Chapter Six
"What are you guys up to tonight?" Garcia pounced, she, Emily, and JJ had plans that involved the five of them and it was more of a way to let them know what they would be doing then asking if they had anything to do.
"What are you up to Mama?" Derek knew she had something in mind, she had nearly knocked Spencer over with the enthusiasm she used to throw an arm over each of their shoulders.
"We are going out." Emily joined them in the walk to the bullpen, all they had to do was grab their things and type up reports for the day and they'd be on their way.
"We does not include me princess." Derek shook his head. "I am going home feeding the dog and going to bed."
"When did you become a ninety year old bore." JJ teased. "I'm a mother and got more move than you."
"Oh I've got plenty of move." And the move he did to prove just that had Spencer rolling his eyes and the other three in a mixture of cat calls and laughs.
"Where do you want to go?" Spencer was interested, it had been awhile since he'd been out and as long as the place was decent he'd be in.
"Out."
"Well if we don't get a location can we at least get a reason?" Morgan stopped when all three girls looked at him like they had just been insulted, looking at Reid he was glad to see he wasn't the only one out of the loop.
"A reason?" Garcia was shocked. "It's like one of your anniversaries, how do I know these dates and you don't?"
"No it isn't." Though he still glanced at Spencer to make sure, glad to receive the nod that he was indeed correct.
"Yes it is. You guys have been together for ten years now." Garcia knew for a fact she was not wrong, she'd triple checked.
"We have known each other for ten years, two months, and nine days. I started working here nine years, three hundred sixty-three days ago. Derek and I started dating five years and three months ago and we've been married for three years, seven months, twelve days, six hours, thirty-eight minutes and fifty...four seconds." Spencer checked his watch for the last part not at all surprised when his gaze returned to four stares.
"Well as he said it's mere days til he's been here ten years and you're friendship's been goin' on a little over ten years. That is a decade that deserves celebration and recognition and that's what we're going to do." Emily agreed with Garcia as they continued on, they needed to get going if they'd be doing anything tonight.
"Are you really counting the seconds of your marriage Spence, that's not a good sign Morgan." JJ laughed.
"Don't knock it Jennifer, if I recall correctly there's still no ring on your hand." Morgan snarked back playfully as he pulled Spencer closer.
"That's how I prefer it and if I recall your engagement story correctly the only reason there's a ring on your finger is because Spencer put it there."
"I still can't believe that." They all teased Morgan relentlessly about it but Emily had to admit JJ and Rossi took the cake.
"I know, I would have loved to see my junior G man proposing, I would have sworn it would have been the other way around." Garcia had nearly choked on her coffee when they had first announced it to the team and she'd seen a ring on her hot stuffs finger and not Spencers.
"Hey I've told ya'll I was looking at rings, he just beat me to the punch." Morgan knew that the teasing was in good fun but it didn't change the fact it bothered him.
"What is so wrong about me asking for what I wanted? True if you're going by the stereotypical proposal the man asks the woman but that doesn't apply here and there's no set rules and though I'll never have as dominant a personality as Derek I'm still very much male." Spencer grumbled.
"Absolutely nothing Pretty boy, this right here is what we call jealous." Morgan placed a kiss on Spencers forehead as he received a smack from Garcia, a huff from JJ, and a laugh from Emily.
"Of you? not in a million years Morgan, me and Sergio are gettin' on just fine for now." Emily smirked at the insult that appeared on his face as she and Reid took their places in the bullpen and Morgan and JJ continued on up the stairs.
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Two hours later and they were sitting in the back of a local bar that had a club feel without so much of the noise and hassle. Penelope and Derek had gone for drinks and Emily had disappeared into the crowd with some guy she had met on the way to the bathroom.
"So what's Henry been up to lately?" Spencer asked JJ as he watched her watching the other two returning from the bar.
"Oh Will's got him on a new kick." JJ shook her head as she scooted over for Garcia and accepted her drink from Morgan. "He's got him asking for a little brother or sister, I told him we could get a dog but Will is insistant on having more kids."
