The last day for the poll, guys :)

Prentiss

Nothing had happened in the past four months between Morgan and I. For months, I would always be "busy" or pretend to be asleep when he came to see Ainsley outside of work, I stopped going out for dinner and drinks with the team and we kept everything professional for the most part at work. The team had noticed my behaviour and I didn't doubt that he had too. Garcia had slipped up about a week after I told her about Morgan and JJ's conversation and she spoke about it at work…in front of the whole team. Thankfully, I wasn't at work now. I was on maternity leave, although I still helped out from home and I often asked Reid to bring me anything I needed to do after the day at work. He was here a lot.

I was due to give birth on the 20th of September. Today was the 5th and I was scared, despite it being my second birth and not the first. I was terrified with Ainsley, but this wasn't as bad. I knew what was coming and I would know how to keep myself calm when the time came but I was still afraid of the risks. I had a wooden stick shoved through my stomach, I have experienced several injuries in the past and I wasn't exactly a "young" mother. There were risks with Ainsley and there were even more risks now.

I limited my communication with Morgan to be through text and only either about work, Ainsley or appointments or anything to do with the unborn baby.

I was supposed to be restricting my activities to easy things that wouldn't tire me out but I was chasing Ainsley every day, playing with her or trying to catch her. I was doing more housework than I normally would and I took Ainsley out more than I should have been doing. I took her into the precinct a few times after cases when they had just returned and were all a bit down.

I was praying that there wouldn't be a case at the time I was in labour; I needed someone with me. Sarah needed to be with Ainsley and I assumed either Morgan or JJ would come in with me.

Sarah and Reid weren't here last night and I was starting to worry about where she was. She didn't have a shift at the bar and Reid was at work by now. I was thinking about calling her before she walked through the front door, a beaming smile on her face. She hung her coat and walked into the living room, "Hey."

"Hi there," I smirked, "Where were you last night?"

"With Spencer." Her smile hadn't dropped.

I gasped, "You had sex."

Her eyes widened in surprise, "How did you get that from "with Spencer"?"

"You're smiling and you can't stop and also, I'm a profiler, I know when you got laid the night before."

"Working in that team must be fun." She shook her head.

"It's not when you can clearly tell that Rossi or Hotch got laid. Seriously, it's kind of disturbing sometimes. It is, however, a godsend gift when you can tell when Garcia and JJ have." I nodded.

She laughed.

"So, tell me everything. The night from start to finish."

"Where's Ainsley?"

"Drawing in the dining room."

"Okay." Her smile grew as she bounced and she crossed her legs tightly underneath her, sitting up straight with a very wide grin, "So we went out for dinner at that really beautiful Italian restaurant a few blocks from his apartment."

"Fancy." I raised my eyebrows.

"Yes well, we're a fancy couple," She flicked her hair and we laughed, "But we had the most amazing meal and we never ran out of things to talk about. There were jokes and we laughed all night and it was just perfect. Then we went and got ice cream because you know how much I love ice cream, and we walked around for about an hour, eating the ice cream and then just talking. And we went back to his apartment and when I thought the night couldn't get any better, oh my god." She explained in detail and I was laughing so much. I was happy for them and I was happy that Reid had finally found a girl who didn't judge him for his personality or get irritated every time he spoke about something scientific or fact-filled.

"Aw, you're in love." I said with adoration in my voice. She hadn't stopped smiling through the whole recount of the night. My phone buzzed and I broke into laughter at JJ's text.

"What?"

"JJ just texted me "99% sure Reid got laid last night"." We both laughed. "That he did!" I replied to her.

"Hey, it's a pretty cold fall this year so do you want me to take the light baby blanket out and put a warmer one into the hospital ready bag for when you bring her home?" Sarah asked me. I was lying on one couch, careful not to move as I hurt my back earlier today chasing Ainsley again, and the team were on the other couches. Sarah was sitting on the ground, leaning against Reid's legs and Garcia was lying on her stomach on the ground in front of me, flicking through a magazine.

"Yes please." I smiled at her. Sarah nodded and went to do it now before she forgot.

"Mummy, where are my hair ties?" Ainsley asked me from the doorway between the living room and the hallway.

