Author's Note: No, I don't own Criminal Minds. Sorry!

Chapter 9 The Date

Spencer raised a slightly shaking hand and knocked on the apartment door. Taking a deep breath, he looked down at himself. He was wearing black dress pants, a black button-down shirt, and a skinny purple tie. His hair fell loose below his ears and he was holding a bouquet of colorful flowers. He hoped she liked them…wait, was she allergic to pollen?

Before his brain started rattling off statistics, the door opened and his mind went blank. Olivia smiled shyly and whispered something before clearing her throat and starting again.

"Hi Spencer, won't you come in?"

He nodded mutely and followed her inside. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a vase from the cupboard, Reid watching her the entire time in awe. He barely noticed Cujo licking his pants or the two cats rubbing against his legs.

She had on a black dress that had an A-line skirt but hugged the rest of her. She had put on a black belt around her waist. The dress came above her knee and Reid now realized why every woman wanted a little black dress in her closet. Her long hair was down and he couldn't help noticing how amazing it looked when the light hit it just right.

"Thank you for the flowers," she said and Reid was snapped out of his reverie. He smiled and handed them to her.

"I-I'm glad you…you like them," he stuttered and felt himself blushing madly.

She smelled them, smiled at him, and started arranging them in the vase. Spencer looked around the apartment in search of something to talk about and saw a picture of Emma.

"How's your sister?" he asked.

"I'm sure she's fine, but very tired," said Olivia happily, "I called her when I got home and left a message for her to call me when she gets a chance. She's probably resting. So," she said as she finished, "Are you ready to go? There's a restaurant that's about five minutes from here called Fontenella. It has the best Italian food on this side of the Atlantic."

Spencer nodded and she grabbed her jacket. He helped her with it, noticing Olivia's face flush a pretty pink, and they walked to the restaurant. Reid had planned to drive but Olivia said parking was horrible, when you did park it was the ridiculous amount of ten minutes per quarter, and it really was only a five minute walk and the weather was nice.

The restaurant was small, but lively. They waited a bit for a table but they didn't mind. They talked about everything and anything and always found a new topic to discuss. They continued to talk all through dinner and dessert and, Reid noticed when the waiter left to bring them their coffee, they were the only ones left in the restaurant. Olivia was laughing at one of his jokes and sighed happily.

"All right Dr. Reid, what's the catch here? Why are you not taken? Is there some psycho ex-girlfriend I should worry about?"

"No, nothing like that I promise," Spencer said with a chuckle and became thoughtful, "I guess work keeps me busy and when I do meet women, they find me weird. I'll tell them a statistic and they're immediately not interested. I've never really minded to tell you the truth. Like I said, work keeps me pretty busy."

Olivia was quiet for a minute, taking it all in. Finally she spoke.

"I know what you mean. All I do is work and take care of my pets. Guys get frustrated when I'd rather stay at home with my dying Sheltie than go out with them. Go figure on that. Some guys I've talked to are even shocked to learn that I'm a woman veterinarian. I've never really cared what they think because I love my pets and my job. I'd never want to change a thing. And for the record," she said, taking a sip of the coffee the waiter just brought them, "I love your statistics. I learn something new every day."

Spencer grinned broadly and drank his coffee too. Suddenly, Olivia put a hand to her forehead and closed her eyes.

"Spencer, I…don't feel very well…" she said, swaying in her seat.

Reid rose from his chair and felt the room spin. He clutched the chair but felt his knees lock. Hands grabbed him roughly, stopped him from falling, and he knew no more.

…...

"I hope Spence had fun last night," said J.J as she put a lid on the last box of files. They were packing up and getting ready to head on the plane back home.

"Oh, I'm sure he did and that's why he's not here yet," said Morgan with a suggestive grin. He received a slap on the arm from Prentiss.

"Reid's not like that Morgan," Prentiss said as Morgan rubbed his arm, "I'm sure they spent the entire evening talking about Spock or Obi Wan Kenobi or whatever that stuff is."

"She's a sweet girl and I know she won't hurt him," said J.J, "You think they'll be able to keep the relationship long distance?"

"I have no doubt that Reid will," Morgan replied, "With Lila, he was the one who called her first or emailed her every week. I think the doctor will too. She seems to really like him back and doesn't have a career in the spotlight to worry about."

Hotch and Gideon walked in and pressed the button on the speaker. They looked white with fear. Garcia's hysterical voice came through and Morgan tried to calm her down.

"Baby girl, what's wrong?" he asked.

"He has them, oh God! He got through all the security here and I can see them. Dammit Morgan, you said you had the bastard for good!"

"Garcia, calm down," Hotch said in his unemotional voice but the others could see the tiniest hint of worry in his eyes. In Hotch language, that meant something was definitely wrong.

After many calming breaths, Garcia said in a shaky voice, "I am looking at a video feed of Spencer and Olivia and if this is his idea of a date, my angelfish needs to get out more often."

"What do you see?" Gideon asked.

"Um…the room is completely white and both of them are in the middle of the floor, lying down. That's it. Hold on, listen."

There was a pause and then a voice Morgan recognized. The modified voice of the unsub.

"The fate of your friend is in their hands. There is nothing you can do but watch."

"Their hands? Whose hands?" Morgan said angrily. Why was it always Reid who was in trouble?

"He means Olivia and Reid's hands," said Prenitss.

"Garcia, can you get that feed to J.J's computer?" Hotch asked, "I want to see this as well."

"Yes sir, I'm working on that as we speak."

"Morgan stay on the line with her while the rest of us talk with the police. J.J, make sure you computer is set up to the projector before you join us," said Hotch.

Morgan watched the others leave and sighed. He had thought they had this guy, but he tricked them all. And now, Reid was suffering because of their mistake. Morgan felt guilt wash over him. He had promised himself when Reid was found after being taken by Tobias that he would look after the young doctor. He had let Reid down.

"Derek, you know this isn't your fault," Garcia said quietly. Morgan smiled and shook his head; he knew she knew exactly what he was thinking.

"I know you saw that baby girl, but it is. I told him Olivia was safe and had pushed him to ask her out. Now the unsub has them."

"Spencey was going to ask her out anyway because he liked her. And all of you thought you caught the guy, it was a mistake-"

"A mistake that got Reid captured again!" cried Morgan and he rubbed his temples, "I just don't know how he'll get over it again."

"He hasn't done anything yet except make them unconscious. Work you ass off and find this son of a bitch before it gets worse," said Garcia, "J.J should be getting the feed now."

"Yeah, I see it," he said, looking out the window and seeing the projector playing the scene his baby girl described. "Garcia, click out of the video for me, okay? We don't know what this guy's going to do."

"As long as you promise to bring them both back safe and sound."

"I promise," he said determinedly and hung up to join his coworkers. They looked up when he entered and he knew something was going on.

"What is it?" he asked, his stomach plummeting. He had promised Garcia…

"They're waking up," said Gideon.

They looked at the screen and watched on helplessly.

Author's Note: So…what did you think? Did you guys really think I would end the story that soon? Thank you to my reviewers who brighten my day with their thoughts and comments. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter. Did you see this coming at all? Were you surprised in any way? Let me know because I want to know if I totally threw you off or if you saw this coming a mile away. Thanks and don't forget to review! :)