Tick, tick... BOOM [Spencer Reid X FEM OC] english version

10.

Cora woke up to screams coming from Spencer's room. She ran into his room and found him screaming and tossing and turning in his bed. She went over to him and grabbed his face to calm him down.

"Spencer!" she shouted over her voice. "Wake up!"

"No, no, let me go, let me go!" he wasn't yelling at her.

"Spencer!" at that moment, he woke up and, upon seeing her, burst into tears. "What happened?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up."

"It's okay, I was awake." Cora lied. "Do you want to talk?" He looked at her uncertainly.

"I'm going to make coffee."

"Do you remember Tobias Hankel?"

"I don't think I could ever forget that case. You almost died, Reid."

"Well, I've felt guilty ever since for having to shoot him."

"You did the right thing," Cora said. "It was either that or he was tormented by his father all his life."

"He died with his father taking over, not even Tobias died, Raphael did."

"You can't blame yourself for that."

"I don't, but I can't move on."

"Well, I'll help you get over it. We can help you get over it." Cora crouched down and grabbed the boy's hands. "But don't let it eat you up inside, because it will only hurt you more."

"I can't ask them for help. They don't know I still have nightmares." Cora smiled, somewhat sadly.

"Well, then, I'll help you get over it."

They both stared at each other for a long ten seconds until Cora's phone rang. It was Penelope, telling them that they had a case and that everyone was waiting for them at Quantico. She answered the call and when she hung up she threw a pair of pants at him. Spencer.

"Okay, Genius, it's time to work." Cora went into her room and changed into bell-bottom jeans and a white t-shirt.

"Stop calling me Genius." Spencer shouted from her room.

"Okay... Smart guy?" Cora said.

"That's even worse." He laughed a little.

They both left their rooms at the same time, and Cora took her car keys. They got in and she connected her phone to the car to put on some music. Taylor Swift's Love Story started playing and Cora sang along with the blonde.

"Who is she?" the dark-haired guy next to her asked.

"She's a girl from Tennessee, Taylor Swift, she only has two albums, but she's very good. She knows how to express very well what it's like to be a teenager."

"I like her." Cora looked at Spencer and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, I like her too."

After a half hour drive, they arrived at the Quantico offices, but everything was in shambles. Cora looked at Spencer and they both pulled out their guns. They started wandering around until they reached the cafeteria, where the entire team jumped and screamed.

"Happy birthday!" everyone shouted.

"Oh my God!" Cora freaked out and shot, bursting a balloon and making a hole in the wall. "Sorry."

"Happy 26th, Miss World!" Garcia hugged her.

"You're ruthless, Penelope, I thought you were in danger."

"Actually, that was my idea," Rossi said.

"Well, then, va' fa' Napoli," Cora replied.

"What does that mean?" Morgan asked.

"I don't know, I learned it from watching Friends."

They gave her a piece of cake and put on some music; people came and went. Emily and JJ pulled Cora away from the rest and took her to Hotch's office, with permission from their boss. Cora already knew what they were going to ask her, so she answered before they started.

"No, nothing happened with Reid. But he woke up in the night and told me that..." She realized that they didn't know that Reid was still having nightmares about Hankel. - His mother read him all the philosophers when he was little.

"Just so you know, you're boring.

"Thanks, Ems, I'll keep that in mind."

"Don't pay attention to her, that's so romantic." She smiled at JJ. "He's telling you things about his childhood under the light of the fireplace, while you have a hot cup of coffee in your hands."

"What's happening to you is the hormones of pregnancy." the black-haired girl concluded.

"Okay, Emily, no more alcohol for you." Cora told her, taking the glass from her hand.

They left the office and Cora saw that Spencer kept looking at them. Her colleagues left and she approached the Doctor, offering him some cake, but he refused. He kept looking at her and that made her a little nervous.

"Spence, I want my birthday present to be that you have a good time."

"Well, then you'll have a great birthday present." The girl smiled. At that moment Garcia pulled out a karaoke machine.

"Who wants to sing?" Cora howled at her analyst's question.

They connected the microphones and everyone laughed while Emily and Morgan sang Believe by Cher. Hotch recorded the scene with amusement, while Cora applauded them. When they finished, both brunettes hugged each other laughing. 

Cora pulled Spencer to the karaoke machine, and when Iris by Goo Goo Dolls started playing, they both sang, Cora better than Reid.

When they finished, Rossi hugged the one he considered his daughter and gave her his gift, a pendant of a wheat spike, picco, in Italian, and they both smiled. The team continued to go up to sing, but Rossi only looked at the girl.

"Spencer and you were very lovey-dovey."

"No way..."

"I've been divorced three times, although I know little about love, something I know, and let me tell you that one of you likes the other, I won't say who likes who.

"Okay, nonno, enjoy my birthday."

"Ah, Picco, I love you so much."

"I love you too, Dave."