Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS!
*Spencer's POV*
It's been a week since I've seen Mia; I'm back in Quantico since in my deck just starting at Mia's number that she gave me, I was nervous wondering should I call her or should I meet up with her or something. Garcia told me that she is working in DC so that meant that she was close by. I was still gazing at Mia's number that I didn't even realize that Morgan was standing right behind me.
"Why don't you just frame her number if you're going to be staring at it all day" Morgan said and chuckled when I jumped in my seat.
"How long have you been standing there?" I asked still trying to catch my breath.
"Long enough to know that you should call her already" Morgan leaned onto my desk.
"I don't know if I should- I mean what would happen if our relationship ends up in a disaster like the last time"
"You don't know that, she doesn't know that, so why procrastinate and call her" Morgan took a sip of his coffee, "The poor girl probably thinks that you are rejecting her by not calling her"
I hung my head low, "You're probably right" I sighed, "What should I do?"
Morgan picked up the phone from my desk and handed it to me, "Call her, Lover boy" He chuckled as he walked away to his desk.
I stared at the phone and her number for a while then hesitated as I hung up the phone, I needed to talk to Garcia and ask her what I should do; get a girl's point of view. I walk into Garcia's "Cave Of Wonders" to find her reading the latest gossip magazine. She looked up and saw me then gave me a sweet smile.
"Hey Reid" Garcia said, "What can I help you with today?"
"I-um actually need some advice" I said.
"Well have a seat and tell Mama Bear what's bugging you"
I sat on the chair across from her awkwardly, "Well, its-uh"
"Is it about Mia?"
"How did you know?"
"I could tell by the look on your face and Morgan called me before you got here"
"I should've known"
"Listen, you need to call her up or better go to see her at work"
"What? I'm not going to see her at work, what if she's busy?"
"Reid, quit making excuses, do you want to be with this girl or not?"
"Yes I do want to be with her I just have doubts"
"Reid, do all of us a favor and forget the past and move on to the future, do you really think that Mia cares about what happened in the past?"
"I don't know"
"Well, if she did then she wouldn't have given you her number!"
"But what if she is busy when I get there"
"Well, let's see… it's 10:30 in the morning and on the subway it will take you about an hour to get there so she will be in lunch around that time so that means you have the perfect opportunity to go see her right now, and I suggest that you leave now since it takes you about 5-10 minutes walking to the subway"
"Thanks Garcia"
"No problem sweetie, go get your girl" Garcia shooed me away as I got up from my seat and left her room. I walked back to my desk and grabbed my brown leather bag and my jacket and started to walk out of the bullpen.
"Go get her, Romeo" Morgan joked as I stepped into the elevator.
As Garcia predicted it did take me 10 minutes to walk to the subway, luckily I got there just as a train was going to leave. It was going to be a long hour.
*Mia's POV*
I'm finally back in DC; being a trauma surgeon is busy work. The first day back there was a drunk driving accident and I had to repair a torn open abdomen from a 10 year old girl. Thankfully, today was quieter for me today so I check up on all of my patients to make sure that they are healing properly. I check the time and its 12:20pm it's almost time for my lunch break. My pager beeped; the words FRONT DESK was written on the pager. I sighed to myself dragging my feet to the elevator, as the doors closed I thought of Spencer, he hasn't called me at all in a week, so I just thought that he wasn't interested. I hope that he'll find someone that will make him happy. As the elevator dinged for the lobby I slowly walked out toward the front desk, my friend Marlene who is a nurse was there. Her short white hair brushed against her shoulders as her bright green eyes looked up at me as she gave me a smile.
"Hey Momma" I said to her, all of the doctors and nurses call her "Momma" because she is the oldest in the hospital and she loves to mother us senselessly.
"Hey sweetie" Marlene smiled at me.
"So what did you page me for?" I asked her.
"Oh yes, there is a nice young man here that wanted to see you"
"Really?"
