Hello, readers.

This is a sequel to my story "The Girl that Loved Him."

I have placed a brief summary of that story to the first chapter of this story. I do hope that past readers will find this entertaining and that new readers will take interest.

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Chapter 1 Homecoming

Spencer sipped on his warm coffee as he rode the elevator up to his office. He knew the team would be briefed a case today, J.J. had sent a text message letting them know.

His mind however wasn't on the case. His mind was on Jill, his girlfriend.

It was something that he never thought would happen to him, ever. But he had a girlfriend that loved him very much and he loved her.

Jill was a fellow FBI Agent, however she was only an Agent, and she really didn't have a rank or authority. That was the way she liked it though. Jill was interested in her job and she wasn't going to worry herself about position or prestige. It wasn't in her nature. That was one of the things that Reid loved about her. It wasn't that she lacked motivation, far from it. What she actually lacked was a driving ambition for stature. Her job was what mattered to her.

What Jill did for the FBI was in a way unique. She had a very youthful appearance and short stature. Because of these two assets she was able to disguise herself as a child. She had even gone as young as twelve. On her operations she would catch pedophiles she had met online who thought that they had coerced a young girl to go with them.

Spencer had meant Jill on the firing range of all places. She had actually had her eye on him for some time and had taken that opportunity to talk with him. Jill was an expert shot on her service weapon. She was actually an expert on just about every weapon she could get her hands on. Jill was a just a good shot, simple as that. Spencer was especially enamored with the photo of her holding her M249 saw. The weapon she was issued while she was servicing in the Army.

To say Jill and Spencer were opposites of each other was a precise statement. Outwardly they seemed mismatched. Spencer was libraries and coffee shops and talking about statistics. Jill's education came mostly from her Army experience, she went fishing, she knew how to horseback ride, and when in danger she would not hesitate fighting back, physically.

There were similarities that brought them together. Both Spencer and Jill had a trouble childhood. Spencer's father had left when he was ten. Jill's father had gone to jail, never to return when she was six. Spencer had to care for his mother. Jill had to contend with her prostitute mother that would allow her daughters to be physically and sexually assaulted. Spencer and Jill had risen above their situations. Spencer had used his mind and received an education. Jill had escaped in the Army, thus building her own life. A life that she loved.

Right now Jill was spending time with her surrogate mother and father Annie and Steven in Michigan. Steven and Annie had unofficial adopted Jill after their own daughter Chris had dragged Jill to her house on leave. Jill had fallen in love with Chris's family and that's where she truly started to heal the wounds from her childhood. Their house was a house of healing to Jill and that was what she was doing right now.

The reason she had to take leave to heal was because Jill had been attacked by an Un-Sub by the name of Warrens. Warrens had gone after Jill as a revenge plot against Dr. Reid. Reid had called Morgan when he had gone to Jill's apartment and instead of finding her saw signs of a struggle. The BAU team had willing began to search for her.

While being held captive Jill had figured out that it was revenge plot and that the video of her being tortured was meant of Reid. She used this to her advantage and provided clues to the team so they could find her.

In the end Jill had managed to free herself and kill Warrens by stabbing him with a screwdriver that she had found.

From the start Jill blamed herself for being duped and allowing herself to be kidnapped.

Spencer had blamed himself because it was an attack upon him and he was unable to rescue Jill.

After their relationship had started to blossom Spencer had asked Jill why she had chosen him. Jill was beautiful and charming; she could have any man she wanted. Yet she chose him.

Jill had said that she was tired of men trying to protect her. Her boss, her partner Stewie, the Agents that were in place when she set herself up as bait. They were all trying constantly to protect her, but Jill understood that was there job. She knew that Spencer would not try to be her Knight in Shining Armor. That's why she chose him.

It was taking Spencer a while, but he had accepted the fact that Jill did not hold him accountable for what happened. He was slowly starting to forgive himself.

The elevator stopped and Spencer stepped out and into the office. The BAU team was gathering around the conference room table listening to J.J. brief them on their next case.

"The Police Department in Copperfield, Louisiana received this message." She pressed the button on her remote to play the recording.

Two hours and it will be gone. The disguised voice said.

"Then one hour later, on the dot came this." J.J. said pressing the button.

One hour and it will be gone.

"Then exactly one hour later they got this call."

It's gone now.

J.J. then showed a picture of what appeared to be the outside of a church. "Right when the Police Department received the call a bomb went off in this church." J.J. then showed a picture of the inside of the church after the bomb so they could see the damage. "All the damage was internal. No one was inside at the time, so there were no casualties."

"So this is an anti religious person." Morgan said.

"Say that after the next target." J.J. replied clicking on the slide. "This was hit two days later."

"That's a planned parenthood clinic." Rossi said. "What makes them think it was the same guy?"

"The Police Department received the exact same phone calls prior. An analysis showed it was the same recording."

"Two different targets for a bomber. That is strange." Reid said.

"There was a third target last night." J.J. said. "This was the one that had the casualty. It was a daycare center in the city. One of the workers had left something in her locker and went back to get it. She wasn't supposed to be there."

