The Secret Social Life of Dr. Spencer Reid Chapter 5
Another re-done chapter – sorry about the length
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They'd had a case about an UnSub, Charley Walker, whose wife had left him and taken his 4 year old daughter away from him. After this, he'd gotten sacked from work and wasn't able to afford to pay his bills. All of this caused him to snap and he started killing women that resembled his wife and men who he thought were like him. Overall, the team were exhausted from the 5 day case and they were all worried about Reid because he'd refused to talk to anyone about anything other than the case.
"Reid." Hotch stated as he sat down opposite the younger profiler. The others were asleep; trying to escape the reality of the day. This was with the exception of Aaron and Spencer. "You've been out of it since we started this case." Reid to shuffled uncomfortably as he refused to look up at his boss.
"You know statistically-" Reid started in an attempt to change the subject.
"No Reid." It was said in such a stern and fatherly tone that it caused him to look up and into the eyes of his boss. They sat there for a couple of minutes just staring at each other until Spencer looked away and sighed.
"It's nothing really. I just, erm." He hesitated. "Kathryn. She goes off with lots of different men whenever she goes out. She has sex with them and then leaves and moves on. You know, she's never had a boyfriend; she's never even kissed a guy. I mean, I know that I don't have functional relationships but she could have anyone she wanted. Guys would bend over backwards to be with her but there are these moments sometimes when she looks at me. I think for just a minute that maybe she loves me like I love her. But then she goes off with someone else." The young man looked defeated. Hotch really felt for him, to see the look on his subordinates face, the hurt in his voice and that he was being confided in took the man off guard.
"Reid. That barbecue. She looked most comfortable with you – she spent most of her time talking to you." He pointedly emphasised the 'you' as he was speaking in hope that he could convey what he was trying to tell the puppy-eyed doctor.
"I know." Reid sighed. "When we're out she won't pick up some random guy – she'll stay with me, Lindsey and Lucas or anyone else that's there. She'll give me … us, her full attention and act as though she doesn't know that guys are flirting with her. She's just so … complicated. One minute I think I've figured her out but then she acts differently and I'm baffled; she's so unpredictable. I know the most about her, I can read her like a book – when she's upset or annoyed, but I can't for the life of me figure out why she does it. Now and again it's like she feels nothing. It's like she has no emotions. She's just so good at keeping them hidden." He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. The more he thought about it the more annoyed he was getting.
"Have you told her how you feel?" Hotch had caught him out there. The younger agent looked up at his supervisor, shook his head sighing once again.
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Friday's were always fun for Lindsey, Kathryn, Lucas and Spencer. They usually went out to a club or stayed in and had a drink together. This time they'd chosen the latter. It gave them a chance to hang out un-interrupted and maybe watch a movie or just sit and talk. A knock at the door disturbed their quest to find a film. Groaning in clear annoyance, Kathryn moved from Spencer's arms to answer it.
"Hi?" She looked up at 6 agents, well 5 agents and a Technical Analyst. They smiled at her and she barely had time to smile back before Spence wrapped his arms around her waist, kissed her cheek and invited them inside.
It only took an hour to get the rather large group giddy, everyone sitting on the sofas comfortably. Although it would've been nice for just the foursome to spend some time together, Kathryn found that she rather liked the company of the BAU too. Before long Garcia suggested to play 'Truth or Dare' to pass the time and have some fun.
Jennifer had pleaded to go first until they all gave in. "Morgan, truth or dare?" She asked cockily.
"Truth," the man answered quickly hoping that it wouldn't be too bad. If it was a dare then he was certain he'd get embarrassed.
"Have you ever confused a man for a woman and made a sexual gesture towards them?" This caught everybody's attention – especially when Morgan hung his head.
"Yes." The man mumbled sounding ashamed. He should have chosen 'dare'. Surrounding him was the noise of everybody snickering or giggling at him.
Hastily trying to get the attention away from him, for the first time ever, he quickly asked Garcia.
