Crazy for you{Ralvez}

Chapter two

Spencer's POV

Three weeks have passed since I met Luke, I didn't call him in those three weeks however.

In those three weeks my coworker quit, a mass prison break emerged, and my mothers mental health was straddling over the edge.

I feel bad for not calling, I really do, but I just don't have the time.

I was in the briefing room, looking at the files for the case, hoping to find a connection.
Today Morgan's replacement starts, or at least he's helping with the case.
I nodded at the name Luke Alvez that was written on one of the many casefiles, feeling awful about what I had done to him.

I heard a familiar voice behind me
"Hey"
I turned to see him, knowing he was the new profiler.

It was luke.

Luke was replacing Morgan.

My heart dropped. I could tell he recognized me, and from the formal nod he gave me I guess we're still on good terms? But it could have meant anything.

He states his name and looks me almost dead in the eye.

"Oh hi I'm uh Dr. Spencer Reid"

The entire thing sounded rehearsed. It was quite obvious we recognized each other.

"No hand shaking right? Your reputation precedes you." He went on.

He had said almost the same exact thing to me at the park, I couldn't help but feel like it was supposed to jog my memory.

That voice took me back to when i met him, so many emotions going through my head and mind.

I nod, still trying to hold back all of the "I'm sorry"'s that i would eventually have to tell him.

"So you worked on the Crimson King case," I began "how did you catch him?"

"We uh caught him in the act" he responds. I could sense there being another meaning to that sentence, but didn't question it.

This was it the "I'm sorry" apology tour.

"I'm really sorry for not cal-" Luke cut me off.

"Don't be, the BAU is down a profiler, and the prison break had to keep everyone busy."

I didn't know what to say, I just wanted to jump out of that conversation at that moment.

But instead I nod and mouth "thank you" back to him.

It was so quiet after that, we both just looked through files until Hotch finally told us to head to the jet.

I looked over to him a couple times, but nothing really happened. I could feel the teams questioning stares about how I kept trying to get his attention.

Luke probably doesn't like me, he probably knew he would get the job, so that's why he gave me his number.

I let out a sigh of disappointment, but I wasn't very surprised. Why would anyone like that like me?

I skimmed through the old profile, and victimology. Sure it wasn't the same, as now but maybe I could find a common denominator between the kills.
I wasn't paying that much attention to anything around me.

"Spence?"

I quickly looked up to see JJ giving me a concerned look, I guess it wasn't her first try to get my attention.

"Is everything alright with you? You haven't really been yourself today" I could hear the concern in her voice, and I could see it in her eyes. It wasn't her fault I had a tendency to overcompensate and loose attention while thinking of something, or someone else.

I shook my head but I could feel her concern continuing in her stare.

"Have you found anything to connect it?"

Luke had walked in, he looked at me smiled and sat down. I could feel my blush escaping me.

"I um- I found no connection to the original murders besides the ritual" I say, flusteredly.

"There has to be something! Daniel Cullen has got to have something to do with this." Luke blurted.

I could feel my shoulders tense at how loud, and frustrated he sounded. Yet I could hear the  sadness in his voice, I knew there was something more to how he caught The Crimson King but I honestly couldn't believe I was right.

"I'll look into it, but I'm pretty sure there's no con-"

"There has to be."

I nodded,did a not-so-very-forced smile, and picked up the case files again.

JJs gave both me and Luke a questioning glance, with an eyebrow raised.

"You do know you don't have to do that, you have an eidetic memory for God's sakes" JJ whispered to me. I nodded.

She made and even more confused look.

"Do you two know each other?" She asked.

I felt my heart drop.

Me and Luke both made desperate glances at each other as if we were physiologically saying "what do we say?"

I was ready to calculate a lie, but felt like that wouldn't give Luke a warm welcome to the BAU.

"Yeah we met at a dog park actually..." every word I said seemed dragged on. Luke just nodded along confirming what I said.

JJ nodded and slanted her eyes before looking back at some crime scene photos.

I could tell she didn't believe it, hell by the way I said it I wouldn't believe it.

Well then again, I felt like that meeting at the park was supposed to be something more than meeting a future-coworker.

I smiled to myself recanting how we met, it was so awkward for me but it felt, somewhat comfortable or perfect.

God I should have called him sooner.