Chapter 13: Surprises part 2

The next night Spencer and Max were on a taxi on their way to the apartment. He managed to find tickets thanks to a couple that canceled their trip at the last second.

Thankfully the return will be some days later so the flights are less crowded. Before they left to the airport early that day, Spencer talked to the man at the reception of the building and asked if he could put in the apartment a bouquet of roses and champagne.

He wanted to make their first month, something special and of course he wanted them to enjoy their alone time together as much a possible before his job started to keep them away for days.

"And is the city too crowded?" Max asked the driver.

"Yeah, the city always got crowded on New Year's eve" said the man with a heavy African accent "normally the city is full of people but not as much as these days"

"Ok so it will be tough to reach the museum, unless we went early, because I'm sure the tourists won't be out too early but the New Yorkers will be"

Spencer nodded "so we will need to wake up early tomorrow to reach the museum in time"

"The museums will work tomorrow and the next day not the 31st won't work" the couple nodded.

"Ok thank you" said Max cuddling on Spencer's chest "it's really cold her, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I asked the man at the reception to turn on the heater for us, so the apartment is warm when we arrive"

"Good" she said looking outside the window, everything was cover with a white layer.

After some minutes they arrived to the building, he paid the driver and both get out their suit. They packed clothes for six days and put some more, just in case.

They walked in and talked with the receptionist "Good night, I'm Spencer Reid and this is Max Brenner we are going to the apartment 87" the man check.

"Ok here you are Mr. Reid. The owner said you will be staying for six days right?"

"Yes"

"Ok, the main room isn't open. Mr. Fisher has the key so you can stay in the guest room but don't worry it has a bed for two" they both nodded "and as you asked my partner turned on the heater before leaving so it must be warm"

"Great, anything else?"

"No that's all... oh wait here is a phone guide with numbers of some delivery restaurants. They work 24 hours"

"Ok thank you" he held it and the key and handed it to Max then he held both suitcases and walked to the elevator.

The floor of the apartment was the eighth and when they arrived they walked to the apartment. Max opened it and both were surprised when they saw the big apartment.

The apartment's livingroom has a large sofa L shaped and a smart TV in front of it, them the dining room and the kitchen were designed as an open concept and with a big marble table as their division. When they walked the apartment was warm and comfortable.

"I will go check the room, maybe tomorrow we can buy somethings to cook here, I don't want us to eat always out side. Maybe since you cooked for me, I can do it for you" said Max winking at him.

"Sounds perfect" he smiled and she walked there while he checked the kitchen. There were some bottles of water so he grabbed one, suddenly he heard a scream from the room so he ran toward there and when he reached there, Max was looking at the roses and a bottle of champagne with two cups.

She was with a hand on her mouth and turned to him. She walked to him and hugged him and he held her tight "this is for our first month. Which will be tomorrow" he whispered on her hair.

"This was so sweet of you Spence" she looked at him and kissed him gently "you make me fall in love more everyday we spend together" she played with his hair gently.

"So do I, you are making me so happy" he picked her up and walked to the bed they will share the next few days.

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The next day they woke up early and after a shower they got dressed and walked out of the apartment holding hands.

"We should eat when we reach the museum" he nodded.

"Yeah, there's a good place to eat close to the museum"

"Ok" she smiled as a taxi stopped in front of them. They got in and said where he will go.

She layed her head on his arm "so did you ever went to this museum?"

"Actually no. I only came to New York for work and then we left after catching the bad guy" he looked at her "this is the first time here without a case"

She smiles "and it happens with every case?" He nodded.

"Yeah, we leave as soon as the unsub is in prison" they arrived to the museum, he paid and got out of the car.

The museum was still closed so they walked to a coffee shop and bought their breakfast.

While they waited Max found a brochure of the museum and read their exhibitions. She was excited for some of them she wanted to check out.

She started to ramble about them and he was looking at her with a smile. I liked hearing people rambling about things they love.

He nodded and commented a thing or two while he held the tray to a table. They ate and talked.

When they finished their food, they stood up and walked out the coffee shop "ok let's go" she held up the tickets as they headed to the museum.

He held her hand and walked in handing their tickets to the guy there. Then both walked in the museum.

