Here is - chapter 20 - the final chapter to 'Sleight of Hand' - I hope you've all enjoyed reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it.

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"Well, I don't know about any of that… but he sure is a fine lookin' boy." Will said with a smiled as he looked down at the baby boy that his best friend JJ held in her arms.

JJ came out of her thoughts about the past several months that had led to her and Spence's baby boy being here at the sound of a knock on the door frame.

"Hey is there room for one more in here?" Spence asked as he leaned against the door frame.

"Spence, hi." JJ said the exhaustion of the last 15 hours of childbirth carrying through into her voice.

"Welcome back" Hotch said as Spence walked across the room to join everyone else that was already gathered in JJ's hospital room.

"Wow" Spence said as he stood breathless for a moment at the sight of their son in JJ's arms.

"How is it that I just went through 15 hours of labor and you look worse than I do?" JJ asked as she looked up at Spence.

"Don't be ridiculous, you look beautiful." Spence said.

JJ glanced down at their baby boy and then up at Will.

Will picked up on the silent message from JJ that she wanted some time alone with Spencer. "Well, I could… uh sure use some coffee. Anyone else? My treat." Will said.

Emily, Penelope, and Hotch all nodded in agreement and moved to meet Will in the hallway. Will wrapped a hand around one of Spence's shoulders and clapped him on the shoulder with the other hand as he moved past him to join the others in the hallway.

"You okay?" JJ asked as Will left the room.

"Yeah, yeah, you?" Spence asked as he sat down facing JJ on the edge of her hospital bed. "I'm so sorry I wasn't here…"

"Shhh… you're here now, and now that you're here, I'm perfect." She said leaning forward to kiss him. "How did everything go with your Dad?" she asked softly as the baby grunted softly in her arms and kicked his legs out of the blanket he was swaddled in.

Spence smiled. "I can finally put my Dad leaving behind me for good… I know why he left. I might not ever completely understand… but at least I know for sure that I won't ever do the same thing to you and…" he paused as he looked down at their baby boy as he sucked on his Mommy's finger. "Did you fill out the birth certificate yet?"

"No, baby I wanted to wait until you were here."

Spence nodded. "I know we agreed on Henry Spencer… but would you mind if we changed the middle name?"

"What are you thinking baby?" JJ asked curiously.

"Riley… Henry Riley Reid" Spence said softly. "I just… Morgan pointed out that it was probably Riley's death that stuck with my all these years and influenced me into joining the FBI. You and I might never have met… plus he was my friend… even if I didn't remember it all these years."

JJ reached up and wiped a single tear from the corner of her eye and nodded her head. "Henry Riley Reid it is. So what do you think Daddy? Do you want to hold him?"

"Um… I don't…. I don't know…. I…"

"It's okay baby. Here you go… watch his head." JJ smiled as she placed their son in Spence's arms.

"Hi" Spence said as he looked down at his son's perfect face. "Hello Henry… I'm your Daddy."

JJ smiled as she watched the father and son together for moment.

"He's beautiful JJ… just like his Mommy." Spence said as he leaned in over the top of Henry to kiss her.

JJ smiled. "So what do you think of Garcia and Will as Henry's god parents? Think they'll be able to make sure that Henry gets into Yale if anything happens to us?"

Spence smiled down at Henry who was lying along the length of his Daddy's arm with his head resting in the palm of his Daddy's hand. "Oooo Yale, Yale… Do you want to go to Yale Henry? You know that was Daddy's safety school? Don't worry; I can get you into Cal Tech with one phone call." He said as he stared down at their baby boy in amazement.

JJ scooted over a little bit further in the bed. "Come on baby sit next to me." She said patting the bed next to her.

Spence shifted and slid into the spot next to JJ. JJ smiled and cuddled into Spence's side. She reached out and pulled the edge of Henry's baby blanket down from his face and ran a finger lightly along the baby boy's cheek. She smiled and played with Henry's feet where they stuck out the end of the baby blanket. Spence and JJ turned to look at each other at the same moment and shared a sweet kiss while their soon cooed and grunted in his Daddy's arms.

Did you all think I was just going to leave you hanging right here? This is me we're talking about - so of course there are going to be 2 sequels to this - but I am going to leave you hanging for just a bit while we go back to The Roads Series... Don't worry there will be more of this soon - the name of the next story in this series is 'Use Your Illusion' and you can watch for it in about a month or 2.

See you soon back the parallel universes of The Roads Series :D