Part 8

A little less than a week later it was time for their holiday to come to an end for it was February 1. They had enjoyed each other's company for two months, but it was time for them to go their separate ways for awhile.

"This is been a really interesting, but enjoyable experience," Rosa told everyone. She as well as Penelope and Persephone were now visibly pregnant, though she was showing more, simply because she was slimmer then the other two.

"Yes, it has," Dave said, as he gave Rosa a hug and a platonic kiss on both cheeks. "It's certainly been very interesting getting to know you and hopefully you'll join us for our next holiday."

"I'm sure we will," Rosa said and Spencer nodded in agreement.

"Yes, we certainly had fun," Spencer agreed smiling. "I enjoyed learning some of the history of Puerto Rico."

"You'll let us know when you give birth right?" Persephone asked.

"Yes, let us know whether it's a boy or a girl or even both," Penelope added mischievously.

"We will," Spencer promised, knowing that twins was likely considering he was a former werewolf.

"You do the same," Rosa added.

"We will," Penelope and Persephone repeated together.

"Before you go all of us have gifts for you Rosa," Dave said. He had been chosen to be spokesman.

Rosa nodded saying nothing about how it was unnecessary, because she would only offend both couples or at least Aaron and Dave who had been raised within the vampire community. There were certain things you didn't do and one of those was protest any gifts they gave you, especially if they did so with good intentions.

Dave took a ring box out of his pocket while Aaron did the same.

Rosa took the ring box out of Dave's hand and opened it to find a beautiful ring made out of platinum and silver with the Rossi crest. There were even little slivers of gemstones glittering from within the metal.

"Thank you it's gorgeous," Rosa said sincerely kissing Dave's cheek in thanks.

"You're quite welcome," Dave said kissing her on both cheeks in the Italian fashion for the second time.

Rosa then turned to Aaron and took the ring box he was holding out to her. Inside was a similar ring made out of the same materials, except it had the Hotchner crest engraved into the metal instead of the Rossi one.

"Thank you it's beautiful," Rosa told Aaron

"Both of us want you to wear both rings always, particularly when you go out in public," Dave said.

"These rings indicate that you are under our protection, the protection of two very powerful families as I'm sure you're aware. Spencer has been under my protection for a very long time, even before he was a vampire and Dave added his protection after they had met. Wearing these should stop many things from happening that might have in the future, as even most mortals recognize our crest and understand the significance of them," Aaron explained

"This is not true of everyone of course, so if something should happen to you or any child of yours that Spencer can't handle on his own he can call on us at any time and we'll come. I know not much can harm a vampire, but you never know the evilness that some people will do. These rings protect you and your future children, as we will come down on any offenders like the hammer of the gods," Dave added.

"I was raised within the vampire community, so I understand the significance," Rosa promised.

"Good, never take them off," Dave said.

"Or at least always wear them in public," Aaron added.

"If it's okay with you I'll have a necklace made with both crests," Spencer offered. "A necklace will be more visible then rings, so long as it is worn over any shirt or blouse."

"That's a good idea, so we'll have it done ourselves," Dave decided, but Aaron nodded in agreement.

Spencer wanted to protest he stopped himself knowing that it would do any good so he didn't bother.

Rosa put on the rings on the correct fingers and both Dave and Aaron nodded approvingly at this.

"Good, now that that's been done it's time for all of us to part ways for awhile," Aaron said.

"You just want to get Persephone alone," Dave teased him.

"And you don't want to get Penny alone?" Aaron asked with a quirked eyebrow.

"We've had plenty of time alone, even while on holiday," Persephone finally said slapping Aaron lightly on the arm.

"Besides, alone time is more important to Spencer and Rosa than it is to us four," Penelope added grinning at Dave's adorable pout.

"Penny's right you know," Aaron said smiling at his old friend. Dave had cheered up considerably after the anniversary of his original mate's death and gone back to being a gentleman. It had never occurred to Aaron that the reason Dave wasn't acting normally was because it was approaching that anniversary. Now though, that they had honored the woman that had been Dave's mate or at least the memory of her, since Penelope technically was her, Dave had cheered up considerably and the guilt, rage and sorrow he had been feeling had been put back into it's box.

"Yeah, she is," Dave finally admitted seeing that his pretend pout wasn't having the desired effect on his mate.