They checked some pictures and she rambled about them as they saw them. He nodded and said some things about what he knew too.

This was not his field of expertise so he let her explain everything. They checked as much painting as they can all morning.

They just stopped for coffee an a snack they got at a little stand in the museum. Then continue until they wanted lunch.

"We should go now" he said and she pouted "don't pout at you young lady" he said with a smirk "we have to get lunch"

"Ok I think you are right, let's go" she held his hand, went to the souvenir store to buy some presents for their families and he also got some for his coworkers then they left the museum.

"Where should we go Spence?" She asked as they called a taxi.

"Dave told me about a restaurant he knew in the Little Italy. He grew up here so he recommended me that place"

"Sounds good, if he recommends a restaurant that place must be amazing" she said as she remembered their time at his house "oh and I forgot we need to buy food for us" he nodded as he managed to get a taxi.

"After lunch we can go to a market" he opened the door for her then he got in and said where they wanted to go to the driver "I saw one a few blocks from the apartment"

"Perfect" she smiled and held his hand playing with his fingers softly "did you like the museum?"

"Of course, it was fun and I learned a lot. I love to learn things. You told me a lot about art History, something out of my expertise" she looked at him "I knew somethings but never like you"

"Well I'm glad I managed to teach you something, at least a few new things" he smiled softly.

"I enjoyed watching you talking and been excited about all of this and that fulfill my heart" she blushed "also this teached me more about you" she looked up and him and kissed him.

"I'm glad you are telling me this because I also learned about you. You don't usually share your thoughts or feelings so everytime you do, I know you are breaking your walls with me"

"My job is tough and I saw so many things that made me build them so, yeah... you are making me open up" he smiled and rubbed her cheek "I love hope and I watched it with you most often" she smiled and blushed.

"That's so sweet" she kissed the hand the had on her cheek "I love you"

"I love you too" they kissed again. There was traffic so they did not arrive as quick as they wish to their destination.

When they finally arrived, he paid and both got out. Spencer looked for the restaurant Rossi told him. After some minutes he found it and they walked in. The place was decorated with pictures of Italy and its flag, there were some paintings on the walls of famous places from there, the tables have candles lighted up and a pot with little flowers.

Spencer approached to the manager and whispers something in Italian. The man smiled "David's friend is my friend" he said with a heavy Italian accent "come, come... follow me" he led them to a table "this is my special table" he looked at the waiter and told him to go get them a menu "please enjoy. The wine is on me" he left them and walked away.

Then the waiter handed them the menu, they checked it and while they do, he poured some wine in their cups and some bread with olive oil with spices.

They ordered and toasted for their first officially month as a couple. Then they talked about the city and more about the museum.

They ate their food, Spencer was making random comments about Italian culture or rambling about some statistics.

Max just nodded and let him talk. She found it cute when he did that "Spencer, what happened to the champagne in the apartment?"

"I put it in the refrigerator, you can have a champagne in there for three or four days before the bubbles start to disappear"

"Ok sounds good, we will need it for New Year"

"Yes I'm agree" he finished the food "did you like it?"

"Love it" he smiled "do you want to go now?"

"Sure it's almost five. And the traffic will be heavier"

"Ok let's go then" he called the waiter and asked for the bill.

After it arrived he stood up and went to pay. When he returned he had a tiramisu cake in a bag "Giovanni, the manager, sent this to us. He said 'you and your girlfriend deserve to enjoy this so here's a gift from me' and didn't accept a no as an answer so..." she could not hold a little laugh at that.

Then she stood up "I'm sure we will love it" she helped him carrying it while he held their presents to their families and friends.

The travel back to their temporary home was quite as they were tired. They stopped at the apartment to left the bags and walked to the market closer to them.

They bought bread, butter, cheese and other things. They made the decision to eat outside on New Year's eve so they just bought for breakfast and dinner for the other days.

She grabbed somethings for her secret dish, she even paid for them with another cashier.

The next day they planned to go to see the city and do as much tours as they can.

He decided to give her the best few days there before he started to work and she had the same plan for him, she wanted him to have good memories of the city, so he did not see the city as the home of the serial killer or a kidnapper.

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This is all for now. This one took me some time to write. My mind was not full committed with the story.

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