Chapter 10: Poker Night.

That same night, somewhere else.

"Hey Emily" said a female voice when the BAU boss answered her cellphone.

"Hey JJ. Is everything ok?" She asked walking in her apartment.

"Yeah everything is ok. They kids are in bed and will is reading a book before bed. How are you?"

"I'm perfectly fine thank you. And can I know why are you calling?"

The blonde sighed at the other side of the phone "did you talk to Spence?"

Emily took of her jacket and sat down in her couch "yeah I did. I just returning from my talk with him"

"And how did you see him?"

"Perfect. He looked relax and happy"

"Just like he was when I saw him when we went to the zoo" she said "but did he tell you why?"

"No" JJ cursed under her breath and Emily understood her "JJ... He is a grow man and does need a babysitter"

"I know Emily but the last time he kept information from us, he ended being in jail for three months and almost got kill by an ex FBI agent..."

"Yeah I know but if he kept information to himself it doesn't mean it's something bad. He knows the consequences if he does something like that again" said the black headed woman "he is a genius and I know he learned the lesson"

"And yet he keeps information..." She said bitterly.

"Ok let's imagine two scenarios. One he is up to something like what led him to prison, which make him an idiot, and we both know he isn't" Emily took a pause and JJ was about to talk when the black headed stopped her "let me finish. The second is... What about he wants to keep his privacy because he met someone...?"

"Do you think...?" JJ could not imagine him falling I love again. He was devastated when Maeve was killed and she did not saw him interested in another woman since then.

"Just like you when you was dating Will" she told her and JJ thought it was a low blow but she got a point "we like to keep our private life, specially in a place where others could read us like an open book. Spence deserves happiness and if he isn't ready to share this with us yet we must respect it" the blonde sighed and looked down.

"You are right Emily. I'm just worry about him"

"I understand but what we can do now is to support and love him. He needs time to realize if that person is the right one for him"

"Yeah I know... Thank you Emily" she said smiling happy she got her worries out of her system then her smile became a smirk "do you imagine Spence dating someone?"

"I bet he would start talking about facts I between kisses like 'hey do you know that the kisses were forbidden in 1766 because it may attract the devil?'" said Emily trying to imitate his voice and both women laughed.

"I can totally imagine that" said JJ still laughing "goodnight Emily"

"Goodnight JJ" they hung up and went to bed.

At the same time in the park.

Spencer and Max decided to talk about happier topics. She laughed when he told her about the 'Reid Effect" with kids and dogs.

"But I think that effect stopped to work with your godsons"

"Yeah maybe you are right" he laughed looking at her "I just need to try with dogs" he added with a laugh.

"Totally" she smiled then checked her watch "it's getting late so maybe we should leave. Tomorrow is Friday and I need to get early to work"

"Sure I can walk with you to your car" he said looking at her.

"It's ok. I'm further than you"

"I must insisted. I don't want you in danger. When you work at the FBI and getting into the eviler minds you could imagine, you could be more paranoid than a normal person" she sighed but nodded.

"Ok I understand. Let's go" she wrapped her arms around his arm as they walked to her car "my dad is excited for the poker night" she looked up at him.

He laughed "he looked so upset with them when they brag about their wins against him"

"They had been losing against them since he started this poker nights" she looked as they get closer to her car "tomorrow I will be extremely busy so maybe we can't see each other"

"It's ok. I won't be able to meet you either. My boss sent an email saying I have to go tomorrow to be checked by. The medical team and next week I can do the shooting test and other test I have to pass to get in the field"

"So if you pass them, you will have to go to solve cases?" He nodded.

"But we can see each other when I'm free. Normally on weekends" she nodded.

"Good because I will miss seeing you everytime we want" he smiled and moves his hand to rub her cheek.

"Me too but we still have the phone calls and the weekends for us" she smiled looking at his eyes.

He was so tall he had to lean in to kiss her once again. This kiss was a little longer than the last one they shared after she told him her experience with Mike.

She felt like she might fainted, his lips were soft and the kiss was gently. He was an amazing kisser and she could never imagined it because he looked so awkward around her sometimes but he was full of surprises, and she loved it.

She was the first to break the kiss, she was not happy but she had to go to her apartment early that night.

"See you on Saturday?" She whispered on his lips.

"Y...yeah" he whispered back. His hands firmly on her waist.

She smiled softly and rubbed his cheek "goodnight Spencer" she lightly kissed his lips once more and walked to her car.

He looked as she did it then walked to his car when she left. He was smiling just thinking about those two kisses they shared and how she trusted him about her situation with her last boyfriend.

