The Lady and the Genius.

Statement.

I woke up in my own bed since Spencer decided to stay at mine for the night and I turned to see he wasn't there.
'Work.'
It's been about five months since I dropped things off to the team and they are acting weird now when I last saw them. The girls night was canceled since they had a case in New York at the time and I couldn't leave the shop at the time to help. It was still unknown to the group if I was going to join the team full time or not but they were just happy with me working every now and then till they were to know.
'Good thing the shop is closed for the day. I can sleep in so much.'
I began to fall back asleep when there was a knock at my door.
'Great.'
I got up and grabbed the sweater I stole from Spencer and made my way to the door. I opened it to see Derek and Emily standing there shocked.
"What up?"
"You live here River?!"
"That I do. Am I being kidnapped?" I asked as I looked at my door to see another letter.
'Rats.'
"Uh no. We just gotta ask you some questions." Emily told giving a kind smile.
"Alright."
I grabbed the letter and offered for them to come in. I shut the door behind them and made my way to my room to place the letter back into the box with the rest. I made my way out and offered them a spot on my couch.
"So what do I owe the pleasure of you guys being here?"
"Did you hear any screams last night? Probably around 12-2 am?" Emily asked
"No I was asleep in bed. Before that I watched AHS for a solid two hours with my boyfriend. He fell asleep before me so I woke him and we went to bed."
"Is he here now?" Morgan asked
"No. He would have been called into work this morning. Was someone murdered here?"
"Yeah in the alley next to this place." Derek told
"Someone was stabbed three times before having their throat slit."
"Shit. Let me get dressed." I told as I got off the couch and went to my room.
I changed into my horror swing skirt and my 'yes I'm a doctor' shirt before putting my Lolita punk gothic platforms on. I grabbed my bag and the sweater I was wearing just before and headed to them.
"Alright let's go to the crime scene."
"Baby, you weren't hired and we still gotta interview everyone else in the building."
"Hotch downstairs?"
"Everyone is." Emily told.
"Well then I'll meet up with them." I told as I opened the door to let them out first before following their lead.
I made my way downstairs and turned to the left to see everyone. I noticed something shimmer in the light in the drain and decided to see what it was after before going to Aaron.
"I'm here, what's up?" I told
"You got here quickly. Also I don't remember telling anyone to call you." He said as J came and gave me a hug.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to help since my shop is closed for the day. It's a thing I do after the rush of people."
"You got here quickly though. Why?" Aaron asked again.
"We found something?!" Spencer shouted before he saw me.
He gave a smile and a wave and I did the same before I spoke.
"Is it the shiny thing in the drain?!" I asked which confused them all.
"What shiny thing? Also how did you get here so quick?"
'He must have known Spencer stayed at mine.'
"I live here on the fifth floor." I told as I pointed to the building. "And the shiny thing in the drain that obviously no one else has seen yet."
"You live in the same place as Spencer." J said in disbelief.
"I did say I lived close to my shop. Besides he has never mentioned it." I told as I pointed to him as he went to find what I saw.
"Where was it again Dr.Finley?" He asked
"I will show you." I told as I moved over to him.
I pointed to where I saw it and he pulled up the grate to examine the ring without touching it.
"Guess they got to your apartment."
"Yeah. Good thing I was at mine, even though I wanted to sleep in."
"What made you decide to help?"
"Close to home for me. Think I could give the family the closure that I wanted." I told as I gave a shrug.
"What do you mean?" He asked as he looked up at me with a confused look.
"Oh right I didn't tell you how my mum died."
"You don't really talk about your family. So I don't push."
"She was murdered. Like Jane doe here."
"Your mum was murdered?"
"Yeah. She died when I was 8. I didn't see it happen but I did see what she looked like."
"We don't have to talk about this now River we can talk about it later."
"That's the thing Spencer. My mum died the same way as her."
"What?!"

Me and Spencer were sitting in the meeting room and I was bouncing my leg to calm my nerves which was failing terribly while the rest was working things out before we went over everything.
"River maybe now is best to tell them about the letters. What if it's not Mike who's been doing them."
"Spencer the person who did them is gone. He is no longer here. Mike knew about them. I can't let them know now." I told as my tears began to fall.
"Hey don't cry. How about tonight we watch a nice terrible movie where we pick all the dumb details out of it or we can continue to watch Doctor who."
"I like the sound of that. Thank you Spencer." I told as I wiped my tears away. "I want them to know. About us."
"Maybe telling them that will give you enough courage to let them know about the letters."
"No it has to stay between us Spencer."
"River, they still need to know. They may not be linked but they need to know."
"Know what?" A voice told making us look at the door to see everyone there.
"The letters she is getting. Like the one when we celebrated."
"Spencer!"
"They know about them."
"Not like you."
"River is there something we don't know?" Jj asked.
"You gotta tell them now. They need to know River!"
"I don't want them to. Why can't you just understand that?"
"Because I care for you like they do."
"Well I gotta get back to my shop. It will get my mind off of things." I told before leaving the room.