first love ~ s.r

~>chapter three

eleanors pov

I smirked looking up at Spencer, I had him in four. His brows furrowed in concentration, the wheels clearly turning in his mind. He smiled to himself, moving his last piece before declaring 'checkmate'.

"What?! How did you do that?" I exclaimed, inspecting the board to see where I went wrong.

"A magician never reveals his secrets," He says, standing up from his spot at my desk, "Hey, I'll bring the chessboard back to storage, can you grab a case file from my desk?"

"Sure! What drawer do you think?" I asked, getting up and making my way over to his desk.

He shrugged, "Try the last one and work your way up?" He says, walking away to leave me looking through his desk. I nodded to myself before starting at the bottom drawer. I opened it to reveal a bunch of papers and empty files, nice job keeping your desk clean spence. I huffed and started to rummage through the loose papers and dust. While I was rustling through it all I came across something else, a magazine? I pull it out and see spence on the cover. Wow..he looked so much younger and super adorable. On the cover with him was Lila Archer, the famous actress that everyone was obsessed with like a year ago. Underneath the photo of them it said 'Lila Archer spotted with new mystery man!'. Did they date? Oh god, of course he dated a beautiful actress. What could he see in me? I thought, quickly shaking the thought from my head. Spencer and I are just friends, that is better for us to be..nothing more.

I quickly found and grabbed the case file for spence, tossing the magazine in the drawer and shutting it. I stood up to see him almost at his desk. I held out the file to him, a million thoughts running through my head. Did they kiss? Did they do..more? How long did they date?, I tried to focus on what spencer was saying but I kept getting distracted by my brain.

"...and thats why I never trust Anderson to tell me where they put anything in this office!" He finished his sentence, laughing and sitting down. He clearly didn't notice me spacing out, so I just laughed lightly and sat back down. The rest of the day, I couldn't seem to focus on anything in front of me. I was handed case files to reorganize and they just sat in front of me, I was completely spaced out. The thought of spencer...with her, it just made my brain hurt. I couldn't stop imagining them together; in all ways. I tried to stop the feeling of jealousy bubbling inside of me, but it just kept on getting stronger with every minute that passed. The rage I felt was all consuming, I wanted to be her..I wanted him.

My feelings for him hit me like a ton of bricks, I didn't even know that you could like someone that quickly. I decided to calm my overthinking by just asking him about it, I'm his friend so he should be able to talk about it with me. I walked up to the briefing room, knowing he would be there working on some case. I looked down the hall, and there he was. He was completely focused on the files in front of him, flipping through crime photos and pieces of paper. His hair was messier then it was before, like he had been running his hands through it. He looked...so fucking good. My breath hitched slightly, imagining my own hands running through his curly locks. I shook the thought from my brain, feeling my cheeks heat up. In the doorway now, I knocked lightly, hoping to get his attention. I was lucky, he looked up at me and smiled, almost beckoning me to join him.

"Hey stranger" He said, a smile still on his lips.

"H-Hey Spence, what're you working on?" I asked, trying to keep my voice from shaking. I got nervous around him all of a sudden.