That made him think about telling her what happened to him. It was different of course but he was sure now that she trusted him and she will not run away from him.

The next day was as busy as he expected. They checked his health in general. They ran a complete blood test, they did physical test and everything was normal.

They knew that he had anthrax so any sign of it was already in the record so the doctors did not get worry. His contact lenses were checked and every looked fine with him.

"Doctor Reid, this results will be send to th Deputy director and your supervisor. This Monday you will go to the offices to do the shooting test" he nodded and left the building. He decided to visit his mother after lunch.

She was happy in the hospital. She was playing bingo with other people in there. The doctor who was checking his mother talked to him.

Telling him about they are trying a new medication on her. The experiments were really good so they decided to start to use them with some patients.

Spencer didn't have much hope because he had tried a lot of them and neither worked but let's wait.

After that he decided to leave to do other things for work. He needed some documents for the bureau so he had a busy day. He managed to text Max now and then and she answered him when she could.

They were busy but had time for one another. At night the talked on the phone and decided to meet at lunch and they will go to her dad's house for the poker night.

The next day Spencer and Max met in a restaurant and ate lunch. He explained her how to play poker and he told her he only had lost against Emily and JJ.

He was really good so she could be sure he will beat those men.

After lunch they went to the house and there was Sammy with his father.

"Are you my aunt boyfriend?" He asked straight forward "your hair is weird for a grown man"

Spencer laughed softly "Sammy respect him and he isn't my boyfriend" she blushed deeply.

"You always say to not lie aunt Max" she looked at him like she was going to kill him.

Spencer on the other hand cannot help but smile looking at her and her nephew "Sammy right?" He nodded "your aunt isn't lying"

"But she looks like she is your girlfriend and what's your name?"

"Oh yeah I haven't introduce myself. I'm Spencer. Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too" the little boy looked at him "what do you do?"

"Sammy!" Said Max rolling her eyes.

"I'm a FBI agent" he said calmly

"Wow! Did you know that the FBI has 300.000 employees?"

"Actually yes I did know that" he smiled at the little boy.

Sammy smiled at him back "aunt I like him you should be her girlfriend" she rolled her eyes and blushed softly.

"Enough Sammy" she said to him and was happy to see his father "hey Matt"

"Hey Max and Spencer. Nice to see you again. Michelle will be here soon to pickup Sam. I will stay here to watch the poker game" he patted Spencer's shoulder "I'm excited to see you play"

"It's not something special. Just math"

"Yeah the problem is I'm a journalist so my math isn't good. I'm sure my wife would be better. She is an accountant"

"Yeah maybe but we all can learn. Math is THE science so if you know it you'll be able to think with logic and know how to play poker better"

They continued to talk until the others arrived. He walked to the basement where the poker table was.

Matt asked to be the dealer for the night. The game started and each made a bet. The two men were full of confidence about winning as usual. Spencer was in competitive mode and had his poker face on.

The other made higher bets until they showed their cards. Dom quit after two rounds of bets.

The other men had strong hands but Spencer won with a straight flush. The others were in shock.

They played more hands with the same result. Spencer winning every match.

They checked his arms to see if he was cheating but they could not find any sign of that.

The two men decided to leave earlier.

"So you won, because they never leave this early" Spencer nodded "good" she looked around and no one was around so she kissed him softly "congratulations" she smiled at him.

He smiled back and hugged her "thank you" they stayed like that for a while until they broke the hug and walked to her dad who was talking to Matt.

"Max, Spencer was amazing. He won every match and with great hands"

"yeah he told me" she said looking at him and hugged his arm "actually I'm not surprised because he is from Vegas and he was banned from every casino there" the two men's jaw dropped.

"Really?" Asked Matt.

"Yes. They didn't like to lose so when I won a lot of games they decided to kicked me out. And it happened in every casino"

"I wouldn't be shocked after watching you playing today" added Matt.

After that they ate sandwiches and talked some more until it was time for Matt, Max and Spencer to leave.

The couple left after Spencer promised to return to the house soon. Max drove to his apartment and they shared a last kiss before he jumped out of the car.

"Tomorrow I would like to have a picnic with you. Would it be ok?" He asked.

She smiled and nodded "I would love to Spencer" he smiled back and walked to his apartment.

OOooOOooOO

That was all for today. I hope you liked it. I wasn't sure if I should add or not that conversation between JJ and Emily. I hope I made the right decision.

I also decided to add the medicine plot at this moment of the story. The next chapter we will have some things from S13E2 like the shooting test or the condition the deputy director said to Spencer about teaching.