Chapter 13: She Loved You Too
"I am so bored!" Val exclaimed after the fifth movie.
"Well what do you want to do?" Aubrey asked, as she was snuggled up to Reid on the couch. Her head lay on his shoulder, a popcorn bowl in his lap and he'd occasionally hold a piece of popcorn to her mouth and she'd snatch it with her teeth. Aubrey wasn't a big popcorn eater, but she'd eat a little if Reid offered it.
"Let's play strip poker." Val suggested.
"No." Reid and Aubrey both said at the same time.
Aubrey tilted her head a bit to look at Reid questioning. He smirked. "What? I don't like to share."
She giggled softly and turned her head back the way it'd been. "Naughty charades? Naked twister? Something!" Val said pleadingly.
"Truth or dare?" Tyler suggested.
"No, Ty you don't want to play that with Val. Trust me." Aubrey said looking over at him slightly.
Tyler frowned. "Why not?"
"Just trust me." Aubrey told him.
"Ok." Tyler said shrugging.
Val pouted. "'Aubs I'm bored!"
"Well I'm sorry, what would you like me to do?" Aubrey asked sarcastically. Then Aubrey had a thought. "How longs it been since any of you have played hide and seek in the dark?"
"Not since we were kids." Reid replied. "Why?"
"Well it's dark outside, we could go try and recapture our youth." She said jokingly.
Val grinned. "Brilliant." She said standing up from the couch.
"Is she always so wired?" Tyler questioned as Val was moving around the basement collecting her jacket, scarf, and beanie.
Aubrey pulled away from Reid and stood with a sigh of dissatisfaction. "Wait till Kat's here, you wont see her for a week." She said getting a chuckle from Reid as he to stood.
"What are you lazy asses waiting for, come on." Val said impatiently like a child.
Aubrey and Reid walked to his room and grabbed their jackets. "May I ask why you suggested this?"
"My mom and I use to play hide and seek at night when I was younger. Especially on Christmas night. She'd bundle me up and give me a glow stick so I wouldn't be afraid of the dark and tell me to go hide and she'd find me." Aubrey stood staring at her hands. "She'd always find me." Reid wrapped his arms around her waist. "She said it was her mother instincts."
Reid rested his head on her shoulder and they swayed slightly. "Sounds like fun." He said sweetly.
"It was." Aubrey told him turning her head and kissing his cheek. "My mom was my best friend growing up. Being a Higgins meant I didn't keep many friends."
"Well you've got me, and Val and the others."
"No you've got the others I barely know them."
Reid grinned. "We'll fix that."
"Come on! STOP DRY HUMPING AND GET YOUR ASSES OUT HERE!" Laughter erupted from the living room and Aubrey groaned.
"God she's corrupting innocent little Tyler." Aubrey giggled softly.
Reid leaned forward kissing her. "We better get out there."
Aubrey and Reid finished putting on their winter outer wear and walked out of his room. "Could you be any ruder?" Aubrey asked.
Val grinned. "I could've said stop finger fucking and get your asses out her."
"Oh ew that's more detail than I needed." Tyler said walking out of the basement apartment and up the stairs.
Val looked at Aubrey. "That boy needs to get laid."
"Agreed!" Reid cheered.
"Guys stop picking on Ty."
"Thanks Aubrey." Tyler said at the top of the stairs.
Aubrey grinned. "No don't pick, help. Val we'll make him a Match dot come page tonight."
"What?" Tyler exclaimed. "No, don't do that."
"Reid what do you think?" Aubrey asked as they all made their way towards the back doors.
Reid smirked over at Tyler. "Sorry man, girls gotta point. If you wont find a girl on your own, we're going to help you."
"But an online match site, please kill me now." Tyler said shaking his head.
"Oh it wont be that bad. We'll even screen the loonies for you." Val said grinning at him. "Me and Aubrey will only set you up with the girls that make it through us first."
"Oh and I trust your judgment. A lesbian and a loner."
"Hey!" Aubrey said slightly offended.
Reid looked at Tyler. "Dude, not cool."
Tyler groaned. "Sorry Aubrey."
"Sweet, kind, sensitive, shy, smart, good-looking..." Val kept ticking off qualities as they walked outside into the dark snowy backyard.
"No cheating." Aubrey whispered to Reid giving him the look.
Reid smirked. "Wouldn't dream of it. So who goes first?"
"I want to seek first." Val said enthusiastically raising her hand.
