Family For Christmas-Ch 35
Fran walked to the door wiping her hands and said, "dinner will be ready in about an hour", Jack looked up at his dad and said, "can we go outside and play in the snow for a little while"?, he looked around and everybody nodded their heads yes and he said, "sure, go get your snowsuit on". The kids all jumped up and ran over to get ready.
Derek held his hand out and said, "come on goddes, let's go have some fun", she slipped her hand in his as they headed through the house to put their stuff on so they could head outside to play in the snow. A few minutes later everybody was outside playing in the snow, the family split up when they went outside as some of them started making a snowman and others were having a snowball fight and some were just laying on the ground making snow angels.
Penelope laughed when she slapped Derek in the chest with a snowball, he picked up a handfull of snow and said, "ohhhhhhhh it's on baby girl" and hurled it at nearly missing. She stuck out her tongue and said, "missed me, missed me now ya gotta kiss me", he smiled and walked over and wrapped his arms around her and said, "it will be my pleasure" before leaning in and claiming her lips with his.
They were all having so much fun that they didn't realize that almost an hour had passed until Dave opened the door and said, "okayyyyyy it's time to get in here and get cleaned up, dinner will be ready in like 10 minutes". The kids ran in front of the adults as they heading inside first, the adults stopped and kicked the snow off of their boots before heading inside to help the kids get their suits off.
A few minutes later they were all sitting down at their tables, the 4 kids were at the smaller table while the adults were all sitting at the bigger table, Dave took a deep breath and smiled happily as he looked around the table at the smiling happy faces of his family. He tapped his glass and said, "I would like to make a toast please".
Everybody lifted their glasses and he said, "this Christmas has been amazing and I'm glad that we were able to spend the holiday together", everybody nodded their heads in agreement. Dave said, "here's hoping that next Christmas finds us all together again happy and healthy", everybody in unison said, "here here" as they all took a sip of their wine before digging in to the delicious feast that awaited them.
They laughed and talked and talked and laughed for over an hour as they continued to eat, Derek and Penelope exchanged several kisses and held hands under the table as the meal went on. When everybody was finally finished they decided to help with clean up so that they could end the day togehter relaxing in front of the fireplace as a family.
It wasn't long before they were all sitting in the living room in front of the roaring fire, Jack yawned and said, "can we watch some Christmas movies"?, Dave tapped the end of Jacks nose and said, "sure can kiddo, why don't you all go and get your pj's on first and then pick out a movie to watch", they ran over to the stairs all smiling as they headed up the stairs toward their rooms with their mommys right behind them.
When they came back downstairs they all headed over to the huge movie selection and finally came back with Twas The Night Before Christmas, they sat there huddled together watching the movie and before it was half over the kids were all 4 sleeping peacefully. Penelope looked at everybody and said, "I'm going to get them tucked into bed and then lay down, I'm exhausted".
As she picked Ashley up Derek picked Abby up and smiled, Penelope whispered, "Merry Christmas everybody, thank you all so much for everything", Fran smiled as they all whispered, "Merry Christmas". Reid and Hotch then picked up Henry and Jack and said their goodnights before heading up the stairs, Sarah yawned and said, "good night momma and Merry Christmas you to".
Desi said, "Merry Christmas guys, we love you", Fran and Dave grinned and Dave said, "Merry Christmas to you girls and we love you to", everybody was all smiles as they headed toward their rooms. After tucking the girls into bed Derek whispered, "Merry Christmas girls, I love you", Penelope said, "Merry Christmas girls and mommy loves you sooooooo soooooo much".
They stood there looking down at the girls smiling, Derek wrapped his arms around Penelope and kissed the side of her neck and said, "Merry Christams goddess", she turned in his arms and kisses his lips passionately and when they pulled apart she whispered, "Merry Christmas hotstuff". He intertwined fingers with her as they headed toward her door.
He smiled and said, "I love you", she cupped his face in her hands and said, "I love you to and this has been the best Christmas I have had in years", he leaned in and pressed his lips against hers and when they pulled apart he said, "I feel the same way". She rested her forehead against his and said, "today has wore me out handsome".
He yawned and said, "me 2 beautiful, me 2", she winked at him and said, "goodnight, sleep tight and I hope you have sweet dreams", he laughed and said, "I'm going to imagine you in that teddy that I got you soooooooo my dreams will definitely be sweettttt". She laughed and kissed his lips one final time before stepping into her room.
Before closing her door she watched Derek walk across the hall to his room, he waved one final time and blew her a kiss before shutting his door, it wasn't long before they had both fallen asleep after their exhausting day.