A/N: Hello! Hello, my lovelies! I do hope you liked the last chapter! Because this one will be the big day for Spencer and Katerina! And once again, I don't own Criminal Minds, just the story and original characters. Well this chapter I got a bit to excited. I wanted more one on one with between Spencer and Katerina. I really hope you like it!
As the week went on, Katerina was getting more and more nervous. It was Thursday night, and she was at home, watching tv, as she sat on the couch. She could hear Sebastian giggling playing with his toys in his room. Ace was laying on the floor, as she was curled up on the couch under a throw blanket. She was biting her bottom lip lightly, suddenly her phone rang as Penelope was calling, she smiles warmly.
"Hello?"
"Hello. Hello! How is my little sister doing?"
Katerina sighs, as she ran her hair through her burgundy hair, "I'm nervous, actually."
"Nervous! Why are you nervous?"
Katerina laughs softly, "The last time I went on a date with someone... It was before Sebastian was even thought of. But this feeling... it's...I can't really explain it."
Penelope had a hand over her heart that her sister can't see, "Awww! My baby sister! Well don't worry, tomorrow I will come over and I will help you out in the attire and the department of accessories, my dear sister."
Katerina sighs softly, "I'm not a genius like he is, Pen. What if he thinks I am boring?"
Penelope sounded shocked, "Boring? You boring? Have you not noticed that when you talk, he has google eyes when he looks at you. The whole team thinks that. Plus I think Spencer is just as nervous. If you want to Emily, JJ, and Derek can be in the background, like.. like a spy team just in case something gets a bit overwhelming for you."
Katerina nods softly, "Okay, I just don't want to mess this up for me. Because if this feeling I have right now... I don't want to mess this up for Sebastian. Because Pen... Spencer is so good with him."
Penelope smiles warmly, "Well then, I guess you will just have to blow his mind. Listen, the team is just finishing a case. I will tell Emily, JJ, and Derek what's going on. So I love you, and you have nothing to be worried about, my love! Big sister to the rescue. Big sis out!"
Katerina giggles softly, as she nods, "Thanks Pen. For everything. I will talk to you later." She hangs up, as she gets up letting Ace out for a bit. Sebastian became quiet, once Ace came back in, she locked up the house. She went upstairs, looking in Sebastian's room seeing he was asleep. She quietly walks over, covering him up then leaning down to kiss him goodnight. She walks out leaving the door a jar, then walks to her room for the night.
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Penelope was at the elevators, waiting for the team to walk through them. Once the elevator's door open, she saw Spencer playing with his bag a bit, then she looks at Derek.
"Hey, Baby girl."
"Hey yourself." She whispers a bit as Spencer walks by them, "I need to talk to you, Emily and JJ."
Emily and JJ blinks, as Penelope looks towards Spencer, "Okay, listen. Kat is really REALLY nervous about going out with Spencer."
Derek chuckles, "Spencer is to. Him and I talked on the plane, and he wanted some tips."
"Yeah, well Katerina wants to know if you guys can, like secretively be there for back up. She is afraid she is going to mess up or be boring."
JJ blinks a bit, "Her boring? To Spence? He is calm around her, and he doesn't do his statistics around her as much as us."
Emily nods softly, "JJ is right. Why would she mess up?"
"Because she hasn't been on a date since before Sebastian."
Derek, JJ, and Emily blinks as their mouths formed an 'O'.
"Well, Spencer wants me to come over and help him out. I told him to just be him. But he think that will scare her off."
Penelope shook her head, "Dear lord. Well looks like we all have a big day coming tomorrow!"
JJ looks at them, "I will try to come. If I don't, I will call."
Penelope smiles, "Great. So Operation Lovebird is in effect."
"Lovebird?"
She blinks looking at Derek, "Yes lovebird. Now come on, we need to get rest so we can get paperwork and stuff done tomorrow, so we can get those to out on their date!"
~*~Time Skip~*~
The big day was here for both Spencer and Katerina. Spencer arrived at work early so he can get his paperwork done before tonight. He went to get a cup of coffee, and walks back to his desk. Before he started on his paperwork, he began to fiddle with his pen. His left hand rubs the back of his neck, where he can still feel the tingling sensation from Katerina's fingers massaging into his neck, he lightly smiles at the thought.
