"You can't hijack my car and then not tell me where we are going, Spencer."
"Oh stop it. I'm not hijacking your car."
Ryan pouted and looked at him, trying to perfect his look. "Please, baby. I promise that I'll still be excited."
She leaned over and kissed his neck for extra effect. He swallowed with a little difficulty, but kept his attention on the road. "I... A store."
"A store? Are you going to buy me something?"
He glanced at her with a grin. "Yes."
"Oh yeah? What are you going to buy me?" She rested her hand on his thigh, a devilish look in her eye.
He glanced at her again before at her hand which seemed to moving up. He grabbed her wrist and moved her hand back to her own lap. "I already told you where we're going. That's good enough."
"Oh come on, Spence. Tell me." She said, kissing up his neck, moving her hand back where it was.
He pulled the car over and looked at her before at the shop. "A dress."
Ryan pulled away looking at the place before back at him. "A what?"
"A dress. Come on."
"I'm a jeans type of girl, Spence. Mini skirts on an ocassion when I want my sexy boyfriend to concentrate only on me."
"You wore a dress when we went dancing."
"That was a skirt."
"Whatever, come on."
Ryan frowned. "I don't want to wear a dress."
Spencer gave her a look and she sighed. "Fine. You owe me."
Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas
Spencer leaned back in the chair as Ryan walked out of the dressing room in a long dark blue glittering gown. She placed her hands on her hips and looked at him.
"Tell me why I have to wear something like this?"
Spencer's eyes moved over her, taking in the sight. She shimmered everytime she moved and the dress clung to her in all the right places.
"Spencer?"
"What?"
Ryan watched him before smirking. "You like what you see?"
He licked his bottom lip. "Turn around."
Ryan grinned larger before turning. She looked over her shoulder. "Does it meet your approval?"
The dress was backless, stopping at the small of her back. He cleared his throat, raising his eyes to her face. "It's... It's a great dress, but it's not the dress."
"The dress? What are we doing, Spencer, meeting the president or something?"
"Do you have something in white?" Spencer asked the sales lady, ignoring Ryan for the moment.
The lady nodded. "I'm sure I could find something for you, sir."
He turned back to see Ryan giving him a confused look. "White? Are we getting married?"
"No. I mean.. No. Not at all. We have a long time before that's even-"
"I'm teasing you, Spencer." She walked over and ruffled his hair.
"I do want to see what you look like in white though, so... you know, if we ever.."
"That's cheating. You have that perfect memory. You gotta be surprised on that day. If it ever comes, that is."
"Its not perfect. It's only-"
"I know, Spencer. I'm just messing with you. But I think you need to tell me why I need a gown."
"Because I said so?"
Ryan glared at him. "That would work if I was two. But I'm a grown woman, Spence, so... tell me."
"And yet you're pouting like a child."
Ryan glared as the sales lady came back. "I found some-"
"He won't be seeing any more dresses. I'll find one and it's going to knock your socks off, Dr. Reid. And seeing how you won't tell me where we're going and why I need this dress, you don't get to see it until I know where we're going."
Spencer frowned and Ryan grinned.
"Who's the one who's pouting now?" She asked before turning back to the dressing rooms.
Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas
"So..." Spencer started as soon as they got back into the car.
"You're not seeing my dress."
"But I bought it."
"For whatever you're planning and won't tell me. So.. You don't get to see it." Ryan turned to see him going to unzip the garment bag and slapped his hand. "No!"
Spencer frowned. "But.."
"No. Now drive wherever we're going to next."
Spencer pouted but started the car. "Can I atleast know what color it is?"
"Yellow."
"You look good in yellow."
Ryan rolled her eyes. "You've never seen me in yellow, Spence."
"True, but you haven't looked not good in any color I've seen you in, so the chance is that you're going to look absolutely stunning in the color."
Ryan looked at him before smiling a little. "I love you."
He glanced at her before kissing her. "I love you too."
She rested her head on his shoulder, a calm silence coming between them as he drove. "Thank you for the dress, Spencer."
"No need, love."
She looked up to see a hotel in front of them before looking back at him confused. "A pretty dress to go to a hotel, I'm confused?"
Spencer just shook his head and got out of the car.
Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas
Spencer turned to see Ryan looking around in shock. "Wow, this is.."
"The Vdara spa." He said, grabbing her hand and pulling her to the desk. "Appointment for Ryan Williams, please."
The receptionist nodded before he turned back to Ryan, who lookeed at him in shock.
"Spence, this has got to be expensive. Too expensive for you to-"
He kissed her. "Stop. You're going to go get... I don't know what you do here, get pampered and they're going to help you with your make up and hair and everything and I'm going to pick you up at seven for our next thing."
"Spence..."
