Chapter 9: The most wonderful day of the year.

The next day started with a busy Max going to the saloon with her sisters.

There she got a full spa treatment, she painted her nails and done her hair.

They talked about stuffs to do for their night. Their father liked to play board games so they wanted to have some of his favorites.

"What about we play poker?" Asked Eloise "dad loves car games"

"I... don't think it's a good idea" said Max remembered what JJ told her about Spencer.

"Why?" Asked Michelle.

"Because Spencer is from Vegas and he can play"

"Oh come on Max. Do you remember Rick? My ex boyfriend? Well he was from Vegas and couldn't play monopoly... I'm sure we will be fine"

Max sighed and just nodded "it's your choice" she looked at her sisters "By the way Eloise, is your boyfriend going?"

"Yes but he has to leave early because his father want to spend some time with him"

"Ohk it's ok. Sadly he won't be for the presents"

"Yeah but he will go tomorrow morning"

"Spencer wanted me to meet his mom tomorrow so maybe we will go to my dad's house later".

"You guys are going fast" teased Michelle.

"Don't be silly Michelle. He met my dad after his team saved him from that crazy bitch. He told me he never thought he could meet him like that"

"Yeah it was a very bad situation to meet someone" said Eloise.

"But you both managed that pretty well"

"Yeah but still was a horrible situation that I hope never happened again" both sisters nodded.

After some more hours there, the three sisters left to eat them the older and younger sisters left to their dad's house to finish the dinner.

While Max went to get the dessert. She ordered an apple pie and bought icecream for it.

She texted her sisters and drove to her apartment to get ready.

Meanwhile Spencer picked one of his favorite suits, black dress pants and jacked, and a white shirt with a black tie. Then called Morgan and JJ to wish them a happy holiday.

At night he took a shower and shaves then got dressed and texted Max to asked at what time he can pick her up.

Her answer was that he could pick her up at eight. When it was seven thirty he started to get all the presents, even the ones he got for her and Sammy, to his car.

Then he drove to her apartment and called her. When she answer "hey, I'm here"

"Ok can you come in? I need some help"

"Sure" he hung up, got out of the car and walked to the door. He went upstairs to her apartment and knocked the door.

When Max opened it, Spencer's jaw almost hit the floor. She was wearing a black dress, with a v-neck and a little above her knees with high heels, not enough to match his height but enough to at least kiss him without tiptoeing.

She smirks with the speechless 3-time Doctor in front of her "Are you going to come in or just stand there until midnight?" She laughed when he realized he was just staring at her.

"You look stunning" he rubbed the back of his neck as he walked in and wrapped an arm around her.

"Well thank you Spencer. You look very handsome yourself" he leans in an kisses her softly.

"Thank you but this is my normal self, wearing suits. This is the first time I saw you wearing a dress"

"I love how those suits look on you so I will always enjoy them" she smiled looking at him blushing "I will need you to help me with the icecream. I will get the pie for the dinner tonight" he nodded and walked to the kitchen with her.

He held the icecream and she had the pie. Then the couple walked to the living room, Max got her purse and her present for Spencer and and both headed out of the apartment.

"Are you nervous to see my dad again?" She asked as they walked.

"Yeah. I'm worry he might hate me after what happened with Cat"

"He doesn't. He likes you very much" she smiled.

"Good, I'm happy to know that" they reached the car and he managed to open the door to put in the icecream where it will not damaged the presents, then he opened the door for Max.

When she was in he walked to his side and gets in "ok as usual lead me to your Dad's house"

She nodded and when he turned on the car she told him the address and he drove there. Listening to some instructions Max gave him.

When they arrived, Spencer was stunned by the big house. It was a Victorian, two story high house and with a big garden.

"Wow... this place is amazing"

"Yeah it is" she smiled then he parked the car "Spencer. Thank you again for being here. This is something special we share as family and I'm glad we could share it together"

"You are welcome Max and I hope we have more of this together" she smiled and kisses him rubbing his cheek "you are amazing" she whispered on his lips.

"So are you" he smiled and then they broke away and started to get the things out the car. Max's brother-in-law Phill ran towards them to help them just like Eloise boyfriend.