"Well, well. Looks like someone is happy today."
Spencer shook his head, then looks towards the voice, looking at Derek, "Yeah, I guess I'm just nervous."
"Well, don't you worry. I will come over and I will help you and give you some tips, alright?"
Spencer nods, "Yeah."
Derek puts his hand on his shoulder, "Listen, Kid. Everything will be okay."
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Katerina was woken up by Sebastian jumping into her bed, "Mommy! Mommy! Wakey wakey!"
She looks at him, as she smiles, "Well, good morning, my little lovebug." She kisses his cheek, "What are you doing up so early?"
"I'm hungry, mommy."
Katerina sits up and gets out of bed, as she smiles, "Alright then, what would you like to have for breakfast?"
"Chocolate chip waffles!"
She walks downstairs to the kitchen as she turns on the television to cartoons for him to watch while she made him breakfast. She let Ace out, she began to preparing the waffle batter, as she let the waffle iron heat up as she smiles hearing Sebastian sing a long to Little Einsteins. Her phone began to ring, as she goes to grab her phone from the kitchen counter.
"Hello?"
"So what are you doing tonight?"
Katerina silently groans, "I have a date tonight, Ryan."
"A date? With who?!"
She continued to stir the batter while talking, "A friend of Penelope's. Why do you care?"
"I care, because you're the mother of my kid, and I have a right to know."
She scoffs, "Ryan you lost that, when you laid hands on MY son."
"I fucking did not!"
Katerina shook her head, "I'm not going to be the bad guy, because you laid a hand on my son, and on me. So I'm ending this conversation. The only reason why you are in my life is because of Sebastian, and that is it. I have no feelings for you like that anymore. I left those feelings the day I walked out of your door. Good-bye." She hangs up on him as she shook her head, she then put the batter on the waffle iron, and waits for it to be done, "Sebby, what would you like with your waffles?"
"Syrup, and I would like to have orange juice, please!"
"Coming right up!" After a few minutes, she takes the waffle off the waffle iron, cutting it up in triangles pouring some syrup on it, while getting a glass of orange juice, "Alright, sweetie, it's ready."
Her phone rang once more, as she sighs, not bothering to look at the name on the phone as she answer, "Listen, Ryan, I'm not going to tell you again, I-..."
"Katerina?"
She stops, blinking a few times then looking at the name, "Oh my god. I'm so sorry. I thought you were Ryan, Spencer!"
"It's okay, uh.. I was wondering what time I should come and get you tonight? Morgan asked me what time I was going to pick you up and I completely forgot to ask you."
She giggles softly, "Its quite alright, um.. how about 8 o'clock?"
Spencer nods, as he hestitates to hang up, "If everything okay? With your ex I mean."
Katerina was making a cup of vanilla chai tea, "Actually, no it's not. He was asking what I was doing tonight. So I told him I had a date. Then she started to play the victim, and I stopped him right there."
Spencer got quiet. Katerina blinks, "Spence.. He is not going to ruin my day or my night. Besides I have plans for us tonight anyway."
"You do?"
She giggles, "Yes. But it is a surprise."
"Okay, so I will see you at 8 then."
"Yes, you will. Bye, Spence."
"Bye, Kat."
Once she hands up, she was drinking her tea, as she relaxes, smiling. She walks to the kitchen table, and sits down in front of Sebastian. "So, lil man. How would you feel if you spent the night with Auntie Penny tonight?"
"Yay!"
~*~Time Skip~*~
It was around 6:30 and Katerina was getting Sebastian's bag ready for an over night at Penelope's as the door bell rang. She lightly sprints to the door, opening it seeing
Penelope, "Oh thank god!"
Penelope blinks a bit, "Did you think it was someone else?"
"I thought you were Ryan."
"I heard from G-man that he called you. Good for you to stand up to him like you did. It also sounded like, you gave Spencer a bit of confidence for tonight." Penelope smiles warmly.
