The next morning Morgan woke up with Emily snuggled into him. He looked at her, studied every feature of her. She is so beautiful. A few minutes later she begun to stir, than turned and looked at him.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"How long have you been up?"
"Not long"
"Good "
"Shall we get up?"
"No, I kinda like it that way"
"That's fine with me"
"Good"she said and laid her head onto his chest
"Comfortable?"
"Very" she said and smiled.
"So since Christmas is in a few days, I think that we should maybe go and do some Christmas shopping after lunch"
"Works for me. What time is it?"
"Ten o'clock"
"Still so early?"
"What do you mean with early?"
"Well when I got time off the job, I love to sleep in and let the day pass without leaving my bed"
"Well princess, that sounds great, but my mother will come up here to get us out of bed in about one hour."
"Really? How do you survive?" Morgan chuckled "What?"
"Well, on the job you're the first to get up and the last, except for Hotch, to go to bed"
"Well that's what alarm clocks are for and I don't need as much time as JJ in the bathroom"
Morgan chuckled "Wanna get up now?"
"No, but a woman has to do, what she has to do" with this words she got up and went to the bathroom.
Half an hour later Emily came out and saw Morgan sitting at the kitchen table. When he saw her he smiled. "I thought that you didn't take that long in the bathroom."
"Hey, I only said that I'm faster than JJ"
"True" He smiled and handed her a toast
"Thanks. Are the others up yet?"
"Only mom"
"Where is she?"
"Shopping"
"Ah" Morgan chuckled. Shortly after that Desirée and Sarah came down the stairs.
"Good morning Ladies."
"Why are you so cheery?" a very grumpy Sarah said.
"Where is the aspirin?" asked Desirée
"I'll get it for you" Morgan said and stood up
"Not so loud" the sisters said at the same time. Emily had to suppress a laughter
At eleven o'clock Fran came back home. "Hey who wants to help me with lunch?"
"Shh. Sara and Desirée are hung over and you know what that means"
"Oh are they in their room?"
"Yeah"
"Good let's keep it that way"
Emily chuckled. "So what are we making?"
"Potato gratin with salad"
"Sounds good. I'll make the salad"
"Why you?" Morgan asked
"Because I cook so bad, I probably could get water to burn"
"Ok you'll make the salad. We're going to cook the rest"
"Good plan" Ten minutes later they all were in the kitchen cutting vegetables.
"How's it going princess?"
"Good and I haven't burnt anything by now" Morgan chuckled and snatched a piece of paprika. "Ey" she said and punched his arm.
"Ouch. I was only checking if it still tastes good"
"Now were even"
"Ok piece?"
"Piece" They said and shook hands
"So do you already have ideas for Christmas presents?"
"Yeah for Garcia a new pair of pumps and for JJ I thought about a new purse."
"Sounds good"
"You?"
"No"
"Really?"
"Well I have one idea, but if I tell you it wouldn't be a surprise" he said and tapped her on her nose.
"Did you really just do that?"
"What if I did"
"Then you wont get another paprika" she said and took a bite of one
"Ouch that hurt, are you sure that I don't get one?"
"Maybe there is one more way"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"And what would that be?"
"Ask real nice"
"Please can I get another piece?"
"Oh you can do better than that"
"Pretty please with sugar and chocolate on it?"
"Oh with sugar and chocolate on it?"
"If you want you can have Rainbow sprinkles too princess?"
"Oh I can?"
"Yes you do"
"Ok that was nice enough she said and gave him one piece of paprika"
Fran chuckled and they turned to her in surprise. They were completely lost in their banter and forgot Fran, who was watching them the whole time.
"Are you sure you two are not dating?"
"Yes of course we're sure. Why?"
"Oh, doesn't matter"
"Okay" they both said unsure about what Fran meant but returned to their tasks of food making, after lunch Emily and Morgan went to the mall to buy their gifts.
"So where will we go first?"
"Shoe store" Morgan nodded.
"Can I help you?" one of the employees asked
"Actually you can. Were searching for the most colorful pair of pumps in this store" the woman looked at them in surprise but pointed to one of the shelves in the back of the store.
"Over there"
"Thanks" Emily said and walked into the direction the woman showed them. Then she pulled out one of the boxes of the shelve and revealed a multicolored pump with stars, rainbows and hearts all over it. "Perfect"
"Yes she'll love it"
"Totally"
"Come on let's pay for them and then get the next one" they did like they said and then left the shop and walked down the mall.
"Hey you two!" a voice from behind yelled. They turned around in surprise and saw a photographer behind a camera who pointed over their heads. When they looked up they noticed something green hanging there: A Mistletoe.