The Secret Social Life of Dr. Spencer Reid Chapter 22

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"You're kidding right?" At Kathryn's incredulous look, he added "it's massive, we're having a baby, therefore there'll be me and you who share a room, obviously and the baby who'll be in the nursery. We don't need a five bedroomed house with two master bedrooms, three en-suite rooms, a too big kitchen and dining room, a games room, study and unusually large front and back garden. It's a little excessive don't you think?" The pair had looked at three houses so far and Spencer had found a problem with every one of them much to his girlfriend's annoyance.

"Well what if the team want to stay over or Lindsey and Lucas with Katie, what about when the baby's older or if we have more children?" Spencer widened his eyes slightly at the last part. "What? We may decide that we want more children at some point, way, way in the future. Like maybe when the kids six or eight for all I care as long as said child is no longer a baby or toddler. But it's a lovely house and the extra room is great. The kids – that's Henry, Jack and Katie included, can run around and wear themselves out. I don't want some really small house cos I don't want to have to move again." She was tired, pregnant and he was complaining. Not the best mix.

"I'm not complaining. I'm just speaking from a practical standpoint. Why waste money on a house that's way too big. Do we even have the kind of money for that?" She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Like I said, complaining." He was going to protest but thought better of it when she glared at him with a look that could rival Hotch's (and many people had tried, and failed, at that). "And yes, we do have that kind of money."

"We still have two houses to go, let's look at them and then decide?" House hunting had never been his thing and they both knew he'd cave and buy that house in the end but that wasn't about to stop him from trying to change her mind. He couldn't fathom why anyone would need that much space; like with Rossi, he lives alone yet lives in a mansion. Spencer would never understand it.

Before she could reply, they pulled up to the fourth house. The garden was nice, very green grass that'd obviously been well kept; this was reflected in the neat and very colourful flowers running down each side of the path, directing the pair to the front door. The outside of the house was very simple yet sophisticated, white panelling with even whiter window borders. The inside was better, The dining room had a wooden base, painted white and the top half of the walls were painted a dark red. The dining table set was a light wooden colour; the laminate flooring was just a little bit darker. The window to the right side brightened the whole room. An archway connected that and the kitchen, which again in Spencer's point of view was too big. The counter tops were marble and the cupboards etc were the colour of the table. Bar stools were laid out evenly across the island counters, giving an alternative place to eat. At the other side of the room lay the living room. The carpet was cream and soft, the walls one shade darker. Just like the dining room, a large window bathed the room in light. The large tv stood facing away from the window, on a diagonal slant, but despite that, the light didn't catch onto it so the picture wouldn't be affected by the light. The sofas were soft, cream colours, a corner sofa with plain purple cushions. A rug, the same colour, was placed directly in the middle of it with a light wooden coffee table placed on top of it. In the corner of the room stood a large radio / CD Player, which he thought Kathryn would have a lot of fun with.

"So, what d'yah think so far?" The pregnant woman asked, resting her head on his shoulder, he immediately put his arm around her drawing her near.

"It's nearly as big as the last one." His girlfriend rolled her eyes and huffed, about to leave the comfort when he proceeded; "but I like it, it'd be useful for get-together's and for the kids to run around." Actually, he did think it was too big but he didn't want to upset her and he supposed he could get used to it. She smiled at him and so he kissed her. "We still have to see the upstairs though before you get too excited, and the back garden."

The upstairs was just as good as the downstairs. The master bedroom was almost twice the size of the bedroom they had now, with two walk in wardrobes and a very big en-suite bathroom. The bath alone was big enough for at least three people and the shower had several shower heads that could all be turned on at any one time. They could also be set in any direction just like one could do with just a normal shower. The tiles matched – a dark blue, contrasted with the white toilet, sink, bath and shower. A large mirror sat on the wall where the sink was and on the slight corner wall just before the bath, there was a medicine cabinet. A cupboard near the door held soft white towels and two bath robes. The three other rooms were large and spacious, carrying a double bed, matched with a wooden set of draws and end table. The walls were painted a light blue with two white borders at the top and bottom, the carpet, again, a cream colour. The other, was exactly the same with the exception of the walls being yellow. The hallway was exceptionally large, there were two extra bathrooms, almost as big as the master bedrooms. Almost.

"I love it." She whispered to him as they were being led to the back garden. As soon as they were out of the double doors they stood on a deck, with a barbeque at the right end, a large table with a matching set of chairs by it. The garden was spacious and the fences were outlined with the same colourful flowers that were in the front garden; the colour of the grass the same too. It was a truly beautiful house.

"What's the price of it?" He asked the real estate agent, Betty. She was a young and well-kept young woman. She reminded the couple of Nichole but neither mentioned it.

"$460,000 sir. But it's worth it, you're sure to love it." She said, Betty really wasn't the best agent they could have had in that her 'persuasion' techniques were slim to none but she was lovely, and that's the one they got so they made the most of it.

"$460,000? Tell me you're joking?" He asked, completely serious. It was a great house but that much, the two only paid $65,000 for the apartment they got together and he knew a house would be more expensive, but still. The woman gave him a confused look before confirming that she was being completely honest. He looked at Kathryn then back at the woman sighing.

"It's ok if you don't want us to get it, we can go and look at the next house, and then decide on a different one." She told him sincerely. She thought the house was beautiful but she couldn't force Spencer to pay half – they agreed to go half each, Rossi and Morgan had offered to pay towards their house but they politely declined – and it was a little bit too expensive.

"I'm willing to offer $400,000." Spencer told the real estate agent firmly, Kathryn's expression turned to one of complete shock much to the genius' amusement.

"I'll talk with them about the offer and see what they say." She told them. They shook hands and insisted on not looking at the other house; from the images they'd seen prior it didn't look like anything they'd be interested in anyway. They only agreed to look at it to be polite. Besides, his pregnant girlfriend seemed exhausted so thought it best to just head home.

"You actually want that house?" She asked when they began driving, leaving the house alone and void of people once again. She loved the house but she wasn't sure he did.

"Yes I want the house. It was great." He smiled, briefly looking over at her before settling his eyes back on the road.

"So it's not because of me? I didn't make you put an offer down by making you feel bad or something?" She decided to ask cautiously as to not upset him, that wouldn't really be the best thing to do.

"I wanted the house, you told me that you did too so I put an offer down. Simple." The pair of them just hoped $400,000 would be enough for the owners.

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