A/n- Not sure if Spence finished his degrees when he was twenty-two or what...I know he was working on Philosophy (while in the BAU) but I looked on a few sites and they didn't say. He joined the BAU at twenty-two so I guess that's when he finished his degrees(not counting Philosophy.) Sorry this took a bit longer than I wanted. I got stuck on a few parts.
The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.-Ring Lardner
That night, Amber, Spencer and Amber's parents sat down for dinner. They sat in silence, the awkward tension hung above them.
"So, Spencer," Amber's mom finally said. "where did you go to school?"
"MIT and Cal-tech," Spencer informed as he took a sip of water.
"Really? Wow," Kim said, impressed.
"I have PhDs in mathematics,chemistry and engineering. And BAs in psychology and sociology."
Amber's mother and father stared at him, their mouths gaped. "Uh...wow. That's a lot of schooling. When did you finish all of that?"
"When I was Twenty-two, I'm twenty-six now." Spencer said, then put a fork full of homemade meat loaf in his mouth, chewing slowly.
"How old were you when you finished high school?" Ed asked. Amber was shocked by her father's sudden interest in Spencer, but she tried not to show it.
"Twelve," Spencer responded as some of his hair fell in front of his beautiful brown eyes. He quickly tucked the fallen hair behind his ear,took a sip of water and looked around the room as he did so, hoping no one noticed. But Amber noticed and it made her smile to herself. She had never seen Spencer so nervous,so flustered and it was adorable on him.
"Wow, that is very impressive," Ed said. "You must be very smart,"
"He has an I.Q of 187 and has an eidetic memory," Amber informed.
"So you really are a genius." Kim said.
Spencer nodded," Yes,"
"I hope you rub off on Amber," Kim joked.
"Yeah, maybe since now she's with you she will get better grades and help you around your apartment." Ed laughed.
Spencer had a confused look on his face,"What do you mean?"
"She used to be so lazy when she lived with us," Amber's mother said. "She never helped us around the house, always just stayed on her laptop or watched T.V." Amber was staring down at her plate, her parents were really testing her.
"She always helps me around the apartment, it's always spotless when I come home," Spencer defended.
"She must just throw everything in a closet," Kim laughed, acting as if her daughter was not in the same room.
"Or hide empty bowls in her room," Ed mumbled.
"That's right, I almost forgot she did that."
"Yeah, because I was ashamed to eat!" Amber blurted out. Her face turned red, she panicked, not sure what to do next. She drew in a deep breath and let it out slowly. "look, can we just drop it? It was a long time ago, I don't live with you guys anymore and I don't do any of those things anymore."
"Fine," Her mother said.
Spencer shifted awkwardly in his seat. "Did you know 'Kafa' or 'Kofta' is the Lebanese version of meatloaf. It is usually beef or lamb mixed with onions, parsley, and various spices flattened into a square loaf and covered in either tomato sauce or tahini sauce. It is baked with the sauces and enjoyed with rice and potatoes." Spencer said quickly. Ed and Kim gaped at him again. Spencer's eyes darted between the two of them. "I thought we were changing the subject..."
"We are..." Kim trailed off. She straightened up her seat and beamed at Spencer. "I did not know that." She said as she flattened out the tablecloth near her plate.
"I did," Ed grumbled.
Amber rolled her eyes, then stood up from her seat, she grabbed her plate and walked into the kitchen, and walked over to the sink. She rinsed off her plate and stuck it in the dishwasher. Amber sighed as she leaned against the sink. She heard a chair squeak against the floor of the dining room and could hear footsteps getting closer to the kitchen. Spencer appeared, holding his dish. Amber slid over, her back never leaving the counter top to make room for him to reach the sink. He did the same as Amber, rinsed off his plate then opened the dishwasher, put his plate in and shut the door to the dishwasher. He leaned against the counter top and looked at his girlfriend.
"I am so glad you came with me, I don't think I would have been able to survive this by myself." Amber said as she moved back over to the sink. She then laid her head on Spencer's shoulder.
"You're parents are quite...interesting."
Amber laughed then said, "Tell me about it. They never let anything go. They are so...anal."
Spencer lightly chuckled. "Yeah, but you don't have to live with them anymore."
"True," she said taking her head off his shoulder. She leaned off of the counter top, stood in front of Spencer and they wrapped their arms around each other. "that's why I just want to be the only girl you love all your life."
Spencer wrapped his arms tighter around her, he could feel his eyes starting to water as he rested his chin on her head. He tried to swallow, pushing out the lump in his throat. He swallowed again and said, "I'd like that...I would be the luckiest man in the whole world."
