I still can't believe someone left you laying around

Something precious like you should have already been found...

What if I'd stayed home and done nothing tonight

What if you had looked left and I had looked right

For once in our lives we were both on time

And now I found you

I saw a light

I heard a bell

You were the very best feeling that I ever felt

And suddenly you are standing here, mine all mine

I saw a light

I saw a light

-I saw a light by The Band Perry

Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.-Leo Buscaglia

Spencer awoke the next morning to his cell phone looked around and realized he had fallen asleep on the couch. Amber's books were still skewed across his coffee table and he could hear someone rummaging around in his kitchen. Spencer rubbed his eyes in an attempt to get the sleep out of his eyes. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and realized J.J texted him.

Case: Three twenty year olds missing in Quantico. Be here by 7.

-J.J

It was 5:35 in the morning Spencer noted to himself, as he got up from the couch and stretched.

"Amber?" He asked.

"Yeah?" She said slowly from behind the kitchen door.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he texted J.J back that he would be there soon.

Amber walked out behind the door and was carrying two plates of big pancakes. "I was making breakfast." She said in a perky voice.

Amber handed a plate to Spencer. "Thanks," he said as he took the plate. He had a puzzled look on his face. "you made these? In my kitchen?"

Amber nodded as she sat down in a chair. "I had to go pick a few things up;milk and eggs."

"I have milk and eggs," He stated as he sat down on the couch, plate on his lap.

"They were old, they expired 4 weeks ago." Amber said as she dug into her breakfast.

Spencer crinkled up his nose. "Ah, I did not know that." He cut off a piece of pancake and stuck his fork in it. He put the food in his mouth and chewed. "wow," he said, mouth still full of food. "these are pretty good."

Amber smiled, "Thanks."

"I was thinking," Spencer said as he continued to eat his breakfast, "I have work today. I have a case here in Quantico, so I'll be back later tonight. Why don't you stay the day to give this a test run?"

Amber thought for a moment as she stood up with her empty plate. "Alright," she answered with a smile. "I can clean this place up a bit." She continued as to walk into the kitchen. She was gone for a few seconds then appeared again.

"How long were we up last night?" Spencer asked before shoveling food into his mouth

"Hmmm...until about 12. We watched T.V ten and then fell asleep. I ended waking up at five," She sat down next to Spencer on the couch. "I feel bad that I didn't ask to leave sooner, you know, before we fell asleep."

"It's alright," he said as he finished his plate. "it was nice." he said with a smile.

"Here, I'll take that," Amber offered as she took his plate from him. "you go get ready for work."

Spencer stood up from the couch as he watched Amber walk into the kitchen. He shuffled to his room and picked out some clothes. He decided on a button up shirt, tie,dark khaki pants and a cardigan. He quickly washed his face, brushed his teeth and tried to brush his hair. Once he finished he was back in the living room with his messanger bag hanging over his shoulder. He was frantically looking for something, Amber had noticed this once she had gotten back into the room a few moments earlier. She started following him around the room, trying to pick up everything he had tossed.

"Spence,what are you looking for?" She asked as she put the pillows back on the couch.

"My phone and keys," Spencer said as he was tearing apart the living room. Amber tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and there they were in her hands. "where did you find them?" he asked.

"On the coffee table." she said as he grabbed them.

"Oh, I didn't look there..." Spencer said as he lightly chuckled, hoping Amber would think it was funny too.

"Hmmm...yeah I noticed." Amber said. Spencer quickly kissed her cheek, hoping that would make up for cheeks started to turn a light red. "just go to work."

Spencer nodded and quickly headed out of the apartment. "See you later!" he said as he closed the door behind him.

Amber shook her head. "What do I see in that brainy goofball?" she asked herself out loud.

Spencer headed out the front door of the building and to his car. He unlocked his car, hopped in and headed off to work. Once he got there he parked and quickly ran into the building. He got in the elevator and pushed the button that the BAU was on. Once the doors opened on his floor, he bolted out and made his way to his desk. Only Rossi and Morgan were at their desks, he assumed J.J was running around, getting everything together.

"Good morning, pretty boy," Morgan greeted.

"Morning," Spencer replied as he set his bag on his desk.

"So, what did you do last night?"

Spencer's stomach dropped. If Garcia told Morgan about Amber,he would never hear the end of it. "Um...nothing. Just read, caught up on Dr. Who," Spencer smirked. "the usual. What about you? Did you do anything special?" Spencer asked as he sat down at his desk.

