Dearest, Darling (S.R)

Chapter Five

I shoved a piece of paper in Spencers face, grinning at him. 

"What's this?" He asked, taking it from me.

"Read it."

"You got your licence? Congratulations Maddie!" He wrapped his arms around me, picking me up in the air. I squealed as he span me around, I loved how excited he was for me, even though it was a tiny accomplishment considering I'd already been driving in England for almost 10 years.  

"Thank you," I smiled, smoothing out my top as he put me down. "This means you get to come car shopping with me now!"

"Lucky me," he muttered and I stuck my tongue out at him. "You are such a child."

"Rude, what are you doing this weekend?" I asked, sitting on the edge of his desk, swinging my legs.

"Taking you car shopping apparently," he sulked but I could see him holding back his smile and I knew he was actually excited about spending time with me.

"Hey you two," JJ smiled, walking over to us with Emily and Garcia following her. 

"Hey," I replied, taking a sip out of the coffee Spencer handed to me. 

"Still on for girls night this Saturday?" Gracia asked, she'd added bright blue streaks to her hair and her lips were painted with a matching colour. 

"Hell yes!" I squealed, "I have this gorgeous new dress to wear, I can't wait!"   

"Taxi is picking us up at 7 so, make sure you're ready, I want to get so drunk I can't even walk home and I'm not waiting for you again!" Emily said, walking over to her desk. 

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"I've been doing some research for you," Spencer explained as I climbed into his car, handing me a stack of papers. "These are all cars I've found that are in your price range and I think would be ideal for you based on engine size, running costs and interior features. If you don't like any of these ones though, I know where all the dealerships in this area are so we can just go and have a look around."

I flipped through the papers he had handed me, each page had a picture of the car and all the important information bullet pointed underneath it. I blinked slowly, he'd done all of that for me?

"Maddie? Are you okay?" His voice pulled me away from my thoughts and I turned to look at him. 

"Thank you," I said quietly, "you didn't have to do all this."

"I know but, I wanted to. I thought it might make things a bit easier for us, I like to be prepared." He shrugged, brushing it off like it was nothing. 

"I like this one." I held up a sheet with a picture of a baby blue Mini Cooper on it.

"We'll start with that one then," he replied, smiling at me. 

It was a quick, 10 minute drive to the dealership. Spencer even let me put the radio on which I sang along to quietly, I even caught him humming along a few times. 

"Oh my god, it's perfect!" I squealed, running my hand gently across the roof of the car. "I'm gonna buy it." 

"Maddie, we have been here less 2 minutes, you haven't even looked inside the car yet."

I just giggled at him, sticking my tongue out as I opened the door and climbed into the drivers seat. 

"There, I've looked inside and I still like it," I sighed. "It's even got a built in sat nav!"

"And it has heated front seats, bluetooth, air conditioning and tinted back windows." He rambled on, listing all the tech specs from the listing he'd printed off for me.