"We'll see each other again," Persephone offered. "Penelope and I are going to start girl time and hopefully Rosa can join us for at least some of them so long as Spencer comes along of course."

"I don't see why not. I don't see why I can't keep myself entertained for a few hours while Rosa's busy. She might not be able to stay for all of girl time for a few decades anyway, but that will eventually change," Spencer said finally

"So we'll pick activities that don't take more than a few hours for the next few decades," Penelope said. "The important thing is to spend time with each other without our men around."

"I think it such a good idea that it's something you should've instituted several decades ago," Aaron offered.

"And while you institute girl time, even if that's only for a few hours or even a week I think us boys will institute the same thing just to spend time with each other without our mates. I agree that it's something that we should've thought of doing several decades ago," Dave said.

"Especially now that the bond between us has matured to the point that it will do no harm to be separated for more than a few hours," Aaron said.

"Which unfortunately doesn't include Spencer and I at least at the moment," Rosa said.

"Your bond with Spencer will get there," Penelope said.

"The next couple of decades will pass really fast, you'll see," Persephone added.

"Yeah, they will as before I knew it 50 years was gone in what seemed to be a blink of an eye," Penelope remembered. "Dave and I certainly enjoyed ourselves in those five decades, though it didn't help that he was often gone for his work with the BAU. It seemed like we were constantly making love whenever Dave was home and I couldn't blame him for wanting to do that considering he was often gone for days."

"Which isn't the case with you and Spencer, since all of us have been retired for a long time," said Aaron.

"You're probably right," Rosa finally said smiling.

