A/n the timeline for this is three years after "The Proposal." Lisa is almost sixteen and a sophmore in high school. William Reid is out of the picture and won't be included in this story.
Many thanks to my wonderful beta and sounding board, REIDFANATIC
Disclaimer: I own only my own characters. No copyright infringement is intended.
The Question
Lisa pushed her math and science text books into her backpack. She sighed as she lifted it to her shoulders. It was going to take her all evening to finish all of the homework the teachers had given them. Lockers slammed around her and the hallway was bustling with kids ready to leave for the day.
She looked into the mirror that hung on the inside of her locker door and watched David in the reflection. He was totally hot. He had light brown hair and the darkest blue eyes she'd ever seen. He'd changed a lot from the little twelve year old boy that used to tease her on the playground. He was about six feet tall and sixteen years old. He had a nice car too. He'd bought an old Camaro from the junk yard, and spent the last year restoring it. He turned around as if feeling her eyes on his back. She shut the locker door and turned to leave, running smack into her best friend Jessica.
"Hey Lee Lee, where's the fire?"
"Don't call me that," she hissed at the blond girl in front of her. She dodged around her friend and took off down the hallway.
"Hey… what's wrong?" Jessica grabbed her arm.
"I don't like that stupid nickname, I'm not a kid anymore."
"You just want to be cool in front of David," her friend deduced. "What's so great about him anyway, he used to tease you and make you cry all the time. Why do you like him now?" Someone shoved into Lisa nearly knocking her to the ground. She stumbled and a hand fell on her arm steadying her.
"Hey Lisa, you okay."
She looked up to see David standing there smiling at her. His eyes did funny things to her stomach and she couldn't speak.
"Are you okay?" He repeated, his hand still on her arm.
"Ah - yeah… ah - thanks."
"No problem, see you around." She stood staring as he walked away with his sniggering friends. Her hands were sweating, and she was sure the entire school could hear her heart beating out of her chest.
"Hey… Lee Lee… wake up." Jessica said with a knowing smirk.
"What… oh, I'm going to miss my bus. See you later," she said distractedly, hurrying off after David and his friends.
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Lisa opened the door to the house and walked into the kitchen. "Mom… where are you?"
"In here Lisa," she answered from the living room. Lisa kicked off her shoes, leaving them near the door. She opened the refrigerator and poured out a glass of milk. There were double chocolate chip cookies in the cookie ja,r and since they were her favorite she took three and put them on a plate.
"Hey mom… what's going on?" She padded into the living room and saw her mother sitting on the couch. Jason Gideon was sitting in the big armchair next to the piano. "Oh… hi Jason," She said going over to where her mother sat and dropping down next to her.
"Lisa Reid… you'll spoil your appetite for dinner." Maggie chided her.
"Oh leave her alone Maggie, she's a growing girl." Gideon said with a smile.
Lisa smiled to herself, Jason was so cool. He and her mom had been going out for about two months. Spencer had been shot by an unsub in Florida three months ago and after he'd been sent back to Quantico, they all spent a lot of time together. Her mom said that Spencer was like a son to Jason and since Lisa had insisted on spending all of her time at the hospital, she'd had no choice but to get to know and to really like Jason Gideon. Her mother thought he was very handsome and sexy. Lisa thought that was gross. Her father had divorced her mother after Spencer got married, and she'd been really lonely for a long time. Lisa was happy she had someone, and Jason was pretty cool.
"How was school today," Gideon asked.
"It was good," she tried not to make eye contact with him. He would know something happened with David. He always seemed to know what she was thinking. It was okay most of the time, but sometimes it was annoying.
"Is that all you can say, it was good." Her mother asked stroking a hand through Lisa's long brown hair.
"No, the teachers gave us a ton of homework and next month is career day. Mama do you think that Spencer would come talk to the kids at school." She addressed this to her mom, but she looked at Jason.
"I don't know if he can honey, you know that he has to go away on short notice." Spencer had fully recovered and was back in the field.
"Can I ask him," Lisa asked still looking at Gideon.
"Sure you can honey just don't be disappointed if he can't come." Her mother admonished.
"I know, I promise I won't make a fuss about it." She unfolded her legs and stood up again.
"I have to go get started on homework or I'll never get it done."
"Okay honey, dinner will be ready in a couple of hours."
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Spencer picked up a plate and a wine glass and carried them into the kitchen. The dishwasher door was open and about half full. He put the dishes in the machine and reached under the sink for dishwashing soap. After adding it to the machine, he closed the door and started the cycle. He walked with a barely perceptible limp. The physical therapist had cleared him to go back to work just a week ago.
He padded barefoot into the living room, where JJ sat on the couch with the television on the news. He sat next to her and rubbed her baby belly. The baby was due in a month and JJ was exhausted. They had spent the last month at home together after Hotch ordered her onto maternity leave at seven months. The pregnancy had been textbook perfect, but Spencer didn't want her exposed to flying and the stress of the job at the end, so he talked Hotch and Gideon into ganging up on her.
"Hey baby…" He leaned over and kissed her softly. She snuggled into his arms and sighed. "I'm so tired, I just want it to be over."
"I know… four more weeks," he reminded he,r earning himself a glare before her face softened and she kissed him again. Then she sat up and pushed herself awkwardly to her feet. "Honey what do you need," he asked anxiously.
"The bathroom," was all she said and she waddled off down the hallway.
His phone rang and he smiled at the caller id. "Hey sis… what's up."
"Hi Spencer, how are you?"
"I'm fine and before you ask for the thousandth time, the leg is doing great."
"I wasn't going to ask, I was going to ask how JJ and the baby are."
"Oh… well they're okay, she just wants it to be over."
"Yeah... she looks pretty uncomfortable."
"So to what do I owe the pleasure of this call... little sister."
"Can't I just call to talk?"
"No… not on a school night."
"Okay… Mr. Profiler… I wanted to ask you if you could come to my school and talk for career day."
Of all the things he expected her to ask, this wasn't one of them.
"Hey Spencer, are you still there?"
"Yeah… um don't you think your mom would be a better choice?"
"I want you to come... please Spencer?"
What was it about Lisa and JJ that they could get him to do what they wanted?
"Okay... I'll come speak if we're in town okay?"
"Okay, thanks big brother."
JJ came out of the bathroom while they were talking and joined him back on the couch. He spoke to Lisa for awhile and then he hung up.
"How's Lisa," JJ asked cuddling back up to Spencer.
"She's good, she wants me to speak at her school for career day."
She grinned up at him and asked, "Are you going to do it?"
"Yeah… I let her charm me into it. I have no will power when it comes to pretty girls or little sisters."
Her grin widened. "Don't complain… just go with it."