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Presents

LMOLM - Part 1

No one remembered her birthday. But that was okay. She was used to it anyway. After all, being born after Christmas, she shouldn't expect anything else. Every year, everyone that wasn't her immediate family would always be far too drunk to remember the birthday of their niece, cousin or friend. She would be lying, though, if she said she wasn't disappointed no one in the team even called her, but after Rossi's Christmas party, she couldn't really blame them. Especially not Penelope. By the end of the night she was so wasted Lily herself had to drive her home and help her into her pajamas.

She smiled at the memory as she sat by the window of her apartment watching the snow fall down. If there was anything she liked about her birthday was that. It always snowed.

"Hey, Freddie." Lily smiled, as the dog kept his head on her lap, happily wiggling his tail. "What do you say we share a cake? Mommy could use some chocolate right now."

Without waiting for her companion's answer, she got up from her place on by the window and ran upstairs to grab a coat. As she threw the heavy fabric over her shoulders, she made her way toward the door and grabbed her purse. She had goodbye to Fred and went to unlock the door. As soon as she did, though, she yelled out in surprise when she saw Spencer standing there, smiling brightly at her.

"Spence!" She giggled, as she tried to even her breathes. "You almost gave me a heart attack."

He laughed, as he stepped inside the house, trying to keep the boxes he was carrying balanced as Fred celebrated his arrival.

"Sorry." He mumbled, walking toward the kitchen and placing down the boxes in the table.

"Not that I don't appreciate your visit but it's almost 25 degrees outside." Lily said, as she followed Spencer and helped him take off his snowed over coat.

"It's actually 27.4 degrees, but with the wind and snow outside we feel like it's about 26.7 to 26.3."

Lily smiled at him fondly as she always did when he spluttered out facts like this.

"I see. So, what are you doing here, Spence? It's exactly 27.4 degrees outside."

Spencer fake-laughed as Lily giggled. He grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms. She squealed when his cold clothes touched her body, but he just kept her close and she wouldn't really have it any other way.

"I came for your birthday." He answered, as Lily pulled out of his embrace just enough to stare at him.

"Spence..."

"You didn't think I would forget now, did you?" He smirked at her astonished expression. "I also brought you a cake from that coffee shop near my house you love."

"Oh, Spencer... You didn't really have to." Lily cooed as she walked toward the table and opening the one of the boxes Spencer was carrying to see that, in fact, he had brought her a small version of the white and black chocolate cake she had grown to love.

"I know I didn't." Spencer said, as he opened just the right drawer to grab a candle. "But I wanted to. I forgot this tiny detail, though, so let's use this candle instead."

Lily laughed soundly as Spencer placed the wax candle beside the cake, before lighting it up and started singing the happy birthday to you song very softly. She smiled widely as, when he finished, he picked up a knife he had taken and cut out a piece of the cake, giving it to her in a napkin.

"So... To whom goes the first piece?" He asked, as Lily gave him a bright smile.

"So, this first piece goes to my one best friend. The one that has been with me through thick and thin. The one who loved me unconditionally even when I was at my lowest, not once making me feel like I wasn't good enough or unworthy of love. This one piece goes to... Freddie!"