Inside A Lover's Mind (Criminal Minds Fanfic)

Ariel

I had been sitting in my chair, staring at the picture for about ten minutes. Everyone moved around me, except for Derek and Spencer.

"Sweetheart?" Derek asked as he patted my shoulder.

I said nothing, looking at my name branded in the young girl's skin.

"Jess... would you like to go see Ariel?" he asked again.

My head snapped in his direction and I grabbed my coat, getting ready to leave.

"I'm going. I'm going right now. And whether someone comes with me, I really don't care," I snapped.

"We'll send you in with Spencer and J.J, okay?" Hotch explained as he entered the room.

I got slightly embarrassed at how harsh I was towards Derek. Spencer and I nodded to Hotch. I mouthed 'sorry' to Derek as Spencer placed his hand on my waist and led me out to J.J. We got into the car, her driving, me in the passenger seat and Spencer in the back. We sat there for a while in silence, until J.J cleared her throat.

"So Morgan said last night that you two have been dating for about a month?" she asked us.

"Twenty-two days, actually. We didn't date as soon as we met," Spencer replied.

She nodded. There was more silence.

"Do you stay at his place a lot, Jessica?" she asked again.

"We hang out and watch TV quite a bit and talk, yeah," I replied, turning a little pink.

We pulled up to the hospital.

"Have you guys slept together yet?"

My eyes widened. I looked behind me at Spencer, his eyes shocked and wide.

"I've obviously hit a sensitive topic! Sorry! But what's the answer?" she replied.

"Why don't we," Spencer cleared his throat, "go talk to Ariel?"

"Good idea," I replied, getting quickly out of the car.

Spencer and I walked quickly ahead of J.J.

"That was close," I said quietly.

"Agreed. Let's not talk about it," he replied as we got to Ariel's hospital room.

The nurse came up to us. She had auburn hair and hazel eyes. She looked at Spencer with too much attention, causing me to pull him closer to me.

"May I help you?" she asked.

"We're here to see Ariel Weiss. My name is Dr. Spencer Reid and this is my associate Ms. Morgan," he replied.

"Wasn't there supossed to be another agent?" she snapped, looking at me.

"Special Agent Jareau," J.J replied, flashing her badge.

The nurse nodded and sent us into Ariel's hospital room. She sat in the bed, a laptop on one side of her with headphones in her ears, and a book in her hands. She had green-hazel eyes and dirty blonde hair with a silver streak in it. I could tell that underneath her gown, her whole stomach was bandaged up.

"Hello, Ms. Weiss?' the nurse asked.

She said nothing, totally engulfed in her show.

I walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Sorry, um... who are you?" she asked.

I looked at her laptop screen, seeing Doctor Who and Tumblr open.

"Who's your favourite?" I replied, pointing at her computer.

"David Tennant, of course... although, I see that the agent over there is dressed like Matt Smith. All he needs is a fez," she replied.

I chuckled, "I know. I can agree with Tennant."

"Ariel my name is Jessica Morgan and I am with the FBI. I need to ask you a few questions-"

"I know who you are, Jess. I lied to you. I've seen your face before."

"How?" Spencer asked, coming to my side.

"He showed me..." she replied.

"Who, Ariel? Who?" I asked quickly, reaching for her hand.

"Your father as he carved your name into my skin."