Love Is Biology

Part Two

Spencer and Emily

May 2010

Standing in the bar Reid told Emily "You're right. Something is bothering me lately."

Mick said, as he slapped a hand on Reid's back, "Well, mate, tis a shame. Have some ale and maybe you'll feel better. And if not then have another and at least you'll be sloshed so whatever it is won't seem so dire anymore. Always works for me. Now, not to be blunt, but we were in the middle of something so..."

Reid plucked Mick's hand off him. The way he did it said that if Mick touched him again he was gonna twist that arm around his back and not stop till he heard bones crunching. This concerned Emily because Reid was normally never upset except about bullies and Mick, though brusque, wasn't really a bully. Still he had clearly managed to rub Reid the wrong way.

Looking at Mick she asked "Can you...." she motioned for him to leave "give us five minutes?"

"Luv, you were just about to tell me about that time you skinny dipped in the Seine."

She rolled her eyes. "I got naked and jumped in. There. Now you heard the story. Now, really, I need five minutes so..." she was starting to get pissed at Mick.

He didn't understand what a big deal it was for Reid to seek her out to talk. She would be damned if the likes of British flirt Mick Rawson ruined Reid's chance to confide in her.

Reid said "Actually, that's fine, he can stay where he is since it seems to be such an imposition to allow us a brief amount of privacy."

Now Emily was fuming. That's it. She was gonna kick Mick's ass from here to China for messing this up. Reid would never say what was truly bothering him in front of a third party. And if Reid needed help Emily wanted to give it to him but Mick, who was a couple of pints in, couldn't stop being an alpha dog long enough to back down.

That was why he was not her type and never would be.

Reid paused for a moment and looked at Emily. "Would you like to dance? That way we can speak privately."

"Uh...sure! Okay!" She was flabbergasted. Reid hadn't ever seemed to much like dancing before he hurt his knee and now she certainly didn't expect that to have changed any.

They moved to the dance floor and into each other's arm. The bar was not known for playing all that many slow songs so the beat was kinda fast and they looked a little strange slow dancing to it but that is how Reid took her into an embrace and so she just went with it.

Chuckling nervous, after a moment, she said "Wow, you aren't half bad."

"Really? I haven't danced since..."

"College?" she teased.

"No but years ago. JJ and I used to dance here sometimes. Rarely. That was a long time ago and it doesn't relate any to what I came here to tell you except in one purely tangential way."

"Oh, okay. So you've been upset lately because of JJ?" She watched his face scrunched up and then she amended. "A woman? Come on, Reid, help me out here."

After a long moment he said "I learned a harsh lesson about ignoring latent desires, that's how it relates."

"You've lost me now. But I do wanna follow you so why don't you back up and start at the beginning or, since its you and the beginning might involve a recitation of the history of the world, try the middle."

Just then her cell rang. She grimaced and shot Mick a dirty look. It was his ring tone and she knew he was just messing with her. He smiled and crooked his finger at her, encouraging her to come back to his side.

Spencer followed her eyes. "I dislike him immensely. Do you think that's unfair of me?"

"He's an acquired taste. Ignore him. I am. So, go ahead, what were you saying?"

"Do you enjoy his company?"

"Rawson? He's all right, I guess. He's funny but he can get to be annoying too." Her phone rang again with Rawson's ring tone. "Case in point. He's kinda childish sometimes and yet strangely fun to be around at other times. But who cares about him right now? Come on, talk to me. What's up with you? I've been worried about you lately."

"I've been obsessing somewhat recently on things that make no logical sense."

"Oh yeah? Like what? And don't say tangential again. Get to the point this time."

"I feel an unhealthy rage and it is all directed squarely at Rawson."

Emily looked over her shoulder at the other BAU agent. He gave her begging hands, like he was praying, as he pleaded for her to come back. "Rawson? Why? Did he say something to you that was rude?"

Anger bubbled up in her just thinking about what Mick might have said to upset Reid to this point. It had to be really awful but what could it have been?

Reid told her "He doesn't speak to me much, certainly never if you're not around. I would assume he can feel my dislike for him and, as a profiler, guesses what it is relating to."

"Reid, what did that jackass do?"

They danced in silence for a moment before Reid said "He has a crush on you."

"Yeah, so what? That doesn't mean I'll blow off him hurting one of my friends. So spit it out. What went down? If you're here then I know its big so what is it?"

"He has a crush on you."

"You said that already."

"That's what it is. I hate him for having a crush on you. Like I said...illogical."

She stared at him for a long moment. "I don't understand." Of course, a part of her did have a clue but she couldn't believe that Reid may actually be jealous of a guy who was into her. "Wait a minute, is this because you feel protective of me? Cause that's sweet but I can kick his ass, if need be, so don't worry about him jerking me around....is that it?"

"That I feel he could hurt you? Perhaps, I suppose, that could be a part of it, yes, but...in all honesty...no, it is not the greater part of my issue with him."

"Then what? You're gonna have to spell it out for me."

