Chapter 2: Place To Stay
The sobbing, the tears, and the heart wrenching cries were enough to make Reid feel sick. As they were walking back to their seats, JJ whispered in his ear
"Spencer, can we please go home?" Her eyes pleaded more then her voice did.
"Only a few hours to go." He replied sadly.
Even with all his training in tough situations, nothing could have prepared him for this. An hour passed by and JJ managed to control herself, that was until the casket burying. After that long hard moment it was finally dismissal time. Reid would be driving Henry and JJ home since the team pronounced her mentally unstable...he would be too in this situation. As his car started up, Reid spoke softly.
"JJ, I was wondering if you wanted Henry to stay at my apartment? Garcia and I could watch-"
"No."
The sharpness in her voice caused his foot to hit the brake abruptly, stopping the car momentarily.
"I was only trying to help..." he said starting to drive again, his voice sounding like a lost puppy.
"I know spence, but at a time like this you just want your family with you." at the word family her voice faded. Glancing quickly in her direction, he noticed her eyes once again had brimmed with tears.
After thinking about the comment she made he asked cautiously.
"Would you like a place to stay?"
"Spence. I don't know what to say, plus you live in an apartment isn't it squishy enough? Where would we sleep?"
"Well I could ask my neighbor for a crib, and I have a pull out couch."
"Would it make you feel better if I agreed?"
"Maybe a little..." she turned to look at him with a slight sad smile. A smile that didn't look like much but was enough to bring Reid back to the day he first met agent Jennifer Jerome and her smile lit up his whole world. Suddenly everything hit him, this entire situation meant something and he had found the moral. JJ just wanted to forget, escape the pain. She just wanted to start over, he was her escape.
"I have to get some stuff first."