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"Ugh...agh. Is it always this hot?" Reid complains as he hops off the SUV. We traveled to Miami for a case. Since we landed, I swear to you, I was sweating through everything.
"Every day, all day." Morgan looks at these two women walking by.
"That's south beach." Rossi joins.
"Boys, behave." I huffed as I put my sunglasses on. The sun was really beaming here.
"That's not what I'm talking about." Reid said as we waited for the detective on the case.
"They know." Hotch told him.
"Fbi." A woman, definitely Cuban, walks right up to us.
"Yes." Derek smirks, answering for us. Here comes mister smooth.
"Detective lopez, miami pd."
"Oh, um, morgan... Derek." He sticks his hand out. Even on the job he can't resist.
"Tina." She took his hand, eyeing him too. "So, thank you for coming down so quickly."
"Agent jareau, JJ. We spoke on the phone." Lopez nods her head, stilling looking at Morgan. "These are agents Hotchner, Prentiss, Santos, Rossi, Derek, and Dr. Reid." We all shared a smile, waving at her from the distance.
"Well, I hope there's no test because I'm lousy with names."
"Agent will be fine." Emily nudges me as she saw a man coming out of a car. Oh shit, that Will Lamontagne, New Orleans. Its been a while since we seen him.
"Hey, isn't that-"
"Detective Lamontagne just arrived from new orleans To ID the cop they pulled from the bay last night." Will comes up, standing next to JJ.
"Detective, it's good to see you." JJ and Will were a little bit close. Emily and I shared a look, oh they definitely are seeing each other. There was no way! JJ, mija, you can't hide it, im sorry!
"How are you? Yeah. Charlie luvet and I worked together for 7 years. We haven't formally ID him yet, But we believe it's him."
"Sorry for your loss, man."
"So, you all know each other?"
"Professionally." JJ comes to say. Will looks like he was hurt.
"Yeah. The bau helped me out on a case about a year ago. Just for the sake of clarity, I'm not here to investigate. Charlie was supposed to be married this august, So if the guy that floated up last night was him, I guess I have the honor of notifying his fiancee, So she's gonna need some answers, closure, And I'm just here to get that for her."
"Do you know why he was here?" Rossi questions him.
"He was meeting up with some college buddies To compete in a regatta. He was a big boat guy."
"So, he wasn't traveling alone."
"Well, he came alone. He was meeting them here."
"We should track these friends down, see if they saw anything. And the 2 other victims, any potential witnesses?"
"No. Paul hayes was here alone on business. Daniel brown came down to windsurf by himself." Lopez comments.
"So, they were all essentially alone."
"The unsub watched them long enough to know that."
"Yeah. He's probably already scoping out his next victim, And I don't have a damn thing to warn people with, So come on inside. I've got everything all set up." We said our hellos to Will and headed inside. Once we stepped in, i was already out of breath. The air was so hot, thick. We walked up the stairs, bad idea, and saw that JJ and Will were gone.
"Im not crazy right? JJ and Will, they got to be having a secret relationship." I whispered to Emily as we settled.
"Oh ive been known. She cant hide it. The stares, shes just making it obvious on purpose."
—
Tina, Reid, Morgan and I headed up to the beach, checking out where Paul Hayes was found. It was a really nice day to be on a beach, tanning, going in the water. But here I am, in a suit, pregnant and well on the job.
"I remember these days when I was on summer break, my boyfriend took me here, he just came back from the military. We would spend the whole day here and then at night, when the stars came out and nobody was around, it was just..." I remember the memories that replayed in my head. "Best day of my life." I walked with Reid.
"Your boyfriend was in the military?"
"Served for 4 years." We stopped behind Lopez and Morgan.
"Paul hayes was found in a dumpster over there." She points at the area.
"Hey, I think these guys knew the unsub."
"What makes you say that?" I turned to Reid.
"Where you're a fish out of water, you look to locals For where to eat, where to shop."
"What path to run."
"Yeah. Why would he kill them And then risk dragging their body across the beach?"
"He wouldn't. They were already out here." I puzzled.
—
We got a call from our wonderful and talented Penelope Garcia, saying that she found the rental car that belonged to Luvet. It was hidden in a alley. So we made our way up there.
"This garcia girl of yours is good." Lopez complements.
"That's an understatement."
"Hey, you can't go wrong with a latina at the controls, right?" Lopez looks at me.
"Gotta keep them all in check." I told her.
"Yeah. That's my girl, but she's not nearly As latino as her name sounds." As Lopez and Morgan went in the car, I went to stand in the shade, drinking water.
"You good? You don't need to sit?" Reid kept asking. "Need something colder? How about-"
"Im fine Spencer, thanks." I chugged the water. "Miami is just so freaking hot. And I'm wearing this." I looked down at my pants. "I would trade this for a pair of shorts right now." He laughs.
"How is your pregnancy going? You should absolutely start letting them listen to music at this stage, It is proven that music has a role in brain development before birth. Listening to music during pregnancy will not only have a soothing and uplifting effect on the pregnant woman, but also a positive influence on the unborn baby. Around 16─18 weeks of pregnancy, the little one hears its very first sound." Reid, hes so adorable. God I love him and his facts.
"Ill give it a try."
"The last place he was going, it was a gay bar." Morgan comes up from behind.
"So he lied to come here to be himself?"
"Could be. Lets head down to the station." The hot air blew into our faces as we drove back. I could escape the heat. I meet up with Emily, drenched in sweat.
"Jesus Christ." Emily fans herself.
"Tell me about it."
"For you and for you." JJ comes up and hands us water bottles.
"Oh, thank you."
