Title: Who Celebrates Six Months?: Girl Talk (Part 3 of 4)
Author: Trista Groulx
Rating: T (same as the show)
Disclaimer: As always I don't own the characters they belong to their creator, network, writers actors and actresses who bring them to life.
Summary: Reid and Prentiss have been together for six months. After their announcement Garcia and JJ want details from Prentiss about a certain genius.
Notes: I know it's kind of lame to have them split off into groups but seriously dialogue for the whole team is waay confusing. The ladies are up first, nothing beats sangria and some good friends, and gossip hehe…


The three women were sitting at their table with a pitcher of sangria in front of them, all of their glasses full. Prentiss was playing with the ring on her finger, and stirring her drink with her straw. Garcia and JJ looked at her confused, she looked so distracted. They wondered what was going on inside her head.

"Aren't you happy?" JJ asked.

"Yeah, I am. I'm trilled. Tonight has been one of the best nights of my life," replied Prentiss.

Prentiss wasn't lying, it had been one of the best nights of her whole life. She had gotten engaged, and she was thrilled. She just had a lot on her mind, about Reid, and how well he knew her. She looked at the ring again, wondering if maybe he had gotten help picking it out. He had gotten Garcia to pick out a dress for her, maybe she had gone along to pick the ring. Although the two women had looked surprised when they came in; it was Garcia who had pointed out the ring after all. Maybe she did know what Reid had been planning.

"So why are you sitting there playing with your ring and not drinking?" Garcia asked.

"Just thinking," Prentiss replied. "Did either of you help him pick this out?"

"Don't look at me Garcia is Spence's partner in crime."

"Wasn't me Cupcake," Garcia said. "You can't blame that serious lack of bling on me. Doctor Reid clearly doesn't know that diamonds are a girl's best friend."

Prentiss laughed. "I love the ring, actually. I just think I might have under estimated Spencer. I've never wanted a diamond on my finger. Those big crazy diamonds just make me think of all of my mother's politician friends. I'm not a big fan of most gemstones, they are too flashy. This is exactly what I would have picked out for myself."

"So what's the problem then?" JJ asked.

Prentiss shrugged, taking a sip of her sangria. "I am just amazed at how much Spencer knows about me I guess. I've never let anyone into my head like this before."

"That's what happens when you fall in love with a profiler. They get inside your head and they know all the stuff that's going on in there," Garcia pointed out.

"It's all right to let someone in if you love him," added JJ.

"I know you're both right. I'm just surprised. So really, neither of you knew he was going to do this?"

JJ and Garcia both shook their heads. Prentiss knew that Reid could plan everything, but she hadn't realised that he really did notice small details about her. She wasn't sure she could pick up on the same kinds of things about her, and she was feeling a little guilty. Reid seemed to know everything about her, and she wasn't sure she knew as much about him. He didn't close himself off to her, she just didn't notice things the way he did.

"All I did was get you that dress you are wearing," Garcia told her friend. "Well that and Reid said something about he needed a tie to match the dress. So I went in search of, and succeeded in finding that too."

"I do appreciate that, the dress is great. Spencer really likes it a lot too."

"I also wouldn't let him see it, although he wanted to, since you seem to like to knock his unmatching socks off with shock when you buy yourself a new dress."

Prentiss laughed. "I figure if I surprise him with enough dresses while we are dating I won't have to scrape him off the floor when we get married."

Prentiss grinned when she said the word married. She had thought about marrying Reid before, among other things. But now she knew it was actually going to happen at some point. She couldn't wait to see the look on his face when he saw her in a wedding dress. Prentiss didn't care if they eloped she was going to wear an amazing wedding dress and see the look on his face. She looked at her hands, and played with the ring again. Reassuring herself that it was real.

"I like the way you think, lady," Garcia ginned. "I really didn't think you two were so serious, though. You two are so the same when you're at work."

"We have to be, or it wouldn't work," Prentiss explained. "We can't all get away with playing the part of the naughty phone sex operator at work."

Garcia laughed. "All right fair enough. So the two zillion dollar question is, what is the shy and awkward Doctor Spencer Reid like behind closed doors?"

Prentiss blushed. "He's certainly not shy and awkward when we're together. He's totally different. He's sweet and kind, caring."

"We're not looking for romance novel crap," JJ said, shocking her two co-workers. "We want the real details."

Prentiss laughed, taking a swig of her drink. "All right, real details, I can do that. I just need to have a few more drinks in me first."

The waitress had come back with a fresh pitcher of sangria for the women. They all looked at their empty glasses, and laughed. Garcia poured them each a fresh glass. Prentiss smiled, and took a gulp of the drink. It was nice to be out drinking with her friends. It had been a long time since she had spent time with them. Not that complained when Reid suggested they just stay home and spend some time together. She very much enjoyed her time away from work with Reid.

"Okay so we know that Reid didn't pop the question cause he knocked you up," Garcia laughed.

"We're not ready for kids yet," Prentiss replied automatically. "Besides he's a genius he can figure out birth control. Self control on the other hand, I'm not so sure about. Every once in a while I am reminded that I am more than ten years older than him.'

"Juicy, who knew that the shy Doctor Reid could be a little sex fiend?"

