can't help falling in love- spencer reid

twenty eight

a/n: this chapter takes place during season 12, episode 13 "spencer", where spencer's gets arrested.

"good morning, i'm pregnant." evelyn smiled as she walked into emily's office. the change from derek and hotch leaving, luke and stephen joining and emily coming back+being unit chief was a big change, one that would take a while to get used to. not to mention spencer had been taking time off for his mom more recently, ever since she had moved in with him. "oh my goodness, congrats!" emily exclaimed, hugging her tightly. "oh hugs, i like hugs. why are there hugs?" penelope asks as she walked in. "well..." emily said, looking at evelyn. "i'm pregnant." evelyn smiled. penelope squealed and pulls evelyn into a tight hug. "excuse me, i have to get this." emily says as her phone rings,. walking out. "oh this is great news. does spencer know yet?" penelope asks. "not yet, i just found out this morning. i plan on telling him today." she smiles. "how far along are you? if you know." penelope asks. "13 weeks give or take. so around 3 months." evelyn says. "ahhh i see you two had fun on halloween." penelope says, nudging evelyn as they walked out. "that we did." evelyn blushes softly, remembering the events. the pair joined jj and luke in the bull pen. "i know, it doesn't make sense." emily says as her and dave approached them. "what's wrong?" jj asks, the group looking at them confused. "reid is in jail." emily says. evelyn's heart immediately drops, her smile fading. "you're joking, right?" evelyn says. "please tell me you're joking." she continues. "i'm afraid i'm not." emily says. "in mexico." she continues. "what the hell is he doing down there?" jj asks. "i don't know, i didn't talk to him. the call came in to cruz from their lead investigator." emily says. "what's he being held for?" luke asks. "drug possession, with intent to distribute." rossi says. "no no no, that's not possible. spencer's would do that. especially since tobias. obviously i wasn't there so i don't know the full story but i know about his diladud addiction." evelyn says. "what time of drugs?" luke asks. "cocaine and heroine." dave says. "i-uh- i gotta go." evelyn says, running off. she runs to the bathroom, making sure no one was in there before locking the door and breaking down. a few minutes later there was a knock on the door. "evelyn? it's me, emily. can i come in?" evelyn paces back and forth before unlocking the door. "i'm so sorry. did you know he was down there?" emily asks, rubbing her back as she cried over the sink. "no. he didn't tell me anything. other then what he told you guys." evelyn says. "are you going to see him?" she asks. emily hesitates before answering. "yes." she says simply. "great, i'm coming." evelyn says, wiping her tears. "no. stay here. you don't need any more stress right now. for the sake of this baby. how far along are you?" emily says. "no, no. emily don't do that. don't change the subject. i need to go see him. i need to make sure he's okay and safe." evelyn says, overwhelmed by the situation. "i'm sorry evelyn, i can't let you go. trust me. i really want to let you, but i know you, and i know you won't be able to handle seeing him the way he is." emily says. "the way he is?" evelyn asks. emily sighs and shows her his mugshot. evelyn takes one glance at it and turns her head away. "okay fine, but keep me updated. even if it's the tiniest thing." evelyn says. emily nods, understanding. "and i'm 13 weeks." she continues. emily nods again, walking out.

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"thank you guys for coming." spencer said softly. "how's evelyn? is she here?" he asks. "no, she's not here. but she's pretty shaken up, how you'd expect her to be." emily says. "we're gonna get you out of here, kid." rossi says. they talked more to spencer, trying to find out what happened and why he was in mexico. it wasn't very successful though, due to the drugs. yet, they did find out who his contact was, who turned out to be nadie ramos, or as spencer knew her, rosa medina. unfortunately, when she was found, she had been stabbed to death, over 25 stab wounds, which made spencer look even worse. emily attempted to do a cognitive interview, however it just incriminated him more due to the holes in his memory. "reid is going to el diablo maximum security by the end of the day. they just put in the transfer." penelope says. "no no no, this can't be happening." evelyn says, pacing the room. "evelyn, you should go home. you don't need to be around this. it's not good for you right now." penelope says. "wait what do you mean right now?" tara asks. evelyn sighs. "i'm pregnant, 3 months to be exact, but that doesn't matter-" she said, tara cutting her off. "it does matter." "i don't care, i'm staying here. i need to stay updated." evelyn says. "he's my boyfriend penelope. how would you feel if your boyfriend got arrested and was facing drug and murder charges and you just got sent home, not knowing anything?" she continues softly. penelope sighs. "okay you're right." she says, her computer. when penelope moved to her bar cave, evelyn went too, pacing around the room, waiting for any news on spencer. once penelope hung up with emily she sighs. "he won't survive el diablo." evelyn says, tears escaping her eyes. "we will get him here, don't worry." penelope says softly, trying to comfort her. as if on cue penelope's computer beeps, making her gasp as she read what it said. "he's going to the federal jail here." she says, evelyn letting out a sigh of relief. "oh thank god." she says. "oh but you'll get to see him first, emily just texted they're stopping here first. he'll be in handcuffs, but at least you'll get to see him." penelope says. evelyn nods. "i think i'm gonna be sick." she says, running to the bathroom.

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the BAU team (minus evelyn, who was still in the bathroom breaking down) waited in front of the elevator for spencer to come out, sighing and walking to him when he did. "hi." jj says softly, immediately hugging him. "oh. i'm so sorry. it's only because other people are around." she says, referring to the jacket over his hands, covering the handcuffs. "it's ok." spencer replies softly. "we know you didn't do anything wrong." jj says. "but i should have told you guys i was going there." he says. "i never-never imagined in a million years it would have turned out like this." he continues. "no one thought that this could have happened." jj says. "look you're not alone in this anymore, ok? no secrets." she continues. "deal." spencer says. "my turn." penelope says, jj moving away, penelope hugging spencer tightly. "come here, you." she said as she hugged him. "oh, my god. your color's better. all i had to look at was that mug shot, and it had me really worried." she said, pulling away from him. "yeah, we all were." tara says. "glad you're back." stephen says. "me, too." spencer says. "where's evelyn?" he asks. "oh, she's in the bathroom, i'll go get her." penelope says, scurrying off to go get her. "it's hitting her pretty hard." jj says softly. "i'm such an idiot." spencer says, looking down. "you're not, i promise." jj says. "oh my god, spence." evelyn says, running to him, hugging him tightly. he leaned into her as if hugging her back. she pulled away, cupping his cheeks with her hands, frantically studying his face. "are you okay?" she asks, kissing him before she could get an answer. "i'm okay." he says softly. "i'm so sorry, evelyn." he says. "spencer." emily says softly, signaling they had to go. "it's okay, we'll get you out of this." she replied, kissing him softly. "i promise." she continues, kissing him softly again and hugging him tightly. "spencer, we gotta go." emily says, trying to pull him away. "no no no, please." evelyn said, beginning to cry as she was pried off of spencer, spencer looking sadly back at her as she broke down crying, collapsing onto the floor. this was going to be a lot harder than she thought.