Between the four of them were able to take the things inside. They put the presents under the tree with their names on the bag just like the others did. Meanwhile Max with Eloise's boyfriend took the pie and icecream in the fridge.

Then she greeted her father and sisters. Sammy was not around, he was playing with the neighbor's children.

Max made the proper instructions to the family members that don't know him. He introduced as Spencer Reid, not doctor or agent.

He wanted to be just him tonight not a federal agent. They played monopoly and others board games.

Then Michelle proposed to play poker. Of course Spencer accepted, Max asked to be the dealer. She did not want any problem so the make sure the cards where well mixed so nobody could be upset if something weird happened.

They were using MM's to bet. Spencer used his poker face. His dad looked very compromised with the game.

At the last call. They all showed their cards. As usually Spencer won. He got a full. All if them were in shock.

"How...?" Asked Don looking at his cards.

"I got banned of lots of casinos in Vegas because I used math to play poker" he said eating a MM "just two people in the BAU won me. JJ and Emily, my boss"

Eloise and Michelle looked at Max like they will kill her "Hey... I warned you. He is good no play poker with him"

"You never told us that" said Michelle.

"And ruined the experience of seen you be beating by Spence?" She smirked.

"You..." Eloise said "you are evil"

"May be" she stood up and held his hand "come here" she said making him stand up and walked to dance a slow song that was playing on the radio.

"So you didn't tell them about my ability with poker, huh?"

"No, I wanted to see them against you with their full confidence and thinking they could beat you"

"Umm ok" he looked at her.

"And I wanted them to see how awesome my boyfriend could be" her arms are around his and she played with his hair gently "I wanted to know why you were banned"

He laughed "so you wanted to show off your boyfriend" he said with a smirk "and you were curious to know why I can't get in some casino in Vegas" she bit her lip and nodded, that made him laugh.

"Don't laughs at me baby" she said in a whisper.

"I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing because I found funny the situation" he leans and kissed her "you are adorable and I would never laugh at you"

Meanwhile the rest of the family see them talking and dancing or just moving around pretending to dance.

"What do you think of him dad?" Asked Eloise.

"I told him when we met at the FBI that he was boyfriend material for Max. The only bad one was Mike"

"Well they seem in love" now commented Michelle.

"Don't use that word in front of Max. She wants to take things slow" Eloise added.

"I won't use it in front of her but they are in love already so what's the point of hiding it?"

"Max is stubborn and she won't admit it until she can't hide it anymore" the two sisters were agree with his dad's statement.

Back with Max and Spencer, the song has ended and they stayed there into each other's arms until they decided to break the embrace and walked back to the living room were her dad was with Eloise.

"Spencer I was wondering when you started to work at the FBI" said Don when he sat down while Max walked into the kitchen to check on her sister.

"Almost sixteen years ago, sir" he nodded.

"You look pretty young. How old are you?"

"I'm 38"

"Wow so you started at 23, right?"

"Yes, my former boss wanted me there because I was excellent in the profiling course so he wanted me in the BAU. He was like a father to me and helped me be the man and professional I am today"

"That's great. I think it's amazing how a young boy like you could accomplished so much"

"It wasn't easy. At first I failed my shooting test every time I took it. One time they took away my gun and to defeat an unsub, I have to use my supervisor's second gun. It was a lucky shoot but I saved us and the hostages"

"Amazing!" said both Eloise and Don.

"Yeah but then I got better with it and now I have the highest score"

"See? Practice make perfection" said Don to Eloise, when the father looked Spencer's confused face he added "she is studying to be a lawyer but she keep failing in a class so I'm telling her to practice harder and learning the laws"

"That's right. If you know the laws and can make a solid argument with them, no one will beat you in the court"

She nodded and looked at Spencer "and as a FBI agent you must know them too, right?"

"Yes, in fact, if someone isn't collaborating with an investigation and the case is really bad, you can arrest them for blocking the investigation and in the worst case you can arrest them for helping terrorism"

"Wow... really?" He nodded.

"You can learn the articles one per day. Analyse it and understand the meaning of it so you can use it properly" she nodded and looked at her father then at him.

"Thank you for the advice Spencer, that was helpful"

"You're welcome" he smiled.

Then Max and Michelle walked back in the living room and looked at the three of them talking.

