"I hate to say this read but your father sounds rather..." JJ began to say trying to find a polite word

"Oh, asshole works," Spencer said almost cheerfully. "I know you don't like cuss, because you don't need to get into the habit with Henry and Lauren around."

"I think for now you're well on top of things," Morgan said. "If it gets more serious you know how to contact us."

"Thanks, I know I can count on you guys," Spencer said.

"Of course you can," Dave said. "We want to continue to see you as happy as you've been over the last year or so. Having a mate can make a great difference in our lives and we're all well aware of it."

"Your children are going to be born any day now and I know you want to be here for it," Emily said.

"I was already planning to take a few days off, starting tomorrow. I was going to do it today, but then this situation popped up. Safina is going to go into labor any day now and I want to be there. Dad, may very well be waiting for them to be born before he approaches one of us."

"Of course you do," Morgan said. "You can take a rest of the week off if you like now that we are aware of the situation. You haven't had a day off in a long time."

"That might be because I used to be happier working, but before, I didn't have anybody to go home to, except an empty apartment. I didn't even have a cat or a dog to keep me company, but then I didn't see the point of having one, since I was gone so much of the time. Besides, my old apartment complex didn't accept pets anyway."

"But now you have a family, you could get a pet if you wanted to. A puppy or kitten that would grow with your children."

"I'll think about it, ask Safina. It's not a bad idea, so long as a puppy is housebroken, because it's not like I have time to devote to training it and between the children and her job Safina won't either."

"So what are you going to do with the babies once they are born?" JJ asked. "Just until this situation with your father is resolved."

"Don't worry that's already taken care of," Spencer promised. "Aaron has promised to take them until we're sure the danger is past. He has a nanny for his two and I suspect he'll offer to pay her extra or hire someone else temporarily until the situation is resolved."

"That's really nice to him," Dave said impressed.

"Well, he is their uncle and really, he's a nice guy. He actually reminds me a lot of you Dave. I was thinking about leaving them with my sister Marnie for a few days. I doubt very much it would've occurred to dad that I might have left them with someone in the family other than mom. I doubt he knows that Marnie has triplets of her own and has been mated for several years. This way Safina and the babies can stay in town. I doubt I could've gotten Safina to leave town anyway, as she's much like her brother in that way."

"Like all Alphas, barring ones like William Reid, with a mate who's a possible danger," Dave corrected Spencer gently. "There's no way you can convince her to leave for her own safety, not even the safety of your soon-to-be born children. Also, you must remember your mating is still really new, therefore, she'll be rather protective of you for awhile."

"All right, you're correct," Spencer agreed. "I just want her to be safe."

"And she wants the same for you," Morgan told his brother in all ways. "I have to admit I really like her, as we talked some at the wedding. It's clear she adores you so that puts her in my good books."

"There's got to be some other reason that your father is causing so much trouble or is at least thinking of causing trouble. I would think that he wouldn't be interested in meeting his grandchildren considering what we know about your childhood," Emily said.

"Safina and Aaron and I think, that he's going to approach Aaron first and either try to get access to his grandchildren or ask for money to go away. I think option two, is the real reason that he might cause so much trouble, though he hasn't shown up yet. Aaron is certainly rich enough to afford it, but that could easily turn into blackmail instead of just a one time bribe. Dad isn't stupid and he had to know that the Hotchners are one of the few first family's left in Virginia. Ones that got Omegas equal rights more than 200 years ago. While being an old family does not necessarily mean material wealth, in this case it does."

"He also has a public address that's easy enough to look up in the phonebook," Grant commented. "Your father would have no idea of where you live and it's not public information, because you're in law-enforcement."

"Something I already told Safina and Aaron," Spencer agreed. "It's unlikely he'll be able to find the address without hiring someone to hack it and I doubt very much and want to share the profits he's supposedly going to get."

"So what do you think started this?" Grant asked Spencer. "I mean as far as you know your father had no idea that you wore courting anyone, much less mated."

"Safina sent him a registered package with the newspaper article from our wedding along with several photographs and a letter. I tried to convince her not to do it, but she insisted. She said it would make him think about what he had lost by not treating his children decently. The fact, that he would never be allowed anywhere near his grandchildren. Personally, I think it was more the fact that I defied every single one of his predictions from when I was a kid. He doesn't like to be proven wrong, but then a lot of Alphas don't."

"What kind of predictions are we talking about?" JJ asked.

"Oh, you know the kind I mean JJ. How I'd never amount to anything, because I'm too intelligent, how I'd never get mated because I'm too plain or boring, you get the point. He often said that nobody would want me for anything but a temporary relationship and if they did that I'd become nothing but a House Omega. I went out of my way to defy every single one of his predictions even if he never knew it. Whether he knew it or not didn't matter to me," said Spencer.