Katerina smiles warmly, "Good, because I gave myself a confidence boost as well." She walks upstairs to Sebastian's room, where he was play. He looks up seieng Penelope.
"Auntie Penny!" He jumped into her arm, as Penelope catches him.
"Hello, my burst of sunshine! You ready for a sleep over?"
His smile would melt the coldest of hearts, "Yeah!"
"Alright! Well, we won't be going for a little while longer, so you can play or you can watch me make mommy into a gorgeous princess!" Penelope looks over at Kat, "Are you ready? Cause we can get this done in no time I promise."
Katerina nods at her, "I'm more than ready," she follows her sister to her bedrom, she was watching Penelope go through her closet, picking out dresses and matching shoes.
"I'm so glad that you took after me when it comes to attire."
Katerina sat on the foot of the bed, smiling, "Well of course. Where do you think I got all my sassiness from?"
"You, my dear, know how to warm my heart." Penelope smiles brightly.
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Spencer was at home getting ready for his night out tonight. He has to admit, he is nervous. He heard a knock on the door, he walks to the door, opening it.
"Whoa, Kid. Looks like your still trying to figure out what to wear."
Spencer nods a bit, "Yeah, it's kinda hard to think when your nervous.."
"Ah! Well tip number one, you have nothing to be nervous about, act like your normal, genius self."
Spencer blinks at him, "Are you sure that is a good idea?"
Derek sighs, "Yes, Kid. That is a good idea. She fell for you because you were yourself."
Spencer nods, as he goes and finishes getting dressed. After a while he came back out with a white long sleeved buttoned up, with a dark gray tie, and a medium colored pants and jackets, looking at Derek. "How is this?"
Derek raised an eyebrow, as he nods at him, "Actually, I think that is a good choice."
Spencer sighs as he shook his head, as he took the tie off, "Ugh! It don't feel right!" He went to change again.
"Okay, how about you wear, a light blue shirt, and one of your vests?"
Spencer began to change once more, as he looks at the mirror, as he nods, coming out of his room, "Why am I so nervous again?"
Derek laughs, "Because your going on a date, with a very gorgeous woman, Kid."
"Right. But what if.."
Derek puts a hand on his shoulder, "Listen, man, if you have any problems, I am a phone call away alright?"
_
Sebastian came into his mom's room, smiling widely at Katerina, "Mommy, you look beautiful."
Katerina smiles looking at Sebastian, as her burgundy hair was in light curls, and her makeup lightly done to make her steel grey eyes pop. As a blue dress lightly hugged her
body, with accessories to match, suddenly Ace was barking as the doorbell rang. Katerina looks at the time, "He is 5 minutes early."
Penelope giggles, as she smiles, "G-man is good for that. So I will go get the door, and you stay here and you calm your nerves. Okay."
Katerina nods, as Penelope smiles, walking downstairs, opening the door, "Hey, Kat is almost ready. So sit down, and relax. Give her a few minutes." Penelope walks back upstairs.
Spencer walks in with Derek behind him, "This is nerve racking." He felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Everything will be alright."
Sebastian came downstairs, as he smiles, "Uncle Der!"
Derek blinks as he smiles, as Sebastian came to him, "What's up, lil man?"
Sebastian smiles, "I was helping mommy get ready." He looks over at Spencer, "She looks like a princess."
Spencer blinks as he looks back at Sebastian, as he come over to him. Sebastian looks up at Spencer, "You have magic, right?"
Spencer kneels down to his level, as he nods, "Yeah, I do."
Sebastian smiles warmly, "So that means you can use your magic to make mommy happy?"
Spencer blinks as he smiles, "You know, I can sure try to."
Penelope walks downstairs, smiling, "May I present you, Kat!"
Katerina walks downstairs, Spencer looks up from Sebastian as he blinks as the beauty that was walking down those stairs. Once she was by Penelope, as she moves some hair away from her face, as she smiles, "Hey Spencer."
Spencer went to speak but it became more of a light squeak, "Hey, Kat."
Katerina smiles, as Penelope giggles. She walks towards Spencer as her hand was on his arm, "It's okay, once we go out, and relax. I think those nerves will slowly depart." Spencer slowly nods, as for a moment he could just look at Katerina.
