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A/N: Shout out to Fashionista7, southernbeauty13, fishtrek, criminalmindsrocks, and Daisyangel for reviewing chapter 34.
Even though I congratulated Daisyangel on her rainbow baby when I posted chapter five of Promised Love: Book Two, congratulations on your rainbow baby again. I hope that you'll announce the gender during a future review.
This chapter starts on November 21st of 2007. Lucky and Penelope still happened while Garcia is getting together with Kevin in this universe. Spencer didn't eat the chili that was served to the search party while he told Maeve and his in-laws that he can no longer handle eating chili anymore despite causing his wife and in-laws to throw up and agree that they won't eat chili anymore.
Maeve was walking from her classroom to her office that she shared with her mother when she heard a voice she hasn't heard in four years.
"Maeve," said a man.
Maeve turned around to find her ex-boyfriend Robert Putnam who she dated from her senior year of high school until Thanksgiving of 2003 because of realizing how controlling he was, he didn't like the fact that she wanted to wait until after marriage to finally have sex, and how much he was drinking ever since he turned 21 when she was 22, "You're looking well, Robert."
"I've gone to rehab for my alcoholism and went to anger management classes, Maeve. I just earned my three-year sobriety chip last night, Maeve," said Bobby.
"That's good to hear," said Maeve.
"Since it's been four years since we broke up, would you please take me back? I'll follow your rules on when you'll have sex with me if we start over," said Bobby.
Maeve sighed, "I can't take you back, Bobby."
"Why?" asked Bobby.
Maeve held up her left hand to reveal her engagement ring and wedding band, "A two and a half years after our break-up, I fell in love with another genius who was willing to do what I want in a relationship after I told him that I haven't been in a relationship for two and a half years after breaking up with you. We've been married to each other for a year and three months while we're also parents to six-month-old twins," said Maeve before pulling out her wallet and pulled out a picture.
Bobby felt his heart shatter as he looked at a picture of Maeve with a bespectacled man who had brown eyes and curly brown hair while he wore khaki pants, a dress shirt, and a sweater vest while they either held a baby girl with curly red hair and brown eyes or a baby boy with curly brown hair and brown eyes on their laps, "Would you divorce him so you can take me back?" asked Bobby.
Maeve shook her head, "I love my life with my husband while my husband has had a hard life since his mother has been sick his entire life, his father walked out on him when he was ten-years-old while his mentor who was like a second father to him died a few months ago. So I'm not going to be a coward like my father-in-law and leave my husband and children so I can give you a second chance, Bobby," said Maeve before taking a breath, "My husband has dealt with a coworker who wanted a second chance with him after she messed up on a date he took her on seven months before I approached him at one of my mother's lectures. So I'll tell you what he told his coworker: As Richard Bach once said, 'If you love something, set them free. If they come back, it's yours. If they don't, it wasn't meant to be.' We were never meant to be since I married someone else, Bobby. Please let me go and move on from me with someone else."
Bobby nodded, "I understand, Maeve. What matters is that you're happy and I wish you the best life," said Bobby before walking away.
A few seconds later Maeve felt someone hugging her causing her to see that it was her mother, "You heard everything, mom?" asked Maeve.
Mary nodded, "I did. I'm glad that you told Bobby that he needs to move on because I love having Spencer as my son-in-law since he's the total opposite of Bobby. I'll make sure that Bobby isn't allowed on campus again while we'll file a restraining order if he bothers you again."
"OK, mom," said Maeve.
"Now let's go home so we can finish up on preparations for Thanksgiving tomorrow while Spencer is getting off of work in an hour to pick up his mother and her nurse from the airport," said Mary.
Maeve smiled, "I'm glad that my mother-in-law is well enough to come out here and spend Thanksgiving with us again."
"Me too, Maeve," said Mary.
A few minutes later Maeve and her mother were letting campus security know that Robert Putnam wasn't allowed back on campus before they went to the store to pick up some last-minute groceries while Maeve made sure to tell her husband what happened when he called to see how she was doing.
