I don't own criminal minds. I know, I know its been forever since I last updated, but it has been crazy here. School is crazy right now, but I finally got this worked out. So hopefully this will be good.
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"What?" Reid asked in astonishment. He couldn't believe his ears. This couldn't be happening to him. This couldn't be real. "You're not serious."
"Yes, she's very serious," the captain said as he came over. "If something goes wrong, and you're by yourself Dr. Reid, then there is nothing we can do. But," the Captain said as Reid was about to protest and say that he could take care of himself, "if Miss. Andrews is there with you, she can watch your back."
"Why did you have to pick Austin?" Reid whined, "Why not one of my team mates?"
That was when Rossi stepped up. "Because we don't know anything about competitions, you and Austin," as Rossi said her first name he looked at her for confirmation that he could use it. As she nodded he went on. "You and Austin though know everything about it and you both can shoot a lot better than the rest of us."
Reid knew what he was saying made sense, but he was still going to argue. "Fine but why do we have to be engaged?"
At that Austin answered, "It would look a little suspicious if we came out there at the same time, not knowing that the other was going to be there, while they are in the middle of a killing spree and the FBI got here at the same time."
Before Reid could come up with a retort Hotch stepped in between them saying, "You both need to get out of here. If anymore of the locals come into the station, your covers are going to be blown before you can establish them."
"Fine," Reid said, getting back to what had brought them out to Texas in the first place, "We'll report in, in about a week." Austin and Reid walked out of the police station in silence, wondering how they were going to get through the operation without blowing their cover.
"So I guess you'll need an engagement ring." Reid said looking at her left hand, and seeing she had no ring anywhere on her hand. He suddenly felt guilty at the prospect of actually having to be close to someone that wasn't Rebecca.
"Spencer, I'm sorry." Austin said awkwardly. "I should have realized you were still grieving over Becky. I wasn't thinking."
Minutes went by and Reid didn't answer his new fiancé. He was still looking at her left hand, thinking. That was when he got an idea. It was totally selfish, but it could work.
Reid came out of his reverie just in time to hear Austin say, "I'll just go back in there and tell them that we are cousins or something like that." Reid grabbed her hand as she was turning to go inside, and swung her around more roughly then he had intended.
As Austin was swung around she tripped over her feet and she fell into Reid, making him fall to the ground. His arms wrapped around Austin as she fell with him. As they hit the ground Reid tightened his grip on her even more, making sure that she was ok.
For a few moments neither one moved, they just stared at each other. "Umm…" Reid didn't know what to say. "We better get out of here, before someone notices." He told her, saying the first thing that came to his mind.
They got up and walked down the street to a small restaurant and got a booth in the corner. "I'm actually ok with being your fiancé. But I was wondering if I could use you."
"Use me?" Austin asked, "What do you mean?"
Reid took a deep breath knowing she would say no to what he was asking. "I was wondering if I could use you to help me." He said, "to help me get over Rebecca and be able to go out with someone without feeling like I'm cheating on her." Reid knew that Austin would turn him down, but he also knew that his grieving over his wife had gone on for to long.
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Oh man I really hope this turns out the way I'm hoping it does. Well hopefully you like it. Thanks for reading.