"Who's getting a dog?" Emily joined the last part of the conversation slightly breathless.
"JJ so she doesn't have to have anymore children." Reid stated simply.
"Well don't say it like that Spence. It's not that I don't want anymore, just not right now, Henry's still little and things would be hectic around the house with an infant and toddler."
"So tell him that." Morgan shrugged as he took a sip from his drink. He was wondering how good his chances of getting Spencer to dance with him would be, he didn't want to be talking kids in the middle of a bar.
"I have, he just isn't listening." JJ got a glint in her eye as she turned to Garcia. "You and Kevin give Henry a cousin, that way Will can babysit and satisfy his baby craving."
"First off no," Garcia had nearly choked on her drink. "and secondly you just made it sound as if Will intends to eat my future none existant baby cakes."
"Emily" The pleading eyes had shifted.
"You've lost your mind Jayje." Emily refused as she once again stood. "Spencer come dance with me."
"I think Derek would love too." Spencer politely declined.
"Well then he needs to go find a partner because we're taken." She indicated between them as she pulled him from his chair and to the dance floor.
"Hey!" Derek called as he got up to follow them. "I don't remember you askin' permission to dance with my man!"
Listening to both Emily and Spencer correct him on that JJ and Garcia watched their friends dance in a funky triangle of sorts, laughing as some girl engaged Spencer in what looked to be a bad mix of the electric slide and funky chicken.
"I'll give you fifty dollars to go join them." Garcia bet as she began scouting for a suitable dance partner.
"I am not nearly drunk enough for that," JJ shook her head at the horror that was circling around her friends on the dance floor. "but I'm up for showin' them how it's really done."
"Ooooo a challenge, I'm in!" Garcia squeeled as she jumped up to join the group.
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"So age for first kisses." Garcia continued as the laughter died down, Emily had just got done telling them about the time she had accidently set a fire in the teachers lounge in her elementary private school and how pissed the nuns were.
"Fourteen" JJ offered first as she took a sip from her fifth drink. "I waited two years for David Braxden to find the courage to make a move, turns out he wasn't worth the wait."
"Thirteen" Emily added. "Don't even know the boys name, I just kissed some random guy outside of school one day because I knew my mom was watching and I wanted to piss her off."
"Well that was about as romantic as a story of someones first one nighter," Garcia rolled her eyes as she answered her own question. "I too was thirteen and am still friends with Peter."
"Twelve," Morgan smirked at the of courses he got. "and I did not make Danielle wait though I am no longer in contact with her, I've found it best to keep your exes in the past no matter how far back they go."
"More like they threatened bodily harm if they ever saw you again." Emily laughed with the others as Morgan just shrugged and took another swig from his beer.
"And you Spencer?" JJ prodded as he had stayed quiet.
"Around the same age as everyone else." He shrugged simply as he watched Emily down her sixth drink, the girls hadn't been shy in ordering more and he was getting ready to cut them off though he wasn't quite ready to be the one to spoil the fun.
"Oh come on Pretty boy I'm interested, what was it fifteen, sixteen?" When Spencer shook his head he continued on, "Seventeen? Legal?"
"I was ten."
"Ten." Garcia asked as JJ started wiping up some of the drink she had indignantly spurted across the table.
"Ten is awfully young Spencer." Spencer had told him that his first girlfriend had been at nineteen and Derek was surprised to hear that she hadn't been his first for everything.
"I've always been young compared to others, you asked I answered, now moving on." He hadn't lied about anything they just always assumed he was inexperienced and a complete social outcast.
"How old was he?" Emily wondered as she moved closer to hear better, she didn't like the idea of some teenage boy taking advantage of a helpless Spencer.
