can't help falling in love- spencer reid

chapter thirty

"look i made a chart for our visits to boy genius." penelope says excitedly, showing everyone her board. it had been a couple days since spencer was denied bail. evelyn had forced herself to go to work to keep her mind off of it, but to also get updates on him. she obviously wasn't herself, but she tried her best, practically living in his sweatshirt. today she was wearing his favorite one. "why do you get to go see reid first?" luke asks. "because i made that chart. and if anyone has any problem with that, tough noogies." penelope snaps at him. "why is evelyn second?" luke asks, which kind of hit a nerve with her. "he's my boyfriend, what the hell do you mean why am i second?" she snapped at him from her seat. "right, i forgot, sorry." he says timidly. "what's all this?" emily asks as she and dave join the group. "uh, well, miss penelope here is keeping track of our correspondence and visits to spence." jj says. "very colorful, penelope." rossi says. "thank you, sir." she replied, smiling softly. "oh! and that reminds me, i'm sending the first batch of letters to reid in jail today, i'm going to need you to pen your upbeat, articulate missives and give them to me no later than 3:00pm, sharp." penelope says. "i'm afraid you'll need a new mailing address." dave says, evelyn immediately taking her feet of the desk and sitting up. "what's wrong, is he okay?" she asks quickly. "early this morning, reid was moved from the police precinct to the millburn correctional facility." emily says. "he's in prison?" jj and evelyn say at the same time. "how is that possible? there hasn't been a trial." evelyn says. "you can blame overcrowding at the d.c. jail. i know this isn't great news, but his lawyer is doing everything she can and she promised to give us updates." emily says. "right now, all we can do is put our faith in the justice system and follow garcia's chart and work the case we just got in." she continues. the team migrates to the conference room, penelope presenting the case. unlike with her past pregnancy, evelyn was able to listen to the gory details of the cases without getting sick, which she was grateful for. "wheels up in 20." emily says, the team getting up. "guys, hold on. i know it's gonna be hard not to think about reid in prison, but we'll get through this. and more importantly, reid will, too." she continues. "hey, evelyn, can i see you in my office real quick?" emily says, evelyn nodding, following emily to her office. "i know this is hard for you. i don't want to you to be stressed to no end. for you and the baby's sake. if you need to take a couple days off, or even stay here with garcia so you can at least be close to him, you can. i don't mind." emily says. evelyn sighs. "thanks emily, but i'm okay, really. spencer wouldn't want me to worry about him 24/7. cases help me take my mind off of it." she explains. emily nods and sighs. "are you sure? i really don't mind you taking time off." emily says. "i'm sure." evelyn says. emily's nods, dismissing her. evelyn walks out, getting ready for the case. yes it would be hard, but she would just trick herself into thinking he was back in paris with his mom, right?

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a few days later they came back after the case was solved, evelyn excited to finally start penelope's chart so she could go see spencer. "so we can start the chart tomorrow right?" penelope says excitedly as she collected the letters. "yep! everyone is on the approved guest list to see reid, but you have to make an appointment. no surprise vists." emily says. "no surprise vists got it." penelope says, collecting evelyn letter as she walked in from getting it from her car. "what did i miss?" she asks. "we get to start my chart tomorrow, which means you get to see slender soon!" penelope exclaimed excitedly. "oh, about that. there was one person who he didn't approve to see him." emily says, penelope and evelyn's smiles fading. "who?" evelyn asks, emily sighing before answering. "you." she said. "i- uh- i need to sit, i'm a little light headed." she says, looking around for a chair, jj immediately pulling one up for her, evelyn falling back in it. "why?" evelyn practically whispers. "i talked to fiona, and she said he doesn't want you to see him locked up. he doesn't want to break you. he said he knows it sucks and it will be hard but he knows you can't handle seeing him locked up. especially because of how you were the day he was arrested." emily explains. "he's doing it for a good reason, i promise." emily continues. "yea well his reason sucks." she sniffles, tears escaping her eyes. "i know, but we'll get him out soon." emily says, kneeling down and putting a hand on evelyn's shoulder. "soon. soon. that's all anyone says around here! how soon is soon? days? weeks? months? years? when is soon?" evelyn snaps, breaking down. emily sighs, understanding where she's coming from. "i don't know evelyn, but-" emily starts, evelyn cutting her off. "we'll the find out." she says, storming off.

when was soon?