A/N: This is what I think should have happened after Plain Sight.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Criminal Minds, just seasons 1 - 3 on DVD

Spoilers: Plain Sight through current season, although I'll be going slightly AU from the current storyline, every episode, including the premiere is fair game.

Spencer Reid spent the whole day smiling like an idiot. He couldn't help it. When Derek had asked him about it, he just smiled and said, "Wouldn't you like to know?" Throughout the day, he would sneak glances towards JJ's office, but he knew better than to go see her. Derek was suspicious enough.

He finished his work with an hour still left, so he let his mind wander. He heard JJ's voice behind him, and his thoughts drifted to the Redskins game they went to after Jason had given him tickets.

--

Spencer couldn't remember the last time he was this nervous. When Gideon had first given him the tickets, he had no idea what they were for. He knew what the term 'Redskin' meant. Heck, he could trace it back all the way to its first usage and the meaning behind it, but he had no idea it was football. He knew even less about the sport itself than the teams that made it up. He was a genius in most things, but when it came to sports, he was found lacking.

"And now I'm going to embarrass myself in front of the one girl who actually means something to me," he muttered as he studied himself in the mirror. He'd asked Gideon for advice, but all the older man would tell him was, "Be true to yourself. Let the rest fall into place." Since that was no help, he asked advice from Derek. He knew he'd made a mistake the minute he saw the laughter in his coworker's eyes, but Spencer was desperate. Derek gave him advice how to act, what not to say, and even went over some football basics with him.

"What are you planning on wearing," Derek asked, just before Spencer was getting ready to meet up with JJ and leave for the airport.

"No, no, no, no," Derek said, trying not to roll his eyes. "You do not wear a sweater vest and corduroys to a football game."

"Well, what do you wear? And if you say body paint I'm bailing right now…"

"Don't worry," Derek said laughing as he went through Spencer's closet, "I wouldn't be that cruel to the people around you by making them see your skinny little body. Here," he said throwing something down on the bed, "go with this."

Now he was in his hotel room, looking himself over. He felt almost naked without his vest and awkward in jeans, but since he'd never been to a football game before, he went with Derek's advice. He sighed as he left his hotel room and walked next door to JJ's.

She was just finishing getting ready when she heard a knock on her door. When Spencer had asked her to go with him to the game, she was a little reluctant. He was a good friend and she enjoyed working with him, but football didn't really seem like his type of thing. She was thinking of a way to say no to him, but when she saw he had two of the best seats in the stadium for the game against Seattle, there was no way she could say no. Even the prospect of dealing with Spencer's awkwardness couldn't dampen her excitement.

She finished pulling her hair up into a ponytail, threw her Todd Collins jersey on and opened her door. Her words caught in her throat as she looked him over. "Come on in," she finally choked out. "I just need to get my shoes on."

When JJ opened the door, she'd expected to see him in some sort of tie/sweater vest combination. Instead she saw him wearing jeans for the first time she could remember and a dark blue dress shirt that brought out his eyes. He had rolled the sleeves up, a nervous gesture no doubt, but it gave him a very causal look. As JJ slipped on her shoes, she couldn't help staring and felt her mouth go dry.

"Ready," Spencer asked once she stood up.

Still unable to talk, JJ just nodded and led the way out the door. Spencer sighed, misinterpreting her reaction and thought, 'I should have known better. There's no way she sees anything in me. Hopefully the game won't be so bad.'

--

After the game, JJ was so excited she could hardly sit still.

"I can't believe we won," she exclaimed. After the Redskins' overtime victory, they had decided to stop at a sports bar near their hotel. "Thank you for taking me."

"Oh… My pleasure. I'm glad you had fun," Spencer said somewhat awkwardly.

"I still think if you get tired of profiling you should get a job calling plays," JJ said smiling at him. Once he caught on to the rhythm of the sport, he started predicting what plays would work best against each defense.

"It's just a simple matter of noticing the common pattern the defense followed." When he saw JJ smiling at him, he asked, "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," she said. "I just didn't think you'd be that into football, that's all."

"Well that makes two of us," he said, smiling back at her. He really hadn't expected to have a good time at the game, and he was scared JJ wouldn't either. He was happy to have his fears prove unfounded. Reid was just about to say something when his cell phone went off. He looked at the caller ID and saw it was Derek. "Excuse me," he said as he got up and moved outside where it was quieter. "What do you want Derek?"

"I'm sorry to bug you, but I just needed to get some information to finish up this paper work from our last assignment."