"So we have one casualty." Hotch said. "And a bomber without specific targets. Is there anything else other than the recorded message?"

"Bomb technicians said that it was the same type of bomb each time." J.J. replied. "It has the same configuration and same chemicals and timer. They were identical."

"As the press run with this story yet?" Rossi asked hoping the answer was no.

"None of the information has been released." J.J. said. "They just reported that the damage was caused by accidents and that there was nothing more to them. The PD is afraid it might escalate to something worse."

"Not unfounded." Reid said. "They could be just starting out. This could be practice for the real target."

"So we'll head out for Louisiana then." Hotch said.

The team left the conference room to grab their bags and head out to the jet. Reid however had a very pleasant sight waiting at his desk. A young woman with hazel eyes and long brown hair wearing a simple t-shirt and jeans was sitting there.

"Hi, Jill." Spencer said taking her into a hug. "I thought you weren't supposed to be back until tomorrow."

"I caught an earlier flight." Jill answered. "But it looks like you're off."

"We just got a case and we need to head out. I know I told you I was going to stay with you when you got back." Spencer tried to apologize.

"I'll be alright. I have my mace, my nine mil., and a partner who I have to text every hour." Jill answered patting her pocket where she kept the mace, her side where she kept her holster, and her purse where she kept her cell phone.

"You're pretty well protected then." Spencer said.

"Don't worry I will be fine." Jill said. "I have to go back to my apartment some time I might as well do it now."

Spencer had to admire her strength and her unusual resiliency. "l was going to give these to you when you were settled back in, but now is good." Reid reached into his bag and pulled out an envelope.

Jill took the envelope and opened it. "Comic-Con, how well you know me." Jill said wrapping her arms around Spencer.

"Hey Jill I'm afraid I need to break this up." Morgan said. "We need to get going, bombers don't wait around."

Jill smiled letting Reid go. She did not look the least bit worried. In fact she walked with them to the elevator. That's when her cell phone rang.

"It's Stewie, I have to take this. I can't get reception in the elevator." She said giving Spencer a quick kiss on the cheek. "Go get 'em, Tiger." She said.

The elevator doors closed right then.

Rossi managed to suppress a laugh. The rest were smiling and giggling amongst themselves.

"Jill's a Spiderman fan." Reid explained as the elevator went down.

Morgan and Prentiss couldn't help but laugh out loud at that comment.

Reid gave his usual confused expression when he did not understand what the team was talking about or laughing at.

"Do a compare and contrast of you and Peter Parker." J.J. said to help him out. She had watched the movie not that long ago on TV and had gotten the basic idea.

"Oh," Reid said. "Oh!" His quick mind had already done up the list of similarities. He was not going to see the end of the teasing from this any time soon.

The team couldn't help but periodically laugh as they made their way to the jet.

Jill answered the phone right after the elevator started heading down. "What's up, Stewie?"

"Jilly-Bean, please tell me you aren't still in the building."

"I just said goodbye to Spencer." Jill answered.

"Myers caught wind of you being back early. He says that he catches you in the building that he's going to make you take a psych-eval. He wants it as soon as possible."

"I'm on the sixth floor, what am I supposed to do?" Jill asked.

"Turn your cell phone off, hide for an hour and then call me and I will let you know." Stewie answered.

"Hide." Jill tried to clarify. Stewie didn't actually think she was serious.

"He thinks you are going to try to come back to work sooner than what you should. He told me that if he catches you that he's going to take your computer away. He's looking Jill and he is serious." That was enough for Jill. She shut the phone off and looked around. She was going to try to hide, in an FBI building.

Garcia.

Jill immediately went to Garcia's office. She knocked on the door and was greeted by the tech analyst.

"Myers is looking for me, if he catches me here he's going to take away my computer, I hope you understand." Jill said in a serious tone.

"Get inside." Garcia replied letting Jill in.

"Blessings be upon you." Jill said as she took a seat in the corner. "I just have to hide out for about an hour, Myers won't hold out longer than that."

Garcia continued working while Jill sat back and watched.

"You can talk if you want to." Jill said wanting to break the silence. "What's the team working on?"

"A bomber took out three separate unrelated locations. I am doing background checks to see if there is any connection."

"What were the locations?"

"A church, a planned parenthood clinic, and a day care." Garcia said as she typed. She continued on her searches as Jill waited for the hour to pass. The two occasionally chit chatted. They had read quite a few of the same books and Garcia was interested in how Jill did her job.

After the hour Jill called Stewie up to see if the coast was clear. "Take the back way and I will drive you home." He had told her.

"Thank-you." Jill said hanging up. "Garcia I can't thank you enough for letting me hide out. Would you mind if I come back tomorrow."

"No," Garcia said.

"I'll bring you lunch." Jill said. "You're not allergic to anything?"

"No," Garcia replied. "Whatever you bring in will be fine."

"I'll see you at noon then."Jill said heading out. She went home to her apartment and unpacked and did a little cleaning and rearranging. She then sat down at her computer. She decided to go through her personnel emails and messages to see if there was anything. She wouldn't do any work tonight. Jill mostly thought about Spencer and wondered how things were with his Un-Sub.