Disclaimer: I don't own Criminal Minds.
A/N: Shout out to Guest (criminalmindsrocks) and fishtrek for reviewing chapter 22.
I'm so sorry about the delay between chapters because of rewriting my Spencer/Maeve story, extreme writer's block for this story, and catching a cold that included a lingering cough after my nose stopped being congested. When it comes to the season 15 two-episode premiere, I'm so glad that Spencer and JJ aren't getting together despite Spencer's heart being broken. I just hope that this new love interest for Spencer works out.
After this chapter, I'm planning on doing a time jump by a few weeks by having Rossi finally make his appearance.
Emily is 19-weeks pregnant in this chapter.
Spencer and Emily woke up to Declan on top of Spencer, "Hi mommy. Hi daddy."
As soon as Spencer had his glasses on, he looked at his foster son, "What's with the wake-up call, Declan?" asked Spencer.
Declan hugged Spencer, "Happy birthday, daddy."
Spencer hugged Declan back, "Thank you, Declan."
Declan rested a hand on Emily's growing baby bump, "Hi Serilda, Kalina, and Xander. Even though I'm not related to you three by blood, I'm excited about being your big brother."
After Spencer, Emily, and Declan were dressed for work or school, the growing family entered the kitchen where Spencer smiled when he saw his father drinking coffee, mother drinking tea with his mother-in-law, and a nurse who accompanies his mother on outings.
"Good morning, mom. Good morning, dad. Good morning, Elizabeth. Good morning, nurse Gwen," said Spencer.
"Happy birthday, Spencer," said William.
"Happy birthday, Spencer," said Ambassador Prentiss.
Diana pulled her son into a hug, "Happy birthday, baby."
Spencer blushed as he groaned, "Mom."
Declan giggled, "Your face is red, daddy."
Emily smirked at her foster-son, "Just wait until I make you blush when you get your first girlfriend."
Diana shook her head, "Even though you turn 26 today and you're married and about to become a father, you'll always be my baby boy."
Emily groaned as she rested her hands on her 19-week baby bump.
"Are you OK, Emily?" asked Spencer.
"Serilda, Kalina, or Xander just kicked for the first time," said Emily as she grabbed her husband's hand and rested it on her baby bump.
A minute later a wide-eyed Spencer looked at Emily, "I'm thinking about the movie "Alien" right now."
Emily burst out laughing as tears started to fall down her face, "Me too."
"Alien?" asked Declan.
"You won't see that movie until you're older," said Spencer.
"I can just imagine us dressing up Serilda, Kalina, and Xander as the cute little Green Martians from "Toy Story" during their first Halloween next year," said Emily.
"As long as I dress up as Woody or Buzz Lightyear," said Declan.
A few minutes later Spencer, Emily, Declan, Ambassador Prentiss, Diana, and William were eating breakfast when Ambassador Prentiss's chef Tammy pulled something out of it's hiding place.
"Happy birthday, Spencer," said Tammy as she placed a cupcake that contained a candle in front of Spencer and lit it.
After Emily, Declan, Diana, William, Ambassador Prentiss, and Tammy sang "Happy Birthday", a blushing Spencer closed his eyes and blew out the lone candle.
"I wish for Serilda, Kalina, and Xander to be born healthy while Serilda, Kalina, Xander and I don't inherit schizophrenia," wished Spencer to himself.
"What did you wish for, daddy?" asked Declan.
"If I tell you, my wish won't come true," said Spencer.
Emily groaned as she felt Serilda, Kalina, or Xander kick her.
"The babies kicked again?" asked Diana.
Emily nodded, "Yes."
"May I feel?" asked Diana.
"Go ahead," said Emily.
A minute later Diana was tearing up as she felt her unborn grandchildren kick, "I'm glad that I'm here to experience the rest of your pregnancy and be here when the triplets are born."
"Spencer and I are both glad that you and William decide to move out here," said Emily.
Spencer looked at his father, "Are you sure that you want to take a few years off from working?" asked Spencer.
William nodded, "I want to be a stay at home grandfather until Serilda, Kalina, and Xander start going to school. When the triplets start school, I'll take the bar exam so I can practice law in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia before I ask Agent Hotchner about helping me find a good law firm to work at."
Tammy gave Spencer, Emily, and Declan a stern look, "You three eat up breakfast so you three aren't late for work or school. Spencer, eat everything on your plate and a second helping before you can eat your cupcake."
Diana smiled at Tammy, "I think I'm going to like you since you're the reason why my boy has gained weight since the wedding."
Two hours later Spencer and Emily entered the B.A.U. and headed over to the break area where they found Hotch, Gideon, Morgan, JJ, and Garcia talking.
"Good morning," said Emily.
"Happy birthday, Reid," said Hotch, Morgan, and Gideon in unison.
"Happy birthday, Boy Wonder," said Garcia.
"Happy birthday, Spence," said JJ.
"Thank you," said Spencer before smiling, "Aside from Declan waking Emily and me up this morning to wish me a happy birthday, one of the triplets kicked for the first time."
"Really?" asked Garcia.
Emily nodded, "I believe that Serilda, Kalina, and Xander heard Declan, my mother, and my mother-in-law and father-in-law wishing Spencer a happy birthday causing them to give their daddy the gift of kicking for the first time for his birthday."
"Aww," chorused JJ and Garcia.
"Your parents were over?" asked Morgan.
Spencer nodded, "My dad moved in with Elizabeth, Emily, Declan, Louise, and me since there were two bedrooms left and he wants to be available to help take care of his grandchildren."
"Glad to know that he's stepping up after what he did nearly 16-years ago," said Morgan.
