Hi guys :)

Well, I first want to thank you, you are so supportive really thanks. I guess I´ll spill the secret in the next of maybe in the fourth chapter, but the story won´t be over then. I´m sorry for my slow updates but I had school until today, but now my winter break finally started yeii :) Anyway, reviews would be great and I hope you like it oh and Merry Christmas :)

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The wake-up knock at their doors came far too early for everyone. Around six o´clock in the morning, Hotch was telling all of his agents to get up. A jogger reported, that in the same park, in which the other six bodies were found, were three new dead bodies. As always, they were young, had brown hair and couldn´t have been more different about their life, so again no connection.

Hotch had already informed all of his agents, except for Reid. He was determined to find out what was going on. The way he behaved, not just made him worry about his skills to work, as many might have thought. He was just as concerned as the other agents of his team to find out, what made their youngest one so depressed and wrecked.

They all knew something was up and also knew about the way, Reid always thought he had to handle problems, on his own. They all knew, that it came from not having an actual childhood and always being left alone to deal with problems. But he wasn´t anymore, he had the team, his friends … his family.

The Team leader had just arrived at the corner of the floor to Reid´s room as he heard his voice, most likely talking on the phone.

"I know … I know but I have to know how she is…"

Hotch immediately stopped in his way thinking about to either listen or to turn around but he needed the agent for their investigation so he decided to keep walking.

"Yes of course I know about her state … yes I know what you told me last week and I still won´t give up my hope but we have to find him it´s not … yes of course … but what if he hurts her again, we still don´t know where he is … no, no I can´t tell them, I mean they are my family but I´ve hidden it far too long and I don´t want them in danger too …"

Hotch listened closely, knowing just too well it was inappropriate but he didn´t even realize he had stopped in his track.

Who was Reid protecting … who was he chasing … who was he even talking to? Who was her …? All of those questions floated through his head before he regained and walked around the corner, clapping his shoes on the floor as loud as he could so that his colleague would hear him.

He saw Reid pacing around on the floor in front of his room, his phone at his ear. It was pretty obvious that he hadn´t had any sleep. The rings under his eyes were even deeper than the day before. As he realized, that Hotch had appeared, his eyes went wide and he quickly snapped his phone shut.

"Reid … they found three other bodies, we need to go to the park." Hotch stated.

"Ok … I´m just gonna get my bag … I´ll be at the lobby in five minutes …" he replied while sighting and going with his hand through his hair.

"Alright …" Just as Reid was turning around to leave Hotch stopped him. "Listen Reid, I actually have to talk to you. I know, you mostly keep your personal life to yourself and that´s alright, but it´s pretty obvious that you have a problem and you don´t have to deal with it alone…"

Reid wanted to response, already opening his mouth as if to say something against Hotch´s statement but closed it as his boss continued.

"No Reid, you´re not going to give me the same treatment you gave Morgan and JJ! All we want is to help you and if you are so against that and you think you have to solve it on your own that´s alright, it´s your life after all. But don´t treat the others like they want to harm you, they want to help you, that´s all. You aren´t yourself and I actually don´t know why and it´s neither helping our work, nor anyone else and at least yourself if you continue this way."

"Hotch it´s just …" Reid sighted but was again interrupted.

"No Reid, we can help you with whatever you are fighting against but don´t be so stubborn to push the people that care about you away. I want to see you downstairs in five" and with that he turned around and left the young agent behind.

Hotch knew, that he was hard on him but he had to. If he wanted to talk, everyone on the team would be just too happy to help him. But the way he treaded his colleagues wasn´t appropriate and after all, they were like a family. Some people only let others help them if they were confronted and Reid was defiantly one of them.

As he arrived in the lobby, everyone except for Reid was already waiting.

"Have you talked to him?" Rossi asked.

"Yes. I heard him on the phone and I know it wasn´t my place but I didn´t intend to listen. He has someone in danger and I heard that he doesn´t want ´them´, I guess he means us, to get into danger too."

"But why doesn´t he just tell us. We´re a team of profilers for heaven´s sake … If someone he loves could be hurt, we were the first to be there for him." Morgan sighted.

"I don´t know what to do, he always keeps everything to himself, though he could at least try to let us in…" Emily threw in.

"I´m letting him some time to think… I just hope he finds the strength to talk to us."

Just as Hotch finished his sentence, Reid came downstairs, though he seemed deep in his thoughts. Hotch commanded Rossi and Emily, to visit the new crime scene with him while the others were supposed to talk to the police.

While Morgan called Garcia to get the information about their newest victims, Emily and Reid were looking at the other dead women´s background. About an hour later, the rest of the team arrived and they set the laptop up at the table, so that everyone was able to see Garcia.

"Alright my lovelies, although it´s far too early and I need my beauty sleep, you are going to love me for finding out this newest piece of information. And it´s so much better than any gossip on this planet. All of our victims were alcoholics…"

"That could be the reason behind the killings. The Unsubs most probably killed those women because of their addiction."

"Baby Girl, how did you find that out?"

"Well sweetheart, I´m simply the best … Well, there are a lot of self-help groups that are anonymous for people with this problem. All of our victims went to those groups at least once a week, though only two were in the same and they were from the first and second killing. It was hard to find out and took me so long because; as I said those groups are anonymous. This means you finally have a connection. So…"

Again, for the second time, they were interrupted by Reid´s phone. After a couple of seconds he barged back into the room grabbing his back as fast as he could.

"Reid what the hell is going on?" Morgan asked him.

"I have to leave … now; I have to be back at home as fast as I can. I´m sorry…" and with that he turned around and ran towards the elevator to leave.