SSA Scottley - A collection - S.R.

Epilogue: Rossi's party

It had taken Lily three weeks to receive an all clear from the doctors to leave the hospital and then another fifteen days for her knee to be strong enough so she could start walking again. During that whole time, Spencer had stuck with her and the rest of the team had held things together at the BAU while she was out. She missed them terribly. Sure, they had all, personally, gone to her house to visit her, but she missed her team and she missed her job. Thankfully, after her three months off were over, her doctors had allowed her to get back to work. So, the next monday, Lily would be heading back to Quantico - still restricted to staying in her office and not going with her team to whatever city they'd be heading next, but it was something.

And, not only was Lily excited, the rest of the team was too and, because of it, Rossi had decided to throw them all a party. To Lily, they had said it was just a party for her recovery and a welcome back to her, but the rest of the team knew better. And Spencer couldn't deny he was a little nervous.

"Are you okay?" Lily asked, as soon as they stopped in front of Rossi's big house - well, his mansion -, noticing how shaky he was as he helped his fiance out of the car.

"Yeah." Spencer nodded. "Just excited."

"For Rossi's party?" Lily raised an eyebrow, watching as Spencer opened the door from the back of the car and helping Alec out of his seat.

"Seeing you out of the house." Spencer shrugged, placing Alec down on the floor as he turned to smile at Lily. "It's been a while since you've gone out."

"Yeah." LIly nodded, then. "It has, hasn't it?"

"Do you feel okay?" He asked, as Lily smiled.

"I'm okay." She nodded, smiling down at her son when he called out for her, standing nearby with a little pout on her lips. "I can't hold you up, buddy, you know that. You can take my hand if you want to, though, is that okay?"

"Okay." Alec nodded, smiling up at his mom as he grabbed her hand in his.

Spencer smiled too, placing a hand on the small of Lily's back to help keep her steady as the three of them - slowly and carefully - started to make their way to Rossi's. Spencer scooped Alec in his arms then, allowing the boy to ring the bell and, as soon as the door was opened, Lily realized everyone was already there.

"Welcome back!" They all cheered as Lily smiled, her eyes filling with tears as she looked over at everyone standing there.

All of her friends - her family - were there, all bright smiles and glasses of champagne under golden balloons and a big sash on the ceiling with her name on it. JJ, Emily, Tara, Luke, Matt, Rossi, Spencer... Even Claire was there this time. They were all there, ready to receive her back into their arms. But they weren't the only ones there. Looking around a little more, Lily's eyes found some more people that had made such an impact in her life, but that weren't always with her at all times anymore: Alex Blake, Kate Callahan, Derek Morgan and Aaron Hotchner.

"Oh, my God!" Lily squealed happily as everyone smiled at her. "What are you all doing here?"

"Well, this is a very special day, doll." Derek smirked, his arm wrapping around Savannah's waist as Lily frowned a little. "We wouldn't miss it for anything."

"Special day?" She asked. "This is just a welcome back party. And it's not like it's gonna be the last one ever."

"This better be the last one ever." Spencer mumbled under his breath. "If you go missing again, I'll lose my mind."

Lily rolled her eyes playfully at him then, but before she could even start questioning further, from a corner of the room, she noticed her brother and sister walking over at her.