Three hours later Spencer who got off of work at 3 P.M. because of his mother's plane landing at 4 smiled as he hugged his mother, "Even though you're not a fan of flying, thank you for agreeing to fly out here," said Spencer.
Diana smiled, "I wanted to spend the holiday with my sister, nieces, and nephews too, so it made sense for me to come out here so you and my sister don't have to spend about a thousand dollars on plane tickets while I don't want my grandchildren to fly as often as you do."
Spencer nodded before looking at Nurse Thelma who had accompanied his mother again, "Thank you so much for chaperoning my mom out here again."
Nurse Thelma smiled, "It's not a problem, Dr. Reid."
"Are you going to go straight to your brother's house after we arrive at my house?" asked Spencer.
Nurse Thelma laughed, "Diana wants me to meet her grandchildren since I didn't get to accompany Diana out here when your children were born while I was out sick when you and your wife brought your children to Las Vegas three months ago."
Spencer chuckled, "Then let's have you meet Violet and Arthur before you stay with your brother."
20 minutes later Spencer, Diana, and Nurse Thelma entered the Reid family home and Violet and Arthur who were in Spencer to smile at Violet and Arthur, "There's my two munchkins," said Spencer.
Violet and Arthur stopped crawling and grinned as they quickly crawled to their father.
"Dada!" exclaimed Violet.
"Dada!" exclaimed Arthur.
Spencer smiled as he scooped up his six-month-old twins and settled them onto both of his hips, "Do you see who I brought home with me?" asked Spencer.
"You two have gotten so big since the last time I saw you two in person when you two were three-months-old," said Diana.
Violet and Arthur both tilted their heads.
"Nana," said Violet.
"Nana," said Arthur.
Tears started to leak through Diana's eyes, "They're calling me Nana."
Spencer nodded, "They know that you're their grandmother, but Nana is much easier for them to say right now while they have recently started calling their grandpa Joe 'papa'."
"I prefer being called naan over grandma right now," said Diana before looking at her nurse, "Thelma, these two are my grandchildren Violet and Arthur."
Nurse Thelma took in the sight of her favorite patient's grandchildren that she has seen by looking at pictures and watching videos that Spencer sent to his mother, "Pictures and videos do not do justice."
Diana nodded, "I agree."
Nurse Thelma then started to remind Spencer about the medication she packed for Diana and told him to call her if there were any problems with his mother before she headed across the street.
A minute later Spencer and Diana were on the couch each holding a twin when Maeve who was wearing a pair of gray slacks, a light blue blouse, and a cardigan sweater that belonged to her husband while her auburn hair was pulled back into a ponytail came downstairs since she was putting Violet's and Arthur's laundry away in the nursery, "I'm so happy that you were able to make it, Diana."
Diana smiled as she hugged her daughter-in-law as she switched twins with her son so she could hold Violet, "Me too, Maeve."
"As someone who gave birth to twins six months ago, you're looking beautiful, Maeve," said Diana.
"Thank you, Diana," said Maeve before smiling at the sight of her mother-in-law wearing a tweed skirt, a light blue blouse, and a tweed jacket that matched her skirt while her short blonde hair that Diana allowed to grow out a bit was showing the same natural curls her husband's hair, "You're looking beautiful too."
"I wanted to look good for my family," said Diana.
Maeve then kissed her husband, "How was work?" asked Maeve.
"I completed all my consults, so barring an emergency like a child abduction I won't have to worry about work until Monday," said Spencer.
"That's good," said Maeve as she sat down next to her husband.
"Where's Stephanie?" asked Spencer.
"Did you forget that she's at dance class to prepare for the Christmas showcase that's happening next month?" asked Maeve.
Spencer ran a hand through his hair, "Last week has been tough with my team's technical analyst getting shot, so I forgot."
"It's OK, Spencer," said Maeve.
