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Day 4.
The morning sun was not kind to Doctor Reid as he got out of his car. Last night the woman who came in was not the one needed. She was just some dominatrix who beat men for a living. It came to a surprise that they realized more about the unsub now than before.
When Spencer walked in he thought he would see the smiling face of Rica, but instead it was the boy from the past two days. The boy's blue eyes sized up Reid, and he guessed he must have known who he was.
"Um Good Morning can I have a—" Reid started, but a voice interrupted him,
"Good Morning Doctor." The voice of a girl grumbled, he was surprised he even heard it.
Reid smiled to himself before he turned around. Just when he thought she wasn't going to be there Rica showed up. His mood lightened up just a bit as he saw her. He couldn't help the chuckle that surpassed his lips as he looked at her. Rica's hair was thrown on top of her head in a messy bun, a tight Rolling Stones T-shirt, with New York Yankee men pajama pants. She held a McDonalds bag in one hand, an ice tea in her other, and a jelly donut in her mouth. At that moment Reid couldn't believe the mess she looked like.
"What you looking at?" she muttered as jelly got all over her face.
Reid ran over to grab her bag so she could eat the rest of the donut. Rica couldn't help but to laugh as she finished. Her face turned a slight pink color from the fact that she looked like a slob in front of him. If it were anyone else she wouldn't have cared. He handed her a napkin at last and she reached her face out for him to do it. Carefully Reid wiped her face and cleared his throat.
"I thought you weren't going to be in work today." He lowered his head in a mutter.
"No, I came in early cause I needed to leave my house, plus I knew you were going to come in when I wasn't so I wanted to make sure I saw you Doctor." Rica said with a big smile.
Reid chuckled half heartedly to not show his embarrassment. He threw his hands in his pockets and lowered his head. Rica raised a brow to him.
The whole time the boy behind the counter stared the pair down. His eyes burned a whole right through. Reid could feel and it was making him even more uncomfortable, but Rica just turned around and rolled her eyes.
"You know I don't clock in for an hour right?" she said.
The boy nodded as he fixed his hat. Reid noticed the way he looked at him it was one of distaste, but when he looked at Rica she didn't even bat an eyelash.
"Doctor you going to keep me company?" she asked.
The boy snapped his neck over to Rica, and Reid just stumbled upon his words and just decided to answer with a curt nod. The barista chuckled and poured some black coffee for Reid and herself.
Reid could feel the new kid's eyes all over him. It made him feel worse than before. Rica looked behind her to see Reid awkward and the new boy Calvin stare him down. The tension in the room made her sick to her stomach.
"Well, when you are done eye fucking him could you please make three mocha lattes for the table over there. I have the ticket here and no coffee, and it better be done by the time I get on clock." Rica put her foot down, and jumped over the counter. Calvin still stared at Reid, "Why are you staring so much, because I'm not there?"
Reid began to notice the way the boy named Calvin looked at Rica. It was eyes of pity, puppy love. Reid recognized that look, but it was never a look he gave. When being around people he tended to notice all types of characteristics from everyone. He noticed that since Rica was spent most of her time with him, he could only guess the emotion of jealousy ran through Calvin's veins. The Doctor gave him a slight nod before going over to Rica.
The girl handed him a cup, and his eyes lit up by the smell, and warmth of the coffee. It was the combination of whatever scent Rica wore mixed in with the earthy, caffeinated brew of coffee.
"Thanks." He muttered as he took a sip.
"Hey, I mean you can stay for a bit again right? " Rica smirked.
Spencer pressed his lips into a thin smile and nodded his head. He didn't want to get into work early today like he thought he was going to do. Instead, when he sat with Rica yesterday he thought it was peaceful, and that was something Reid hadn't had in a long time.
Rica quirked a brow to him and slowly nodded her head. She walked back outside to the same table as the day before. The morning mist carefully spread across her face as she took a deep breath. For her these were the only times in which she didn't need to put up such a hyper act.
"Are you still having nightmares?" the question took Reid off guard.
