A/N: Answering one of the questions I based Caitlyn off myself so I guess she would look like me! A lot of people say I look like Emma Roberts but I will post a picture of myself on my profile to show a representation. I'm sorry if some of you don't like how much I've skipped but… this is my story and you know I'm gonna write what makes me happy. And hopefully makes you happy too. Writing this makes my heart hurt, I feel bad for old preggo Caitlyn with Spencer having to leave her… well… review review! I really appreciate all the great reviews that I have gotten so far and I am unsure of where to go from here and may only write a chapter or so more if I write one at all, but who knows… the last few reviews are the ones that got me to write this one! This has been such a joy to write and I love how all the relationships came together the way I wanted, with Caitlyn and Rossi and Caitlyn and Prentiss, just ah. Enjoy!
"Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that"
"Everything looks good!" Savannah smiled, looking at the ultra sound.
"Well everything doesn't feel good." Caitlyn complained, "I feel like I'm literally losing my mind. I'm hungry all the time. And Spencer is always gone and-"
"Listen," Savannah said, placing her hand on her knees, "I definitely know what it feels like to have your man gone all the time, ours are on the same team, remember?" she smiled. Caitlyn had grown to like Morgan's girlfriend, it was nice to have someone to hangout with when she wasn't assisting on some of the cases with Garcia. It actually turned out that she was of some help to the technical analyst, filling in the gaps with her profiling skills that Penelope couldn't understand herself. Which were far and few between.
"Are you ready to go?" Spencer asked, opening the door to the hospital room. Caitlyn had forbid him from coming in because she wanted to be surprised with the sex of their baby an knew at this point in time he would be able to tell from the ultra sound and she could not.
"Yeah, I'm ready. All 5000 pounds on me." Caitlyn grumbled, sliding off of the table.
"I have some time for a lunch break, I think I'll come and visit Derek at the BAU." Savannah added, taking off her medical jacket and grabbing her purse.
xxxxxxxxx
"Surprise!"
Caitlyn opened the door to see the BAU bullpen decorated with presents and various baby themed decorations.
"What is all of this?" Caitlyn asked.
"We're throwing you a baby shower!" JJ gleamed, handing her a piece of cake.
"You really do know how to make a pregnant lady happy."
The whole time Spencer was at her side, smiling and thanking each and every one of them as they opened the gifts. A photo from the two on their wedding day framed from Rossi, a miniature baseball mitt from Morgan, a small onesie that said "My dad's IQ is higher than yours" from Kate, a mom's care package made of a variety of things from JJ, a set of Baby Einstein DVD's and books from Garcia. An American flag baby blanket from Hotch along with a gift card to Baby's R US and various gifts from people in the Bureau. Emily had sent a gift from London and Caitlyn opened it to find a maternity shirt that read "I used to kick down doors, even pregnant I will kick your ass", A lot of the people from Caitlyn's SWAT unit were there.
"You leave to become a big hot shot profiler and then next thing you know you're married and now you're going to have a baby." Her old unit chief joked, hugging her tightly.
"Yeah I've gone from grappling down buildings and leading takedowns to morning sickness and prenatal vitamins." Caitlyn said, Spencer coming beside her.
"Spencer, this is my old unit chief Calvin." she introduced.
"Oh I know Dr. Reid- wait. This is the Reid you married I thought that maybe- nevermind, Nice to meet you." he said, shaking Spencer's hand who had gotten used to that kind of reaction. The SWAT team put together enough money and bought the couple a brand new crib. Caitlyn felt a sharp kick in her stomach.
"Are you okay?" Spencer asked, every single time Caitlyn made any kind of face Spencer was at her side, even if her facial expression changed from smelling something wrong he was there. Overbearing and overprotective was an understatement.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you guys so much." Caitlyn smiled. Hotch's phone rang and he left the room, returning with a grave look on his face.
