Spencer walked up the steps to knock on the door of someone that he thought he could talk to easier than anyone else.

"Can I help you?- Oh Spencer, what a surprise."

Spencer swallowed hard befor answering. "I need some help, Dave."

The older profiler motioned for him to come inside and have a seat. "Would you like some coffee?" he asked.

"No, thank-you. I just... It's hard to explain. I guess I just need someone to know, but I didn't know who would be the best to tell," Spencer said nervously.

Rossi nodded. "Well, I'm glad that I could be here for you. So what's on your mind? Last case get to you?"

Spencer smiled. He knew telling Rossi was probably the right thing to do. He knew his friend was genuinly worried about him but wouldn't fuss over him. "No, I mean I'm glad we gave the boy's family a happy ending but what I wanted to talk about was how I've been feeling lately."

Rossi nodded and waited for the young doctor to continue.

"I know you've all noticed I've been more tired lately. Well, I went to the doctor last week to see what's wrong with me. They ran some tests and apparently I have a rare blood disease and Dr. Brown's not sure if I'm gonna make it much longer..." Spencer trailed off as his throat was constricting due to the tears welling up in his eyes. He didn't know that it was going to be this hard. And to Rossi of all people. Just imagining how the the rest of his makeshift family was gonna take it made it even harder. Especially Emily. The thought of telling her scared him.

Rossi moved to sit next to Spencer on the couch and pure a reassuring arm around his shoulders. "I'm glad you told me, Spencer. Did the doctor give you any options that we could try to get you past this?"

Spencer shook his head. "He said to come back in a couple of days and we could discuss what we try. He said that he hasn't heard of any person whose make it yet."

"Well, if you don't mind I would like to go with you when you go. Who knows, maybe we could change the staticstics." Rossi was trying to make him feel better and he could tell it was working a little bit.

"I would appreciate you coming with me. Thank you, Dave," Spencer smiled.

"For what? Being a good friend? You know that I'd do anything for you or any other memeber of the team."

"Speaking of the team, could we just keep this between us for now? I'm afraid of what they might say," Spencer asked.

"Yeah," Rossi nodded. "But you'll have to tell them sometime. When you're ready, you let me know and I'll be right there beside you."

Spencer smiled, thanked Rossi and left to go home and get ready for the dinner he was planning for Emily.

A short time later Spencer heard a knock on his apartment dorr and smiled as he went to open it.

"Excuse me, sir. My boyfriend is supposed to be here. He invited me over for dinner tonight. Am I in the right place?"

Spencer didn't answer but instead pulled her into the biggest hugs he has ever given her.

"Wow, I didn't know you missed me so much," Emily mused not knowing the real reason. "We just saw each other a few hours ago, but I'll take a hug like that any day. Maybe a kiss too."

She leaned in and kissed Spencer so deeply they almost forgot the door was standing wide open. Regretfully Spencer pulled away and ushered his beautiful girlfriend in and to the diningroom table.

"You are just in time. The spaghetti is done and waiting," Spencer said on his way to the kitchen to grab the bowl he had put it in.

"Wow, fancy," Emily stated taking a bite. "And delicious. I thought you said you didn't know how to cook."

Spencer smiled at her. "Well, I learned just for this occasion exactly. I wanted to be able to make you something rather than just take you out."

They ate in silence for a few moments before Emily asked what Spencer was worried she would ask. "So, what did the doctor tell you today?"

Spencer thought back over what he had discussed with the doctor and decided to not ruin what looked like a good date. "He told me I'm just working a little to hard without getting the rest I so desperatly need. He said to just rest really well on the few days off we have and I should be good as new come Monday morning."

"I agree, so maybe we could just stay in and watch a movie tonight instead of going out," Emily said smiling.

Spencer smiled. "Yeah, the thought of curling up on the couch with you right next to me sounds good."

Inside, Spencer knew that lying to Emily was the hardest thing he had to do, and that it probably would come back to bite him, but he didn't want to worry her.

After the dinner dishes were finished and put away, they went to sit on his couch and see if they could actually agree to a movie.

"Come on, Spence, really? Classic movies are kinda boring. Why don't we want a romantic comedy?" Emily said picking up a movie case.

"Man, classics are awesome! You just know what you're missing," Spencer said amused. He knew he would let Emily win and they would end up watching the movie she wanted to watch.

"Please, Spence?" Emily said smiling at him with puppy dogs eyes. "This one is really good, promise."

Spencer faked a sigh. "Oh, all right. Put it in and come sit next to me on the couch."

Emily put the movie in his dvd player and curled up against Spencer's chest and let his arm rest on her shoulders as he threw a blanket over the both of them. When the movie started, Spencer pretended to watch it whiling thinking of the time a head of them that he had left. There was so much he wanted her know about how he felt but never knew how to say. He fell asleep with Emily's head against his chest, thinking about wanting to grow old and gray with her and not really knowing how.