By 2 o'clock they had most of the ingredients set out on the counter. Flor had just walked in from the patio with a plate of roasted chilies, while Ricardo was turning off the grill.

"Okay mis ninos, aprons are in that drawer."

Luke pulled out two aprons, handing one to Penelope. After putting them on, they went towards the sink and washed up.

"Let's begin, Penelope you can peel the chilies and Luke go and slice the cheese into strips while I clean the shrimp."

"Flor, how did you learn to make this?"

"My mother taught me and my grandmother taught her. I tried to teach Luke but he was more into playing baseball with his cousins. Then he started training to go into the Rangers."

"True but I'm learning now along side the woman I love. Along with the woman who help raise me."

Both Flor and Penelope smiled.

"Okay what's next?" Penelope asked.

"We need to make the sauce. Luke can you pull down the blender from that top cabinet."

"Here you go."

"Thank you, okay for the sauce you're going to blend together 2 cans of fire roasted chilies, 2 tablespoons of consume de pollo, 1 teaspoon of garlic powder and 1 teaspoon of salt." As she listed off the ingredients she put them into the blender then covered it.

"Blend until smooth."

"How long does that take?" Penelope asked

"At the highest speed two to three minutes."

Flor turned on the blender and did exactly what she told them.

"Now we set this aside and do the shrimp now. For that in a saucepan we're going to sauté them in a bit of butter until they're just pink because they'll cook more in the oven. Here you two." Flor handed them a wooden spoon to sauté the shrimp. Then went to get a casserole dish.

"At what heat?" asked Penelope

"Medium high."

"Okay" Penelope said and moved to turn on the stove. Luke was holding the spoon. There was already a bit of butter in the pan, to which Penelope added the shrimp and begun. It only took 3 minutes for the shrimp to get a bit of pinkness.

"That looks good go ahead and take it off the heat. Now comes the delicate part assembling and filling the chilies. Luke can you bring me the plate please."

He handed his grandmother the plate. Flore picked up a Chile and then reached for a small knife.

"Now you slice the Chile from the top to almost the bottom, making sure not to go all the way thru it. Pull out the stem with all the seeds, rinse under a slow stream of water. When you use medium to large shrimp you can put 4 to 5 in each Chile. Adding two to three strips of cheese. See just like that. Each of you try to do one."

Both Luke and Penelope followed carefully what Flor had just demonstrated to them.

"Good now we are going to lay all the chilies atop the sauce. They'll bake for 35-45 minutes at 350 degrees." Flor walked to the oven and put the dish in.

"I'll set a timer" Penelope said as she punched into her smart watch.

"Let's clean up and get the table set" Flor said.

While Luke and Penelope did most of the clean up Flor made sure to have rice and beans to accompany the dish. They finished up 5 minutes before the timer went off. Ricardo walks into the kitchen.

"It smells really good."

"Well of course, we all made it" Flor said as they sat at the table. Then the timer rang, both Penelope and Flor got up. While Penelope started to plate the rice and beans Flor took out the pan of chilies. They added the chilies to the plates the went back to the table, giving the men their plates and sitting down.

"Mmm… this looks so good" Luke said

"It's still hot so be careful I wouldn't want you to burn your mouth" Penelope said.

"Thanks, chica."

"I'll always look out for you."

"I'll forever do the same for you". As Luke said that he took Penelope's hand in his and gave it a squeeze. Ricardo and Flor watched the exchange and smiled at each other. They begun to eat.

"How was Luke when he was little?" Penelope asked

"He was good, kind and had a lot of energy" Flor said

"At times he could get out of hand" Ricardo said

"Actually, mija I have pictures I can show you after we're done eating" Flor said

"Abuela" Luke said pleadingly

"There is now way I'd miss this chance."

"Mi reina please no." Luke said

"Why?"

"I was a scrawny small kid it's a bit embarrassing."

"We all have our embarrassing moments it's part of growing up and life. Beside I love you and want to know everything about you."

"I want to keep learning everything about you too" Luke said

"We'll be able to keep each other's embarrassing moments a secret."

"But there will be no secrets between us" Luke said

"None, I promise…. You'll be the one person who will know everything. My embarrassing moments, my insecurities, fears, dreams and my desires."

"I promise you the same." Luke says then leans over and seals their promise with a kiss. They continue to eat their food.

"Penelope is this your first time in New York?" asked Ricardo.

"For vacation and relaxation yes, before that I've come with our team to work cases."

"Anything you're excited to see?"

"Yes, I can't wait to see the planetarium, central park and the empire state building."

"We'll be doing the planetarium and central park tomorrow" Luke said

"Now that I think about it honey we could turn in early so we can get the day started sooner."

"I wanted to sleep in chica."

"Trust me we'll have plenty of time to do that Friday morning since the only thing we have is the empire state building."
"I'm still not sold" Luke says

"I'll make it worth your while." Luke turns and looks at Penelope

"On second thought that's a good idea. Plus, we have to take advantage of this time since who knows how long it will be before we get to take a vacation again."

