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Christmas Magic-Chapter 4

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The next morning at around ten o'clock, Dave found himself flitting around his cabin, finishing some last minute cleaning. He couldn't believe he was nervous about a woman coming over, he felt like he was twenty years old again and his girlfriend from back home was coming to visit his dorm for the first time.

He couldn't help his nervous cleaning, though, he wanted everything to be perfect for his weekend with JJ and Henry. As he'd driven home from their apartment the previous evening, he'd stopped and picked up a crib, changing table, baby swing, baby toys and just about anything else needed for an infant. He'd also picked up some girly smelling bubble bath, a bath poufy and some scented candles for JJ for when she soaked in the Jacuzzi.

Along with the comfort items, Dave had also picked up various foods he knew the blonde liked. Along with many types of chocolate, he made sure he had apples, bananas, oranges and grapes in the house, since those were the fruits he noticed she always took from the various continental breakfasts at the numerous hotels the team frequented. He also made sure he had steak and chicken on hand and plenty of propane for the large grill on the back deck. While it was late November and cold, nothing tasted better than grilled meat and he was willing to suffer the elements if it made the woman of his dreams happy.

As he finished dusting in the great room, he sent up a silent prayer that JJ and Henry would be happy and want to spend many more weekends, and weekdays, in his company. He'd never fallen so hard for a woman, especially a woman with a young child, but he found himself never wanting to let them leave and they hadn't even arrived yet. Speaking of which, he heard the crunch of tires out on the gravel and he knew the weekend of his dreams was about to start.

As she pulled onto the long gravel road that eventually led to Dave's cabin, JJ pondered the weekend ahead of her. If someone had told her six months ago that she would be spending Thanksgiving weekend at David Rossi's cabin, she would have suggested that they check themselves into the nearest psychiatric facility. Not that she hadn't hoped something would eventually happen with the legendary Lothario, heck, even when she was with Will her fantasies centered around the older agent, but she never in her wildest dreams thought anything would actually happen with him. If she was honest with herself, she had to consider that things still may never happen with him. He was the hardest person on the team to read and she wasn't sure whether he'd invited them to his compound because he wanted to pursue her or if he did it out of pity for her and Henry. She really hoped it was the first reason, mainly because she wanted to start something with the living legend, but also because she didn't want his, or anyone else's, pity.

Sure, it had been hard once Will had left them. Not only was half of her income gone, but also half of her help had walked out the door. After Will had left, she'd taken a few sick days, under the guise of a mysterious flu bug, and she'd gotten her shit together. The first thing she'd done was hire a nanny. Thankfully, she'd found a part time student from Georgetown who was trying to work her way through the education department. She'd come with glowing references and she was willing to work cheap. Because she was a student, her schedule was fairly flexible and she was able to stay with Henry while she traveled out of town. While JJ had been nervous about the girl at first, Henry seemed to love her and all of the vetting Garcia had done hadn't turned up anything particularly horrible in the girl's past, so she finally came around to the idea of leaving her son in the care of a twenty year old.

The next thing she'd done was plan out a budget. She really didn't want to move from her cozy apartment because she'd finally gotten it decorated to her liking and she liked the location, which was close to a Metro stop. She'd done some creative budgeting and since she got her childcare as cheaply as she had, she'd been able to stay in her apartment but it left her with little money at the end of the month. As it was, she didn't have much of an emergency fund and her retirement account was scary, but she was fairly happy and her son was well taken care of and that's all that mattered to her.

JJ was pulled from her thoughts as she pulled up in front of Dave's 'cabin.' While he had described the monstrous log cabin as a cabin, it was really a mansion. It was a behmouth house that looked like it was made out of Lincoln Logs, and it was surrounded by heavy woods, which she was sure Dave owned. There was a wrap around porch with a large swing in the corner, and JJ found herself hoping that she would be able to try the swing out in warmer weather.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped out of the car and went around to the backseat to get Henry. As she stood up, she saw Dave making his way down the steps to the car and he wore a big smile on his face.

"Welcome to the cabin, JJ."