Chapter 4: The First Date

Spencer was on his way to meet Max when he got a phone call. He answered without checking the ID "hello?"

"Hey Spence" said the voice of JJ "how are you?"

"Oh hey JJ. Sorry I didn't see who was calling" he said and was graceful that he did not mention Max, because he wanted to keep this to himself. He was recently out of jail and waiting to return to work so he wanted something normal and good to keep to himself for a while. "I'm good and you? How are you feeling after that car crash?" He was still upset because that was all Mr. Scratch's fault and he wished he was the one killing him.

"I'm good. The scratches weren't deep and my ribs are healing well" he smiled at that "I wanted to know about you. How are you dealing with this month out of work"

He sighed and looked down "pretty good. I'm enjoying somethings I used to take for granted and now that I'm out of jail where I couldn't appreciate them... Well now I'm enjoying them" he laughed and so did she.

"Well I'm glad" he knew she had a smile on her face. He did not have to see her to know it "hey... Um... I was wondering if you would like to go to the zoo with us tomorrow morning. Henry wanted to go with you and Michael asked also to be with uncle Spence" he smiled.

"I would love to. See you tomorrow"

"Ok see you" they hung up and a few minutes later he arrived to the park where he will meet with Max.

He waited some minutes until she talked to him "hey Spencer" she said with a smile "did I make you wait to much?" He shook his head "oh good, I was at my dad's house and we got distracted talking"

"No problem, really I arrived a few minutes ago" he smiled "um... Let's go in?" She nodded and they walked to the coffee shop.

He opened her the door and she smiled. It's been a while since she met a man that do this, not to just impressed her or her family but as something selfless.

He was adorable and a gentleman. They ordered their coffee and the store has donuts so he ordered a few for them. Each one paid and then walked to a table far from the others to talk.

"So how was your day?" He asked after pouring a lot of sugar in his coffee and some cream.

"Wow... That's a lot of sugar" she laughed.

"I like my coffee with a lot of sugar" he smiled.

She smiled back and drank some coffee "I can see. My day was busy. It's the end of the summer camp I'm working on and it had a mini gallery with their works"

"Wow that's awesome. Can I see them?" He ate a donut.

"Sure, it would be great. Those kids are really talented and they did a great job with some difficult techniques" he smiled.

"Do you like to teach?"

"Yes I do. Maybe it's in my blood because my mom was a teacher" when she talked about her mom, her voice was lower.

"Was?" He looked at her curious "do you want to tell me or it's too soon?"

She sighed and looked at him "is it weird that I did want to tell you? Even when we just met?"

"No I don't think it's weird. Sometimes we feel so comfortable with an stranger than with a long time friend because the stranger won't judge us"

She smiled softly "you are right about something. I feel comfortable with you" she held a donut and bit it "she died a few weeks ago. Cancer" she said holding tears "I feel like it was the best for her... She was suffering" she looked at her coffee and drank some then said "now let's talk about something cheerful" she laughed softly "we talked about my work but not yours"

He smiled and drank some coffee "what do you want to know?"

"Everything you can tell me" she smirked.

"Well... I work for the FBI and I'm a Profiler, which means that I found people using psychology"

"See? That's an awesome job. Not like making turkeys with your hands"

He laughed softly "yeah maybe, but it's also very dangerous and sometimes you can ended up in the hospital"

"True. But I guess it's worthy when you save someone. I guess"

"Very much. It's out strength to keep doing this"

"And are you working?" He shook his head "why? If you can tell me of course"

"Well I can't give the details but I got into some troubles with someone from my work that I thought I was done with... This person did things to get me in troubles, ordered someone else to do them. They kidnapped my mom and almost killed her. But at the end my team helped me and we saved my mom and stopped those people"

"Good. And I'm happy your team saved you and your mom" she smiled.

"Me too, it wasn't easy but they pull that off" he looked at her "ok now they change subject to a cheerful one" she laughed "do you have siblings?"

"Actually yes. I have two sisters. One older and another younger than me" she smiled "I'm the middle sister"

"That most be awkward"

"Yeah you can't be too crazy because you need to be a good role model for your younger sister but you still have an older one watching over you" they laughed at that "and what about you? Any siblings?"

"No. I'm an only child"

"Aww, that should be boring"

"My childhood wasn't boring at all. It was interesting, even without siblings but honestly I once asked my mother why I never had a brother or sister and she said... I was perfect and all what she wanted and why would she want to mess the perfection?"

"The mothers know how to make us feel special" she smiled but it was a sad one.

Spencer did something that surprised him, he took her hand softly "I know it's hard but just focus on the good times with her. What you both share while she was healthy and happy" she looked at him and nodded then squeezes his hand softly.

"Thank you" she smiled "gosh... I never thought about her so much in days and now I cried twice in less than an hour" she wiped her tears out of her eyes.

"It's ok, our minds tried to hide hurt but then suddenly it just collapse and we can't stop it to come over and over until the pain is gone"

"Wow... You really know psychology" she smiled gently.

"Yeah I use it a lot" he looked dow at his empty cup then back to her "going back to your question about siblings... I might not have siblings from my mother and father but I do have someone who turned out to be like a brother to me. Hw used to work with me and now he out of the FBI but we are still in contact. He helped me and I helped him. His son call me uncle Spencer so you could say he is my big brother"

"Awe so sweet" said Max and the her phone started to ring "oh I'm sorry" Spencer moved his hand as a sign of no problem and she stood up to answer. She talked for a few minutes and returned to him "I have to go, I'm sorry. One of my student needs help at the gallery. Do you want to go tomorrow to see it?"

Spencer was about to say yes but then remembered his promise to go to the zoo with Henry and Michael. He looked at her "I can't. Maybe the day after tomorrow?"

She looked disappointed but understood that he may had something else to do "sure no problem" she smiled "see you then" they both stood up and walked out the coffee shop.

"It was nice and I hope we can do this again" he said looking at her. He was amazed by how fluid it was and how he did not feel uncomfortable or did something awkward.

"I would love to" she smiled and called a taxi "I think maybe after the gallery? It's in the morning so we can have lunch?" She bit her lip.

"Sounds perfect to me" he smiled an the taxi parked in front of them. He opened the door for her and she did not know what got into her but she just follow the moment and kissed his cheek.

"See you" then as fast as it happened she got in the car and closed the door. She said the address she had to go to and the taxi started to move. She waved to him and he did the same but just by instinct because his mind was not there.

It was in that little kiss, it was so quick that he thought for a second it was not real but it was and he smiled. He could not believe it, she just kissed his cheek. He returned home and his gifted mind was recreating the whole conversation.

They did not say big things but he felt like he knew her a bit better than before and he opened a little. Of course he would not tell her about that crazy woman who was after him or something he had to deal. At least no yet. She did not need to know them.

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