Sorry for the delay :-( Ive started writing another story called Let the Right One In. Its about vampires and Im very excited about it but I will not abandon this, promise.

So, by request this chapter shows Spencer joining the computer club with Penny and Kevin. While working on this it occurred to me that Kevin as a high school student is literally Xander so I put a little inside joke in here, see if it makes you smile

"Over here, Spence!"

Penelope's cheery voice broke through the animated chatter filling the large room and Spencer turned to make her out sitting at a table amongst the other students, tapping away into the computer in front of her with one hand. Next to her was Kevin who was talking to a girl he didn't know, both of them clearly too preoccupied with what they were doing on the computer to even look up.

He quickly made his way over to them, taking a seat next to Penny. "I'm so glad you could make it, sugar," the blonde beamed, "this club is so much fun, you'll see."

She gestured to the petite read headed girl sitting next to Kevin at their table, "Spencer, this is Willow, she is also a computer whiz."

Spencer smiled at the girl who waved shyly before going back to talking to Kevin.

The club hadn't started yet and there was no teacher in sight so he just looked around while Penny kept on chattering away as she showed him what she had been doing on the computer so far, telling him all about new programs she had developed and projects the computer club was working on.

Spencer listened politely, beginning to wonder if he would even be able to keep up with these people as he stared at Penny's fingers moving over the key board with lightening speed. He didn't have much experience with computers so far, but then, it didn't seem too hard. The others had learned it too after all and they weren't certified geniuses.

He looked around at the rest of the students assembled, working on their own computers alone or in pairs. Luckily, none of Kyle's gang were in sight. He let out a deep sigh of relief.

It was his second week at the new school and he was beginning to think that maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all. Sure he still got dark stares from Kyle and his goons whenever they saw him in the hall ways and during P.E. but no one had tried to get to him after the first few days.

He suspected it was because he wasn't alone like he had always been. Emily, Penny and Kevin were great to him, and while Aaron and JJ seemed to play in a whole other league they were always friendly and watching out for him.

That didn't mean he was any less apprehensive about potential bullies though. Also, Kyle's gang being his prior focus didn't keep him from noticing that they weren't the only ones paying an unusual amount of attention to him.

No, there still was one Derek Morgan who also seemed to be watching him way too much with this odd, unfathomable expression, and always showing up close by unexpectedly.

He still wasn't sure what that was all about but kept his distance whenever possible just to be safe.

In that moment, the teacher entered and Spencer didn't have time to think about much else than computers for almost thirty minutes.

Penny helped him a lot with the project he had been given and he was quickly getting into it, finding it more enjoyable than he would have thought. So indulged in his task he was completely taken by surprise when towards the end of the class Penelope brought up the very subject of his glum thoughts earlier.

"So, is there anything going on with you and Derek?" she asked, making him look up in surprise. They hadn't exactly been keeping up a fluent conversation that didn't concern their projects and he hadn't expected her to ask a question like that.

"Uh, what do you mean?" he asked nervously.

Penelope tapped her colorful fingernails against her chin as she looked at him thoughtfully, "I was just wondering after how he reacted to you in cafeteria. Emily said he tried talking to you during P.E., too, and in the hallway once."

Spencer tugged at his sleeve as he shrugged. There was no use in denying he had noticed it as well, but so far he had been doing a rather good job at blocking out all thoughts in that direction.

"Uh, yeah, I actually don't know what that was about. He didn't say much because Aaron came along just then."

To be honest he still didn't really believe it had been anything good Morgan had been up to, but he didn't want to say anything too rash since Penny seemed to like the guy for some reason. He was pretty sure his expression gave him away anyway but to his surprise Penny merely smirked at him.

"My, my, Spencer Reid, barely here for a week and already you have all the guys´ attention."

Spencer grimaced. The way she said it that sounded like a good thing.

"I could do without that to be honest," he murmured.

Penelope blinked, seemingly baffled by his reaction, "Oh, I'm sorry, don't you like guys? I assumed-"

Spencer´s head snapped up at her words and they just stared at each other for a second, both realizing that apparently they had been talking about two different things.

"Wha-?" Spencer finally stuttered, cheeks flaming, "Oh! No, I- yes, I mean I do…what I meant to say was that I'd rather not get noticed than beat up."

It was hard to push down the impulse to just deny everything, immediately reminded of the reactions he usually got upon outing himself to peers -but he knew that she wouldn't believe him anyway. Plus, she didn't seem bothered anyway.

In fact, her bright smile returned almost instantly.

"Oh, Emily is going to be crushed," she beamed in a voice that completely contradicted her expression, "And I am five bucks richer."

Spencer just eyed her speechlessly, unwilling to believe that seemingly all of his new friends had already had their suspicions and his secret had never really been one.

"I'd rather not everyone knows," he told her in a hushed voice, picking at the table top, "it usually seems to make me even more of a target."

A warm hand patted his arm reassuringly, Penny's smile never fading, "Don't worry too much about that. We don't care. And Aaron seems to be pretty adamant about watching out for you."

"Yeah, he's really nice." Spencer agreed, unable to keep from blushing slightly as he realized how that statement must sound in light of their prior conversation.

Sure enough Penelope picked up on that right away, "Oh my, don't tell me our boy wonder has a crush on Hotch?"

Spencer felt his face heat up even more at her excited squeak, flustered and embarrassed at the same time, wishing she wouldn't speak quite as loudly. Even if she was okay with him being gay he didn't think he needed the whole class to know.

"No, of course not," he shook his head quickly, "he's just being nice to me…plus, he has JJ, right?"

