Hey guys, thanks for all the reviews and views. I will probably do one more chapter on this weekend, then a huge time jump if that's alright. I have a lot planned for the grand finale and I don't want to drag this story on to long. I was wondering if I should do a sequel? What do you guys think? Anyway please enjoy and review:)

chapter 43: First Date

I woke up sweating. My heart was racing. Coming to my senses I realized that it was just a dream. I'd seemed to of had a lot of these over the last few days. I sat up slightly, trying to calm myself down a little. For the last few nights I kept having the same dream. The same nightmare. Looking around, I saw that I had to get up anyway. I was going back to school today. I'd spent the weekend recovering. This manly consisted of Dad and me having a Harry Potter Marathon, but it had worked, my back and leg weren't aching as much. My arm was still a bit sore, along with my fingers, but that was expected. The medical tape was still on my face, which I hated, and I knew that it would cause people to stare even more. Getting up slowly out of bed, I made my way into the kitchen. Unsurprisingly Dad was there reading his paper.

"Morning, Stel." He said without looking up.

"Morning." I replied. Pouring myself a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee. I felt to full of nerves to eat it all. I was dreading going back. Everyone would stare. I was a mess. A freak. My hand was in a cast, my fingers were strapped, I had a limp, I had a long cut across my face and I had other various injuries.

"You'll be fine today, there's no need to be nervous." Dad reassured, still not looking up from the paper.

"How did you know?" I sighed.

"Stella you're my daughter, it's not that hard to tell what you're thinking and feeling." Dad smiled. I gave him a weak smile back, before I downed my coffee and headed off to my room. I slowly got changed into my uniform. I then moved onto my hair, trying to hide the cut on my face as much as possible, I decided to have my hair down. Leaving it natural would cover it up the best. Some teachers had emailed me the work I missed, so I wasn't completely behind. Hotch had rung up the school explaining the cover story. All the teachers and our friends thought that mine and Henry's injuries were due to a car accident. I finished getting ready, then I got my bag and walked into the living room. Seeing as I had time, I decided to look through my phone. Henry had sent me a text saying that he would see me soon and there was no need to be nervous. It was easy for him to say. Everyone knew him at school, people only knew me as the new girl.

"You ready?" Dad asked. I nodded and followed him out of the apartment to the car.

"Remember, I want you and Henry to come straight to the BAU after school." Dad stated. He'd been a little paranoid over the last week. The team still hadn't found anything on 'Moriarty'. This woman was good.

"Yes, I know." I replied.

"Good. Please be careful, I don't want to loose you again." Dad urged.

"Dad, do you really think I want to go through all of that again. I will be careful, I promise." I replied. I already had nightmares about what happened. I could do without any more.

"I know you will, but just stay with Henry please." Dad said. This made me laugh. "What's so funny?"

"I just can't really imagine Henry as a bodyguard." I laughed. It wasn't even that funny, but the thought made me laugh a lot.

"You'd be surprised. Apparently Morgan's been training him." Dad laughed back.

"God, as if there's not enough Morgan's in the world."

"We definitely don't need any more of them." Dad agreed. We'd spent so much time joking about I hadn't even realized that we'd pulled up to the school.

"Time to get out." Dad smiled.
"No, can't I just come with you to the BAU, I could train to be a profiler." I moaned.

"As much as I would love that, you need to finish your education first. Now get out the car and have a nice day" Dad replied. I moaned, but got my bag ready.

"Love you Stel." Dad called out.

"Yeah, yeah." I moaned. I got out the car and walked into school. I was so nervous I couldn't stop shaking. I walked through the corridors with my head down, so I wouldn't draw too much attention to myself. I made it to my locker and got out some of my books.

"Stella!" I heard. I turned around to find Grace and Sophie smiling at me. I couldn't stop the smile which spread across my face. It was so great to see them.

"Sophie, Grace! It's so great to see you." I cried.

"It's great to see you too. How are you? We've been so worried about the pair of you." Grace asked, giving me a light hug.

