tell me what to do, Dr. Reid

Was he going to ask the all-important question?

Fiona is terribly nervous. This will be the first time in her life that she will be proposed.

Reid had already started reaching for something in his trouser pocket. Fiona stared at his movements intently, and she knew that she would probably see a small square box with a beautiful engagement ring inside.

—she had already begun to imagine the shape of the ring.

But what Reid took out was not a small box.

He took out a key with a Rubik's cube-shaped key chain on it.

Fiona's heart sank suddenly, and the tension just now disappeared, replaced by an irresistible loss.

"Uh, what's this?" she asked.She tried to keep her tone calm, but she still couldn't restrain her disappointment.

"The keys to the new house." Reid said with a smile, with a hint of smugness in his tone, "I just bought a new house in Washington. I think you should have a bunch of house keys."

"You bought a house?" Fiona said in surprise.

“Yeah, I was thinking that if the two of us lived together, we wouldn’t be able to squeeze into that cramped apartment, and the rent wasn’t low,” Reid explained.

"Okay." Fiona said, then took the bunch of keys and stuffed them into her jacket pocket.

He stared at Fiona's expression and suddenly realized that something was wrong.Although he is sometimes a bit insensitive to emotions, he is still an observant profiler.

"What's wrong?" he asked, frowning. "You don't look too happy."

"No." Fiona shrugged lightly.

"but……"

"Stop." Fiona interrupted him, "Let's drive. It's getting late now, I just want to feel good and go back to sleep."

Reid hesitated, then started the car.

Fiona turned her head to the window and remained silent.

She does sulk a bit, but mostly with herself.Why did she feel that Reid would ask that important question just now?Her job has not yet stabilized, and it is likely that she will be transferred to a position far away from Washington.And what annoyed her the most was that if Reid had really asked that question just now, she would probably have agreed to him without hesitation.

Reid may not be ready to spend the rest of her life with her at all, but she can't wait to marry him - it's just ridiculous!And it made her feel badly hurt for her self-esteem.

After the car drove for 5 minutes, Reid probably couldn't bear the heavy atmosphere in the car at last.

"Fiona," he licked his lips, "...Did I do something inappropriate just now to make you angry?"

"What?" Fiona turned her head sharply, "Oh, of course not." Her tone even felt false to herself, and Reid certainly saw through that she was lying.

"Please, tell me, what happened?" Reid stopped at a red light, turned his head and asked hoarsely.His eyes staring at Fiona reflected the light from the street and looked a little wet.

Reid's pleading expression and tone as soft as his hair made her unhappiness disappear in an instant.

damn it. Fiona sighed.

"My stomach is starting to hurt again." Fiona made up a lie.

"Do you need to lie down in the back seat of the car for a while? Lying down will relieve your symptoms." Reid said with concern.

"No, no need." Fiona said with a smile, "—keep driving. The green light is already on."

After breakfast the next day, Reid planned to send Diana back to the nursing home according to the agreed time.

But diana is not very happy to go back.

"Oh, Spencer, you've locked me in that damn place for years, can't I just come out and get some air for a few days?" Diana complained.She probably really didn't want to go back, so she even poked Reid's most uncomfortable place.

—and she succeeded. Reid can only agree to keep her at home for one more day.

Then Fiona saw him hiding in the kitchen, apologizing to the nursing home people on the phone.

Reid put down the phone, he turned around and saw Fiona standing at the door.

"Sorry." He pursed his lips.

"No. You've apologized enough today." Fiona said with a smile.

"I know we were going to date all day today." Reid sighed as he walked over to stroke Fiona's hair and hold her in his arms. "But I'll make it up to you tomorrow. Do you want to go somewhere?"

"Nothing special." Fiona hugged his thin waist contentedly, and gently pinched his buttocks, "Where do you want to go? Comic show?"

"There are no comic shows recently." Reid laughed, "But I have a good idea."

"What good idea?"

"Well... I think it's better to keep it secret for the time being." Reid said, "You have given me a surprise, and I want to give you one."

"Oh, wouldn't it be going to the Science and Technology Museum?" Fiona teased, "Or attending a secret meeting where artificial intelligence overthrows human beings?" She was deliberately teasing him, because Rossi once said that he was a robot developed by the FBI.

"That might be." Reid said with a blink of an eye.

"Great, then I'll look forward to it." Fiona said.

That afternoon, diana suddenly decided to make them her best Irish cheesecake and bouillabaisse.

In the evening, they enjoyed a delicious steaming meal.

After eating Diana's fish soup, Fiona has to admit that there is still a lot of room for improvement in her cooking skills.

"I'm sorry, Mom." Fiona heard Reid whisper to Diana while she was washing the dishes, "but you should really go back tomorrow."

"I know, Spencer," Diana said. "I had a very fulfilling day. Actually, I appreciate you guys."

Reid didn't speak.

As Fiona turned to pick up a rag to wipe the soup off the counter, she heard Diana say, "I know you feel guilty, Spencer. But you don't need that. I shouldn't have said those things yesterday... Actually I never entered Forgive you from the first day in the sanitarium. I never held a grudge against you for that..."

