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Spencer sits on a bench on the porch of his house. The morning sun is slowly rising out of the purple and dark green hills. So peaceful and quiet…yet so cold. Spencer sighed and got up to get ready for work. The university he worked at was not very big but it paid well. He was a professor there and loved every minute of being a teacher. Yet he had another obligation… that was to his children, Lulu, Chris, and Becky. Lulu was eighteen while her brother was still sixteen. Becky was only six. He loved them dearly and did everything he could for them, but there was still a hole in his heart…well actually two.

The first was for his dear deceased wife, Nicole. The second was for his team…his friends. But that was a life time ago and those memories still lived within him, it was still a burning flame in his heart that refused to disappear. It used to make him cry at night but now they make him crave cigarettes. They helped to numb him but it was short lived of course.

He walked into the two story house in the middle of nowhere; Lulu was making pancakes and eggs for everyone. She was currently going to the same school that Spencer teaches at and see also had a part time job during the summer to help pay for the bills and other things. Chris was sitting at the table drinking some orange juice, while Becky was smiling and waiting patiently for her breakfast. "Why are you guys up so early" he asked. "Cause we want to say good-bye before you go to work" said Becky with a big smile. "Hey dad, you better get going…I'll see you in a few hours" said Lulu. Spencer sighed; Lulu has been a little upset lately. But he really couldn't blame her.

"Dad, I'm not a child anymore, I want to go to Riverhead University that's final. I'm not going to stay here forever" shouted Lulu.

"Honey…we can't afford it…at least here you can have an education."

"No dad, I can get a job and get scholarships, you know I'm one of the smartest in the class. You just don't want me to go because that would mean I would have to leave you."

Spencer was silent, "Dad, we can't stay young forever…and we can't fill the void that mom left when she died. But I'm grown up dad…I have to leave sooner or later."

Spencer didn't say a word and left the room. Lulu had had tears in her eyes.

Spencer really wanted to let his children grow up…but it was so hard to do so. His fears and worries overpowered his common sense. As he drove to the campus his thoughts went to his team…he truly missed them but his life was here now…with his children and teaching career.

FLASHBACK

At the office, the team just got back from a brutal case in Washington. Overall six people were now dead and the unsub is in custody. Spencer sighed as he just hated this job now. The stress and the anxiety overwhelmed him now. But when he sat at his desk a vision walked into the office. A blonde woman with a smile that could light up a room came in. His heart fluttered and he couldn't stop looking at her. He sighed and wondered if he should talk to her or just go back to work. He choice the first option.

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