"Finding out that I was getting married and adopting a child gave my dad a wake-up call. If he wanted to know his grandchildren, he needed to step up and make up for his actions," said Spencer.
"Does your father need help on searching a law firm to work at when he's settled in?" asked Hotch.
Spencer shook his head, "Dad wants to take a few years off as a lawyer to help take care of Serilda, Kalina, and Xander. When they start going to school, he'll take the bar exam to practice law in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia so he could start practicing law again."
"Just let me know when he's ready so I can help him find a law firm to work at," said Hotch.
"I promise," said Spencer.
Gideon looked at Spencer, "Even though I'll be working on a different floor, I'll be inviting you and Emily to my office for chess games during lunch."
Spencer and Emil both smiled before Spencer looked at his wife, "Want to play a game of chess while we work on our consults?" asked Spencer.
Emily smiled, "Sure."
A few minutes later Spencer and Emily were at their desks working on their consults while they played chess against each other.
After briefing for their case that was going to take place in Portland, Oregon, Spencer and Emily contacted Emily's mother from Emily's phone.
"If you are calling me at 10:30 A.M., I take it that you and Spencer have a case?" asked Ambassador Prentiss.
"Yes," said Emily.
"At least we decided that we'll have a joint birthday celebration for you and Spencer this weekend," said Ambassador Prentiss.
"Which I'm glad about," said Emily.
Later on that evening, Hotch looked at Spencer, "Have you decided where we'll be going for your birthday dinner?" asked Hotch.
Agent Bill Calvert looked at Spencer, "It's your birthday today?" asked Agent Calvert.
"I turned 26-years-old today," said Spencer.
"Happy birthday," said Agent Calvert before looking at Spencer's wedding band, "Must be hard to be away from your wife and your children if you have any," said Agent Calvert.
"I'm Mrs. Reid outside of work," said Emily as she rubbed her baby bump, "Aside from me being pregnant with triplets, we have a six-year-old foster son who we'll be adopting by the end of the year."
"Plus we celebrated my birthday during breakfast while we'll be eating cake when we celebrate Emily's birthday on Friday," said Spencer.
Emily looked at her husband with a sweet smile on her face, "Serilda, Kalina, Xander, and I all want pizza with pickles, olives, mushrooms, ketchup, mustard, grape jelly, peanut butter, and ice cream on top."
A green Spencer inwardly shook his head as he smiled at his wife as he thought about wanting to survive his 27th birthday in a year, "Let's go get you what you and our triplets want to eat."
A green Morgan looked at Spencer and Emily, "I'm going to back out on joining you guys for Reid's during the case birthday dinner."
The next day Spencer and Emily were walking hand in hand along the area that Patrick Walker frequented when Emily looked at her husband, "Even though Hotch has to find a replacement for Gideon, he's definitely relieved that he doesn't have to deal with Strauss anymore," said Emily.
Spencer smiled as he thought about reporting Chief Strauss to Assistant Director John Benson while Emily told her mother what Strauss was doing which caused Chief Strauss to be fired and relocated while Gideon took Strauss's place as Section Chief, "I'm relieved too even though she told us that she was supportive of our relationship while I was on medical leave after Hankel."
"Even though we talked about being happy about Gideon's promotion, how are you feeling about all the recent changes in our professional and personal lives?" asked Emily.
"I'll be OK since we'll be seeing him when we're not on cases while I know that Hotch and Gideon will do their best to find the best replacement for Gideon's position. When it comes to my personal life, I'm glad that both of my parents decided to move out here before Serilda, Kalina, and Xander are born while my dad's making up for the 15 years he chose to stay out of my life with me."
"Me too," said Emily.
As they were flying home from Portland, Oregon, Emily who was laying with her husband on the couch turned her head and looked at her husband, "Are you OK?" asked Emily.
"Aside from seeing Dr. Stan Howard dead on the ground, seeing Missy Cassell buried alive made me realize that Hankel was close to burying me alive if Hotch didn't understand my clue and I wasn't able to trick Hankel so I could get his gun," said Spencer softly.
"What matters is that both you and Missy Cassell are alive and you saved Missy's life by realizing the type of victims our unsub was targeting and quickly going through those journals," said Emily before smiling at her husband, "If you have any nightmares that deal with Hankel tonight, I'll comfort you."
"Thank you," said Spencer softly.
"Since we both need to get some rest, want me to sing you one of my favorite lullabies?" asked Emily.
Spencer chuckled as he rubbed Emily's growing baby bump that kept Serilda, Kalina, and Xander safe, "Want to prepare for Serilda's, Kalina's, and Xander's births?" asked Spencer.
"Yes," said Emily.
A minute later Emily was singing "Hushabye Mountain" from one of her favorite childhood movies "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".
When Emily was done singing, Spencer chuckled, "When my mom first saw "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", she thought that the Child Catcher would take me away from her a few times."
"The Child Catcher creeps Declan and me out too," said Emily before smiling at her husband, "I love you, Caractacus Potts."
Spencer chuckled as he kissed his wife, "I love you too, Truly Scrumptious."
Hotch shook his head as he hoped that Spencer's and Emily's marriage could last a long time unlike his and Haley's recently ending after he caught Haley cheating on him.
Morgan looked over at them, "Stop kissing you two, we're on the jet."
Emily stuck out her tongue at Morgan, "Your just jealous that you're single since Savannah broke up with you two-months ago."
Two days later Spencer and Emily were each blowing out candles of the large birthday cake that Ambassador Prentiss ordered for her daughter's and son-in-law's joint birthday celebration.
A/N: The next chapter will take place a few weeks later since Rossi will finally appear!