"Your father actually told his son that," Emily sputtered enraged, though the others didn't look too happy. Morgan particularly, looked like he wanted to tear the Senior Reid apart.

"Many times," Spencer said. "Right before mom threw him out I was trying to ask him a few questions and he broke my arm. He has always been impatient and while it was an accident he showed not the slightest signs of being sorry or remorseful. That was the last straw as far as mom was concerned and she threw him out until he adjusted his attitude, which never happened. To this day, I'm sure, he doesn't believe he did anything wrong. I'm sure he figured it would stop me from bothering him."

"He actually broke your arm," JJ gasped in disbelief.

"It was a genuine accident. He pushed me away and my foot caught on the edge of the rug. I fell rather awkwardly and my arm snapped. I was lucky I didn't hit my head as well. It was the fact, that dad wasn't in the least sorry for what he had done that made mom realize that he was never going to change or at least it was going to take something major," Spencer told JJ.

"How old were you?" Dave asked looking rather angry.

"Just eight," Spencer answered.

"Your mother did the right thing," Dave said.

"She always said she should've done it sooner, but my broken arm and his lack of remorse was the last straw. You don't ever want to see mom really pissed and she was definitely more then pissed that time," Spencer said smiling a little. "Things got better after that and none of us really missed him. Also you might want to know that I'm worth around $8 million and he might've found out. It wouldn't have been that difficult."

"How in the world are you worth that much?" Morgan sputtered in disbelief.

"Don't worry, I didn't steal it," Spencer said dryly and Morgan stared at him in surprise then smiled sheepishly. "I have several patents for different inventions. While the patents cost quite a bit of money, I make quite a tidy profit from selling them to major companies. Let's just say what I get from the sales adds up."

"It wouldn't have been that hard to discover how many assets his son had," Dave said, after he had gotten over his surprise at Reid's words. "Being rich myself, I've had people come after me for my money and have learned there are multiple ways that someone can find out if you have money or not, even if you don't spend much of it or talk about it."

"Even if you live well within your means, from whatever job you have," Grant suggested.

"Exactly," Spencer agreed. "The money is more for the future. It'll probably be split between my kids, when they are old enough. All it means is I won't have to struggle if I'm seriously injured and have to retire early, really, it's just for insurance. I could live off the interest quite happily, without touching a dime of the capital."

"I don't think Safina would ever allow you to struggle," Morgan suggested.

"No, she wouldn't, but she might not be around for some reason years in the future," said Spencer.

"I think what he's getting at is he's afraid that his relationship won't work out, probably mostly because of his job. A lot of people aren't very understanding about their spouses being gone all the time. I got lucky with Will," JJ said.

"I wouldn't count on it not working out," Emily said. "Quit thinking about the statistics or you're going to ruin your own relationship."

"It's not that," Spencer said. "I just can't help but feel she'll leave me someday. You can probably blame my father for that."

"Your father is useless and a bastard," Dave snorted in contempt.

"Yes, he is," Spencer agreed easily not at all offended.