Finally the six of them departed for their separate planes and therefore, their separate destinations, but before they did the ladies had already determined when the first girl time would take place, which would be in six months and that meant sometime in July. Though they had decided to see each other again in six months, it was undecided as yet what they were going to do, but they had plenty of time to make that decision and also determine what they were going to do with their children who would be born by then.

~~~Dave and Penelope~~~

March 23

San Francisco

"Come on, sweetheart, you can do it," Aaron urged his mate. "You've done this on multiple occasions already, so it should be easy for you to get these children born."

Both Aaron and Persephone were aware that they were going to have at least twins, simply because they always had either twins or triplets. Both of them suspected that the reason for this was because Persephone and also her twin sister Penelope had a great deal of werewolf blood from their mother and werewolves had multiple's all the time, because in that way they were very similar to their real wolf counterparts. Also the fact that Persephone was a twin upped the odds of having multiples as well.

With Aaron's encouragement ringing in her ears Persephone pushed, as hard as she could and suddenly there was a cry of an infant.

"We have a beautiful healthy son," Aaron said as soon as he had cut the umbilical cord. "You just need to push a few more times and you'll have your second child."

Persephone did as a Aaron encouraged her to and soon there was the cry of another infant.

"We have a beautiful little girl love," Aaron said as soon as he had caught the baby that slid out his mate's womb and cut the cord.

"My stomach is still bulging, so I have at least one more baby in my womb," Persephone said.

"Well, you know what to do," Aaron told her with a gentle smile, kissing her tenderly on her dry forehead for vampires couldn't sweat. That didn't mean however, that Persephone couldn't get exhausted. "I have a pitcher of that artificial blood all ready for you as soon as our last child is born."

Persephone nodded and her expression turned determined. Persephone pushed down and then stood at the end of the bed watching everything. "Come on, love, he or she is almost here.

Persephone pushed down again and Aaron watched the entrance to her birth canal carefully. "Just one more push should do it and then the baby will be here," Aaron said.

Persephone did as ordered, even though she felt as if every bit of energy had been drained from her body, but suddenly there was a cry of an infant.

"You did it love," Aaron said. "We have another beautiful little boy."

Aaron placed the baby in the cradle that had been set up for him, just as he had done for his brother and sister before turning back to his mate. "Here you go sweetheart, just drink straight from the pitcher, since I know you're exhausted and don't worry about your manners. Besides, I think you deserve not to worry about anything for at least a day or two considering."

Persephone did as ordered knowing that Aaron truly wouldn't think her unwomanly with the manners of a pig if she did so. Aaron had told him more than once if there was any time to forget about her manners it was right after she had given birth. He didn't care if she drank out of a glass or the pitcher, especially not after she had been in pain for hours giving birth to their children. Persephone was grateful for his understanding, because she knew many men would have thought she had no manners at all if she had done something so uncouth, no matter what condition she was in at the time. Of course, she also knew that many men wouldn't bother to help her give birth either, so she was even more grateful to have a mate since they couldn't always find a doctor that was a vampire in the city they had decided to settle in.

"Feeling better?" Aaron asked, as he stood his mate's side running a gentle hand through her blonde hair.

"Much better," Persephone promised feeling new energy course through her body. "What I need now is a shower, but before I do we need to feed and wash the children."

"I'll take care of that if you want to go get a quick shower," Aaron offered. "I can certainly understand your need to get clean considering the hours of labor you just went through."

"Well… If you're sure…" Persephone said, looking uncertain.

"I'm sure," Aaron promised. "You know I can handle it."

"It's not a matter of you being able to handle it," Persephone immediately protested. "I just feel guilty for leaving you to handle all three of them on your own."

"I know that too," Aaron said smiling. "You'll feel much better once you're clean, so I want you to go get a shower. Most people don't like feeling dirty, even if it's all in their heads, but in your case you're covered in your bodily fluids, even if vampires can't sweat."

"Alright fine, I'll be quick," Persephone promised.

"Take your time I can feed these three and clean them up," Aaron promised smiling. Actually, if truth be known Aaron wasn't just smiling he was flat-out grinning from ear to ear he was so happy.

"You know now remember why I wanted to stop having children for awhile," Persephone said suddenly. "It was the intense pain associated with giving birth that made me want do not get pregnant for a few decades at least."

"Yes, unfortunately, even vampires can't avoid having pain when they're giving birth, even if we're invulnerable to damn near everything. Unfortunately, giving birth is a natural process and I think that God decided that if our females were going to have children then you needed pain to go along with it," Aaron theorized.

"Probably just to remind us that we're human," Persephone snorted. "Well, most people are human or at least mortal, which means they will eventually die," Persephone corrected a moment later. "In our kinds case, I think God decided that if we were going to be invulnerable to most anything well, that our pain would be even more intense when it came to childbirth as a way to remind us females not to get to full of ourselves."

"We don't have filters on our nerves unfortunately," Aaron sympathized. "Whenever somebody manages to cause us pain we feel it much more intensely than anyone who is mortal. There are other ways to hurt our kind as you know, though I admit it doesn't happen often."

"Yes, I'm well aware that there's not many things that can hurt us. Mostly other vampires," said Persephone and Aaron nodded because it was true.
"Still, we got three beautiful children out of the deal so I would hope it was worth it for that fact alone," Aaron said. "Believe me, if I could share the pain with you I would, but unfortunately, that's not possible."

"I know you would and it makes me love you even more," Persephone said. "It's also what makes you so unusual among other men I've met mortal or otherwise."

"I don't think I'm all that unusual," Aaron said. "Any man that loves their wife as much as I do you would want to share the pain with her if only so he could lessen it at least somewhat."

"There's not many people out there that would be willing to do that, but then I understand the point you're making. Most men would be running in the other direction if you even suggested that they share the pain of childbirth with their wife," Persephone said quietly, very grateful that she had met Aaron Hotchner two centuries ago. She still believed that he was one of the most unusual men he had ever met, but then so was his friend David Rossi her sister's mate, so maybe it had to do with the fact that both of them were centuries old. It was probably a mystery she would never be able to solve and it didn't really matter if she did.

"I'll be back in a few minutes," Persephone finally said kissing Aaron on the cheek before she headed for the shower.

Aaron watched her go smiling feeling so happy and contented that it was nearly surreal, but then he had felt like that at odd moments for 200 years now, so he was used to it. That didn't mean however, that he wouldn't always be grateful to have Persephone Garcia Hotchner in his life.

~~~Dave and Penelope~~~

"Meet your godchildren," Aaron introduced the three children to Rosa and Spencer.

"Oh, they're just the cutest things," Rosa cooed, as she took the only little girl from Persephone's arms.

"Yes, they are adorable," Penelope agreed, as she held her newborn son.

All three couples had had triplets and they felt truly blessed. Really, the only difference was in the sexes of the children. Aaron and Persephone had had two boys and a girl, Penelope and Dave had had two girls and a boy, while Spencer and Rosa had had all boys, though they had hoped for at least one little girl. They hadn't gotten their wish this time, but there was always next time.

