9. Ice Skating - Pairing: Prentiss/Reid
"Emily, you can't be serious," Spencer mumbled as he ran a hand through his hair, looking up at her with a look of disbelief.
"It was my date night to plan and I thought we tried something new," she said with a small smile, taking a seat on the bench next to Spencer.
"I'm awkward and clumsy just walking on my own two feet and you think ice skating would be a good thing to try?"
"You're not that clumsy," Emily said as she leaned against Spencer. She grinned when he felt his arm wrap around her waist. "And I swear you've been ice skating before."
"Despite the amount of indoor ice rinks in Vegas, not really my thing. Then I usually find someway to talk Garcia out of making me come along," he explained.
"So I'm the only one who will get to see the great Dr. Reid on ice?" Emily asked as she looked up at him with a smirk.
Spencer grinned in return. "Only if you promise to not take any pictures."
Emily leaned up and kissed him. "Deal."
"Look, while I'm glad that you've actually gotten out on the ice, you can't really experience it without, you know, moving," Emily said as she stood before Spencer, hands on her hips.
Spencer looked back at her with a small glare as he gripped the wall. "You know balance isn't my thing," he mumbled.
Emily sighed and skated over to him, gently removing his hold on the wall and taking her hands in his own. "Then let me help you."
"And if I fall?" he asked, his voice going up a slight octave at the end. "I'll take us both down."
"Falling is part of the learning."
"This is a bad idea," Spencer said, biting his lip.
"Spencer, c'mon," Emily pleaded as she stepped close to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Do this for me and then we'll," she finished the sentence by carefully leaning up to whisper in Spencer's ear. As she stepped back, she snorted at how red his face had turned as he blushed.
"Yes, okay. That sounds good," he said, clearing his throat slightly. "I'm still afraid of falling."
"I'll try my best to not let you fall," she said before taking his hands again.
A little while later, Emily thought Spencer was finally getting the hang of it. They had gone around the rink fully once or twice, her leading him the entire way but she could tell he was more relaxed and less worried.
"See, this isn't so bad," she said as Spencer finally stopped looking down at the ground.
"You're right," he said with a smile.
"Think you can do a lap solo?" Emily asked, as she let go of his lhands.
Spencer bit his lip and nodded. "Stay close though?"
Emily smile and nodded and skated over so that she was next to Spencer. They began moving slowly, closer to the middle of the rink to stay out of the other skaters ways.
"I'm surprised I haven't fallen yet," he mumbled as they started moving a little faster.
Emily sighed. "You probably just jinxed yourself."
"I don't believe in things like that," Spencer rebuttled.
Emily rolled her eyes. "You'll say that now."
They fell into a comfortable silence as they completed another lap around the rink, slowly picking up some more speed.
"You're a fast learner," Emily commented as they completed another lap and she directed them towards the wall. "You wanna try a real solo lap?"
Spencer's eyes grew in size and he cleared his throat, looking from Emily to the rink then back to Emily.
Emily stepped to him and pulled him down into a kiss, biting on his lip as she pulled away. "You'll be fine."
"I'll be fine," Spencer echoed and kissed Emily's temple. "I can't believe I'm going to do this."
"You're going to be fine," Emily repeated.
"No pictures?"
Emily grinned. "No pictures."
Spencer returned the grin before pushing away from the wall slightly and began moving slowly on the ice. Emily watched with a smile as he wabbled slightly, but he found his balance before slowly making it halfway around the the rink.
The smile disappeared as she saw a group of loud, hyper teenagers skating in a group pass by Spencer but only after one of the guys had accidently ran into him.
Spencer went down, catching himself on his hands and knees and even from where she was, Emily saw him wince. Cursing to herself she skated over as quickly as she could.
Though most of the group had already moved on, the guy who had ran into Spencer at least stayed behind to make sure he was fine.
Emily stopped by them and kneeled down next to Spencer. She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder as the other grabbed his chin, moving his head to look at her.
"I'm fine," he mumbled, biting his lip.
"I am so sorry," the man said, causing both Emily and Spencer to look up. They had forgotten he was there. "I didn't see him, I was distracted-"
"You have nothing to worry about," Spencer told him as he stood up, Emily helping him. "I'm fine," he said, stressing the last word.
Emily watched his face, his body language. She saw him lean to his right, meaning his left knee was probably hurting.
"Are you sure? I mean you went down pretty-" The kid ran a nervous hand through his hair.
"Yes. Really," Spencer said with a small smile. "I promise."
"I'm still sorry."
Emily smiled. "We appreciate it. You should go catch up to your friends."
He nodded and took one more glance towards Spencer before waving at them and quickly making his way to one of the exits of the rink, his group of friends standing there waiting for him.
"Can you move alright?" Emily asked, looking back to Spencer.
"I think we should head home," he said, looking at her apologetically.
She shook her head and linked an arm with his, slowly leading the two of them off the rink. "Told you so," she said in a sing-song voice, a smirk on her face.
Spencer rolled his eyes but didn't say anything as they made their way back to the locker they had rented. He sat down gently and hissed as he bent his knee. "Yeah, ice skating plus my knee was probably a bad idea," he mumbled as he untied his skates.
Emily kissed him again and sat down next to him. "We'll ice it when we get home."
"Heat," Spencer quickly corrected. "I've had enough ice for today."
Emily snorted. "Alright Dr. Reid. When we get home we'll order pizza, lay on the couch with Sergio and watch Doctor Who."
"Perfect."
