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Chapter 32: Vegas and the Morgan Mob
Reid stretched and stood cracking his back, "Anyone need a refill?"
Prentiss nodded, "Please."
Reid took her cup and looked at Morgan, "Morgan?"
"No thanks Pretty boy, m'good."
Reid nodded and headed to the break room. Upon returning to his desk he was greeted by Garcia and JJ.
"So I have good news," JJ grinned.
"We can go home?" Prentiss asked.
JJ chuckled and shook her head, "Not quite. I've been talking to Strauss and she agreed to give us a week off for Thanksgiving and two weeks for Christmas."
"Strauss said that?" Morgan asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes Morgan. She said she'd have Rich's team on call unless there was a dire emergency."
"Sweet," Garcia said. "We should do a secret Santa this year."
"Really Garcia?" Prentiss asked.
"Yup."
Garcia walked away heading to her office planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The others laughed and talked about their weeks off. Reid remained silent until JJ looked at him.
"What about you Reid? What was Christmas like for you?"
Reid frowned, "Holidays weren't really celebrated in my house. Especially after my dad left."
Morgan smiled, "I have an idea. Why don't we spend Thanksgiving in Vegas? It would give you a chance to see your mom and give us a chance to meet. Then Christmas we can spend with my family."
"I don't know," Reid frowned. "I mean I guess it will be okay."
{~CM~}
The day before Thanksgiving, Derek and Spencer were waiting for their flight to Vegas.
"Mama," Derek sighed. "We'll see you for Christmas. I promise."
"Well what do I tell the family?" Fran asked.
Derek sighed smiling at his boyfriend. Spencer smiled back.
"Just tell them I met someone special and they'll meet them at Christmas."
"Okay, baby. Tell Spencer I said hello and we'll see you on Christmas."
Derek hung up the phone just as they were getting ready to board the plane. As they got on the plane Derek helped Spencer stow his duffle. They settled into their seats and Spencer laid his head on Derek's shoulder and fell asleep. Derek chuckled softly as he pulled out his IPod.
After a couple of hours Spencer woke up, "Derek?"
"Yeah?"
Spencer cleared his throat and sat up, "You nervous about meeting my mom?"
Derek chuckled, "No, why, you nervous about seeing her?"
"Kinda. I haven't seen my mother in a long time."
"Don't worry."
Several hours later the boys exited the plane and headed toward the car rental place where Derek rented a car.
"Where to?"
"Take a right on Wayne Newton Boulevard and just keep straight, it's gonna turn into Swenson Street. Then take a left on East Harmon Street and then you're gonna take a right on Paradise Road until you get to East Flamingo Road. After that you're gonna turn onto South Las Vegas Boulevard and the hotel will be on the left."
Derek nodded and followed Spencer's directions to the Venetian Hotel. He checked them in and once they entered the room Spencer flopped on the bed.
"Tired, babe?"
"A little."
"You wanna take a nap and go see your mom later?"
Spencer nodded, "Okay. Lay with me?"
"Of course, just a sec."
Derek settled them into the room before taking off his boots and jacket and doing the same for his boyfriend and lay next to him.
{~CM~}
Spencer held Derek's hand as they entered the sanitarium. Dr. Norman headed over to greet him.
"Spencer, it's nice to see you."
"Hi Dr. Norman, good to see you too. This is my boyfriend Derek Morgan."
Dr. Norman shook Derek's hand, "You're mother is over there reading. She had a pretty good week so far. Yesterday, I was so surprised to find her playing chess for five minutes with another patient until she had an episode."
Spencer smiled, "Thanks."
He led Derek over to his mother's chair. He hoped she was lucid.
"Mom?"
Diana looked up and smiled, "Spencer, what a surprise. No one told me you were coming."
"I wanted to surprise you," he said kissing her cheek. "I heard you played chess yesterday that must've been fun."
Diana frowned and then nodded, "Oh, yes, the woman next door to me. We had fun."
Spencer nodded, "Mom, I'd like you to meet Derek Morgan, he's uh, my coworker."
Diana chuckled, "You normally hold hands with your coworkers?"
Spencer looked down at their intertwined hands and blushed, "Well, no, Derek's more than my coworker, he's my boyfriend."
Diana smiled, "How wonderful. Congratulations."
Spencer just looked at her confused. She stood and hugged him whispering his ear, "I knew it. I'm so happy for you." She then hugged Derek and whispered in his ear, "Nice to meet you. Just so you know, if you hurt him I know how to use a gun."
Derek nodded, "Don't worry, I won't."
Soon the three of them were happily chatting and Derek just watched his boyfriend. He saw how happy Spencer was and Derek could tell that he misses her and she misses him. They continued chatting until it was time for them to go.
"We'll see you tomorrow mom. Derek and I are gonna have Thanksgiving dinner with you."
Diana smiled, "I look forward to it."
As they both left Derek noticed something, "Hey Spence, I just realized that your mother didn't even notice she missed your birthday."