"JJ, mi linda, you are an angel." I opened the bottle, something nice a cold. "I don't understand how it can be this dry when it's this humid."
"Sweat all your fluids out outside And then come into bone-Dry air conditioning."
"Well, then if I could just hook this up to an iv." The three of us chuckled.
"At least we have something fun to look at, Keep us on our toes." Emily looks back at Will, who was behind us looking at the files.
"What do you mean?" JJ said confusedly.
"Lamontagne." I sang. JJ turns around and looks at him.
"You think so, huh?" She hides herself.
"Don't you?." She looks back again.
"I guess he's-- He has a thing." Emily and I winked.
"Definitely a thing." I walked away as I continued to drink my water. I met with Aaron who was in the conference room looking at papers. "Need any help?"
"No, im fine." He looks up. He took a minute. "How about you go back to the hotel, get some rest."
"Come on Hotch, you cant keep me grounded. Let me help." I stood beside him. He chuckles a bit.
"It's getting late anyways, ill drive."
"Whats the whole point of fighting with you. I seem to never win." I grabbed my coat and we both headed out for the night.
"Watch your step." Aaron helps me up the steps to the hotel.
"I can see them Aaron, thank you."
"Sorry, I was like this when Hayley and I were having Jack." He seemed to be sad as he said the name Hayley. The divorce was nasty, I could tell, him not seeing Jack, and Hayley making it harder, it reminded me of my parents right after they separated.
"No need to be sorry Aaron, you have a nice night." I patted his arm as I went to my room, showered i. Cold water, snack on some food and crashed for the night. Right before I did, I called Luke. "Hello there." I put him on speaker so I can change.
"I was just thinking about you."
"What can I say, Im irresistible." I can hear him chuckle. "Hows Texas?"
"No movement yet." He was down there for about 2 weeks now, checking up on some guy that they've been tracking down for months. "Probably going to pack it up for tonight and start again tomorrow morning. How's Miami?"
"Besides how hot it is, its fine. Just some good memories that reminded me when we went together." I bit my lip.
"Ah, yes. Just you and me, under the stars. I quite remember that one bathing suit."
"Oh stop that Luke." I climbed into bed, shifting into the cold sheets.
"Alright I wont tease you anymore. I wont even mention on how good were those waffles were that morning." I rolled my eyes, smiling. "Hows my mom?"
"Living the life. She already started organizing the pantry."
"Sounds about her." I heard his coworkers talking to him. Luke sighs. "Ill call you tomorrow. Be safe. Stay hydrated. Dont do anything you're not supposed to."
"Yes sir. Good night Luke. I love you. You be careful out there."
"Always. I love you too."
—
"What have we got?" Hotch said as we got a call from Lopez saying we got another body.
"Male, the same age range, And we found luvet's police badge About a half a block from here." She hands Hotch the badge.
"So, the unsub either ditched it or dropped it When he was getting away. Any sign of luvet's gun?"
"No. He may be holding on to that."
"Why would he kill out on the open like this?"
"He's losing control emotionally." I leaned to the side. "He could be devolving."
"Leaving the body out in plain sight? It's off pattern."
"he was interrupted." Lopez brought up.
"Who interrupted him?"
"Bring him over." Lopez turns back, a man starts walking up to us. "Bus boy. He's from the bar. Mi hijito, these are the fbi people that I told you about, So just tell them everything you saw."
"All right." The man started. "Well, I came out here On my break to have a smoke, And that guy was on the ground, and his friend said--"
"His friend?"
"Yeah. His friend said that they had just been mugged."
"You spoke to this guy?"
"No, ma'am. I tried. But he did say that he was a cop, So he took off, and he chased after those guys."
"Could you give a description of this cop to a sketch artist?"
"No. I can't. I mean, he was a white guy, but it was pretty dark out here, And he basically kept running away from me the whole time."
"I'm gonna have to get all your information." JJ takes him to the side.
"So, this guy is impersonating luvet?" Lopez asks.
"Could just be a ruse he used to get away."
"But if he is impersonating his victims, why?"
"Transference."
"whatever he sees in his victims, He wants for himself. He hates who he is. He's targeting tourists Because he sees them as living a kind of lie, too."
"He can be suffering from cluster b." I suggested.
"Cluster b?" Take it away Dr. Spencer Reid.
"A cluster of personality disorders. It's also called the erratic, dramatic emotional cluster, An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior That differentiates itself markedly from the expectations Of the individual's culture. It manifests itself--"
"This guy's a sick." I cut him off.
"But something triggers his constant need to escape. It could be drugs, sex, Something that makes him feel vulnerable."
"and he can't allow himself the vulnerability."
"Escape into the fantasy protects him from ever having to look at himself."
"You know, if the unsub lives in their skin, Odds are, he's living in their hotel rooms."
"Any ID on the body?" Hotch walks up to the coroner.
"No wallet, nothing. It might have dropped. They're searching now."
"You're not gonna find anything. We need to roll the prints and run them. We need to figure out who he is and where he was staying."
—
As we closed the case, we went back to the station. JJ was talking to Will. Emily and I walked up to her as Will left.
"You should go for him." I nudged JJ's arm.
"What?" She scuffs, acting like it was surprise.
"You'd make a cute couple." Emily tells her.
"You know what?" She runs after Will. Will laughs and kisses her. Me and Emily fist bumped, doing our job.
"Well, finally." Morgan comes in. We both hummed.
"Mm. I thought she was never gonna admit it." Emily walks away.
"Yeah. What's it been, like, a year?" Reid said too as he followed her.
"Yeah, something like that." I patted Morgans chest and we both headed out to go back home.
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