Spencer walked into the diner and looked around. Agatha looked up from pouring a cup of coffee and smiled.

"Spencer."

"Ms. Agatha, Is... has my father come in today?"

Agatha looked at her watch. "He should be here any minute. Are you going to speak with him?"

Spencer licked his lips and nodded. Agatha smiled, largely. "Good! Good! I'll tell him you're here as soon as I see him. Sit. I'll get your order in a second, sweetie."

Spencer nodded before sitting down. He pulled out his phone, texting Ryan where he was, asking if she wanted to join him. Maybe if there was a witness, he wouldn't be so cruel. She texted back that she'd be there in a few and he put away his phone. He tapped his fingers against the table before looking out the window, thinking about things.

"Hey Dr. Incredible." Ryan teased and Spencer jumped. How long had he been looking out the window?

"When did you get here?" He asked.

"A few seconds ago, you were spaced out." Ryan said, kissing his temple. "9 more days until Mini's back."

Spencer smiled a little. "JJ's going to fly out with him Saturday night at 6:30pm and she'll stay the night and fly back the next morning."

Ryan nodded. "Sounds good. I can't wait."

Spencer grinned. "I kind of have the feeling you like Henry more than you do me."

"Well...maybe."

Spencer chuckled. "Maybe I should limit your time with-"

Spencer looked up as someone cleared their throat. Ryan looked up and bit her lip. "You must be Mr. Reid."

William looked at the girl. "Yes, William Reid and you are?"

"Ryan Williams, I... well, your son is my... boss."

Spencer looked at her. "She's my girlfriend."

Ryan turned to look at him with a slight smile. William looked at the girl again before looking at Spencer. "Wow, I mean, She's... It's nice to meet you, Ms. Williams."

Ryan nodded, a little flushed.

"Can I sit?" William asked, looking at Spencer.

Spencer nodded, reaching out for Ryan's hand under the table. She gave it a little squeeze, still a little shocked that she was sitting here, meeting his father. Did he understand that this was a big step or... he was kind of inept at these things. Maybe he didn't realize the magnitude of it. Not that he and his father was close. She was just over thinking. She rolled her eyes, now she was acting like him. She looked between the two Reid men, noticing the awkwardness.

"So...Spencer tells me you..." She trailed off, not knowing anything about the man. Spencer never spoke of him. She didn't know much about either of his parents.

"Have you met Henry, yet?" She asked.

"Henry?" William said, looking at Spencer.

"My son."

William licked his lips. "Ahh, no. I haven't met him."

Ryan looked back at Spencer, who was just watching his father. She squeezed his hand again, causing his eyes to move to her. He seemed to study her for a second, before turning back to his father. His other hand rifling through his pocket. He let go of the girls hand to pull out a picture from when they were at the M&M world. JJ had taken it. It was Spencer and Henry, holding hands, looking up at the towers of candy. He pushed the picture toward his dad.

"That's Henry and I."

William looked up at the man as he picked up the picture. Ryan watched as he looked at the picture. He smiled a little and he blinked quickly. Ryan smiled a little and turned away to look at Spencer as she saw his eyes get a little wet.

"He's beautiful, Spencer."

She watched as Spencer watched his father before swallowing difficultly. "He is."

William cleared his throat. "He looks so much like you at that age. Wow, you were so smart, even then. Do you know you were reading by then? With all your mother read to you, I know it seems ridiculous that you wouldn't be, but... you were two. and... you'd crawl up my leg, holding a book bigger than you were and sit there and just start reading to me. I was so proud of you, Spencer. I've always been so proud of you."

Ryan felt Spencer's fingers grasp hers and she ran her thumb over the back of his hand.

"I..." Spencer started, but didn't know what to say. William put down the picture, passing it back to him. Spencer looked down at it and sighed.

"He looks like he loves you a lot, Spencer."

"He does." Ryan said, nodding. "And Spencer is a wonderful father."

William smiled. "I wouldn't doubt it."

