Hey guys here the next one. I know I am a bit late but I have so many ideas in my silly mind and am not able to write a single sentence. That´s so frustrating- I am still working on the fifth chapter of "Babys, fatherhood and the love of his life" and the next chapter for "Childhood stories" and a total new story I want to have finished before I post it. You see, you´ll have a lot to read as soon as I am finished with all these parts, until than you need to wait.
And now enjoy this part even if it became a bit angsty at the beginning.
It was the morning after their little experiment. Emily laid next to Spencer her head resting on his chest. The steady and soft rhythm of his breath told her he was still asleep. How long she had been awake she didn't know but there was something nagging at her. She had seen so many different sides of him in the last months she started to ask herself if she really knew him.
The side she knew best was how Spencer was at work. The little shy social awkward genius the team knew and liked. The side she was attracted to first.
Then there was the side you could describe best as totally normal. When they spent time together away from work you would never know he was a genius. You would think of him as a nice helping young man.
The most astonishing side she had experienced was when it comes to intimacy. Emily still blushed when she thought of the things he was able to do to her. That was one of the last things you would expect if you saw him.
And now the side she had just gotten to know last night. In her opinion Spencer had watched Derek for a long time and made the most of it and his own personality. She knew Spencer could be charming and a gentleman, also that he was pretty good in seducing but experienced it on her own during the game of 'make believe we are strangers' made her unsure about his feelings for her.
She shook her head lightly. Now she unfortunately knew how Penelope felt about Derek. Being in love with a player is the stupidest thing a woman can do but on the other hand Penelope knew what Derek was, Emily otherwise bought the pig in a poke with Spencer.
He was still asleep as she stood up and dressed. With sadness she watched him a few minutes till she finally got the courage to leave. She tried to hold back the tears as long as she could but halfway home she broke down and needed to stop at the side of the road. For a long time she just sat in her car and cried because she didn't know what to do. After she calmed down a bit she realized she had made a detour and was near Penelope's. The decision to drive to her place was made in less than a second. Emily ignored her cell phone knowing it was Spencer who would want to know why she left without a note. When she arrived at Penelope's she turned off the cell phone.
Penelope opened the door looking as if she had been crying for the last several hours and was still in her pyjamas.
"Hi Em, you look as bad as I feel."
"Same to you."
"Reid?"
"Yeah, Derek?"
"Yes, come in."
Penelope went to make some hot chocolate with marshmallows while Emily settled down on the couch and emptied the Kleenex box. The technician handed the other woman a mug and a new box of Kleenex and settled next to her.
"Thanks, I hope that will help. What did Derek do?"
"Except being the way he is? Nothing and Reid?"
"Ditto, and I have no good explanation why I feel sad, depressed and everything is a huge pile of crap."
"It's beginning to get creepy. Does that huge profiler brain of yours at least have a good explanation why we fell in love with them?"
Emily fished out a marshmallow while thinking. The doorbell rang disturbing Emily who was lost in her thoughts. Penelope answered the door and found JJ looking as bad as her.
"JJ, what happened to you?"
"Except the fact my soon to be ex boyfriend is the biggest asshole on earth, nothing." the young woman sobbed.
"Come in, want some hot chocolate with marshmallows?"
"Please."
JJ sat down in the chair next to the couch and took the new Kleenex box from Emily.
"What did he do?" asked Penelope handing JJ the hot chocolate.
The media liaison took a sip.
"He asked me if I want to marry him."
Emily and Penelope exchanged clueless looks.
"And you don't want to?"
JJ stared daggers at Emily.
"He asked me after I found out he had cheated on me with a large group of men."
"What??"
"You two understood right. And why are you upset?"
"I am helpless and depressed not upset." Emily explained
"Same with me." said Penelope between two sips of chocolate.
"Because of the boys?"
"Do you know any other reason? I knew it would be hard to be with Spencer but I never thought it would be this hard."
"Did Reid do anything?"
Penelope got the strange feeling there was more than Emily had told.
"No, he didn't do anything, it's me. I am not sure about his feelings for me after yesterday evening."
"What was yesterday?"
JJ seemed to forget her own problems curious about news on Spencer. Emily knew if she explained everything Spencer would be angry at her because they had decided to let the team know about them but not about the other sides of Spencer outside of work. Playing with the last marshmallow Emily tried to come to a decision.
"Emily, sweetheart, what is bothering you?"
"If I tell you what is going on I will betray his trust in me. There are a lot things we decided to hide from all of you."
"Why?"
Penelope didn't understand anything. Emily let out a deep sigh and eyed the other two women.
"You won't believe it, you had a hard time believing Spencer and me are a couple and this will be worse."
"What? Is Spence bi and has fun with men every time he gets the chance to?"
Emily shot JJ a death glare.
"JJ, not every man is an asshole like your soon to be ex." Penelope defended the absent Spencer.
