And here he was yet again, waiting for her outside her apartment building. God, could time go by any slower? He hadn't seen her in like what; three days? That's far too long, much longer than he was used to. Two years it had been since she joined the team and he got to know her. And after knowing her, there was no going back.
He could remember the first days of their working together. They hadn't really exchanged many words, mostly because duty called on them before they got a chance to. But one day she passed by his office and she smiled at him, just a smile, and he came crashing to the ground. Seeing her made his day a million times better, he couldn't explain what it was, when he was around her he feels like he could breathe.
Then, naturally, came the conversations. Awkward was quite an understatement when it came to describing Spencer while engaging in any kind of social discourse, he could barely have a decent, human conversation with the others. He would either stutter or endlessly ramble about one thing after the other. Never mind, he still did that. But she was so nice and sweet and she hadn't once seemed annoyed and disappointed by his odd nature.
And one day -a moment forever engraved on his mind-, she just walked up to him bringing him coffee, or sugar with a hint of coffee as she'd call it, and asked him whether he watched Star Wars because she wanted to watch the latest movie with someone else. Yeah, that kinda was when he knew his heart belonged to Sapphire Gastrell, the sweetest and kindest person on earth.
Of course he dared not to make a move on her. What was he thinking, falling in love with her? He was nowhere on her radar. She deserved so much better than he could ever offer. He had no plans to tell her how he felt, why would he, there was no reason for her to reciprocate them. Plus, he would hate himself if their relationship was ruined. They have grown to be best friends, spending almost every day together. And now waiting outside her door, anxiously anticipating the moment that he would get to see his little blonde Brit again and cherish her gorgeous smile as her eyes drill into his while he keeps on going on about a million random things that cross his mind. That's why he always looked forward to their rides with the bus together. There, he could finally get her all to himself.
The building door opened and he sees a young woman walking out the door with Saphie joining her outside. They seemed to exchange a couple words before hugging once and then the girl walked away with a tiny smile on her face. Sapphire spotted Spencer immediately and hurried down the steps to meet him.
"Who was that?" Spencer asked curiously.
"I don't know. I must say she was having a horrid day though." she answered simply, like talking to a stranger and hugging them is the most normal thing to do. All he could do is smirk.
"So you just took the time to listen to a stranger having a bad day and she got a hug from you?" he emphasized on the hug part because dammit, he was jealous. Before meeting her, he used to have a hard time to even shake hands with anyone but now there was nothing he wouldn't do to earn a hug from her.
"Why not? Do you want a cookie?" she turned and flashed him a dazzling smile.
"Sure. Did you know that chocolate chip cookies were invented by the American chef Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1938? She invented the recipe during the period when she owned the Toll House Inn - which at the time as a popular restaurant that featured home cooking..."