Plots and Secrets

For the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts – June

Open Character Prompt: Someone's curiosity gets the better of them.

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"Guys I can't go. I've got stuff to do." Reid told his team for what seemed like the billionth time that day. They had each asked as a group and then individually several times in hope that he'd give in and go out with them but he didn't. He knew they assumed he'd just go home and sit in a corner and read but he did genuinely have stuff to do. He truly was busy and wasn't reading or going to a convention or anything of the sort. He wasn't as weird as they thought he was but he preferred the thought of pretending that he was over showing them that he was, in fact, completely different.

"Like what?" JJ pushed, he was a nice guy and she loved him like a brother but sometimes it grated on her that he was so stubborn.

"Just stuff. I'm sorry, maybe next time and I'll buy you all a drink." With that he rushed out of the door. They knew he was hiding something and Garcia vowed to find out what.

"New plan." The eccentric blonde stated. She would get to the bottom of his strange behaviour if it was the last thing she did. Nothing could stop her when she set her mind to something. "We're gonna find out what he's hiding." The five other team members exchanged worried glances, each not wanting to invade the younger man's privacy but also not wanting to cross the tech goddess, they would much rather go along with it and stay in her good books that even consider the alternative. She was too good at her job and it occasionally acted as leverage for the woman to get what she wanted out of her teammates. Yep, there were definite perks to her job.

"I don't know about this, he's a private person, maybe he just needs to be alone?" Prentiss dared to say although it ended as more of a question. She did speak the truth; Reid was solitary by nature hence why they treaded so lightly when trying to get him to open up to them. Garcia turned to the woman and raised her left eyebrow.

"Oh sweetie, what do you think he'd be doing, killing someone?" She shook her head at the older woman before realising the irony behind her statement. "Anyway, he's probably just tucked up on the sofa with some coffee and a book. It's Reid we're talking about here." They all had to admit that the tech analyst had a point there.

"Ok, so just out of curiosity what are you proposing we do?" Hotch took control and at the shocked looks of the team decided to defend himself quickly. "What? Like you guys weren't thinking the same thing. I really was just curious." No-one believed the man of course but knew better than to argue. He had just as much power over them as Garcia, with the ability to make their work life a living hell – paperwork, paperwork and more paperwork. It'd be their worst nightmares.

"Well…" She started, a sly smile creeping up on her face as she revealed her plan to the doubly stunned agents. They really weren't sure if this was a good idea. Before they had a chance to say no they were ushered from the building and into their FBI issued vehicles. Rossi had a bad feeling about this and he had learned to trust that feeling. What had he gotten himself into?

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"Well knock then." Morgan told JJ as they stood outside the door of Reid's apartment.

It was in a nice neighbourhood, a really nice neighbourhood actually and they didn't have that kind of image for the genius. Inside they all had an image of a darkish place with books everywhere; kind of untidy and nothing more than simple furniture.

"Why don't you knock?" JJ retorted. The team had been rallying backwards and forwards for five minutes in a feeble attempt to get someone to knock on the door; even Hotch and Rossi had refused.

"It was Garcia's idea so why doesn't she knock." The Unit Chief reasoned which only earned him a glare from the woman.

"I'll knock or we'll be here forever and I don't want to spend the night here. But I'll have you all know that you'll be buying me drinks for the night for doing this." Rossi stated as he pushed Derek and Jennifer lightly out of the way and knocked. It only took a minute before the door opened. Needless to say, it was not Reid who answered the door.

"Hi." The brunette girl stated. Prentiss had concluded that she couldn't be more than three or four years old.

"Erm…" Morgan started really not knowing what to say. They were confident that this was Spencer's place. "I think we have the wrong place. I'm sorry sweetheart." The little girl giggled before stepping out from behind the door.

"Nope, you're daddy's fam'ly. He talks 'bout you all the time." The girl stated. The more the team looked at her, the more they could see the similarities between the genius and the girl; their eyes were the same, even their hair colour was the same. "I'm-"

"Isabella what did I tell you about opening the door without me or mummy here!" Her dad scolded, picking her up. He had no shirt on and his hair messy. The women were surprised at just how much he hid under those shirts. He actually had muscles and really was attractive. JJ smiled at the revelation of him having a family, it made sense considering his development with children – they used to cry because of him but now they love him. He's great with Henry and with Jack.

"Sorry daddy." She replied pouting, looking like she was on the verge of tears. Her father just sighed and shook his head before kissing her nose and forehead gently. "But it's your fam'ly and I wanted to meet them." His eyes widened slightly and he whipped his head around to the direction of the open doorway, the faces of his team mirroring his own surprised face.

"Baby, go play with your sister for me." He told her as he set her down and kissed her forehead.

"But I don't wanna. She's no fun and she's reading and mummy says I shouldn't disturb her while she's reading." The girl stated matter-of-factly. It reminded the team of Spencer when he was sharing the pieces of the puzzle he'd put together during cases.

"Ask her nicely or read with her though." The girl rolled her eyes and sighed before dragging her feet into the direction of the farthest door at a snail's pace.

"What are you doing here?" The young man started. "I told you I was busy." Everyone backed away leaving Penelope still standing at the forefront of the door.

"It was all her." Hotch informed him much to the amusement of the team, except Garcia. It was just too funny knowing that Aaron was actually worried about what Spencer would do or say.

At the look she received from the genius she felt obligated to explain. "Well-I-"

"Yah know, you're daughter is a nuisance. She just made Lily cry. Again." The woman before them smirked at the man. For the second time within the space of eleven minutes, the teams mouths dropped open.

"Oh Garcia, have you ever heard the expression curiosity killed the cat? Next time maybe you should be more careful about your curiosities. You could've just called or something." The doctor told her without looking at her, his focus set entirely on the woman wearing his shirt, both with smiles on their faces.

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