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4.) Hypnotizing

Back at the police station, Spencer and I were sitting in a room together, working on separate assignments. He was looking for any connections between the suicides, while I looked through an old yearbook that Rossi had requested for me.

"Where did you say you went to school?" He asked me.

"I didn't. I was homeschooled." I responded, looking up from the book.

"Really? Did you just not want to go to regular school or...?"

"There was really no point. Whenever I got comfortable, started making friends...we'd have to pack up and move again. So my grandma decided that homeschooling would be for the best, and she was right. I knew way more then the average teenager did anyways, plus I was studying way above my education level."

"So you're pretty smart then." He smirked.

"Not as smart as you, Dr. Reid, but...smart enough." I flirted. Ugh, what the hell am I doing? Why am I flirting with this man, when I should be focusing? "Um...have you found anything yet?"

"Nothing that is making sense. You?"

"Same. I just...wait a minute. Do you have a list of the parents names?"

"I believe so. Why? What are you thinking?" He asked.

"I'm thinking that I might've found a connection." I said, standing up. "Okay, Diana Davis, who was Diana Thompson back in highschool, before she married Sean Davis."

"That's Lauren Davis's parents."

"Yep." I started writing down the names of the parents, looking up their pictures in the yearbook, and it was all starting to make sense. "Everyone I saw bully him is...is on this board! And now he's taking it out on their kids, but how?!"

"Wait what? You saw someone get bullied? What are you talking about?" He asked me.

"I can't really go into detail right now, but I promise I will explain everything later. In the meantime...I need to find Hotch and Rossi." Right on cue, Hotch and JJ walked into the room.

"Have you found anything?" JJ asked Reid.

"I haven't, but Melanie might have."

"What did you find?" Hotch asked. I explained what I found, pairing it up with what I saw, without revealing too much since JJ and Reid were present. "We need some type of proof, before making accusations. What do you need to make that happen?"

"I'm going to need to touch their personal belongings. A shirt, jewelry...something, but it has to be what they wore when they died." I said.

"I'm not sure, but I think I can make that happen. I'll be right back." He excused himself, followed by JJ, leaving me and Spencer alone once again.

"Why are you so sure that the guidance counselor is our unsub?" He asked me.

"When I met him earlier, I just got a really weird vibe from him. I know it sounds crazy, but I've always been known to trust my gut and my gut tells me that something isn't right about him."

"That doesn't sound crazy at all. Usually when a person has what we call a 'gut feeling', they tend to be right about certain situations. I tend to lean towards physics, but every once in awhile, I may go with my gut. That's important when doing what we do." Ugh, he was just too cute for words.

"Melanie?" Rossi called out. "Listen, I know I kind of roped you into this without asking, but...are you sure you want to do this? Don't get me wrong, with your gift, we can solve this case and so many others; but at the same time...I don't want you to do anything you're not comfortable doing."