"Hmmm..." Penelope started, purposely dragging the word out. "Dare."
Needless to say, the woman was forced to lick sherbet from Emily's stomach, in front of everybody. The pair, unfortunately for Morgan, seemed to enjoy it. Then again so did he, it was actually quite the turn on.
Garcia looked around the circle of people, trying to decide who to pick on. She remembered what her boss had said to her a couple of days ago and a smile spread across her face. "Reid." He looked up wide-eyed and almost scared. This elicited a laugh from the group. "Truth or dare?" After a lot of contemplation he thought it was safest to go with truth. "Do you, or have you ever had a crush and / or been in love with..." She purposely paused there for a moment. "Kathryn." He glared at the bubbly woman wearing a white and yellow floral dress with a blue cardigan before gulping.
"Yes." He closed his eyes as he said it, hoping that it was a dream. He noticed Kathryn staring at him for a moment from beside him and suddenly felt like a pratt. He was thankful that she didn't move from his side though or tell him to move his arm from around her waist. Why didn't he choose dare?
"Seriously?" She asked.
"Yeah. It's truth or dare. Aren't there strict rules about it?" She smirked then, as he frowned – he couldn't tell if she was amused by that statement or laughing at him.
Two rounds later it was Lindsey's turn. "Kathryn. Truth or dare?" The blonde knew that she was more than likely going to choose dare because truth usually related to personal information and that is something her best friend always seemed to want to avoid.
"Dare." The woman had a feeling that she was going to regret her choice but it was too late to back out now.
"Kiss Spencer." Lindsey replied nonchalantly. The pair went wide-eyed before refusing profusely.
"She doesn't want to. It's fine. Just give her another dare." Reid attempted to get them out of it but it failed, the agents just sat there amused. He cursed Garcia silently for starting this.
"It's fine." She rolled her eyes as she said it; turning to Spencer and looking him in the eye. "Do you want to kiss me? If you want to then just kiss me." She could feel her heartbeat increasing as the two moved closer towards each other. Before their lips met he moved so he could whisper in her ear.
"Are you sure about this? You don't have to and it's not gonna hurt my feelings. I don't want to take this away from you."
"It's ok pretty boy. Just kiss me." With that he moved closer so that their noses and foreheads were touching. After a minute or two they closed their eyes and slowly moved in until their lips collided. Their kiss started rather nervously but ended with their tongues crashing against one another – but it was still slow and passionate. It seemed to last forever for the group but for Kathryn and Spencer it was over too soon. When they broke apart they smiled at one another, their foreheads still together.
"Kid where did you learn those skills." Derek asked. Spencer just smirked and winked at him.
"I am a genius Morgan." He stated giving him 'the look'.
"Wow and for a minute there I thought you were trying to say you weren't a virgin." The statement caused Kathryn to laugh and the others to giggle or smirk. The genius moved his evil stare from Morgan to Kathryn.
"I'm s-sorry." She told him between laughs after she'd noticed the stare. "It's just s-so, funny."
The young man sighed and looked back over to his best friend. "Thanks Morgan." He commented with a gesture towards the woman seated next to him.
"He's far from a virgin." Lindsey told them still smirking while her husband held her, her head on his shoulder.
"But you never denied that you were. You blush at the mere sight of a woman, when they talk to you you're off on a tangent on statistics or you stutter. You don't recognise when a girl's flirting with you. How are you not a virgin?" Garcia's best friend continued. Although JJ, Emily, Penelope, Aaron and Dave were wondering the same thing they'd never be so bold as to ask the young man. Each of them leaned in closer out of pure curiosity.
"I thought I'd let you continue to have fun attempting to set me up with random women. I wouldn't want to burst your bubble now would I?" He stated. Kathryn just sat there smugly as Reid pulled her into his chest so his arms were around her waist; their hands entwined. "I haven't been a virgin since I was 13, courtesy of this one." He gestured to the woman in his arms as she smirked up at him. "I can flirt and I'm not as socially awkward as you think – I just thought I'd humour you guys. So as for my skills, I have a lot of them. In bed and out. I'm a genius, what did you expect?" This had him smiling smugly as the others gaped at him, each one of them with a shocked expression.
