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"Come to my inner sanctum now, it's important," Garcia hung up the phone. A couple of minutes later, Emily walked in followed shortly thereafter by JJ.

"What's up Garcia," Emily asked, confused.

"Okay you guys, I did some checking. I just looked up a little bit about Allie Graham, you know, just to see." The other two nodded.

"So don't keep us in suspense," JJ uttered in frustration, "What did you come up with; you said it was important."

"Well, I mean, she's totally okay, not an axe murderer or anything, at least not that I could find."

"Garcia," Emily said, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Okay, okay, she told Reid that her parents gave her those concert tickets for her birthday. Well I don't think they sell concert tickets that far in advance because Allie's birthday was eight months ago."

"So she bought the tickets to have a reason to ask Reid to go out with her. That's what I would do," Emily stated matter of factly.

"I know but she's playing with our Reid and he is so innocent that he won't see through that and he might get upset if he finds out she lied to him and he's been had. Do you think we should have coffee with Allie and have a little talk with her about how she treats our boy?"

"Let's just leave it for now and see what happens." JJ considered, "If anything develops we might need to have a women to woman talk with her and let her know that we look out for Spence."

"I'm still going to keep an eye on her. We almost lost our sweet boy once and I am not going to have some girl dallying with his affections, and hurt him."

"Garcia, you're worse than a Jewish mother," Emily remarked.

"Only when it comes to my Reid and I make no excuses."

Reid and Morgan had also been busy. Reid didn't know what he should wear. Should he wear a suit or something like he wore here or should he be more casual? "Come on Morgan, you date all the time, help me out here."

"You and I my man are going shopping." They left at lunch and returned a little late but Morgan seemed satisfied that Reid would look perfect on his date with Allie.

When the late afternoon rolled around Morgan sent Reid down to the locker room to get ready for the evening. Reid returned a while later and the ladies all agreed that Reid and Morgan had made a wonderful choice. Reid looked fantastic in black pants, a gray turtleneck and a black suit style leather jacket. "Oh honey, you look drop dead gorgeous in that. Little Miss Allie is going to go gaga over you." Garcia gave the lapels of his jacket a little tug.

"Okay, I guess I'll see you all tomorrow." Reid said as he headed for the elevator; he looked more like a man that was headed for the gallows but the team had done all they could, the rest was in his hands.

Reid arrived at Allie's apartment building at the appointed time. He was standing in the security entrance looking at the buzzers for the various apartments. His hands were shaking and sweaty. He rubbed them down his pant legs as he contemplated pushing the button for Allie's apartment. I'm a complete wreck; how do guys do this all the time? Why did I ever agree to this? He considered turning around and hightailing it out of there but Allie would be disappointed and he knew he would never live it down with the team. Remember, Gideon told you they all went through this and came out unscathed. Just push the button for God's sake. A shaking finger snaked forward until it finally came in contact with the buzzer; there was no turning back now.

A cheery voice came over the intercom, "Hi."

"Uh, hi Allie, it's Re… Spencer, it's Spencer."

Allie was literally jumping for joy. Oh my God, he's here. He's actually downstairs. She stopped in front of her intercom and took a moment to calm her voice. "Oh hi Spencer, why don't you come up, I'll buzz you in."

When Allie answered the door Reid thought it must be the night for leather as she was wearing a dress of black suede with matching boots. She looked stunning. She'd fixed her short hair into a funky style and she smiled her ever endearing smile at him as he stood in her doorway.

Spencer was speechless. Allie, fortunately, was not. "Hi Spencer, I'm so glad you were able to come tonight, I hope you didn't mind that it was such short notice," she said holding the door open for him to enter. As he walked past her into the room she thought, Oh my God, he looks spectacular!

"Uh, no, that's okay Allie; I didn't have any plans so it worked out nicely." He stared at her, she was truly beautiful. Her dark hair framed her lovely face, her eyes twinkled, and little dimples appeared in her cheeks when she smiled, which was often. I should say something about how nice she looks, shouldn't I, what should I say? "Uh, you look really nice tonight, well I mean you always look nice, but I mean uh that's a nice dress and your hair and everything is really pretty. Oh shut up already, that was really original!

"Thanks, you look great yourself. I'll just get my purse and we can go." She collected her bag and they headed out for the concert. Reid decided he was glad they were going to a concert. He realized he didn't even know who he was going to listen to and he also realized he didn't care, at least, he thought, he could just sit there and listen to the music and he wouldn't be expected to be cool and witty.

Allie told him on the way to the concert hall, that they were going to see Josh Groban, which pleased Reid immensely as he totally enjoyed the singer's music. Allie was pleased as well since she was concerned that Reid might not like that kind of music, but it appeared she had worried for nothing. The seats were good and they settled in to enjoy the performance.

Reid did enjoy the performance although his stomach kept churning the whole time. He was looking at other couples around him. Some guys had their arms around their girlfriends, others held hands. He wondered if Allie expected or even wanted him to do one of those things. He moved his arm a couple of times not sure what he should do and she would turn and look at him and smile which stopped him dead.

At the intermission, they went out with the crowd and Reid offered to get Allie some refreshment, but she said she was fine and maybe they could just talk. Sure, Reid agreed and sat down. "So Dr. Reid, what kind of doctor are you?"

"I have three doctorates actually, one in engineering, one in mathematics and one in chemistry."

"Wow, those are pretty heavy duty subjects. I have a degree in science but quantum physics was always over my head. I took it because I had to and passed by the skin of my teeth."

"A lot of people have trouble with quantum physics it seems."

"Not you I take it?"

"No, I got through it pretty easily, but I have a bit of an advantage over most other people and I realize that."

"You mean because you're a genius?"

Reid nodded.

"Oh, it's time to go back in;" they got back to their seats just as the lights went down.

Reid enjoyed the concert, and it appeared that Allie did as well. Reid heaved a sigh, at least that part had worked out but when the concert ended his insecurities bombarded him once again, okay, what do I do now? Food, food was always good, right!

"Uh, would you like to go get something to eat?"

"A quick bite would be nice."

They found a little eatery near the concert hall and ordered some food. Allie did most of the talking, asking Reid questions which he answered readily enough but did not initiate much conversation on his own. Allie said, after they'd eaten, that it was getting late and she had to work in the morning and Reid proceeded to take her home.

At her door she said "Thank you for coming to the concert with me, it was very enjoyable."

"Thank you for asking me, I had a good time too."

"Really, I thought maybe you didn't enjoy it because you didn't say very much."

"I'm sorry about that. It had nothing to do with you. You are wonderful company. Okay, the thing is," he paused as his eyes found the floor then continued, " I've uh only ever been on one date and it was a disaster and I was so nervous but I don't want you to think I didn't enjoy the evening because I did, I just..." He paused again and looked at her for a moment and to his total shock and amazement he said, "Would you mind if I kissed you?"

Allie looked up at him and whispered, "I certainly wish you would."

Reid's lips met hers in a warm and gentle kiss that took her breath away. She returned his kiss eagerly, although she tried to stem her enthusiasm just a little.

"Next time, I'll take you somewhere, okay." Allie nodded breathlessly. "Good night Allie."

"Good night Spencer." She entered her apartment, closed the door and leaned against it smiling, "Next time!"