"Fine, cover your eyes and count to fifty." Reid said. Aubrey, Reid and Tyler headed off into the backwoods of the property and so the game began.
When it came around to Aubrey's turn she shut her eyes, standing on the back cement patio that lead into the grass just off the house and counted to fifty. As she started her quest into the woods to find the other's she felt an odd sense of calm wash over her. She hadn't done this in ages, not since her mother had gotten sick.
The rustling of leaves behind her hand her spinning around, and then again, and again until she decided it was simply the wind and continued on in search of her boyfriend, and two friends. The light crunch of the snow packing beneath her feet made Aubrey smile. There hadn't been a decent snow like this in a while. Sure it stayed cold, and it snowed, but not like it had in that one previous night.
An unfamiliar noise had Aubrey turning around looking into the dark wood, the only way to see into the darkness was by the gleam of the white snow, it acted as a movement detector. "Guys." She said softly. She could see a shadow in the whiteness and she began backing up as the sight of a rather large wolf came into view.
"This is not happening." She whispered softly to herself staring wide eyed at the creature before her. The animal began stalking towards her teeth bared menacingly and Aubrey turned quickly and started running in any direction she could, while avoiding the many trees and bushes. "Reid!" She yelled, probably a bad idea, but her boyfriend was a witch he could do...something. "Reid!" Tears were gathering in her eyes as she ran, the sound of the slushing snow behind her a sign the wolf was following.
Chancing a glance over her shoulder Aubrey saw the creature just before plowing into something, firm but soft. Arms wrapped around her. "Sweets! Sweets calm down what's wrong?" Aubrey looked up into the face of her boyfriend tears streaming down her cheeks.
"A...I...a...wolf..." She looked behind her and the creature was no where to be seen. She gasped for breath. "But..." She wheezed looking around frantically for any sign of the creature.
"Was that some trick to get me out of hiding?" Reid asked chuckling.
Aubrey turned back to him shaking her head frantically. "No. No. Reid I want to go inside."
Reid looked at her confused. "Sweets, stop playing." He said smiling at her.
"I'm not!" She practically yelled. "I want to go inside. Please?" She pleaded looking at him her eyes were full of fear.
"Ok." Reid nodded taking her hand and starting for the house.
Aubrey held his hand and hugged his arm keeping him close as tears fell down her eyes. "Hey what gives?" Val and Tyler asked walking towards them.
"Aubrey said she saw a wolf." Reid told them. "She wants to go in..." Reid stopped walking and his blue eyes scanned around the woods. When he stopped he looked back at Tyler. Aubrey noticed this, but Val was none the wiser.
"Aubs you sure you saw a wolf?" Val questioned.
"I'm not crazy, it was following me a-and then...and then Reid...it just disappeared." She said shakily.
"Don't worry Sweets." Reid whispered in her ear as they started on their way to the house once again. "I wont let anything get you."
Aubrey looked up into his eyes and she could see something, something she'd only seen a few times in his eyes. Worry. Reid was a free spirit, worry wasn't an emotion he expressed much, because he usually just flew by the seat of his pants most the time, but on that rare occasion worry did show in his eyes. His gaze moved back ahead as the lit windows of the Garwin home came in to view.
"It's late I should be getting home." Tyler said.
"Me too." Val said.
Aubrey looked down at the snow as they walked. Tyler saw Reid look up at him and the youngest nodded. "Val why don't I give you a lift." Tyler suggested.
Val looked at him curiously. "You sure? The dorms aren't on your way home, it's the opposite direction?"
"Yeah, I actually have to swing by the dorms anyways and pick up some things before I head home. It'll save Reid and Aubrey a trip." Tyler said convincingly.
Val nodded. "Ok, thanks. I just need to use the little girls room." She said with a laugh as they walked inside. They headed for Reid's basement and once inside Val headed off to the bathroom.
"I'm going to get some tea." Aubrey murmured and walked away into the small kitchen. Reid had started keeping tea on hand for when Aubrey was over, she loved tea. From inside the kitchen Aubrey could hear Reid and Tyler whispering. She listened trying not to move to many things around.
"I felt it too." Tyler said.
"You think it was him?" Reid questioned.
"I don't know man, but it wouldn't be the first illusion he'd created."
"Why her? What does she have to do with anything?"
"Your next in line Reid, Pogue ascended last month remember."
"How could I not? It was a blatant reminder March isn't far away. Look we only mention it to Caleb if he sensed it. I can look after Aubrey."