"I hate to cut the fun short, but there's work to be done." he stated and Caitlyn's heart sank. She followed to the conference room, even though she wasn't able to travel on the case she still was able to take part and help try and find the un-sub at Garcia's side. The case was in Wisconsin, which made Caitlyn tear up. Ever since the beginning of their relationship her and the young doctor were always at each others side, at work, on duty and off. She hated being away from him, especially being pregnant. 3 women were found tied to their beds with scarves and sexually assaulted before being strangled.
"The patterns on the neck look like they're from a quarter inch rope." Spencer said, squinting to look closer at the pictures.
"Looks more like something nylon would do… and he obviously wasn't trying to steal anything he ignored cash and expensive jewelry." Caitlyn said looking through the file.
"Well he has hit his stride, so it's time to get moving. Wheels up in 30." Hotch finished, leaving the room and the other agents filing behind him. Caitlyn followed behind Spencer as he went to get his go bag and drove with him to the airport. The sound of the jet making it almost impossible to hear one another.
"I hate this." Caitlyn sighed, Spencer with his go bag hanging on his shoulder.
"Trust me, I miss you too and I don't like leaving you either." he said holding her into him.
"But I'm not going to get killed or something in Garcia's tech lair." Caitlyn complained.
"I promise, I'll be back to you as soon as I can, and I'll be safe. And I'll call, and text and you know how awful I am with technology but I'll do it for you and I'll do it often." he said, placing kisses on her lips each time he paused and started a new sentence.
"I love you." Caitlyn teared up, those damn hormones.
"I love you," Spencer said, before kneeling down and kissing her stomach, "and I love you." This caused Caitlyn to cry and continue to cry until the jet made it's way into the sky.
xxxxxx
Caitlyn sat in Garcia's tech lair, the analyst had gotten used to Caitlyn crying for at least an hour after Spencer had left and had her headphones in and was looking through the victims past until Caitlyn tapped her on the shoulder.
"Okay, I'm done now." Caitlyn said, scooting next to Garcia.
"Good. I don't like sad things and seeing you pregnant and having separation anxiety from boy wonder makes me extra sad. I've shipped you two from the beginning."
"You did what?"
"Never mind. Help me with my digging with your profiler brain."
"Alright, let's get digging."
xxxxxx
Reid's Point of View
'Here, safe, headed to the coroners.' The young doctor texted as he and Rossi got out of the car. The young doctor had always had anxiety, but it was nothing like the anxiety of being thousands of miles away from your wife, especially when she was pregnant.
"You doing okay? You gotta focus." Rossi said as they walked into the coroner's office.
"Well seeing your pregnant wife crying on a runway isn't the best thing to get you focused. But I'm fine." Reid responded as they walked in to see the bodies.
The bodies had significant damage to them.
"How long was it between the bruising and the kill?" Reid inquired.
"About six hours." The coroner answered.
"Sex for six hours without even a sting, maybe he's interacting with them before hand." Rossi said.
"Maybe its an endurance test, none the less he'd have to be in pretty good physical shape… trust me." Reid responded.
"Images in my mind that I don't want and can never lose, thank you Reid." Rossi grimaced as Spencer's phone rang in his pocket.
Rossi looked over at him,
"You can take it I'll meet you outside."
"Hello?" Spencer answered.
"Hi." Caitlyn breathed into the phone, "what's going on, what have you found out. Please tell me something, even if you didn't find anything I just want to hear your voice." The young doctor smiled and filled Caitlyn in until Rossi called Spencer's name from the backround.
"How are you feeling," Spencer asked, asking her a list of about 20 questions in the span of about thirty seconds.
"You know that I can't answer all those questions as fast as you ask them." Caitlyn smiled.
"I know I'm sorry, I just get-"
"Worried, I know. But I'm just here kicking it with Garcia, and little Reid is also here kicking… a lot." Caitlyn groaned into the phone, the young doctor frowned.
"I'll be back soon. We're getting close to catching this guy." Reid hung up the phone and got into the car with Rossi.
"Are you nervous?" Rossi asked, Spencer looked over at him.
"No, I know we're going to catch him."
