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A/N School started. I got like eight so far and a few projects. I also got a really big part in my school play. But enough about me! How are you?

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Reid opened the door. Phe followed him in closely and sighed.

"I am so tired!" She said flopping onto the couch. Reid smirked and leaned against the couch, looking down at her. After they arrested Victor Phe had went to the hospital with her father. Reid had gone home to change and bring cloths for Phe.

Its not that she looked bad in the dress, she looked amazing. But he knew that jeans and her favorite Rocky Horror Picture Show sweatshirt would defiantly be more comfortable. She looked a bit more normal too. Reid was used to her this way. She looked pretty when she was simple. Even the ringlets were starting to bother her.

"I know, baby. Me too. What are you thinking? Shower and then bed?" He said hopefully. Phe yawned and then nodded. Reid wrote a quick journal entry and then went to bed. As always Phe curled up in his arms. Her breath was warm against his neck.

"I love you." He whispered softly. The way he said it was somehow different. It was almost like he was saying it for the first time. Except he defiantly wasn't. Spencer loved her more than anything.

Phe smiled and kissed his neck. "I love you too." She said. She always felt different after big cases.

Emotional.

Especially after today. Her deepest secret had been revealed, a psycho tried to make her husband kill her, and then her father had been stabbed. Now that she thought about it had been an awful day.

But when Spencer told her that he loved her so sincerely, it just made everything perfect. She knew that nothing was wrong and nothing could hurt her. Phe was always being saved. This was a fact that made her crazy! She knew that she wasn't some fluttery damsel in distress. She was smart, a little shy, but she could be brave. But when she was with Spencer none of that mattered. She was happy to be the damsel in distress if he would be her knight in shining armor.

X

It hadn't been a bad day for everyone. Sarah was absolutely giddy. After the case was over Aaron drove Sarah back to her apartment and then walked her up.

"Do you-" She paused and turned to him, "um want to come in. I have coffee." She said shyly. Aaron smiled sheepishly at her and nodded.

They went inside and chatted over several cups of coffee. He told her all about his son and ex-wife and she mostly listened, but finally did open about her life. She told him about an abusive ex-boyfriend and just some other issues that she had.

Sarah felt a lot closer to him now that all their secrets were out. It was defiantly an odd way to start a relationship of any kind. But now she felt safer with Aaron.

After a few hours Aaron looked down at his watch. "It's late. I should let you get some sleep." He said.

"You don't want to leave." She said. Aaron looked confused. "I'm not profiler, but I can tell when someone says something they don't mean." Sarah was starting to feel a bit more confident, more like her normal self.

Aaron smiled at her. "Your right, but so am I. We both really need to get some sleep." He squeezed her hand genteelly, then he raised it to his lips and kissed her hand with ever breaking her eyes contact. Sarah blushed and giggled.

"Okay. But I'll only let you leave if you promise to let me make you dinner tomorrow night." She said, not letting go of his hand. Sarah really wasn't going to let him leave.

"Alright, alright. I'll be here. What time?" he asked. "7:30?" He asked. She nodded.

Sarah suddenly felt a little daring. She leaned forward and gave him a little kiss on the lips. "Good night." She said letting go of his hand. Aaron's smile was bigger than it had been in a long time.

X

In the middle of that night Phe had a nightmare. She squirmed in Spencer's arms and let out a little groan. She then shirked and jumped awake. Spencer jumped up to and wrapped his arms around her.

"What's the matter? Another nightmare?" He asked. Spencer ran a hand over her cheek and pushed her hair off her forehead.

Phe shook her head to try and clear her mind. "That night." She whispered. "When Dad found, I mean. It was so cold. I-I thought that I was going to die there. I gave up hope, Spencer. I wanted to die." She was sobbing now and pressed her face into his shoulder.

Her words terrified him too. He knew that the night in was a very long time ago, but the idea of her dying, the idea of never meeting Phe made him very upset. "It's okay baby." He soothed. "None of that matters anymore. Everything is okay. That woman will never come near you again." Spencer held his face in her hand. "Ever. Okay, I won't let her. "

Phe nodded. "Okay." She said. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. "What would I ever do without you?" Phe asked seriously.

Reid started to lay back down and pulled her with him. "I have absolutely no idea."

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

~Edger Allan Poe

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A/n Thank you to everyone who had put up with me! It took me a year, for some wild reason. So once again to all of my loyal readers (I hate sounding like newspaper reporter) who have put up with my awfully short and spare posts.