"Alright man."
Aubrey finished making her tea, having microwaved the water instead of waiting for the kettle. As she walked out of the kitchen warm tea held in her gloved hands she saw that Val was just coming from the bathroom. "Alright I'm ready to leave." Val said. She looked up at Aubrey. "Hey put some of those gifts to use and get your mind of that wolf." She said winking at Aubrey.
"Nice try, not happening." Aubrey replied with a halfhearted smirk in return.
"When you get tired of Reid feel free to come stay with me for a few days." Val said giving Aubrey a quick hug.
Aubrey smiled at her somewhat as she pulled away. "Yeah. I'll call you tomorrow?"
"You better. See you." Val said and she walked out the door.
"Later man, Aubrey." Tyler said kindly and then followed after her.
Aubrey looked up at Reid. "What were you and Tyler talking about?"
"Nothing Sweets." Reid shook his head kissing her forehead.
"No, Reid tell me. I heard some of your whispers, what's wrong?" Aubrey insisted. "Please tell me."
"It's probably nothing, it was probably one of the other's, but Ty and I we felt someone use. And we felt it after..."
"After I became the girl who cried wolf." Aubrey said closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. "Reid I'm not crazy, I know that wolf was there." She said as her eyes opened and peered up at him.
Reid put his arms around her waist holding her close, her hands still grasping her mug between their two torsos. "You're not crazy Sweets, I promise."
"I feel it right now. I mean it was there and then it was just gone." Aubrey said softly.
"If it was an illusion, of sorts, which I'm not say it was, but if it was that would explain it's disappearance." Reid told her comfortingly.
Aubrey sighed. "It was just...to real Reid."
"It's ok." He kissed her forehead again. "Come on let's..." He paused taking her mug from her hands and setting it on his coffee table and then turned back to her. "Go upstairs and have some more apple pie." He said with a smile.
Aubrey took his hand and he lead her upstairs. "Reid?"
"Yeah." He said opening the basement door and using his hand on her lower back to guide her through first and then he followed.
"I think I'm going to go see Nicky tomorrow." She told him as they walked in to the kitchen together. Reid went straight for the fridge and he pulled it open.
"Well if that's what you want to do. Do you want me to go with?" Reid came out from behind the fridge door, holding the pie tin and he walked towards her. Aubrey lead the way back to the basement, having been silent the rest of the way till they were in the small kitchen in his basement.
"No, I think I can go it alone. I mean Nicky's always been really sweet to me." Aubrey said as Reid pulled to plates from the cabinet and started dishing up some pie on both. "Besides, I don't know how much Nicky will say with you around."
"True, he seems to keep to himself." Reid said with a shrug. He grabbed to forks from a drawer and set them on the plates. Picking both plates up he walked over to Aubrey and handed her one kissing the corner of her lips softly. Aubrey smiled and followed him to the living room where they sat on the couch. Aubrey set her plate on the coffee table and removed her snow gear. Leaving her in the black t-shirt and jeans Reid had leant her that morning. Reid did the same thing and then they got comfortable after he turned the TV on to watch criminal shows.
Aubrey had always been fascinated by criminology and Reid had taken to some of her favorite shows after she'd made him watch a few of the series on DVD.
Flash back:
"Please, please, please Reid?" Aubrey pleaded with sad eyes at him and a small pout on her lips. "It's the marathon and I really want to watch it."
"But Sweets, I don't like those shows." Reid told her trying not to give in.
Aubrey bit her lip. "Well why not?"
"Just never got in to them."
"Come on, if you don't like it after the first episode then we can change the channel, but I've been waiting to see this marathon for like two weeks." Aubrey pouted. "And today was the only day I could sneak away to spend time with you. My father's on another one of his weird little trips. He's always home when he's not at school, and he's always questioning me about my whereabouts."
Reid sighed. "Fine." He gave in. "One episode, but if I don't like it, we change it agreed?"
"Agreed."
"So what do you see in these kinds of shows anyway?" Reid asked her.
"I really don't know. I've always been fascinated by criminology. It something about the idea of a single strand of hair, being used to identify a rapist or a piece of gum placing someone at a robbery that's always just enraptured me. With just a few simple pieces a criminologist can put together a crime scene and find a guilty party. It's just nice to know that if something happens there's going to be somewhere there to put the pieces together for those left behind."
"Is that what you plan to study in college?" Reid questioned.
