Chapter 8

The lunch date

Disclaimer: I don't own criminal minds


Lexi was at her desk when Jacob walked in,

"Hey." He said

"Hey." She waved at him

"Nice plaster." He commented

"Shut up!"

"So what? Are you a workaholic now? You're here an hour early."

"I'm here an hour early everyday."

"Half an hour." Jacob corrected

"Yeah, well I skipped out on breakfast today so..." she trailed off

"Well then." He opened his briefcase and threw her an apple

"No I don't really..."

"Eat." He cut her off

"No!"

"I'm not leaving until you eat at least one bites of that apple."

"Yes dad." She laughed and took a bite "happy?"

"Yes, now finish it." he ordered

"Yes dad." She repeated as Jacob left the room. She watched him walk away, then as soon as he was out of sight she threw the rest of the apple in the bin. Lexi went back to work. She was typing away furiously when the rest of the profilers walked in. She glanced over at Spencer, smiling, but then quickly looked away remembering the fact that they were going to keep their 'thing' secret.

They walked past not giving her a second glance, so Lexi went back to finishing her reports. She looked down at her desk. Was that piece of paper their before? She wondered. No. She decided, it couldn't be, her desk was always neat, this was just thrown there. She looked at it, it had writing on it

She smiled and put the piece of paper in a draw then settled down to e-mail

Hey

What are we gonna do for lunch?

L xxx

She sent the e-mail and then waited for a reply. She checked the clock on her computer screen 7:50. Ten minutes till she was Agent Alexandra Hart, helping Eleanor search for Caitlin. A task she will specifically ask for, she made a mental note. A message flashed on her computer screen 'one new e-mail." She opened it

Don't know, you're the person who should now good places for lunch:)

We should leave at different times though. It would be suspicious if we walked out together,

S xxx

Lexi laughed

Ha ha she wrote back

You make it sound like we're undercover

I know a little diner a couple blocks down, you wanna go there?

L xxx

'One new e-mail.'

Cool lets go there.

You can leave first; I'll meet you in the parking lot

S xxx

Lexi smiled, but before she could answer Spencer's e-mail she got another one

You didn't finish that apple.

Lexi laughed

Sorry dad :)

She sent the message and began to answer Spencer's e-mail

Cool

L xxx

She then waited for a reply from Jacob

I'm not your dad!

Lexi checked the time 7:55. She got up and went to the conference room


The rest of the morning passed quickly. Not much happened, the profiles were finished and they were preparing to give them out to the local police force after lunch, and no matter how hard Lexi and Eleanor looked they couldn't find any record of Caitlin,

"How's it going?" Jacob asked

"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!" Eleanor sighed in defeat "I've gone through every encrypted file, hacked into every database that I could think of. And nothing!"

"Don't worry, we'll find her." Jacob reassured her "ok one hour for lunch."

Lexi walked out of the room,

"Hey, Reid. What are you gonna do for lunch?" Morgan asked

"I was just going to have a walk around. Check out the sights."

"I'll come with you."

"You don't have to do that, I was just going to look for a bookstore."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah." Said Spencer as he walked quickly, well almost ran, out of the room. 'Yes Spencer,' he told himself 'great way not to arouse suspicion.'

He walked out into the parking lot.

"Spencer?" Lexi said as she tapped him on the shoulder

"Lexi." He said turning around and kissing her

"Hey," she whispered once they broke apart

"Hey," he whispered back, and they kissed again.

"We should leave now." She said biting her lip

He smiled "not yet." They stayed there for the next ten minutes


"Hey... err... is this seat... um... taken?" Meredith stuttered out the question

Eleanor looked up at her, an icy glare melted as soon as she saw how awkward Meredith looked standing there, it was like high school, of course it was normally Eleanor asking if she could sit down. Meredith was the popular one, not Eleanor, she was the nerd.

"Sure," she laughed

"What?" Meredith said as she sat down "you not mad at me now?"

"When was I mad at you?" Eleanor asked, confused

"When I told you... about..." Meredith faltered her voice going quiet

"What? Why would I be mad at you? It wasn't you fault!"

