Spencer Reid Extras

Lila

Season 1: Episode 18

"Here you go." Lila said, setting a colorful cup of tea down on the coffee table in front of where Spencer sat. He was still looking around with wondrous eyes at her house, or rental house she said. She sunk down in the couch next to him, awfully close for how much space they potentially had. Spencer's heart rate picked up, feeling her presence so closely beside him. He was sent to protect her, and she wasn't making it too easy to focus.

"Thank you." he said, reaching over to take the steaming cup of tea in his hand. He held it up to lightly blow cool air on the surface as Lila scooted closer to him, her leg brushing up against his own. His heart lurched at the contact. Reid watched her out of the corner of his eye, looking at the way she looked so comfortable with nearly cuddling up next to him. He had never expected to get this kind of attention from a girl. Not to mention, a beautiful actress girl. He still somehow couldn't quite believe it. Just the thought left Reid in a stuttering mess.

"Um... uh, so I should show you what to do about your, um... windows..." he stammered, diverting his eyes to everywhere but Lila. She was quite the opposite though. He sensed her eyes intently watching him, with a fond expression that he had never really gotten from anyone.

"I have a better idea. Let's watch a movie!" She said, bouncing up a bit excitedly. Spencer put his tea back down on the table and looked over at her with wide eyes.

"No! No, movie!" he said, shaking his head frantically. He'd only been there for not even ten minutes yet and she already had complete disregard for his safety measures. She was being stalked for God's sake!

"Spencerrrrr" she whined, standing up and taking his hand in hers, yanking him up off the couch with all of her might. Reid frowned and tried to ignore the fact that her hands were so soft and warm...

"Come on, I'll even let you pick." she said, trying to drag him off into another room. Spencer stayed stationary however, planting his feet firmly to the ground so that she just was tugging on his arm persistently without any progress.

"No, Lila. I'm serious, I need all my focus. I can't watch a movie." he said, although not at all assertively like he wanted to. It came off more shy and timid, making her continue to persist.

"Don't be such a party pooper." she said, making Reid roll his eyes and smile a bit.

"I'm not here to party! I'm here to protect you from a psychotic killer!" he argued, watching as she dropped his arm and became occupied with something else on the other side of the room. There was a child-like wonder about her that was admittedly cute, but at the same time exhausting.

Lila eventually got tired of trying to get Spencer to watch a movie with her and went to her room to get ready, Spencer assuming that she meant to go to sleep. The thought of her even alone for a few minutes scared him, but he wasn't going to be constant enough to stand right outside her room. She needed some space at least.

Instead Spencer walked around, looking at things that she could make safer in the face of a threat of a stalker. He eventually found himself looking at the piece of art hanging on her wall with strips of photos put together in a collage of sorts. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at it, trying to figure out what Lila had meant earlier at the art gallery when she'd asked how it made him feel. The only thing he really felt right now was all kind of nervous. Nervous for Lila's safety, nervous just for the sake of being alone with a flirty beautiful girl, and nervous that he'd either mess things up with her or with his job to protect her.