"Is the pizza ready yet?" Spencer shouted from the living room.
"Wait a few minutes!" Lilith responded. She knew that it would be preferable not to order pizza, as she took into consideration his germophobia. She had therefore chosen to make it herself, as Spencer was less weary about things cooked by her. The doctor, however, was showing a bit more of his impatient side. After all, today had been a difficult case, and he hadn't even given himself the time to eat at all.
"Here it is, you big baby!" Lilith laughed as she brought over the fuming pizza.
"God, this looks so good..." he said, eyeing the food.
"Well I did have to practice, since I always have to cook for you. I would even say that I know your kitchen better than you do." She teased.
"Hey! I could make food for the both of us, but you'd probably go into a coma as soon as you'd bite into it."
"I guess reading books doesn't make you a good cook, huh?" Lilith grinned.
"You got that right." He said, biting into a slice of the pizza. "AH! Hot!" He screamed, immediately covering his mouth with his hand.
"What were you expecting?!" Lilith burst out laughing.
"I donf know! It bunfs!" The poor man cried out.
"Okay, I'll go get you a glass of cold water." She got up, and made her way to the kitchen. She couldn't help but giggle.
She came back, holding a green cup. As Lilith handed over the glass to the doctor, their fingers briefly touched, and their eyes crossed.
"Thanks, Lilith..." he said, softly.
"No problem."
The forensic pathologist sat down next to him. She suddenly didn't know what to talk about, completely self conscious.
"So, hum, how has work been lately?" Lilith asked.
Spencer furrowed his brow, as he took a sip of water.
"That's an oddly generic question coming from you. But yeah, work has been fine."
"That's great." She smiled awkwardly. Why are you like this? She thought.
"Are you okay? You seem a little on edge, Lilith..."
"I, hum, I don't-" She could only think about the way he said her name, so softly. "I don't know, Spencer... I think I'm a little flustered because of work and stuff." She replied. Yeah, that must be it: work. The young woman had been given more responsibilities at her job ever since one of her colleagues quit.
"Oh, okay. We can watch the film later, if you feel like talking about it."
"No, don't worry, I'm-" Lilith didn't finish her sentence, as her eye caught Spencer's. They looked at each other for a few seconds, before her phone started ringing. Lilith reached for her phone, and checked the caller ID before looking up to the agent.
"Sorry, I have to pick this up..."
"Oh, yeah, sure, go ahead."
Lilith got up from the couch and made her way to the bedroom before picking up the call.
"Ezra? Is everything okay?" The young woman asked, slightly worried. She could hear sobbing noises in the background.
"Hey, Lilith. Sort of- hum, could you come over right now?"
Lilith
"Ezra, is everything okay?" The young woman asked worriedly as she stepped into her friend's apartment.
"Yeah, it's not me, it's Jeanine..."
"Oh. Is it about Colin again?"
"Yeah. It's pretty bad this time."
Lilith thought for a moment, and remembered. "It's been a year today, day for day."
Ezra silently nodded. She turned around and led her friend through the corridor to the living room, where a young woman was sobbing on the couch.
Jeanine was a friend of Ezra and Lilith from university. Her fiancé had left her and, being an emotive person, she had been broken ever since. Lilith took a seat next to her friend on the sofa, and gently rubbed her back.
"It's going to be okay, Jay..."
Jeanine only started to sob even harder, her entire frame shaking. Lilith frowned, worried.
"Do you want anything? Maybe some ice-cream?" The medical examiner asked softly.
"Yeah..." She choked out.
"Okay, I'll go and get some in the kitchen. And I'll bring out the Pride and Prejudice dvd. The 90's version, with Colin Firth, okay?"
Jeanine simply nodded, her face still buried in her hands. Lilith got up, and made her way to the kitchen. Ezra followed her in, and closed the door behind them.
"Listen, Lil... this has been going on for too long now."
"She's been hurt, you know..."
"Yes, sure, but it's been a year now. She needs help to move on." Ezra replied firmly.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Lilith paused, as she opened a drawer. "But how do you plan on doing that, exactly?"
"Well, we could set her up on a date, you know."
"Okay..?" Lilith frowned, slightly suspicious of her friend's intentions.
"I'm not sure about dating websites, and I'm gay, so I don't really have many straight male friends. I know it's shallow, but like-"
"Ezra, what are you insinuating?"
"Well, maybe...we could set her up on a date with one of your friends?"
"Wow...okay, wait what-" Lilith stood still, confused.
"What about your colleague, Jonathan? He's cute, in a 'I-like-to-poke-dead-bodies-with-a-scalpel-for-my-career' kind of way."
"First of all, I'd like to remind that 'poking dead bodies with a scalpel' is also my career." She chuckled, pretending to be offended. "And also, Jonathan? He's married, you know."
"Oh thank god, that guy kind of creeps me out. I don't know how I could have left him with Jay." Ezra paused and thought for a moment. "What about Thomas, your cousin?"
"He has a girlfriend."
"And your college ex-boyfriend, Luke? You guys are still friends right? He's cute."
"Hum, yeah, about that. He's gay. I just covered for him for a bit."
"Gosh Lilith. WHY are you so nice." Ezra facepalmed before looking up, hit with realization. "Wait. You've been getting closer to the BAU, right? Any good looking men there?"
"Well, I mean, there's Derek, but I don't know if he's the relationship kind of guy..."
"What about Spencer?" Ezra asked suddenly.
Lilith felt a weird jolt in her chest.
"Uhm, well, I mean..."
"I know you guys are super close and all, but like there's nothing going on between the two of you, right?"
"I - It's... No, there's nothing." After all, it was true. She never really thought of herself being romantically involved with Spencer.
"So, it's okay if we set her up on a date with him?"
"Uh, yeah, of course!" She replied quickly, with a slightly uncomfortable smile.
"Okay, then now we just have to convince Jeanine!"