Aubrey shook her head, they were snuggled together on his sofa watching his flat screen TV. "No, I don't have the knack for chemistry needed to do a job like that, but I've always wanted to write a crime novel." She told him. "I'm going to hopefully go into the literary program at Brown. What about you?"
"I'm a sophomore in high school, I don't necessarily know what I want to do with the rest of my life, but I don't think college is for me." Reid told her. "But I admire that you do."
"Well thank you." Aubrey said sweetly lifting her head and receiving a kiss. After that things went silent as they watched the show on the television. When the credits rolled Aubrey bit her lip and looked up at her boyfriend. "So?"
"It doesn't suck. But I guessed the ending like ten minutes in." Reid told her.
Aubrey smiled. "They aren't all that predictable, but some are. So, can we keep watching?"
Reid sighed dramatically and then smiled. "Sure." She said pulling her in closer, his arm around her shoulder. And they set in for a long marathon.
End Flash back:
After they'd finished their pie and watched some TV Reid noticed Aubrey hadn't made any sounds in a while and he looked down to see that she'd fallen asleep. Her head on his shoulder, one arm behind his low back, the other rested delicately across his abdomen. Her legs were drawn up on the sofa, tucked underneath her body.
He grabbed the remote and shut the TV off. Gently he weaseled his way out from the corner of the couch, making sure to be as careful as possible not to wake Aubrey. Once he was up he turned back and carefully slipped one arm beneath her knees and wrapped her arms around his neck before slipping the other around her back.
Out of instinct her arms tightened as he lifted her up from the couch and started for his room. Aubrey nestled against his chest as Reid pushed his bedroom door open with his foot and made his way over to his bed. He gently set her down, on the unmade bed, a soft content sigh escaping her lips as she turned onto her side, her hands going beneath the pillow he head lay on and her legs angled a bit at the knee.
Not wanting her to wake uncomfortable he gently undid the snap and zipper of his old jeans and cautiously pulled them down her legs and over her now bare feet, she removed her socks sometime while they'd been watching tv, Aubrey preferred to be barefoot in the house. Leaving her in the black t-shirt and her black with white zebra stripe boy short panties he pulled the bedding up over her.
Reid went to his side and stripped down to his boxers and undershirt before climbing into his bed. He moved over close to Aubrey wrapping his arm around her waist, the arm that she wasn't laying on, her left, came out from under the pillow and wrapped over his out of instinct. Holding her back close to his chest, Reid gently kissed the back of her head and lay his head on the pillow behind her, soon following her into the land of sleep.
Next Day:
Aubrey pulled up outside of Nicky's, almost regretting her decision to not have Reid come with her. The bar was closed, Nicky always closed for Christmas. He closed for the night before and the day after, it was like his mini vacation of sorts, since he spent the majority of the year open.
Flash back:
Waking up in Reid's arms Aubrey found herself smiling. The thought of getting use to things being this way just had her smiling that much more. Silently she slipped from his grasp, as she climbed out of the bed she noticed her pants were missing, but she wasn't alarmed. Reid was a sweet, caring guy who had no intention of harming her. Now had she woken up next to Aaron without pants she'd be worried. Aaron was a skeeze, no doubt.
But Reid would never do anything. So she made her way over to her duffel bag and pulled out some clothes before heading in to the bathroom to shower and change. After turning the shower on as hot as she could handle and stripping out of her clothing Aubrey stepped into the corner shower space. The walls were covered in standing pebble tiles, to give the effect of stacked pebbles. The base of the shower was simply grouted black tile. The door was simply glass, that fogged over in the heat of the room.
The hot water ran over her cool body and into her hair. Aubrey turned so her back was to the shower head and let the water hit the top of her head, sweeping her hair back. Water ran down her face, her collarbone and breasts, like rain drops on a leaf. She quickly washed her hair and body before getting out of the shower, naked as the day she was born while she reached for one of the black cotton towels. The door opened and she glance up in time to see Reid's shock and him turned around.
"Sorry." He said quickly not turning back, his hands till on the door handle.
Aubrey snatched the towel and wrapped herself in it. "Nothing you haven't seen before." Aubrey said giggling softly. "Well sort of, but I'm not shy around you. Only when other people are around. You can look Reid."
Reid turned around a grin on his face. "So I'll be seeing more of you naked?" He said in a joking manor as he walked further in to the bathroom.
