Wanna be Yours ! Criminal Minds Imagines

☆ Elle ☆

" You know New years is the perfect time to kiss her."

Your friend, Derek, teased you as he caught sight of your lingering attention on Elle. Out of annoyance, you grabbed a nearby pencil off your desk to throw at him.

He laughed even more when he managed to dodge your poor pencil toss. " you know, you don't have to be a profiler to see how much you like her." You rolled your eyes, turning to face him before leaning back in your chair.

Derek sat on your desk with a mug of coffee and an grin that irritated you, " oh shut up, I was just loo-"

"Looking at her hair, outfit, shoes." He finished your sentence. " you should try to come up with a new excuse, (l/n)."

" oh whatever, you're crazy if you think I have some kinda crush on her." You defended yourself. As you finished your sentence, Reid appeared next to you guys. " crush on who?" He asked.

" Nobo-"

"Elle" Derek spoke over you. You looked at him with an annoyed look, " Dude, shut up!" You exclaimed only causing him to chuckle even more at you. You looked back at Reid. " I mean, you do show all the signs of infatuation with her."

You looked up at him puzzled, " ok genius, how exactly do I show that I have a crush on her?" You asked, avoiding even saying her name in hopes she wouldn't hear even if she was talking with JJ by the coffee machine.

" For starters, you're always staring at her even during case briefings, even when she's not talking or in the conversation."

You avoided looking at your friends out of embarrassment once you realized that was true. That didn't stop Reid from continuing.

" You tend to act flustered if she even remotely physically interacts with you. And you two are always are hanging out together, even Hotch knows to automatically pair you two together."

Your cheeks warmed up to the sudden, and accurate, accusations being made at you. You shook your head in denial, " We're also just best friends, and don't think I don't notice you doing the same thing towards JJ, genius."

Reid widen his eyes, and quietly brought his mug up to his lips to avoid responding anymore. Derek only laughed more as he knew it was true, " And you, I don't want to hear any talk of crushes or dating advice until you can keep a girl longer than one night."

You mocked him pointing an accusing finger at him. He threw his free hand up in defense, " My bad, just trying to help you win her over."

You opened your mouth to fight back when a voice caught your attention, " Help win who over?"

All three of you guys turned to see both JJ and Elle standing near your desk. You shared a panicked look with Reid and Derek before leaning up in your chair. Derek stood up to move towards them.

" About nobo-"

"You"

Derek answered quickly before he and Reid swiftly moved way to the coffee machine to avoid facing the awaiting moments.

Your eyes meet JJ, silently pleading with her to stay and ease the awkwardness. JJ only gave you a sympathetic grin before giving a half assed excuse to leave the conversation.

You nervously glanced over at a smirking Elle, " so what did he mean by win me over?"

You chuckled akwardly before clearing your throat, " Like win you over to let me go to your New Years Party, I couldn't get any plane tickets to see my family in time, and I don't want to spend it alone." You rambled on avoiding her gaze.