the great war, spencer reid [ 2 ]

072. building trust

Bedelia walks out to the living room, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She groans at the subtle pain in her back, sometimes hating pregnancy.

She stops when she finds Spencer asleep on the couch, hugging a book to his chest.

Bedelia walks over and taps him on the head. Spencer jolts awake, looking around, quickly growing familiar with his surroundings.

"Hey. Morning." Spencer rubs his face, sitting up. The book falls to the floor, Spencer quickly picking it up.

"Morning." Bedelia greets. "You know, um... you can still sleep in bed. Nothing in the place is off limits."

"Right. Yeah, yeah, no, I... I wasn't actually sure." Spencer says, his voice growing quiet near the end. Bedelia awkwardly nods. "But I-I did fall asleep reading. It-- it was mostly unintentional."

"Right." Bedelia nods. "Coffee?" She asks.

"Yeah. I-I can make it. I mean, you won't drink it anyway since you're pregnant." Spencer says.

"I can make pancakes." Bedelia offers. "Theo will love those when she wakes up."

"Theo." Spencer mumbles. "Theo?" He frowns. "Theo. Wha--" He looks at the clock on the stove. "It's 8:00, why isn't she up yet?"

"Oh, um... she had bad dreams last night so she'll probably be out a bit longer." Bedelia informs.

"Dreams? Like... like plural?" Spencer asks.

"Yeah. Just... kept having them all night. Said it was about some witches chasing her. I think she watched Hocus Pocus or something yesterday." Bedelia says.

"Right." Spencer nods.

Spencer starts making himself a pot of coffee while Bedelia gets the things for pancakes.

"So, um... the first therapy session is tomorrow." Spencer nervously starts.

"Mm-hmm." Bedelia nods.

"Do you... wanna talk about it?" He asks.

"Isn't that what therapy's for?" Bedelia weakly jokes.

"B..." He mumbles, giving her a look.

"Okay, okay. Um... Pen is watching Theo while we're there. What do you want to talk about?" Bedelia asks.

"And are we trusting Penelope or is she a second option?" Spencer asks.

"Spence..."

"I just-- I'm sorry. I'm curious." Spencer says.

"I... I still mostly trust her." Bedelia says. "But you know that woman. She can't keep a secret to save her life. It's kinda hard not to trust her."

"Do you just think we're all keeping secrets?" Spencer asks.

"Look, I-- I know everybody is entitled to their private lives. I'm not asking to know every little thing about Luke's life, or Matt's, or Tara's. I know a fair amount about Rossi's and Emily's, and Penelope's... and Jennifer's."

"We don't have to talk about her right now." Spencer says.

"Good." Bedelia says. "I just... I don't know what the main issue is. I just-- I can't--" She huffs.

"We can save this part for therapy." Spencer says.

"Good. Let's do that." Bedelia says.

"Do you want help?" Spencer asks. Bedelia looks at him. "What? I know how to make pancakes. And if you don't want, I won't say a single word. Next time I open my mouth will be when Theo wakes up."