcia asked.
"It's not just that, Reid gave me a whole list on what the bride's family paid for and what the groom's family paid for." JJ said. "And Reid told me that because the only biological family Reid talks to is his mother and there's no way she can pay for it, that's why they decided they'd pay themselves."
"But," Garcia said with a puppy dog face. "We're his family too. Doesn't he realize that?"
"I know that and you know that." JJ replied with a sigh. "But we all also know how much he hates asking for stuff."
"Then we don't let him ask." Morgan said. "We tell him and don't give them a choice. They need that money for Ella's future. Ask Hotch, Rossi and Blake if they'd like to chip into helping pay."
"Ooh! I wanna see if I can chip into the wedding dress!" Garcia said bouncing. "I can just call Sonya and tell her about this."
"You and Sonya sure did click." Morgan said.
"She's just awesome-" Garcia started.
"Guys." JJ said getting their attention. "We should talk to the team after Reid leaves." Morgan and Garcia nodded in agreement.
Reid stood up and stretched. He looked at his watch. Seeing it was five, he sat back down and gathered his things.
"Going home to the little princess?" Blake asked him with a smile.
"Yeah." Reid said checking his messenger bag and desk. "And for some crazy reason, Ara wants me to help cook dinner tonight. I'm hoping that I don't set the house on fire."
"Good luck then." Blake said.
"Thanks." Reid said. "I'll definitely need it." He gave her a small smile and left. Two seconds later, JJ walked in.
"Did Reid just leave?" She asked Blake, who nodded. "Good. We got a 'family meeting' in the conference room."
"You want me to go get him?" She asked standing up. Morgan and Garcia walked into the bullpen.
"No, just go with Morgan and Garcia to the conference room." JJ said as she poked her head into Hotch's office. Within a minute, she, Hotch, and Rossi walked into the conference room.
"So what's going on?" Rossi asked.
"Well we got good news and bad news." Morgan said.
"Good news is we're having a kid friendly engagement party." Garcia said. "And Elenore and Richard Knight are coming, as is Diana!" She was nearly bouncing.
"You're getting Reid's mom here?" Blake asked.
"Mhm!" Garcia said, nodding vigorously. "I would have invited his dad, but given their history and how horribly he took the news of their engagement, it's for the best he's not invited."
"So what's the bad news?" Rossi asked
"I found out today that Reid and Arabella have decided that they are paying for the wedding and rehearsal dinner and honeymoon themselves." JJ said
"What?!" Blake, Rossi, and Hotch said. JJ, Garcia and Morgan Nodded.
"What? Is the kid insane?" Rossi asked.
"I said the same thing." Morgan said, shaking his head.
"After talking to Mrs. Knight," Said Garcia. "I can in fact tell you she will want to help out with it. She's completely ecstatic that Reid proposed."
"And we were thinking," Morgan started, "That with us being our own kind of family, we help out, if you all agree to that. Like the rehearsal dinner and honeymoon."
"Maybe even certain aspects of the wedding itself if needed." JJ added.
"I'm fine with helping him out." Blake said.
"I'm 100% on board with all this." Hotch said.
"Reid is like a younger brother or even a son to us." Rossi said. "And he hasn't had the easiest or best life. He deserves to be happy. And if that means we help pay for what should be the happiest day of the kid's life."
"At the party," Hotch said. "We will tell them this. And we don't let him say no."
"Rossi, Hotch" JJ said, turning to the older agents. "You two should be the ones to announce it."
I hope you all like this. I'm very proud of this. I love you my lovelys. And ideas are more than welcome here. I will miss you until my next up. My love dearies.
*IMPORTANT* I was thinking about inviting past agents to Reid's wedding. My first idea was Emily. But then I though maybe Gideon or Elle. I'm leaning towards Emily though. Your opinion is NEEDED. Please in a review!
~Littlemiss-RozaAnn~