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Thanks for the reviews on the first one of this little tale everyone! I'm so happy you guys like it :) I've never done a JJ/Reid ship before and when I do write JJ it's usually with characters from other shows, so this is somewhat new territory for me! Thanks for the reviews and support and here's chapter two!

Oh, and I said in the first one that this was going to be a three-shot. It's actually going to be four chapters.

Chosen Character: JJ
Assigned Character: Reid
Three prompts: A wedding mishap, a bridal gown, and wedding vows

JJ was down on her hands and knees with a few pins sticking out of her mouth as she worked to fix the tear in Penelope's wedding gown. After her friend had calmed down, the woman they had doing makeup was cleaning up her face and reapplying the eye line and mascara that had begun to run when her tears had started to fall. Penelope had worked hard to make every inch of her wedding perfect and a tear that had somehow emerged in her dress had sent her over the edge. The fact that she was apart from her daughter for the longest time since she had gotten pregnant wasn't helping her. JJ knew how she felt. When she'd first had to be separated from Henry when he was a baby, it was excruciating when she had to go off on a case. Now that he was six years old, it was easier, but she still hated being apart.

"Thank you, Jayje," Penelope murmured softly. "I appreciate it."

She smiled up at her friend. "No problem, Garcie," she murmured. "You just concentrate on getting yourself calmed down. We'll have this fixed in no time. Then you can get your ass down the aisle." Her grin widened and Penelope smiled back with the same amount of wattage.

"I hope you don't think I'm being a bridezilla," she said, rubbing her temples. "I'm really not trying to be."

JJ rolled her eyes. "Please PG," she muttered, taking a pin out of her mouth. "You spend more time with your baby than planning your wedding. Your wedding is beautiful and no one had a single problem with you. Seriously, you're every florist, caterer, wedding planner's dream."

"Aww! Thank you," Penelope said with a grateful smile.

JJ rose from the ground after she'd fixed the little mishap with the gown. "All done," she said, patting Penelope's cheek. "Now, I need to get my hair finished up and then we can get to the garden."

Penelope took her hand and gave it a squeeze. "Okiedokie."

As JJ sat back down in her chair and the stylist resumed her work, she said, "You're right, you know."

JJ arched a brow at her. "About what?"

"Your friend really is the best bride we've seen come through here," she said with a smile. "I swear you would not believe how many brides come sit in our chairs that demand we fix everything over again. Sometimes twice over. It's dreadful."

"Penelope is one of the greatest women I know," JJ said. "She's a great friend and an even better mommy."

The stylist smiled. "Yeah, I've met her daughter once," she said fondly. "She's adorable. Looks just like her." She met JJ's eyes in the mirror. "How about you? Do you have any children? You seem like you would be a great mom too."

JJ smiled proudly. "I've got a little boy," she said. "His name is Henry. He's six."

"Aw, that's so sweet," the stylist responded with a grin. "Is he with your husband?"

Coughing uncomfortably, JJ said, "Er, we're not married anymore, but yeah…he's with him."

"Oh…" There was an awkward silence and she murmured, "I'm sorry. Got any plans for a wedding romance?" Her brow cocked and she turned the conversation in a more light-hearted direction.

Almost immediately JJ shut down. Her mind didn't stop racing, but her body did. She grew quiet, but her brain ended up on Reid again. She couldn't get his eyes out of his head. His absolutely drop dead wonderful eyes. She wondered what she would do when she actually saw him. Derek and Penelope had lilies and irises as their wedding flowers and therefore one of each would be pinned to his suit jacket. It would look good on him, she thought.

Really good…

"Ah…" The stylist smirked and let out a small laugh.

JJ's face snapped up. "What?" she asked. "Is something wrong?"

She smirked. "No, nothing wrong," she said. "You just have someone on your mind already. I can tell."

"Wha – what?" she stammered. "No I don't. I'm just thinking about everything left to do. We have to make sure that Emma is in her little dress and –"

"Oh, no no no!" she laughed. "You've got some beau on your mind. Feel like sharing?"

She took a deep breath, but did say, "He's…a coworker," she admitted. "I've known him for years. I just don't think I could get him out of his shell. I mean, I've never seen him with any girl. There was one girl, but there wasn't really anything there."

"Girl, you've got to make your move!" she said, putting the curling iron down and swiveling the chair around to face her. A huge smile was on her face and she added to JJ, "You're all finished. You tell that boy how you feel."

JJ smiled softly, still haunted by Reid's eyes. "We'll see."

XXXXX

Reid, Rossi, and Derek had all gotten outdoor garden where the wedding was taking place. Hotch, who was walking Penelope down the aisle, was already there, Jack and Henry with him and looking sharp in their small suits and bowties. Henry had specifically asked for the bowtie and Reid was happy to oblige his godson.

"Looking sharp boys," Rossi said, putting his arms around both of them and grinning.

Jack looked up at him and grinned back. "Thanks Uncle Dave," he said.

In Derek's arms, Emma began to cry and he kissed the top of her head. "Oh, my baby girl misses her mama," he said, rubbing her back in an attempt to comfort her. He glanced at Hotch. "What time are the ladies getting here?"