He wrapped his arms around her. "You've been extremely amazing with me and Henry and JJ and... you deserve to be shown how special you are and appreciated. I want to do this for you so let them take care of you and I'll be back later."
Ryan could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. "Spencer, I don't need any of this. I -"
He kissed her again. "I want to do this for you. Now go get a massage and whatever it is else you get here."
She smiled and kissed him. "I love you so much."
"Ms. Williams?"
Ryan turned to the lady and nodded before looking at Spencer again. He kissed her before letting her go. "I'll see you at seven."
Criminal Minds || Viva Las Vegas
"You're back." Diana stood and hugged her son again. "Whee's Ryan?"
Spencer smiled. "She's at the spa. I'm trying to be romantic."
Diana smiled at him, ruffling his hair. "Oh? How sweet."
He nodded before sitting down next to her chair. "We're going to dinner later tonight too."
"Somewhere nice, I hope."
"I think so. I just want her to feel like she's... appreciated."
Diana smiled. "You're going to be a great husband someday, Spencer. A good father too."
Spencer looked at his hands for a second. "I'm..." He paused, unsure if now was the right time. "I'm already a father, mother."
Diana looked at him confused.
"Henry." Spencer clarified. "He's...my son."
Diana frowned. "But I thought he was Jennifer... Oh, Spencer, you didn't."
Spencer kept his eyes down, slightly ashamed. "I loved her, mom and we-"
"She was with that detective, Spencer. I thought Henry took his father's name."
"He did. He took Will's last name. I.. We weren't.."
"Oh, Spencer. I thought I taught you better than that."
Spencer frowned. "You taught me about Tristan and Isleut and how he betrayed his uncle for the woman he loved. Is that not the same?"
"That is fiction, son. I know your father wasn't-"
Spencer looked up at her sharply and she stopped and sighed. "and now? Are Jennifer and William still together?"
"No."
"And Henry... he knows?"
"Yes. I'm moving back to be with him. and..."
"And what about you and Jennifer? You say you love her and yet?"
"I love Ryan. I..." He sighed, looking down at his hands. "I.. love Ryan and I love JJ."
"Oh, Spencer. What a mess you've made."
"I.." He frowned before standing up. "I... What do I do?"
Diana looked up at her son who was now looking out the window and frowned. "What do you think you should do?"
He turned back to her, leaning against the wall. "I... a part of me tells me that I should be with JJ, try to be with her so that Henry can have his parents together. Statistics say-"
"Statistics aren't everything, Spencer."
He looked at her. "But if he's going to be -"
"You can be a father and be a little selfish too."
"Like Dad?"
Diana frowned at the tone of his voice. Broken and bitter. She patted the chair next to her and Spencer sighed, moving back to where he was seated before. Diana looked at him, pushing his hair off of his forehead.
"Your father made a choice for himself. He needed to go or else, he would have been miserable."
"Then he should have been miserable."
"Spencer." Diana chided and Spencer shrugged.
"You wouldn't be doing the spa and dinner for Ryan if you didn't feel strongly for her. I saw the look in your eye when she kissed your cheek. When you two held hands. You're enamored and now, I see why you're torn, but in choosing Ryan, you aren't choosing her over your son's well being. He has you. He has Jennifer and Will. He's going to be okay."
"I do love her."
"And you love Jennifer. She's the mother of your child. You will always love her, but if the only reason you think you should be with her is for Henry, than you shouldn't be with her. That's why your father left. We couldn't stay together and him staying for you wasn't fair to anyone."
"But he never saw me." Spencer said, softly.
"And for that, he's an idiot. You're not making that same mistake with Henry just because you love someone other than his mother. Like you said, you're moving back to be near him."
"I'm sorry that I'm leaving you again."
Diana smiled and carressed the boy's cheek. "Oh stop it. I know you'll visit. Ryan still lives here,does she not?" She winked and Spencer smiled.
Author's Notes:
So the set up and date were supposed to be one chapter, but it got away from me. *shrugs*
some clarification: This part of the chapter is happening around the same time as the beginning of the little JJ mini thing in the last chapter. The second half of that chapter has yet to happen, make sense? The call to Henry will happen in the next chapter, maybe? Depending on how I feel when I'm writing the next part of this evening.
The Vdara Hotel and Spa does exist. I have no connection to it. It just looked pretty to me. *shrug*. I don't own Criminals Minds or anything either.
Tristan and Isleut or Isolode or whatever her name is is all Thomas Malory's and others. It's a legend or myth or something. I dont know. I saw the Movie with James Franco *shrugs*. Just because I liked Gavin Degraw who sings We Belong Together, which... was like the song of the movie. Uh... Two days off so tomorrow I will be writing probably uh.. 'Still Watching', 'Parts of You' and... This other half so... if you read those other two, look for a new chapter and thank you for reading. Oh!