Matty Gray has been called many things in her short time on the planet: a genius, a prodigy, a mess, and a mistake. She never really felt like she belonged anywhere. She was always younger than her peers, so she never really had friends, only bullies. She hoped that people around her would be kinder when she graduated from high school and started college. She was wrong, which was rare for her. In her third year of college, she met Spencer Reid, her best friend. Both being of similar intelligence, they clicked almost instantly. Spencer was older than Matty, but they got along so well that you couldn’t tell. They pursued similar degrees and shared the same ambitions for their lives, so it made sense that they would sign up to join the FBI together.