Barry was running to get coffee as Spencer wrote up their initial report. When he came back Iris was sitting in his chair. She jumped up "Hey Barry!" she said with a big smile. He nodded at her "What are you up to?" he asks as he hands coffee to Spencer.

"I wanted to know if you wanted to have dinner with Eddie and I." Barry really didn't, but he couldn't be rude. "Yeah sure" he looked at Spencer "Can Spencer come?" Spencer sips his coffee and looks over the top to look at Iris and then at Barry. He hadn't expected to be pulled into dinner.

Iris turns her smile at Spencer "Of course! It'll be tomorrow night at his place. See you two later!" She waves and leaves without another word. Spencer turns on Barry "You really had to drag me into this?" Barry smiles sheepishly "I'm sorry… I just" "Didn't want to be alone with her and her boyfriend?" Barry nods. Spencer had already guessed he had a huge crush on Iris the first time he met her. He hadn't denied it because why lie?

"I don't mind, but you owe me." Barry smiles and nods "Thank you." Spencer hands him a stapled stack of papers. Barry took the report and looked over it. It was well written and impressed him. "You have a knack for perfection huh?" Barry says teasingly as he hands the paper back. Spencer furrows his brows "I guess…" Barry nudges his shoulder "Nah it's a good thing." Spencer just smiles and goes back to looking over the cases that were left unsolved.

They spent the whole night looking over a 3 year old case about a girl who had been kidnapped. Spencer chose this case because it was the type of thing he would normally deal with at the BAU. Something in the report caught his eye and he remembered something like this in an unsolved case at the BAU. "I'll be right back" Spence announces and stands up.

He steps outside and dials Garcia's number. She answered with a chipper "Hey Reid! Everything going okay?" "Yeah everything is fine, can you do me a favor?" "Anything for you" she says with a chipper tone. "Can you pull up that case with the two missing 9 year olds from 5 years ago? The one that was left unsolved?" "Okie dokie, one moment." He could hear the faint click of keys "Alright anything in particular you are looking for?" "Can you check the report to see if there was anything left behind on the beds of the missing children?"

Several moments later she answered "It says a lily was left on the pillow, but that didn't help the investigation any." "There is a case here that is 3 years old that had the same M.O. as that. Would it be possible for you to send those case files here?" "No problem. Anything else?" "No, thank you." "We miss you over here, call us soon." Spencer smiles "Will do." With that he hung up. Maybe with Barry's help they could solve this case.


The two worked on the unsolved case all the way up until dinner with Iris and Eddie. Spencer went home to change and shower and Barry decided to do the same thing. Spencer insisted on picking Barry up since he didn't have a car. He picked him up at 7 and arrived at Eddie's house at 7:30. Before opening the door Barry turned to Spencer "I'm sorry if this turns out to be one of those awkward dinners."

Spencer shrugs "I can handle it." Barry bites his lip, but Spencer was already opening the door. Barry sighed and followed him up to the door. Why were they doing this again? Spencer knocked and Eddie answered. It wasn't that he wasn't a nice guy, it was that he was with Iris. "Hey guys! Come on in!" he says waving them in with a friendly smile.

The table had been set for four people and the whole house smelled amazing. Iris couldn't cook that good, so it had to Eddie. Iris placed a bottle of wine on the table and Eddie had disappeared. He returned with a pan of food.

Iris took a seat with her back to the window and Barry sat in the chair to her left. Barry pointed to the other set next to him and Spencer took it. Eddie placed the pan of lasagna on the middle of the table "I hope you guys enjoy, this is the first time I ever made lasagna so forgive me if it isn't good." The four people served themselves and Iris poured the wine.

"So Iris tells me you are in the FBI" Eddie says looking at Spencer. Spencer shrugs "Yeah.. kinda. I'm a profile analyzer." "So you are a good at reading people?" Spencer nods because he had just taken a bite of the lasagna. It was pretty good, but he had had better. If asked he wouldn't say as much. It wouldn't pay to be rude.

"I think it's pretty cool you can look at someone and come pretty close to who they are." Spencer smiled at Eddie. Usually when people learned what he did for a living they asked him to analyze them. It wasn't fun for him because he was always dead on and they never appreciated that. "Thank you" Spencer returned politely before biting another piece of lasagna off his fork.

Iris spoke up next "So how do you two like working together?" Both guys said "It's been fun" at the same time. Barry laughed and Spencer smiled. They locked eyes for a second in what seemed like relief that the other was enjoying the work.

"How long have you two been dating?" Eddie asked. Barry's eyes ripped from Spencer and looked back at Eddie "What?" he asked sounding rather shocked. Spencer remained silent unsure of what to say here. "No, Honey. They only work together. They aren't dating." Iris popped up. Barry was rather relieved that he didn't have to explain anything.

Eddie's whole face turned red "Oh… uh.. um I'm sorry. I really shouldn't assume." Barry felt his face turning red as well, but Spencer was smiling as if he enjoyed the tension in the room. Iris changed the topic quickly and they talked about the case they were currently working on for the rest of dinner.


Barry climbed back into Spencer's vehicle thankful that this was over with. "I'm so sorry about that" Barry started as Spencer backed down the driveway. "For what? Eddie assuming we were together?" Barry nodded and to his surprise Spencer laughed. It was a nice sound that drifted through the SUV. "Don't worry about it Barry. It didn't bother me."

Barry pursed his lips in thought. Spencer looked over at Barry and laughed again at his face. "Seriously. It doesn't bother me. It isn't the first time someone though I was gay. Does it bother you?" Barry looks over at Spencer "It wasn't him thinking we were together that bothered me. I was just embarrassed."

Spencer pulled to a red light "Embarrassed?" He questioned. "Yes, because when he asked that it suddenly dawned on me that I brought you to dinner with me. He must have thought it was a double date." The light turned green and Spencer drove on. "Don't worry about it. It's over with now." Spencer laughs again which makes Barry smile. He had such a nice laugh. One of those laughs that always brings one's spirits up.

Spencer parked in front of Barry's house "Well on any account, I had fun. The food was good at the least." Barry smiles "Anybody else would have been… upset I guess you could say." Spencer shrugs "I don't see why." He smiles at Barry before he climbs out. Barry waves and watches Spencer leave.