"Well, you two stay out for as long as you guys want. And don't worry about Sebastian, he will be the little angel, he always is. If you guys need anything, we are just a phone call away alright?"
Katerina nods, as she kneels down to Sebastian, "You be good for Aunt Pen, alright?"
"Yes, mommy." He smiles, as he leans up and kissed her, as she smiles at Sebastian.
"I love you baby. I will be back soon."
Spencer walks to the door, as he opens it for Katerina as they walk out.
Penelope waited until they were out of the house, "Okay, JJ can't make it but Emily will be able to. So you and Emily and watch them from a far."
Derek nods as he got a text from Emily, "You already told her where they are going to be going?"
Penelope nods, "Uh yeah! Kat tells me everything, and she knows you guys are going to be watching them, just in case something happens, or if Ryan decides to crash it." She saw Derek nods.
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Once they arrived at this small italian restaurant, and they were at their table. The waiter took their order, and something to drink. As Spencer ordered a water, and Katerina ordered a wine. One their beverages came, she took a sip.
"So, Spencer since I told you about me. I want to know a bit about you."
Spencer looks at her, as he was a loss for words, "Wh-what would you like to know?"
She looks at him, as she smiles warmly at him, "Well how about from the beginning?"
Spencer nods, as he clears his throat, "Well... I have an IQ of 187, I was 12 when I graduated from high school. And then I finished my ungraduate at sixteen, I have three in Mathematics, Chemistry and Engineering. As well as to BAs in psychology and sociology. once I turned 22 i joined the BAU as Dr. Spencer Reid, because-.."
"You wanted people to look at you like an authority and not look at you if you're a kid." She looks at him.
He nods lightly, "Yeah."
She nods, as she bites her bottom lip lightly, "So what about your family?"
"Uh.. I never really knew my dad. He left my mom and I when I was 10. I was at school and my mom didn't notice I left. She.. had a paranoid schizophrenia episode." He was getting a bit more nervous, Katerina put her hand on top of his. "Once I turned 18, I made the choice to put her in a home. But the way my life is like now. I don't know anything else I would like to do, other than the BAU."
Katerina smiles warmly at him, "So, you found a purpose to all the wise knowledge in your head."
Spencer smiles softly, as he nods. "So what about your's? Your childhood I mean.."
Katerina shifts in her seat, as she took a drink of her wine, "Well I was a good loveing home, my biological parents split up when I was the age of 9. I went back and forth between my mom and dad, one day my dad stopped coming to get me and stopped calling me. My mom.." She huffs a laugh, "well she decided to get into drinking and have guys over more than I can count. After a while, I was being abused by one of my mom's 'friends'. One of the teachers saw it, and called CPS. Then I was in the system until I was about 16, that's when Penelope's parents came and adopted me."
Spencer looks at her, "I'm sorry to hear that."
Katerina smiles warmly at him, "It's okay, Once I had Sebastian, I knew I had a purpose. And now here I am, talking to a man, who is very interesting to me."
He blinks a bit, "I-I'm... interesting?"
She nods softly at him, "Yes you are."
Once their food came to their table, they began to eat with smile on their faces as they made small talk, "So Katerina, why Native American?"
Katerina smiles, as she covers her mouth, "Well, when Penelope took me in, she told me there was something about me unique. So her and I did some research about my family, and we found out I was Native American. And when I thought back to my life with my biological family, I found out that my mom was into Wiccan. She was into it I think when she was in high school. And I guess she passed it on to me. So I decided to do some soul searching, go to some Pow Wows, and a chief told me 'You have good and bad in you. But if you choose wisely more good will come out than bad.' So he took me on a journey quest, and the more I got in touch with that side. The more I became intrigued by so much you can learn. Then with the Wiccan side, I do very little with."
Spencer blinks a her, "Why do you do very little with it?"
Katerina smiles at him, "Because wrong intentions with Wiccan abilites, you can do so much harm to someone. And that isn't what I want to do. I want to do good. I studied what Wiccan's can do, and I started to test it. I can do crystallokinesis, aurakinesis, and lunarkinesis, mostly to help those with headaches, emotion, and energy."
