The next few days were the same, Lottie would come to the BAU just before lunch time, talk to everyone for a few minutes, then take Spencer out to lunch. When Spencer wasn't at work, him and Lottie would read together, or watch movies, or he would watch her write new songs. He was always fascinated by the way she wrote.
Finally it was the last day the Lottie would be there before she came back for 5 months. Lottie had a early flight that morning so Spencer said he would take her before he went to work.
"I'm going to miss you Lottie." Spencer said pulling Lottie closer as they checked her bags at the airport.
"We've been apart for longer than 2 weeks before, we can do it. Plus when I get back, you'll have me all to yourself for 5 months." Lottie replied smiling at him.
"I know." Spencer smiled at her. "But I don't think I'll have you to myself anymore, Garcia is already asking when you will be back so you can go shopping with her."
"We've already made plans actually." Lottie replied.
Spencer laughed, that was just like Lottie. "Call me when you get off the plane please."
"It's going to be late love."
"Still call me. I just just want to make sure your okay."
"Okay, I will. I love you Spencer." Lottie said giving him a kiss.
"I love you too Scarlotta. Please be careful, I don't want to lose you." Spencer said hugging Lottie close. He couldn't imagine life without Lottie.
"You won't ever lose me Spencer." Lottie said hugging him back. " I have to go now, I'll see you later."
"See you later."
Ever since they met, Lottie would never say goodbye to Spencer. She thought that when you said goodbye, it was for good. Eventually Spencer caught on and started satin see you later instead.
They kissed one last time before Spencer let Lottie go. She walked through security having a bit of trouble because one of her earring set off the alarm, Spencer laughed at that. When Lottie got to the stairs to go to the terminal, she turned around an mouthed I love you to Spencer, then blew him a kiss. He made the motion of grabbing the kiss and putting it right next to his heart, tell Lottie he would always love her without any words.
Spencer walked back to his car in the parking garage hoping that the next 2 weeks would fly by, just like he hoped every time Lottie left.
The next few days went by pretty slow for Spencer. There wasn't any case to come in yet so everyone in the BAU was taking this time to catch up on paperwork. Reid being the genius that he was already had all of his done, so his mind was occupied by the one thing that always seem to be there, Lottie. He wondered how Ireland was, how many people were at the concert, if Ryan was making sure that Lottie was okay, if Lottie had called James in the past few days, the list was endless.
"You okay kid?" Morgan asked Reid the 3rd day since Lottie had left. The past few days Reid hadn't had to hide what he was feeling because the team actually knew about Lottie now.
"I'm fine, I just miss her. Like she said, we've been apart for a longer amount of time before, 2 weeks is nothing." Reid smiled at Morgan.
"How long have you two been apart before?" Questioned Morgan, sitting on the edge of Reid's desk.
"7 months, 22 days, 5 hours, and 16 minutes." Reid responded automatically.
"Wow." Morgan couldn't believe that they had been apart for that amount of time before. He was seeing what 3 days did to Reid, he couldn't imagine 7 months. None the less having to hide it from them. Morgan was still curious as to why Reid and Lottie had hid their engagement, as the rest of the team, but no one pushed it. If there was one thing they were sure about that couple, it was that when they were pushed for information, they closed up.
"Just another 10 days and she'll be back kid."
"Yeah." Reid sighed going back to his work.
A week later nothing had changed, Reid was still in a little bit of a mood. Him and Lottie had skyped twice since she left and talked on the phone every night. She told him how her concerts went and that she was now writing with one of her friends Ed Sheeran. He told her that they hadn't had a case since she had left and that he was hoping that they wouldn't get any before she came back. Reid's wish wasn't answered.
As soon as he got into the office the Thursday before Lottie was supposed to be back, Hotch said that they had a case. A young girl was stabbed to death and left sitting on a swing at a park in Portland, Oregon. She was the 3rd girl that it happened to, so the BAU was called in.
"Wheels up in 30." Hotch said walking back into his office.
Reid quickly pulled out his phone texting Lottie that he had a case and didn't know if he would make it back in time to pick her up when she got back. Reid quickly grabbed his go bag from under his desk and followed his team mates out to the car that would take them to the airport.
After getting debriefed on the case, the team still had 2 more hours before they would land. Reid decided that this would be a good time to call Lottie.
"Hey babe." She answered on the second ring like she was expecting his call.
"Hey, hows the writing going?"
"Good, Ed had a great idea for a new song just before you called. He's writing it down right now." She explained.
"Im sorry to disturb you, I just wanted to talk to you before we landed. You know its hard to talk when I'm working a case." Reid said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
The team all watched as Reid continued to talk to Lottie until the stewardess told him he needed to put his phone away because they were descending.
"Okay, I have to go Lottie."
"Okay I love you. Ill see you when I get back." She said with a sniffle. Reid knew that as soon as he hung up the phone she would be crying in either Ed's or Ryan's arms. How he wished he was with her so she didn't have to cry.
"I love you too. See you later Scarlotta." Reid then hung up the phone before he could hear her start crying. He gave out a heavy sigh.
"It's tough isn't it." Rossi asked looking at Reid like the rest of the team.
"Most of the times yes, but we both love our jobs and won't hold each other back. She's the only reason that I was offered a position at the FBI in the first place. I was supposed to go work at a mental hospital or something of the sort." Reid explained turning to his team mates.
"What do you mean she's the one that got you the job." Hotch questioned, he had heard nothing of the sort.
"Lottie knows Strauss. She convinced Strauss that I would be good asset to the BAU. I never thought Strauss would actually listen to her." Reid said shaking his head at the memory of Lottie yelling at his boss to give him the job.
Everyone was shocked, they didn't think anyone could change Strauss' mind about anything; Hotch certainly couldn't. They all continued to look at Reid trying to figure out exactly who Lottie really was.
"When you guys hung up, you called her by her real name. I've never heard you do that before, so why then?" Morgan asked.
Reid just smiled at them and gave a soft chuckle. "It actually was an accident, after the whole OD thing happened with her. I started calling her Scarlotta instead of Lottie so that she would know that I was serious. After a while she said that whenever I called her Scarlotta that she knew I meant business. Now whenever we leave each other I say 'See you later Scarlotta' so she knows that this isn't the last time we see each other."
The team smiled at Reid, they could tell how in love him and Lottie were. They had never seen him as happy as he is when he's with Lottie. Now all they needed to do was solve this case and go back home so Reid could be with her. They just hoped that they solved it quick so that Reid would be there when Lottie came home.