"I'm alright. A bit battered up, but I'll live." I smiled.

"A bit. That's a slight understatement." Sophie smiled. Giving me a hug as well.

"You should see Henry. And you thought he looked bad after Paul." I joked.

"What about me?" Came an all to familiar voice.

"Henry." We all cried turning around. I hadn't got a chance to see him over the weekend.

"Jeez, Stella's right you are a mess." Sophie joked. Henry nose was still bruised and swollen, and because he had short hair he couldn't cover up the cut on his cheek that well.

"You had us so worried. First you were sick, then you decide to get yourself into a car accident." Grace said seriously.

"It wasn't my fault we got into a car accident." Henry moaned, sticking to the cover story.

"Well by the looks of it you weren't wearing a seatbelt." Sophie commented.

"We were, promise." I smiled.

"Well by the looks of it, you've got a pink cast." Grace smiled, her whole face lit up. When they re-set my arm, they decided to put on a coloured cast. Luckily I only needed it on for four weeks.

"Go on, sign it. I know you want to." I sighed. Before I knew it Grace, Sophie and Henry had signed it and drew pictures on it.

"Aw, that's a lovely flower Henry. Very masculine." I laughed. Causing all of us to laugh. It was good to be back.

"Henry, Stella." Harry called out. Causing Jake and Adam to turn around.

"Nice nose." Jake laughed. Causing Henry to punch him slightly.

"Hospital changed you man." Jake joked, causing us to laugh.

"Stella, long time no see." Adam smiled.

"Yeah it's a funny story. First I feel through a roof and then I got into a car accident." I smiled.

"What were you doing on a roof?" Harry asked. Causing us to laugh.

"Is that a cast I see?" Jake asked.

"Go on." I sighed. It was going to be a black mess by the time I got it off.

TIME JUMP TO FRIDAY.

"Please tell me." I begged.

"No, you'll just have to wait." Henry replied.

"Please tell me now."

"No, just wait."

"You know how much I hate surprises." I moaned.

"Mr. LaMontague, Ms. Reid, if you don't shut-up soon, I will move you and you will have detention tonight." Mr. Kelly warned. He was our History teacher. He was firm but fair and I really like him.

"Sorry sir." We chimed at the same time. He nodded before continuing his lesson.

"Please tell me." I whispered.
"Nope. But if you carry on you'll get a det, so shush." Henry smiled. I glared at him. He told me to keep Friday free, so I had. Dad then got a phone call from Rossi asking if I wanted to stay at his over the weekend. He said that I could do with a break. At first Dad told Rossi that I'd think about it. That was until Henry told me it was all part of his plan. All I knew was Henry and I were spending the weekend at Rossi's. What that entailed, I had no idea.

"Fine, but I'm not happy." I sighed, before getting on with the work. This whole week had gone surprisingly well. Obviously there were the few bitchy comments, which I chose to ignore, but apart from that it had gone well. Henry and I had to report to the BAU everyday after school. The team was still working the 'Moriarty' case, but they hadn't progressed much further. As predicted my cast was a black scribbled mess, having been defaced by the team.

"You're going to love it." Henry whispered to me. I elbowed him in the chest, completely forgetting about his healing ribs. Henry let out a loud yelp, causing the whole class to stop and stare at him.

"Sorry sir, I just got a twinge in my ribs. Happens a lot really." Henry lied, playing the sympathy card.

"That is no problem Mr. LaMontague, but next time you get a 'twinge', maybe you should move out the way." said, seeing straight through the lie. Henry and I both blushed as he carried on teaching. The day had dragged. I just wanted it to be tonight. So I could find out what Henry had surprised. Find out what Henry had planned for our first date.