"Thank you for naming me as a godmother I really appreciate it considering you hardly know me," Rosa told both couples, feeling honored to be named the godmother to six different children that belonged to the two couples that were quickly becoming good friends, especially the women.

"We know you well enough to know you're a good person and you'll make an excellent godmother," Dave offered.

"Spencer is already godfather to a lot of our children and it just makes sense to make you the godmother since the two of you are mated after all," Penelope added.

"You can expect to be godmother to a lot of our children," Persephone added.

"All of us are so happy that Spencer finally met his mate, as he's certainly been happier in the last few months then I ever remember him being before," Aaron offered.

"Next time Aaron and I have children it will be Dave and Penny's turn to be godparents, though hopefully, not for at least a few years."

"And then, it will be our turn after that," Spencer told Rosa who nodded agreeing it was a good system.

"There's really not that many people we know that we trust, not enough to name them godparents anyway," Dave explained. "I think we're incredibly lucky, all of us, that we have each other. Many of our kind aren't so lucky to have so many people that they're close to, not other vampires anyway."

"Yes, I know and agree," Rosa said. "I do have a few girlfriends, but I don't see them as much as I would like. Still, they do tend to pop up occasionally. So what did you name these cuties?"

"Well, we had a relatively hard time picking out names," Persephone admitted looking at Aaron. "We've had so many children over the years, that it's kind of hard to be original. Still, there're thousands of beautiful names from around the world, so we bought a ton of those baby name books and read them. "So we decided on Queran, which means dark and Fabion and was the name of several Roman emperors and quite a few saints for the boys and Abella, which means breath for our little girl.

"For Dave and I we decided in Yalena, which means light, Zuria, which means white, lovely and Altair for our only little boy, which means cheerful, glad or happy.

"Well, it looks like we all picked rather unusual names," Spencer said. "That's not really surprising though, considering how many children that the four of you at least have had between you."

"So what names did you pick for your three sons?" Penelope asked.

"Well, like the four of you we had a hard time deciding, but finally we came to an agreement. Rosa loves the Arthurian legends so we named one Cador who was the nephew of Arthur and another Balen, which means brave. I got to pick up the last one know and I decided on Jair spelle R, which means, my light and is American."

"Jair is more common nowadays, than it was back in the 20th Century at least spelled like that, as Jair is usually short for names like Jeremy and Jeremiah," Persephone said. "I don't think I've ever met anyone named Balen or Cador."

"Alright, so what if they aren't used much?" Rosa shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me. I mean why use a name's that's been used a million times before like Daniel, Jeffrey or Harold?"

"You know that's a very good point," Dave commented. "You didn't mention my name or Aaron's but they are still quite popular, even in this century."

"We might eventually use names like that," Spencer said. "As for your names they are classical much like Diana or Elizabeth, so they'll likely always be popular. Some names just remain popular throughout time while other's don't."

"I agree with that," Penelope said. "Your names are just too to classical to ever die out like some others."

"Not to mention nobody looks at you weirdly when you tell them your names, because they're quite common," Persephone added. "Most people don't know what thing about Greek myths and have never heard of the Persephone that was married to Hades the God of the underworld. Some people look at me with genuine sympathy for having such a weird name and I'm sure they think that I hate it or at least strongly dislike it when I really don't. At least Penelope's name can be shortened to Penny, but mine can't be shortened at all."

"Personally, I think your name is very pretty," Spencer told Persephone. "Yes, it's rather unusual, but then so is mine or Rosa's for that matter, her full name anyway."

"People with unusual names tend to have more character as a general rule anyway, although this is not always true of course," Aaron said. "A person with an unusual name tend to have more to live up to, though I've never understood why. It's just human nature."

"Even Penelope is not all that common, though I admit it's more common than Persephone," Penelope said. "The derivative of Penny is more common then Penelope and is often used as a regular name and not just a nickname."

"Well, they will grow into their names at some point," Aaron said smiling. "If you ask me more common names are overrated, though I know that all of us will likely use them at some point."

"Oh, by the way we forgot to mention that we wanted to name Aaron and Persephone godparents this time and the next time that Rosa and I have some children it will be Dave and Penny's turn," Spencer announced.

"We're honored," Aaron said and Persephone kissed his cheek in thanks for the honor.

