Reid took out his pocket knife and opened the package that Lila had sent him. He looked inside and found a bottle of red wine with a note attached.

The note read:

Hey Spencer,
I'm in town for a little while, figured we could hang out if you're not to busy with work.
Love, Lila.
PS: My number is 323-555-6463

Reid stared at the bottle of wine, wondering what was going through Lila's mind, to have her think that he'd actually call her.

Reid put the bottle of wine away and threw away the note

The next day:

The team was given a the week off from work due to the case they had just solved.

Reid decided to take Allison to see some of his favorite places in DC.

While the father and daughter were at the Lincoln Memorial, Allison asked. "When are you going to call her?"

"Call who," Reid asked in return.

"Lila Archer," Allison stated.

"I'm not," Reid replied.

"Why," Allison asked.

"She probably wants to get back together, and I'm not ready for a new relationship," Reid explained.

"Ready," Allison asked.

Reid sighed and said, "Well I guess I'd have to tell you at some point."

"Tell me what," Allison asked.

"Before I found out about, a woman I fell in love with was killed right in front of me. Her name was-" Reid said but was cut off.

"Maeve," Allison guessed.

Reid looked at his daughter surprised and asked, "How'd you know that?"

"It's the password to your laptop," Allison reminded him. "Kind of a give-away right there."

"How come you never asked before than," Reid asked.

"I figured you'd tell me when you were ready," Allison said with a shrug.

"You're not one to pry are you," Reid stated.

"Only if I get really curious. So what was Maeve like," Allison asked.

"She was sweet, smart, funny, had an amazing laugh, beautiful, and amazing. I felt like I could tell her anything and everything, which I did," Reid replied, as he remembered Maeve.

"How did you two come to know each other," Allison asked.

"A couple years ago I was dealing with some major headaches, so after having enough of them, I reached out to her and sent her a few MRI's of my brain. She sent me a letter telling me what to and to call if I had any questions. I gave her a call, not planning to. From there I called her every Sunday for ten months or wrote letters," Reid explained.

"When did you two meet," Allison asked.

"Four minute and forty-six seconds before she died," Reid said as a flashback of the unforgettable night passed through his mind.

"I'm sorry," Allison consoled. "I shouldn't have asked."

"It's okay Allie. I kinda of already figured you'd ask about her sooner or later once she was mentioned. Sooner is better than later if you ask me," Reid stated.

"So, what's next on the map of famous buildings," Allison asked, changing the subject.

"How about a tour of the White House," Reid asked in return as he pulled out two tour tickets.

Allison stared at her dad in surprise, mouth agape,

Once she regained movement of her mouth she asked, "Are you serious?"

"Well given the rough start you've had since moving here, I figured something worth remembering was in order," Reid replied with a shrug.

"I've always wanted to go to a tour a of the White House," Allison stated.

"Well know you can," Reid said, handing her one of the tickets

Allison took pictures with her phone every chance she got, with her phone and would post each picture of Facebook right away.

She had managed to catch an image of her dad tripping over his own two feet, while reading from a pamphlet, straight into the tour guide.

When she wasn't taking pictures, she was listening to the tour guide talk about the history, behind the White House, and the presidents that had lived there.

Allison sat on the couch later that, scrolling through the photos she had taken of the day, with her dad.

When they got to the one of him tripping, they shared a good laugh over it.

"I still wish I had gotten it on video instead and could post it on YouTube," Allison stated.

"If you had done that, you'd be grounded," Reid pointed out.

"That's only if you had found out I did," Allison replied.

"Knowing Garcia, the minute she found it, she'd be laughing for twenty minutes, then sharing it with everyone in the world and on every site out on the internet," Reid explained.

"Doesn't mean she'd tell you," Allison said.

"I'd still find out eventually." Reid replied.

"True," Allison agreed.

Two days later:

While Allison was at school, Reid decided to call Lila. He didn't know why he was calling her. His best guess was that it was the conversation he and Allison had the day before.

After two rings someone picked up.

"Hello," the person said in the phone.

"Lila," Reid asked, making sure he had the number.

"Yes," Lila confirmed. "Who is this."

"Spencer Reid," Reid replied.

Lila let out a high-pitched squeal then asked, "You got the gift I sent you?"

"Yeah I did. I'll admit that I was surprised that you sent me something after so long," Reid stated.

"Look I'm kind of busy right now. Meet me at Marco's Bar at eight and we'll catch up," Lila said before hanging up.

Reid looked at his watch, he knew Allison wouldn't be home until around ten, if she and Nate decided to go out after school, so he could call her once she was out of school to see what her plans were.

At four o'clock, Reid called Allison.

After three rings, Allison answered.

"Hey Dad. I'm at the library with Nate and a couple other friends, when we're done here Nate and I are going to see a movie, then have dinner at Pizza Hut," Allison said, already knowing why her father was calling.

"What time do you plan on being back," Reid asked.

"Nine maybe. Why," Allison asked.

"Morgan is dragging me out of the apartment to hang out with the team tonight," Reid lied.

He didn't want to lie to his daughter, but he didn't want her to know that he called Lila.

"Where you going," Allison asked.

"That is on a need to know bases," Reid replied.

"Just don't come home drunk," Allison stated.

"Believe me, I'm not going to drink," Reid stated.

"I know. Look I gotta go. Bye Dad," Allison said and hung up.

Reid put his cell phone on the coffee table, got up and went into his room.

He decided to go ahead and put on something that was decent enough to meet Lila.

Author's Note: So what's going to happen with Lila? Will he fall for her all over again? Or will they just be friends? Stay tuned and find out. And I held true to my about how I would mention Maeve. I brought her up in away that didn't bring pain to our very fragile Reid. Stay tuned in for chapter 19.