Unexpected Connections | Spencer Reid

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Clara

5 Years Later...

"Spencer!" I shout from the kitchen, when I get no reply I sigh and stomp up the stairs. I hear little giggles coming from Quinnly's bedroom. When I peak inside I see Spencer crouched into a tiny little chair with a feather boa wrapped around his neck, a matching tiara on his head. Quinnly is wearing similar attire but hers is purple, not pink like Spencer's.

"Quinnie, are you having a tea party without me?" I smile at my daughter who quickly shakes her and insists it's makeover.

"Daddy is ugly so he needed to dress up," She jumps from her chair and runs over to the other side of the table and tells Spencer to turn and face me. When he does I slap my hand over my mouth trying not laugh, he has blue eye shadow on and bright pink lipstick, there's glitter everywhere too. He's trying to make a kissy face but he keeps laughing and can't form his lips into the right shape.

"Why don't you do mommy's makeup now?" Spencer says grabbing a dancing Quinnlys hands to keep her in place.

"Mommy is pretty she doesn't need to." She snaps back at him and I laugh.

"Auntie Emily is coming over later, so are some other people. So, let's get you clean up and let daddy take a shower?" I offer her and she nods in agreement but only after I sweetened the deal with a lollipop.

Quinnly ended up with my dark hair and my smile, everything else is pure Spencer, her giant hazel eyes, her smarts, her attitude.

Quinnly gasps when we walk past the door and there's knocks on, when she knows Emily is coming over she paces around waiting for those knocks. When she latches onto the door handle I help her twist it open. Emily comes in with a little box and hands it to Quinnly.

"There little genius!" She beams leaning down to hug her goddaughter, Derek comes in after her with an even bigger box and I stare at them in disbelief, they spoil her too much.

"What? I can't let her out do me," He ruffles up Quinnlys refresher done hair and Spencer comes downstairs finally to greet everyone. Hotch walks in with his girlfriend and Jack, Rossi and Penelope arrive shortly after that and JJ brings along Will and her two sons.

It's pasta night, which is usually at Rossi's place but Quinnly complained she was bored last time and she believed that everyone would have more fun at her house. So, here we are.

Quinnly calls Rossi grandpa and she calls Penelope kitty, I'm not sure why she calls her kitty but it's really cute. She makes everyone sit down while she performs a fashion show and once it ends Rossi is putting us all to work in the kitchen, besides Penelope and JJ's sons, who have been captured to play barbie's upstairs.

"Is she starting kindergarten in August?" JJ asks as she sits up at the counter next to Emily. I sigh and Spencer's head whips around because he knows what's coming.

"We just registered her the other day, I cried." I sit down next to Emily at the counter and Spencer places his hand on my back.

"For three hours," He adds and JJ waves him away.

"Hey Reid, you gotta a little sparkle on your face today." Emily points at him and chuckles and he starts wiping his face.