"It was a she," He put extra emphasis on that word, it was annoying how they always assumed him to have been gay. "and she was fourteen. She was a sophmore I was a junior, I was nearly eleven and we ended up partnered for a science project. Aimee was a complete nerd and she's the one you can all thank for my addiction to Star Trek." He laughed at the memory, it had been one of the only times he had enjoyed working with a partner and she had actually colaborated with him instead of assuming he'd get them both a good grade.
"I knew there was some playa in you." Derek joked as he knocked his bottle with Spencers glass.
"I've got the next one." His mood was once again light as they seemingly moved on without accusation. "First bad grade."
"Oh no."
"That is not how this game works." JJ explained as Derek and Emily had started laughing histerically.
"It's about learning firsts so why not?" He found that that only caused Garcia to join in the laughter.
"You know what, go with it Spence. What was your first bad grade?" JJ encouraged, it was safe to say the other three were well past the tipsy point and she could probably say the same for herself so who was she to turn down his question.
"Caltech, Professor. Plynth was a complete jerk as you would say, I worked three weeks on my thesis and he had the nerve to take a red pen to it." That day and the snide look on that mans face still angered him.
"Shhh...Shhhh.. Sh Sh." Derek blew as he tried to control his laughing. "Red pen is serious business, What grade did he give you?"
"99% the bastard had the nerve to give me an A-." Garcia and Morgan had continued the laughter that only tripled as Emily fell out of her chair and JJ started giggling uncontrollably.
"Your too funny." Emily breathed.
"I think it's time to go home," Spencer stood as he ushered them to do the same. "and I'm driving." Emily hadn't even bothered to get back up she had just sat on the floor and that was testiment enough that it was time to go.
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"Did you really think the night before our appointment at the adoption agency was a good time to drink with the girls like you were at a bachelorette party?" Spencer grumbled as he pushed their front door open, it had been quite a car ride as they dropped off the other three Garcia having started a round of karaoke. Though he suspected she wasn't as drunk as she was acting just enjoying the loosened mood of the others.
"It's gonna take more then a night out with those woman to knock me off my feet. I was just hangin' loose and relaxing a little, I'm fine for tomorrow." Derek smiled though it didn't help his point any as he stumbled on the stairs.
"If I remember the definition of your slang correctly that's illegal and you'd better be or we'll be having some words." Spencer warned as he went to the dresser to dig out some sweats.
"It's only illegal in public and I like it when we have words." Derek pulled Spencer back some by the belt as he tried to get him to turn around. "You're certainly good at using them."
"So I've been told." He turned his head from the kiss that Derek was trying to give him and passed him a pair of flannel pajama pants instead as he went to sit on their bed.
"You worried?" He asked as he tossed the pants to the side and sat next to his husband. He'd never say it aloud but Spencer had been on edge and extra moody lately.
"No, I know Sam will do good for us." They had been happy to learn Samantha, the woman they had originally talked to when finding their agency would be the one handling their case.
"Then?"
"I was thinking about what JJ said about not wanting another baby right now and it bothers me that it bothered me." He wasn't sure if that had come out how he intended so he just waited to see if Derek understood.
"That she can have kids and doesn't want one but we have to go through so much trouble to get one?" He was almost positive that's what Spencer had meant but he waited for the affirmative to continue, "It's normal to feel that way Spence, just don't dwell on it."
"I know." He kicked off his shoes as he began unbuttoning his shirt.
"You know I love you right?" Derek offered as he finished undressing. He wasn't sure why but he suddenly had the strongest urge to make that known.
"I know that too," Spencer nodded as he watched Derek pull the comforter down. Something in the air had shifted and suddenly things seemed very serious. "and I love you too."
"I really do." He sighed as he climbed into bed and pulled Spencer to do the same.
Deciding to just enjoy the rare display of open and honest emotion Spencer curled close as he offered a lazy kiss. "I really do too."
E/N: So sorry for the long wait but I didn't receive any ideas so I needed to take a moment to figure out exactly where we were going with this and I'm proud to say I have! Hope you enjoyed and I'll try to get the next chapter up quicker!