LATER THAT NIGHT

I walked up to Rossi's house. Well mansion. I thought Derek's house was big, but it was nothing compared to this. Dad was waiting in the car for me to get in the house. Dad knew Henry was here too, but he didn't know about our little date. It was strictly between Henry, Rossi and me. I had a bag with me, full of clothes for the weekend. I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to wear tonight so I decided to go with a casual grey dress. I also wasn't too sure how to do my hair, so I just straightened it and pinned up the sides. This is why I hated surprises, you didn't know all the important stuff! I knocked at the door and was surprised that Henry answered. He was wearing a blue shirt which matched his eyes and a pair of jeans, he decided to finish off his outfit with a pair of pink socks.

"Nice socks." I smiled.

"Why thank-you, Rossi has a no shoe rule in his mansion." Henry smiled back. I waved good-bye to Dad and stepped inside. Rossi was standing in the hall smiling widely.

"Hey Mini-Reid. Do I get a hug?" Rossi asked.

"Of course." I said running towards him. Rossi seemed to give the best hugs.

"Now, I've lent out part of my mansion to Henry. I told him that he can do as he pleases, as long as he doesn't leave too much mess. Now a few ground rules. You two may do as you like, but lets just say if there's a baby LaMontague/Reid in nine months, your parents will kill me." Rossi smiled. My cheeks burned a bright red, along with Henry's.

"Woah, Rossi, no, no, no. Please, never go there again. I think I'm going to be sick, no, no, no." Henry practically shouted.

"Well at least it put you off." Rossi smiled evilly.

"Bye Rossi." Henry said, pulling me away. He led me through the house and at first I had no idea where we were going. I was even more confused when he led me outside. But my confusion turned into shock and gratitude. There in front of me was a small table laid out next to the pool. Fairy lights were entwined everywhere, and roses were spread in the pool and on the table. The table already had food on it.

"Do you er, like it? If you don't I could always change it, or-" I interrupted Henry's ramblings with a kiss on the lips.

"I love it." I smiled. Henry was a tiny bit dazed.

"You love it. Great. Right food, pool. Sorry, I'm rambling, sorry." Henry muttered, his cheeks were bright red.

"Henry it's cute." I smiled. "Now, what say we eat, I'm starving."

"Sure. Follow me my lady." Henry smiled, bowing slightly. I followed him to the table were he pulled out my chair for me. I sat down and stared at the food in front of me. It was a large home-made pizza with my favourite toppings. Chicken, ham, olives and mushrooms.

"How did you know?" I asked, completely shocked.

"I made a few phone calls." Henry smiled.

"Let me guess, did Charley, Molly or Ellie, have anything to do with this?" I laughed.

"I couldn't say." Henry grinned. I rolled my eyes playfully, I took a slice of the pizza and ate it. It was really good.

"Who made this?" I asked.

"Um, me." Henry blushed.

"What! I never knew you could cook." I said surprised.

"Rossi helped." Henry replied modestly.

"Well it's very good." I smiled.

"Well sorry it's not restaurant standard. Mum wouldn't let me out without an adult. She only lets me go to school, but I have to go straight back to the BAU." Henry sighed.

"Don't worry. It's the same with Dad. It's as if I'm grounded. He's to paranoid to let me out." I agreed.

"Well let's just enjoy tonight and this weekend then." Henry smiled, earning a light kiss from me.

For the rest of the meal, Henry and I talked about pretty much everything. We talked about films, music, sports, books, things you're supposed to know about each other.

"What next, mysterious one." I asked.

"Next, I thought we could watch a film, but I have another surprise." Henry smiled.

"Lead the way." I replied. Henry stood up and took me by the hand. I couldn't help but blush. He led me deeper into Rossi's garden. We came to a maze of hedges surrounded by fairy lights. There on the floor was a pile of duvets and blankets. Standing a little behind the blankets, was a projector. Yet again I was surprised.

"Wow." I breathed.

"Rossi had the projector. Your friends helped me pick the movie." Henry blushed. I sat down on the pile of blankets.

"This is amazing Henry, thank you." I smiled. Henry blushed as he sat down next to me.

"Any time Stel." He said, kissing me on the cheek.

"So what are we watching?" I asked, trying to hide my blush.

"The Notebook." Henry smiled.

