*Typo's fixed. That'll teach me to check it through after midnight*
A/N: Songs are:
I've Had The Time Of My Life/ Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
River Deep, Mountain High/ TinaTurner
When I'm 64/ The Beatles
P.S
Don't hate me…
Sitting in front of her mirror, Jessica checked her make up once more. New Year had been two days ago but Spencer's work friends wanted to start the New Year off with a party instead of a case. So much to Spencer's displeasure they had arranged a drink up at Ed's Karaoke Bar. She looked at his reflection spread out on her bed. "Let your hair down for once Spency." Pining her hair in place Jessica stood up and faced her boyfriend. "It'll be fun."
"I don't dance and I definitely don't sing."
"And you definitely don't have fun. Yeah hearing you loud and clear Mr Miseryog."
"What?"
"Oh it's something my grandma would say if anyone is being miserable. Mister Miseryog. Me and Daph were Missus Miseryog of course. If you can't be happy that its Karaoke be happy you get to spend the evening with me and then afterwards you get to take me next door and do very bad things to me."
By the time they got to the bar Garcia and Morgan where already up signing. Winding through the crowd they made it to the large table that the rest of the BAU were sitting at. Jessica was happy to see Kevin, Will and Beth were also joining them, at least that meant the conversation wouldn't all be about murder
"So I tell you something, This could be love because I've had, the time of my life."
"They the first up?" Jessica asked as she took her seat.
"They always are!" Cried Emily over the slightly out of tune signing. "So Reid, are you going to sign for us tonight?"
"Nope."
"Come on Spence! New Year, new activities." JJ raised her glass to him.
"Happy with the current activities, thank you."
"-the truth and I owe it all to you."
"So who's up next?"
"We are." Said Emily and JJ together with grins on their face. Beth looked nervous and everyone else smiled at Jessica. "Oh yes, Jess, we as in girls."
"What? Oh no I don't sing-"
"Oh go on Missus Miseryog." Spencer sat smirking at her.
"Fine, go fetch the biggest glass of something…alcoholic." Garcia and Morgan returned to the table. Thankfully the bar was quite busy and a few other patrons had their names down giving Jess plenty of time to get the drink into her system. All too soon their names were called and the BAU girls pretty much dragged Beth and Jessica up to the small stage. Standing in front of the screen Jess felt extremely out of place and akward. The music started and she discovered what they were singing.
"We all sing a bit in the order we're standing then altogether." Garcia instructed.
Turning the Beth Jess gave her a questioning look. "We're doing solos?"
"I'm just doing as I'm told." She replied. They got hushed by the other three women.
Garcia was the first up to start singing. "When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll, only doll I've ever owned. Now I love you just the way I loved that rag doll, but only now my love has grown." Jessica was impressed and having heard one of them sing started feeling less nervous.
Emily was up next and didn't seem the slightest bit nervous. "And it gets stronger, in every way. And it gets deeper, let me say. And it gets higher, day by day."
JJ took over happily, no doubt this was a favourite of the three, if not they had discussed this before hand. "And do I love you my oh my. Yeh river deep mountain high. If I lost you would I cry. Oh how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby."
Suddenly Jessica realised there was no one between the last perosn to sing and herself. She felt JJ nudge her to tell her she was next. Taking a deep breath Jessica fixed her eyes to screen, she knew the words but couldn't bare to look at anyone. "When you were a young boy did you have a puppy? That always followed you around? Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy. No I'll never let you down." Now that her bit was over she felt slightly confident, glancing up towards where Spencer was sitting she blushed when she saw him grinning and flash her a thumbs up.
"Cause it grows stronger, like a river flows. And it gets bigger baby, and heaven knows. And it gets sweeter baby, as it grows." Beth finished her part with a visible sigh of relief. She smiled at Jessica who was glad that now they got to get lost in the other threes singing for the rest of the song.
"And do I love you my oh my
Yeh river deep, mountain high
If I lost you would I cry
Oh how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby.
If I lost you would I cry
Oh how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby.
I love you baby like a flower loves the spring
And I love you baby just like Tina loves tosing
And I love you baby like a school boy loveshis pet
And I love you baby, river deep mountain high
Oh yeah you've gotta believe me
River Deep, Mountain High
Do I love you my oh my, oh baby
River deep, mountain high
If I lost you would I cry
Oh how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby "
The song was over and with a sigh of relief Jessica was able to return to her seat. Sliding back into her seat besides Spencer she smiled at him. "If I can do it, you can."
"Nice try."
The evening went by happily, JJ and Garcia both managed to get their men up once each. Emily disappeared for a moment and came back with a devilish grin but wouldn't answer anyones questions. Ten minutes later her plot was revealed. As a voice came over the microphone. Can we have the Dangerous Duo Hotchner and Rossi? Emily smirked as everyone laughed, relieved they weren't the ones put forward. Hotch made idle threats and Rossi stood smiling. "Lets wait and see what she's signed us up for before we decided her comeuppance."
Reluctantly the two made their way up, all eyes on Emily. "What are they singing Prentiss?" Asked Morgan.
"You'll see." Music started playing and Jessica grinnined. She knew the song straight away, she'd grown up listening to it due to her father being a fan of the band. The two men conferred for a second before looking over at the table. Rossi placed a arm around Hotch's shoulders and began.
"When I get older, losing my hair, many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out 'til quarter to three, would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?
You'll be older tooAh, and if you say the word, I could stay with you"
Without missing a beat Hotch took over to much woof whistling from Morgan.
"I could be handy, mending a fuse when your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside, Sunday mornings, go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?"