"Not about that you dofus, about being a dad," Rossi started, "you know I love your wife like a daughter. And I remember one night when she was drunk at my house listening to Billy Joel records I asked her what she would do if you asked her to marry you. And you know what she said, I don't know if he would want that, but if he ever did I would say yes in a heartbeat. And at that moment I knew that you two would be one of those couples. She doesn't see herself as someone above you, and I know with the way that she looks and the way that guys look at her and JJ when we go into the stations that you see yourself as being lucky to have her and that she's too good for you- which I mean, yeah I was shocked and still may never believe it and kind of thing the same thing. But at that moment I realized that she thinks of herself as lucky to have you and that the possibility of you asking her to marry you would be like some sort of blessing because she values you above herself. So if you were going to say that you are nervous don't be, because you two are one of those loves that don't come around often."
"Thank you, Rossi." Spencer smiled down at his hands.
"And I know you'd never hurt her but I have to put it in there that if you do, I'll shove you into a locker or kill ya." Rossi joked.
"Noted." Reid answered.
Caitlyn's POV
"Alright, well you catch that kinky un sub and get back here fast please." Caitlyn whined.
"PLEASE." Garcia called from the background. Caitlyn hung up the phone and swiveled her chair around to face the technical analyst.
"Am I really that annoying?" Caitlyn asked, a shocked look on her face.
"Well, not mostly. Only when I'm trying to focus, and you're a lot of help you really are. And I love seeing you all pregnant and hearing boy wonder call constantly and it's all very cute. But I like being the outside observer and not doing Reid's job as the husband of the hormonal pregnant lady." Garcia babbled. Caitlyn sighed and rolled her eyes, opening a box of Spencer approved macaroons and placing one in her mouth as she helped Garcia narrow down some of the names of the cases.
It had been hours when the name Bare Reflections came up, Caitlyn couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughter when she heard it.
"Why is that so funny?" Garcia asked after she had hung up with the unit chief.
"Because it's embarrassing!" Caitlyn could barely speak through her laughter.
"Why? Some people like erotic novels." Garcia responded.
"No, no, it's embarrassing because I've read it." Caitlyn finished, her laughter slowing and wiping a tear from her eye.
"You read that?" Garcia asked as her fingers typed at the speed of sound and she searched through cyber space.
"Well, he's gone a lot and I have a lot of hormones alright! And you know what Penelope don't judge me because I know that you're going to read it and you will secretly like it. It's very…" Caitlyn defended trailing off, "never mind, now let's cross check and do whatever it is that you do."
Reid's POV
Spencer sat in his hotel room. He had just talked to Caitlyn on the phone and from her usual sleeping patterns the last few months he knew that she would be asleep, but he couldn't help himself. He picked up his phone and walked outside where he used one of the face time features that Caitlyn and Garcia had to teach the techno-phobe. It rang an odd sound for a few minutes before Caitlyn's face showed up on the screen. When she wasn't at the BAU she was staying with Savannah. This made Reid feel comfortable having her be with a doctor who knew almost as much as him.
"Why can't I see your face? Why do I only see the ceiling?" Spencer asked wondering if he did it wrong.
"Why do you always have to face-time me when I look absolutely awful? And I'm half asleep." Caitlyn responded and Spencer rolled his eyes.
"You know I always think you're beautiful." With those words Caitlyn's face finally filled the screen, he saw her let out a loud sigh and a small frown appear on her face.
"I thought hearing your voice on the phone hurt, but seeing your face hurts too. But it also makes me happy." she said, no make up and hair on top of her head.
"I was right, as usual, you do look beautiful." The young doctor told her.
"You're at a hotel with case files. I want to be in that hotel with the case files. With my gun, I really miss my gun. And I really miss my coffee. You know we really have been missing a really big base of people with our profiles. We really need to factor in pregnant women who can't have their caffeine. I would kill someone for a cup of coffee." Caitlyn babbled.
"And that is EXACTLY the reason why your gun is in the safe." Spencer retorted.
"Whatever, I miss you."
"Have you been taking your vitamins?"
"Yes."
"Have you been doing the breathing exercises?"
"Yes."