"Yes, he's really cute" Marlene winked at me as she laughed, "He's in the waiting room"
"Thanks Mama"
I tucked my hands in my white coat as I walked to the waiting room to find Spencer playing with a little 3 year old boy and I noticed the little boys mom smiling as she was carrying a 6 month old baby. The little boy giggled at Spencer's little magic tricks; even got Spencer to laugh with him. Then it brought me to a flashback of when Spencer and I first got together as teenagers.
I was 15 and Spencer and I have been together for a month already, we were supposed to go out today but I had to cancel due to me getting a last minute babysitting job by one of my professors from school. I was a beautiful house in the suburbs outside of Boston, I still remember the baby's name Abigail, she was nine months old, and I had just put the baby to sleep as someone rang the doorbell. I opened to door to see Spencer holding a single red rose.
"Spencer, what are you doing here?" I asked shocked.
"Well I figured that you could use some help" Spencer smiled as he handed me the rose.
I felt myself blush as I sniffed the rose, "It's beautiful; c'mon in"
I opened the door more to allow Spencer inside the house I noticed the way that he looked around the house that he hasn't seen a house this big before. I heard whimpering from the baby monitor in my hand then crying came shortly after.
I groaned, "And I just put her to sleep"
"C'mon lets go see why she's crying"
We walked up the stairs and we entered the baby's nursery. It was a pink room with a rainbow mural on the wall that was next to the crib with a unicorn mobile hovering over the baby.
"What's wrong Abby?" I cooed to the baby as I picked her up into my arms, "I fed you already, I changed your diaper, are you just lonely?"
Abigail continued to whine until she saw Spencer then stared at him curiously. Spencer pulled out a coin from his pocket.
"I have an idea" Spencer said and started to do the disappearing coin trick that he did on our first date, "Where's the coin, Abby?"
When Spencer made the coin reappear she started to giggle endlessly making herself drool.
I gasped dramatically, "Did you see that, Abby?"
Abigail continued giggling then stopped and she started to cry again.
"Aw, what is Abby?" Spencer cooed at the baby.
"She gets bored of everything after a few minutes, she needs to take a nap again" I said as I walked to the rocking chair across from Abby's crib, I slowly sat down as Abby continued to whimper, "You want me to sing you another lullaby?" I considered her continued whimpering as a yes. Spencer knelt down next to me as I started to rock the chair and sing.
Hush little baby,
Don't say a word.
Mia's gonna by you a mocking bird.
If that mockingbird doesn't sing,
Mia's gonna by you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring is brass,
Mia's gonna by you a looking glass.
If that looking glass should crack,
Mia's gonna by you a jumping jack.
If that jumping jack won't hop,
Mia's gonna by you a lollipop.
When that lollipop is done,
Mia's gonna buy you another one.
If that lollipop is all eaten up,
Mia's gonna by you a real live pup.
And if that real life pup won't bark,
Mia's gonna by you a horse and cart.
If that horse and cart fall down,
You'll still be the prettiest girl in town.
After I finished that last note, Abby had fallen asleep again. I slowly got up from the rocking chair with Spencer's help; I carefully placed Abby in her crib then wrapped her in her blanket. I looked at Spencer giving him a thank you smile; he wrapped an arm around my waist as I laid my head on his shoulder as we looked at Abby sleeping.
I smiled to myself at the flashback and clear my throat to get Spencer's attention and when he looked up at me I gave him a sweet smile. He gave me a small smile back as his ears got red.
"I see that you're still good with kids" I joked.
Spencer got up from the ground and picked up his jacket from the floor, "I would've called if you weren't busy"
"It's okay, I'm glad you came" I assured Spencer as he walked up to me.
"I was wondering if I could...um… take you out-uh- lunch?"
I giggled, "I'd love to but I want to check on one more patient first"
"Oh that's fine"
"C'mon I'll let you meet her"
We left the waiting room to go back to the elevators. We passed by the front desk where Marlene gave me thumbs up and a wink. I looked down blushing as we made it to the elevator. I pushed the button to the surgical floor and leaned back on the elevator wall.
