Title: Au Natural (Part 9)
Author: dustytiger aka Trista Groulx
Rating: T (like the show to be safe)
Disclaimer: I do not on CM. I am still poor. CM still belongs to its creator, network, writers, actors and actresses who bring it to life weekly.
Summary: Prentiss and Reid are getting married, but what brought them to this point?
Notes: Thank you as always for the support on this. I have been told in the past I have made Reid very out of character so I'm trying to really work on that. I hope it shows. Things start to really take off in the next part. I hope everyone likes how I'm writing everyone cause I know I do. Yay fluffy happiness!

Prentiss woke up the next morning and looked at the clock in the room. She sighed softly, but knew she wouldn't get back to sleep. She had had slept better than she had in a long time. She got out of the bed quietly and ventured toward the kitchen. She didn't want to wake the maid so she began to look for what she wanted. Finally finding the coffee, and filters she started a pot of coffee. She was surprised to hear footsteps behind her.

"Sorry," she whispered. "I didn't want to wake you."

"Emily?" the ambassador asked.

"Mom, you're up early."

"So are you Emily. You didn't have to make coffee."

Prentiss shrugged. "I wanted to."

"Is Spencer still sleeping?"

Prentiss nodded. "It's so rare that we get to sleep in with our on schedule. Besides he looked so peaceful I couldn't bear to wake him. I thought if I made some coffee he might smell it and wake up, and if that doesn't work I'll bring a cup up to him to soften the blow of being woken."

Elizabeth laughed. "Emily you've got it bad."

Prentiss laughed as first knowing her mother didn't realise how new their relationship was. But then it hit her; her mother was right, she did have it bad for Reid. She was so comfortable in Reid's shirt she hadn't bothered to put on a robe before leaving the bedroom and venturing down the stairs in search of coffee. When she had started the coffee she had hoped it was Reid who was behind her in the kitchen; watching her wearing his shirt, maybe fantasising about what he would do to her if they hadn't been in her mother's home. She enjoyed that despite his being upstairs sleeping the smell of him still filled her nostrils every time she took a breath. She hadn't even kissed Reid yet and she knew she was more in love with him than she had been with any other man she'd known.

"I'm happy for you," her mother continued. "You need a man like Spencer in your life."

Prentiss was surprised that her mother was accepting her relationship even though she wasn't sure herself where it was going yet. She poured herself a cup of coffee then poured one for her mother and for Reid.

"Thanks Mom, I'm going to go see if Spencer is awake yet."

"All right, after you've had your coffee why don't we all go for brunch?"

"That would be nice."

Prentiss then went up the stairs to the bedroom. She opened the door slowly and smiled when she saw Reid standing up stretching out. He was still only wearing the pajama bottoms he had been wearing the night before. She tried not to look but it was hard not to be curious. She moved her eyes slowly up his body finally meeting his eyes. She could tell he was surprised to see her still wearing his shirt but he didn't say anything about it.

"Morning Reid," she said.

He smiled at her uncertainly, then mumbled, "oh, um, good morning Emily."

"I brought you some coffee, my mom wants us to go for brunch with her this morning. I think she wants to show you off."

"Show me off?"

"Yes, at whatever posh restaurant she chooses to go to she is going to tell everyone she knows you are Doctor Spencer Reid my new boyfriend, emphasis on the doctor part."

Reid was surprised to learn that this was the point of going for a meal. He was even more surprised that Prentiss might want to have another meal with her mother. She had spent weeks worrying about the dinner they had agreed to go to, because of their strained relationship. Despite his belief that the night before had gone well he wasn't sure how she felt about the whole experience. He was surprised that she was still wearing his shirt, since she had already seen her mother that morning. He was glad that she wasn't hiding their relationship from her mother, but thus far they had only talked about changing their relationship and she could still change her mind after they left her mother's home.

"Do you still want to go?" he asked her, worried that she might enjoy more time with her mother.

She ran her fingers thru his hair smiling, trying to show how relieved she was about hearing his thoughtful question. "Thank you for asking. I do want to go if you're comfortable with that. My mother and I aren't fighting over whatever she thinks is going on between us and it's a nice change."

"If your mother wants to do that I don't see how it will affect us so long as it doesn't bother you. It's not like are going to be seeing those people again any time soon, and I don't see how it could be wise for us to hide our new relationship from anyone regardless of the consequences."

"All right I'm glad you feel that way. Why don't you get dressed while I tell her?"

"Okay, but what about you?"

She smiled. "My mother has already seen that I'm wearing your shirt, besides it's comfy and I want to wear it as long as possible. I'll change after I tell her you've agreed to go so she doesn't wake someone up to make us something now."

He nodded in agreement and she left the room while he went into the bathroom to change and brush his teeth. He was nervous about agreeing to go to brunch with them, but he also wanted to be able to spend more time with Prentiss. It felt nice to be able to let his guard down and show her the side of himself he'd always had to keep hidden before. She was his best friend, and he was afraid of risking that friendship but whatever was developing felt right. He went back into the bedroom and was surprised to see Prentiss with her back to him only wearing her underwear.

"Oh! Emily I'm so sorry," he stammered, his cheeks bright red.

"It's fine," she assured him pulling a dress over her head and turning to face him.

"I didn't know that you were changing. I didn't mean to walk in on you- I didn't see anything."

"It would be fine if you did," she assured him. "You're still in your jammies."

She ran her fingers along his chest, as she did his breath caught. She could feel goose bumps forming all over her body. She leaned in closer to him and was just about to touch her lips to his when they heard a wrapping on the door which startled them away from each other.

"The only opening they had is in forty five minutes," the ambassador called, not wanting to open the door. "Can you both be ready in ten?"

"Yes, mother," Prentiss assured her.

"Great I'll meet you in the car."

The two of them sighed softly. "I guess this is to be continued."

He nodded. "I'll go get changed."

He disappeared into the bathroom and came back dressed in his typical work clothes. Normally she thought he looked somewhat awkward but looking again she thought he looked adorable, even his mismatched socks didn't bother her. She straightened his tie as an excuse to touch him again before they left the room and met her mother in the car.

End Part 9

Notes: That was mean wasn't it? I'm not gonna write the brunch. I tried and I didn't like it. So the next part is gonna be them after they go out with the ambassador and where they finally get to not just talk lol hope you enjoyed this