Counting Stars // Spencer Reid (ON HOLD)

Chapter 4

Eliza entered her apartment a few days later after coming home from work to find it flooded. Her dog River was on top of the coach barking at the water. 'Well this is going to be an interesting adventure,' she thought. Eliza gathered what she could and took it all down to her car. Bags of clothes, hygiene things, shoes, and River's things. She drove to the landlord's office.

"To what do I owe this visit?" He said.

"My apartment is flooded," she wrote in her notebook.

"And what would you like me to do about it?"

Eliza was furious. "Fix the goddamn plumbing. I come home and find my place flooded."

The conversation continued and resulted in Eliza storming out. She had told him she would be leaving and wasn't going to pay rent. 'Now where am I going to go? Alice still lives with her parents and I have no family in Quantico,' Eliza pondered.

She found herself standing in front of the door to Spencer's apartment with River. Before she could knock the door opened. "Eliza, what are you doing here?"

"My apartment flooded and I got into a fight with my landlord. Have to move out by the end of this month," she explained.

"And you have nowhere to go. I understand. You can move in with me if you'd like. I've been meaning to rent that extra room for a while. Of course we'd have to salvage some of your things from your apartment."

"You're rambling again," Eliza signed with a grin.

"I tend to do that a lot. Let me call a friend and see if he can help us," Spencer told her.

Eliza walked inside with River and closed the door behind her. River curled up on the couch and took a nap. Spencer dialed someone. "Hey Will, can I ask a favor? I was wondering if you could help me move some things. My friend's apartment flooded. Alright. Thanks. Uh if you're available today that would be great. Yeah I'm not surprised Garcia is with JJ. Thank you. Alright I'll text you my address. Thank you again Will." Spencer hung up the phone and messaged Will before turning his attention to Eliza. "So my friend said he'd help us move your stuff out of the apartment. He'll be here in a bit. Why don't we bring in your things that are in your car?"

They did just that. Eliza organized the things in the apartment while Spencer brought the bags of things to his apartment. Will showed up a while later to his apartment and saw Eliza organizing.

"Sorry to intrude but is Spencer here?" Will asked Eliza.

Eliza was confused as to why the guy had a southern accent. Seconds later Spencer appeared with the last bag. "Hey Will, this is my friend Eliza. Eliza meet Will."

"A pleasure to meet you ma'am," Will told Eliza.

"The pleasure is all mine," she signed.

"Uh she doesn't talk," Spencer told Will.

"I see. Well why don't we get a move on? We're burning daylight."

Eliza tossed Spencer her keys. "Apartment #5 on the first floor."

"We'll salvage what we can," Spencer told her. "Make sure to lock the door. Feel free to take a shower or eat some food."

"Roger that."

Will and Spencer went down to Will's pickup truck. "So how'd you meet her?"

"Uh bookshop. We bumped into each other."

"Sounds like something that would happen to you. So where is she going to be staying while they fix her apartment?"

"She's actually move in with me. Got into a fight with her landlord and decided to leave instead."