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Phe and Reid walked into the cafeteria. "Want a cup of coffee?" Reid asked pulling out his wallet. "Sure, can I pay you back later?" she asked. "No, this is on me." He said smiling. "Thank you." She said. "Everyone here is so nice!" She smiled brightly.
They got the coffee and sat down at a table off in a corner, "this coffee is actually worse than the coffee in L.A" She said giggling. "Yeah, it is pretty bad." He said. "Sorry." He looked at the table. "No, its ok. I actually don't mind it. I mean I'm used to it. I think my father would make coffee bad on purpose because he was used to it because he got it here. And when I would have coffee in the morning it was really bad. I'm so I'm babbling. When I get nervous I babble, and I shouldn't be nervous. But for some reason I am and….."
"It's ok." He interrupted "I do it to." They both smiled and felt a little relived. "I'm sorry." She apologized again. "It's really ok, Phe." He reassured her. "Thanks, Spencer." He smiled as she said his name. "You know, I'm gonna have to be relying on you for a while. This place is so big and I tend to get lost a lot." She blushed. "Most people do. We should probably be getting back to our desks." He said shyly. Spencer knew that he could have said something charming, but he was to shy. "We probably should." Phe said.
X
Phe was sitting at her desk staring at the blank computer screen. Reid , Morgan and Emily were all working. She was bored but wouldn't let on. "Hey Phe, JJ, Garcia and I were going to lunch. Do you wanna come?" Emily asked. "Yeah, sure." Emily and Phe got their coats and went to get JJ and Garcia. Prentiss had e-mailed JJ and Garcia about her plan to see if Phe liked Reid. Now she truly felt like she was in junior high.
"Shotgun!" Garcia declared. "Fine." JJ said getting into the backseat of Emily's car. Phe did the same. "So, where are we going?" Phe asked. The other debated about where to go. "Well, Phe's new. What do you feel like?" JJ asked. "OH, um, well I-I don't really, um….." Garcia sighed. "How about Chilies. It's a chain." Garcia said as if because it was a chain Phe would know uit and would be fine, Garcia was right.
The restaurant wasn't busy yet so they were seated immediately. They made small talk about nothing important until they ordered and then they started interrogating Phe. "So what college did you go to?" JJ asked. "Harvard."
"Harvard." Garcia repeated. "Wow. You may just give read a run for his money." Phe blushed. "I don't want to step on any toes."
"Especially Reid's" she thought. "So, what do you think of the team?" JJ asked. "Everyone's really nice. Especially Reid". Prentiss cleared her throat and leaned across the table ton better profile Phe. "So, what do you think of Reid?" she asked. Phe blushed a deeper shade of red. "He's so sweet, and he's obviously really smart. But he's also really funny." JJ gasped and put an arm around Phe. "Miss Adams you have a crush on Dr. Reid."
"I-I d-don't. No, we-we just met. Oh this ridicules! I totally like him!" She admitted. "Yay! Should we tell her?" Garcia asked Emily. "Tell me what?" Phe asked. "We can't! I swear I wouldn't." Emily said. It was clear that she was trying to stop herself and not the others. "Ok, I always hated this in high school. Reid likes you." JJ said. "He…. What?" Phe said. "Reid wants to ask you out but he's too shy so, Emily is going to tell him that you like him so that he will ask you out. And oh, yeah you can't know that he likes you." Phe was smiling. "I can't believe this." She whispered.
X
A week had gone by since Emily told Reid that Phe liked him and he hadn't said anything to her. Actually ever time he tried to ask her out he would get really nervous and start babbling. Reid was never comfortable around girls.
Emily glared at Reid and mouthed "Ask her!" Reid looked at Phe she was reading. She glanced and smiled at him.' Is this it? Is he going to ask me?' She hoped. "Um, Phe do you want to get some coffee." He asked. "Yeah." She said getting up. Emily smiled at her and Morgan gave Reid the thumbs up. Reid put his hand gently on her back. They were both shaking from nerves.
Once they were sitting in the café Reid said "Um, I was um, just wondering if you….maybe would, possibly like to-to go to dinner with me?" Phe smiled "Spencer Reid, are you asking me out?" she asked. "I'm trying to." He said. She smiled and said "I would love to." She kissed his cheek and he turned bright red.
