Chapter 5: There's something different about you.

The next morning Spencer woke up still smiling because of his date with Max. Even his usual nightmares were replaced with memories of her.

He could not believe that he met such a wonderful woman and that after seen her two times, he already felt like this.

He took a shower and got dressed with one of his dress pants and a short sleeve shirt without tie or jacket.

He drank coffee and ate some toast, when JJ called him he was done with breakfast and went downstairs to her car.

"Uncle Spencer!" Was his welcome in the car by the kids. JJ smiled at her kids.

"Hey Michael and Henry" said Spencer fastening the seat belt "when we arrive to the zoo I will hug you both, ok?" They nodded.

"Ok uncle Spence" said Henry "Michael and I brought you a present"

"Oh really?" He said smiling "and what is it?"

Henry laughed "I can't tell you! It's a surprise" Spencer laughed "we will show you when we arrive"

"Ok" he laughed some more then turned to JJ "how are you?"

"I'm good. The team will return to work next week so I will return with them"

"Good. I hope I can return but no yet, I still need to see my doctor more sessions to see if she approves it" he looked at the road "where's Will?"

"Oh I forgot to tell you. Some friends from New Orleans came to Washington and he met with them today to show them around and have a Men's day" she laughed softly "he was so excited about it" Spencer smiled "how is your mom?"

"She's great, after what happened to her. I had to explain it to her, we decided it was better for her to move to a place where they can help her" he looked at his hands "so we went to some places and she picked where she felt more comfortable and if she's happy I'm happy"

"That's great and I know it's hard but you did the best choice for her and I'm sure she will better then" she smiled at him and she parked the car then the four of them jumped out of the car. Immediately the two boys ran towards Spencer and hugged him tight.

"We missed you uncle Spence" said Henry with some tears.

"I missed you too" his voice cracked a little "now let's enjoy this day, ok" he smiled at them and they nodded. He noticed JJ with some tears too

Then they all walked to buy the tickets. Henry and Michael never leaving his side as they told him what they wanted to see.

JJ just laughed at it. She surely will take a photo of that for Will.

Meanwhile Max was on her way to the gallery with her best friend and coworker.

"So Max how are you going with that phycologist your father send you?"

"Very nice, the first session was a group therapy, pretty cool. Where we met some her parents. Never knew why they were there but get to talk to some of them"

"Any handsome guy?" She smirked.

Max laughed "Alisha please... We aren't there to flirt" she lied since she openly flirt with Spencer but that was something she will not tell her yet "but answering your question... Yes there were some handsome men"

"Maybe you can find someone to date and help you forget that idiot" they laughed "and did you have private session yet?"

"Kind of... We talked alone an hour or two about me. You know I talked about my mom... The doctor gave me some advices to move on" she half lied, she was sure that Spencer must know about phycology so...

"Oh yeah that happened while you were still with him so it's part of your traumatic experience" Max nodded "when are you going to talk about Mike with your doctor?"

Max thought for a few seconds "when I feel ready" she said thinking about Spencer.

"It's not like you are telling your crush about it. You are telling it to your doctor" Max nodded.

"You are right..." She looked at her friend "maybe the next time I have a private session I will"

"Good... The sooner you get that out of your system, the better" Max laughed.

"Now who is the psychologist" they laughed as they arrived to the gallery and they getting out of the car and into the building.

Back with Spencer. The kids were playing with little chickens and other baby animals while he and JJ were buying food for the animals and for them.

"How is the therapy going?" She asked in a low voice just for him.

"Pretty good. Last week we had a group therapy, something like when I was in rehab" she looked down at that. She still remember what he said when she covered that Emily survived about using drugs again "but we didn't tell why we were there, just talking about likes and dislikes then meeting some people from the group"

"Good I'm glad you are meeting people outside the job. We always need someone to talk about the weather or the animals" she said laughing. Then they reached the counter and she ordered two bags of animal food and Spencer order four ice creams for them.

He insisted on paying the bill after she paid the tickets. Then they handed the ice cream cones to the kids and asked them to sit down next to them to eat it.

JJ could feel something different in her best friend but could not put it into words. He looked more relaxed which could be because the break he had out of their stressful work but she saw him out before but this time was different.

When the kids finished their ice cream cones they ran back to play with the animals and fed them as the guy explained them to.

"Did you talk to the doctor about your situation? Why you are there?" He shook his head.

"I told her about my job but haven't talked about specific situations yet" she nodded "JJ I know you are worry but I feel like I'm getting better. Yesterday I didn't have nightmares"

"Well that's an important step because I know you have a lot of them" he nodded and smiled softly, she was sure he was different but why was her question. Because he had not talked about his situation but at the same time no nightmares.

The rest of the day was calmer and they saw more animals then left to have lunch. Before they left he bought the boys two stuffed animals, one for Henry and another for Michael.

"You spoil them to much" said JJ laughing as they walked in a fast food restaurant.

"Three months away from them, and you know aunt Penelope spoil them more" he laughed.

"True" they ate and then she dropped him at his apartment then left to her house. The kids sleeping after a day full of fun.

When he walked in he got a message from Max "Hey how was your day?"

"Great, I spent it with my godsons and their mom. My co-worker. How was yours?" Was his answer.

"Great, today my students were amazing, I recorded them so you can see it" he blushed softly imagined her thinking about him. Then she sent another message "I would send them to you but your phone is a dinosaur, do you have an email?"

He looked down and sighed then texted her back "I never liked technology or emails. In fact I only have a corporate one for the FBI memorandums"

"Oh my... You will need more help than I thought" he laughed "see you tomorrow?"

"Of course, see you" he smiled and goes to change into a more comfortable then he saw the address of the place they will meet tomorrow.

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