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Next chapter before the finale of this small fic! I'm very much enjoying doing this Reid/JJ ship, even though it's not something I usually do. When it comes to JJ, I like shipping her with Rossi more ;) Here's the next one!

Sunlight was filtering through the weeping willow trees of the garden where the ceremony was being held. There were lilies and irises in vases at the head of aisle and everyone was smiling looking around. Fran Morgan was cuddling her granddaughter in the front row and Emma, now calmed down after seeing her mother for the first time that day, was waving her hands in the air and giggling. Reid and Rossi were standing next to Morgan and were laughing at the nervous fidgeting the groom couldn't seem to contain.

"Man, she is gonna come down the aisle right?" he gulped. "She's coming right?"

Reid patted Morgan's shoulder. "She'll be coming down the aisle," he assured him.

"She didn't look like she was having any second thoughts when you went to take Emma to her, did she?"

Rossi rolled his eyes. Reid nodded calmly. "She seemed absolutely sure of marrying you," he said. In all honesty though, he hadn't been paying much attention to Garcia. His attention had been on JJ.

Morgan rang his hands together and sputtered, "You're positive that –"

"Morgan, shut up," Rossi said. "Garcia is coming down the aisle. End of story."

The string quartet started playing Canon In D and cut off Morgan's next comment of a possible catastrophe that could occur regarding his wedding and the bridesmaids started coming down the aisle.

It was then that Reid started to blank on his surroundings.

Everything became about JJ.

The light from the sun hit her hair that had been curled to perfection and it glowed so that Reid's mouth began to water as his mind began to think of a warm summer day with honey seeping through it. She was beaming as she carried her bouquet down the light pink carpeted aisle, her lips turned up in a small smile.

Oh my God, I think I might faint, he thought breathlessly to himself. His heart had quite literally stopped in his chest. She was breathtakingly beautiful, a perfect human being set on the planet to grace his life with light.

Oh no, now he was thinking in clichés. This was a serious case of the smitten blues for Dr. Spencer Reid.

Even when JJ reached her destination and Penelope began to walk down the aisle with Hotch, Reid couldn't bear to take his eyes off of her. She hadn't noticed he was still staring at her; she was too busy watching her best friend coming down the aisle with tears in her eyes. A delicate laugh bubbled out of her mouth when Emma let out a squeal of delight when she saw Penelope and began to wave her arms out in front of her, signaling she wanted her mother. Morgan was grinning like a fool and he took Penelope's hands when Hotch gave her over and moved to take his place beside Rossi as a groomsman.

Through all the events, Reid didn't focus on anyone but JJ.

He was mesmerized.

Eventually JJ's eyes did drift over to his and a light pink blush lit up her cheeks. He thought the glow only increased her loveliness.

However, Reid didn't want to miss everything of Morgan and Garcia's special day and so he focused in on them when the personal vows they had written were being spoken.

Penelope spoke first, her lips tilted in her classic smile when she was trying hard to contain her joy at something. "Derek, from the moment you mistakenly called me 'Gomez,' I knew you were the best looking guy I'd ever laid eyes on. Then you called me 'Baby Girl' and I knew you were my –" She paused to wipe her eyes and suck in a shaky breath. "My best friend." Reid smiled as Morgan laughed and squeezed both of his very-soon to be wife's hands. "You help me grow as a person every single day and have given me more happiness than anyone in the world. We have the most beautiful baby girl and I never want to spend another day without the two of you ever again." Laughing through her tears, she finished with, "I love you so much and with this ring, I thee wed."

After Penelope's vows, Reid and JJ's eyes met once more. JJ had tears in her eyes at her friend's words and she smiled warmly at Reid. An all new fluttering started in his gut and he shifted his weight to keep from jittering.

"Penelope Garcia, you changed my life the moment you turned around and questioned me for calling you 'Baby Girl,'" Derek murmured, letting go of one of her hands and using his thumb to wipe some of Penelope's happy tears from her cheeks. "You give me everything and more. You make me laugh and come alive. For the longest time I didn't think I'd ever find someone to share my life with. I don't know what I did to deserve you, but I'm glad I did it." Pausing to laugh, he added, "My vows aren't nearly as good as yours. I'm not very good with words and you know that. But…you and Emma are the most important people in the world to me and there's nothing I wouldn't do for you both. So with this ring, I thee wed."

When Morgan and Garcia were told they could kiss and everyone began to clap, Reid and JJ's eyes met yet again, this time the gaze lasting much longer. His face heated up when she smiled widely at him and he could very clearly tell there was a twinkle in her eye. Derek and Penelope broke their kiss and Fran gave Emma over to them.

