It All Starts With The First Jump

SUMMARY: The sweet smell of vanilla and apples, the sound of her gentle voice, i see nothing more than pure perfection. Ever since Emily's Return Reid has been majourly crushing on her. He seems to get lost in her eyes and the sound of her voice makes his head go fuzzyy. Her smile makes his heart beat a little bit faster everytime he sees it. Yet what he doesnt know is she may feel the same way.

reid POV

Im sitting here on my couch with my coffee cup in hand and an open book on my lap. Its been an hour now that I have been home, and I seem to not be able to concentrate enough to read. My mind keeps bringing me back to the previous weeks events that seemed to have changed my life, in a good way of course. I sip my now luke warm coffee and set it on the side table. Reaching for the open book I decide to try to concentrate on the words upon the page. I manage to read a few pages before the time my mind ventures off once more to that night, that perfect night. I can remember it perfectly, with having an eidetic memory it feels as if what happened a week ago only happened hours before. I give up on reading and set the book back on the shelve with the others I own and decide to try and sleep. I change to my night wear and lay down staring at the ceiling having everything that happened come rushing back to my mind; Closing my eyes I take a deep breath and let the events play over and over till i drift off to a nightmare free sleep.

Chapter one: the first jump

It was another late Friday evening, the team including myself had returned from a case in Idaho only hours before. The clock told me it was now nine pm. Everyone was more than thrilled to return home to loved ones and the peace and quiet. Morgan and Garcia asked if I wanted to unwind at our usual hang out spot, I declined the offer saying I had some paper work to finish.

"Alright, suite your self pretty boy, you know where we' ll be if you change your mind." with that the duo headed out the BAU glass doors.

JJ had left not long afterwards racing home to see Henry. I could see hotch turning off his lights getting ready to leave, Rossi left as soon as we returned with much need of sleep. I glanced at the clock once more, 9:25pm. Looking down at the paperwork in front of me, I realized there is no way I'm finishing this tonight. So I put the finished signed and sealed files in the out box and left the rest in a neat pile ready for me the following day. I logged off my computer then swung my messenger bag over my head, grabbed my empty coffee mug and go bag, then headed to the break room.

I turned on the lights then walked to the sink where I cleaned out my mug and set it in the cupboard with the rest. I was just about to grab my coat and bag to leave when, I smelt it. The sweet scent of vanilla and apples. I stop what im doing and silently inhale the sweet scent that filled my nose with delight. At first I thought it was a 'delirious scent,' maybe it wasnt really there. Or maybe it was a new kind of soap? No cant be, the soap is lemon scented. Then I heard my name. Its faint but it managed to catch my attention, the wonderful sound of her voice met my ears, I felt as if I were about pass out. Then I realized I had been staring at the sink for a good five minutes, not responding to her calling me.

"Reid? Hello? REID!" she taped me on the shoulder pulling me from thoughts.

I turned to see a confused expression on her beautiful face, her eyes and brow had worry written on them and her perfect lips were slightly parted and turned down confused, her cheeks were of a dusted rose as always and her dark hair fell around her face in her natural waves. Pure perfection.

"oh uhm... I...uhh... Was lost in thought" 'of you' I told her leaving the last bit to myself.

She smiled at me, the smile that makes my heart beat a tad faster every time I see it. I silently took a deep breath to stay calm and awkwardly smiled back.

"Hmm, well I was just wondering who was in here, thought I was the only one left but I guess not!" she told me with a slight chuckle. I shyly laughed myself when I responded,

"Well I was just leaving anyways...wait i thought you left hours ago?"

She looked at me and smiled.

"No I was in a meeting with Strauss, which ran a bit longer than schedueld. But im leaving now. Would you like to walk out together?"

Did I hear her correctly? Well of course I do, I would love to walk you out to your car, 'drive you to our home where our cat waits for our arrival, then I take you by the hand and lead you to the kitchen and sit you at the island, I kiss you on the cheek then run my hand down the side of your hair while gazing in your gorgeous eyes. I would then step away and make dinner for you. A quiet meal accompanied by our favourite wine, the one your parents had imported from france for our wedding. After dinner you would begin to take the dishes to clean, but I stop you and tell you to leave them till morning. Then I guide you to the bedroom where we spend the rest of our work free weekend, together. I tell you I love you and you reply with a kiss and an I love you too, which leads to another episode of what just happened only minutes before.' Of course then comes reality. Oh crap! Reality! Where I had been standing here in front of her staring at her with a blank expression. I saw her waving a hand in front of my face, how come I couldn't respond? I took a deep breath and smirk,

"Sure I'd like that, but first,"

Then took that first jump.

