An Old Friend

Chapter 16: Bar

Spencer
8:10pm
The team and I got to the bar at 8:04pm. We are all sitting at a round table in the back of the bar. The only person who isn't here is Mia. I'm pushing around my water when Derek sits in the seat I saved for Mia.
"You look good Pretty Boy. Trying to impress someone?" Derek says winking.
I blush. "Maybe."
"If you like her you should ask her out." Derek says.
"It's complicated. I'm scared that she doesn't like me the way I like her. What if I ask her to go on a date and she doesn't want to or it goes bad? It might ruin our friendship. I'm not good with relationships." I sigh.
"Listen to me. You and Mia are perfect for each other. You just haven't realized that yet. You should ask her out. I know she will say yes." Derek says.
I look directly at him.
"How do you know?" I ask.
He smiles "I just know." With that he takes the seat he was in before to talk to Garcia. I'm about to take a sip of my water when Mia walks through the door.
She's beautiful. She looks amazing in that dress.
The team notices that I'm staring so they turn and look at the door. Mia looks around the whole bar before she walks over to us.
"Hi." She says.
"You look perfect in that dress!" Garcia squeals.
JJ and Emily give her compliments too.
"Thank you!" Mia says excitedly. She sees the empty seat next to me and sits in it.
"You look beautiful." I say.
"Thank you." She says turning her head to hide herself blushing.
"Do you want anything to drink." I ask.
"Um. I'll have a coke."
I walk to the bar and ask the bartender for a coke. Before he gives it to me he says, "If you wanna have some fun with her later I can add some shots to her coke."
I look at him mortified and pissed.
"No thank you." I rudely say. "I just want a regular coke." The bartender looks at me weird but hands me the coke. I taste it to make sure he didn't put any alcohol in it. I walk back over to our table and hand Mia her coke.
"Thank you Spence. Also I would just like to say that you look very handsome in that dress shirt you are wearing." She says.
"Your welcome and thank you." After that Mia and I talk for about 2 hours before Derek comes over. He extends his hand.
"May I have a dance?" He asks.
Mia looks at me mentally asking me if I'll be ok while she is gone. I nod.
"Sure." Mia says accepting Derek's hand.
I watch Mia twirl and move her hips to the music.
She is a great dancer.
When the song is over Mia walks to the table and stands in front of me.
"Would you dance with me Spencer?"
"I d-don't d-dance. I'm not good at it."
She grabs my hand anyway dragging me to the dance floor.
"There is no good or bad way to dance just like there is no right or wrong way to dance. Just move you body to the rhythm of the song."
I do what she tells me.
"Is this good?" I ask.
"Perfect!" Mia replies smiling.
The next song that comes on is a slow song. Mia grabs my hands and puts them both on her hips. I tense up. She then puts her arms around my neck. She smiles.
"Come a little closer and relax."
She pulls me closers while I try to relax.
"Now feel the rhythm of the music."
Mia sways her hips and I follow her motion. As we dance we get closer and closer. Right now we are six inches apart.
"Spencer, can I tell you something?"
"Of course. You can tell me anything." I reply.
Four inches.
"I....I um. I r-really...." She stops to take a deep breath.

Mia
Why is this so hard?
"I....I um. I r-really...." Take a deep, calming breath.
We are now three inches apart.
"I really want to be more than friends. I don't know if you feel the same way but I had to say it."
Spencer smiles "I-I f-feel the same way."
I smile too.
Would it be weird to kiss him now. Oh screw it.

Spencer
"I-I f-feel the same way." I look at Mia to see she looks like she is deciding whether or not to do something. The next thing she does is close the gap between us by pressing her lips to mine. I haven't had much kissing experience so I copy what Mia does. Our kiss is gentle and sweet. When we break the kiss we rest our foreheads together. We are both smiling like crazy. We hear people whistling so we turn our heads in their direction. It's the team. The girls are clapping while Rossi and Derek are whistling. Hotch is smiling. We look back at each other and I ask Mia the question I've been dying to ask since high school. "Mia will you be my girlfriend?"
"I would love to!" She answers kissing me again.