Christmas Miracles

A/N: I know it's been awhile since I have written in this fandom. I have missed it, so I decided I had to write a Christmas story for you guys. I also have a another one I have been working on, so I hope to have it posted sometime after the New Year. Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you enjoy my latest tale from the heart. God Bless…

This is dedicated to all the hopeless romantics out there that believe in Christmas miracles.

Chapter 2

The next morning was Christmas Eve and everyone looked forward to another fun-filled day, especially trimming the tree. The family was all up bright and early which was easy with two rambunctious boys as an alarm clock. As well as she had slept the night before, Penelope still managed to wake up with a lot of back pain. She decided to push through it, she was determined to have a great day with the family.

The morning was busy with breakfast and cleaning up afterwards. Around eleven o'clock the boys couldn't wait any longer and insisted that they wanted to decorate the tree. The adults gave in and the next couple of hours were spent hanging the lights, ornaments, and garland. It was decided that Henry would put the angel on top of the tree. So, with him sitting on top of his Uncle Derek's shoulders he placed the angel in her right place. Once he was happy with her placement, Derek put him down and everyone told him he did a great job, which caused him to beam with pride.

Next was Jack's turn, he was given the task of plugging in all the lights. He was excited and took his job very seriously, he wouldn't even let Hotch help him. He counted to three just like his Uncle Reid had done the night before and then the whole tree lit up including the angel. The boys jumped up and down with glee as the adults couldn't contain the happiness either. Soon everyone was singing 'O Christmas Tree'.

There was only one little hiccup, the whole family had forgotten to get candy canes for the tree. The boys were a little bummed but perked up when Penelope spoke up and told them she would run out to get some after lunch.

Following lunch, Penelope and Desiree headed out in search of candy canes and few little other odds and ends. They also wanted to pick up some more gift wrapping, marshmallows, and the forgotten eggnog and cranberry sauce.

Around two o'clock the two girls left in search of their goodies. But, not without some hemming and hawing from Derek. He didn't want his pregnant wife out there without him.

"We'll be fine Angelfish, will only be gone for a couple of hours. We will be back before dark, it means so much to the kids."

He wrapped his arms around his wife as she stood there with her lower lip sticking out like a little girl pouting. He smiled at her knowing he could never resist his favorite girl.

"Alright, alright, you win Goddess! After all, we can't have you disappointing our nephews, now can we? Just be careful and call me if you need anything. Promise?"

Penelope grinned at him as she stood on her tippy toes to give him a big smacking kiss. "I promise, Hot Stuff! We will be careful and see you in a little while. Love you!"

Derek lightly slapped her butt and kissed her back. "Love you too, baby! Now scoot."

Her and Desiree walked out and headed to their SUV. He watched as they climbed in, belted themselves in and took off. They waved at each other and then he closed the front door and headed back into the living where the rest of the gang was.

Dave walked over and clapped his hand on Derek's shoulder and said, "Don't worry son, they'll be fine and back before you know it."

Derek responded forlornly, "I guess so, I just have this weird feeling."

Fran chimed in, "You worry too much, Baby Boy. Just relax and let's have some fun."

As Derek shrugged his shoulders Emily spoke up, "Hey, how about we build a snowman and maybe doing some sledding while we wait for them."

That brought smiles to all and the boys jumped up and ran to get all their snow gear on all the while screaming "Yayyyy!"

The exuberance from the boys spilled over and suddenly everyone was hustling to put on their snow gear as well.

The next couple of hours were spent outside having a blast. The boys built a snowman, had a snowball fight with the adults and they even sledded a little bit. While they were enjoying themselves it became extremely cold, windy and the snow began to fall very quickly with large flakes.

The family decided to head back inside and warm up with some hot chocolate and cookies in front of the fireplace. All the while, Derek kept jumping up every few minutes to look out the window to look for the girls. Each time he was disappointed not to see them pull in. He was extremely nervous and the snow was getting the worse by the moment.

Spencer went over and turned on the TV to get some sort of update on the weather. As he did that, JJ walked over to the window and stood next to Derek. She placed her arm around his waist and tried to comfort him. He looked down at her with such a worried expression and sadness in his eyes.

JJ looked at him and tried to smile at him, "They're fine Derek, they will be back anytime now. Don't worry, if something was wrong, they would've called by now."

He brought her into a quick embrace and replied, "Dammit JJ, I knew I should've have gone with them. I told you I had a weird feeling. Where the hell are they? They should've been back by now. It's getting dark and that snow is coming down like crazy."

Hotch piped up, "I don't know where this storm is coming from, they hadn't predicted this storm. Try calling them, Morgan."

Just as he let go of JJ and reached for his phone an emergency tone went off on the television. Everyone rushed over to hear what they were saying. The reporter announced that there was a blizzard warning in place for the next twenty-four to thirty-six hours. They expected the snow totals to reach about two feet with high winds and drifting snow. He advised everyone to stay indoors and hunker down.

By this time, Derek was really freaking out now. He hit number one on his speed dial and tried to call Penelope. All he got was her voicemail and left a message to call him immediately and then tried Desiree's phone too and got the same thing.

He flew back to the window and kept up his vigil for his Baby Girl and his youngest sister. The family kept trying to distract and comfort him, but it all fell on deaf ears.

In the meantime, Desiree and Penelope were trying to navigate the roads very carefully. Their errands took a little longer than they expected. The roads were now very icy and covered with slick snow.

Desiree angrily yelled out, "Where in the hell did this storm come from? We weren't expecting this. Geez, at this rate it's gonna take forever to get back."

Penelope jumped in, "Derek must be freaking out, he is gonna kill me! He told me he didn't want me going, I wish I had listened to him now. I'm gonna call him and tell him we're on the way."

"That's a great idea, I betcha Momma is freaking out too!"

Penelope kept trying to reach Derek, to no avail. She couldn't keep a long enough signal to get a phone call out. "Frack, it must be the weather, I can't get a good signal."

Desiree banged the steering wheel with a great deal of force out of frustration. "Damn it! No signal and I can barely see a thing."

All of a sudden, the car started to pitch from side to side. "Penelope hold on, I'm sliding and I'm losing control."

Both women started to scream and then nothing…

TBC

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