Chapter 4
Amy flopped down on the sofa. What a morning! She had been trying to track Spence down since she had got back. She had visited his Mum but she was not good at the moment. Then out of the blue Hotch, who she now knows is Spence's boss, contacts her and with Rossi talks her into joining the BAU. Getting in the FBI was easy; she didn't need much training just the difference between the UK and the US. She was use to people fast tracking her, in fact she wondered if anything in her life was ever going to move at a standard speed. Amy looked round the room; so few boxes yet she didn't know where to start. Yawning she slipped down further on the sofa. She would start unpacking soon, just a few moments sleep first; she needed to clear her head. This was to be a fresh start. She wanted to see Spence again, but day in day out? Could they work together?
It was getting dark when the ring of her phone woke her. She fumbled around trying to find it.
"Hello" she mumbled groggily.
"It's Spence"
"Good you called, what you doing?" stupid questions Amy, she mentally shook herself wishing she hadn't slept so long.
"Just leaving work. Fancy take out? Chinese good for you?" Spence asked as casually as he could, making his way outside the building.
"Great, I'll hunt through my boxes to find some plates" so it was decided Spence would get the food then come over to Amy's place. Amy rushed around trying to make the empty shell of a house look more like a home. At the top of the first box she opened was a framed photo. The smiling faces of her and Reid looked up at her. She had noticed Spence had the same photo on his desk. Amy lifted it out smiling as she remembered the fun they had that summer. How were they to know it was their last summer together? Would it be the same now? They were adults not kids; could she really expect them to just carry on where they left? Amy knew she needed Reid; he was the only family she had. He knew her so well. They use to be able to second guess each other. It was them against the world; well it felt that way when they were young. Amy put the photo on the centre of her mantelpiece. She wanted to make it clear to Reid how important he was to her.
The buzz of the door made Amy jump. She opened the door and let Reid in. She could tell he was as nervous as she was. He always babbled when he was nervous and right now he was talking constantly about what food he'd got. Far too much of it by the sound of it.
"Red or white" she asked Reid. He stopped talking and looked at her.
"I'm OK thanks, I'm driving." Amy took the food through to the lounge. She started to apologise for the mess. Spence smiled and offered to help unpack once they had eaten.
Soon all awkwardness had gone and they chatted away about anything. It made Amy realise how much she'd missed Spence's letters, they could tell each other everything and she had so much to tell him. But not tonight. She didn't want to ruin the atmosphere. Amy hadn't laughed this much in months and didn't plan on stopping now. When the time was right she knew Spence would be there and he would understand.
