"There is no such thing." Evangeline protested to her friend over dinner. It was their weekly 'BFF Night' in which they made sure not to make plans with anybody else. It was why it was every Wednesday; they came to the conclusion that no-one would want to make plans with them on a Wednesday night. It had worked for the past four years.
"Yes there is." The brunette insisted taking a large gulp of red wine from her glass.
"Then why haven't I found my true love?" The woman smirked as she used her trademark sarcastic tone.
"Because you're a cynic." Abbie replied matter-of-factly. "You ought to think about that, you're just too stubborn – narrow minded maybe." The disbelieving look she received made her laugh, loudly.
"Me? Me? I'm not cynical I just don't believe in true love or love at first sight. That's like telling me my soul mate is sitting in this room as we speak." Evangeline spoke before she ate the last few tomato sauce drenched chips.
"Well, you never know. It could be that guy." Her best friend teased, pointing to a fifty year old stern-faced man, clearly waiting on someone as he glanced down at his gold watch every few seconds.
"Well, according to your logic my 'true love' could be someone else's, already married or it could be a frickin' kid in like Argentina! This true love could be anywhere in the world and I may not ever find said person – if it even is a male." She was twenty-four and had had the same lecture about dating and 'true love' several times over the last couple of years as she'd apparently had a 'sufficient amount of time to get over Charlie'. Charlie had been Evangeline's boyfriend for five years before he asked her to marry him, they were due to get married the following year but three months after his proposal she found him in bed with Shana – a really good friend of hers from Uni. The pair of them ran off and got married in Vegas shortly thereafter. "Even you could be my true love."
"No, I couldn't." Abbie retorted rolling her eyes at the raven haired woman. "I already have a boyfriend who I am very happy with thank you very much." She slapped the woman's hand playfully when she laughed, bringing a smile to her face.
"I'll be back in a minute, order me a slice of warm chocolate cake and ice-cream and some more Diet Coke please?" Abbie was told as the twenty-four year old began to get up from her seat, the chair scraping across the floor. "I'm nippin' to the loo." She added as way of explanation at her company's puzzled expression.
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The BAU team sat at a rather large table, however not big enough to fit them too comfortably. They'd been sat there for over twenty-minutes making small talk or discussing the outcome of their last case whilst waiting for their main course to arrive. It was unusual for them to be out together on a Wednesday night all having dinner together, Hotch preferring to go home to his son along with JJ but Dave and Garcia had insisted that it was necessary – Rossi even offering to pay. It was a nice restaurant – green, red and white being the main colours present almost everywhere, down to the chairs and even the napkins on the table alternating between the three. The music was low and soft making the whole atmosphere safe and cosy.
"Well Morgan you have nice taste, coulda warned us about the long wait though." Prentiss teased from the opposite side of the table.
"Ha ha, it's usually really quick." The agent defended himself. "Did you not consider the possibility that maybe it's cos there's so many of us?"
Before Emily had a chance to reply, the waitress moved in, apologising for the wait and handing the food to the correct recipient's with the help of Hotch. The menu was fairly vast and so it didn't take long for the agents to decide what they wanted, Reid was too busy looking at the deserts to realise that he hadn't made his order until Derek repetitively tapped him. Luckily, it didn't take longer than two minutes for the genius to decide on two dishes so Rossi ended up getting him a cheeseburger – the simpler of the two options.
"I'll be back in a minute." Reid informed the team, standing up. "Make sure Morgan doesn't steal any of my chips." He warned, slapping the back of the man's head for good measure.
Spencer managed to take two steps before his reflexes kicked in and he caught the girl who'd just tripped right in front of him. Setting her on her feet, he smiled shyly. "Careful." He admonished lightly.
"Thank you." The pair stared at each other for a while longer, the girl still in his arms. "Er, sorry." She told him, breaking eye contact by looking down and blushing.
"No, it's, er, ok." The genius told her awkwardly, putting his hands in his pockets and rocking back and forth on his heel. "Just glad I caught you before you fell."
"Yeah, me too." They stood uncomfortably in front of each other for what seemed like forever for the younger woman. "I'm Evangeline." No move was made to shake his hand.
"Spencer." Giving her a half smile he stilled and looked at her properly for the first time – her black waist length hair, grass green eyes, sweet smile and curvy figure. It made him blush at the obviousness of his inspection.
"Well thanks for saving me Spencer." She smiled and Reid sighed in relief, glad that she hadn't mentioned his checking her out.
He'd realised he'd thought that too soon as she walked past him and whispered: "Next time you wanna check a girl out I suggest you do it a little more subtly than that." He didn't miss the humour in her voice but grinned as he made his way to the bathrooms.
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