The others laughed breaking the tension that had been building for quite awhile.

~~~Spencer and Safina~~~

Safina went into labor less than 48 hours later. The birth wasn't that difficult considering it was a first, though it was long. In the end, they had three beautiful children, two boys and a girl.

"Aren't they just adorable," Safina's cooed tiredly.

"Yes, they are," Spencer agreed with a goofy grin. "You sleep, I'll look after these little darlings until you wake."

Safina yawned and was out only a moment later. She trusted Spencer to take care of her most precious treasures, he wouldn't let anything happen to them. That was one of the reasons they were staying in her hospital room instead of going to the nursery. They didn't need an incubator as they were perfect health, but they had realized just yesterday that Spencer's father could come claiming to be their grandfather and ask to see his grandchildren. His goal could be to kidnap at least one of them for all they knew. It would only take a minute for him to pick one up and disappear. While kidnapping a baby out of the hospital didn't happen as often anymore it was still a possibility. Spencer didn't believe that his father would even think about the cameras every foot or so. The only problem with that scenario was that William Reid would be on the run with an infant for the rest of his life. Yes, children eventually grew up, and yes, he knew the FBI would put all their resources into finding his child, but there were no guarantees. It would be difficult for his father to look after an infant and avoid law agencies as well. No, the easiest thing to do for him would be to try to blackmail Aaron or his son, but at least this was one probability that was covered. There would always be someone in the room, especially if Safina was sleeping.

Spencer made himself comfortable on the extra wide hospital bed, that was made for Alphas and Omegas to sleep together. Hospitals around the world had had to make this accommodation as Alphas in particular had destroyed expensive hospital property trying to get to their families.

"How is she?" Came the soft voice of Safina's brother. Spencer had just woken up and washed up in the bathroom.

"She's fine," Spencer said softly, as he checked the triplets to make sure they were still sleeping peacefully. "I'm sure she'll be awake shortly. She was exhausted, but I'm not surprised, as I'm sure they gave her something that made her sleepy, combined with exhaustion."

"And how are my adorable nephews and niece," Aaron asked with a grin.

"They're just perfect," Spencer said, grinning goofily, as he thought about his children. "I had to get up several times to help feed them at Safina's breasts. She never woke once."

"That's because she knew she was safe," Aaron said. "If some scent she didn't recognize came into the room she would wake up."

"Yes, I know," Spencer agreed. "It was always a longshot that dad would try to kidnap one of our children from the hospital. I think him looking after an infant would be too much work, especially if he was on the run. He always left the feeding and care of me and my siblings to mom, even though she had her own job. I still think him approaching you, is the most viable option, because the only place he can find me, that he'll know where I'll be, is work. Even dad isn't stupid enough to try to blackmail me in the middle of the BAU, that's in the heart of Quantico. That would be very, very stupid, as it's an environment full of Alpha males, not to mention Betas. He might not know how close I am to the team or how they would make mincemeat of him, but still, it is a law enforcement agency and there are cameras everywhere."

"No, I don't see him going that route," Aaron agreed. "Also him declaring you incompetent when you're not would've been impossible to prove as your friend Crenshaw indicated. You have to many people that work with you, that know you, that would tell any judge that you are not incompetent. The Senior Reid would be in a great deal of trouble for wasting the taxpayers money. He's an attorney, he knows how the system works, so no, I don't see him taking that route, no matter what he told Crenshaw."

"He's had more time to think now, but it wouldn't've been too hard to come up with several other options. He is capable of that much. He might actually personally believe, that I'm incompetent, but he has no way to prove that. I think the only reason he thinks that is, because he doesn't want to believe that I have a good career and I have just gotten mated, something he swore would never happen. I think he doesn't want to see me truly happy or maybe he doesn't want to believe that I shattered everyone of his predictions," Spencer said. There was a deep derision on the last word and Aaron couldn't blame his brother-in-law for that. "He probably believes that the team just tolerates my presence. He truly believes I'm useless, but considering I was only eight years old the last time he saw me, well, it's not like he had a chance to see me grow up."

"Do you know why he focused on you, instead of your siblings?" Aaron asked

"I hate to say this, but I think, it's because I'm the only Omega of the bunch, other than mom of course. I never met any of his brothers and sisters and he's bound to have at least one sibling. I'm not saying single births aren't possible, but they're just so rare, that it's not likely. I never considered that before, which makes it very strange that I never met any of the rest of his family. My grandparents, on that side of the family, may very well be dead for all I know, but as for his siblings, they'd be the same age he is and one of them is very likely an Omega."

"That might very well be where his prejudice comes from," Aaron said. "Maybe his brother or sister accomplished something great at an early age, just like you did. Maybe they were more intelligent, so breezed through school, for example, though that kind of thing wasn't often recognized back in the time your father was born. Maybe the parents made much of his sibling and ignored your father. If that's the case, it's possible your father was jealous of their accomplishments instead of proud or jealous that his sibling was getting all our his parents attention. He might have felt that he was the Alpha he should be better than his Omega sibling. It happens all the time."

