The next day Spencer didn't get to the hospital to visit his mother until the afternoon, having spent the morning catching up on the sleep he had lost staying up all night. His mother commented again on how happy he seemed, and he couldn't help but notice she seemed happier too.

He had known better than to expect Lisa to walk in, he knew she wasn't on duty that day, but still each time a nurse walked into the room he looked up. Even Diana could tell that he was distracted. When visiting hours were finished Spencer made a quick stop at his hotel room to change his clothes before heading out to meet Lisa.

When Spencer arrived at the restaurant they had chosen, he immediately saw Lisa standing outside texting someone or other on her phone. Lisa was wearing a short, sleeveless dress and her hair for once was down, pieces of it falling in front of her face. Though Spencer hadn't meant for his invitation to dinner to be a date, at that moment, he dearly hoped that Lisa had accidentally taken it as one.

Spencer cleared his throat and tried to calm himself as moved towards her. It became a lot harder to stay calm when she looked up saw him and smiled widely.

"Hey, Spencer" She greeted him walking confidently up to him.

"Hi, you look nice" he told her, trying to seem as calm as she was.

"Thanks, it's a lot easier to do when you've got a day off. So you hungry?" Spencer nodded and they walked in to the restaurant to eat.

Lisa hadn't gone to bed after getting off the phone with Spencer. She stayed up, still unable to get him out of her head, apparently it wasn't as easy as removing a song. It took her hours of wrestling with the idea to finally admit that she had somehow managed to get a crush on Spencer Reid. When she finally accepted it she had managed to sleep. She had thought about cancelling the plans she had made with him, knowing that he hadn't meant to ask her on a date, but had rationalized that because he was leaving two days later it didn't matter either way. She could continue to hang out with him, even with her crush, because in two days he would be gone and in four she would have moved on.

So she got ready, putting only a little more effort than usual into her appearance, and went to go meet him. She had secretly enjoyed when he had complimented her on how she looked, although she tried to brush it off.

She was nervous all throughout dinner and had compensated by ordering one or two drinks more than she probably should have. Luckily she noticed that Spencer was seemingly making the same mistake. By the end of dinner both she and Spencer were feeling a little happier than normal, and after dinner decided to go have a little fun. Catching a cab they made their way down to the strip.

"See this isn't fair, my mental capacity is diminished due to the consumption of alcohol." Spencer protested as he lost another hand at black jack.

"Yet, you still manage to say shit like that." Lisa said, sipping on another drink.

Spencer half-heartedly glared at Lisa. "Well what would you say?"

"Fuck I lost my money, goddamn casino." Lisa told him.

Spencer raised an eyebrow "you know you curse a lot when you're drunk."

Smiling, Lisa raised her glass "Damn straight I do!"

They both laughed and played a few more hands before going back out onto the street. It had gotten dark and all the tourists were out, laughing, and drinking, and generally forgetting their problems. A couple, clearly having just met and been married by Elivs, nearly ran into Lisa and Spencer as they refused to look where they were going, too engrossed in sucking the lives out of each other via their mouths.

"How do people do that?" Spencer said completely confounded.

"Do what?" Lisa asked having not been paying attention.

"Get married to someone they don't even know."

"It's called romance" Lisa informed him.

"How is that romantic?"

"Oh come on, you're sitting at a bar, all of a sudden you look across the room lock eyes with someone, and you both immediately know you want to spend the rest of your lives together. How is that not romantic?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah then you wake up in the morning, hung over, with some stranger who now can legally take half of your stuff." Spencer, always the voice of reality, said.

"You must be the least romantic person in the world." Lisa laughed, knowing she should have expected nothing less from him.

Growing tired of the rowdy tourists Lisa and Spencer hailed a cab. They had the cab drop them off at Lisa's house, but neither were ready to go home just yet. Afraid of what she might try if she were to invite Spencer inside her home, Lisa suggested they go to the nearby park.

"You know you were wrong about me." Spencer said suddenly as they were walking through the park, listening to some teen trying to impress his girlfriend by playing Wonder Wall, on his guitar.

"Was I?" Lisa asked, not entirely sure what he was referring to.

"Yes, because" he said stopping and taking Lisa's hand in his, "I happen to be very romantic."

Spencer wasn't entirely sure what he was doing, but if it failed he had the excuse of being drunk to fall back on. Lisa looked up at him confused, as he lifted her other hand and placed it on his shoulder and began to move them both to the music.

Lisa, was fairly certain that she had fallen asleep in the cab and was currently dreaming. Nothing about this moment made sense. Although Spencer had been awful dancing to the music they had played at the bonfire, at this slowed down pace, swaying back and forth, he wasn't half bad.

The combination of the acoustic guitar playing, the closeness of their bodies, and the lingering buzz from one too many cocktails did nothing good for her as Lisa danced with Spencer under the stars. Before she knew what was happening, her stomach was tying in knots, her palms were beginning to sweat and every part of body began to tingle as Spencer moved in closer, his lips mere inches from her own. Her eyes darted back and forth from his eyes to his lips, before she slip her eyes closed, anticipating a soft pressure against her lips at any moment.

They had stopped moving, but that expected pressure hadn't come. Opening her eyes again, she was momentarily offended when she saw Spencer smiling at her.

"You're right, it is an amazing feeling." He said still holding one of her hands as he began walking again.

She should have been upset, but she couldn't find it in her to be so. He had done it on purpose, to give her that feeling.

As their buzzes began to disappeared they were replaced with tiredness. When Lisa began to yawn Spencer insisted on walking her home, and she happily agreed. They stood on her small porch saying good night.

"I had a great time tonight Spencer." Lisa told him, smiling up at him.

"Yeah, I did too."

They stood still for a moment as Lisa fiddled with her keys nervously. Spencer put his hand on hers to stop the fidgeting, and Lisa stilled instantly. Once again she found him getting closer to her, and that tingle, and those knots came rushing back. She had never gotten this feeling twice with anyone before, it had never been possible because everyone had always followed through, and kissed her, but Spencer wasn't everyone.

"Good night." Spencer whispered, his face so close to hers that she felt his breath across her lips.

Her eyes still half lidded, "Good night" Lisa said back, and then watched Spencer Reid walk off in the direction of his hotel.

Lisa took a deep breath and tried to get her heart rate to slow back down, before opening her door and going to bed.