"And I'm disappointed," Dave pouted playfully. "I would think Penelope and I would have been first considering I'm the one that turned you into a vampire all those decades ago now."

"Sorry to disappoint you," Spencer said smiling. "If we'd had four children instead of three or even just two it would've been easier to split them between you and Penny and Aaron and Persephone."

"But as we got an uneven number we felt it would be wrong to name two different sets of godparents, because one couple would get one and the other two," Rosa said.

"We felt that this would be unfair," Spencer added.

"Oh, give it a break, Dave you know they're right," Penelope told her mate in a exasperated tone. "We'll have our opportunity in a few years."

Dave immediately left off pretending to be upset, because for one thing he really wasn't and for another he didn't need his mate's ire. It wasn't often that Penelope got mad at him, but occasionally it did happen and he didn't want to be forbidden from having sex with her for at least a week. This was about as long as his mate could hold out when it came to them fucking each other senseless, but he also knew that Penelope was stubborn and would probably hold out at least another week just to prove a point. It was certainly possible now that the bond was more mature than it had been last time she had been mad at him, but still, he wasn't willing to take the risk.

"You will only have to wait a few years," Rosa told Dave smiling. "Considering how fast I got pregnant this time I doubt it will be more than three or four years before I get pregnant again and the time will pass fast. I only wish there was a way to prevent myself from getting pregnant when I don't want to be."

"That's what Penelope may have been wishing for decades now," Persephone revealed. "On the other hand, Aaron and I haven't had a child in 50 years before we had the triplets and Dave seems to think that it's related to the fact that we didn't give to any charity during that time, especially those that are a affiliated with the church."

"I'm not sure I believe that's the explanation," Rosa admitted. "I suppose it's possible."

"Well, why don't we just test out that theory when we want to stop having children for awhile," Spencer suggested. "We'll stop donating entirely and if we don't have any children in say ten years and I would say it works."

"There is an idea," Rosa said brightening.

"I firmly believe that Aaron's right," Dave said. "Penny I just suddenly stopped giving to any charities, because we couldn't find any that we were really passionate about like ones helping children. The ones that we were giving to went out of business for one reason or another and in some cases they were no longer needed, but that wasn't true or most of them."

"Yeah, unfortunately, that happens all the time," Spencer said.

"I suppose that if all of you stopped giving to charity and that's when you stopped having children every few years then it's possible that someone is watching us and respects generosity to those that need help," Rosa said, still feeling doubtful that that was the explanation
"I know it's a hard concept to believe in because not as many people are deeply religious anymore," Dave told Rosa. "Back when I was born religion was part of everyday life and not just something that you did once a week. It was a way of life more or less, but that's changed a lot over the last few centuries and a lot of things influence the lack of faith in mortals."

"I believe we'll test out your theory next time we don't want to have any children, but that won't be for a long time," Rosa said.

"Which is okay," Spencer said. "I'll be happy to test out that theory sometime but not now considering that these are our first children ever, something I never wanted when I was mortal, because I would've passed on the werewolf gene and that wasn't something I was willing to risk."

Spencer didn't mention his mother's schizophrenia, but everyone in the room was aware that was another reason that Spencer had never had children or even gotten married when he had been mortal, so it didn't actually need to be spoken out loud.

None of them could really blame Spencer for that either, because he'd had a front row seat to watch his mother fade little by little as the schizophrenia took her over more and more as the years progressed.

"Here why don't you help feed these precious darlings, as the job won't take as long if we all participate," Penelope suggested.

"It's not like I need to practice Penny," Spencer said smiling a little. "I have three of my own after all that were born about the same time yours were, except for a couple of days."

"Still, Penny's right, a lot of hands make light work and the task will be faster," Persephone said.

"Well, I suppose it's about time to feed ours anyway before they start wailing loud enough to bring down the house," Rosa said smiling.

"That's not really possible, although I know it will probably seem like that since there are nine of them," Aaron said smiling. "Still, we have to be grateful that they cry a lot less than mortal children as they only do so to be fed and because they want attention."

"We also should be grateful that they don't have any of the problems that mortals do colic for example," Spencer said.

"That's true," Dave agreed wholeheartedly.

"So let's get this lot fed so that they won't start wailing as if the world coming to an end. They're only a few weeks old, but still it won't be long before they're past the stage of being fed out of bottles."

