Mini Reid (Book 3 in the Boss's Niece series #Wattys2016)

A Romantic Night

I walked into the house to find Spencer standing in the living room. The couch and coffee table were pushed to one side and there was a picnic blanket placed on the floor with some candles surrounding it.

I raised an eyebrow.

"What's all this?" I asked him.

"Do you remember what our first actual date was?" he asked in return. I smiled as I remembered.

"You took me on a picnic." I replied.

*Flashback*

Spencer kept my eyes covered as we walked somewhere. He directed me where to go and made sure I didn't bump into anything or trip and fall.

"Where are we going?" I giggled.

"We're almost there. Just wait." he said. I let out an amused sigh. "Okay. Now open."

Spencer uncovered my eyes and I was faced with a cute little picnic blanket with a basket and a single candle lit up. I turned to smile at Spencer.

"Did you do this?" I asked.

"Believe it or not, I did it all by myself." he said.

I smiled and kissed him. "I love it."

*End of Flashback*

"It was the only romantic thing I could think of." Spencer said and shrugged.

"It was better then all the dates I've been on before." I said. "Especially with Justin cause his idea of a date was going to one of his friends houses to watch some sports game. Usually football."

"Lucky for you, I don't like football." Spencer joked. I laughed. "Now, come in and enjoy the picnic."

I walked into the house and sat down on the blanket. It brought back the memories of our first date. When I was about 100 pounds smaller because I didn't have a child inside me.

"Remember our first date?" I asked. "When we were scared about Uncle Aaron learning about us because it was against the rules to date someone from the team."

"I remember that." Spencer said and smiling at the memory. "And I tried to cook."

"Your cooking is not that bad." I said. "With that being said, I'm pregnant and anything could set off my morning sickness, so if that's your cooking, I can't stop myself from puking."

Spencer laughed and opened the basket.

"Take out." he said. "Chinese food."

"Okay". I said. Spencer laughed and passed me chopsticks and some Chinese food. We began to eat and talked. It felt good. Just talking. Being together in general. I wish we could have more of this.

"I remember something else you told me once." he said. "When we went and seen Great Gatsby as our second date because you liked the book so much."

"You liked it, too." I pointed out. "And don't say you didn't cause I seen you read it on the plane."

"Yeah. It's a really good book. Much better then Twilight."

"You read Twilight?"

"After a case once. JJ said something about it and I decided to read it. Only read the first book. Wasn't my cup of tea." he explained. "That's beside the point. In the movie, when Daisy and Gatsby and Nick are all together-"

"Eidetic memory never seems to fail." I commented.

"-that song by Lana Del Ray plays. Young and Beautiful. You told me it was your favorite." he continued. "You said you thought it was cute and you liked it."

"I love it." I said. "Why are you saying this?"

Spencer picked up a remote for my stereo. He clicked a button and Young and Beautiful started to play. He stood up and extended his hand to me.

"Wanna dance?" he asked. At a loss for words, I took his hand and he helped me up. He held me as close as he could with my bump in the way.

"I've seen the world. Done it all. Had my cake now." Lana Del Ray sang on the stereo. I looked into Spencer's brown eyes and smiled.

"I'm p-p-paralyzed with happiness." I quoted the movie. He smiled.

"You can't repeat the past." he quoted. My heart melted at how easily it was for him to remember those quotes.

"Can't repeat the past?" I quoted. "Why of course you can."

I rested my head on Spencer's shoulder as we danced.

"Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I have nothing but my aching soul?" Lana Del Ray sang, filling the silence.

"I'll love you forever." Spencer whispered in my ear. I pulled back to look at him.

"I'll love you till my last days." I said. Slowly, I leaned forward to kiss him. Our lips were inches apart...

When the phone rang.