"It was great watching the two of them finally tie the knot," JJ said as she and Reid met up as everyone was dispersing to go to the reception. "Don't you think?"

Reid coughed uncomfortably, not quite sure of what he should say. "Yes," he said. "Yes, it was. Their vows were lovely. Very well – well written. From the heart."

She looked at him as if trying to hide a smirk. "Yeah," she said. "They were really nice."

As she opened her mouth to say more, Reid blurted out in a high-pitched voice, "Will you save a dance for me?"

Both stopped mid-stride and JJ stared at him with wide eyes. But she didn't hesitate in saying, "Yes."

Nodding once, he started to take off away from her, leaving JJ very confused.

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JJ was sipping from a flute of champagne and watching as Henry and Jack were each eating a piece of cake. Penelope and Derek were sharing their first dance and currently were the only ones on the dance floor before others would be joining them. Her stomach was in knots at the prospect of the dance she would soon be sharing with Reid. He'd asked her rather suddenly and it had caught her off guard in more ways than one. She was shocked. She hadn't expected him to ask her to dance.

"Mom, Auntie Penelope picked the best cake ever," Henry stated simply, breaking her thoughts of Reid.

"It was pretty good, wasn't it?"

JJ looked up to find Reid smiling at his godson with his hands in his pockets. He'd loosened his bowtie and taken his tuxedo jacket off. For some strange reason her cheeks began to heat up once again and she felt a vicious fluttering in her stomach. The dance floor had started filling with other people; Hotch and Beth and Rossi and Strauss had joined the newlyweds on the dance floor, along with several other of their guests.

"Hi Uncle Spencer," Henry said, shoveling another mouthful of cake in his mouth.

Holding out his hand to JJ, he said shyly, "May I have this dance?"

Taking his hand tentatively, she nodded mutely. "Yes," she murmured, rising to her feet and letting him lead her to the floor. The song that was playing was a soft piano melody and she and Reid began moving in a perfect rhythm.

They spent several moments in silence. Reid leaned his cheek against JJ's and closed his eyes, breathing in her floral scent. The feel of his arms around her body made her feel warm and comforted. He was holding her like a treasure and she didn't know if that was how he held every woman like this or if he was holding her like this because she was something more to him than just a dance partner.

"This was a great wedding," she said lamely, meeting his eyes.

While she was mentally beating herself over the head, he smiled and nodded. "I agree," he said. "The two of them finally did it. I was about ready to do the proposing for Morgan myself."

JJ couldn't believe she was feeling this nervous, but spending time with Reid was making her feel queasy with butterflies. They were swaying to the music still and his hand moved to the small of her back so that she was closer to him. Suddenly the room was too hot and she felt her head start to spin. The only way to quell the feelings of dizziness was to look in his eyes and hold the gaze.

When the music stopped, they were still swaying and she asked softly, "Um, Spence?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you want to go outside?"

A grin the spread across his entire face lit up the room and he nodded. "Yes," he said confidently. "I would love to."

The two of them started to walk off the floor and towards the double French doors that led onto the balcony that overlooked the garden where Penelope and Derek had gotten married. Night had fallen and the full moon that Derek had asked Penelope they have their wedding under was shining high above them, shedding light down on them.

JJ couldn't help but think the light that hit Reid's eyes was romantic.

"Spence?" she asked. She decided she wanted to spill on how she was feeling. It was a wedding after all. Love was in the air, wasn't it? She decided she was going to take the plunge. He looked at her, not saying anything, but clearly listening. "I – I wanted to tell you that…" She couldn't figure out how to say this. A small giggle of nervousness bubbled out of her mouth. "Wow, I'm at a loss for words and I'm trying to figure out how to tell you –"

But he cut her off.

By placing his lips on hers and kissing her softly.

The gesture caught her off guard and she let her hands wrap around his waist, melting into his kiss. It was perfection in one moment. She didn't remember feeling a perfect moment as this aside from when Henry was born.

When he broke the kiss, she leaned her forehead against his and soaked up the feelings consuming them.

"Please tell me this is what you were going to say," he said nervously.

Putting her arms around his neck, she nodded. "This is exactly what I wanted to say to you."

"Woohoo!"

The two of them turned to see grinning Morgan and Garcia-Morgan and a little giggling Emma in Derek's arms. "A little love at someone else's wedding!" Penelope said excitedly, clapping her hands.

"I would have to agree," Reid said, looking over at the beautiful woman in his arms.