Kim's niece Zoe was spending the weekend with her and was very upset when she walked into Kim's apartment.

"Where is your Christmas tree? Where are your decorations? You can't have Christmas without it!" She complained.

"But I will be at your house for Christmas." Kim reminder her niece as she continues to wander around the apartment in astonishment that she hadn't even hung up a stocking.

"You still need decorations!" Zoe said. "Where are they? We can decorate this weekend. " Zoe said matter-of-factly while she finally took off her coat and sat on the couch.

"Um I don't actually have any. " Kim said nervously. She did not know where this was going to go. Kim never bothered decorating for Christmas since she never spent it at home. One year she did have stockings for her and Adam it's where they put each other's gift but she had those in her 'Adam box' now in the hall closet. She was not about to bring those out.

"What?!" Zoe asked as she leaped to her feet. "Mom said you have been in a funk lately maybe its cause you don't have Christmas!"

"I have not been in a funk!" Kim said now getting defensive.

"Liar" Zoe proclaimed. "Look at you. Look at the place" as she motioned around the apartment. "You need some Christmas spirit! Christmas Magic!" Zoe then went to grab her coat. "Let's go!"

"Where are we going?" Kim asked afraid of the answer.

"Target. To get decorations and Christmas treats and then we will stop the tree place and get you a tree." Zoe informed her aunt.

"What if I say no?" Kim asked now remember she was the adult in this situation.

"Come on Aunt Kim. It's obvious you need this. And it will make me happy." Zoe said seriously.

Kim stood there contemplating it for a minute.

"We can get cookie dough and bake cookies too." Zoe added to entice her aunt to agree.

"Fiiiine" Kim finally said as she grabbed her car keys and headed to door with Zoe.

"You won't regret this don't worry." Zoe reassured her.

Kim was way passed regretting this. Zoe had to spend a small fortune at Target getting decorations and now they were wandering around the tree place while Zoe found them the perfect tree. The only good thing was the smile on Zoe's face.

Kim was looking at her phone for a moment even though she knew Voight wouldn't call her in since she had her niece was here but it had become habit at this point. Kim was enjoying Intelligence. Olinsky was mentoring her and one of Voight's former protégés was helping them out while Adam was undercover. Adam had just finished his assignment and would be back in the office Monday. Kim was really not sure how that was gonna go.

Kim looked up from her phone and realized Zoe was gone.

"Zoe!" Kim yelled repeatedly as she ran around the Christmas trees. And then she ran into someone hard.

"Sorry I am looking for" Kim started to say but then looked up and saw Adam standing there and Zoe standing next to him and his father. "My niece." She finished.

Before acknowledging Adam and his father Kim walked over to Zoe and said, "Why did you leave where we were? You know are aren't suppose to leave my sight."

"Sorry." Zoe said sadly. "But I found the perfect tree and then I ran into Adam and his dad. They say it is perfect too."

"I was just calling you to tell you she was with us." Adam said holding out his phone to show her contact info on his screen.

"Thanks" Kim said to him. It was so weird to see him here.

"It's good to see you Kim." Bob Ruzek said.

"You too Mr. Ruzek." Kim replied as she thought, how did I end up here?

"How many times am I going to have to tell you to call me Bob? He asked.

"At least once more, Mr. Ruzek, as always." Kim replied with a smirk.

Adam smirked too realizing she was referencing Pirates of the Caribbean, a movie they used I love to watch.

"Aunt Kim, look at the tree." Zoe said getting everyone attention back on her.

Kim looked at the tree. It was a beautiful shade of green with full branches.

"It looks great" Kim said and Zoe's smile grew. "There is just one problem" and Zoe's smile disappeared.

"What?" Zoe asked.

"There is no way it is fitting on the car." Kim explained.

"I didn't think of that." Zoe said hanging her head low.

"But it will fit in my truck." Adam said before he even knew the words were coming out of his mouth.

"What?!" Kim asked snapping her head back to where Adam stood behind her. Simultaneously as Zoe said "Yes!"

"Thank you Adam you are the best." Zoe said running over to hug him.

"Zoe" Kim said. She didn't want to be a wet blanket but said anyway, " Adam is here with his dad I'm sure they have other plans beside helping is with the Christmas tree." She almost added that I don't even want.

"It's okay. We didn't have anything planned. And I can't deny a Christmas tree to two beautiful girls." Bob Ruzek replied. He would love to spend time with his son but he would also love for his son to spend some time with Kim. He had not been himself since their break up and he was not above a little push to get them back together. This was his chance to give them a little push.

"Yes! Thank you Mr. Ruzek." Zoe said smiling.

"Lets go get one of the employees so we can pay for this and get it to the truck." Bob said to Zoe and they went off.

"You really don't have to do this." Kim said to Adam. It had been about a month since she had seen him. His beard had grown in. He looked good to her.

"Its okay. I don't mind at all." Adam said with a smile. He kept his eyes on her. "You look good. Working with Intelligence seems to be agreeing with you."

"It's been good." Kim said smiling. She was about to ask him how undercover was but Bob and Zoe had just returned with an employee.

"Let's get this tree to the truck." Bob said as Zoe squealed in delight. This was even better than Zoe had hoped now that they ran into Adam. That was sure to cheer Aunt Kim up.

"Don't I have to pay for it before they move it?" Kim asked.

"Already taken care of." Bob said.

Kim thought about arguing about it but after what she just spent on decorations not having to pay for the tree was a nice gift.

"Thank you Mr. Ruzek. That was very thoughtful of you." Kim simply said.