"So, which patient are we going to see?" Spencer said trying to make conversation.
"My youngest patient of this month, Paulina Brooks" I said as the elevator dinging on our floor. We walked out the elevator and to the nurses desk to I could get Paulina's file. After we left I could hear the nurses doing their usual gossiping, which is why some of the other doctor's in the hospital call them The Gossip Patrol. Once we arrived in Paulina's room I noticed her sister Victoria texting away on her phone. Paulina was watching cartoons on the TV, her dirty blonde hair was in a messy ponytail and her green eyes looked tired, as for her sister's blonde hair with black streaks and all black attire looked extremely bored.
"Hey Paulina, and Victoria" I said walking towards Paulina's bedside.
Paulina's face lit up, "Hey Dr. Moreno"
"Hey Doc" Victoria saluted me, "Who's the nerd?" Victoria gestured towards Spencer.
"This is Dr. Reid, he's a friend of mine from college" I told her.
"College? Then you two must've known each other for a long ass time"
"Yup we did"
Paulina giggled softly until she winced in pain.
"Let me take a look" I said and she picked up her gown revealing a big scar on her right abdomen. I examined her scar; she seemed to be healing properly, "Are you taking your pain meds?"
"No" She shook her head.
"Why not?" I hand one hand on my hip.
"She hates pills" Victoria answered for her sister.
I sighed, "Then I'm going to have to put you on another I.V. it's the only way you'll be pain free"
"Fine" Paulina sighed, "Will you be having lunch with us today again?"
"I wish I could but I have plans with Dr. Reid" I answered.
"You mean Nerd Boy?" Victoria asked.
"Well I'll be leaving and I'll see you when I get back okay?" I told Paulina.
"Okay, nice to meet you Dr. Reid" Paulina waved at Spencer.
He gave her a simple wave back as we left the room, I dropped off Paulina's file with the nurses and I told Reid to meet me in front of the nurses' desk since I had to change out of my scrubs. Once I got into the locker room I saw my friend Lisa changing out of her own scrubs and taking her brown hair out of a ponytail.
"Hey Lisa" I said to her, "You're not eating with the girls today?"
"No, Troy is back from Afghanistan and he's taking me out to lunch" Lisa said putting on her heels.
"Troy is back already, that's amazing"
"I know I missed him so much, what about you, you're not going to eat with that little girl or the others?"
"No, my ex asked me out for lunch and I accepted"
"Wait is it that ex from college and you guys reunited in Texas and you were depressed for the past couple of days because he wouldn't call you?"
"Shut up and yes that's the one"
"Finally he shows up or else I think that I couldn't handle another one of your depression days"
"Ha-ha very funny"
Lisa and I finished changing; I slipped on my black flats and walked out of the locker room with Lisa to the nurses' desk where we saw Spencer and Troy talking. We walked straight up to them hearing the whispers of the nurses.
"Hey guys" Lisa and I said to them.
"Did we make you wait that long?" Lisa asked.
"No I just got here; Spencer and I were talking about old Star Trek shows"
"And I almost forgot how much of a nerd you were" Lisa laughed as she gave her boyfriend a kiss.
"Spencer this is one of my best friends Lisa, Lisa this is Spencer" I introduced them.
"It's nice to meet you Spencer after Mia came back from Texas talking about her blast from the past" Lisa extended her hand for a shake.
Spencer shook her hand, "Mia's talked about me"
"Ever since she came back from Texas" Lisa said giggling.
"Well, we should get going" I said giving Lisa a "Can please shut up" look, "You know how Dr. Mitchell is about taking our breaks when we worked over 48 hours"
"Ugh, so true, I'll see you after lunch" Lisa said.
"See ya later and welcome back Troy" I said.
"Thanks Mia" Troy said as he and Lisa left.