A smile formed on Aubrey's lips. "Maybe." She took a step closer to him and Reid brought his arms around her waist, Aubrey's coming up and around his neck as he leaned down and brushed his lips against hers. Aubrey grinned her eyes closed as she tiptoed up, closing the gap he'd purposefully put between them after that soft contact. Reid responded to her lips, as passion practically poured from them.
Little whimpers and moans escaped from Aubrey's lips, into Reid's mouth as he gently nibbled and licked her bottom lip. Figuring he'd begged enough for entrance Aubrey opened her mouth to him allowing his tongue inside to explore the depths of her oral cavity. Their tongues clashed and fought for dominance desperately pushing back and forth from one mouth to the other.
The kiss began to settle and after a long while they broke away breathing heavily. "Good morning to you to." Reid smirked.
Aubrey sweet girlish giggle rang out into his ears. "I was just getting ready to go to Nicky's." Aubrey told him.
"What makes you think he's at the bar?" Reid questioned her curiously.
"A hunch." Aubrey told him with a smile. "His place his right behind it anyways, he's not that hard to locate."
"Are you sure you don't want me to come along?" Reid asked.
Aubrey nodded. "Yeah this I have to do alone."
Reid sighed, but nodded acknowledging her words. "So when do you have to go?"
"Whenever, but sooner rather than later." Aubrey replied.
"So how about I help you get ride of some of those nerves?" Reid asked huskily, moving his lips to her ear, his teeth nipping at the lobe.
Aubrey bit her and let out a soft moan. "By all means." She murmured as he kissed along her jaw to her lips. She broke the kiss though when he lifted her up by the waist and proceeded to carry her from the bathroom back to bed.
End Flash back:
Aubrey smiled at the memory of the morning, they still hadn't had sex but Reid knew what he was doing. She'd managed to relax enough while in his arms, but now all those nerves were starting to come back. To bad her remedy was back at his place. She giggled at that thought and then turned the engine to her car off and climbed out. Walking towards the front door of the bar Aubrey took a deep breath and knocked.
She heard loud, almost thundering steps from inside. Obviously noticeable when the bar was empty, and no music was playing. "Sorry we're closed." The door opened, but the barred screen door remained closed, Nicky on the other side. He paused when he saw her. "Aubrey?"
Aubrey smiled at him kindly. "Hey. You remember my freshmen year when I came in here crying and you said if I ever wanted to talk to stop by?"
"Of course." Nicky said looking a little uncertain though.
"I'd like to talk?" Aubrey asked apprehensively.
Nicky seemed to think on this for a moment before unlocking the barred screen door and pushing it open as Aubrey stepped back. .When it was open he nodded his head into the bar and she walked passed him inside. He closed and locked the screen door and then just shut the wood door.
"Wow, it's strange being here, when no one else is around." Aubrey murmured looking around the empty bar.
"It's peaceful." Nicky said walking around her towards the bar. "Did you want something to eat?"
"Uh no, but I'll take a coke, if you don't mind."
"No not at all, have a seat and tell doctor Nicky what's wrong." Aubrey had taking to calling Nicky her doctor, sometime around the middle of Sophomore year, if she had a problem that she didn't want to talk to her father about and that Reid wouldn't understand she would vent to Nicky. But she hadn't heard him call himself that to her in a while. "Is it Reid? Your father?"
Aubrey sat on one of the barstools. "My father."
"Unfortunately Aubrey he's always going to try and control your life, all parents do it to their kids, but you just need to put your foot down and tell him no." Nicky told her.
"Actually, I was referring to you." Aubrey said bluntly.
Nicky stopped pouring her soda and looked over at her shocked. "I'm sorry?"
"I know." Aubrey said looking down at the bar, biting her lip her nerves starting to come back. "I know your my biological father. My mom left me a letter and I found it with her things in the attic. Along with this photo." She pulled the photo from the pocket of her black leather jacket and set it on the bar. She pushed it across towards Nicky his eyes moving from her down to the photo on the counter. "You two were high school sweethearts."
Nicky's eyes became glassy and he pushed the photo back towards her. "I don't know what this is but you don't need to do this."
"Do what?" Aubrey asked a bit taken a back.
"I can't give you anything Aubrey, you should just forget what you know and move on." Nicky told her.
"Obviously that hasn't worked so well for you." Aubrey said it a bit bitterly. "Look, I just I want... I want to get to know you."
"Why? I'm no good for you. I own a bar I make enough money to pay bills and keep myself a float. I'm not special. You've got a good thing with Higgins, he cares about you and he can give you the things I can't." Nicky said shaking his head his eyes not looking at her.
