Inhale, exhale. JJ had said this would be simple, easy, quick. "Reid?"
He barely glanced up from his work before returning a "Yes?" It seemed to take a few seconds for my presence to register, but when it did, he gingerly set down his pen, giving me his full attention. He coughed. "Granger?"
Now or never. "Erm, I was just wondering if maybe this weekend, if there's no case, you'd like to go to dinner. With me."
"Y- yes," he stammered out with a smile. "That sounds great."
Across the room, Prentiss was dropping some money into JJ's open hand.