"He certainly knows how to keep things interesting. Although I have to admit I wasn't expecting to take this step so soon. I'm glad that we did, but I certainly was surprised."

"How did he ask?" JJ asked.

"It was typical Reid," chuckled Prentiss. "It was intermission, and he asked me if I dropped something. Then I feel him touching my hand. He tells me to open it, and there's the ring, and asks me. Well kind of. It was just very him. It was sweet."

"What did he say exactly?" Garcia asked.

"I was a little overwhelmed. But something about if I wanted to put up with him for the rest of my life and making an honest woman out of me. I think I told him he was being geeky, but I loved. Then he was upset that he had messed up his magic trick. He was so nervous I thought he was going to drop the ring before he got it on my finger."

"That is so Reid, I don't think there are that many men in the world who would propose using a magic trick."

"You're right, and it's one of the many things I love about him."

"You know that's the first time I've actually heard you say that out loud," JJ mentioned.

"Really?" grinned Prentiss. "I should say it more often."

"You should," Garcia said. "You get all googly eyed when you say it too. It's kind of awesome to see you like that."

"You have that look in your eyes. It's real. So tell us something we don't know about Spence," JJ challenged.

"Are you sure you want to know?" Prentiss asked, laughing a little.

"Yes!" they both snapped at her.

Prentiss thought for a long moment. There were a lot of things that she had learned about Reid in the past few months. Mostly about how he could take charge, but she knew they would never believe that. Then she grinned when she noticed out of the corner of his eye that Reid was fidgeting with his red tie. For a moment her mind drifted away thinking about being at home and seeing Reid's red boxers.

"Spencer always matches his ties to his underwear," Prentiss told them.

The two women began to laugh, not believing their ears. Garcia and JJ then looked over at the table, making eye contact with Reid, as they examined his red tie. They both looked away laughing. Reid gave Prentiss a strange look, but she just shrugged. Garcia and JJ looked away, and took sips of their drinks.

"Are you serious?" JJ asked.

"As a heart attack," Prentiss replied.

"Where the hell would you find colourful tighty whities? Though I guess they aren't really tighty whities if they are colourful," Garcia babbled, then her jaw dropped. "Reid wears boxers?"

Prentiss nodded. "What's so shocking about that?"

"I just figured that with the sweaters, those geeky glasses he sometimes wears, and dress pants that never look like they fit him. I always figured that underneath all of that he'd wear stuffy boring underwear."

"So you're telling me that Reid is sitting over there in bright red boxer?" JJ asked.

"I think so," Prentiss replied, looking in Reid's direction, but avoiding eye contact. "He wouldn't let me sneak a peak before we left the house. I'm kind of excited about seeing them though."

"Well that's something to look forward to. Where do you even find boxers to match some of those ties?"

Garcia laughed. "I wonder what he finds first the boxers or the ties."

The three women began to laugh uncontrollably. JJ actually had tears forming as she was laughing so hard, thinking about all the ties that Reid had worn in the time she had known him. The guys all looked over for a moment, giving them a look. JJ went to pick up the pitcher but Garcia put her hand over hers, stopping her.

"Come on Garcia," JJ pleaded. "Just one more?"

"You'll thank me tomorrow when Henry wakes up," Garcia told her friend. "Want another one Emily?"

"Naw, I'm good," Prentiss assured her friend.

"Since when do you say no to good sangria?"

She shrugged. "It's stupid, really, but I'm trying to cut back on how much I drink."

"Is it because of Spence?" asked JJ.

"Kind of," replied Prentiss. "He just said something once about how he likes kissing me better when I didn't taste like a brewery. I thought it was kind of sweet, so I figured I could cut back a little bit when I'm planning on kissing him."

"That is kind of sweet," Garcia cooed. "I guess you'll be doing a lot of kissing when you two crazy kids get home?"

Prentiss laughed. "I think we might be doing a little more the kissing."

"So how is the more then kissing going?" JJ asked.

"It's going very well."

"I never really pictured you as the shy type when it comes to your sex life," Garcia mentioned.

"I'm not, but Spencer is. I'd rather not say something that will make him uncomfortable it's bad enough I told you about his boxers."

"Who are we going to tell?" Garcia asked innocently.

"I hate to think how much Morgan would tease Spencer if he knew some of the stuff I knew about him."

"Fair enough you never give your annoying big brother anything he can use against you later."

"Exactly, although you could just give him a little surprise," JJ giggled.

"What do you have in mind?" Prentiss asked.

"I think you should go over there and give Spence something to blush about."

"You're evil sometimes JJ, but I like the way you think," Prentiss laughed, getting up from her seat.

Prentiss walked toward Reid like a woman on a mission. She had a huge grin on her face. JJ and Garcia were laughing as they watched her go over to Reid. She leaned down and kissed him deeply on the lips. Reid was already blushing.

End part 3

Notes: okay that might have been slightly evil cause reid is going to react. I put the boxers thing into "Emotional Explosions" but I figure it needed to mentioned again lol…. next up is "Boy Talk" you just know Morgan is gonna have something to say about this whole situation lol... i finally figured out how to get the team to react hehe tell me what you think i love to hear it 3