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Disclaimer: As always, I do not own Criminal Minds or any of its characters.

Chapter 16 – Back To Normal?

After breakfast, Reid was quietly washing the dishes in the kitchen. He looked over his shoulder and saw that Elle was sitting on the couch, leisurely flicking through the television channels. Mrs. Greenaway was taking a shower and both Vincent and Rafael were out of the apartment.

"Elle," he called out.

"Yeah?" She asked curiously as she hopped up off of the couch and strolled into the kitchen.

"Do you want to get out of the house?"

She raised an eyebrow. "And do what?"

"I don't know," he shrugged. "Whatever you want…go to the movies, go shopping, go for a walk. It doesn't matter to me. I just want to know if you want to get out of the house for a change in surroundings," he stated considerately.

"Is this your way of asking me if I want to go back to work?" She asked smiling. He turned around so that they faced each other and he slowly walked towards her. "I'm not going back until next week because you know that Hotch won't let me."

"But you do want to go back to work?" He inquired nervously.

"Yes," she laughed. "You know how important the BAU is to me, but from now on I won't be allowed out in the field because of the baby," she absentmindedly rubbed her stomach, "so you have nothing to worry about. I am fine though, and ready for work, I promise. I'm used to a nightmare every now and then," she muttered.

"You're really strong," he replied softly before kissing her on the forehead. The truth was, he would fall to his knees for Elle. He loved everything about her. She was the most incredible woman that he had ever met in his life.

"You give me too much credit," she argued. In her eyes, he was much stronger then her. He had gone through so much in his childhood, especially with his mother.

"Do not," he mumbled as his lips once again met her skin. One of his hands moved to lie atop of hers on her stomach.

"When are you going back to work?" She asked in a low, husky voice, sufficiently adding to the intimacy and intensity of the moment.

"Hotch said that I can wait until you come back. He said that…th…that would be fine," he stuttered awkwardly. Why the hell was he stuttering? He thought that he had overcome his nerves when it came to Elle. Although, it was oddly refreshing and comforting that they still had some aspects of a fresh relationship when they had already been through so much. His hands brushed down her arms and came to rest on her bandaged wrists. "How do you feel?"

"Fine," she breathed, and she was being honest with him. "Can we go back to normal now?" She pleaded desperately. He looked at her confused. "I mean forget Ken Decker, forget Gerald Miller, forget about other people and just get back to us and the fact that we're going to have a baby?"

"Of course," he squeaked.

"Can we go back to bed?" She asked as she began to sensually rub his abdomen through his t-shirt.

"Yeah, if you're sure that that's what you want." He did not want to pressure her into anything, but he would love to feel connected with her again. He didn't want to sound like a sap or a lovesick, high school boy but sex with Elle was fireworks and sparks and everything that it should be.

"It is. Back to normal, remember?" She smiled as she took him by the hand and lead him down the hallway.

She opened their bedroom door and pulled him inside. He turned around and closed and locked the door. Elle wrapped her arms around his shoulders and started to kiss him softly. He reciprocated fully and gently placed his hands on the small of her back.

"Let's strive for better then normal," he chuckled after pulling back from a kiss.

She smiled back at him. "Okay, better then normal." Their lips locked again and he began to walk her towards the bed.

Things could never truly be back to "normal". But maybe they could be better. Elle was moving in with him and they were having a baby. Neither Spencer Reid nor Elle Greenaway had ever experienced a normal day in their lives, so his goal wasn't to achieve normal. He had much higher expectations then that, and thankfully she did too.

The End

A/N: So, I hope that anyone who enjoyed reading this story is satisfied with the ending because I am very happy with it. The next installment of this series will focus on Elle's pregnancy but I cannot tell you when I will start to post that. I'll have to see how things go. So I hope that you enjoyed, and if you did, or you didn't, let me know! Review!! Hugs for all. lol. :) Thanks for reading!!!