Ryan looked at Spencer who kept his eyes down. Ryan bit at her lip. "Can I ask you something, Mr. Reid?"

William nodded. "Sure."

"Both Henry and Spencer have this pout and I wonder if it comes from you or-"

Spencer chuckled, looking up at Ryan. "Are you serious?"

Ryan looked back at Reid. "What? I want to know."

Spencer shook his head, smiling at the woman. "Here we are having a stressed, tense conversation and you ask about a facial expression, it's just..." Spencer chuckled again. "Cute."

Ryan grinned. "Cute, huh?" She kissed him before remembering his father was there. She looked at the older Reid and flushed.

Williams looked between the two of them amused. "To answer your question, Ms. Williams, I think that is a Spencer Reid original."

Ryan grinned a little. "Ahh, well Thank you."

William nodded. "Can I have a moment to...speak with my son alone?"

Ryan looked to Spencer who nodded. She kissed his temple. "Sure, I'll go try and get information out of Agnes."

"Agatha." William and Spencer corrected and Ryan rolled her eyes.

"Whatever."

"She's...not what I expected you to go for."

"Like you would know something like that." Spencer muttered before looking ashamed. "Sorry.."

William shook his head. "No, you're right. I... I was thinking about the things you said..when you came to visit last time and I... You asked me where I was when you were in the hospital? I was there. I visted you while you were sleeping. They broke your ankle. The doctor said, they pushed you down stairs, right?"

Spencer merely nodded.

"And when you graduated high school, I was in the back row, second seat near the door. You hadn't had your growth spurts yet, so you were smaller than everyone and when you were giving a speech, your voice cracked. I wasn't at your college graduations, but you were on news. Local teen wonder graduates from CalTech with perfect 4.0 - I still have the tape. Jason Gideon called me after you found from your kidnapping and informed me of everything. He actually called me a few times that year. You were struggling."

Spencer looked down at the paper napkin in front him, ripping a strip off to keep himself occupied.

"But you got better...by yourself. You are a strong, brilliant man, who even at 5 years old could take care of himself. You did everything by yourself as a little kid. You taught yourself to read. You taught yourself how to tie your shoes, potty training, dressing. You were the most self efficient person I have ever met and you weren't even in school yet. I knew when I left, you'd be okay and I was right. You handled everything better than I ever imagined you could. You took care of your mother better than I could have and you did right by here, when you committed her. She needed more help than either of us give her and you were the one to give her that. You are definitely the better man, that's evident and that's not because of me...or your mother. That's all because of you and I could not be more proud of you."

"I still needed my dad." Spencer said, softly, still ripping up the napkin. "I needed-"

"I know, Spencer. And I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you. I'm sorry that I couldn't... There's no explanation for what I did, but the longer I stayed away, the more I convinced myself that you'd be okay, but I never stopped caring about you. I never stopped thinking about you."

"...Was it because of me you left? Because you thought I didn't need you."

William looked as his son raised his eyes, a lost little boy looking up out of the brown.

"No. My leaving had nothing to do with that, Spencer. I was always proud of you."

"But you always tried to get me to do things that I couldn't-"

"I just wanted you to know more than books."

Spencer looked down. Didn't he want the same things for Henry? He sucked on his bottom lip, looking at the pile of paper.

"I should get back to work." Spencer said, standing up. William looked at him.

"Okay...well..."

Spencer started to walk away before turning back. "Henry will be here in 9 days. Saturday. So will JJ... his mother...I..maybe..." he rubbed his head.

"Maybe we all could go out to eat. I'd...I'd like for you to meet him."

William stared at him for a second, uncertain if he was hearing the man right. "Sure. That'd be.. I'd enjoy that immensely."

Spencer nodded. "Okay. Well, I'll call the firm with a set time later, then."

William nodded, watching as Spencer walked towards Ryan. "Spencer." He called, causing the man and Ryan to turn towards him.

"I like the haircut."

A big grin came over the woman's face as she looked back at Spencer. "I win."

Spencer just chuckled.