"Shut up! Really?" Garcia squealed at Kay.
"Yes, shhhhh!" Kay responded back to her, looking back at the open door to Garcia's office. She had to tell someone, and Hotch was not the person to tell. "You can't tell anyone, Aaron will flip out."
"Oh, I would definitely never tel Hotch. And, BTW, it's weird to hear you call Hotch Aaron," Garcia stated back. "I don't think any of us have ever called him by his first name."
"Well I never her him called Hotch before I came here, so I think you guys are weird," Kay said with a laugh.
"Anyways, don't change the subject!" Garcia said.
"Um, you were the one that brought up my brother."
"No, you said don't tell anyone, that 'Aaron' will flip. I continued with that topic."
"Okay, fine," Kay said in defeat.
"How did it happen?" Garcia wanted to know all the details. She was the type of person that needed to know all the gossip of the group and freaked out if she wasn't first to know something.
"Well, it's been pretty gradual. I mean, I of course thought he was well, hot, right from the start. But..." Kay trailed off when Morgan walked in.
"Thought who was hot?" He asked with a big grin on his face. The connection between Kay and Reid was becoming a recurrent topic in the groups gossip.
"You of course!" Garcia said, attempting to save Kay the embarrassment.
"No really, who Kay?" He sat down on the edge of Garcia's desk, folding his arms across his chest and smiling real big.
"Okay, so I met this guy last week," Kay started off when Morgan interrupted.
"Sure sure," he said and turned to Garcia. "I came down here to tell you that JJ is sending a case to you," he said to Garcia. "Hotch wants us to meet in the conference room in 30 minutes ladies." With that statement, he left the room.
"This is why I hate talking about this stuff here! But lately we are either here, out in the field, or I am sleeping!" Kay complained to Garcia once Morgan was out of sight.
"Well, I gots ta know what it going on!" She said all giddy again. "So, it was gradual and you thought he was smokin' hot and..." she trailed off, waiting for Kay to pick up where she left off.
"Right. So the attraction was immediate. But the more I found out about him, the more curious I became and it just got worse from there. I mean, he's so shy and awkward that I just want to keep on getting to know him. He just seems so innocent and that it what draws me to him the most," Kay said with excitement in her voice.
"Oh girl, you've got it bad. And he is so so sweet and innocent. I don't think I've ever seen him date anyone," Garcia said, contemplating the past 7 or 8 years working with Reid.
"Really, huh," Kay thought. "Sadly that makes me want him more."
Morgan walked into the bullpen and found Reid pouring himself some coffee and smiled. He wanted to gauge Reid's reaction to what he just found out.
"Hey pretty boy," Morgan said as he grabbed a cup.
"Hello." Reid poured sugar into his coffee.
"I just overheard Kay talking to Garcia about you," he said, waiting to see if Reid would take the bait.
"About me? What about me?" Reid said with a hint of both anxiety and excitement in his voice.
"How she thinks you're 'hot,'" Morgan said with a emphasis on the word 'hot'.
"She what? You're joking," Reid said, blushing slightly.
"No I'm not. She's into you. You should go for her," Morgan told him.
"Go for her, are you nuts? She wouldn't go for someone like me. Plus, why do you think I should go for her?" Reid asked. He had not confessed anything other than platonic feelings for Kay, was he really that obvious.
"Really, do I need to point out how I know you're into her too?" Morgan asked.
"Isn't there some rule that a guy isn't supposed to go after a pal's sister?" Reid asked Morgan. He didn't have much, well, any real dating experience, so he wasn't exactly sure on the the technicalities of "guy code".
"Well, yeah, usually. But most guys are't as good of a guy as you are," Morgan stated honestly. "I know Hotch would much rather you go after Kay than me."
"Why do you think that?"
"Cause, I'm a playa," he said jokingly and walked off. Just then, Kay and Garcia walked into the bullpen and he met Kay's glance. She smiled at him and he smiled back. 'Maybe he wasn't kidding' Reid thought to himself and made his way to his desk.
"Morning Spence," Kay said as she logged into her computer.
"Good morning," he said, smiling a surprised smile. JJ used to be the only person to call him Spence, and he considered it a term of endearment. Now Kay had too. If only he could get the courage to do something about his feelings for her.