"Nope, same old same old." Morgan replied.

Just then,what seemed like out of nowhere, Garcia appeared next to them. "Reid, can I talk to you?" She asked, trying to hide her excitement.

"Sure," He said as he slowly got up out of his chair. Spencer followed Garcia to her lair. She shut the door and squealed really loud. "ow," Spencer said as he put a hand to his ear.

"Okay, what happened? You have to tell me everything. Cause you know one way or another I will find out." She said very quickly. He was glad he had not yet taken his hand off his ear,since she was chatting it off.

Spencer sighed as he took his hand off his ear and sat down on the couch. "Everything?" he moaned. She nodded excitedly as she sat down next to him. "well, I got her coffee, headed to her place, we stayed there for a few hours and I helped her study. Then she wanted to see my place..."

"Oh, Reid," Garcia gasped. " I didn't know you that kind of guy." She nudged him with her elbow.

Spencer ignored her and continued. "so we got back to my place, I helped her study some more and she ended up sleeping over."

"Did you guys do anything?" Garcia asked with a wink.

"No, it's not like that." Spencer stated.

Spencer looked over at her,she was pouting and looked disappointed. "Well, that can't be it!" She exclaimed at him.

Spencer nodded. "It is." he said as he got up off the couch.

"But...but...you have no feelings for her?" Garcia said, trying rack her brain to figure out something else he wasn't telling her.

"Nope, not at all." He said flatly, Garcia knew he was was glaring at him.

"But when I saw you yesterday, you looked so happy and giddy." Garcia said as she stood up. Spencer just stood there and shrugged. "did she end up not liking you? Or was she using you? I swear, if i find out that she was using you, I'm going to break that little..."

Spencer cut her off, "She wasn't using me. It's nothing like that...look it's complicated. I just don't want to share anything about it right now. I don't want to get ahead of myself." Spencer explained.

Garcia sighed. "Alright, I just want you to be happy."

Spencer smiled warmly at her. "I know. I just need to take it at my own pace. I'll tell you, and the rest of the team, when I'm ready."

Garcia nodded. "Ok Reid," Garcia thought for a moment. "I really shouldn't have gotten into your business."

"It's okay, you were the one that looked her up for me in the first place." Spencer said with smirk as he patted her shoulder.

A smile crept upon Garcia's lips. "That's very true," Garcia agreed as she turned on her heels and opened her door. "come on, we don't want to be late. J.J will have our heads."

Back at Spencer's apartment, Amber had cleaned up the place; books back on the bookshelves, pillows in the right spot, his bed was made, bathroom was sparkly clean and Amber had done some grocery shopping. She had bought Spencer plenty of coffee to last him through an Apocalypse. Okay, so not that much, but it was close.

Amber plopped down on the couch and grabbed her psychology book off the coffee table. She opened up the book to the personality chapter. She started reading, but out of nowhere there was a knock on the door. Amber groaned as she set her book back on the coffee table.

"If I could get any studying done,it would be a miracle." Amber mumbled to herself as she opened the door. It was a blonde girl,no more than 30 years was wearing crazy glasses, makeup and clothes to match. "may I help you?" Amber asked slowly.

She had a big smile on her face. "Your Amber right?" she asked through her huge grin.

"Yeah, why?" Amber asked, curious as to how she knew her name

"I'm Penelope Garcia," she said as she held out a hand.

Amber reached over, shook it and nodded slowly, it was all coming together. "Ah, you're the tech analyst at the BAU."

"That is correct. May I come in?" She asked.

"Sure," Amber said as she let her in. Amber shut the door once Penelope was in Spencer's apartment.

"So, what are you doing here?" she asked.

Amber gulped. "Um...I'm house sitting..." Amber said, but it sounded more like she was asking Garcia,not telling her.

"House sitting?" Garcia asked, trying not to laugh.

"How did you know I was here?" Amber asked as she folded her arms across her chest and narrowed her eyes.

"I picked up a phone signal here, and I didn't recognize the number. But when I went through Spencer's recent calls, it was the same number." Garcia said as she leaned against Spencer's couch.

"How did you know my name?" Amber asked.

Garcia hesitated. "Well, when Spencer ran into you the first time, he wanted to find out who you were, so...we kinda...sorta looked you up."

"Oh...that's lovely." Amber snorted.