Silently he sat and nodded to her as he quietly sipped his coffee. The barista smirked and bit down on her bottom lip. The circles under his eyes always told her something was wrong. His pale complexion never helped, but for some reason he always looked sickly.
Reid shifted in his seat uncomfortably as Rica stared. He couldn't help the nervous ticks around her as he shifted some more, pressed his lips into a thin line and pushed some hair behind his ears. His finger got caught in a small wave and he cursed himself for not getting a haircut like he said he was going to do. His life just has been hectic, but it seemed that one of the very few things that he did enjoy was going to the small coffee place.
"You are a weird person sometimes…" Rica trailed off as she sat and studied him, "But yet you are so fascinating to watch." She couldn't help the giggle that came after.
"I…I didn't know you really observed people." Reid tried to keep his voice at a certain level. Rica snorted,
"Well what else is there to do all day? I mean look." She nodded her head over to the two girls sitting in front of a laptop.
The blond one of the left snickered next to her red headed friend. Both girls dressed up. Their hair was a mess, their high heels on the floor next to them as they sipped and giggled into their cups of ice coffee.
"What do you think happened to them? Cause I can tell you." She sounded almost proud.
Reid stared the girls down, and stared into space as he started to go through everything. His mind processed the scene, and as soon as he finished looked next to him at Rica.
"They came back from a party. I mean it is almost 8 in the morning and they are dressed up still." He muttered, "That was easy."
"Do you know what they are looking at and giggling about?" she asked.
Reid looked over again and the blond caught his gaze. Quickly she waved at him and he looked away back at Rica who sat there with a small smile.
"No."
"It's pictures from whatever they were doing. You didn't notice the camera next to the redhead. " the barista stretched with a giant yawn, "Personally they look like strippers but hey, who am I to judge."
Reid suppressed his chuckle into his cup of coffee. For one thing Rica was always good for a laugh. The pair sat in silence for a couple of moments. No awkward tension between the two. It was a first for Rica to feel that way around someone.
"Ya know, about your nightmares. I mean if you want to tell me or something…I mean I won't judge." She was the first to break the silence.
Reid looked over at her with just his eyes as he put down his cup. He bit his lip once more and took a deep breath. This was a totally out of his comfort zone, but who else was he going to really talk to about this.
"They are of children dying, and I can't help them. Not children all the time…sometimes it's people, but all the same it is just death. Their eyes stare at me, and when I reach out I fall. As soon as I think I land I wake up. There is just so much blood and hate." It was the first time he actually spoke out loud about the dreams.
"I mean I can relate to the fact that I have had nightmares. When I first came to America they were bad. I mean there was no death, just always dreams of my past which lead me actually coming to America. The dreams are always on the beach behind my house, and my village was deserted and it just seem so wrong." She felt herself go into a trance as she thought about the dreams from five years ago. "My mom helped me, I mean she interprets dreams. She does it as a tourist thing."
Reid tilted his head in question and nodded. It was one of the very few things he now knew about her, and he found himself wanting to know more. He could tell that the girl in front of him had a lot of secrets, and it didn't take a profiler to see that.
"I've tried to learn, but it seems I don't have the same talent as her and my sister." She pulled herself out from her funk and chuckled.
"You can't do my dreams then huh?" Reid chuckled. His fingers wrapped around the cup of coffee tightly, his lips pressed together into a thin line.
"I cannot tell you how many times I pissed off a lot of people." She shifted in her seat slightly, "It was a major fail."
Reid chuckled to himself and took a sip of his coffee. It seemed that was all the information he was going to get out of her for the day. Rica was not the open person she made herself out to be, but her personality made a good camouflage.
"I forgot to ask because yesterday you left so quick, but why did you say that batman quote?" He looked up into her eyes.
Rica looked at him straight on, and Reid couldn't keep his eyes on one place. That was one bad thing about him; he couldn't look a person straight in the eyes for more than five seconds. It was something that just freaked him out.