"If that's the case, then dad has carried that resentment and anger around for a very long time. I can actually see that happening and it being his main reason for his resentment towards me in particular. When I turned out to be so intelligent, that would've made that anger and resentment surge up from where he had buried it," said Spencer.

"I could do some checking into your family tree if you like," Aaron offered.

"That's okay, I'll ask Garcia first chance I get," Spencer said. "You'll find no one better at doing that kind of thing. If my family can be traced she'll do it, but it might not be possible at least on the internet. If what we're speculating about its true, then dad, is even more petty then I believed. I know it happens, but it always makes me sad, that siblings can't get along and support each other. I'm very close to my siblings for example."

"If Penelope can't find anything then let me know. I know someone very good that can do some research into your family for me. Of course, they might not find anything, but there's still a chance," Aaron said.

Aaron and Garcia had started courting. The two had met at a cookout at Dave's and all Spencer had really done was introduce them. Both of them had been attracted from first sight. One of the things that attracted Aaron to her was the fact of how she treated his kids with love and kindness. It was clear that she simply adored children. Spencer had known for a long time that Garcia wanted children, but it wasn't always easy to find someone, not with their jobs and hours they put in. Spencer had been lucky and so had to JJ none of the others were mated. Dave had been mated at one time, but she had died several years ago. He wasn't too old to find another mate, but he didn't seem interested. Spencer thought that he was still mourning Carolyn. Garcia was a Beta, not an Omega but it didn't mean a relationship with Aaron wouldn't work. Alphas and Betas mated all the time and were happy.

"Thank you for the offer, Aaron, I'll seriously consider it," Spencer said gratefully. Aaron had always been there for him ever since he and his sister had started courting.

"You're welcome you deserve to know more about your family. To know if you have more family out there," Aaron said.

"There's no guarantees that I'll like those related to me, even if I have other relatives," said Spencer quietly.

"No, there's not," Aaron agreed.

"I can't help but imagine the worst. After all, look at what my father's like," Spencer said.

"You might like the others of your family if you happen to have them," Aaron said gently and Spencer nodded.

"Well, that's for later," Spencer said. "Let's get this problem with my father out of the way first, before I start looking into my family tree, something I never even thought about doing before."

Aaron nodded as that was a good plan. It was good to get the problem of Spencer's father out of the way before they started looking into his family tree.

Safina woke slowly and listened to the conversation, still only half awake. Once she was sure there was no danger she relaxed and started to become more fully aware.

"Good morning, sweetheart," Spencer said immediately approaching the bed.

"How are you doing this morning, sis?" Aaron asked.

"I feel a lot better," Safina said.

"Well, you slept for long time, so I'm not surprised," Spencer said. "You've been asleep for about 12 hours now, but then, you needed it."

"I think that my nephews and niece are ready for a little breakfast," Aaron said looking down at the bassinets that had been put on one side of the room.

"Yeah, it's probably about that time," Spencer said looking at his watch. "I got up and fed them about three hours ago. They seem to be on a three hour cycle instead of a two hour one, which is good, as it will give us a chance to sleep a little more until they are sleeping through the night. You must have been really out of it, as you slept right through their crying."

"Bring them here," Safina told Spencer who nodded.

Spencer picked up one gently making sure to support the head. He handed the little boy off to his mate and Safina took him gently.

"So have you decided on names?" Aaron asked.

"We did discuss names," Safina said, even as she held the little guy at her nipple.

"We decided on Arnold for the oldest," Spencer added, even as he picked up another of the infants cradling him in his arms.

"Oh, after Crenshaw," Aaron said.

"Yes, as you know, he was a very positive influence on my life when I was a child," Spencer explained. "Though I haven't been in contact with him for years it was only right that one of our sons was named after him, since he provided that initial warning. I think Arnold will be pretty tickled that we named one of our sons after him, that we thought enough of him to do so."

"I was happy to agree to that, because there will be more children," Safina told her brother nodded. Aaron nodded, he had figured as much.

"Yes, there will be in five or six years. That gives these three time to grow up enough that they are not so much a handful. Possibly four years, but no sooner than that."

"After that, depending on how many we have we'll have to build on or not have anymore," Safina said.

"Since you'll probably have triplets again six should be more than enough," Aaron had.

"Yeah it should be," Spencer grinned. "I'll certainly have more than mom, but that's only because she didn't choose very well."

"You mustn't hold it against her," Safina told Spencer.

"I don't," Spencer assured her. "People are fooled every day by others that aren't what they seem to be. If you only date for a few months, you can't discover everything about someone in that amount of time. Some people are perfectly good about hiding certain parts of their personalities. I know it wasn't mom's fault, as he would have seemed like a good guy and then once they mated he could very well have changed."

"Or he could have changed once his children were born," Aaron suggested.

"Yes, that's possible," Spencer said. "Aaron and I were just discussing that it's possible he had a sibling that was an Omega and he was jealous, instead of proud of their accomplishments. We thought that maybe the sibling did something that made dad jealous. Like they could have been really intelligent like me for example, or maybe they had the talent to become a great musician and practiced all the time or a great actor. There are several hundred possibilities at least."

"I think it would be kind of cool if one of your relatives is a great musician or a great actor for that matter," Safina said smiling.