Spencer then noticed that Arthur was chewing on his tie causing him to pull his tie out of his son's mouth, "Oh no you don't, Arthur. Daddy doesn't need yours or your twin sister's drool to mess up any more of my ties."
Arthur's lips started to quiver as he released a few tears and let out some cries.
"Do you want mommy to get you a teething ring?" asked Maeve.
"Aye," said Arthur.
A few seconds later Maeve took her son from her husband and carried Arthur on her hip to the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner.
An hour later Spencer, Maeve, Stephanie, Diana, Mary, Joe, Elle, and Elle's boyfriend Devin who were invited over for dinner before they headed up to Brooklyn for Thanksgiving were eating rigatoni pasta that was mixed with tomato sauce with ground beef that Mary cooked for dinner while Spencer and Maeve fed Violet and Arthur who've both been stripped down to their diapers some baby food between eating bites of their pasta and salad when Diana looked at Elle, "I suspect that a congratulations is in order for you and Devin, Elle," said Diana.
Elle and her boyfriend exchanged glances, "What do you mean, Diana?" asked Elle.
"A fellow mother knows when another mother is pregnant, Elle," said Diana.
Elle blushed a bit, "I'm only eight-weeks and I wasn't going to tell anyone who wasn't Devin or my mom until I reached the 12th week."
Spencer smiled at his friend and her boyfriend, "Congratulations, Elle and Devin."
"Thank you, Spencer," said Elle.
"Thank you, Spencer," said Devin.
"If this baby ends up being a boy, I call dibs on using the name Jason in his name, Spencer," said Elle.
"With how Jason treated Spencer for a few months after his abduction, we already agreed not to name our next future son after Jason," said Maeve.
"With you saying future son, are you pregnant too?" asked Elle.
"Spencer and I had agreed to try for another baby when Violet and Arthur turned six-months-old, so hopefully we'll be finding out if we've been successful or not soon," said Maeve.
Diana smiled at the thought about another grandchild,
A few hours later, Spencer looked at his wife as they got ready for bed, "Are you excited about celebrating Violet's and Arthur's first Thanksgiving like I am?" asked Spencer.
Maeve nodded, "Yes."
"Are we going to take turns entertaining Violet, Arthur, and my mom while helping your mother cook in the kitchen?" asked Spencer.
"That's what my mom and I were talking about doing when you were trying to find Penelope's attacker last week," said Maeve just as her cell phone rang causing her to see that it was an unknown number just as Violet started crying through the baby monitor.
"I got Violet," said Spencer before he left the master bedroom.
20 minutes later Spencer entered the master bedroom to find Maeve crying, "What's wrong?" asked Spencer.
"You remember me telling you about my encounter with my ex-boyfriend Bobby today?" asked Maeve.
Spencer nodded as he rejoined his wife in bed, "Yes."
"That was his mother calling to tell me that Bobby died," sniffled Maeve.
"What happened?" asked Spencer.
"He relapsed on alcohol and was drinking and driving when he ran through a red light and hit a vehicle that held five college students. Bobby and one of the college students both died on the operating table," sniffled Maeve.
"The accident Bobby caused isn't your fault since Bobby made the choice to start drinking again and get behind the wheel instead of calling for a taxi," said Spencer.
"I know," sniffled Maeve.
"Are you planning on going to the funeral since you dated your ex-boyfriend for five years before you broke up with him?" asked Spencer.
Maeve shook her head, "Even though he was my first love, I'm not going to attend his funeral since seeing him again reminded all the cuts, bruises, and black eyes he gave me until he broke my arm after he caught me dumping his beer down the drain causing me to finally press charges against him."
"I support your decision, Maeve," said Spencer.
Maeve looked into her husband's eyes, "I know that you have dealt with cravings for Dilaudid a few times, but I'm proud of you for not giving into those cravings and get addicted after you were released from the rehabilitation center your aunt sent you to after you were released from the hospital."