Of course he did, they were perfect together -and if he didn't he could have any other girl, Spencer thought, trying to ignore the little sting the thought gave him. He didn't want to think of Aaron that way, especially since he knew that even on the off chance he was interested in guys he certainly wouldn't be interested in a guy like Spencer. No one was. He hung his head as old sadness overcame him momentarily.

Penelope seemed to sense his mood changing because she looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, then she shook her head, "I wouldn't be so sure about his tastes if I were you. And neither about JJ´s."

She smiled at his confused expression before waving it off, "Plus, even if. I just wanna know if he's your type, is all."

Spencer tensed under her expectant stare, slowly realizing that she wouldn't stop talking about the subject anytime soon. Apparently she thought that him being gay would automatically make him want to participate in girl talk. Oh dear, the horror.

"I really don't think…I mean…", he stuttered, trying hard to think of a way to get out of the situation with as little damage done as possible, "Why don't you tell me who your type is?"

Penny smirked at that, clearly not taking his question as a rebuttal but as an opening; not exactly what he had hoped for but still better than the alternative.

"Well,", she lowered her voice conspicuously, "obviously Kevin is the man of my dreams -but if he were to die in a tragic accident I would so totally have prettiest babies in the universe with my Der-bear."

"Uh, you mean Morgan?" Reid blinked, talking a moment to catch up. He glanced over at Kevin who was still busy talking to Willow though.

Penny nodded, pretending to fan herself with one of her bright pink folders, "Can you blame me? He's everybody's type. What's not to love? The looks, the smile, the bod…don't you think he's hot, too?"

Spencer couldn't help but cringe at the question, sure that his face must look like a ripe tomato by now.

Clearly had she not only failed to catch on to his reluctance to talk boys, she had just neatly moved on from bad to worse, switching her focus from Aaron to Derek Morgan. And now she was misinterpreting his facial color.

"You do, don't you?" she snickered, "You totally want his babies, too!"

Spencer coughed in shock at her words, instinctively slapping a hand over her mouth to keep her from talking. Not only was he terribly embarrassed by now, he was also rightfully terrified that someone might overhear and Morgan might take offense to his alleged crush.

"No, I –what? No, Penny, I just don't want the guy to make my life hell, that's all," he defended himself almost desperately, looking around to see if anyone was paying attention to them.

Luckily, it seemed no one who looked like a friend of Derek's was a member of the computer club.

To his great relief, Penny seemed to understand anyway and made an appeasing gesture. He let his hand fall, embarrassed again. "Sorry," he mumbled.

She merely shrugged it off and then assessed his expression, a little bit more serious now, "You're worried he'll be trouble."

There was really no use denying it, what else was he supposed to think, especially after every one apart from her had reacted negatively to Morgan.

Penny bit her lip, looking troubled for a moment, "You know, Derek is a good guy, he really is. You really shouldn't worry about him hurting you or anything…He just made a couple of bad decisions, like hanging out with the wrong people."

Spencer didn't answer, not wanting to upset her by openly doubting her words. Who knew, maybe she did have some kind of insight into the guy that no one else had.

Fact was though, that he had asked Jason about Morgan's past one night after Aaron had hinted at it and had been shocked to find that Derek Morgan was no stranger to the local police. He and his friends had been picked up by the police dozens of times over the past years and his file was full of various accusations the worst being aggravated assault.

Jason had been very adamant about Spencer not getting caught up with the like of him. Not that he had needed that advice.

He didn't hold it against Penelope to want to speak up for her friend, the truth was though he had hardly spent any time on pondering Morgan's physique except for when he'd approximated how much a right hook delivered by him would hurt.

"I just want to keep out of trouble," he finally told her lamely and gratefully she let the subject go, apparently sensing he was uncomfortable.

The rest of the hour passed rather quickly and he walked towards the parking lot with the three teenagers, quickly forgetting about their conversation again as Kevin's jokes brightened all of their moods.

"You need a ride home?" Kevin asked as they finally stood in front of his beat down truck. Willow and Penny had already climbed in, but Spencer hesitated.

"Could you drop me off on your way into the city?" he asked hopefully, "It's my first day of work today and I don't want to be late."

"Sure thing just hop in," the other boy grinned, "Where do you work?"

"My dad organized a part time job for me at this little book store called Quincy's."

"Oh, I love that one," Willow chimed in from the back seat, her eyes gleaming with excitement, "it's this really old and cute little store where they have all kinds of rare and old books. I go there a lot, the owner is super nice."

"He's nice to you because you're bringing his kid through college with all the books you're buying, Wills," Kevin laughed and the redhead blushed.

"Well, maybe some more reading wouldn't hurt you, mister," she pouted, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Kevin just stuck his tongue out at her.

Penelope laughed, shaking her head at the two of them before turning to Spencer, "I'm sure it'll be nice, maybe we'll visit you there soon okay?"

Spencer agreed happily and they talked about the computer club until they had reached his destination. There he got out of the care and thanked Kevin before waving them goodbye e as they drove off.

It turned out the owner of the little store was rather nice, especially after hearing how many books Spencer had already read a this young age. He didn't stick around for long though after he had shown him around, disappearing into a dusty back room to go through the vast amount of books stacked there.

Spencer didn't mind, he took a quick tour through the store, mentally categorizing the position of each book before eventually sitting down on a stool behind the counter.

It didn't seem like many customers came into the store so after a while he picked out a book and began reading, glad to be able to distract himself from any frightening or improper thoughts concerning any guys at his school. He felt good here, unbothered and at ease among his books. What more could he possibly need?

Did you catch it? Everybody needs some magic :D

Sorry, not much happend this chapter, the next one will have some more interaction with one of the guys though I think.

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