Ten minutes later, and cursing Derek under his breath, he walked back into the bar and froze. JJ was making out with some guy, much better looking than himself, at their table. He saw them break apart and quickly ducked into the bathroom to compose himself before heading back out. When he did, he saw the guy was gone and JJ's face was flush.

"So… um… how about something to eat," Reid asked awkwardly, trying to smile. He knew that JJ felt nothing but friendship, and was angry at the pang of hurt that had slammed into his gut when he saw her kissing that guy. He did his best to ignore it for the rest of the night for JJ's sake.

--

"So your ex boyfriend just randomly showed up while you were with Reid after the game," Penelope asked, trying not to laugh over the phone. She had called JJ the morning of the flight back to D.C. to see how things had gone.

"Yeah," JJ said with a sigh. "He got a phone call and walked away and hadn't even been gone for two minutes before the asshole swooped in. When I refused to talk with him he tried kissing me, and as soon as we broke apart I gave him a black eye."

"You're nicer than me. I would have kneed him in his happy place."

"Normally I would have, but I just wanted him gone before Spence came back. We'd had such a good time, I didn't want it ruined by that prick."

"So Reid didn't see him?"

"I don't think so," JJ said as she stopped what she was doing to think about it. "Although looking back, he did act weird afterward."

"Typical weird or weird for Reid?"

"Weird for Reid."

"My guess is he saw something."

"Shit," JJ said with a sigh. "Guess I'll have to talk with him."

"I wouldn't worry about it, unless you've got a thing for him." When JJ didn't say anything, Penelope asked, "You don't have a thing for him, do you?"

"Well, define 'thing'…"

"My, my, my," Penelope said, not believing what she was hearing. "Spencer and JJ sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."

"Stop it," JJ yelled. "You had better not tell anyone, especially Derek! He'll never let Spence live this down..."

"Don't worry, my dear, I won't," she replied, unable to remove her smile.

"Anyway, I gotta get going. We're leaving for the airport now. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Alright, good luck. Tell me what happens." Penelope said hanging up.

JJ put her phone away, grabbed her bags, and made her way to the hotel lobby where Spencer was already waiting for her. As soon as he saw her, he jumped up, grabbed his own bag and silently led the way to their rental car.

The drive to the airport was just as silent as the walk. JJ finally had enough of it and said, " I really enjoyed the game."

"Good," was his one word response.

"I wanted to repay you, and I was thinking maybe I could make dinner for you when we get back to D.C. tonight."

"I don't know," he said, never taking his eyes off the road.

"Spence, is there something wrong?"

"What? No. Why do you ask?"

"It's just that you seems like after your phone call you seemed to try to distance yourself from me."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Spencer said, giving more attention than was necessary on the road.

"After you came in from your phone call, did you see me with another man?" She saw him swallow hard and then slowly nod his head yes. "Why didn't you say anything?" When he still didn't say anything, she continued, "Because if you had, I would have told you that he was my ex boyfriend from college who waited until you walked away before he made any move. That and in order to make him leave I had to give him a black eye."

"Oh, um… I'm not sure what to say," Spencer said as he tried to keep the car steady. He'd gone from feeling rejected to feeling like an ass, and the punch in his gut still felt the same. "I'm sorry I didn't say anything, but when I saw the two of you kissing, I just figured…"

"Pull over," JJ interrupted.

"What?"

"Spence, pull over."

Spencer pulled the car over and was just about to ask JJ what was wrong when her lips came crashing down on his. When they finally pulled apart, JJ said, "I would really like to have dinner with you tonight, and I hope you do to, otherwise I'm going to feel really stupid."

"No… I mean yes… I mean, hold on," Spencer said, trying to gather his thoughts. "No, you shouldn't feel like an idiot, and yes, I'd really like to have dinner with you," he said, trying, and failing, not to blush.

"Good," JJ said smiling. "Now let's get going before we miss our flight."

As soon as he pulled onto the road again, he felt JJ lace her fingers through his.

--

Reid was so caught up in the memory, he didn't hear Morgan trying to get his attention until he felt a ball of paper hit his head.

"Sorry," Reid said with a smile. "I was distracted."

"Clearly. Anyway, it's quittin time."

"Really," Reid asked, surprised the hour had passed so quickly.

"A smile like that means only one thing: you got a woman on your mind," Morgan said, laughing at the blush that flooded the young man's face. "And I'm gonna find out who she is eventually."

"Eventually, but not today," Reid said, smiling as he left room and headed for the parking garage. If Spencer had his way, everyone would be finding out soon enough.

I'm about halfway done with chapter 2. Please review and tell me what you think!