"Have you been exercising."
"Definitely not." Caitlyn admitted during the usual spitfire round of questions that were asked.
"You know that 8 out of 10-"
"Spencer. My back hurts. I'm tired all the time, I'm hungry ALWAYS. I do not want to exercise." Caitlyn said seriously, Spencer smiled.
"I'll be home soon, okay? I love you."
"I love you too."
Caitlyn's Point of View
"I'm heading to the hospital, want me to drop you at the BAU?" Savannah asked, grabbing her keys. Caitlyn was standing in the kitchen drinking what she called a 'pussy ass latte', meaning a decaf latte and munching on a bagel.
"Yeah, I just need to throw on a jacket and then I'm ready to go." Caitlyn said, walking into the room where she had been staying and grabbing her jacket. She really appreciated the fact that Savannah was letting her stay with her. There was something about being at their house without Spencer being there, and it instantly made her depressed and cry. Caitlyn walked into the room and then grabbed her jacket and then walked through the kitchen. She had almost thought she accidentally knocked over a vase when she heard a loud splash on the floor. She looked down and saw a puddle of water where she stood.
"Um… Savannah. I think I may need you to take me to the hospital." Caitlyn said as Savannah came into the kitchen.
"Oh my god, your water broke!"
"My water broke… oh my god. I'm having a baby." Caitlyn said, starting to panic. It was as if all of this was hitting her now, this was happening and there was no turning back. The worst part about it was that Spencer wasn't there.
"Let's go!" Savannah rushed her to the car.
"CALL SPENCER."
Spencer's POV
The young doctor stood in the police station, they had narrowed down the un sub to be a father of two, who had had children in the last eight years.
"And how many had children in these last eight years?" Hotch asked the analyst.
"There are hold on… I'm sorry I'm getting a call from… I'm sorry sir just hold on please." Garcia said before putting them on hold. The unit chief held his hands up in confusion.
"Oh, oh goodness. Is Reid in the room?" Garcia asked.
"Yes Garcia but I'm not understanding how this is pertaining to the case we need this information." Hotch said seriously.
"Well he needs this information. Caitlyn's gone into labor, also I found the address I'm sending it to you now." Garcia said, clicking the phone call to a close. Spencer's phone had been on silent in his pocket, he wasn't even checking it, he couldn't even move. This was happening.
"H-h-hotch, can I-" The young doctor started.
"Get out of here, we'll go get him." Hotch said with one of his rare smiles. The young doctor grabbed his bag and ran faster than he ever thought possible,
Caitlyn's POV
She was about 10 hours into labor, the pains were intense and coming and going. Garcia had come from the BAU and was by her side.
"I hate him, I hate him." Caitlyn said with each contraction.
"What? Who do you hate?" Garcia asked.
"SPENCER! I hate him! Where the HELL IS HE, why did he get me pregnant! I hate him!" Caitlyn screamed. She had been tortured, beaten, bruised but nothing compared to labor. It felt like she was being stabbed from the inside and no one would let her die.
"How many centimeters dilated is she?" Caitlyn heard a familiar voice approaching, and she burst into tears when she saw Spencer come through the door, medical charts in hand.
"Thank god, I think she broke every bone in my hand." Garcia said, "I'll leave you two be."
Spencer ran up to her and kissed her on the lips, grinning widely,
"Hi," he said.
"What are you smiling about! HI!? Where have you been! I've been dying here!" Caitlyn growled at him, "I really really hate you right now."
"I love you too." he answered, the Doctor coming in and checking Caitlyn's progress.
"Alright," he confirmed, "she's good to go, we're going to move you into the OR."
Caitlyn's heart sunk in her chest, she had flashbacks to the first time that she had met the young doctor and when she confessed to the woman on the roof that she though he hated her. The time that he was taken by Tobias, when she he was addicted to the dilaudid. The vows on their wedding day. They had been through hell and back and to hell and back again.
"Are you ready?" The doctor asked, and Caitlyn looked up at Spencer and smiled.
"Absolutely."