"After hearing about how horrible your ex-boyfriend was to you, I wasn't going to follow your ex's footsteps and develop a drug problem after Hankel forcibly injected me with Dilaudid eight times while Violet and Arthur were huge reasons why I accepted help to recover," said Spencer.
A few hours later Spencer was heading to the kitchen for a midnight snack of cranberry cookies when he saw a light on in the library causing him to find his mom, "I take it that DC being three hours ahead of Las Vegas is affecting you again?" asked Spencer.
Diana nodded, "Yes, Spencer."
Spencer smiled a bit as he realized that his mother was lucid, "I'm about to get myself some cranberry cookies. Do you want me to make you a cup of tea?" asked Spencer.
"Tea would be wonderful, Spencer," said Diana.
Ten minutes later Spencer and his mother were nibbling on some cookies as they waited for their tea to cool a bit while they talked about the books they recently read before they went back to bed.
The next morning during breakfast, Mary noticed her daughter's red eyes, "Are you OK, Maeve?" asked Mary.
"My abusive ex-boyfriend died last night," said Maeve just as the news reporter on the small TV in the kitchen started talking about Bobby's death while identifying the 19-year-old college student that died as Diane Turner causing her eyes to go wide, "Diane was a student at Mendel University."
Mary looked at her daughter, "Isn't she the one who has been shadowing you in the lab and was begging you to let her be your research assistant next semester."
Maeve nodded, "She has been showing me what she has been writing for her thesis for her Bachelor of science since she wants to eventually earn a Ph. D. on the topic that she's writing her thesis on. I finished reading what she has written so far yesterday and everything she has written was plain wrong," said Maeve as she recounted what she has been read so far and the constructive criticism she was planning on giving to Diane on Monday.
When Maeve was done talking about the dissertation, Spencer looked at his wife, "Even though it's too late to tell her that she needs to talk to a therapist about her parents' deaths, I agree what she wrote about isn't right."
Maeve nodded as she didn't even realize that she should be lucky that the unfortunate accident from her ex-boyfriend's choices would keep Diane from eventually stalking her and her husband in a few years.
Later on that evening Spencer, Maeve, Violet, Arthur, Stephanie, Diana, Joe, Mary, Chief Strauss, Richard Strauss, 16-year-old Sarah, 14-year-old Molly, 12-year-old Tyler, and Hotch were gathered around the Reid and Donovan family's dining room table saying what they were thankful for while a few people teared up when Spencer said that he was thankful for having a second chance at life so he could be alive to meet Violet and Arthur.
Ten minutes after the turkey was carved, everyone was eating two or more helpings of turkey and various Thanksgiving dishes while Violet and Arthur got to enjoy pureed Thanksgiving dishes like turkey, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, peas, and a few other dishes while everyone enjoyed watching Violet's and Arthur's reactions to exploring new tastes and making a mess all over themselves and Spencer and Maeve who were in charge of feeding their children.
An hour after dinner was eaten and Spencer, Maeve, Violet, and Arthur were cleaned up, everyone was gathered in the living room where they played various games like Apples to Apples, Skip-BO, and Scrabble while Violet and Arthur crawled around the living room to get cuddles from everyone.
A few hours later in Las Vegas, Nevada; William Reid sat at his dining room table eating a turkey sandwich while drinking some scotch as he looked around his dining room table and wondered if he should have listened to his first wife and take Spencer with him so he could have Spencer, his daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, his ex-wife Tanya who he wasn't aware of being dead, and his 12-year-old daughter who he wasn't aware of being now raised by his 26-year-old son eating Thanksgiving dinner with him instead of spending another holiday alone despite having a few offers from his few friends or coworkers to join them at their dining room table.
A/N: I have it that JJ took her not so secret boyfriend Will to Pennsylvania, Emily decided to help take care of Garcia who's now at home, Rossi went to his cabin, and Morgan went to Chicago for Thanksgiving.