AN: first thank: kdzl, spencefan109, Nymphadora-CullenBAU, Confetti Leaves, jump219, adamisjacksonisjasper. I get when I read and re-read reviews;) my first exam is Monday (!!!!) so I'll possibly be able to update more often;) anyway back to the story;)
Disclaimer:
I don't own any of the characters displayed below, they are all the property of CBS, expect some of the minor characters
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"so do you have some sort of fancy poker nickname?" JJ asked Reid. It was nearly 7'o clock. They had been trapped for almost 1½ hours. Emily and Dave had finally succumbered to their overwhelming fatigue. They had according to Emily "been going 24 hours only on caffeine". Rossi sat against the wall with his mouth slightly open. Emily had curled up into a ball on the floor (thank god it was a big elevator) and Spencer had generously lent her his jacket to use as a pillow. Aeron, Penelope and Derek were on the phone with, who seemed to be either their spouse or date. JJ and Reid ended up talking to each other, Reid not having a phone- and JJ not having anyone to call. "Yeah" Reid answered JJ question. Before when it had been a sort of 'group' talk he'd been relatively calm, but now one-on-one with JJ he was extremely shy. "What is it?" she continued, trying to pull out at least one decent answer. "It's lame really, it's 'Dr. Reid' or just 'doc'. In my defense I didn't choose it myself, it's pure Alice" Dr? JJ frowned "why did she choose the name 'doctor'?"
"Because I'm one. I have three PhDs" he said in a low voice. Now JJ was thoroughly confused "if you have three PhD's why do you play poker? Not to be rude" Now he blushed even more, but this time it didn't seem to be of shyness, rather it seemed to be from actual embarrassment. With a voice not louder than a whisper he answered "to be honest, money" when JJ didn't respond he continued "My dad left when I was 10, died when I was 15. We'd used all his life incurianse by the time I was 19. I was left to take care of a mentally ill mother and a 7 year old sister. I lived in Vegas. I needed money, and I needed them fast, and I'd always had nap for poker." He looked down at the floor. "So media consultant, huh?"
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"Well, see you Friday sweet cheeks" Garcia replied hanging up on Kevin. Penelope really liked Kevin and secretly hoped it would turn out to something serious. She turned to the two people sitting on the floor "do any of you chipmunks want to borrow my phone?" she asked. With a grateful 'yeas' Spencer took said object from her hand. Garcia dropped down beside JJ, just as Spencer stood up in order not to drown the two women's conversation. "So you and poker face, huh?" Penelope asked as soon as Reid was out of earshot. Ignoring JJ blushing Penelope continued "I have a feeling that Mr. Reid and miss. Jareau will become Mr. & Mrs. Reid one day" JJ sighed "first and for all: no. Next: it's actually Dr. Reid and Mrs. Jareau" Garcia looked at her bewildered "you're married?" JJ looked down "was, he died. Three years ago" JJ sighed "3 years and not a single successful date since" She closed her eyes. "Three years" Garcia blurted out "you gotta go for it with cute-card-boy there" JJ didn't respond. To be completely honest- she did think about it. Whenever JJ did date she always felt guilty, even when she was enjoying herself- especially when she was enjoying herself. Not with Spencer though, somehow she didn't feel like she was soiling her late husband's memory. Maybe it was because Spencer Reid didn't have anything in common with William LaMontagne, Jr. She couldn't subconscious compare them. JJ smiled she might 'go for it' at Penelope had described it. The two women sat silent for a moment. JJ half listened to Spencer's conversation.
"Hey Tom, it's me. I'm stuck in an elevator at my hotel. Tell me about it. Anyway it looks like I may not get out of here tonight. I just wanted to ask if you would swing by Alice tomorrow. I just don't like the thought of her waking up alone... The doctors say it'll be around 10'o clock.... Thanks I owe you big." He hung up. JJ looked at him. "Your sister is at the hospital?" he nodded reluctant and sat down again on the other side of JJ. "She has some sort of heart failure. This was just a minor operation, there were practically no risk." JJ bowed her head in sympathy "she was born with it I reckon?" JJ asked, trying to get as much information out of this man as possible. "Yeah" he swallowed a lump "my mother took anti depressive medicine for the first two months of her pregnancy" both women gasped at the thought of what that would do to an embryo. He continued "she didn't realize that she was pregnant. With the increase of stress due to my farther leaving, she'd changed to some stronger medication. All of what happened: the morning sickness, the missing periods and the mood swings; she just thought it was the medications messing with her body. She weren't that sick then. If she remembered to take her pills she was coherent enough, she was able to take care of Alice for the first couple of years of Alice's life. Alice was five when it started really going downhill. Alice has always been a smart kid. She was fully able to understand at the age of eight why her mother weren't able to live with us anymore." Garcia's voice called Spencer back to reality "and you got custody over your sister?" Reid shifted uncomfortable "yeas, both of us wanted it desperately. I still had some of our dad's life insurance left. I'd just started as an assistant researcher in a lab. Education wasn't an issue, already then it was obvious that Alice would be able to get a full scholarship to somewhere nice. It was first the year after that her heart failure was discovered."
AN: I know it wasn't that long, but hopefully I will be able to update soon. Several of you have said that you would like to see where this is going, to be frank I don't know ;) so if you have certain ideas (Reid meeting JJ's parents for instance) plz pm me, can be inside or outside of the Elevator