"Reid really likes you," Garcia blurted out.

Amber perked up. "He does?"

Garcia nodded. "One of our other S.S.A's found a notebook of his with your name written all over a few pages."

"I mean, I knew he liked me...but..." Amber trailed off. She thought for a moment, then said, "I've only known him for like...what...a week?"

"Author Leo Buscaglia once wrote, 'Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.' I think Reid realized that." Garcia shook her head at the thought, "I have waited and waited for that boy to find someone." she said as she looked at the floor.

"But why me?" Amber asked sadly.

Garcia looked up at her. "Oh sweetie," she said as she tilted her head to the side. "he sees something in you."

Amber shook her head in disbelief as she walked over to the couch and sat down. Amber huffed as she asked, "What though?" Garcia joined her on the couch. "I am nothing compared to him."

"Well, I think that's why he likes you. He's around people that challenge him all day, make him fight for others, and he looks at himself and realizes he...he doesn't have anyone," Garcia said. Amber sat there, Garcia's words didn't help. So she thought for a moment, then said, "Do you read?" Amber nodded. "you're going for your liberal arts degree right?" Garcia asked, Amber nodded again. "well, there you go. He can help you with things like psychology and math, but when it comes to english, you don't need help."

Amber let this sink in and after a few moments said, "So, he likes me because he can help me? But somethings I help him with," Amber paused for a moment, "like cleaning his apartment?" she said with a light giggle.

Garcia giggled along with her. "Yup, I think you help him realize it's okay to slow down sometimes and enjoy everything. You balance each other out."

"Yin and Yang."

"Yes, exactly," Garcia said, then got up from the couch. "I better go before he and the team realize I'm gone," Garcia headed for the door, Amber was right behind her. Garcia opened the door and turned to Amber. "oh, and I was never here. Got it?" she said firmly.

Amber nodded once. "Got it. I was never here either."

Garcia nodded and closed the door behind her. Amber walked back over to the couch. "My life is never going to be normal again." she said out loud, shaking her head and she sat down.

Hours of studying and countless cups of coffee later, Amber decided to take a break. She grabbed her phone. She had 5 texts, all from Spencer.

From:Spencer

Time:8:00am

How is everything?

From:Spencer

Time:8:32am

I hope you're studying.

From:Spencer

Time: 9:38 am

I hope that because you are not answering, that you are studying.

From:Spencer

Time:10:53am

Call me, please.

From: Spencer

Time:1:46 pm

If you don't understand something, move on, we can go over it later.

This feeling was weird,foreign to Amber. Having someone worrying about her, someone that wasn't her parents. Amber quickly texted Spencer back.

To:Spencer

Time:2:57pm

Everything is fine. I cleaned, got some groceries, and have been studying like a fiend. I have a few questions but I can wait till you get back. -Amber

Amber pressed the send button and leaned back against the couch. She threw her phone to the other side of the couch and took in a deep breath. Once she had relaxed, she got up off the couch and went to the kitchen. She grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it up with water from the fridge. She took many large gulps of water and slammed the cup down on the counter when she finished. Amber took many large deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling. Why am I so stressed? She thought to herself.

Spencer opened the door to his apartment later that night, at 8 pm. He saw Amber's books still skewed across his coffee table, but the rest of the apartment was clean. Spencer closed the door behind him and locked it.

"Spence?" He heard coming from the kitchen. He set down his bag on the floor and Amber appeared from behind the kitchen door. Amber ran over to him and gave him a realized what she was doing and quickly let go. "good to see you home," she said as she walked back towards the kitchen. "I made some dinner."

"What did you make?" He asked.

"Mac and cheese and peas," She giggled. Spencer pondered this food combination. "trust me, it's really yummy."

"Alright, I'll give it a try." He said as he followed Amber into the kitchen. Once in the kitchen he saw that she had a single red rose in a small vase, two plates of mac and cheese and peas and two glasses of milk sitting on the table.

"I remember you saying you like milk," she said as they sat down.

"That is true, I do," Spencer said as he started eating. "Did you know that red roses are given to those who you want to show love and passion to,people who you have great respect for, and those who have shown great quantity can also show something. A single red rose shows love, a dozen shows gratitude, twenty-five shows congratulations and fifty show unconditional love. Two red roses tied together symbolizes an engagement."

Amber smirked, "I know, I did my research,"

Spencer blushed as he pushed his glasses further up his nose with his index finger. He cleared his throat and said, "If I would have known, I would have gotten you fifty," He took a few sips of milk, then wiped off his mouth.