"Well Doctor, you're the genus, teach me." Rica lowered her voice to a joking sexy growl. Reid felt a shiver run down his spine. It was once in a while when he would get the rush of being put on the spot. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment to think,
"You relate yourself to Batman for some reason. It may be the fact that you both are loners and don't let anyone in. You grasped onto that notion and found yourself in love with his character. He acts invincible and you want to think of yourself like that. As for the perfect team part you are taking that into different context. You are a loner but you want to find someone that will make a perfect team." Reid finished the statement and looked up into her eyes. It interested him to see that she was the one to look away first.
"I guess it's not all just looks huh?" Rica smiled a bit, and took a sip of her ice tea, "I got it straight off the plane when I came to America. I was reading Batman The Dark Knight Rises, and after I was finished I got off the plane and went to a tattoo place."
"You're impulsive and a perfectionist." Reid mused out loud. It was meant just for him, but Rica perked her head up, and puffed out her chest defensive,
"So what if I am. It's better to be that way than to think things out. If I thought anything out I would always be afraid of the what if." She spoke as if she had some years on her.
Stiffly the Costa Rican got up and muttered to herself in Spanish. Reid didn't mean to get her upset, but he sometimes couldn't help the words that would come out of his mouth. A smile pulled at the corner of her lips made him relax. His eyes drank in her petite form once more.
"Doctor."
"Yeah?"
"I have eyes."
The sentence caught him off guard as he looked up at her face. The girl crossed her arms with a small smirk. She wasn't used to people who stared her body down when she was paying attention. It was a first for him to even notice a girl up close and one that was breathing and with a pulse.
"Sorry…" he muttered and cleared his throat.
"Is it all of you guys today Doctor?" she asked.
"All today if you don't mind. I want to say we had a breakthrough in the case, but I feel as if we are starting all over." Reid smirked as he got up as well.
"Sounds good to me good sir." Rica chuckled and started to walk.
The pair walked side by side, and by the slightest touch Rica's hand brushed up on his. The girl didn't flinch, but Reid jerked his hand away and bit his lip. His feet just stopped in their tracks. Rica turned around and gave him a weird stare,
"What is wrong? I swear sometimes I think you're afraid of me. " she started to laugh out loud which made Reid turn a slight shade of red, "I swear I don't have cooties."
"No, I know. I guess I just spaced out for a moment." He lied through his teeth.
As soon as they were inside, she jumped over the counter once more and glanced over her shoulder.
"Doctor, tell him your order and I'll be right out." She smiled and grabbed Calvin by the shoulders. Reid noticed his face light up like a Christmas tree.
Rica stole one more glance at Reid before going into the back room. The Doctor smirked and nodded his head only to look at the boy who hated him. His blue eyes narrowed down to slits as Reid told him the order. Calvin got confused and grabbed a pen and paper and started to write it down. As soon as he went off, Rica came back and took the paper from him only to rip it up.
Her hair was in long ponytails. Her hat fit perfectly on her head as if it was made for her, and skinny jeans that she wore to helped her show off some kind of figure. Rica looked up at Reid and rolled her eyes,
"Armatures, I should have just done it anyway." She chuckled to Reid as if Calvin wasn't there.
Calvin started to argue with her in Spanish, but she ignored the comments as she continued to work. If there was one thing she hated it was when people would talk to her while she made her drinks. Once finished she brought the drinks back with a smile.
"Doctor, give me $2.00 and call it even." She gave him a serious look along with the matching tone.
"What, no that's just the coffee you have me this morning."
"And? Sir, why are you arguing with me?" she raised a brow.
Reid grumbled to himself and gave her the two dollars, and put in an extra five dollars into the tip jar. He wanted to make sure she was the one to actually get it.
"Here, I even put in an extra sugar in for you along with a roofer." Her smile was extra sweet.
Reid pursued his lips together and gave her a stiff smile. The Doctor knew it was a joke, but at the same time he wouldn't put it passed her to do that. Reid took a sip of his coffee and smiled contently to himself as he grabbed the others.
"See you tomorrow Rica?" he called out.
"Same time, same place my Doctor."
End of Day 4.
