Lost In The Fire | Spencer Reid

18. Surprise!

Becca walked through the large doors and into the lobby of the Quantico building where the BAU were based. She smiled at the tall, dark-haired guard sat behind the security desk.

"Hi Joe," she smiled.

"Hi," he smiled back at her, his chubby cheeks causing his large eyes to narrow.

"How are things in the heady heights of security?" She laughed.

"As exciting as always," he rolled his eyes just as Becca heard the elevator bell ding loudly, the doors opening slowly and Spencer walked out, arm in arm with Penelope.

"Hey sweet cheeks," Penelope beamed as she walked towards Becca. "I've spent the day entertaining this one while he's on desk duty, so I am in need of a drink, and he's buying," she smiled, gesturing towards Spencer as she linked her free arm with Becca's, pulling the couple towards the exit.

"Bye Joe!" Becca called over her shoulder, her eyes meeting Spencer's over the top of Penelope's head, him giving her a small wink as she smiled at him.

The three of them emerged out onto the street, the cold wind whistling between the buildings as Penelope told them, in great detail, about the new facial recognition program she had been working on.

"Pen, you know none of this makes any sense to me, right?" Becca laughed. Penelope sighed dramatically.

"Of course I know that, that's why I'm explaining it to you," she explained exasperatedly before continuing.

They walked together for a few blocks before walking into O'Keefe's bar, the loud music filling their ears as they stepped inside.

"Let's find a table first," Penelope shouted, pulling the two of them to the back of the bar.

As they rounded the corner, Becca was startled as the rest of the team jumped out in front of her.

"Surprise!" They yelled, throwing confetti over her.

"Jeez guys, way to give a girl a heart attack," Becca laughed before turning to Penelope. "Is this your doing?"

"With a little bit of help," she smiled, pulling Becca into a tight hug. "We just wanted to show you how much we're going to miss you."

"Thank you Pen, this is amazing," Becca grinned, pulling away from her friend.

"And tonight missy, you are dancing with me, no excuses," Penelope laughed.

"Then we'd better start drinking!"

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"Whew!" Tara exclaimed, as the team slammed their empty shot glasses down onto the table. "That one burned!"

"Didn't they all?" Derek laughed. "Alvez, you don't mind me stealing your girl for a while, do you?"

Luke smiled, shaking his head as Derek put his arm around Penelope's shoulders, guiding her onto the dance floor, followed closely by Tara, Matt, JJ and Will.

The rest of the team were sat in the corner booth, the table in the middle of them littered with empty glasses.

"I would pay good money to watch a movie of your life Dave," Luke laughed. "How do so many weird things happen to one person?!"

"I wish I knew," Dave smiled. "You haven't heard the half of it, I was attacked by a rabid fox once. Shot the thing three times before it went down. Freakin' terrifying. It was like a horror movie."