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Wow! Now, I'm editing the second chapter to this story.

The next day Reid tried to act normal around Morgan, he was trying to pretend throughout the entire day that he was going on a real date. He knew he was setting himself up for heartbreak but he didn't care, he was going to have a great time. After draining his coffee cup for the second time of the day he got up and walked to the break room.

"Pretty boy! You excited for our date tonight?" Morgan said, waggling his eyebrows and smiling.

Reid could feel his whole face heat up at the comment but Morgan's smile just got bigger.

"I, uhh was wondering if I should bring flowers..?"

Morgan chuckled. "See, you already know some rules of the game, kid and sure why not, bring some pretty ones though."

Reid turned away, hoping Morgan didn't see his face heat up again. He quickly made some more coffee and drowned it in sugar and walked out of the break room. Reid was mentally preparing himself for Hotch to come down and say they had a case, but nothing of the sort happened. On some level he hoped they would get a case so he wouldn't have to embarrass himself the entire night, but it was like the Fates wanted him to go through with this.

As the day came to an end Reid looked at the clock and saw it was five o'clock, only two hours to get ready for his date! He couldn't control the small smile that graced his features at that thought. He packed everything up, got in the elevator, went to his car, and started to head home. After walking through the door he realized he would have to find something fancy to wear, a tux possibly?

Or maybe it wasn't a restaurant that required suits? He thought about calling Morgan, but then decided against it. Reid eventually got in the shower, brushed his teeth, and walked over to his closet. His eyes scanned his closets inventory, and finally he decided on a pair of black jeans, a white button up shirt, and black tennis shoes. Doing a double take in the mirror he realized he didn't look that bad.

Feeling more confident he grabbed his wallet , locked the door, and walked outside to the nearest flower stand. When Reid reached Morgan's door he knocked lightly and waited, the butterflies in his stomach were uncontrollable and when Morgan opened the door it just got worse. The only word that came to Reid's mind to describe his appearance was gorgeous. Morgan was wearing a red button up shirt, a black leather jacket, and black pants.

"Pretty Boy!" Morgan said with a smile. "The first rule I'm going to teach you is to compliment their appearance."

"Ooh! Uh, okay, well Morgan you look handsome tonight." Reid said nervously, his hands tightening on the flowers he was holding.

Morgan chuckled lightly. "Since were on a "date", I'll call you Spencer and you can call me Derek 'kay?"

"Y-yeah! that's works Mor-Derek I mean," Reid replied blushing.

Morgan smiled at him and Reid thought he could feel his heart melting through his body.

"So, second rule I see you already did. Hand her the flowers with a smile." Derek montioned towards the flowers, and bit back a grin at how flustered the younger man looked.

"Oh! Okay," Reid said while handing Morgan a bouquet of red roses. Derek took the flowers from him and invited Reid inside.

"Did you know that roses are the most commonly given flowers on a date? That stems from the fact that they-" Reid was abruptly cut off when Derek put his hand over Reid's mouth.

Spencer could feel himself blushing "Sorry.." He mumbled.

"It's okay, Spencer, some people just don't like statistics and facts." He said light heartedly then he clapped his hands together and started to walk towards the door. "So lets get this show on the road!"

The rest of the evening flew by in a haze, Spencer couldn't remember a moment when he has had a better time with someone. He learned many things from Derek, first of all, always pull the chair out for your date, secondly, make sure to keep conversation moving and never dull, thirdly, make sure to keep eye contact through out the night.

Even thought he knew he was never going to ue this on anyone, he was still trying to pretend this was a real date between them. At the end of the "date" Spencer drove Derek home and walked him to the door.

"Now the last thing is either a goodnight hug or kiss whichever one you think she would prefer," Morgan stated while brushing arms with Reid.

"Oh, uhh, I d-don't think y-you would want me to kiss you." Reid replied nervously, staring down at his feet.

"Pretty boy, this is practice date, don't be so nervous" Morgan scolded lightly, reaching out for Reid, Derek tilted his face back up to meet his.

Reid could feel his face turn many shades of red "Oh! Y-yeah, sorry, well, thank you for all the advice." Reid told him while starting to walk away.

"Hey Reid! Um, do you want to do this again sometime..as friends of course?" Derek added the last bit from the look of disbelief Reid was giving him.

After a moment of silence Reid felt his face split into a grin "Yes, I would love to, Derek!" and with that Reid, walked back up to Derek and gave him a quick hug and started to walk to his car.

What Reid didn't see was how many emotions played across the older man's face from that one hug. After Reid got home he felt truly happy for once, he couldn't remember the last time he fell asleep with a smile on his face.

The next day at work Reid came in with a smile on his face and a coffee for everyone. The first one to harass him was the perky Penelope Garcia.

"Whoa! Spency Wency, did something happen last night that you would like to share with the goddess of all knowledge?"

Reid's felt his face flush. "N-no! why would you ask that?"

"Because you were smiling like a deranged lunatic and anyone who can put a smile like that on my genius' face deserves to be known about, so spill!"

Just at the moment Derek walked through the door and distracted Garcia, so Spencer decided to make his get away hopefully unnoticed, but when he turned around he saw Garcia giving him eyes that said "We will talk later".

While sitting at his desk Derek walked up to Reid.

"About last night, remember when I asked if you wanted to hang out again with me?"

Spencer just nodded and waited for Derek to continue.

"I was wondering would tomorrow evening be good and maybe we could talk more about the mystery girl you're keeping from me?"

"Yes! I-I mean that would be good," replied a blushing Spencer. Cursing himself mentally for even pretending to like someone else. Maybe he would come clean tomorrow and Derek wouldn't be too angry at him.

Derek gave him his usual mega watt smile and walked away back to his desk. The day drug on and when work was over Derek walked Spencer to his car so he could talk to him.

Leaning on the door Derek asked "So, tomorrow at eight at your place good for you?"

"Uh, y-yeah that would be great, Morgan," Reid said smiling and blushing again.

"Great! See ya tomorrow, Pretty boy and remember, I want to know more about this girl who has stolen your heart," Derek said with a wink and started walking away and with that, Reid was left standing at his car with huge smile on his face.

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