Spencer shrugged, "That's not uncommon. Birthdays, along with other holidays weren't really celebrated in my house."
Derek frowned as they headed back to the hotel, "Oh."
{~CM~}
The next morning Spencer took Derek sightseeing before they were due at the sanitarium. Just before they were going to be heading over to the sanitarium, the boys found themselves at a park. They walked around enjoying the sunshine and the other park visitors. Derek spotted a photographer and paid him to take their picture. He gave the photographer his information so he'd be able to send the picture to them. Soon after, they headed to the sanitarium where they staff greeted them warmly. Diana was happy to see them.
Derek led Spencer and his mother over to a table and went to get food for them. Once he returned, he found both in a conversation about their job. Spencer smiled affectionately at Derek who smiled back. Halfway through the meal Derek excused himself to use the bathroom.
Diana spotted Derek returning and screamed, "No! You can't take me! I won't let you!"
Spencer looked at his mother confused, "Mom?"
"Spence, what's wrong?"
Spencer frowned as Diana appeared calm for a second and then began lashing out at Derek.
"YOU WON'T TAKE US ALIVE! Spencer's a bright boy and I won't have the government use him for their own evil purposes!" Diana continued to scream. "I WON'T HAVE YOU POISON MY SON! YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"
Diana continued to yell and attack Derek while Derek did nothing to fend her off and Spencer watched pitifully before seeking help. It took two of the male nurses to get off of Derek and Dr. Norman sedated her before having her be taken to her room. Dr. Norman headed toward Spencer and Derek.
"I'm sorry, but I think it's best if you leave so we don't set her off again."
Spencer nodded sadly. He took Derek's hand and together they left and headed to the hotel. Spencer didn't say a word the entire time and once in the room, he headed for the shower. After a few minutes Derek followed him into the bathroom. He glanced at his face in the mirror and saw where Diana scratched him. He heard Spencer sigh and after shedding his clothes, joined him. He didn't speak, just washed his lover gently while soothingly rubbed his body and peppered him with kisses.
Derek shut off the water and went to towel dry both him and his lover. Kissing him softly, Derek helped him dress and laid him down.
{~CM~}
"Derek, I'm sorry," Spencer murmured.
Derek shook his head, "You have nothing to be sorry for. This wasn't your fault."
Derek and Spencer had ended up cutting their Vegas trip short after they learned Diana had had another episode.
Spencer sighed absently stroking Clooney, "Dr. Norman explained that she was getting worse and that her episodes were getting more and more intense."
"That doesn't mean anything, Spence. It's still not your fault."
"I know but-"
Derek leaned over and kissed him, "No buts."
The next few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas had the team busy with paperwork as well as a couple new cases. One was in Oregon where the unsub kidnapped males between the ages of 18 and 20 and would train them to fight like bulldogs and had them fighting other "teams". On another case they traveled to North Carolina The unsub gave everyone on his dorm room floor some form of a date rape drug in his high doses to see what would happen. In between all of this Garcia was getting the spirit of Christmas and decided to do a secret Santa.
"Now once you get your name you can't change and remember, you can't tell anyone."
Morgan went first and got Rossi, Prentiss went after and got Reid. Garcia grinned as she stuck her hand in and pulled out Prentiss while Reid when next and got Hotch. JJ and Hotch went next, Hotch got JJ and JJ got Morgan. Rossi stuck his hand in last and got Garcia. Garcia clapped.
"Alright so when you have gotten your presents stick them under the tree and we'll exchange them before everyone leaves."
{~CM~}
The day before their Christmas break started the team found themselves in the conference room in front of a Christmas tree. Garcia was handing out hot chocolate and ginger snaps. She handed everyone their gifts and took hers and sat down.
"Alright boss man, you first."
Aaron looked at his gifted wrapped in Snoopy wrapping paper, "This is from Spencer," he said opening it.
"I hope you like it," Spencer blushed.
Aaron smiled and opened the box to find a brand new watch and a set of 3 striped ties, "Thank you Spencer."
"Alright Spencer, your turn," Garcia said.
Spencer nodded, "Mine is from Emily."
He opened his gift which was wrapped in reindeers and pulled out a white sweater vest with purple lining. Wrapped in in the sweater was a copy of the novel "War and Peace." Spencer surprised everyone especially Emily by jumping up and hugging her.
"Thank you."
Emily went next and received a Powerpuff Girls hat and gloves set from Garcia. Garcia got a set of fluffy pink earmuffs and a set of pens with dancing starfish from Rossi. Rossi got an Italian leather wallet and a brand new cook book from Derek. Derek received a brand new toolbox from JJ which came equipped with new tools and JJ got a wall hanging with different types of butterflies and an informative book about certain types of butterflies from Aaron.
"Now to add to our lovely Christmas cheer, we're gonna watch Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer," Garcia said grabbing the remote.
