2 days later

Zoe was released from the hospital after a couple night of observation due to two separate head injuries. One the first night she was there, her insurance agent called back. Along with the money from the house, her mother's life insurance was finally available, and in total, she'd be getting just under half a million dollars.

She cried.

The morning after that, Spencer had sent over the list of apartments. Attached was a small note.

Thought these might help you. Garcia 'heard' about your good news. I'll see you soon - call if you need anything.

She cried again.

He wanted to visit, but instead of finding Dale at the farmhouse, the team instead discovered 4 more bodies. There was work to be done.

After she was released, she booked a hotel room for a week, so she could have time to get an apartment, get her car from the shop, settle back into normalcy.

But she had something else to do, too.

She returned to the BAU, dismayed to find a different receptionist blocking her way to the offices.

"Hi, I need to speak with someone from the BAU." she said, trying her best smile. The receptionist wasn't taken.

"I'm sorry, do you have an appointment, they're very busy." she said with emphasis.

"I was just involved with a case, I swear, it'll take like five minutes, please."

"Sorry, ma'am. You need to leave, or I'll be notifying security."

"Ergh!" she said out of frustration. "Spencer Reid, I just have to talk to him, please!" she begged.

"Honey, we have to stop meeting like this." a familiar voice said from behind her. Again, Penelope Garcia looked at her with a smile, a huge coffee in her hand.

"Hi," Zoe sighed. "I am glad to see you."

"Don't worry about Security, Macy, she's with me." Penelope said to the receptionist. "Allow me to escort you to my friend Spencer. He practically wouldn't stop hounding me while you were in the hospital, Garcia, find her files, make sure she's doing okay, Garcia this, Garcia that." She offered her arm to Zoe, who slipped hers through. "It's the most demanding he's ever been. Trust me, the rest of the team is much worse. Speaking of worse, Morgan, where's Boy Genius?"

Derek glanced up from his desk, and smiled at the sight of Zoe. "Look at you, standing tall, last time I saw you you were hardly conscious in the back of an ambulance, with a certain doctor barking orders at every EMT in sight. Feeling better?"

"Much." she said, grinning back.

"He's in the conference room, going over some paperwork with JJ. Turns out that SUV maneuver wasn't in the handbook." Morgan said to Garcia.

"Right-o. And this way we go, my exotic wonderwoman." Penelope said, and Zoe laughed.

"Is there a nickname for everyone?" she asked.

"Oh, yes, that's my job here. Nicknames and moral support." Garcia replied sarcastically, with a wink. She tapped on the door, and opened it.

"Package for Doctor Spencer Reid." she sang. Both JJ and Reid looked up, and Reid smiled brightly. "Catch ya later, Zoe." Garcia said, bumping her with her hip before walking off.

"Hi, I'm sorry to bother you-" she began, but Spencer was on his feet.

"No, it's fine. What's up?" he said, rocking back and fourth on his toes.

"I was actually wondering if I could talk to you about something."

"I'll give you guys the room." JJ said, standing. "I'm glad to see you're alright, Zoe."

"Thanks." Both her and Spencer responded.

"It's nice to see you again." she said.

"Yeah, yeah...really nice." he said.

"I just, um, wanted to thank you. For everything. Really. I couldn't have done it without you, and you just..." she looked up at him, biting her lip. "you were great. More than I could have ever hoped for."

He shrugged. "It's not really a big deal."

"No, it's a huge deal."

He ran his hands through his hair, squinting. He nodded.

"Look," she looked down. "I think it's kind of time for me to get my life back together."

"No, yeah, of course, I totally understand." he said. "I just want you to be happy."

"But I sort of realized something, when I was in the hospital." she tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and swallowed. Spencer could see she was nervous. "About my life, I mean."

"Yeah?" he asked.

"I...uh, I'd..." she let out a big gust of air "I want you to be in it. If that's okay." she finally admitted.

Dumbstruck, Spencer stared at her, his mouth slightly open. She put her hand on her forehead.

"See, yeah, that's what I was thinking, like, I know it's really fast and really soon and gosh I just know that like sometimes I get weird and I sound like I'm a little bit crazy but-"

Her quick succession of words was cut off suddenly, when Spencer grabbed her waist and kissed her. A moment later, they pulled apart. She cleared her throat, smiling shyly up through her lashes.

"Was that a yes?" she whispered.

"That was an absolutely." he replied.

A/N: *claps hands* oh I am just SO excited! And there's much more to come, my next series I'll be releasing will be called "Only You", and it should be up in the next few days! I really hope you guys liked it, please let me know if you enjoyed the end. Muchos Gracias for your support and encouraging words. See you soon! PS - Fanart link SOON! It will be up on my profile super QUICK and i'll link it AS WELL in the next series.

(Part Two Available now! s/9639175/1/Only-You)