They all finished eating and begun cleaning up. While Penelope and Flor cleaned the table Luke and Ricardo washed the dishes. Then Flor lead Penelope to the living room, she went towards the bookshelf pulled out a photo album and joined Penelope on the sofa. Penelope smiled as Flor opened the album.

"Oh wow" Penelope said

"Here is one of Luke when he was only a few hours old"

"Aww, he is so cute and look at that head of hair."

"His mother couldn't believe it."

"I love running my hands thru his hair" Penelope said

"Here is one of Luke and his cousins running and getting wet in the back yard." Penelope saw the photo, Luke was about 7 years old in his underwear soaking wet with his cousins. She couldn't help but laugh. At that point Luke walks into the room.

"What's so funny?" Luke asked then saw the open photo album on her lap. Penelope smiled at him.

"Please tell me you're not looking at the one from water day in the back yard" Luke said. The smiles on both Penelope's and Flor's faces let him know he wasn't that lucky. He started to turn red.

"Come sit down" Penelope said as she patted the space next to her.

"I was hoping this wouldn't come up" Luke said looking down at the album.

"Hey, what did we just talk about a little while ago?" Penelope asked as she lifted Luke's chin to look at her.

"That you love everything about me".

"Exactly, you were cute when you were growing up" Penelope then leaned into him and said, "but you're so much hotter now." Luke then kissed her, he couldn't help it.

"You two remind me of Ricardo and I when we were young." Flor said

"I can see the love between you two" Penelope said

"Likewise," Flor said

They continued to look at pictures for the next hour and share stories from when they were kids. Ricardo had joined them 15 minutes later.

"Okay our cab should be on the way so we can check in to the hotel" Luke said

"Perfect" Penelope said

"Make sure to keep Friday night open"

"What for Pops?" Luke asked

"For dancing"

"Alright"

"Just come here around 6pm and then we'll go from here" Ricardo said

"Sounds good" Penelope said

"Ninos your cab is here" Flor said

"Okay thanks Pops, abuela we'll see you on Friday".

"Bye Flor, bye Rick".

Luke and Penelope walked out. As Penelope got in Luke placed the luggage in the trunk. Then joined her, they waved to Flor and Ricardo, gave their destination to the driver and were on their way. Twenty minutes later they arrive at the hotel and walked in towards the counter. It was 6:30pm.

"Hi, how can I help you?" asked the young man behind the counter

"Hi, checking in" Penelope said

"Name on the reservation."

"Penelope Garcia"

"Yes, here you you're scheduled check out is on Sunday. You'll be on the 5th floor room 1605 and here are your room keys. Elevators are down that hall to the left."

"Thank you" Penelope said as she reached for the keys. They both walked to the elevator and headed up to their room. Reaching the room Penelope took a key out, swiped it and walked in.

It had a large window, a luscious king-sized bed filled with pillows a dresser with a tv. The view from the window was pretty good considering it was surrounded by high rise buildings.

"This is really nice" Luke said as he put their bags on the floor. Penelope was looking out the window.

"For its location I would think so" Penelope said. Luke walked over towards her and wrapped his arms around her. Penelope laid her hands over his. Then he begun to nuzzle her neck. She sighed happily.

As Luke continued he asked, "what would you like to do?"

"Mmm… I'd say yes to continue this but I'm in the mood for a hot bath and a movie."

"I'm down for that"

"Nice try"

"What?!" Luke asked

"I'm kidding! Come on let's go get bubbled up" Penelope took him by the hand and lead him to the bathroom.

"That was cold ice queen"

"I know you love our banter"

"That I do and I love so much more than that" Luke said.

Penelope laughed and Luke smiled. They entered the bathroom got undressed and shared a steamy bubble bath. An hour later they found them selves cuddled up on the bed. Penelope was in sleep shorts and tank top and Luke was in a pair of boxers. As Luke channel surfed for a movie Penelope had her head on his shoulder, had grabbed his hand and laced their fingers.

"Well there isn't any good movies on. Is there anything you'd like to see?" asked Luke

"I don't really care, you pick"

"Would you mind baseball? The Mets are playing the Pirates."

"Nope go ahead"

Luke switched to the baseball game.

"How long did you play baseball?" Penelope asked

"I started when I was eleven and played thru high school. I was scouted but it wasn't what I wanted to do."

"What did you want to do?"

"Help people, first thru the Rangers and now I'm still doing it with the BAU".

"Well you're doing a great job"

"That's because of you and the team"

Penelope smiled "I'll always be there for you."

"I know and so will I. What time do you want to wake up?"

"Around 7am, the hotel serves breakfast till 8am" Penelope said

"Okay" Luke grabbed his phone off the nightstand and set the alarm.

They watched the game for an hour and a half then they started to watch Live PD. Around 9:45pm Luke noticed that Penelope had snuggled more into him and had fallen asleep. He switched the tv and bedside lamp off, scooted further to lay down pulling Penelope more into his arms.

"Good night amor de mi vida"

He then feel asleep.