"Hey, isn't that Daphne?" Spencer nudged Jessica in the side and pointed towards the door of the bar. Looking over to where his finger was pointing Jessica saw her cousin looking around, clearly crying. Getting up Jessica hurried towards her.
"Daph! What's wrong?" In the back ground Jess could hear Rossi singing again.
"Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight if it's not to, dear
We shall scrimp and save
Ah, grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck and Dave"
"I. I…went to…he's…" Daphne dragged Jessica towards the bar and ordered three shots of vodka. Jessica glanced up and saw Hotch was finishing up the song.
"Send me a postcard, drop me a line stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine forever more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four? "
The drinks arrived and Daphne passed one to Jessica before downing the two for herself. "Son of Bitch had some tart with him."
"Not a friend?"
"Would you lay in a male friends bed in just your knickers? Actually don't answer that."
"Hey! Me and Grim were just really close and I was never in his bed in just knickers once we broke up."
"Well fine, one of them-" Daphne flapped a hand towards where Spencer sat with his work friends. "In bed with our little weirdo, in just their knickers?" Daphne ordered another three vodkas.
"Fine I get your point. For the record he's mine not ours." Again the drinks arrived and were drunk in the same manner as the last batch. Again Daphne ordered some more.
"Shouldn't you slow down? You'll suffer in the morning."
"Maybe a hangover will block out the betrayal." Taking her drinks she slid the third to Jessica, who by now was on her seventh drink of the evening.
"C'mon, lets go with Spencer his friends wont mind." Stepping away from the bar Jessica felt her head spin. She made her way towards the table using Spencer as a beacon to move towards. Dropping down besides him she giggled as Daphne threw herself into her lap.
Jessica giggled again when she felt Spencers lips brush against her ear. "Is everything ok?" Giving him a wonky grin Jessica shook her head. "Gold fish brain has his gold fish brain in his pants."
Downing her drinks Daphne wagged a finger at Jessica. "At least you know no one wants your little weirdo."
"Hey! Don't call him that, and I'll have you know he's very desirable!".
"Oh please! Anyone who likes being called Dr Reid in bed isn't a catch!"
Jessica turned to Spencer and shook her head. "I didn't tell her that!" Finishing the last of her drink Jessica knew she was past sober and Daphne was definitely rat arsed. In the back of her mind she could hear a voice telling her to stop Daphne but when she tried she just found herself saying something that added fuel to the fire and there was the fact that she was finding this funny.
"Jessica! Make her stop!" Spencer stared at his girlfriend who's drunk cousin was sitting in her lap, spurting out his secrets.
"She didn't have to!" Squealed Daphne. "Dr Reid! Oh Dr Reid! I've had to use earplugs." She declared to the rest of the table as they sat in stunned silence.
"Daphne, I work with these people!" By now Spencer was red in the face and Jessica was struggling to keep up with the conversation.
Daphne leaned over and grabbed his cheek. "You're hot when you're cross. Bet you couldn't handle me though."
"Yes he could!" Once again the voice from the foggy part of her brain had told her to stop Daphne and instead her voice had chipped in. "He could handle us both, might only last a hour or two but he could so handle us."
"Nah, he hasn't-"
"Stop it!" Spencer stood up and glared at them both. "You're both drunk and need to go home."
"Now you're talking!" Daphne grabbed the front of Spencers jumper and pulled herself out of Jessicas lap, who was still focasing on the fact that her lap was free when she realised what Daphne was trying to do.
"Oi!…Not here…" She giggled. "Don't look like that Spency, you'll love it, Ryan did."
"Ahh, he was hot!"
"You're going home!"
"Hey Reid, I'll give you a hand." Jessica saw Morgan stand up and saying his goodbyes, move around the table towards them.
"Ooo, now that is a hunk, I could understand you if you chased him for a year."
"C'mon you." Morgan helped Daphne up and away from the table while a still red but very stony faced Spencer took Jessica's arm and frog marched her out without saying goodbye to the others.
"Spency?" Leaning against Spencer Jessica lent her head against him and smiled. "I don't want to share you."
Something was wrong, for a start her head pounded and the nightmare she'd just had wasn't fading but seemed to becoming clearer. Felling cold Jessica groped for her covers before realising that they were beneath her still. Sitting up she clutched her head and looked around. She was in the clothes she wore the night before and her bed was slept on not in and there was no Spencer, plus she was in her apartment not his.
Why wasn't that nightmare disappearing? Getting up she left her room and knocked on Daphne's door. "Daph? Please tell me the thoughts in my head are nightmares."
There was a groan from within. "If it involves Michael being a rat and me saying really bad things to your weirdo. Then you're screwed."
"Dear god!" Hurrying through the apartment Jessica hurried out into the hallway and banged on Spencer's door. It was answered pretty quickly by Morgan.
"Ah, look I'm gonna be honest. He doesn't want to see you."
"Please I need to talk to him."
"Jess, when he's angry at someone, it goes on for weeks. Go next door and sit tight. I'll try and talk to him. I've seen him stay angry at JJ for weeks."
"But him and JJ are like-"
"Exactly leave it to-"
Suddenly Spencer was standing there glaring at her. The brown eyes that she loved staring into were cold and hash. "Look, what Morgans meant to be saying is this; If I didn't live next door, I'd say I never want to see you again. As I do, I don't want to talk to you. If you see me in the lift, use the stairs. If you are in the lift and see me don't worry I'll take the stairs. Now get away from my door." Jessica watched as he leant around Morgan and pushed the door closed on her.