"So how many women have you been with?" Garcia asked, her curiosity getting the better of her. Now that her partner in crime, Morgan, had started the discussion, she thought she may as well continue. The others nodded in agreement at the question; even Kathryn didn't know the answer to that.
"386. That's including twins and other threesomes that I've had since I was 16." The team were in full shock at this point, Kathryn staring at him in disbelief.
"You've really had sex with that many women? You're 27!" Lindsey asked, the reluctance in believing the man evident in her voice.
"It's been 11 years since I was 16. I kind of went overboard with sex after erm..." He shuffled slightly until the woman in his arms kissed his cheek and neck before holding his arms tighter around her. "Tobias. I just wanted to feel something, so I had a lot, maybe too much sex."
"SO..." Emily started, dragging out the 'so'. "You're telling us that you're as big a man-whore as Morgan over here. Or Rossi even?" Everyone other than the two accused laughed.
"No I just enjoy sex and am not in a relationship so why not?" He asked rhetorically. The others nodded as he did raise a fair point.
"Did you ever consider that the reason that neither of you have ever been in a relationship is actually because you're both in love with each other and are waiting for the other to own up to it? You have the potential to be a great couple but instead refuse to even entertain the idea yet alone give it a chance." Lindsey ranted kind-heartedly to the two. Both Lucas and her had been told by the pair about their feelings towards each other – they just didn't have the guts to say it out loud to the other because that would make it real. Both were afraid of rejection and they didn't want to mess up what they had despite them both wanting more out of their relationship. They often thought back to when they had given their innocence up to each other but then pretended it didn't happen and went back to how they were before. They longed to feel that way again but no matter how many people they had had sex with – none of them compared in any way to how they both felt that night.
Kathryn had never shown herself to anybody but him. She had never taken off her clothes for any man but Spencer. As beautiful as she was, she was insecure. He made her forget that – told her she was beautiful everyday, the way he touched her and kissed her made her feel things that she never thought were possible. He loved her for her. She loved him for him. It was completely unconditional and despite how many people they went home with, they always came back to each other.
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Tuesday's. The BAU team liked Tuesday's – they were the most consistent as more often than not they would be sitting at their desks doing paperwork after their 10am briefing.
"We don't have a case today so it's paperwork." Hotch told his subordinates with the usual intimidating look plastered onto his face. They were about to get up when Strauss walked in; Kathryn behind her.
"Agent Hotchner." The older, blonde woman announced. "This is the agent that we discussed. "She's officially going to be working here as an agent of the BAU." The section chief continued.
"Wait. What?" Kathryn was getting irritated which was very easy, especially when Strauss was added to the mix. "I don't want to work here, I have a job and I like it. I didn't put in for a transfer so you can't just move me." The woman had now turned around to the irate younger agent before she replied.
"You are now working here. I feel that your skills will be put to better use at the BAU. It'll provide you with a challenge and er, broaden your knowledge. That and you're a reckless agent with severe trust issues. You're lucky you haven't been fired – ignoring direct orders is dangerous to both yourself and the other agents out in the field with you." Strauss had stepped towards her now; making sure to look the alpha-female in the eye. The tension between them was evident throughout the room. "You can take this new position or you can hand in your badge and gun. It's entirely up to you.
"I can't even profile." The young brunette knew that that was a fail of an attempt to change the woman's mind but a girl had to try.
"You'll learn." That was the last thing she said before she left the eight bewildered agents in the BAU conference room.
"Welcome to the team." Garcia said, with a half-smile in order to fill the awkward silence that followed Strauss' departure.
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Sorry about the length of this but it's kind of two chapters in one :S
If you stuck with it and read it then thank you so much :D