"Ready for lunch?" I asked Spencer while tucking my side bangs behind my right ear.
He nodded as he smiled, "You talked about me"
"Let's start walking" I said as I walked away looking down blushing hearing Spencer follow me.
We went to a small café about 10 minutes from the hospital; we sat in the outside tables since inside was crowded. I ordered an iced tea and Spencer ordered coffee. The waiter said that he would be back with our drinks as he handed us our menus.
"So, what are you thinking of having?" I asked Spencer.
"I'm not sure yet, you?" Spencer asked.
"I'm thinking of a Cesar Salad with Thousand Island dressing"
"That sounds delicious; I'll have the same thing"
I giggled a bit then the waiter came back with our drinks, took our orders, and took our menus leaving Spencer and I alone.
"So you in the FBI, I could've never imagined that" I said.
"I'm surprised that you became a doctor so quickly" Spencer said.
"The tests were easy and you knew how much I love the medical field, I guess when you're doing what you are passionate about it make everything so much easier"
"That's true Confucius once said 'Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life'"
"That's exactly how I feel about my job, what about you Spencer? Do you love being a profiler?"
"At first I hated it because of all the people that were killed but then I realized that we save other people by preventing them from being the next target from a serial killer"
"Sounds like we're both life savers then"
I smiled at Spencer until the waiter came back with our lunch, the rest of the lunch date was perfect, we talked about old times, about how my brother is doing; Spencer was happy to hear that my brother was happily married, has a three year old daughter Lara who happens to be my goddaughter, and is living in Boston. I asked him how his mother was doing, he told me that he wasn't sure but he writes her letters every day, I took his hand knowing talking about his mom depresses him.
"So, how's life as a doctor?" Spencer asked me trying to get off topic.
"It's the best, saving lives every day and hanging out with the girls during breaks" I answer giggling.
"I've meaning to ask who the 'girls' were besides Lisa"
"The call us the 'Magnificent Seven' since we are the best surgeons in the hospital and we are all women and best friends"
"And who do 'The Magnificent Seven' consist of?"
"Juana Jimenez who is a pediatric surgeon, Kathleen Karter is our best neurological surgeon, Lisa Lowell- you know her already- is our heart surgeon, me I'm a trauma surgeon, Noelle Nakamori is our OB/GYN, Olivia O'Riley is the best orthopedic surgeon, and last but not least Priscilla Peters is our plastic surgeon"
"Wow, you girls really sound magnificent"
I laughed, "Tell that to Juana and she'll praise you forever"
He paid for lunch even after I insisted on paying for half but he told me that men should pay for meals not women. I giggled and rolled my eyes thinking that he sounds so much like my brother. We walked back to the hospital holding hands halfway over there, Spencer was hesitant at first but I gave him a sweet smile let him know that it was okay. Once we got to the hospital doors I saw Kathleen and Noelle walking out of the hospital. Once they saw me they smiled and walked over to us.
"Hey Mia, we missed you at lunch today" Noelle said.
"Yeah you missed Olivia's story about her trip to the Philippians" Kathleen said.
"Yeah well I had other plans with Spencer" I pointed to him with my thumb, "Spencer this is Kathleen and Noelle, girls this is Spencer"
"On so this is Spencer" Kathleen said.
"The cutie from the FBI right?" Noelle asked.
I looked down to the floor with my face burning hot.
"Aw, you know that were just teasing you" Kathleen said.
"Yeah, chill out" Noelle said, "Well we are gonna go home since Dr. Mitchell is making us rest"
"See you tonight Mia" Kathleen said as she and Noelle waved at me and walked to their cars.
"That was so embarrassing" I said.
"It's okay, I better leave or Morgan will think that we eloped to Mexico" Spencer smiled.
"Well I had a great time today, thank you" I smiled back.
"Can I take you out to dinner tomorrow night?"
"I love that" I gave Spencer a kiss on the cheek before I walked into the hospital thinking that I just had the best lunch date ever!