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Reid was thumbing through some files when Hotch and Connors walked up. He was still a bit irked at her, not only because she had mislead him, but already she had found a way to make him the joke of the group, again. He let out a small sigh and looked back down at his papers. Just then a strange thought crept into his mind. Even to new agents, he was still the joke, no matter how much longer he was there compared to them. Why did this have to be the same way? He knew that his team respected him, but being treated like a kid sometimes rubbed him the wrong way. He was a 30 year old man, not a 10 year old boy. He decided that there and then he would be considered an equal to her. Possibly even a superior. She was so young anyway, so why shouldn't the torch be passed down to her?
Connors, you will be working here across from Doctor Reid. Your workspace and computer have already been set up. Feel free to organize it how you would like but for now please begin on your work. She gave him a quick nod, and placed her things on the desk. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone on the team." With that he turned and headed back to his office and shut the door.
She sat down and looked up at him with a smile. "Looks as though were going to be neighbors here too. He gave a small shrug and mumbled a small "I guess so." before writing down something in a manila file. "You talked a lot more this morning. Not much of a chit-chat by the water cooler guy huh?" His eyes flicked up at her for a moment but quickly lowered back to his desk. "I guess not." She mumbled more to herself than him as she booted up her computer.
After a while working in almost painful silence, she looked up again at the lanky man, with seriousness etched on his face. "Hey look, I'm sorry about earlier. I saw your badge and made the connection that we would be working together. I just thought I would pull your leg a bit before we properly met. Ya know, have some fun with ya before we met here." Spencer picked up on the slightest hint of an accent. Southern perhaps? He took a moment to calculate what he was going to say and then looked up at the girl. "We are members of the BAU. It isn't our job to be 'pulling each others leg' or 'have fun'. This is a serious business that we are in. We stop criminals from committing heinous acts against humanity and goofing around won't help anyone. He looked into her eyes with a strong, steely glare that he was surprised to see pointed right back at him. "Look, I know im young, but from what I've heard about you, you diddnt exactly start out in your 40's either. In fact you started out younger than me. So I was hoping that it wouldn't be as hard to become friends with you, and that we might actualy have something in common. I guess that this job has completly sucked all of the joy out of you and if that's the case then I plan on keeping the jokes going because I certanly dont wanna end up like you."
As soon as the words had left her mouth she desperatly wanted to take them back. She had meant what she said, but she can't believe that she would say it outloud to her new coworker on her first day. She hadn't been yelling at him but you couldn't tell that by the look on his face. She bit her tongue for fear that she would say anything else. She desperatly looked him up and down searching for something that could tell her what he was thinking. His eyes were still hard, but his jaw was looser than before. He still looked jaded but there was something about the look on his face. It was softer, but only slightly so. She willed him to speak, to yell at her or put her in her place, but there he sat, motionless. She could almost see the gears turning in his head, trying to decifer what she had said. He looked at her, in a slight bit of shock.
He watched as her face turned from one of anger and irritation to one of surprise and horror. He almost felt bad for her, realizing that she did not mean to say her thoughts out loud. He replayed the conversation in his head. It wasn't right of her to explode like that, but he was a bit harsher than he should have been. He was a bit harsher than who he was. He had already regretted the words that he had said, and even more so after what she had said in response. "Im so sorry Doctor. I don't know where that came from. Please forgive my outburst." He looked at her while she streightened herself with surprise. She had gone from cracking jokes to an angry outburst, and now she was acting professional and formal. Even her body language had changed. He gave her a kind look and decided to let the cards fall where they may.
"It's fine. I do rember what its like to be the new guy. Heck it still feels like am. and I'm not usualy in such a bad mood, I just had a rough start this morning. He gave her a small smile that she quickly returned. "I guess I brought this on myself then." She said. "I'll pay for the drycleaning if you need it." "Oh no im soaking my clothes in my sink. it should bring the stain right out." Her brows furrowed together for a moment. "But what about your tie?" "thats soaking too." Her smile dropped a bit. "I thought it was silk. Was it pollyester then?" He smiled at her, reliving a fond memory. "Yes its silk. My mother gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago." Her eyebrows raised at his words. "You do know that you're not suppost to soak silk right? It damages and water stains the fabric." His smile dropped. "Really?" She looked him up and down and gave a slight smile. "Yea, lost many a dress that way. Ya know, Professor Blake said you knew everything. I guess clothing care dosen't count?" He gave a small laugh and looked back at her. "It's not big on my list when buying a new book." She let him see a toothy grin for a moment. "I'll keep that in mind." And with that they retuned to their work, the silence no longer uncomfortable.
