BeMy Valentine

Disclaimer I do not own Criminal Minds, no matter how much I want to.

'Speak low, if you speak love,' ~William Shakespeare.

Hotch had been quietly observing his team. He had seen the looks of relief on their faces when the pilot told them they would be landing in less than half an hour, They were tired and wanted to go home. As luck would have it, the BAU jet had caught a tailwind.

The team had been quiet on their flight back from Texas, sometimes they just were. Morgan sat with eyes closed listening to his Ipod, Garcia knitted. The rest of them sat close to each other in comfortable silence. Reid had his head bent over a book glancing every now and then at Prentiss who was playing with some sort of bizarre puzzle. JJ was on the phone obviously speaking with Will, the light in her eyes giving her away. Only Rossi remained unreadible. He stared out the window into the night sky.

Hotch spoke, six pairs of eyes went to the team leader.

"When we land, I think you should all go straight home. I don't want to see any of you til Monday, understood?" said Hotch.

No one argued with him. The mood suddenly became less somber.

"Hey you know what, It's valentines day," chirped Garcia. She put down her knitting, "I almost forgot."

Morgan took off his headphones."Too bad babygirl, you and Kevin didn't get to make any plans,"

She waved a dismissive hand at him. "Fear not, my handsome hottie, Kevin is a man of many talents. Did you know last Valentines day, I got home late and he was waiting for me. He had made a heart shaped Pizza for dinner and afterward we played naked twister"

Hotch groaned and covered his eyes. "Ooh, way too much information Garcia."

"Opps sorry sir, forgot where I was for a moment,"

Rossi stared wistfully at the ceiling, "It's been years since I've played naked twister"

Hotch grimaced "Dave please!"

"What's twister?" Reid finally had to ask.

"Reid, you know, that kid's game where..." Prentiss began to explain, until she noticed her other team mates grinning at her waiting to hear her explanation.

"Forget it" she said and went back to her puzzle.

"It's a game Reid, like if you were to play naked chess." Morgan explained.

Reid's eye's widened in horror "Why would I do that? and how could that possibly improve the game."

Morgan patted his back, "Don't worry, I'll keep my clothes on the next time we play."

Hotch noticed JJ was all smiles.

Prentiss nodded in her direction "Someone seems to have plans tonight."

"Will is waiting dinner for me," she told them, not giving any details.

Garcia pointed a knitting needle at her "Just be careful my dove, we don't want to have to find a replacement for you nine months from now,"

"Garcia!" exclaimed an embarassed JJ.

Hotch picked up a magazine "I'm going to pretend I'm not hearing any of this. Tonight Jack and I are watching a video of his choosing and eating popcorn,"

JJ noticed how quiet Morgan was. What about you Morgan, any plans?" she asked.

Morgan merely shook his head. He wasn't about to tell them he had already called Tamara Barnes before they left Texas. He hoped she would be waiting for him at his apartment since he had given her a key.

"Rossi, what about you?" Prentiss asked.

Rossi sighed, I have a lot of Valentines days under my belt, I might just sit back with a 20 year old scotch and reminisce."

Garcia frowned "Why does that sound so dirty?" she whispered to JJ.

"Because it probably is," JJ whispered back.

"I have a date" stated Prentiss.

All eyes turned in her direction.

"I have a date with a hot tub and a bottle of Merlot." she said laughing. The group groaned.

There was one person who was conspicously silent. He was staring at his book, he became aware of the attention on him and looked up.

"What?" he asked.

"What do you have planned for this evening Reid? You're young and single." said Garcia.

"So?" he said, not quite getting the point.

"So, It's Valentines day, you could do the town, hit the clubs" Garcia said, as if it were obvious

Reid nervously tucked a strand of hair behind his ear and cleared his throat ."I have never celebrated Valentines day."

"Never?" asked Morgan.

"No, never." he answered.

"Not even when you were little and everyone exchanged those cute paper ones at school," said JJ.

"No, especially not then. I graduated High school at twelve; I never worried about it." he said. All eyes were upon him now. He felt very uncomfortable with the sudden scrutiny

"Excuse me." he said and got up and walked to the bathroom.

Penelope slumped back into her seat. "Sometimes I forget how lonely his childhood must have been." said Garcia sadly. "I feel bad now."

JJ rubbed her arm "Spence is alright, probably just a little embarassed"

"Babygirl, how about one night you and I take the kid out on the town," suggested Morgan.

"Sure, that sounds nice. It's just that I worry about him." she replied.

"Maybe it would be a good idea if we changed the subject" said Hotch, knowing Reid would be back any second "Garcia, dont worry about Reid, I'm sure he's doing fine."

"So am I," Rossi murmured under his breath. A remark that was heard only by Prentiss. She cast a quizzical look in his direction.

Rossi had returned to staring out the window with a slight smile on his face.

Reid returned to his seat and the fasten seatbelt sign came on. The jet came to a smooth uneventful landing.

The BAU team said their goodnights to one another and headed home.

All but one.

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TBC.

This was mean't to be a one shot, but as always I get too long winded and it turns into a couple of chapters. Please read and review. Thanks for reading.