Real Life Fariytale

Aubrey Gilliman x Spencer Reid

05. Surprise

Aubrey Gillman had been at his apartment for what felt like forever but had only been four days. It was finally the weekend and while they were told another unit would be taking care of the profiling for the weekend they knew they were on call. Spencer had managed to talk Hotch into putting him 'on leave' for the weekend which meant he wouldn't be called unless it was an absolute emergency and they needed.

When he walked into his apartment he found Aubrey Gillman curled up on his couch, in one of his dress shirts reading 'The Crucible' for what had to be the hundredth time.

"You're home early." Aubrey said rising to meet him halfway across the living room after placing a bookmark in her book. When he made his way to her he pulled her into his arms and kissed the top of her head before handing her a bouquet of flowers and a box that she had not noticed before from behind his back.

"Go get dressed Gillman, we're going out." He said before slipping past her to start getting ready himself.

Ten minutes later he stood leaning against the frame of his bathroom watching as she put the last finishing touches on her make up. She was a sight to behold which told him he had picked the right dress. It was a black dress that hugged her in all the right places with three straps that exposed pieces of her back in a sensual way. The heels he had purchased with the dress made her legs look even longer had he kept having to remind himself she was only sixteen, it was almost a year and a half until she was legal. That year and a half might kill him but her eighteenth birthday would be a night to remember.

Shaking his head to clear it from such thoughts he ushered her into his car before driving the route to Rossi's 'cabin' if it could be even called that; it was more a mansion in the woods but this was a down scale from his usual place.

Once inside Rossi's cabin Reid immediately took her cloak from her before guiding her into the kitchen where the entire team stood waiting.

"About time you two showed up; running late isn't your usual style pretty boy." Derrick said from his position leaning against the counter.

"We would have been here on time if someone hadn't taken forever getting ready." Spencer said, cutting his eyes to Aubrey before rolling his eyes and dodging the punch that Aubrey threw in his direction.

"You're the one that got me a new dress so it's technically your fault." She chimed in, sticking her tongue out at him before going to get a glass of water from the sink. When Rossi pressed a glass of wine into her hands she raised an eyebrow in his direction.

"I highly doubt anyone her would tell considering we would all be in trouble." This came from Aaron who had his sleeves rolled up to his elbows as he started dividing out ingredients from the fridge.

Aubrey just shook her head before taking a small sip of the wine; noticing the Spencer didn't partake in any but she had a feeling it was due to his Dilauid addiction. Once a person became addicted to something it was usually easy enough for them to swap their addictions from one thing to another.

Aubrey watched as his team interacted outside of work; she had a feeling that tonight's get together had to do with her and Spencer but she figured they would tell her soon enough. Shortly after she finished her inner monologue she was dragged out onto the deck by Emily, JJ, and Penelope to 'enjoy the evening air' or so they said. It gave Aubrey the impression that she was about to be interrogated.

It turned out she was right as soon as she sat down all three females turned to her.

"So tell us, how is the amazing Dr. Reid in the sack?" Penelope said, taking a sip of her wine while Aubrey choked on the sip she had just taken, turning an interesting shade of red.

"We haven't gone far. I'm not legal yet." She said, telling the truth but leaving out the details of how far they had gone.

"Has he kissed you yet?" JJ asked, looking at the young girl before them. From what they knew of her she seemed perfect for their youngest team member. They hadn't seen him smile so much since she had been around.

"A few times nothing major and usually only within the privacy of his apartment." She said this cautiously as if afraid to give away too much information.

"We're glad he has someone like you. He needs to loosen up some more. He's always so tense." Emily said, smiling at the girl that had stolen Spencer's heart.

When they returned back into the cabin they found that the men were sitting in the living room as the sauce simmered for the bolognaise they were having that evening. When she went to sit beside Spencer she was surprised that he pulled her into his lap instead, giving her hair a kiss before she fully relaxed into him; resting her head against his chest as she tried to ignore the eyes that where on them.

The team was looking at her with something akin to awe; they had never seen Spencer this relaxed or for that matter quiet for so long a period of time as they watched him run a hand up and down her arm.

"Go ahead and ask. If we don't want to answer we won't." Spencer said, chuckling into her hair as he breathed in the scent of her pomegranate shampoo.

"How long as this been going on? You two seem really good for each other this can't be something that's too new." JJ asked, turning so that she was leaned against Will and facing the couple that was curled into each other like they were made for each other.

"Going on a year and a half,." Once again Aubrey deferred the questions to Spencer, he knew these people more than she did; it was up to him to decide how much he wanted to give away.

"How long have you known each other?" this came from Hotch which really surprised Spencer; usually Hotch stayed out of people's personal business.

"Almost two years." Aubrey figured that one was safe enough to answer. All they had to do was have Garcia hack into the Virginia Tech system to find that information.

"What do your parents think of this?" Rossi chimed in with that one, but it caught the attention of everyone in the room as Aubrey immediately tensed up and subconsciously leaned into Spencer.

"My mother doesn't even want me to finish my Bachelor's Degree let alone go on for a Doctorate she lost almost all legal say over me regarding my education and choices almost two years ago." The bitterness in her voice was hard to hide.

Knowing they were pushing the matter by the glare Spencer sent in their direction had them moving on to explaining profiling to Aubrey who just smiled and nodded. Once Spencer started with the BAU he had explained it all to her; this was just a re-hash.

Later that evening as they were getting ready for bed Spencer kept stealing glances at her, randomly smiling at her as she changed in front of him. She was truly a beautiful woman and he couldn't wait until he could make her realize just how special she was to him.

As she lay curled up in his arms later that evening he thought back to the ring that he had hidden within his dresser drawer. It was meant as a promise ring but every inch of his heart wished it could be an engagement ring but legally he knew it wasn't possible. As he watched her sleep he knew it was beyond time he gave her the ring he had wanted to do it for almost a year, since he had met her, but he didn't want to push her too far.

Deciding that in the morning would be a perfect time since he was off for the weekend and it would give them the weekend to enjoy each other's company.

Morning came quicker than he expected he was just glad that he had managed to slip out of the bed without waking her. He wasn't as good a cook as Rossi but he was somewhat decent in the kitchen as he threw together chocolate chip pancakes, something she loved as well as pouring her a generous cup of coffee before carefully adding the ring he had pulled out of his nightstand drawer, placing it off to the side as it lay open.

Taking the breakfast in to her he was glad she was stirring as he placed the tray down over her lap once she was fully awake. He noticed her eyes went immediately to the ring.

"Spencer…." She asked, her voice shaking as she looked from the ring on her tray back to him repeatedly.

"It's not an engagement ring, not yet anyway. It's more of a promise ring; that I will always love you and when you are of age and we're ready you'll get the real thing." The fact he got through two entire sentences while telling the woman that he loved he intended to marry her told him how much he felt for her.

Her hand was shaking as she picked up the ring before holding it out to him with a smile. Knowing what she wanted he pulled the silver claddagh out of its box before sliding it onto her ring finger with the heart facing inward before pulling her to him and giving her a light kiss. It was sitting next to the other claddagh he had bought her the first time he knew he wanted to spend forever with her. He had played it off then because of the legend behind it but he was glad that she now wore two of his rings and soon enough it would go up to four as soon as he could make it happen.