And now for some light heartedness, lol. I decided to do a couple of short chapters before going into another long one, so this is set the day after the occurrence in chapter 5. Hope you guys like it! Also, I'd like to thank my top reviewers, Sue1313, baobei, and SayidRocks =] And, of course, Emmie-Kouhai, aka, .NOT.. Thanks so much guys!
So here it is, chapter 7 of Reid Between the Lines.
"Reid, now I know you have a lot of sugar in your coffee, but seriously? You have more sugar than water in there," Morgan said, amazed that this kid still had perfect teeth.
"I was up really late last night."
Morgan raised an eyebrow. "Oh really? You weren't with Annabel, were you?"
"Before you say anything, nothing happened," Spencer said, walking back to his desk with his coffee. "We just talked."
"You stayed up late talking? Man, you're boring." Morgan shook his head, following him. "So, what exactly happened?"
"I was driving, I pulled over near a bus shelter because the rain got really hard, and she was waiting for her bus because her car broke down. I gave her a ride home, she invited me in for coffee, and we talked."
"For how long?"
"Nearly four hours."
Morgan nearly choked on his coffee. "Four hours?"
"Yeah, then we saw the time and I went home."
"You just went home? You don't think you could have given her a goodnight kiss or something?"
Spencer blushed. "You can't just kiss people out of nowhere!"
"Of course you can!" Morgan insisted. "You telling me you don't want to kiss her?"
Spencer's blush deepened as he thought of just how much he had wanted to kiss her the night before. This did not go unnoticed by Morgan.
"Why not just go for it?"
"I don't 'just go' for anything! I don't even know how she feels about me."
Morgan sighed. "Reid, you have got to be one of the densest profilers ever. Think about it man." He leaned in closer. "You make her laugh a lot, right?"
"Yeah."
"She texts you every day?"
"Well, yeah."
"She invited you into her apartment for coffee?" Spencer nodded.
"Does she keep good eye contact?"
"Yeah."
"You said she's confident. Has she ever gotten shy around you?"
Spencer remembered the night before. He'd pushed a strand of hair out of her face and she'd blushed.
"I... think so."
"And she lost track of four hours talking to you! If this were someone else, and he was telling you all this, what would you think?"
Spencer didn't say anything. Morgan was right. If this was someone else, he would have no doubt that Annabel really liked him. But he wasn't someone else. He was Spencer Reid. He was dorky and awkward and no good with women. And Annabel was smart and fun and kind, unique and impossibly beautiful. Almost like a shooting star.
What had he ever done to deserve someone like her?
Almost like he'd read his mind, Morgan smiled softly and said "you deserve this Reid."
"Do I?" he stated rather than asked.
"Yeah, you do. You've been through a lot, but you've made it out. You're a really good person Reid. I know I make fun of you sometimes, but seriously. You deserve to be happy, and any girl would be lucky to have you."
Spencer smiled at his friend. "Thanks Morgan." Then he smirked slightly. "That was pretty deep."
Morgan laughed. "Yeah, just don't go telling anyone else about it."
Spencer took a long gulp of his coffee. "So what do you think I should do now?"
"Ask her out." Reid's eyes widened.
"You're kidding?"
"Nope. Look, you don't have to directly say 'will you go on a date with me'. Just ask her if she wants to meet up tomorrow."
"Ok."
"Do it now."
Spencer took out his phone and took a deep breath. "I can do this. I can do this. I can do this."
"You can do this Reid!"
Before he could change his mind, Spencer dialled Annabel's number and pressed 'call'.
Bum bum buuuum! Lol, just had to have a pep talk with Morgan here. The next chapter will be up very shortly, I promise. Thank you my wonderful subscribers and reviewers. Until the next chapter! xxx
