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Chapter Twelve: Permission
Robert Donovan frowned as he took a sip from his coffee cup. He coughed slightly as he made an attempt to swallow the piping hot liquid. He raised his eyebrows as he looked across the kitchen counter and stared at his younger sister.
He coughed a little bit harder as he finally managed to clear his throat and speak up. "Jeez Natalie who made this coffee"?
She smirked slightly as she heard this comment. "Spencer. He likes to have strong coffee in the morning.......and then again at work. He sometimes likes to have more coffee when he gets home from work too, and occasionally again at night if I let him get away with it".
"Well what'd he do to it? Did he use the entire bag of coffee grinds? This is terrible". He stated as he walked over to the sink and poured the entire cup down the drain.
She giggled shrugging a bit. "Now you know why I never drink the coffee".
He nodded his head knowing now why the only thing he'd seen his little sister drink for breakfast in the morning was milk or juice.
He shook his head as he managed to speak up completely changing the subject. "So this is for real? I mean Spencer Reid and you"?
She raised her eyebrows as she took the turkey out of the freezer and stuck it in the refrigerator hoping that it would thaw out in time to be cooked for dinner tonight. "Yeah what about us"?
"I don't know it's just weird I guess. I mean he used to tutor me". Robert stated running his hands through his shaggy brown hair.
She rolled her eyes as she looked up at her older brother. She had almost forgotten that Spencer had once tutored Robert in high school. He'd helped him with chemistry. Which was amusing to say the least. Her big tough rocker older brother being tutored by a twelve year old boy.
She knew that it had embarrassed him. After all what was worst than being tutored? Being tutored by a kid that was the same age as your younger sister.
Her brother sighed as he sat the coffee cup down in the sink and spoke up. "I think I'm going to go to Starbucks and get some real coffee".
She smiled slightly as she spoke up "Okay could you do me a favor and get a can of cranberry sauce? I completely forgot to tell Spence to get it when he left for the grocery store this morning".
He rolled his eyes nodding his head as he made it out of the kitchen hoping that Starbucks didn't make their coffee anything close to the way Spencer Reid made coffee.
Spencer frowned as he managed to lift the final paper grocery bag out of his trunk. Natalie had forgotten a few things that she needed for dinner so he'd headed to the grocery store and gotten her everything she needed.
He managed to make his way inside and sat the bag on the counter next to the three other bags he'd brought in.
He smiled slightly as he felt Natalie kiss his cheek. She spoke up smiling up at him "Thanks sweetie".
He looked down at her as she began to unload the bags. He sighed as he spoke up "So I was thinking about Christmas".
She raised her eyebrows looking over at her boyfriend. She spoke up smiling a little "Spence It's only Thanksgiving and your already thinking about Christmas".
"Yeah I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I mean I know were supposed to go spend Christmas in Vegas with your family. So I was thinking that maybe while were there we can you know.....go see my mom". He stated reaching up and tucking his hair behind his ears.
His hair was starting to get a little shaggy and he had the feeling that Hotch was going to make him go get a haircut if it got any longer.
She widened her eyes as she heard him make this statement. She was actually pretty sure that she'd never really get to go visit his mother with him. Mainly because Spencer had a hard time dealing with anything that had to do with his mother. It just made him uneasy.
"Are you sure? I mean It's just surprising".
"Yeah I know. I mean I just want to go see her. She's already met you as my friend, but I want her to meet you as my girlfriend". He stated feeling his throat tighten a bit.
She smiled managing to walk over to him and hug him gently. "Okay that sounds like a good idea. I'd like to go see your mom with you".
He nodded his head grateful to hear her make this comment. He finally spoke up as she let go of him. "Hey wheres your dad? I didn't see him in the living room when I came in"?
"I don't know. Try checking out back". She stated as she continued to unload the bags.
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He sighed as he left the room and manged to make his way out to the backyard. He wasn't surprised to see her father leaning against the railing of the deck out back smoking a cigarette.
Natalie wouldn't let her father smoke in the house. Spencer was actually pretty sure she didn't want her father smoking at all, but Brian wasn't going to quit anytime soon.
He swallowed the lump in his throat as he made his way over to him. He was thankful that he hadn't taken his coat off. Since it was quite cold out right now.
He managed to swallow another lump as it began to develop in his throat before he finally spoke up. "I...uh Mr. Donovan sir can I talk to you about something"?
Brain Donovan raised his eyebrows a bit as he looked at the younger man standing next to him. "How many times do I have to tell you Spencer? Call me Brian".
Spencer nodded his head feeling his cheeks turn pink as he spoke up again. "Brian may I talk to you about something"?
"Go ahead Spencer what do you want to talk about"? He stated as he put his cigarette out and pulled another one out of the pack lighting up,
Spencer sighed as he stared down at the dead yellow leaf covered grass in the yard before he managed to speak up. "I wanted to talk about Natalie".
"How is she? I know it hasn't been easy for her. She told me about the stalking......about you. She told me what you had to do to that man. How you took care of her".
Spencer sighed biting his bottom lip as he heard this. "She's doing okay. I mean she's getting better everyday. She still has nightmares sometimes though and I don't think she's that comfortable around strangers yet".
"I'm glad she has you Spencer. You probably saved her life, and I can't thank you enough for that. I can't think of anyone I'd rather have her with. You take good care of her". Brian stated as he managed to reach out and pat the younger man's back.
Spencer felt his cheeks burn slightly as he heard this. He'd never really thought about what happened. He'd never really thought about the fact that he'd saved Natalie's life that day. He'd just been so happy that she was alright that he hadn't bothered putting very much thought into it. "Thank you sir........I mean uh Brian. I need to ask you for your permission for something. It's important".
"Okay Spencer go ahead I'm all ears".
"I wanted to know if I could ask for your blessing.........I want to propose to Natalie and I wanted to make sure that you approve". Spencer stated feeling his cheeks turn even darker. He wasn't sure how much darker they could get.
Yes he knew asking her father for his blessing was extremely old fashioned, but it just seemed like the right thing to do. He actually hadn't thought about when he was going to ask Natalie to marry him, but he knew that he wanted to propose to her. He was more than sure that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
He widened his eyes as Brian reached out taking his hand and beginning to shake it. "I'd be more than approving. Welcome to the family Spencer".
Spencer finally pulled back from the handshake as he felt a small smile spread across his face. Welcome to the family. He'd never imagined how happy hearing those words could make him feel.
