12% [location: Spencer's and Kate's apartment] [closed to Kate and Alexis]

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Spencer drained the spaghetti as Kate was putting the finishing touches on the sauce. He glanced back at their small table, now hastily set for three. They would need a bigger table if Alexis was going to stay permanently. The apartment was cozy with two, but a bit small with three, even though Alexis had been staying in the spare bedroom.

He placed the bowl of spaghetti on the table and gave Alexis a smile. From the few days that he'd known her, she seemed like a very bright, considerate and driven girl, and he was eager to get to know her a bit better. Spencer sat down next to her and placed his napkin in his lap as Kate brought the sauce over.

"That looks good."

Unconsciously, he placed his hand on Kate's thigh as she sat down, rubbing her gently. Having Alexis around would take some getting used to. He hoped that this dinner would be the first of many "family" dinners they would have. Spencer served Kate some spaghetti before offering it to Alexis.

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[noheatnikki.livejournal.com]

Kate nodded and sat back, glad to be done with that part of the conversation. She cleared her throat again, then picked up her fork.

"So Alexis, if you need any help studying for your APs, Spencer here is a wiz. Three PhDs, did he tell you that? It's like you have your own private tutor in just about any subject you can come up with."

[numbersnfigures.livejournal.com]

Spencer's cheeks flushed at Kate's mention of his doctorates. He didn't like to throw around the fact that he had three. It usually only served to make him seem like more of a freak.

"Most subjects, n-not everything..."

[littlestcastle.livejournal.com]

Alexis smiled back at Dr. Reid and nodded tentatively; she wasn't quite ready to drop the title, not when she'd still been calling Kate 'Detective' until all of a minute ago, but she'd get there eventually.

"No, he didn't, he just said he was a doctor. And worked for the FBI," she answered sounding a little bit more like herself, eager and if not yet cheerful, at least very interested. Alexis made a mental note to ask about what subjects Reid had doctorates in. For the moment she didn't want him to think she was just interested in tutoring. That would have been rude, and Alexis was pretty sure she'd exhausted her quota of awkwardness rudeness for a week.

She took a bite of spaghetti and chewed thoughtfully as she looked from Kate to Reid and back. "Is there police here? Or some alien FBI that you both work for?"

[noheatnikki.livejournal.com]

Kate shook her head, almost regretfully. She really missed her work. And her team. She shook her head, chasing away the thoughts.

"There's not much in the way of crime here, at least not in the traditional sense," just zombies and vampires, Kate thought to herself. "Spencer works in the library and I own a shoe store with a friend of mine here."

[numbersnfigures.livejournal.com]

Spencer took another bite of his spaghetti, nodding his head.

"We've been trying to put some sort of team together. There are actually quite a few law enforcement agents in this place."

[littlestcastle.livejournal.com]

At Kate's answer, Alexis couldn't help but blink in surprise. But when she thought about it for a few seconds, Alexis admitted that most everything she knew about Kate Beckett was wrapped up in her dad's work and his novels. She'd known Detective Beckett, but not Kate Beckett. So maybe it shouldn't have been surprising.

"I met a couple of them, I think, over the tablet," she ventured. "A few deputies and things. I thought it just meant there was a police station here or something."

[numbersnfigures.livejournal.com]

"No station yet."

He laughed softly.

"We've been kind of using the library as a meeting place."