"Aww," they heard. They pulled apart from each other, Amber turned to see her mother standing there. She was tearing up, Amber expected this, since her mother was a very emotional woman. She clapped her hands together in joy. "you two are so cute," she rejoiced as she walked over to them.
"Mom, how long were you standing there for?" Amber asked.
Her mother pondered this for a moment then said, "Since Spencer said that you didn't...you didn't have to live with us anymore," Her mother paused, she shook it off then, turned to Spencer and said, "anyways, I...I really wish Ed would see how great you are Spencer,"
Spencer lightly blushed. "I'm not that great,"
"Don't be modest!" Amber's mother said. She beamed at the two of them, with happiness and pride. "I have a feeling you two are going to be together for a long time."
"Mom," Amber moaned. "We have only been together for like 3 months,"
Amber's mother put a hand on her daughter's shoulder. "I dated your father for six months before we got married, and look at us. We have been married almost thirty-three years." Amber's mom took her hand off of her daughter's shoulder. She looked over at Spencer, his eyes were wide, he looked like he was about to be sick.. "Are you okay?"
Spencer took a moment to answer," Yeah...I just...wow...six months." His voice cracking from time to time. Amber's mother chuckled at the young man suddenly flustered.
"Don't worry,we won't be getting married anytime soon." Amber assured.
Spencer let out a long breath of relief. It's not that he didn't want to be with Amber forever, he just wasn't ready yet. He wanted to make sure that she would be with for him and be there for him, no matter what. He just started trusting again. It's hard to trust people after you have been hurt, made a fool of or have been tricked. Spencer looked at Amber, she smiled at him and he smiled back. He prayed that she wasn't leading him on, it wasn't that he didn't trust her, but this was just the beginning of their new found love. And new love is always fun and scary at the same time. It's about learning about someone, getting to know them, and getting to know who they are. Many people fake who they are when they are first with someone, or they are just attracted to each other because of 's why many relationships fail, there has to be something more there, there has to be that spark. Spencer knew in his heart that this was more than just looks. He knew he wasn't that great looking, but Amber was like a fresh breeze in the early morning on a summer day.
There was something about her, he couldn't quite figure it out yet. He loved that she was so innocent, sweet and just a great person in general. He loved coming home from long days at work to see her bright, sweet face to welcome him home. He knew that in the long run, he would love marrying Amber but that won't be for a while.
"Well," Amber said as she gave Spencer a hug, then hugged her mom. "I'm going to turn in," Spencer quickly looked at his watch and realized it was already almost ten-thirty.
"Yeah, I better get to bed as well." Spencer yawned. Spencer said goodnight to Kim and the two of them headed to their bedrooms.
"How did you sleep last night?" Kim asked Amber as she walked into the kitchen the next morning to pour herself some coffee.
Amber glared at her mother, "I would have slept better if Spencer was in the same bed." She said then smiled. Amber walked over to the coffee pot and took a cup from the cup rack. She poured herself some coffee, she walked over to the fridge and grabbed some creamer. She poured in some creamer and took a spoon out of the drawer to stir in the creamer. She took a quick sip and grabbed another cup off the rack. She poured the coffee in the cup, grabbed a packet of sugar, ripped of the top of the packet and poured the sugar in the coffee. She stirred with the spoon that she had used for her own cup. She set the spoon in the sink, grabbed the cups by their handles and walked over to the kitchen table. She set down her cup in front of her and the other cup next to her. Just on time, there was Spencer, walking into the kitchen.
He had a big smile on his face that morning, "Good Morning," he greeted as he walked over to the table, gave Amber a kiss on the cheek and sat down in a chair. He took a sip of his coffee and set the cup down.
"How did you sleep last night Spencer?" Kim asked as she started making breakfast.
"Pretty well," he admitted. "It was kind of hard to sleep without Amber next to me, it always is." he took a sip of his coffee and smacked his lips together. "Thanks for pouring my coffee Am."
"You're welcome pretty boy," she teased. Spencer rolled his eyes at her, causing her to giggle.
Amber's mom raised an eyebrow. "Pretty boy?" she questioned her daughters nickname.
"Have you been talking to Morgan?" Spencer asked as his eyes narrowed at his girlfriend.
"Maybe," she giggled. "I've been texting him and Garcia."
"I emailed Rossi,I told him to talk to his publicist about getting some of your work published." Spencer said. "they are probably going to want to see some of your work."
Amber had a huge smile on her face,"I hope they get back to me soon," she said as she took her phone out of her pocket and she started typing away.
"Now what are you doing?" Spencer asked.
"Nothing," she said with a smirk on her face. Spencer sighed and took a sip of his coffee. He watched Amber quickly type away on her phone. She hit send and set her phone down on the table. "If you must know, I was texting Morgan, asking him for Rossi's number."