"I'm going to love you and take such good care of you. You are going to be so loved, and so protected. You're going to get into a really good school because you're going to be smart like your daddy, and you're going to be so beautiful because you're going to look just like your mommy. " Caitlyn heard Spencer saying quietly in the chair beside her as she started to wake up slowly. Caitlyn was right, it was a girl. A beautiful baby girl. She was right. Caitlyn yawned and opened to see Spencer sitting in the chair holding their baby. They named her Emilia Dianne Reid. After Emily and Spencer's mom.
"Mommy's awake." Spencer said, standing up and bringing Emilia over to her. Caitlyn smiled up at him.
"Hey Spencer," Caitlyn said tiredly, "we have a baby."
A nurse popped her head into the door,
"You have um, a lot of visitors." she said.
"We're not visitors, we're family!" she heard Garcia say as the rest of the BAU made their way into the room.
"Wow, you look better than I did after I had Henry and you were in labor way longer than me." JJ comforted her.
"Who are the god parents!" Garcia asked immediately.
"Well, we decided on J.J and Morgan." Spencer said, looking over at Derek.
"Me?" Derek asked, and the couple nodded.
"Dang it." Garcia said, but then was instantly cheered up when she saw their baby, "oh my gosh, she's so perfect."
"Can I hold her?" Derek asked, taking the baby from Spencer. "Hi, I'm your god daddy Derek, I'm going to spoil you and you're going to be tough. And I'm not going to let any boys mess with you or break your heart, they'll have to go through Derek Morgan." he cooed.
"Congratulations," Hotch said, patting Spencer on the back. Rossi looked over Derek's shoulder at the baby,
"You look just like your mommy, lucky girl." Rossi joked, "anything that you want, just tell Papa Rossi and you got it."
Caitlyn was gleaming, the smile on her and Spencer's faces could have lit up a whole town. Caitlyn had never been a baby person. She had only held one or two in her life and had sworn since she was a child when she refused to play with baby dolls and opted for animals instead that she would never have one. She looked over at the Genius who changed her mind and changed her life. Then it started to hit her, she literally knew nothing about babies. Spencer only knew the practical applications of things that he had read and Caitlyn was very short tempered and how were they going to- her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Sorry I'm late." Prentiss said, her go bag still on her arm as she had come straight from the airport to the hospital, and a cup of coffee in her hand.
"Emily!" Caitlyn smiled, "what are you doing here? Please tell me that coffee is for me and if it's yours I don't care give it to me still."
"My best friend had a baby you don't think I wasn't going to come and see her. I tried to get here sooner but you can only pull so many strings and fly at a certain speed." she said coming over and hugging Caitlyn and handing her the cup of coffee. Caitlyn took a sip and let out a moan.
"Oh, this is like better than sex." She moaned.
"Seems like you need to step your game up kid." Morgan nudged Reid who rolled his eyes.
"I'm glad you're here. It's a girl." Caitlyn gleamed, nervous to deal with all the wonderful things that girls go through but excited to guide her daughter through it.
"Can I hold her?" She asked Morgan who handed her over. "She's so beautiful. What's her name?"
"Emilia." Caitlyn smiled, and Emily ducked her head down so no one could see her face.
"You alright?" Morgan asked, and Prentiss lifted her head to show tears streaming down her face. Her tough girl persona melting away for a moment. As all of the agents took turns holding the baby, Spencer came and leaned beside Caitlyn in the hospital bed.
"Now you know I don't hate you," he joked, referring to the first case they had worked together. Caitlyn leaned up and kissed him on the lips.
"You two are going to be amazing parents," JJ said, placing her hand on Spencer's back, "I know it's scary but it does change you and with all the scary things you see happen to children it's hard, but you are going to do a great job."
"With his parents as profilers, that girl's not going to get away with anything." Kate Callahan joked. While in Hotch's arm's Emilia started to cry and Hotch handed her back to Spencer who stopped her crying immediately.
"She's daddy's little girl already." JJ commented as Spencer looked down on his daughter.
"Yes, she is."
"Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up"