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071. memoriam

Jessica had left Spencer with his mom last night, giving the mother and son some time alone. Plus, despite both Reids insisting she should stay, there wasn't enough room and she really didn't want her or Spencer to sleep on the floor.

"Come on, baby, give it to me. Give it to me. See? Nuh-uh." Derek complains.

"Morgan, can you-- please, can you-- my head." Emily says.

"My bad. Sorry." Derek laughs. "You know these things are rigged, right?"

"Late night?" Rossi asks Emily.

"I hate Vegas." Emily groans.

"Come on, Prentiss. How can you hate Vegas? This is a grown folk's playground." Derek says.

"Uh, it's pretty easy to hate when you're facing the consequences of it." Jessica laughs at Emily who glares at her.

"Anyone seen Reid?" JJ asks, walking up.

"I talked to him during breakfast. He should be here in a bit." Jessica says.

"Well, he should be here by now. He knows the departure time." JJ says. She looks at the machine Derek was just using. "This thing still has credit on it."

"JJ, I swear to God." Emily warns.

"What?" JJ glances between Derek and Rossi.

Rossi makes a drinking motion with his hand before making a grouchy face. JJ gets it and quietly laughs as does Derek.

"Oh, here he comes right now." Derek says, watching Spencer jog over. "What'd you do? Sleep through your alarm?"

"Sorry to keep you guys waiting. I--" Spencer says.

"Hotch is already at the airstrip." JJ informs. "How fast can you pack?"

"Actually, I'm gonna stay for a couple of days." Spencer says.

"Is everything all right?" Rossi asks.

"Yeah, I just, um-- I haven't seen my mom for a really long time, so I'd like a few more days." Spencer says.

"You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, take a few days. Do what you need to do." Rossi says before walking out, Derek and Emily following.

"You okay?" Jessica asks, giving him a concerned look. She studies his face, squinting her eyes a little at the obvious signs of stress.

"Yeah. I'll call you." Spencer says, squeezing her wrist.

"Okay." Jessica nods. "Love you." She pecks him on the lips.

"Love you, too." He smiles.

+++

Jessica is sitting on her and Spencer's hotel bed. She's eating a bag of Goldfish she got from the vending machine. Derek and Rossi are sitting in arm chairs in front of the TV.

"What are you guys doing here?" She glances over at the door when Spencer walks in and he's holding a box.

"Hey. What's it look like we're doing?" Derek questions.

"Uh... breaking into my room and watching Days of Our Lives." Spencer says, putting the box down.

"Young and the Restless." Rossi corrects, turning the TV off.

"Aren't you supposed to be on a plane back to D.C.?" Spencer asks, hanging his satchel on the back of a chair. "Why are you eating on the bed?" He asks Jessica.

"Why are you not with your mom?" Jessica retorts.

"Riley Jenkins?" Derek points to the box.

"No, it's not-- that's actually not why I'm here." Spencer says, stepping in front of the chair that the box is on so he can hide it from their view. Jessica rolls her eyes at his obvious lie.