"Yeah, it would be," Spencer said smiling in return.

"Spencer had never thought about possibly having other relatives," Aaron said. "Not until I brought the subject up."

"It just never occurred to me and it should have," Spencer admitted. "It made me wonder why I never met dad's siblings. He at least should have a twin, though I suppose he could've been one of those rare single births.

"That's possible, but it's not too likely," Safina said and the two males in the room nodded in agreement.

"That's exactly what I said," Spencer said smiling again. Spencer took his son once he was done feeding and handed her the second one smiling. The kids had been causing quite a racket crying, but that was to be expected when they were children and none of the adults minded.

"So you named one, Arnold," Aaron mentioned.

"I guess we did get a little sidetracked," Spencer admitted smiling.

"We named the girl Serena. I've always liked the name and Spencer did not argue when I suggested it," Safina said smiling at her mate who was now holding the little girl, tenderly, even kissing her on the forehead gently.

"It's a pretty name," was all Spencer said, as he paid attention to his crying daughter. "Believe me, I'm perfectly capable of telling you if I don't like something."

Aaron grinned at that, knowing it was true

"And for the last one we chose Elijah," Spencer finished.

"We'll probably call him Eli," Safina said, as she finished feeding her second son. The baby quieted down, just as his brother had once his tummy was full. Now there was only one crying baby in the room.

Once the little girl was attached to her mother's breast, she immediately stopped crying.

"I think we're going to have to look into getting some formula," Spencer said. "They're going to have to be fed several times a day and I'm not sure if Safina is going to have enough milk. Luckily, for us, such things are very common in this century. We should be able to find something that works well."

"I still want to feed them at least in the morning," Safina said empathically.

"Which is just fine, it will give you time to bond. I was just worried that you're not going to have enough milk for them, as there's three of them after all," Spencer said.

"It's a valid concern," Aaron told his sister.

"Yes, it is," Safina agreed more calmly.

"You might have to feed two of them in the morning and the other on formula and then switch off when it's time for their bedtime feeding. It all depends on how much milk each of them want, as some infants don't want to drink much at all and they have to be fed more often."

"Yes, some infants can be finicky," Aaron said. "Some are even lactose intolerant, which means you have to find something else that their body will accept."

"Like goat's milk, which is different from cows milk. Goats milk is drank quite frequently in other countries," said Spencer. "That doesn't seem to be a problem for our three though, as they're certainly drinking it readily enough and haven't spit it back up. It doesn't seem to trouble their stomachs at all where they are crying because they have bellyaches."

"There is always soy milk if necessary," Safina suggested.

"It doesn't look like that is going to be required this time," Spencer said, as he held one of his sons, who had the beginning of Safina's black hair. "You're helping me fulfill every one of my dreams. You're already well aware that I wanted a family."

"But you felt that it might not be possible," Safina said gently.

"I know how many relationships break up every day and that's just as true for our kind, as it is for humans and that's with people who have jobs nine to five. The kind of job I have, well, a lot of people are selfish, they want more than some people can give, they want that person to change into someone they're not. They want what they want and refuse to compromise. A lot of times that just makes one of the couple unhappy, which of course, leads to divorce down the road or cheating. People can only take so much before they do something about it."

"I have to agree," Aaron said. "People are selfish. I don't see that happening to you two though."

"No, I don't either," Spencer agreed kissing Safina's cheek. "We are both calm and logical individuals. We don't often get angry and we know how to talk to each other, which a lot of people do not. A lot of people like to keep things to themselves, which isn't good for any relationship. I tell her as much as I'm able about my job, as a lot of it's confidential and she tells me about hers. She actually listens to me when I talk, which I can't say about many people in the past and I don't have to explain what I'm talking about which is a bonus. She understands that there are some thing's I can't talk about and a lot of people just annoy you when you say that, as they don't understand the need to keep secrets sometimes. A lot of people wouldn't understand us, because we're both so intelligent, on a level that most people are not."

"I understand your need not to talk about some things, because sometimes the things I can't talk about either," Safina said. "People have no right to demand that you give them information that you're legally stopped from giving."

"People could get hurt with what I know," Spencer said simply. "They could also spread that information accidentally or not, as a lot of people love to gossip, which could cause numerous problems including the government throwing me in jail. When they tell you confidential, they mean confidential. There're just some things that ordinary citizens don't need to know."

"It's similar to not allowing competitors know exactly what your company is working on, so secrets are necessary sometimes. Safina can tell you though, because I know you won't say anything, you keep secrets for national security after all. If you want that though, you'll have to sign a nondisclosure agreement just in case," Aaron said.

"I don't need to know," Spencer said. "Unless it's what Safina wants, so she can discuss it with me."

"You have a physics degree you could sometimes help my research. You might think of some route to take that I would not," Safina pointed out.

"Well, if it's what you want then I won't object," Spencer said. "Yes, I might be able to help you, but then again, I might not and yes, I do have a physics, as well as a chemistry degree."

The three continued to talk before Safina started to get sleepy so Aaron left.

~~~Spencer and Safina~~~