Originally Posted by Esme

Reid smiled at Rachel's confused, hesitant answer. It was clear that she was over analysing things again. Not that her answer was incorrect, after all he had just told Livvy that she had been interrupting. Oh who cared the point was that Rachel was very much adorable in that moment.

And she was still over thinking things. Reid wished he could see into her head to know what thoughts were causing that adorable look on her face. From the way she'd looked at him though he could guess they involved his answer and probably how to explain who he was to her friend. He could get why she wouldn't know how to explain.

He technically wasn't Rachel's friend, so classifying him as such would be wrong. Yet they weren't exactly more than that. Neither of them had yet defined their relationship, well at least not with each other. Reid knew that he wanted her to be his girlfriend, which is why he had brought Neko out with him, looked for her for ages and annoyed his friends with his lovesick talk about her. And of course the reason why he had just invited her to spend the holidays with him while shooting a film, thus creating an almost impossible schedule for himself.

"Boyfriend," Reid found himself saying when Rachel trailed off when introducing him, just like he had anticipated she would. The fact that he said it shocked him and he looked over to Rachel to see what her reaction would be, for once in his life nervous about what a girl would say. He'd said it instinctively because it felt right but he wasn't so sure what she would think about him telling her friend they had that type of relationship without even asking Rachel if she wanted to be his girlfriend first. Then again if it weren't for Livvy's untimely interruption he would have asked Rachel.