Reid looked at his watch and said, "If they are to be on time, they should arrive in four minutes and thirty seven seconds." He didn't say anything about it, but he was excited to see them, not because he was wanting to see the bride, but because he was wanting to see JJ. He wondered how she would look in her dress. Penelope had picked ruby for her bridesmaid dresses and he wanted to see how JJ looked in it. Most likely lovely. More than lovely; beautiful.

"I can take Emma to them," he offered, almost a little too eagerly. "You know…seeing as you're not allowed to see the bride, Morgan."

Kissing the side of his crying daughter's head, he nodded. "Thanks Reid," he said. He looked reluctant to leave Emma, but eventually managed to hand her over to Reid. The baby who had been crying at first was now screaming.

"Let's get you to your mommy," Reid said. And with that he set off with a purposeful stride and a grin on his face, excited with the prospect of seeing JJ in her beautiful bridesmaid dress.

XXXXX

JJ opened the door for her, Emily, and Penelope where they were setting up before heading outside for the ceremony. Emily was finishing last minute checks on the bouquets while JJ knelt down to make sure the pins were staying Penelope's dress.

"How're you hanging in there?" she asked, looking up at her best friend with a smile.

With happy, glittering eyes, she answered, "I'm feeling fantastic. A lot better, too. Still nervous, but better."

"Good," JJ said with a nod.

A mere second later, a knock sounded on the door and opened to reveal a screeching Emma Morgan and a calm Spencer Reid. JJ's heart started to flutter in her chest. He looked more handsome than she could've imagined. In her head she could hear the hair stylist's words of, Go get him, girl in her head. At that moment she wanted nothing more than to take that advice and throw herself into his arms.

Penelope had sprinted away from JJ's inspection of the dress and was at Reid's side in a second. She held out her arms to take her daughter and murmured, "Oh, baby." She began to whisper soothingly to Emma and almost immediately the cries began to settle to small sniffles.

JJ was glad that for a moment all the anxiety of the wedding was out the window for the bride.

"How's she doing?" Reid asked, coming up to stand beside her. Instantly the smell of his cologne filled JJ's nose and she felt her brain cloud up. It took all her energy not to lean closer and smell him. She beat herself on the head internally for thinking something like that. Smell him? What kind of person was she? A stalker? Either way it was creepy, even to her, the one who had thought it.

For a moment JJ focused her gaze on something else, like Emily taking Emma's dress out and getting ready to help Penelope slip her into it. Eventually though she couldn't keep her attention from drifting completely to Reid. And just like she expected, when she met his eyes, she became putty in his hands.

She realized then that she would do anything for this man, this friend who meant so much more to her than just a friend.

Clearing her throat, she said, "We had a little scare with the dress at the salon and she was a little teary eyed over missing her baby girl, but other than that she's fine." She smiled fondly. "Jittery and nervous, but fine."

"You know," Reid starting, putting his hands in his pockets, "statistically most women on their wedding day are –"

Laughing, she held up her hand and said, "Spence, as much as I'm sure this is an amazing fact, I think we should just focus on the occasion and not the data that comes with it."

Sheepishly, he smiled. "Oh…" he laughed nervously. "Right…you're right."

Changing the topic, she punched his arm lightly and asked, "Hey, speaking of babies, how's mine doing? Is your godson behaving well for the men?"

"Like a trooper," he said proudly. "Henry is all dressed and ready to go. His bowtie looks rather spiffy if I do say so myself."

JJ laughed. "I can't wait to see him," she admitted. Quietly, she added, "Do you think Will's upset he wasn't invited to the wedding?" In all honesty, she had wondered about the answer to the question. After all, he had been on friendly terms with Morgan and Garcia, even after he and JJ divorced. But in the end Penelope asked JJ if she wanted him there and when JJ's response had been less than clear, she decided to mark him off the guest list. Even though it was her wedding, Garcia was thinking of everyone else but herself primarily. In fact, her biggest concerns had been how to have Jack, Henry, and Emma all in the wedding with her and Derek.

It made JJ proud that her son and Jack would both be carrying the rings down the aisle.

Reid, for some strange reason, stiffened at the mention of Will, peaking JJ's interest.

What was that about? It wasn't as if Will was a bad man. He and JJ just didn't fit anymore.

"Er, you know, I really couldn't say," he responded cryptically.

Before JJ could ask him why a profiler couldn't read a man like Will, Penelope let out a triumphant noise. "Oh my goodness, Emma you look so, so beautiful!"

By now the baby was in the miniature ruby red dress her mother had made specifically for her and was giggling happily in her mother's arms. Reid seemed to take this opportunity to avoid the topic of Will. JJ made a mental note to bring it up with him later.

Yet another knock sounded from the door and everyone turned to see Hotch poking his head through the door. A small, rare smile lit up his face and he said, "Fran is here to take Emma and I'm here to take Garcia."

Reid and JJ looked at each other once more and he said, "Well, I guess I'll see you at the end of the aisle." He noticed the blush that crept up her cheeks and immediately corrected himself. "Oh! Well, in the sense that I'll be seeing you at the end of the aisle…not…actually, marrying you…" Before he could embarrass himself further, Reid waved his hand and started off in the direction of the door.

Nice going, Reid! he chastised himself as he made his way out the door.

He didn't see the smile that JJ had on her face when he turned his back.