can't help falling in love- spencer reid

forty two

"evelyn, i need you to get reid. we have a case." luke says as she answers the phone. "but i'm fired and he's in class." evelyn says, confused. "we'll have to work in secret. you down?" luke says. "hell yea i am. i'll get spence." evelyn says hanging up. "who wants to go visit daddy?" evelyn asks grayson and grace. evelyn had named grace after penelope, since her middle name was grace. spencer came up with her middle name, giving her the middle name diana, after his mom. "me! me!" grayson said. it was weird hearing him talk so well, not even being 2 yet, but of course he took after spencer. "let's go. put your shoes on." evelyn says, helping him put his shoes on. she put the kids in their car seats, driving to the college. "ok, let's take a moment now to discuss the difference between a trigger and a stressor." spencer says as he turned on the lights in the class. "a trigger is a sensory event experienced by and offender that precipitates subsequent behavior, whereas a stressor is a longer-term pattern of behavior or circumstances which push a person into behaving differently than they normally would. you're probably gonna want to write this down. i shouldn't be telling you guys this, but i'm definitely putting this on the final." he continues. "i'm only auditing this class." a girl says. "is anyone else auditing this class?" spencer asks as evelyn walks in, most of the class raising their hand. most of them thought he was attractive (understandably) which is the only reason they were there. "ok." spencer says, looking at evelyn as she walked to the front. "sorry." she mumbles, carrying grayson and grace on either hip, spencer taking grace when she got to him. "excuse me." spencer says. "what are you doing here?" spencer says quietly to spencer. "we have a "case". jj thinks there's something going on, but barnes won't let them on the case. we're all meeting at emily's apartment." evelyn says. spencer nods. "okay. i'll be out soon." he says softly. "i can take her." evelyn says, talking about grace. "it's fine, i'm right behind you." spencer says, kissing her softly before she walked out. "don't mind me." she said as the girls who were auditing the class watched her leave. "he's married?" one girl said to her friend quietly, yet spencer still heard. "she's my girlfriend actually, but we do indeed have two kids." he says awkwardly, motioning to grace. "uh, unfortunately that is all the time we have for today. thank you, guys." spencer continues after a few moments of awkward silence. he then grabs his messenger bag, walking out, meeting up with evelyn, who was waiting for him just outside of the room. "i think you have some fans in there." evelyn laughs. "it appears so." spencer replies with a laugh as they walked to evelyn's car. evelyn would've called him instead of driving, but she knew he took the subway and that that was his last class for the day, so she decided to pick him up instead. "you don't talk about me?" evelyn asks, acting offended. "i'm supposed to-" spencer starts, evelyn cutting him off with a laugh as she put grayson in his car seat. "spence, it was a joke." she laughs. "oh." he said as he got into the passenger seat. evelyn got into the driver's seat, driving to a restaurant nearby so they could get some food. "we have a couple hours. they're still working." evelyn explains when she saw spencer's confused face. spencer nods, getting out and getting grace from her car seat, walking in with evelyn. they ordered what they wanted and found a booth to sit at, getting two high chairs for grayson and grace. "no mommy, i wan sit with you." grayson says as she tries to put him in the high chair. "oh okay." she says, sitting across from spencer, sitting grayson in her lap. "it's crazy how advanced he is." spencer says. "gee i wonder where he got that from?" evelyn says sarcastically, laughing softly. "i don't know." spencer says, not getting the joke. "spence, he gets it from you! mr. iq of 187, out of high school by age 12, reads 20,000 words per minute, eidetic memory, i could go on." evelyn laughs. "can't forget the 3 phd's and 2 ba's" spencer jokes. "oh yes, how could i forget." evelyn laughs. they talked while they waited for their food, eating in a comfortable silence, other then grayson asking if he could have some of evelyn's food every 20 seconds. "now who does he get that from?" spencer half jokes, looking at evelyn, implying he got it from her. "hey!" evelyn exclaims, pretending to be offended.

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"thank you, all of you, for coming. i've missed this, us. before we do this, i need to be sure everyone understands what we're getting into. we have been told not to investigate this case. if we do, we are violating direct orders, and eventually barnes will find out. so, if something goes wrong or we don't catch this unsub, she will shut down the bau and most likely fire all of us. not more reassignments." emily says. "well those of you who haven't already been fired." evelyn says, half joking. "you know what? even if everything does go right and we do catch our unsub, i mean, the same thing could happen." jj says. "right. barnes would try to spin in, label the bau a rouge unit that needs to be shut down." matt says. "right. so if anyone has doubts, no shame, no judgement." emily says. "the bau started in a room just like this one. if this is how it goes out, so be it." rossi says. "we're all in?" spencer says, everyone nodding. "all in!" grayson excitedly exclaims from evelyn's lap. everyone laughs, penelope softly pinching his cheek. "oh he's too cute." she exclaims. "ok. let's talk victimology." emily says. "and that's my cue." evelyn says, taking grayson and grace to emily's guest bedroom, putting grace in her swing and grayson on his play mat that she brought over. "stay in here, okay?" evelyn says. grayson nods, getting busy with his toys. evelyn shuts the door and comes back. "okay, continue." she says.

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"is she alive? is she gonna be alright?" the senator asks as the ambulance pulls away. they had just arrested the unsub and saved jessica, jessica now on her way to the hospital. "senator, she's going to be fine." barnes says. "her abductor gave her an overdose, but she should be alright." matt says. "you said this was the work of the bau. is that right?" the senator asks linda. "yes, sir." she replies. "thank you." he says. "all of you. you saved my daughter's life." he continues. "it was a team effort. glad we were here." jj says. "so am i. look, i know there's been talk about shutting down your unit. spreading profilers out into the field offices." mayhew says. "that's just one option to increase efficiency." linda says. "i think that's a mistake." "understood." "when i return to the senate, i will personally ensure that the bau is funded and staffed to full capacity. but in the meantime, don't you think agent prentiss should be reinstated as unit chief?" he asks. "consider it done." linda says. "senator, does this mean i have hiring authority?" emily asks. "within reason." he replies. "i'm only asking because assistant director barnes terminated agent jareau when she asked questions about the tracy ferguson case. that was the case that allowed us to identify this unsub. and terminated agent jones because she didn't think her outfit choices were appropriate." emily says. "you have full authority." he says. "staff the bau any way you see fit." he continues. "thank you, sir." emily says.

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"i couldn't wait until morning!" penelope exclaims excitedly, walking in with a box of her things. "oh, you weren't the only one." jj says. "you look great." spencer says. "hey! what about me?" evelyn jokes. "you always look amazing." spencer says, pulling her in, kissing her softly. "i feel great. you guys, we did it." penelope says. "ohh, i wish i could have been there to see barnes' face when the senator showed up." tara says. "you and me both." evelyn laughs. "i though she was gonna melt like the wicked witch h of the west when he said prentiss could hire whoever she wanted" matt says, laughing softly. "you think she'll back off for good?" luke asks. "the director called me. he said barnes was told to keep her hands off the bau." emily smiles. "and so, we live to fight another day." rossi says. "ladies and gentlemen, we're back!" he continues excitedly. the team laughs and cheers, finishing unpacking their things.