Fiona quietly put down the rag and left the kitchen.She licked Reid's lips over Diana's shoulder, deciding to leave the two of them alone for a while.

When Reid returned to the bedroom, she noticed that his eye sockets seemed a little red.

"Do you want to continue what you didn't finish yesterday?" She deliberately put on a sexy pose, leaning against the wall and asked with a smile, "Do you need special service, master?"

Reid couldn't help laughing.

He walked over and put his arms around Fiona.

"I love you, Fiona," he murmured into her shoulder, "I can't imagine life without you."

"Of course." Fiona gently stroked his back, "I know. I love you too.",

When the passion faded, Fiona curled up into a ball, leaning on Reid's arm and staring at the ceiling. Reid's slow breathing made her feel very comfortable and peaceful.She realized that everything was perfect now.

She began to wonder why she felt so disappointed before, what's wrong with maintaining the status quo for the time being?It was indeed a little too early for them to get married.None of them should rush to think about that until things stabilize.

After successfully convincing herself, she soon fell asleep.

The next day, Reid sent Diana back to the nursing home early in the morning.

When he got home, Fiona was already up.She is busy frying eggs in the kitchen.

"Oh, Spencer! Do you like it on both sides or one side?"

"It makes me feel like the two of us are married," he said with a smile, "—I mean seeing you make breakfast in your apron."

"But we're not married," Fiona said, "so don't worry about the shape of the egg, it's harder for me to fry the damn egg into a round shape than it is for me to arrest ten suspects."

"I don't mind," Reid said, "They all taste the same anyway." He walked over, "Come on, let me help you."

He helped Fiona heat up the instant porridge and poured it into a bowl.

From the corner of her eye, Fiona watched him roll up his sleeves and look busy.She suddenly imagined that their married life might really be similar to now.Then she hastened to drive these fantasies out of her mind.

After breakfast, Reid proposed to drive Fiona to a place.

"Where?" Fiona asked.

"As I said, it was a surprise," Reid said, "but it's far away and there aren't many restaurants. I hope you don't hate picnics."

"Of course not, I love picnics." Fiona kissed him on the cheek.

On the way to the mysterious location, they bought what they needed for a picnic - food, plastic sheeting and mats - from a nearby supermarket.

Fiona soon found out that they were heading for the outskirts of Las Vegas.

All the way she wondered where exactly they were going.Theme park, zoo, or just a scenic lakeside?

"Now, you should close your eyes." Reid said to Fiona suddenly.

Fiona looked around - she could only see the trees planted by the roadside now, not even a decent building.

"Okay." She closed her eyes and joked, "Do you want to take me to the wilderness to do bad things, Spencer? Don't forget we didn't wear condoms today."

"Oh, of course not." Reid said quickly.

Fiona won't tell him for a while, but she actually carries a few condoms in her purse.She has been carrying them with her for the past few days, but has never had a chance to use them. Fiona knows that Reid is very conservative, and he will definitely not agree to do something outrageous in public.But if it's the wilderness of the countryside - no one's sure what's going to happen, is there?

The car drove for about 5 minutes and turned a corner halfway.

Fiona is starting to get a little impatient.

"—can you open your eyes?" she asked.

"Yes, it's fine." Reid said.

Fiona felt the car stop.

She opened her eyes, and through the windshield, she saw a tall castle building ahead, and their car was parked in its shadow.

The castle looks like it has seen its age, it has very little decoration on the outside, and its exterior walls are painted a lovely blue and pink, it looks like one of those Disney fantasy castles.The whole castle is surrounded by overgrown wilderness, which makes it look more like a scene jumped out of an old movie.

That's when she saw a steel-framed building behind the castle that looked like the wreckage of a roller coaster.She knew immediately where she was.

"Oh my God," she exclaimed in surprise, "is this an abandoned playground?"

"Yes." Reid said, "The Good Brothers Company invested in the construction of this place 13 years ago, but they gave up halfway because of funding problems, and they didn't want to work hard to tear it down, so it became like this."

He got out of the car, walked around the front of the car, and opened the door for Fiona.

Fiona got out of the car, she looked up at the sign posted on the castle.Most of the playground's name has been worn out, but the word "Wonderland" can still be vaguely distinguished.

They entered the playground through the gate in the center of the castle.

The roller coaster that has not been fully built is right in front of her, and some European-style buildings surround the roller coaster intact.Tenacious weeds sprouted from the stone-paved ground, and at the moment they were withered and yellow because of the season.

"Are you sure no horror movies have been filmed here?" Fiona frowned. "Oh my god—this looks like the end of the world is coming early."

"Don't you like it here?" Reid asked, "If you don't, we can—"

"Are you kidding?" Fiona smiled, "—I absolutely love it here."

"That's good." Reid seemed relieved.

Fiona turned and walked towards a tall tower-shaped building.She intends to stand on it to enjoy the whole picture of the playground.She didn't notice that Reid was watching her back silently, and at the same time, he was holding the ring that had been prepared in his pocket tightly.

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