A/N: After I uploaded, I realized I used the wrong name for Garcia's boyfriend. Arrgh! Sorry about that.

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Chapter 10: The BAU Christmas Party

The conference room was not usually a place of celebration. It was usually the first time the team encountered evil and tragedy. Today, however, it was decorated for Christmas. Garlands and Christmas lights were everywhere. Between JJ and Garcia it had been transformed to scream "Christmas isn't just coming it's here so celebrate".

The hallways outside also had mistletoe hung. Spencer was under strict orders by JJ, Garcia, and Morgan not to tell anyone any statistic or trivia about mistletoe. They thought the look of apprehension he had every time he passed any was wanting to say something.

They had no idea he wanted to grab Emily Prentiss and kiss her. He wondered if she felt the same way.

Her apprehension was she did want to kiss him under the mistletoe, but first she wanted him to tell her the most obscure trivial fact he could think of about mistletoe. She sometimes liked his encyclopedic knowledge of countless matters, and sometimes it got in the way. There were times, it actually turned her on. At some point, she would have to consider what that meant, but not today. Today she was just concerned with getting through the day without somehow revealing to anyone in the BAU that she and Reid were dating.

The team and their families began to fill the conference room. JJ's boyfriend Will and their son, Henry were there. Everyone still made a fuss over little Henry, which filled Will and JJ with the delight of proud parents. Garcia's boyfriend Kevin was there, he alternated between talking with everyone and trying to figure out how to discreetly steal a kiss from Garcia under the mistletoe.

Hotch's son Jack was there, not the serious looking boy they remembered from the funeral but a joyful boy fully looking forward to Christmas. Jessica, Hayley's sister, brought Jack. She had been quite supportive in Hotch going back to work and seemed very willing to take care of Jack. Jack, for his part loved his Aunt Jessica very much.

David Rossi didn't have any one come. For that matter, neither did Derek Morgan. Rossi noticed, however, that Derek and Jessica spent a lot of time talking to each other. Rossi smiled, not entirely to himself. He was sure no one else noticed it. Everyone was too busy enjoying that they were gathered for a festive occasion.

At one point, Kevin pulled Garcia aside, and very quietly asked, "What's going on with Reid and Prentiss?"

"What do you mean?" she asked, surprised by the question.

"I think I saw them holding hands."

Garcia giggled. "Be serious, hon, we all love Reid. But not like that."

"I am serious."

"If those two were anything more than platonic, I'd know."

Kevin wisely let it drop.

After the party, JJ saw Will and Henry off. Will saw just sign of concern on JJ's face. "What's wrong?"

"I'm worried about Spencer."

"Why?"

"Did you see the looks he was giving Emily? I think he's got a crush on her."

"I saw. Did you see the looks she gave him back? I think it's more than a crush and I think it's mutual."

"Honey, if it were, I don't think they'd be able to hide it."

Will didn't even try to hide his smile. He knew everyone had a special relationship with Spencer. The problem was, they all thought he was some kind of robot that no one would relate to in a romantic way. They were so used to him being – well – Reid. A room full of profilers, and no one really saw Reid as a man. If they didn't know him, Will was certain no one would have been fooled today. As it was …

"I don't know JJ, I'd bet you anything there's something going on there."

JJ suddenly had an impish grin on her face. "We can talk about that wager tonight, when young ears aren't around."

There was, however, one member of the team who had more than a sneaking suspicion about Reid and Prentiss. At one point, the two did sneak off for a quick kiss under the mistletoe. Only David Rossi saw it, and he allowed himself a smile. It wasn't by chance he saw it, he was watching for them to sneak off. There was a rule among the team, no profiling each other. They mostly followed it. There were exceptions. Especially, when behavior blatantly tipped them off.

It was only a few weeks ago, one the plan returning from the case in Nashville, that Rossi had an inkling. He was dozing, but he saw the two of them playing their customary chess game. Only it seemed they were talking more than moving pieces. And holding hands.

It didn't worry about it at the time, since he was tired and worried about Hotch more than anything. However, he noticed little things since then. He decided not to say anything about it just yet. Let them have their fun.

His mind went to Morgan and Jessica for a moment. Was something beginning there as well? Let it be Dave, he thought. There's nothing dangerous here right now. Besides, it's a party.

A/N: I think of the team as a family, and most families have a hard time being objective about each other. Of course then there's Rossi…

Anyway, we all knew there had to be mistletoe around somewhere.

Happy Holidays