Chapter Nine
Spencer Reid's eyes opened slowly the next morning.
For a minute he didn't really know where he was.
It was then that he felt something under his arm move.
Rachel. He was in her living room.
"Crap.." he mumbled, sitting up quickly.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket to check the time.
9am - it wasn't too late, luckily. Though he would undeniably be late for work.
He climbed over Rachel's sleeping figure, as quietly as he could, and made his way straight to the door.
This was just great. He was never late for work.
He drove back to his apartment, getting ready as quickly as he could. Hotchner was not going to be impressed at his lateness.
Walking into the FBI headquarters, he went straight to the conference room.
Sure enough, the whole team was there, listening as JJ explained about the case.
"Sorry I'm late" he mumbled, when all eyes flew to him.
Aaron Hotchner, his boss and leader of the team simply nodded.
It wasn't until they were on the jet, heading for Minnesota that he was questioned.
"So where were this morning Spence? Your never late" JJ asked him quietly.
He was sitting with her and Morgan, far enough away from the others that they couldn't hear her question.
He shrugged.
"I overslept. My alarm clock's broken" he lied quickly.
Jennifer nodded, but Derek's eyes narrowed.
"I don't know Reid. You've been acting weird for a couple of days now.. You sure there's not something going on?" he smirked ever so slightly as he said it.
"Of course not" Spencer replied quickly, hoping that was the end.
He was foolish to hope.
It was 11:55am when Rachel woke up.
She wasn't surprised when she woke up alone. Spencer would have had to have gone to work, and she knew that. Yet, she couldn't help but wish he was there with her.
Shrugging it off, she went to get ready for the day.
The student she translated for didn't have any classes on Monday, however she would be working in the bar that night.
She had water aerobics at 1 o'clock, which she went to with two of her friends - Lily and Bella.
Of all of her female friends, she was definitely closest with Bella and Lily. Bella was the first person she met when she moved to Woodbridge because she lived in the apartment building.
Bella was very loud and outgoing and so Rachel found it easy to get on with her and within only a couple of weeks she had become one of her best friends.
Lily was a completely different story. A month after meeting Bella, when Rachel had slipped into the local bookstore to buy a copy of The Fault In Our Stars, she had found her browsing through the poetry section.
They somehow got talking and from that day they became friends. Lily was a lot quieter than Bella, but once introduced they hit it off pretty well.
Rachel was contemplating telling them about Spencer. She was sure they would find him just as fascinating as she did.
She just wasn't fully sure though that she wanted to introduce them. What if Spencer took a particular liking to one of them? Both of them were beautiful. And Lily was smart. So much smarter than Rachel was.
They would get on well, the two of them.
She sighed out loud, realising how ridiculous she was being.
Telling them about him would do no harm whatsoever.
A/N: So guys I had a dream about criminal minds last night and there was an unsub chasing us (I was part of the team) and Reid told me to go one way and he went the other and the unsub came after me. Scariest fricking thing EVER. Yeah so hope you like this chapter! It's pretty short but its pretty unimportant. Just a filler really :p