Spencer tilts his head, "But none of that is possible. It is just someone to distract that person from the actual feeling, emotion and energy."
She giggles, "Okay, Dr. Reid. Tell me then has anything helped your headaches until I did what I did?" She raised an eyebrow at him,
Spencer began to shift in his chair, as he shook his head, "No. Everything I did, it only subsided but it kept coming back. I mean it was manageable, but I was good at masking that." He looks at her as she clears his throat, "So how did you know that I had my headache then?"
"I felt it, so I did what I do best."
Spencer smiles at her, "Well, I thank you for that, Kat."
She smiles back at him, "Well you can call me anytime, and I will help you as much as I can."
As they finished their dinner, Katerina took another drink of her wine, "Hey, there is a really good place I know that has good music. I was wondering if you wanted to go there. And before you say anything, it isn't a club. I... I don't do well in clubs. I get really bad anxiety when it comes to a lot of people in one room. Plus I want to broaden your mind with what I do, so I'm going to take you to a shop."
Spencer blinks as he smiles nodding, "Sure," he then paid the bill, he gets up and walks over to Katerina and pulls her chair out as she stands up. Spencer held his arm out, as she put her arm through his, and they walked out of the restaurant. They walked down the side walk as they made small talk. Katerina laughs at his jokes, as she smiles.
"You know Spencer, I have heard about you from Penelope, but she never really told me how good you treat someone and make them feel special."
Spencer began to stutter, "I..I do?"
Katerina smiles, as she nods softly, "Yes you do. From the day you told me a little bit about myself, that I have kept locked up for a while.. But I also saw that you are the same way, when I told you about yourself." She looks at the shop, as she then takes his hand and walks into the shop, "Come on, Spencer."
They walked into what most Wiccans would buy from a shop, different books, crystals, and ingredients to make potions as well as candles. She looks around and gets some crystals and some incense, as she hums a bit. Spencer looks around at the books, he began to pick out some books about Native American and Wiccan culture, as well as books about crystals and incense. Katerina goes back to him, seeing what he has, "I think this book," she picks out a book out the abilities on Wiccan and Native Americans, "will have you interest as well." He looks at her, as they walk toward the check out. She bought her stuff, as Spencer bought his.
The woman behind the counter looks at them, "You two, have been through so much. One dealing with the unknown, and the other dealing with her past. Take these.." The woman handed Spencer and Katerina two charms, "These will help you with what you need. Have a blessed night."
Spencer looks at the charm a light blue and white crystal, as Katerina looks at him, "It's called a blue opal, it help with with emotion and insight on thing you might not have."
Spencer looks at the woman, seeing she was gone, as he blinks, "Where did she go?"
Katerina looks behind them and shrugs, "I don't know, come on. One more stop. I'm sure you will like it." They walk towards a park that had soft music and lighting, she smiles warmly seeing cherry blossoms. Her eyes light up like a kid on Christmas day.
Spencer looks at her, "You have never seen the cherry blossoms, when they have a small gathering like this?"
Katerina shook her head, "No I haven't. I have seen pictures of it, but when I was with Ryan. He mostly took me out to bars, and clubs. This is more peaceful, and I'm more comfortable in this setting than anything." She smiles as she walks through the soft lightly above the cross walk of the park. Spencer walks next to her, as he smiles at her, he couldn't tear his eyes away from her. He couldn't put his finger on it, but everything about tonight felt right to him.
"I would actually like to know more about what you do."
Katerina looks at him, "Why, Spencer Reid, are you asking me to go back to my house, for hands on experience?"
Spencer laughs lightly, "When you put it like yeah, I am." He rubs his neck shyly.
Katerina looks at her watch, "Well, it's almost 12. Sebasitan is at Penelope's tonight. So let's head back to the car, and we can head back, yeah?" Spencer nods softly, as they walk back to the car. Once they got in the car, they drove back to Katerina's. Katerina got out of the car, while Spencer followed close behind her, she opens the now unlocked door. She began to take off her shoes, and opens the sliding glass door to the backyard for Ace can go out.
"How about you get comfortable, while I go upstairs get into comfortable clothes than a dress, and we can get started, yeah?"
