Author's Note: I'm sure it is obvious, but again as a disclaimer - I do NOT own Criminal Minds or any of its characters, but I'd love to. :)

This is a continuation of my first 3 stories following the relationship of Spencer and my OC Chelsea Lozano. Damaged: Time to Heal, The Healing Continues and The Support of Family and Friends. It also references the oneshot Home at Last regarding Spencer's encounter with Lila Archer.

All of my own characters are established in my previous stories. It would be helpful to read the others before reading this. This picks up the directly after The Support of Family and Friends. I hope you enjoy this and leave reviews.

The team arrived home from New Jersey on Spencer's 28th birthday. Chelsea arranged for the team, Kevin, Will with Henry, Jack, her mom and grandpa all to come over for a simple dinner celebration. It had been a hard few months for the team and Chelsea knew they needed the time together to celebrate something. Although the team didn't normally exchange presents, everyone had brought something. Even Hotch had brought a gift. Garcia brought homemade chocolate chip cookies, Morgan gave him an iPod so Chelsea could download some music or lectures for him to use on the jet, JJ and Will brought a framed photo of Spencer holding Henry from a few weeks before.

Spencer was most surprised with Rossi's gift. He had given him a gift card for two dinners including wine at an expensive Italian restaurant in DC. Saying thank you with a very confused look prompted Rossi to smile and say, "A friend of mine owns the restaurant, but you'll understand better when you open Chelsea's gift."

He opened Chelsea's small package last. Inside he found two tickets to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform A Night at the Movies at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night.

"I know that you would prefer Beethoven, but when I found out that the Chicago Symphony was going to be in town I thought you'd want to see them regardless of the program." Chelsea said nervously.

Spencer was in awe. The Chicago Symphony was known as one of the 'Big 5', one of the best five orchestras in the world. He never thought he would have a chance to see them in person. "This is amazing!" he said. "How did you get tickets for this? I would image they sold out very quickly."

She smiled and visibly relaxed. "I noticed a flyer on a bulletin board for the upcoming season at the Kennedy when I was visiting my mom at Georgetown last spring. As soon as the tickets went on sale in May, I bought them. I knew it was just after your birthday, I was just hoping that you wouldn't be out of town on a case. I'm still hoping that actually."

Before Spencer could say anything else, Hotch spoke up. "It's already Thursday night, if we get called on a case before Saturday, I'll keep Spencer on the no fly order until Monday. We just got back and I haven't had time to update your file." He said to Spencer with a smile.

"Thanks," Spencer said towards Hotch, "to everyone" as he looked around the room. He leaned over and hugged Chelsea. "I don't know what to say. I can't believe you've had these tickets for so long."

"I kept them at my mom's so you wouldn't accidentally run across them." She said smiling. "I asked David for a recommendation for dinner in the area, but I had no idea he planned on giving you the gift card. Thank you," she said towards Rossi.

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Spencer and Chelsea enjoyed their night out completely relaxed. Hotch told him to turn his phone off for the evening. If anything came up, they would call in the morning. Even when they weren't on call, they all kept their phones on just in case an emergency arose.

The night even was even more special without the stress of work possibly interrupting them.

That night Spencer started to make plans to propose to Chelsea. He could not understand why she had chosen him, but he knew he couldn't live without her. He still loved his job, but he finally understood that there was more to life and he was excited to come home to her. She kept him balanced and with her he almost never felt any cravings for Dilaudid. He understood he would always be an addict and need to be careful. He talked to Bob about his addiction on a regular basis, but it was more of a preventative method than of a current need.