"I don't know, honey. Did you look in the top drawer next to the sink in the bathroom?"

"No." She stood and looked at me, waiting for me to know where they were.

"…Then go look there?"

"Can you help me?"

"No, honey, I can't get up." I shook my head.

"Why can't you get up?" Morgan asked me, concern in his voice. I forgot that the team didn't know about my back. I didn't want them to worry.

"Um…uh…" I looked at Sarah as she walked back in.

"She hurt her back really bad this morning," She said, "That's why she hasn't moved an inch since you all got here."

"Mummy!" Ainsley called for me.

I groaned and dropped my head back.

"I'll go." Sarah smiled and stood up again. She walked out and silence fell over us momentarily. My head dropped to the side to rest against the back of the couch and I closed my eyes. I could have fallen asleep within another few minutes but Sarah came back in and hit my foot lightly. I made a frustrated noise and opened my eyes, looking at her. "Bed." She said.

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to get up."

"You don't look that comfortable."

"I'm not getting up because it's embarrassing."

She rolled her eyes, "What if they all close their eyes for thirty seconds while Spencer and I help you up and you leave the room?"

"Then I probably would get up." I nodded. Reid and Sarah pulled me up and I walked towards the hall. "You can all open your eyes now." I smiled at them.

I laughed at JJ as she shook her head with a smile and I looked down the hall when I heard Ainsley's footsteps. I moved out of her way as she ran into the living room with her arms full of books. She ran straight to Morgan, jumping up to his lap with them. I smiled to myself and made my way to my room, Sarah catching up and assisting me to lie down and she spread the blankets over me.

I hadn't been able to fall asleep tonight with the pains. I knew they were contractions, but they weren't regular, intense and very frequent until now. It was about three in the morning. I got my phone from the nightstand and rang the hospital to see if I should go in or not.

The conversation took longer than it should have, considering I had to stop talking while the contractions passed painfully. They told me to come in immediately and I pulled myself up, letting out a quiet cry as pain spread through me every time I moved. I shouldn't have, but I got changed into something more respectable and walked down the hall, my phone in my hand. I knocked on Sarah's door, making sure I wouldn't walk in on her and Reid. They were asleep when I got in there and I tried to keep the small cries of pain in as I shook her awake.

She looked up at me, "Hey, are you okay?" She whispered to not wake Reid but I couldn't speak through the agony. I shook my head and pointed to my stomach. "Are you in labour?" She sat up quickly.

I nodded and she jumped up, knocking Reid awake as she did, "Spencer, she's in labour. Take her to the car and I'll get Ainsley."

Reid got up quickly and he assisted me out of the apartment, grabbing my keys as we went. He would have taken Sarah's but mine had both the baby seats in it. He took me downstairs and to the car, putting me in the passenger seat. When I opened my eyes from where they were clenched shut, Sarah was walking quickly, carrying Ainsley and several blankets, the hospital bag over her shoulder. Reid drove and Sarah got her phone out, calling Morgan first. He didn't pick up on the first two tries.

"Try mine," I said while trying to keep my breathing steady as I passed my phone to her in the back, "Sometimes his phone is on silent and only the team's numbers or his family's numbers get through."

"You'd think he'd put my number on that list, considering I'm living with his pregnant girlfriend." She said as she dialled his number on my phone.

"We're not dating. Oh god!" I cried and put my hands over my bump. Ainsley was asleep in the back, thankfully.

"Morgan, it's Sarah. She's in labour; we're driving to the hospital now. Put me on that list of numbers that still ring when your phone is on silent, for gods sakes." She was silent for a few seconds, "Em, he's going to meet us there." She said to me, "Alright, see you there." She hung up on him and looked at me, "Do I call the others?"

"Yes," Reid said, stopping at a red light, "Oh, come on."

"JJ first." I choked out.

"Okay, JJ. On it."

I groaned and hit the visor in front of Reid down. I clicked the small button and the lights flashed and the siren rang. Cars slowed and pulled to the side and Reid drove through quickly.

"Is this legal?" Sarah asked.

"Not really." I breathed as another contraction occurred. It tried hard to hold the cries in as I winced.