"Very Ellie, but I have to admit it's one of the only romance films I can bare." I smiled.

"Great, because I have never seen it." Henry admitted.

"Get out your tissues then." I smiled.

By the time the film finished it was late. But I was too happy to sleep. The night had gone so well and I didn't want it to end.

"How are you not crying?" Henry asked. His eyes were slightly damp.

"Because I don't cry at films." I admitted. "But I can't say the same for you."

"I'm not crying. I think I've just got some dust- oh, what the hell, it was a sad film." Henry laughed.

"That's why I love you." I smiled. Kissing him lightly. Well it started out lightly until Henry took over.

"I love you too." He smiled. He stood me up and walked me into the house. Rossi was no where to be seen, so I guessed that he'd gone to bed. Henry led me upstairs to the guest rooms.

"Your rooms the one to the left, but I thought that we could just chill for a bit." He suggested. I nodded in agreement. I followed Henry into the room. It had a large double bed and an en suite bathroom.

"Wow." I said the second time that night.

"That's exactly what I thought." Henry said. The room was pretty big, it had a docking system and TV included.

"I feel like I'm in a hotel." I laughed. In fact it was nicer than any hotel I had ever stayed in. I walked to the docking station and put my phone in. I thought some music would brighten the room up a little. I jumped out of my skin, though. The speaker happened to be on quite a high volume. Not wanting to wake Rossi, I swiftly turned it down. I turned around to see Henry in hysterics.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"For starters, what song is this? And trust you to mess up the speakers." Henry laughed. I hadn't realized that my phone was on shuffle. My cheeks burned. I had some pretty embarrassing songs on it. Just my luck for my phone to play the most embarrassing song on there, Children Of The Revolution from Moulin Rouge.

"For starters, I didn't break the speakers and this song is a classic. Have you never seen the Moulin Rouge." I asked.

"No, I haven't." Henry grinned.

"There's so much I need to teach you." I mumbled loud enough for him to hear. The song ended and yet another embarrassing song came on, Come on Eileen. Embarrassed enough, I decided things couldn't get much worse. So I started dancing around the room.

"You're mad." Henry laughed.

"Come on Henry!" I sang, instead of Come On Eileen. I was shocked when Henry joined me. We danced around the room like four year olds. We were jumping and thudding everywhere, really getting into it. We both forgot all the shit that had been going on and had a good time. We were both laughing so hard that we were nearly crying. We kept going till the end of the song. I had no idea how long it really was, because by the end of it, we were panting like mad.

"Why the hell were you just stomping around to Come On Eileen?" Rossi asked at the doorway. I jumped slightly and quickly paused the music. Mine and Henry's faces paled when we saw he'd filmed the whole thing.

"Why not." Was all I could think of. There was an awkward silence which made Henry and I burst out laughing.

"The pair of you are mad." Rossi smiled.

"It was Stella's fault, she started it." Henry laughed.

"Well I don't mind you prancing about, but just not so much that you cause my chandelier to shake." Rossi said.

"Sorry. I think we've exhausted ourselves enough for tonight." I smiled.

"Well I'm glad you've had fun. I must get to bed now. An old man like me, can only stay up for so long. Night." Rossi smiled, excusing himself.

"Night Rossi, and thank you." I smiled.

"Night." Henry said too. Rossi nodded and shut the door. I don't know why but Henry and I burst out laughing again.

"He must think we're insane." I laughed.

"I know, man I haven't laughed this much in ages." Henry said in hysterics.

"Me either." I smiled.

"I love my insane, break out into dance girlfriend."

"I love my insane, dance companion boyfriend." I replied. The rest of mine and Henry's night was a lot calmer. We mainly sat in Henry's bed and talked. I felt a warmth inside of me as I talked to Henry. Eventually my eyelids grew heavy and I struggled to stay awake. But I didn't want tonight to end, it had been so perfect.

"Just go to sleep you wolly." Henry said softly. I hugged him tightly as I let my eyelids close. I feel asleep surrounded by warmth and feeling loved.