four

jupiter aria beauliu


"this is the hangout spot for music kids?" morgan asked, a chuckle leaving his lips as the music flooded our ears.


"former, current, and prospective." i say, looking over the crowd, trying to find anyone that seemed suspicious.


"seems...like a movie." emily notes as she watches the woman performing up on the makeshift stage.


my eyes follow hers and i nod.


"oh yeah. most of us were choir, theatre, or band kids back in high school so we're all emotional and have a serious flair for the dramatic. the students join together in impromptu songs all the time. the amount of times i came here to sing my feelings away-"


"you couldn't count on both hands." casey smirks from behind the bar, making me gasp and hop over the counter to throw myself onto my best friend.


"what're you doing here?" i ask, a wide smile across my face.


"well, i heard you were in town. but i didn't hear it was all official like this...this oddly isn't what i imagined it to be like. looking like stalkers at a music club. a lot less like the james bond recreations we used to do." she snorts, making me roll my eyes.


"i was the best bond. then and now."


"mmm. i'd beg to differ."


"you tripped while getting into a chair, case." i say, making us both laugh.


she then raises her eyebrow, peaking over my shoulder.


"hey fiancee." she smirks, and spencer waves.


"hi casey."


"hey i have a question for you and your genius mind." she says, hopping over the bar and standing in front of him. her 5'9 figure now matching his 6'1 stance in her heels.


"and i have an answer."


"casey be nice." i warn, walking around and back to the team.


the team watched in amusement as hotch and rossi continued surveying the area.


"no no i know. i just wanted to ask him a simple question." she smiles innocently at me, making me roll my eyes knowing her simple question was probably snarky and slightly offensive.


she turns back to him, taking a step closer to him in attempt to provoke or intimidate him.


"i've made out with your girlfriend. does that intimidate you, pretty boy?" she asks, her eyebrow quirked.


morgan chokes on his drink, covering his mouth as he doesn't even attempt to conceal his laughter. emily and jj's mouth fall open in surprise and i put my head into my hands. spencer simply smiles and shakes his head.


"one, she's my fiancee. two, considering i'm the one who ends up in her bed every night, it really doesn't."


morgan whoops, throwing his arm over my shoulder.


"hm. you're getting better. now if you'll excuse me, i have a date to get back to." casey nods, before grabbing her drink off the bar and walking off.


"well she seemed pleasant." jj nods her head, a faint smile on her face.


"she is. anyways, back to the case. if our unsub is anywhere, he's here. it's open mic night. and it'd be the perfect opportunity to find his next victim without looking suspicious. he's most likely attractive, charming, good with his words. he takes these girls out on dates and that's when he kills them."i say, skimming over the crowd.


and that's what we did for the next two hours. wait and observe, until hotch had decided to call it a night, coming to the conclusion that enough was enough.


"okay so we can regroup in the morning with-"


"jupiter?"


everyone turns to meet the person to the voice and i furrow my eyebrows. the familiar man standing in front of me. i racked my brain for his name but it could never come to the surface. carlos, maybe? it started with a c, i knew that much.


"hey! i know who you are, i promise. we had vocal performance together and we were jazz studies partners for like half the year. i just can't recall your name right now for some reason. i'm so sorry." i sheepishly admit, making the man smile.


"it's okay. it's colin."


"colin! i knew it! what've you been up to?" i exclaim, clapping my hands.


"nothing much. i just came here for the acapella group reunion. how are you?" he smiles, placing his hands in his pockets.


"i'm really well, how are you? how'd the vocal nodes surgery go?"


he nods his head, his hand gracing over his neck.


"it went fine. made my voice a little deeper but i'm not complaining." he shrugs.


"that's really good. well we've gotta run and-"


"would you maybe want to sing together? for old times sake?" he asks, a hopeful look on his face as he gestures towards the now empty stage.


i turn back to my team, all of them amused looks on their faces.


"you know, i don't think i've ever actually heard her sing aside from her humming every now and then." emily points out.


they all take a seat at the bar as if it were rehearsed. morgan bumps rossi's arm, leaning over and whispering something in his ear. rossi then looks up, nodding his head.


"yes. we'd love to see it." he says, waving me off.


i turn back to colin and sigh.


"yeah sure."


"yes. okay. what about this love of mine, is that okay?" he asks as we walk towards the stage.


"i love that song. i think it'll work best if i just take the harmony instead of splitting the song like a traditional duet." i say, walking up to the mic.


"i agree." he smiles, adjusting his mic as i adjusted mine.


the crowds cheers as i wave at the familiar faces.


"we're gonna do a uhh...song that i hope most of you will know. wow, all the people i went to school with are officially the old people of this bar. i feel...wrong." i chuckle, making the crowd laugh with me.


colin looks over at me, silently asking if i was set. i nod my head and the violins fills my ears. i smile takes over my face as i let the music flow through my body. and for the first time in a long time, all my stress and pain was long forgotten, and it had just been me and the music.


~~~~~~~~~~~~


spencer reid


i watched from the bar in amazement as jupiter completely let the music take control of her body. i had been so entranced in her performance that i had failed to notice casey walking over to us, eyeing the two on stage skeptically.


"you're cool with that?" she asks me, her eyebrow raised.


"why wouldn't i be?" i ask, furrowing my eyebrows.


"because that kid has been in love with her for as long as i could remember. like seriously in love." she scoffs, taking a sip of her drink.


my mind begins racing a thousand miles a minute, my thoughts analyzing the lyrics of the song that he had chosen for them. morgan takes note of my facial expression and alerts the team.


"what's going on in that big brain, kid?" he asks as the team gathers around me.


"you were right. it's jupiter. he's looking for jupiter. listen to the song. the lyrics. the first lyric is 'this love of mine goes on and on though life is empty since you have gone you're always on my mind though out of sight' he's talking about his feelings for jupiter. she was talking about this song the other night when we were cleaning her records. it's about a love that's been taken from you yet you still long and hope for them. he's taunting us with it. that guy up there with my fiancee is our unsub." i said, shooting out of the stool.


"okay, let's not be rash. there's a lot more we have to consider." hotch interferes, holding his arm out.


"no. it makes sense. i know i'm no special fbi genius. but he used to write jupiter these love letters, would never send them but still. he obsessed over her and she had no clue. we sat next to each other after jupiter had finished the class and i took one of his letters. i guess he thought that she fell in love with him via their duet for our performance class. they sang some jazzy love song. i can't remember. sounded nice. they blended well." she shrugged before a woman walks up to her, clinging onto her arm.


"baby, let's go home. i'm tired." she pouts, and casey nods her head.


"well, i'm off lads and laids. tell jupiter i'll call."


i nod and bring my fingers up to my mouth, nibbling on the edges of my fingers.


"she said that he wrote her love letters. we can match the hand writing with the note he sent to the precinct." morgan suggests.


the applause fills my ears and we all clap along, smiling.


"hey! what'd you guys think? oh my gosh i missed performing." she gushes as she walks up to us, making my heart thump in my chest.


"it was great. you were great." i smile, grabbing her hand and pulling her close to me.


she leans her head on my shoulder, facing the rest of the group and i wrap my arm around her waist, looking over at colin. he turned his head away from us and i turn, looking at emily, gesturing towards where colin was seated. jupiter takes her head off my shoulder, looking up at me, her eyes glistening with excitement. i smile and she leans up, pressing a gentle kiss to my lips. she pulls away, resuming her conversation with jj and morgan. emily and i turn, looking at the fuming colin, his jaw clenched. he takes a deep breath, then turns towards us, sending us a smile and walking out of the bar. he was our unsub, i knew it. i just had to prove it.

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