He stopped dancing and let go of her. She startled. He took her hands and pressed them both over his heart. "The heart pumps an increased amount of blood at a faster rate than normal when sexually stimulated or romantically inclined and over the last few months, and the last month especially, I find that mine is experiencing this condition when in proximity to you."

She stared at him for a long moment, in a happy daze, and then smiled, moving closer to him and wrapping one arm around his neck. "That is very interesting to know, Dr. Reid."

"Do you really think so? Because I could tell you much more, if you would like to listen."

"Tell me more," she said, making it clear she was happy to hear he was into her but the only thing she wanted, rather than dry medical facts, was a kiss.

Reid leaned over and slowly brought his mouth to hers in a tentative first kiss while Mick, at the bar, threw up his hands, rolled his eyes and told the bartender "That mate just nicked my dame."

Emily was all smiles when she pulled out of her kiss with Reid. "So that's why you hate Rawson, huh? You're right. Its completely illogical."

"I do know that. The likelihood of you and I making any sort of sense is almost nil."

She pushed at his shoulder. "God, Reid, for being a brain you can be dumb. That's not what I meant. Ugh. Thanks a lot! And just why would you and I make no sense, huh? No forget it! I don't wanna know! You will not kill my buzz." She calmed down and smiled at him. Moving close she took his hand and then wrapped his other around her waist and they started to dance again. "What I meant was that it is illogical to hate him for spending time with me because I would rather spend time with you....you just could never see it and so I thought...what the hell? You know. A woman can only flirt so much before she gives up."

"You've been flirting with me?"

"DUH!" She chuckled and leaned her head forward so that her forehead was against his shoulder for a minute and then looked up. "Embarrassing, huh? You never even gave me a second look till, I guess, Rawson showed up. Huh. I owe that guy a beer, for sure."

"It was rude of me to interrupt your date. Not very gentleman like, I'm afraid."

"Reid, don't worry about it. It wasn't a date and even if it was, if you felt like this about me then you damn well better interrupt my date or even my wedding ceremony.....cause I'd wanna know. I'm glad you came here and gave me a biology lesson on the heart."

"It is one of the most vital organs of the human body. It's not healthy to ignore it."

She smirked. "Oh, I totally agree. Very unhealthy to ignore its impulses. I wouldn't want you to get sick. You better listen to whatever it wants from now on."

"I suppose it's a matter of my health so I must."

They danced for a moment in silence, a soft smile on her lips. He lifted his hand off her waist and ran a finger down her cheek. Reid said "I was sure this would end badly today but you're happier than I've ever known you to be....huh, and its over me."

"Don't be so shocked. Why shouldn't it be you that makes me happy? Should it be a guy like Rawson?" She rolled her eyes. "He doesn't have the qualities I look for in a date."

"He doesn't?"

"Not at all."

"That's surprising."

She chuckled. "Only to you and probably him. He wants to think I am just kidding when I say I don't want him but I'm dead serious and you....can't see how awesome you are." She jabbed his chest playfully. "Lucky for you that I can."

"I agree. It is lucky for me."

She chuckled again. "You better! You can't lead me on like this and then not give it up."

"It?" he joked, pretending to be clueless.

"Yeah, it," she teased. "I'm sure you have some statistics about how it is important to courtship."

"Oh, it!" he joked. "Yes, it does play a large part in the successfulness of a pair bond."

Titling her head and moving in for a kiss she murmured "You bet your ass it does."

His lips pressed against hers once more in a sweet kiss that promised a romantic future she had been waiting a very long time to have with him.

Once they finally left the dance floor they realized Mick Rawson was long gone. Days later he came back around Emily's desk to tell her he was happy for them and offer to buy them a drink sometime. He played off his disappointment but it was clear his smile was hiding a little bit of pain. Mick was the type to bounce back quickly, though.

Emily was way too happy and excited at that point to really focus on him anyway. That night was going to be her first sleep over with Reid, after three nights of going out together. Reid told her each night they could wait. But why would she wanna wait?

She had been waiting for way longer than he even knew already. Tonight would end the very long wait and take Spencer Reid officially out of her fantasies and into her bed.

Thank God he had gotten jealous. He was so different than other men, in the way his scientific based brain worked, but when it came to some things he was just the same as all men all over the world. When he saw another man moving in on the woman he wanted he felt a burning ache in his bones and he had to do something to make that end.

Mick coming into her life had really changed things for the better. Just not in the way that Mick would have wanted. It was just the way that Emily Prentiss wanted though.

That night she was gonna show Spencer that and make it so he got it through his head once and for all just how much she cared about him and where he needed to be spending all his nights. No more sleeping alone imagining his caresses, his hot skin moving against hers, and his mouth sucking on her till she whimpered.

No more being lonely. No wonder she couldn't stop smiling as she did her paperwork. Now if only Morgan would stop smirking because he had been right all along about her and Reid being hot for each other.

Then this day would be perfect.

THE END