"I could have given you his email."
"I know," Amber said, she took a sip of her coffee then set down her cup. "But, I think it's better to have their numbers, just incase something were to happen."
"Good idea,"
"I know," she said with a smirk as her phone lit up. She quickly texted the person back and began another text.
To: Agt Rossi
Time: 8:05 am
Hey Rossi, Morgan gave me your number and I know Reid emailed you but i figured this was faster.
Amber hit send and set her phone down. There was now loud footsteps coming down the hall, Amber knew that was her father. He always had to be loud when he walked, so everyone knew he was dominant and was a warning to everyone in the house that he was coming. Amber's father entered the room and grimaced at Spencer. Spencer quickly looked down at the table, he felt like he was back in high school, being bullied by the older kids.
"Morning," he grumbled.
"Morning dear," Amber's mom said as she continued to make breakfast. Ed grabbed the cup that was sitting on the counter for him, his wife always brought him coffee in the morning, except today because of Amber and Spencer. Amber assumed that was why he was cranky. Ed took a seat across from his daughter, Spencer was in the middle of them at the head of the table. He sat up and shifted in his seat.
"Amber tells me that you were an electrical engineer," Spencer said.
Ed took a sip of coffee and nodded. He set down his cup and sat back against his chair. "That's correct,"
"And that you were majoring in physics but changed after your last semester."
"Yes,"
"Why is that?" Spencer asked as he pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose with his index finger.
Ed's eyes narrowed at him, trying to see if the young man was tricking him into revealing something about himself. " It was the late seventies, I didn't think physics would give my future family a stable source of income."
"I was mostly taking my prerequisites," Kim interjected. "I still wasn't sure what I wanted to be..." She told Spencer as she walked over to the table and set down two plate full of pancakes in front of Ed and Spencer.
Kim walked back over to the counter and picked up a plate of pancakes for Amber and set them down in front of her, as she did so, Amber's phone lit up. "Who could you be texting? Your boyfriend is sitting right next to you."
"I do have friends you know mom," she said as she picked up her phone and read the text message.
From: Agt. Rossi
Time:8:15 am
This way is fine, I told my publicist about you and she would like to have you send her some of her work. I'll send you her email later.
To: Agt. Rossi
Time:8:15 am
That's great! And alright, thanks Rossi.
Amber hit the send button and started eating her breakfast. She noticed her father and Spencer had started talking, about engineering and physics, which was probably why she just realized that they were talking. She could listen to Spencer talk about anything for days, but her father...let's just say he thought he knew everything, but he didn't. Kim walked back over to the table after getting herself a plate of pancakes off of the kitchen counter. She sat down next to her daughter and raised an eyebrow. "I'm shocked," Kim whispered to her daughter. "he's actually getting along with a human being,"
Amber giggled, "I know, it's so odd."
"I knew they would eventually get along,"
Amber nodded. "And it didn't even take that long to do so. Spencer is very good at knowing how to talk to people." she said then continued to eat her breakfast. Her phone lit up again and she picked it up to see whom had texted her.
From:Agt. Rossi
Time: 8:18 am
How's Reid doing meeting your folks?
To: Agt. Rossi
Time:8:19 am
It wasn't too great at first but now it's better.
Amber hit send and set down her phone. She continued to eat as she happily watched her dad and boyfriend chatting about engineering.
After they finished breakfast and helped clean up the kitchen a bit, Spencer and Amber went out to the barn to see the horses. "So," Amber said as they headed towards the barn. "my dad and you seem to be getting along better."
"Yeah," Spencer smiled. "I think he just has to get used to me, once we talk more he should be more comfortable with the idea of us dating."
"It will just take some time,"
"Yes." Spencer agreed as they stopped at the fence. Amber opened the gate and the horses galloped over to her.
"Do you want to ride?" Amber asked.
Spencer's eyes got big and bug eyed. "Ride what?" he stammered.
"A horse," she responded.
Spencer's face turned bright red, he could feel himself starting to sweat. Damn Garcia and Morgan for their sexual innuendos towards each other, they were starting to mess with him."Uh, alright. I've never rode a horse before."
"It's alright," Amber said as she walked towards the immediately regretted his decision. He couldn't even play baseball, how was he suppose to ride a horse? Moments later, she came back carrying a saddle and bridle. "I'll teach you." She smirked.
A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.-Ian Fleming
A/N- Thanks for all the great Reviews! They keep me motivated :) Next chapter will be up soon! It will show some more of Spencer and Amber bonding and getting closer...but that's all I'll tell about it! Thanks for the reviews, follows,and faves!