An Old Friend

Chapter 18: Weird Date

Mia
"Ugh, we have been driving forever. Are we there yet?"
Spencer chuckles, "We have been driving for 7 minutes. We will be at the restaurant soon."
I sigh.
One. Two. Three. Four.
I count the blue cars that drive by. After five excruciating minutes Spencer parks and says, "We're here."
I squeal and admire the exterior of the restaurant. The doors are made of mahogany and the rest of the building is made of stone bricks. Spencer catches me staring
"The inside is even better."
He gets out of the car and walks rushes to the passenger door. He opens the door extending his hand. I accept and we walk hand in hand through the door to the hostess podium.
"Spencer Reid for two." He says.
In return the hostess says, "Follow me."
When she seats us I let my eyes roam. Spencer is right, the inside is better. The walls are painted a pale, butter yellow and the floors are tiled a light brown. I look up at the dazzling crystal chandeliers. It's beautiful. A young waiter walks up to our table.
"Hello. My name is Daniel and I'll be your waiter tonight. Do you know what you would like to drink?" His eyes go from Spencer to me.
"I'll have a water." I say.
Spencer smiles, "I'll have a water too." The waiter's eyes pierce Spencer with so much intensity that I think his eyes might actually hurt. The waiter then walks away.
Weird.
I ignore my thought and open my menu.
Catfish. No. Crab. Too messy. Duck. Mmmmmmm!
I feel someone staring at me so I look up. It's Spencer. I smile.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You are just so beautiful." He answers.
I blush. I'm about to answer when someone's arm brushes my back making me jump. I turn to see Daniel. He comes from behind me to my left setting down our waters.
"Are you ready to order?" He says pretending not to notice he touched me.
"Not yet. Could you give us a minute?" Spencer says not picking up on Daniel's weird vibes.
"Sure," and he leaves.
"What are you going to have?" I ask Spencer.
"The roasted duck. What about you?"
I smile at him, "I'm getting the duck too. Are you trying to copy me today?"
"Maybe." Spencer says matching my smile to prove my point. I fold my menu just as Daniel comes over again.
"Are you ready to order now?" He asks.
He was literally here 2 minutes ago. How is Spencer not noticing this dude is a bit......off?
"Yes we are." Spencer answers.
Daniel smiles and intensely stares at me. "What are you having?"
Spencer finally noticed Daniel is creeping me out so he scoots his chair next to mine. "We are both having the roasted duck."
When Daniel hears Spencer speak he shoots daggers at him. "Would you like an appetizer?"
"Yes. We will both have a salad."
Daniel flashes me a smile then leaves.
"That was weird." Spencer says.
"Very. But let's try to ignore him." I reply leaning my head on Spencer's shoulder. Before we start talking we wait for Daniel to give us our salads. Once he does Spencer and I talk about our families. Spencer fills me in on his mom and recent weird call he got from his dad.
"He has never just calls me for no reason. He only calls when he has to, like holidays."
"I think you're the one being weird. Maybe he just needed someone to talk to."
After Spencer finishes I talk about my family. I tell him my mom and dad are fine and that my sister finished college. I tell him how I wanted to visit her but we were on a case at the time and I couldn't go. But she understood. About 35 minutes into our date Spencer gets a call. He looks at the caller ID and sighs.
"Hi Hotch."
I groan. There is a long pause.
"We will be there is 7 minutes and 3......"
Spencer looks at his phone in shock. "He hung up on me. Why? What?"
I giggle. "I'm sure he just had to call the rest of the team."
Spencer pulls out his wallet while mumbling "rude" and "it would have only taken a second."
I take Spencer's hand and we walk to his car.
7:45pm
Spencer was right. It took us 7 minutes and 3 seconds to get to the BAU. Spencer and I walk into the briefing room to see the team with an array of emotions splattered on their faces. When we take our seats Garcia starts briefing.
"In the lovely state of Montana four young adults, male and female, have been found died. They were all tortured in different ways. They received this torture for a week before they were killed and their body's were dumped."
"Wait. This has been going on for 4 weeks and we are getting called in now. Why did it take so long?" JJ asks.
"Because my pretty all the bodies went missing from different states and were found in Montana so they weren't connected. Also the fact that they were all tortured differently no one put the four together. Only recently detectives put them together because of their names and Montana girl being missing for 2 days." Garcia explains
"What do their names have to do with them being killed? What are their names?" Rossi asks.
"Tarea Adams, Daeva Wilson, Zagan Smith and Melchom Hills." Garcia says.
Everyone looks at Spencer.
"All the names either mean evil or are associated with evil. Tarea means doing evil and Daeva means evil spirit. In demonology Zagan was a fallen angel/servant of Lucifer and Melchom is the paymaster of civil servants in hell."
I take out my phone to call my mom and ask her what she knows.
"Who is the Montana girl that is missing?" I ask.
"Lilith Marie." Garcia answers.
Spencer looks at me and I drop my phone. Everyone stares at me.
"Are you ok?" Derek asks.
I go to answer but I can't focus enough to form a word. I'm too busy being sucked into a world of panic.
Lilith. My best friend. My second sister. Why her?