{~CM~}
He next morning Derek and Spencer were on the plane headed toward Chicago. Spencer immediately fell asleep but Derek sat listening to his IPod while trying to think of what to het his lover for Christmas. He sighed. Christmas was tomorrow and he still didn't know what to get Spencer. Hours later the plane landed and they were going through the door leading outside with their luggage. Fran was waving at them. She headed over to them and hugged Derek and then Spencer.
"It's so good to see you boys. Let's get you boys home, you must be hungry."
Derek laughed, "Mama, breathe. Where's Sarah and Desi?"
"Home waiting for you boys."
Derek smiled as he and Spencer followed Fran to the car. Spencer climbed in the backseat before Derek could offer him the front. Fran talked nonstop asking them questions the entire drive. Once they entered the house they were tackled by Sarah and Desiree, both girls nearly squeezed the life out of Spencer.
"It would be nice if you didn't kill my boyfriend," Derek chuckled.
Sarah and Desiree released Spencer. "So you ready for the mob?" Desiree asked.
"What?" Spencer asked confused.
"The Morgan Mob," Desire explained. "It's the entire family."
"Uh…"
"Desiree, stop scaring him, they just got here," Sarah scolded.
Desiree laughed and they all went into the kitchen where they had breakfast. The women asked Spencer all sorts of questions and Derek tried to keep the conversation away from Spencer's mother. After breakfast Fran let them get settled in and Derek led Spencer up to his room.
"Derek?"
"Yeah?"
"Are there really gonna be a lot of people? What if they don't like me?"
Derek chuckled and kissed Spencer's lips, "It's not as many as you think, but yes it's a lot. And I happen to think they are going to love you, but if not, don't worry about it, all that matters is that I love you and my mother and sisters like you."
Spencer smiled. The rest of the day was spent hanging out and watching movies, cooking for tomorrow and just chilling out with each other. At one point Derek and Spencer snuck off to go have sex in the bathroom. By the time it was time for bed, Spencer was full on dinner and dessert and happy. He knocked out the minute his head hit the pillow.
{~CM~}
The next morning Spencer woke to voices, the smell of coffee, and an empty bed. He headed downstairs still clad in his pajamas and found people in the kitchen.
"Morning Spencer, have a good sleep?" Fran asked.
Spencer nodded, "Where's Derek?"
"He went to the store with Desiree. Why don't you get dressed and I'll introduce you to the family."
Twenty minutes later Spencer had been introduced to cousins Treyvon, Marcus, Delly and Sammy; Grandma Zora Neale; Aunts Valerie, Rose, Carmen and Aurora; as well as uncles, Marvin, Eddie, Steven and Keith. He also met other family that he couldn't remember their names. When Derek returned he immediately went to his side.
"Enjoying yourself?" He asked kissing Spencer's forehead.
Spencer shrugged and Derek frowned. He pulled Spencer into the bathroom.
"What's wrong?"
"Your cousin Treyvon keeps staring at me and its making me uncomfortable."
"I'll talk to him."
Spencer nodded and the two left the bathroom and was cut off by Zora.
"I just want to say congratulations to you both. I am so glad you found someone you really love Derek, and you treat him right, you hear?"
"Yes, Grandma Zora," Derek nodded.
Soon Fran called everyone to eat. Everyone grabbed plates and chatted away. Sammy even convinced Spencer to play chess with him. They played four games in which Spencer won three and Sam won one.
"You're awesome. I've never been beaten before."
"You're not so bad yourself Sammy," Spencer grinned.
Sammy grinned back.
{~CM~}
That evening after everyone left, the five of them sat by the tree drinking apple cider and exchanging gifts. Spencer looked at the gifts on his lap and frowned.
"I don't have anything for you guys."
Fran waved him off, "You gave me a wonderful gift. You made my son happy, now open your gifts."
Spencer opened his gifts and received a set of three books, "The Collector" by John Fowles, "The House of Fame" by Geoffrey Chaucer, and "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald from Sarah.
"Derek told me that your mother was a literature professor and I thought you'd like them."
Spencer nodded. He opened up his next gift which was a hoodie sweater which had "I'm from Vegas and I love Poker" written on it from Desiree. Fran gave him a booklet that was entitled, "Get out of sex free cards."
"Anytime you don't wanna have sex with Derek all you have to do is give him one of these and you won't owe him an explanation."
Derek and the girls laughed and Spencer blushed. After Derek opened his gifts, a watch from his mother, and a new coat and sneakers from his sisters, Derek and Spencer exchanged gifts.
"I hope you like it," Spencer said nervously.
Derek opened the small box and inside were a set of dog tags one of the had his father's info and the other one had Spencer's.
"My two favorite and important guys."
Spencer opened his box and inside was a ring. When prompted, looked at the inside inscription which read, "My life, My world. I love you."
Spencer flung himself on Derek's lap and the two shared a passionate kiss.
TBC...
A/N: I do not have a link for this ring. I just made it up
A/N 2: I am going to do a contest. The boys are going to be facing an unsub soon (around Chapter 36) Can you guess who this unsub will be? The first two winners will get a story written for them. GOOD LUCK!