A Very Hotstuff Thanksgiving-Ch 1
Penelope Garcia sighed as she walked into her apartment, Thanksgiving was tomorrow and she was alone, everybody had plans, JJ, Henry and Reid went to Vegas to spend the holidays with Reids mom. Hotch, Emily and Jack went to Washington to spend the holidays with Emilys mom for the first time in forever.
She walked over to her living room table and picked up a picture that was sitting in the center, she smiled as she ran her finger across the face of her best friend. She sighed and said, "everybody is gone, even Derek, Fran and my italian stallion are out of town, they were visiting Dereks aunt Von in Chicago so that leaves little ole me alone for Thanksgiving".
As she toed off her shoes and wiggled her toes she said to herself, "Derek asked you to go and you said no", she headed through to the bathroom and turned on the water and poured her favorite bubble bath into the water and swished her hand through the water to start the bubbles.
She removed her clothes and slid into the water, as she relaxed her head against the wall she said, "I know he asked me to go but he deserves some family time and I know, I know he considers me family and as much as I want to be more than just his friend, sadly I am not".
Penelope soaked in the tub and thought about what she was going to do for dinner tomorrow, a smile came to her face and she said, "I'll fix my Marie Callenders turkey and dressing dinner, they are yummy". As the water relaxed her tired body she said, "and I'll fix me some double chocolate brownies and spend the day in front of the tv watching romance movies".
About 30 minutes later she was in her night clothes and paddling her way across the living room and entering her kitchen, she walked over to the cabinet and pulled out the brownie mix. She gathered her ingredients and smiled as she opened her oven door and slid the pan inside a few minutes later.
She licked the spoon and then cleaned up her mess before making her way tiredly toward her bedroom, she pushed her way through the beaded curtain and pulled back her covers. As she laid down and covered up she blew out a deep breath and said, "you can do this Garcie, your family might not be here in person but they are here in spirit and besides you will see them in a few days, so suck it up buttercup".
It wasn't long before she drifted off to a peaceful sleep having no ideas the surprises that were waiting for her the next morning.