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I'm really enjoying your positive feedback! Here's another long-ish chapter for y'all! Read and review please!

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Paige finally fell asleep around one-thirty in the morning. After being sure she was asleep, Rossi went in to check on her. He closed and locked the French doors to the balcony, and covered Paige with a quilt. She stirred lightly, then snuggled back into the pillow. He turned off the light and went to his own room, keeping both doors open so that he could hear her if she woke up.

He opened the door to his walk-in closet. He went to the back, obviously looking for something. He grabbed a shoebox labeled "Casey" and he went back to sit on his King-sized bed. He pulled off the lid. The first items on top of everything were two rings. His had been a simple gold band, with the words "David and Casey" engraved on the inside. Hers was simple as well, a similar gold ring, but with one large diamond set in it, surrounded by two smaller diamonds. The same words were engraved in it. He set them aside. Next, there was a picture of them. Her dark curls were framing, her light green eyes twinkling as she smiled. Her cheek was pressed up against his. He really had loved her. And now she was dying. He picked up the phone and dialled a number.

"Garcia..." came a sleepy voice.

"Hey Garcia, it's Rossi." He said.

"Is there a reason you're calling me at 1:45 in the morning?" She asked.

"Yes, it's really important. I need you to look up a Casey Haller. Find out what hospital she's in." Rossi said.

"Okay, I'm on it."

"Call me when you find something."

"Okay, will do. Are you going to explain this?"

"Later."

"I'll hold you to that, Rossi." She said.

"Okay, thanks Garcia, you're a life-saver."

"No problem." They hung up. Minutes later, Rossi dozed off, still holding the picture.

The next morning, Rossi woke up to Paige talking to him.

"Wake up, Dave. Agent Hotchner called and said our DNA test is at noon. It's 10:00 a.m. now. You might want to wake up and get ready. Agent Hotchner said it takes about thirty to forty minutes to get to the clinic from here." She said.

"I'm up!" Dave said. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah, I've been ready for two hours. I've been trying to wake you up forever. Oh, and a Garcia called for you, she said she'd tell you later, whatever that means."

"Okay, did you eat some breakfast?"

"No. I'm not hungry."

"Well, we'll get something after the test." He said. Paige just shrugged.

"I guess, if you really want to." She said.

"Okay, I'm going to jump in the shower really quick and I'll be ready in 10 minutes." Rossi told her. She nodded and left.

While Rossi was in the shower, Paige used the time to check out his book collection. She almost couldn't believe her eyes at how many books he had. Of course, she'd read most of them, but all of the beautiful copies together was exciting to her. She quickly got bored after looking at all the titles. She went down the hall and peeked into the kitchen. It was huge, with marble countertops, hardwood floors, and stainless steel appliances.

"Welcome home, Emeril," she said sarcastically. She decided to go out in the backyard. She went out onto the patio from the dining room. There was a pool and a hot tub, and lots of pretty landscaping. She didn't really have time to look at the whole yard, but she did see her bedroom balcony from where she was standing.

"Paige? Paige?" She heard Rossi calling her name.

"I'm out here!" She yelled. Rossi came downstairs and found Paige outside.

"Let's go, kiddo, or we'll be late!" Paige followed him out to the car. Rossi unlocked the doors, and they quickly got in and drove.

Traffic was light, so the drive to the clinic was a little shorter than expected. They walked into the building and signed some papers, then waited for the doctor.

A little while later, a short woman with red hair entered the waiting area.

"Rossi and Haller?" she asked. They stood.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Wilks. This will only take a few minutes, and your boss said to get the results stat." She said. "We should know in a few hours."

"Okay, thanks doctor."

Paige and Rossi sat in separate rooms, while two separate nurses drew blood for testing. They were soon on their way.

"Hungry, kiddo?"

"Nope."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"You don't talk much, do you?" He asked.

"Not really in a chatty mood." Paige said.

"Me neither," Rossi replied.

"Uh-huh." Paige smiled.

"I left some stuff in my office, is it okay if we go and get it?"

Paige brightened. "Sure, I want to say hello to J.J. and Morgan."

"Okay, you can do that." Rossi said.

Within minutes they were at the FBI headquarters in Quantico. Rossi headed to his office, leaving Paige in the bullpen.

"Paige?" Came a young-sounding voice.

Paige whirled around to find Reid.

"Hi, Dr. Reid!" She said.

"Hello, how are you?" He asked.

"Fine, just got back from getting the DNA test, we'll know soon."

"Oh, right, J.J. filled me in on that. Sorry to hear about your mom," Reid said awkwardly.

"It's no big deal," Paige said, before changing the subject. "Agent Rossi has a ton of books in his living room."

"Really?" Reid was captivated.

"Yeah, but I've read most of them, but there are a few there that I plan to read, that is if he lets me stay." She said.

Suddenly, Rossi emerged from his office, talking on his cell phone. Reid and Paige were only able to catch the end of it.

"Really, you're sure?" He asked. "Okay, thanks."

Paige looked at him quizzically. He came into the bullpen.

"Well, Paige. Um, that was the clinic that called." He said.

"And? What were the results?" She asked anxiously.

"Well, I guess I'm your biological father." He said awkwardly.

"That was fast. So does that mean..." she trailed off.

"Yes, you can stay with me if you like."

"Thank you so much!" She exclaimed and hugged him awkwardly, then quickly pulled away blushing.

"Yeah, no problem, kiddo." He replied. "I need to go talk to one of the other agents, so I'll leave you with Reid for a while. Reid, try not to bore her with statistics, please."

"Okay." Reid said as Rossi walked away. "I guess you get to read those books after all."

"Guess so," she replied, still in shock.

So what do you guys think? I wrote the ending at like midnight last night, so I don't know if it's all that great. And sorry about the wait, I couldn't get online with my laptop.