"So stop this mysterious behaviour and tell us what Reid's and your secret is, or otherwise I will get the answer from the little genius of yours."
Penelope starred at Emily in order to make her speak.
"He isn't that little social awkward genius we all think he is."
Emily knew this explanation wouldn't be enough for them.
"And what is he?" JJ asked.
"A Don Juan?" was the suggestion from Penelope.
"Or a Casanova?"
"Or a wandering example of the Karma Sutra?"
JJ and Penelope giggled about Penelope's comment and didn't notice how Emily blushed a bit more with every question. The brunette wanted to hide behind her mug but knew it was futile. After a minute the two blondes noticed that Emily was as red as a tomato. With wide eyes Penelope looked at her.
"Please, Em, you don't want us to think Reid is a gigolo. Derek is enough."
"He isn't a gigolo but he knows perfectly well how to seduce a woman the right way."
"Derek wouldn't be happy if he finds out Spence has become his rival." JJ tried to joke but Penelope and Emily were involved in some kind of non-lingual communication and had overheard it.
"You think he thinks of you as a fling."
It was just a simple fact Penelope said, no question.
"Like you do about Derek."
"What happened yesterday. Em?"
JJ's head went from right to left like it was a tennis game listening to her friends. Emily sighed once more and made herself more comfortable.
"I was curious how he normally picks up girls and he agreed in a little role-play."
"So the little bear acted as if he didn't know you and got you to go home with him."
"Yes, exactly."
"And now you wonder if his feelings are real and if it is always so easy for him like it was with you?"
"Uhm, yeah, I do."
Penelope sighed, took all three empty mugs and went to make new hot chocolate.
"Pen, what's up?" JJ asked.
"I am trying to decide if I shall laugh about Reid being like Derek or if I should cry with Emily because I know how she is feeling."
Penelope's thoughts were disturbed by her doorbell. She opened the door and found herself face to face with Spencer.
"Uhm, sorry I disturbed your free weekend but I am looking for Emily and thought she might be here."
He was hoping from one foot to another. Before Penelope could turn to ask Emily if she wanted to see her lover the brunette stepped behind the tech goddess.
"I am here, no need to worry."
Spencer breathed out in relief.
"My God, Em, you scared me. I kept thinking about the horrible things that could have happened to you. Why didn't you answer your cell? What happened to you? Have you been crying? Why?"
"Hey, hey, hey, one question at a time. I didn't answered my cell ´cause I didn't want to talk to you at this moment."
"Honeys, don't be mad at me but I think this is a thing you should be discussing alone."
Unfortunately Penelope was still standing between them and felt as if Emily was using her as a shield. Emily got the hint and pushed Spencer to the hallway.
"Em, what's up? Did I do something wrong? Did I do something to upset you?"
He gave her one of his well-known puppy dog eyes look.
"No you did nothing wrong. It's all about me, ok?"
"Why? You left without a note, didn't answered the phone and hide at Penelope's. You can't tell me that has nothing to do with us."
"Just give me some time, then I'll tell you everything."
She kissed him on the cheek at the same moment Derek appeared in the hallway.
"Hey guys, I knew I heard some familiar voices. What are you doing here?"
"Nothing important. And what are you doing here?" Emily asked in return.
Derek shrugged his shoulders.
"Penelope didn't answer neither her cell nor her home phone, so I started to worry if everything was fine."
"She is at home, comforting JJ at the moment. You should be cautious with what you are going to say."
"That bad with JJ?"
"You don't have any idea."
Derek nodded and went over to Penelope's door. Seconds later he had vanished into her apartment. Emily's sad eyes watching as Derek went to the door didn't go unnoticed by Spencer. Finally he knew what that all mess was about.
"You think I am like him?"
"What?"
Emily snapped back from the door to face Spencer again.
"You think I am like Derek, a player, a womanizer outside of work. You are afraid I am playing with you."
Embarrassed that she was so easy to read she looked to the ground.
"I don't know if you love me for real." came the muffled answer.
Spencer put a hand under her chin and made her look at him.
"I really do love you, more than I can say or show. There is no other woman I want to be with. You are beautiful, smart, have a fantastic sense for humor, lovely and I don't know what I would do without you."
"Where did you get all this cliché stuff from?"
"Sorry, it just came into my mind."
Spencer blushed a bit but held eye contact with Emily.
"It was the cutest thing I've ever heard. Thank you."
Gently she kissed him.
They had just broken apart when JJ came out and walked hastily to the front door of the building. She even didn't say goodbye to Spencer and Emily. A few seconds later Penelope appeared in the doorway. Puzzled the couple looked at the tech goddess.
"Sorry guys but it seems as if JJ has a hard time being around couples."
"No Problem, I guess the next few weeks will be tough on her."
Emily smiled at Penelope who smiled in return.
"Especially with two happy couples around."
With a very big smile Penelope closed the door. Emily and Spencer looked at each other and burst out laughing.