I looked up from staring at the floor to her very confused expression, she tilts her head to the side with curiosity, then I took a step towards her. I see she didnt take a step back so I took another step, Now with barely an inch between us. I saw that she looked down to the space (If you could even call it that) between us then back up to my face where we lock eyes. I don't dare look away, Neither does she. At that moment, looking in her eyes, I wondered to myself, does she want this to? Is there a possibility that she may have felt the same way about me that I do for her? Unless that was another fantasy that seemed so real, so life like. The next thought to cross my mind at that moment was to find out. I reach out and cup her cheeks with my hands. Well she didnt disintegrate into a million particles, so it must be real! I then look deeper in her gorgeous brown eyes. Before I leaned in I smile just slightly and she returns it with one of her heart stoppers. I felt my heart beating, so fast I could have almost heard it. Then, I began to lean towards her. I felt our noses touch and I noticed she closed her eyes, I do the same, then it happened. Its better than I had even imagined. Our lips slowely touched, then fit together so perfectly, almost as if it was made to be. I could feel her smile when we touched, I cant seem to hide the smile that came across my mouth as well. I felt her return the kiss, and her hands that ran up the sides of my body into my short hair. I began to wrap my arms around her waist. She was then standing on her tip toes, so I leaned down just a bit so she could plant her feet back on the ground. I had then gently ran my tounge along her lower lip, asking for permission to enter. She answered by slowely parting her lips. Her own tounge met mine in a friendly battle of dominance. Soon oxygen became a desperate need for both of us. As much as I didn't want to part, I slowely backed away from her and opened my eyes to see her looking at me. There wasn't a look of disgust, or regret, there was a look of..almost like the look I get after I figure out a difficult equation, a look of the answer to ones curiosity. Both of us smiled at each other while slightly panting from no air cycling through our lungs.

No one had said anything yet, we just stood slightly panting and looking at each other. Then she finally said,

"wow...i..wow.." I cannot belive it, I left her speachless.

"i know..i...wow." apperiantly so was I.

"You're speechless?" she asked with the sweet sound of a giggle followed. I looked at her, deep in her eyes, grinning like a fool, and responded with,

"It seems so." She smiled at me once more then I asked her.

"would you by any chance like to come over?" She looked at me stunned.

I then realized what I just asked. Smooth move there Spencer! My eyes widened and I quickly responded.

"Oh no I didnt mean that! I mean if it leads up to that I wouldnt decline unless you dont want to.. I mean i ...what im trying to ask is-" She cut me off with a quick chaste kiss to my lips. I opened my eyes to see her looking at me and biting her lip.

"Was i rambling again?" I asked shyly. She nodded with a small giggle. God, that sound sends chills down my spin and makes my head go fuzzy everytime.

"What im trying to ask is...Emily, would you by any chance like to come over and let me make you dinner? I know its late, but I havent had any yet so I'm sure you havent found time to have any so I just thought maybe you would like to?" Iasked her this while rubbing the back of my neck in my usual awkward way. She smiled with her eyes while biting at her bottom lip again.

"Spencer I would love to! Just let me grab my bag from my desk and we can go!" Emily said this and quickly took off towards the bull pen. I continued to stand where I was with a shocked expression upon my face. I couldn't believe what just happened, not only did she call me Spencer, but she just agreed to come over. I mean did she really say she's going to come to my appartment and let me the socially awkward skinny doctor make her dinner? Did this actually just happen. It seemed so surreal, maybe I was dreaming again, yeah maybe it was another one of my fantasy dreams I thought. Okay, 1...2...3... SMACK! Ow! Okay I was definitely not dreaming. Then I snapped out of it. I grabbed my coat and go bag from the counter top then walked towards the bull pen. I saw her closing her left desk drawer and grabbed her bag and swung it across her shoulder. She picked her coat from the back of her chair, then started to walk towards me. I open the door for her, she walked through, I followed her. She walked along my right side, I looked down to see her look away from looking at me. 'She...I...we just...we are going...' I seemed to not have been able to create a full sentence in my mind to say aloud. So instead I had reached out with my right hand and pushed the elevator button, when my hand came back down I searched and managed to find it on the first try. I intwined our fingers together, feeling her smooth skin on mine and the warmth of her hand on my cold one. I looked down at her and smile. I heard the elevator door ding which brought me out of my thoughts. We climbed in the elevator and she pressed the button for the parking garage. The doors closed and we rode down together in silence, yet still hand in hand. It's almost as if there was no need for talking, just the feeling of her there beside me was enough.

A/N first off i apologize for any silly grammar, past/future/present tense, and spelling errors. Reid is tell this story from memory. Im not sure if im going to do an Emily POV...so will see what happens! this is the first chapter...im working on the second! let me know what you think and any ideas you may have! : ) the next chapter is dinner at Reid's apartment! :)