"But... when I told you... you looked so angry... I mean... I thought..."

"I wasn't mad at you! I was mad at him! But then you bolted, and I didn't get a chance to talk to you again, you kept avoiding me. I thought you were angry with me!"

"So you not mad at me?"

"Only if you're not mad at me."

They smiled, and began talking, like nothing had ever happened.


Derek Morgan was confused. Why had Reid ran out so fast?

"Hey," Emily came up to him

"Hey Emily." He replied

"Where did Reid go?" she asked

"Dunno, he said something about looking around, seeing the sights, then he just ran."

"By himself?"

"Yeah I offered to go with him, but he practically ran away."

"I'll never know what goes on in that genius head of his." Emily laughed, and Derek laughed along with him

"Hey how long is this lunch break?" he asked her

"Erm... I think a half hour."

"Well, you wanna go get some coffee?" he asked her

"Sure, but we don't know any good coffee places."

"I do." Derek said "I came here a couple times before. And, if I remember correctly, there should be a Starbucks round here."

Emily smiled as he looked out of the window "look, there's one there."

"Ok then. Let's go." Emily said grabbing her jacket

They were walking through the parking lot when Morgan saw something out of the corner of his eye, so he turned to get a clearer look... it was Reid! And someone else, he couldn't see who though, but she saw him. They broke apart and she pulled him into an alley

"What?" Emily looked where Derek was looking, but no-one was there

"I think I just saw why Reid rushed out so quickly."

"A girl?"

"Yeah."

"Oooh! Did you see who? Do we know her?"

"I couldn't see her." Derek said as rain began to fall, heavily.

"Damn, it's raining." They looked up to the sky

"It doesn't look as if it's gonna let up soon." Emily sighed

"Rain check on the coffee?"

Emily laughed

"What?"

"Don't worry," she laughed "sure, rain check on the coffee." She smiled as they walked back into the building.


"Oops." Lexi smiled

"What?"

"I think one of your friends saw us."

"Who?"

"Erm... I think it was Derek Morgan?" she laughed and bit her lip

He laughed too, but simply said "who cares." And they went back to kissing.

The truth was though, he did care. What was Morgan going to say when they went back in the office? They were trying to keep themselves a secret. They broke apart and sat down on the floor. He went to hold her hand, when he noticed her plaster

"Nice." He commented

"What? Oh! The plaster? Don't tell me you only just noticed!" she said, sliding down next to him

"Well... I was otherwise busy." They laughed

"why have you got a Barbie plaster on?" he asked

"What! You mean turning her into a pirate did nothing?"

"I don't think that adding a beard and an eye patch necessarily turns her into a pirate" he said smiling

"Urgh, it's raining." She groaned

"Not gonna let a little rain get you down?" Spencer said "you don't seem like the type that lets a got get her down."

She laughed "you'd be surprised. I love the rain."

"Then why are you moaning?"

"Because I'm wearing a white top." She sighed "oh well, I have my jacket."

Spencer laughed "how long have you been working in the BAU?"

"Two years."

"Really?" he asked

"Yeah I was twenty five." She said getting out her iPod

"What's with the iPod?"

"Don't know." She said handing him a headphone "it feels like the time for music."

He smiled, "we're hiding in an alley..."

"So? Let's dance!" she said pulling him up.

They danced for three songs, then Lexi looked down at herself, then at Spencer.

She laughed "we're soaked!"

"Not funny." Said Spencer, though he was laughing too "I don't have a change of clothes!"

"Don't worry." She thought for a minute "I might have some of Rob's clothes."

"Who's Rob?" said Reid, not bothering to hide the note of jealousy

"Agent Robert Brown worked here. Before Lucas replaced him." She grinned "was that a hint of jealousy I heard?"

"Yeah, you mine." He laughed.

She laughed along with him, "We have to get back." She kissed him


A/N: so let's review, Meredith and Eleanor patched things up and are now friends again, Morgan asked Prentiss out for coffee but it rained, and Reid and Lexi went on their date, but just ended up hiding in an alleyway because Morgan saw them. And I hope you enjoyed: D

P.S. review please :-)