Smart Girl(A Criminal Minds/Spencer Reid Fan-fiction) BOOK TWO

Chapter Twelve: JJ

        I stood between Spencer's legs as he sat on Emily's desk. Garcia stood behind us and Emily sat next to us. We all stared at Hotch's closed blinds. 

        "JJ's still in there?"Garcia asked.

        "And Strauss." Spencer reached around me for the antacid tablet bottle on the desk. "Oh, again with the dairy?"

        'I can't help it. I love Dairy." He told her.

        "I'm sorry, Emily. I tried." I added. He popped a tablet in his mouth and wrapped his arms around me. 

        "It's been like what, twenty minutes?" 

        "Well ten more minutes and we're in the air." Morgan told us. 

        "I don't think it's about the case."

        "Do you know something?"

        "Do  I know something?" Emily repeated. 

        'She just repeated the question, you always say that's a sign."

        "Do you know why JJ's in there?"

        "I have no idea."

        "What is going on?"

        "Maybe she asked for a raise." Spencer suggested. He popped another tablet in his mouth. 

        "Ok, you are never having Dairy again." 

        "I told you, I can't help it!"

        'Have his blinds ever been closed?" Garcia asked. We saw Strauss leave, then JJ. When JJ looked at us we pretended not to notice. Hotch came last. 

        "How long have they been in custody?" Morgan asked.

        "Sixty hours. We have twelve hours to get a confession or find the body." 

        "Syd Pearson has a lot of money and contacts, if we let him go..." I started.

        "We may never see him again." 

        "And Barrett?"

        "He doesn't have the same resources." 

        "Do you think these guys did it?" Garcia asked.

        'The locals do. "

        "They tried to get them to turn against one another, but that didn't work."

        "As it would seem, they have a bond that dates to childhood." I added.

        "We only have a thirty minute flight, that's not enough time to delve into their histories."Garcia handed us print-outs.

        'Bullet points on the missing women, Second and third pages are all about suspects."

        "Garcia, we're gonna need phone records, credit card receipts, anything you can find."

        "Yes, you'll have them when you get there." We all crowded into the elevator.

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        On the plane, Spencer retreated to the bathroom and we just looked at JJ.

        "Hey." Prentiss told her.

        'Hey." She looked up to see all of us staring at her expectantly.

        "I got this offer from the Pentagon, I turned it down twice, I never told Hotch or Strauss."

        "And now Strauss wants you to take it." Morgan said.