Second Chances (Spencer Reid Story)

Sweet Despair

* The events taking place in this story are during season 9, a couple of months after Maeve's death. For the sake of the story, I've changed Spencer's age to 27! I do not own any of the characters (except for Gabby and my other OC's) or the TV show! All credit goes to Jeff Davis and his incredible mind! I hope you'll love the story! Please enjoy!
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Sweet Despair

Spencer Reid walked out of his apartment in Quantico Virginia, walking into his blue Volvo and slowly sitting down in the driver's seat. It had been 6 months since Maeve's death, and although Spencer was quick to get back on his job at the BAU, he still felt a little bit of pain at the thought of her.

He remembered the dream he had on the jet coming back to Virginia. What Maeve had said in his dream to him had been true.

From that moment on, Maeve Donovan was only a memory. A memory of Spencer Reid's first, and possibly only, love. Even though he had never been able to touch her, hold her, and had never seen her physically until just a couple of months ago, he couldn't deny the feel of being in love with somebody for real.

The feeling that gave you a reason to get up in the morning. The feeling of having a reason to smile everyday even when you're working on the most horrifying case a BAU agent could possibly have. The feeling of having something to look forward to hearing, seeing, or even talking to somebody. The feeling you had that gave you a reason to live.

For the past 10 months he had known Maeve, she was his reason for getting up in the morning, for smiling, and for living.

...Until his very reason for living was ripped away from him...

Just one second was all it took for Diane Turner to pull the trigger and take both hers and Maeve's lives. Maeve didn't deserve to have her life taken the way she did. In fact, she didn't deserve to get her life taken away at all.

Maeve was the most loving, caring, and sweetest person Spencer knew, and she most definitely didn't deserve to die.

Spencer turned on the ignition of his car, and started driving down the silent streets of his neighborhood. He had barely gotten any sleep last night. The fear of thinking about Maeve was way too strong to overcome.

Figuring that a little bit of coffee could wake him up, he turned right at the next stop light and pulled into a small parking space in front of a cute little coffee shop called "Café Expresso".

As Spencer walked into the coffee shop, he rubbed his eyes and yawned silently, not seeing a girl with brown chestnut hair walking the same direction that he was. The two bumped into each other, both trying to keep their balance as they struggled to stay on their feet.

When the both of them were finally able to balance, Spencer finally looked up at the young woman he bumped into and took in the amazing features of her face.

The girl had the deepest blue eyes anyone could ever imagine. Her eyes had tiny specks of green and orange in them, and something about her just mesmerized him. Her creamy white skin was flawless, and her medium long chestnut hair was pulled into a high pony tail with two thin long bangs at the sides of her face. Her hair had a small curl in them, and they looked so perfect that Spencer couldn't tell whether or not she curled it or if it was naturally like that.

She looked about Spencer's age (27), maybe a year younger, but she was definitely taller than other girls. "She's most likely 5'11" Spencer thought.

Her body was physically fit, she obviously worked out, and her curves complemented every part of her body.

The girl looked up at Spencer, and as her eye's locked with his, he held his breath silently hoping that she hadn't notice a light shade of pink color his pale face as his cheeks started to heat up.

The girl laughed a soft, heavenly giggle and scratched the side of her head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry" the girl said laughing slightly "I...didn't see you there."

Spencer's cheeks started to heat up even more. He knew it was him who wasn't paying attention and accidently bumped into her, not the other way around.

Spencer opened up his mouth to speak, his words coming out of his mouth as a jumble of sounds. "No, ah, I...er.. I mean, um. It was me who bumped into you... I should've paid more attention."

The young beauty laughed slightly once again, and this time... Spencer actually found himself laughing along with her.

"I'm Gabriella, Gabby or Ella for short" Gabby stuck her hand out for him to shake, smiling a friendly and bright smile.

"I'm Spencer" he said taking her hand and shaking it. Spencer was surprised by how soft Gabby's hands were. And they were warm... unlike his.

Gabriella's smile became bigger. "It's nice to meet you Spencer. Do you come here a lot? I've never seen you around?"

Spencer nodded slightly. "Only once and a while. Usually when I'm not that busy with work, or when I know that I won't be late."

"Same here" Gabby said grinning slightly "so I see that we've got a lot in common for people who've just met each other."

"I agree." Spencer responded.

The two stared at each other smiling and laughing at the same time.

After about 2 minutes of laughing slightly and sending smiles back and forth, Gabby looked down at her watch and realized the time. "Oh, shoot!" she said looking up at Spencer. "I didn't realize the time. I gotta go or else I'll be late for work."

"Oh, right" Spencer said blushing lightly. "I have to get to work too."

Gabby smiled kindly, nodding her head while pushing a small strand of her bangs out of her face. "Hey, um... do you think we can meet up again sometime? Maybe over here at Saturday at 2 if you're available? We could maybe have some coffee and then walk around the park or something."

Spencer thought about what he'd be doing on Saturday. He'd usually sleep in if he didn't have to be working with Hotch and team, but this was an exception."

"Sure" Spencer responded. "I'd...I'd like that."

"Good." Gabby said walking backwards towards the door. "See you on Saturday" she called out to him.

Spencer nodded, a small grin forming on his face for the first time in 6 months since Maeve's death. "See you on Saturday".

Gabby laughed as she pushed the door open, waving goodbye before walking out.

But just as Gabby was all the way out of his sight, he saw something stick out of the back pocket of her blue jeans. Her black leather blocked her back pocket slightly, but he could've sworn he saw something that looked like a badge, although the badge didn't look like the badges agents from the FBI had. It definitely wasn't a police badge, nor S.W.A.T. he had seen the badge somewhere before, although he couldn't put his finger on it.

He shook the thought out of his head, convincing himself that he had probably just seen her wallet.

It might've been a badge, then again maybe it wasn't.

The important thing was that Spencer hadn't thought about Maeve through the whole encounter with Gabby. He hadn't blamed himself for his old lover's death, hadn't thought about making up an excuse for not coming to work again.

He didn't know if it was a good thing, to not be thinking about Maeve. But then again, maybe it was. Maybe this was the world giving him a second chance at love. Maybe Gabby was the one he'd been waiting for his whole life.

He knew it sounded crazy, to think that someone you had just met could be your life long partner.

But could he help the way he was feeling? No. Not at all. Spencer took a deep breath and walked over to the back of the line, smiling silently to himself.

Finally, for the first time since Maeve, Spencer had something to look forward to. And that was made him smile...
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I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This sorta serves as a one shot also, but please tell me if you want me to continue! Criticism and Compliments are all welcome! Don't forget to review! I'll try to update soon!