"I don't know what you are talking about. It's a gift from Santa." Bob said with a wink.

Kim had gotten to her apartment before Adam and Zoe and was bringing in all the bags of decorations. Zoe had insisted on driving with the tree and Adam said it was okay. This weekend she was just suppose to be hanging out with her niece and now she had her ex-fiancé dropping a Christmas tree off. How did this even happen? She kept thinking. It was a good thing she slipped a bottle of wine into the cart as they were shopping earlier.

"Did someone order a very large house plant?" Adam bellowed as she walked into Kim's apartment with the tree.

Kim just stood there and laughed.

"Adam got the tree and stopped in the middle of the living room. "Where do you want it?" He asked Kim.

"You're asking me? I'm not in charge. Ask the little dictator over there." Kim said pointing at Zoe who was taking off her coat.

"We should put it in that corner we just have to move the couch a little." Zoe told him as she walked over to the spot and started moving the couch.

"You got a base for it?" Adam asked Kim again.

"Again? Please refer to my new interior decorator." Kim said with a smile this time.

Adam looked towards Zoe.

"It's in one of the bags." Zoe said referring to the twenty they had sitting on the floor.

"Wow. Did you guys buy every decoration Target had?" Adam asked.

"Yup. And all the cookie dough." Kim responded and then whispered to him. "And a very large bottle of wine."

"Good call." Adam whispered back flashing her a smile. It was weird how normal this felt to both of them. They both had a feel that it should feel weird but it didn't. It felt nice.

Once Adam got the tree in place he started to head out.

"Where are you going?" Zoe asked. She could see how he was making her aunt smile and she wanted that to continue. It was an accident running into him but now she was going to make him stay.

"Oh. I um." Was all Adam could get out, as he looked at Kim unsure of what to do. He wasn't sure if Kim wanted him there.

"You can stay if you want." Kim said. "It would be helpful to have another adult around so I don't finish this bottle of wine by myself." She had no idea where that came from. She had almost regretted it but it was nice having Adam around.

Zoe stopped going through the Target bags and just smiled. She was getting exactly what she wanted: Christmas and her aunt happy.

"But if you are going to stay you have to help!" Zoe barked.

"I can help eat cookies." Adam replied slyly.

"Ahuh." Zoe said. "Let's get the lights on the tree."

Adam looked at Kim.

"Don't look at me. She is in charge." Kim said laughing.

Four hours later Kim's apartment was the epitome of Christmas. The tree was decked out as well as every inch of the place. Kim didn't want to admit it but she did have a lot of fun decorating with them. Adam had her laughing constantly. She hadn't laughed like that in a really long time. And Adam loved seeing Kim smile. At one point he purposely tangled himself in the lights for the tree just to see her smile at him. They both had one of the best nights either of them had had in a really long time.

Now Kim and Adam stood at her breakfast bar drinking wine and eating freshly baked chocolate chip cookies looking out into her living room. Zoe was asleep on the couch as Elf played on the TV.

"It looks like Santa, Rudolf, and all the elves threw up in here." Kim said to Adam as she popped another cookie in her mouth.

"It really does." Adam replied. "How did she get you to decorate for Christmas? You normally don't."

"In not so many words she said I was as pathetic as my apartment looked and decorating would make both better." Kim told him. She knew that's not what Zoe had said but its what she took from it. And it was kind of right. Kim had been feeling off.

"Ouch." Adam replied and then took a swig of the wine in his glass.

"Yeah. Nothing like having an 11-year-old telling you your life is pathetic to really make you feel good." Kim said sarcastically. "Maybe I did need it for a change."

"Everything okay? I thought you said Intelligence was going good." Adam asked in concern.

"Yeah. Work is good. Otherwise, I just feel kind of lost." Kim confessed.

Adam didn't know how to respond. So he just kept quiet.

"Its weird how normal this feels right?" Kim finally asked.

"It is." Adam confirmed. "But I don't mind it. I have missed just hanging out with you."

"Well then I am glad Zoe ran into you." Kim said with a smile.

"Me too. We will have to do this again." Adam said.

"Minus all the glitter in my place though." Kim joked.

"Definitely. We can do drinks at Molly's. I hear Hermann has a no glitter within 100 feet of the bar rule." Adam replied.

"I knew I liked that place for a reason." Kim said with a smile.

They stood there for a few more minutes just staring at the TV and the blinking lights on the tree. It really did feel a little magical. Kim guessed that was Zoe was going for, Christmas magic.

"I should probably get going." Adam finally said.

"Yeah. I should clean up and get to bed. With my luck she will have me doing something just a crazy tomorrow and I will probably need to have some energy for it." Kim said as she took both of their wine glasses and put them in her sink.

Adam grabbed his coat and Kim walked over to meet him at the door.

"Thanks again for everything tonight. You really didn't have to." Kim said as they stood in the doorway.

"I wanted to." Adam replied and then he looked up as something caught his eye.

Kim saw him look up so she did too.

Mistletoe.

"I bet she did this on purpose." Kim said.

"She didn't. I did." Adam replied and then kissed her. He at first meant it to be a light kiss but the two of them together again after so long the passion overcame them. It was a long heated kiss. Adam hands rose and cupped her face before he finally pulled away.

"I guess I will see you at work on Monday." Adam said before walking out the door.

"I guess you will." Kim replied softly with her fingers lingering on her lips.

Kim got the Christmas magic she needed.

A/N: This was fun and hard to write. I wanted to do so much with it but didn't want to overload it. I hope you enjoy it! Please review and have a happy holiday!