The Reid Method: Revelations

Chapter One- They Did The Monster Mash

A/N: There is a five year time jump from the last chapter of The Reid Method: A New Chapter to this chapter.

The Reid Method: Revelations

Chapter One- They Did The Monster Mash

J.J. was sitting at her desk in the Bullpen room when she filled Rossi and Penelope in on her latest challenge as a mother— convincing Jesse to go treat or tricking this year.

The twins were now eight years old and Spencer and J.J. had been told that one of their friends at school said that Halloween was the one night a year that monsters came out because they could blend in. It certainly didn't help when Jesse caught Spencer and J.J. up late one night talking about cases and how many "monsters" they had to catch.

Jesse was now convinced that he did not want to go trick or treating on Halloween because he was too scared.

Spencer and J.J. tried to convince Jesse to go trick or treating but Jesse insisted he did not want to go. They were both upset that they had played a part in their youngest son not wanting to participate in Halloween. It was Spencer's favourite and he loved to take them trick or treating.

Lily told her parents that she would try to convince her brother to go trick or treating since they always went together and Lily did not want to go without him.

"If Lily can't convince him to go, maybe Henry can" Spencer had suggested.

Rossi, Penelope, and J.J. made their way into the Round Table room where they discussed a case of four men that were missing from Oregon.

Henry was now 19 years old. He had graduated from high school the year before and was accepted into the European Languages and Transcultural Studies program at UCLA. He relocated to Los Angeles to attend the program and graduated in June— he fast tracked the program and was able to graduate in just one year.

Shortly after his graduation, Henry returned home and announced that he had applied to the FBI Academy and would be starting there in the fall.

Henry read the titles of the books on the shelves in front of him quickly. He inherited his father's reading speed and  intelligence. He was searching for a book relating to his courses at the  FBI Academy. He spotted the book he was looking for and pulled it out, standing up as he read the back  cover quickly.

When he turned to walk to the cashier to pay for it, he caught a familiar face five feet away from him.

She was looking at the  back cover of the book she was holding. Her long brown hair was cut to just below her shoulders, she looked exactly the same as the last time Henry had seen her—their high school graduation. Henry picked up the courage he needed and started to walk towards her,  eventually finding himself right in front of her.

"Lucy?" Henry said quietly. She was looking down, reading the back of her book.

Lucille Grant grew up across the street from the Reid's. They moved to Quantico from Baltimore when Lucy was ten. She lived there with her parents and her sister, Holly, until her mother passed away when Lucy was twelve.

Lucy looked up from her book and recognized him immediately. "Henry"  she smiled and put the book down on the shelf to hug him. He hugged  her  back.

Henry had missed her smile. The last time he had seen it was at their high school graduation.

"How's Yale?" Henry asked.

"Going well" she responded. "I'm studying Business Law."

Henry smiled back at her and glanced at the book on the shelf. "You know what goes well with a book?"