A week before Christmas Rossi was scheming. Sitting on the jet with a devious look on his face Hotch looks up at him questioningly. Rossi just smirks in return, causing the agent in charge to shake his head before returning to his case files.
The team spent Christmas Eve at Rossi's mansion, which Penelope had taken the liberty to decorate, David slightly regretted now. His mansion looking like something out of a hallmark movie. He had set up mistletoe himself and so far JJ/will and Savannah/Derek had made good use of it but that's not what he was looking for.
"What are you up to Dave.?" Hotch asks noticing his friends attention had been somewhere else.
"All in due time." Hotch gives a rare smile and heads back over towards his son.
Meanwhile the girls are cooing over Athena.
"She's gotten so big." JJ says.
"Not really, she is barely a month old." Spencer starts causing Derek to hit him. "Owe.'
Before sitting down fir dinner Rossi in forms them that there are assigned seats for the evening causing a few raised eyebrows but otherwise goes unnoticed.
Once everyone is seated JJ notices the mistletoe above Penelope and Spencer's head, "Hey, genius look up." Everyone is now looking at the two.
"Come on, kid it's just a kiss." Derek says unaware that his two friends have done a lot more than kiss on the lips.
Slowly Reid inches toward her and kiss Penelope on the lips much to the shock of them team who thought he's just go for her cheek. The kiss gets heated and Aaron has to clear his throat to get them to pull apart.
"Watch it kid that's my baby girl." Morgan says not quite getting what was going on. Rossi smirks at the head of the table causing Spencer to glare in his direction, which makes the older agent laugh.
JJ the first one to recover from her shock hits Will's arm. "I knew there was something going on!" having connected the dots.
Blushing deeper Spencer takes Penelope's has in his and the rest of the team finally catches on. The team congratulates the two of them.
Raising his wine glass Rossi makes a toast, "To love."
"To love." Everyone else repeats.
Athena's first birthday/Halloween. (time jump)
"Sweetie, I think you're having more fun than her." Penelope says as she watches Spencer decorate the house for their daughter's birthday party. Since it fell on Halloween they decide to make it a costume part.
"Why does my godchild look like a rusted trash can?" Emily questions walking in the house.
"She's not a trash can, Em. She is a Dalek." Penelope says looking over at Athena who is walking behind Spencer but turns hearing Emily.
"A what?"
Spencer and Penelope animatedly explain Doctor who to her. "Don't worry I'll save you from becoming a nerd like your parents." She whispers.
"Who are we saving?" Derek says as he Savannah and Hank arrive.
"Rek." Athena says seeing her second favorite man not quite being able to pronounce Derek. Spencer would be lying if he said he wasn't a little bit annoyed when his daughter's first word was Morgan's name. He was relieved when her second was daddy.
Squirming in Emily's arms until she puts her down Athena was excited to show off her recently new found walking skills to her extended family.
Later that night once everyone had left and Athena was put to bed an exhausted Penelope sat on the couch reading when a Spencer came in the room. It didn't take a profiler to notices he had been fidgeting all night and the way Morgan kept looking at Spencer made her think they were up to something. What that something was she had no clue.
"Hey Penny?" he starts nervously. "I know we haven't been together long but I never taught I'd find love after." Spencer chokes up on the word Meave and Penelope's eyes grow wide when she releases what is happening.
Closing her book she leans over and kisses Spencer before he can start rambling. "Yes."
A/N: I am not writing the wedding because well I'm just going to leave that to your imagination, the next chapter will skip a few years and Athena will be six making Hank ten.