"What did we miss?" Max sat next to Spencer.

"Talking about my beginning in the FBI and then some advices to Eloise" he synthesized their conversation.

"Oh that's great" she smiled "now it's my pleasure to tell you that dinner is ready. And it's eleven o'clock so in hour is Christmas day"

"Ok so do we eat first and then give the presents or wait and eat after that?" He asked.

"We usually eat first and then give the gift"

"Good then I will follow your tradition" said Spencer looking at them.

Michelle then called her husband and asked him to bring Sammy back in for dinner then the sisters set the table not letting Spencer to help.

They said he was their guess so he won't do anything. So he just watched as they keep putting everything on the table. When everything was done all of them sit by the table and Don pray for the food and thanks God for everything.

Then they started to put the food in each plate. They ate and talk about random things. They laughed at some comments, especially from Sammy.

The dinner was delicious and Michelle said it was their mother's recipe and so were other dishes they made.

Spencer didn't have this kind of celebration in a long time. He missed this kind of reunions since his mother was moved to a hospital when he started in the university.

They all finished their meals and decided to eat the dessert later, so after they cleaned the table they sat by the tree and waited until it was twelve.

Don decided to start giving his and Eloise's presents for them. He gave a Lego set to Sammy, ties for Phill and Spencer and some dresses for his three daughters. Eloise gave him also a tie she bought when they took separate ways to get each other present.

Then Michelle and her family. They gave matching cups to Spencer and Max, her explanation was that since they both are coffee lover, what could be a better present than coffee cups. She gave Eloise a necklace with an E. To her dad she bought him a shirt.

Then they exchanged presents between them. Sammy and his dad gave her a new purse and Sammy got more toys from his parents, finally Michelle gave her husband a shirt.

Then it was Max and Spencer's turn. They gave each member of the family their presents. Sammy was so happy with the magic set that ignored the other toys he got.

"I guess Spencer's gift was the winner of the night" they all laughed when Sammy had all his attention to the magic set.

"I used one of them to learn some tricks at school so the bullies stopped bothering me"

Then it was time for each one give their gift to the other.

"Ok Max, as I told you I found the perfect gift for you in New York. I hope you like them"

"Them?"

"Yes, inside this box are two gift. Merry Christmas" he smiled and handed her the box. She opened it and when she did she could not believe that he bought her the art kit she wanted.

She jumped in his arms and hugs him "Oh my God!! You are truly amazing" she sat on his lap and kissed him softly and then looked inside "just the one I wanted but this surely was expensive" she finished to remove the rest of the wrapped paper. And she found on the kit a pair of tickets, when she read them she smiled "The Metropolitan Museum? Spencer this is amazing thank you so much" she kissed him "I don't think my presence would ever beat yours"

He laughed "everything you give me will be amazing" she laughed and stood up she got her present for him and handed it to him.

He opened it and smiled when he saw a shirt "I made the design. I thought you would like it and wear it just with me. I don't know maybe to some dates"

He checked the shirt while she explained it to him "come here" she walked to him and he pulled her softly to sit on his lap and kissed her "thank you, I love it and I promise to wear it. Just for you"

She smiled and hugged him. The moment was interrupted by Sammy asking him to teach him some tricks.

They both laughed and stood up, he walked to Sammy and they both started to use the set and that night Sammy learned some tricks and Spencer told him he has to practice if he wanted it to show it to his friends at school.

He promised Spencer to practice to be as good as him.

They ate the dessert and at three in the morning he told Max he had to leave.

"I think I should leave too, if we are going to visit your mom tomorrow, well late this day... then we should both went to sleep early" she said.

He nodded and after they said their goodbyes, he put their presents in the same bag they used for the presents for the family and left holding hands.

He drove her home and when they went up so he could put her presents in there, they started to kiss gently but then the kiss escalated to a heated one.

He placed his hands on her cheeks and her arms were around his neck.

She asked between kisses if he could stay the night. He accepted and after more kisses and touches they ended up in bed having their first time together.

And before they fell asleep they both whispered an 'I love you'.

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Hope you liked it. And next chapter will be their visit to Diane's hospital and I'm wondering if you would want them to go to New York to spend New Year's eve and day there. Let me now in your comments or reviews.