Aubrey pursed her lips and took another breath. "But I'm your daughter. Doesn't that mean anything?"
"Of course it does." Nicky said finally looking back up at her. "The first time you walked in here, I saw your mother in your eyes. When you told me your name I honestly just didn't know what to think. But you kept coming back and I guess that was enough for me."
"Well it's not for me. My father and I we're different and I've always wondered why. I've always known I was more like my mother, but now this explains a lot." Aubrey told him. "Ever since my mother died he's been unbearable, and suffocating. I just wanted to get good grades, graduate, and go to Brown. But he wanted other things, and then the whole Reid thing, you don't understand what it's like living in a life you don't feel like you belong in. Being with Reid's the first time I've felt like I belong somewhere other than with my mom." Their were tears in Aubrey's eyes. "I just need to know where I really come from."
Nicky sighed. "Aubrey..."
"I just want some sort of relationship with you. More than me coming in and talking to 'doctor Nicky'. I don't have to call you dad and no one has to know if you don't want them too, but just something, please?" Aubrey asked.
"I wouldn't feel right if you called me dad. I didn't raise you I don't deserve an honor like that, but if you want it so desperately I can give you my time, we can get to know each other and I can share things about your mom from when we were together." Nicky suggested with a kind smile.
A tear slipped down from Aubrey's eye and she wiped it away. "I would like that very much." She said with a smile. "First things first, what do you think of Reid?"
Nicky gave a low chuckle. "Good kid, causes trouble sometimes but a good kid none the less."
Aubrey smiled. "Good."
"So..."
"Where'd I get my name from?" Aubrey asked him. She'd always wondered, but never knew where her name had come from. Her mother had told her she was named after someone, but she never said who.
Nicky smiled softly. "My mom. She passed away when I was a teenager."
"Something we have in common." Aubrey mumbled looking down at the bar again.
"Your mom loved you, don't forget that." Nicky told her. Aubrey nodded. "What else do you want to know?"
"Anything you are willing to share." Aubrey replied.
"Well your mother and I met back in high school, we didn't really hit it off at first. I met her in town one day when she was out with some friends. She cracked jokes about me being a loser and I told my friends she was a stuck up snob."
"Sounds like love." Aubrey said sardonically with a giggle.
Nicky laughed shortly. "About a week later I was leaving the drug store and it started raining. I spotted her across the street getting soaked from head to toe I offered her a ride where ever she needed to go, because I was feeling in a good mood, and she reluctantly asked me to take her to Spencer. Since it was a fifteen minute drive I started up conversation and we talked a little. By the time we arrived at the school I had her laughing. I chanced it and asked her on a date, she wrote her phone number on old candy bar wrapper from the floor and kissed my cheek."
Aubrey smiled. "That's Sweet. It was sort of the same for Reid and I. Our teacher asked me to tutor him in math and I said ok but Reid didn't take to the idea right away, he called me a teachers pet and walked out of the classroom. Later though he came to me and asked me to tutor him, I said no cause I'd already offered my time and he had turned me down. He was persistent for a while and then I finally cracked and decided to tutor him. After we started seeing each other I noticed that Reid brought out the free spirit in me and I brought out the calm studiousness in him."
Aubrey and Nicky continued talking for a long while until Aubrey realized it had gone from being early afternoon to early evening and she had dinner plans with the Garwin's before they left on their late flight. "Oh shoot, I uh have to go. I've got to go to dinner with Reid and his folks, they are flying out tonight to see his aunt." Aubrey told Nicky.
"No problem." Nicky walk around the bar and towards the front door, Aubrey following behind. "Hey uh would you like to join me for dinner sometime, so we can talk some more?" Nicky asked.
Aubrey looked up at him and smiled. "I'd love to, but what about this place?"
"I have bartenders who have worked here long enough they could run it for an evening." Nicky told her. "So when you come in next time, we'll talk?"
"Sure. And Nicky?"
"Yeah."
"She loved you too." Aubrey said and tiptoed up kissing his cheek and walked out of the bar.
AN: So I am going to leave it there, it's almost 4am and I am exhausted. So you got a little, drama and then some Reid/Aubrey and I hope you all enjoyed the first bit of Aubrey/Nicky stuff. So just let me know what you think! I didn't get many reviews last chapter, I might decide to hold the next one hostage if I don't get enough reviews. I like feedback it helps me write better. Please review!