Spencer nods, "Yeah, sure." He watches her walk upstairs, as he began to take off his shoes and his jacket. He began to look at her pictures she had of recent photos of the team, and the photos of her and Sebastian, as he smiles warmly. He heard the light sound of foot steps coming towards him.
"I had Penelope take some of those, and the one with all of us together at the table with Jack, Henry and Sebastian was the camera she set up to take some pictures automatically. I wanted pictures of the extended family I now have." Spencer looks towards her, as she spoke, "Well lets get started."
Katerina dimmed the lights, she began to light candles, and some dragon's blood incense. She had a box that was open with different crystals, and Native accessories like feather's and mineral water. She moved the coffee table toward the television, as she puts candles on top of the table. She sits down indian style, Spencer goes and sits in front of her with his legs crossed.
"Now just closed your eyes, and clear your mind," Katerina's voice was soft, seeing Spencer close his eyes, seeing him even more relaxed than he was. After a while, he opens his eyes, looking at her.
"So what is the mineral water for?"
"After I am done showing you, what I do. I take the crystals and I put them in the water, and I let the moon's light purify them." She began to scoot closer to him, as she smiles warmly at him. She lifts her hands to his wrists, her index and middle fingers on his each was lightly moving in circles on his wrists. "I'm massaging your pressure points, most pressure points get tense when your nervous. Like when you tend to ramble when your nervous."
Spencer looks down at her fingers, feeling his skin start to get warm and tingly from her contact. Her hands began to hover over him, as she began to chant in a Native language. He recognized the Native American chant, as he watched her with wonder. He felt the tension in him completely leave, as he exhaled a breath he didn't know he was holding.
His eyes began to roam her face, he saw the peaceful and concentration in her face, he noticed a necklace with a gem attached to the chain. He saw the gem, lightly glow. He didn't know if it was from the lighting of the room, or from what Katerina was doing.
"You have a deep sadness in you... May I ask why?"
Spencer looks at her, as he softly spoke, "Because I feel like this is a dream, or if these feelings are true or not."
Katerina lowers her hands, as she takes his. Her thumb lightly rubs his fingers as she felt his fingers lightly grip hers, as she spoke softly as if she only wanted him to hear. "Spencer," she lifts hand on his cheek softly, to make sure he looks at her, "My feelings for you, won't change. If they do it is because my feelings for you will grow more."
Spencer looks down at their connected hands, then up to look her in the eyes, scanning her face, "All I ever wanted was for someone special to come to my life, so I can be some what normal to other people's eyes."
"Spencer, to me. The way you are right now, with you eidectic memory, you statistics and your IQ. Is all normal for me. Everyone is different. But to me you are normal, and I don't want you to chan-.."
Katerina suddenly felt Spencer's lips on hers. Katerina pulls back from the kiss. Spencer looks at her as he leans back, "I'm sorry, I didn't me-.." She leans forward, stopping him from talking, as her lips were pressed against his. Katerina felt his hands around her waist, as she moved between his legs, wrapping her arms around his neck, deeping the kiss. Suddenly a wet nose and lick began to lick them, as she pulls back, seeing Ace as she laughs. Spencer joined with her as she laughs.
"Alright, Ace. Lets get you some food and water." Katerina looks at Spencer, as she had puts her hand on his cheek, smiling, as she walks away to the kitchen. Spencer sat there in a daze, his lips tingle from the kiss. He left like his skin was on fire, he licks his lips, missing the skin on skin contact from Katerina. He watched her with Ace, as he imagined Sebastian running around, saying goodnight to him and Katerina. He even imagined having a kid of his own, but he was also scared that he might be able to recall it when he gets his sign of schizophrenia from his mom.
Katerina looks at him, as she sits down in front of him, "Spencer? You okay?"
He nods softly, "What? Oh yeah, I'm okay. I guess I just spaced out."
She giggles, "Well, whatever you were thinking, it must've been good."
Spencer smiles, "Yeah. It was good." He reached over and holds her hand, intertwining their fingers. For the first time in his life, something good is coming into his life, and he won't let go of it, this time.