"No, that stage doesn't last very long about 3 months," Persephone agreed. "I'll go fix some bottles."

"I'll help you, as it won't take as long with two of us," Penelope immediately offered.

"I'll help too and that way we can get it done faster," Rosa said.

The three women disappeared into the kitchen and the men watched them go with amused smiles.

"You're very lucky you know that don't you Spencer?" Aaron asked his former subordinate. "Rosa is a wonderful person and you're extremely lucky to have found her."

"Believe me, I agree with you a hundred percent," Spencer said smiling in the direction of the kitchen. "She's already made my life so much better than it was before and I'll always be grateful that we literally bumped into each other that day in New Orleans."

"And you should be because finding your mate isn't very common," Dave offered. "The world is a very big place after all as there are billions of people in it."

"Not to mention the colonies on other planets, which lessens a vampire's chances of ever finding their mate considerably," Aaron added.

"Yes, I know," Spencer promised. "I'll be grateful every day that we found each other. I'm certainly glad though, that you all like her so much, since you are my family."

"I like her a lot," Dave said. "I'm sure we'll become closer over time. As for Penny I can tell you honestly that she adores Rosa and is looking forward to those girl time vacations that they talked about."

"Yes, I like her a lot too and I'm sure we'll also become closer at some point," Aaron agreed. "Persephone also likes her a whole lot and I'm sure that Rosa will become as close as a sister to our mates over time."

"It takes time to become close with someone," Spencer said calmly. "I mean the three of us worked together for many years along with Penny and all of us became close doing that time, but we also faced danger together, even if a vampire can't be killed by bullets."

"But we can be killed by fire and if you will remember we were in that explosion that one time," Dave said, as he actually shuddered as he remembered. "That was way too close for comfort and Penelope sure did yell and scream at me about it afterwards. I couldn't even blame her, since I know very well I scared her nearly to death. She made me swear to be more careful in the future."

"I definitely agree with that," Aaron said not liking to remember how he and the rest of the team had nearly been blown up once. "I got yelled and screamed at by Persephone to when she heard from Penelope about the explosion and how close I had been too getting myself blown up, which is something I prefer never to repeat."

"Neither do I," Dave immediately agreed grimacing as he remembered his mate's anger. "I don't ever want to scare Penelope like that again and not just because of the yelling and screaming, but because it would destroy her if she lost me. I would be perfectly happy if her lecturing me for hours about being careful never happened again, but lets be realistic, it's bound to happen again at some point."

"Well, we're no longer members of law enforcement in any form, so I don't think we need to be too concerned about being caught in something like that again," Spencer offered, kissing one of his beautiful son's on the forehead grateful that he had survived or he never would have met Rosa or had his three sons.

"Disappointed that you didn't have any daughters?" Aaron asked, as he watched his former subordinate.

"A little, but not much," Spencer said sincerely. "This is only the first time that Rosa has been pregnant since we met. We'll have plenty of opportunities to have daughters, though I'm afraid that males run rather heavily in the Reid line. Still, the odds are in our favor, as Rosa will never get too old to have children, so I'm not to worried, you know? I would've loved to have at least one daughter, but that just didn't happen this time and it's not like either Rosa or I can control what sex we're going to get."

"That's a very mature attitude," Dave said approvingly, not really surprised at Spencer's answer, as he had always been more mature than his years would seem to indicate, even back when he had been mortal.

Spencer just shrugged not responding.

"He's always been really mature and you know that, Dave," Penelope said, as she came out of the kitchen carrying nine bottles on a tray.

"Yes, he has," Aaron agreed immediately. "Even when he joined the FBI at just 23 he was much more mature than a lot of the older agents."

"Alright, enough of the praise," Spencer finally protested. He would have been blushing if it was possible to do so. "Let's just get these nine fed before they start bringing down the house with the sound of their wails."

Everyone else except Spencer exchanged glances when he wasn't looking, but the subject was dropped for the moment as they all took a bottle to feed one of the children it not mattering who's child it was.

The older adults chatted to each other as the babies sucked their bottles dry at a rapid pace and Rosa couldn't help smiling as she observed the scene while joining in the conversation.

This was what family should be and she was looking forward to getting to know all of them better and she had plenty of time in order to do so.

It had definitely been the best day of her life when she had met one Spencer William Reid and she couldn't wait to see what the future would bring.