Amber couldn't help but get a big smile across her face. "You're just saying that,"

"No," Spencer blurted out as he looked her in the eyes. He gulped and quickly tried to change the subject. "how's your studying going?"

Amber sighed. "It's been a huge headache. I didn't realize I had mathwork to do too."

"When is that due?" Spencer asked as he continued his dinner.

"Monday night," Amber moaned.

"Well, after dinner we better get to it."

"Yeah, I guess..." Amber said, suddenly taking longer to finish the few bites of food she had left.

"Do you want to say over again tonight?" Spencer asked.

"Hmm...well I need some clean clothes...and a shower," Amber said as she looked at Spencer. He looked tired, beat and like he needed a shower too. "maybe I shouldn't tonight, you look really tired."

Spencer thought for a moment then said, "Well, we can go to your place, you can grab what you need and we can head back here. You can just shower here." Spencer watched as Amber finished her plate. "I'll take it," he said as he grabbed their empty plates and put them in the sink. "come on, let's go get you some clean clothes."

Spencer and Amber piled into Spencer's car and headed to Amber's apartment. Once they got there, Amber quickly ran upstairs to her apartment while Spencer stayed in his car. About 20 minutes later, Amber returned to the car with a small bag over her shoulder. She got in the car and they headed back to Spencer's apartment. Once back in Spencer's big, cozy apartment, Amber headed to the bathroom.

Spencer heard the door shut, then heard the shower water running. He loosened his tie and rubbed his eyes. Man, its been a long day. He thought to himself. He was tense, muscles tight like a bed spring. Spencer plopped down on his couch and tried to relax. His pocket beeped, he sighed as he reached in his pocket for his phone. He pulled his phone out and saw it was a text from Garcia.

Please, please don't mess this up. Think with your heart, not your head. -G

Spencer shoved his phone back in his pocket. He sat there for a few minutes, it felt like hours. He heard the bathroom door open and moments later saw Amber. Her hair was dripping wet. She had on pajama bottoms on with smurfette on them, she was wearing an old hoodie and a tank top.

"Nice pants," Spencer said.

"Thanks," Amber said happily. "wait, where you making fun of me?" she asked.

"No, not at all." Spencer said with a laugh. Amber walked over to him and hit his forearm. "ow!" Spencer shouted.

Amber stuck her tongue out at him. "That's what you get." she said as she walked over to the couch and sat down. She started brushing her hair.

"You know, you shouldn't brush your hair while it's wet. Hair is fragile when wet and it breaks that way."

Amber sighed as she set down her brush on the side table. "I look like a rat with my hair wet."

Spencer laughed, "No you don't! I do, trust me."

Amber laid back against the couch, moments later, Spencer did the same.

"This may sound weird," Amber said as she moved over to Spencer. "but when I first saw you it was like...I saw a light. Like I always saw everything dull in color and when I saw you, everything was bright and colorful."

Spencer was fighting back tears, happy tears. He had a lump in his throat, he swallowed hard and said, " No one has ever said anything like that to me before," He put his arm around her shoulder, pulled her close and kissed her wet hair. "your shampoo smells good."

Amber lightly giggled, "Thanks,"

They sat like this for awhile. Spencer then broke the silence, "I better go take a shower." He said as he slid his arm from behind Amber's neck, trying not to move her. Before he got up off the couch he kissed her head once more and stood up. He headed to the bathroom and shut the door. Once he had showered, put his clothes on and got ready for bed, he walked back into the living room. Amber was fast asleep on the couch. She looked like a little fairy, curled up in a ball, lightly breathing. Spencer grabbed a blanket from his room and draped it over her. He kissed her cheek and reached over her to turn off the lamp. He quietly tiptoed to his room, leaving his door open just a bit so that he could see her sleeping from his bed. He climbed in his bed, pulled his covers over his body and his head hit his pillow. His eyelids were heavy, it didn't take very long for him to drift to sleep, with a grin on his face.

Come live in my heart, and pay no rent-Samuel Lover

A/N- I think I'll leave it here,I could keep going but eh I want to start the next chapter!(which will leave off here so might as well). So yeah Garcia found out...but the rest of the team hasn't found out and Reid doesn't even know that Garcia knows. So...next few chapters shall be interesting! :) BTW Thanks for the reviews!