A/N: Let me know what you think! Hope you enjoy! This will be equally JJ/Reid and Morgan/Garcia.

Spencer Reid hated camping.

As an FBI agent, too many of the cases had involved the woods in some way. Women would be out in these parts, intent on having a weekend of fun, and meet a completely different fate. The unsubs would hide out in the trees waiting for an innocent to walk by and target them. Just the thought made Reid uneasy. Jumpy even.

He would much prefer renting a cabin or staying in a hotel than walking through the trees looking for a place to sleep that night. Camping out was not his forte. He was about books and learning and anything that pertained to the indoors.

It was the team who had wanted to go. The FBI had granted the entirety of them a whole seven days off work, and their idea of a vacation had involved heading out on the Appalachian trail to camp out for two of those days.

Reid had begged them not to go at all. He didn't want to be a stick in the mud or the odd one out, but the team was insistent. They teased him even. "Lighten up lover boy," Morgan had said. "It's only two days. Not even the full forty-eight hours. Then you'll be home and can do all the reading you want."

Reid had a stack of books at home that he wanted to get through this week. Most were non fiction and classics, but he wanted to read them nevertheless. A few were recommended to him by academic colleagues and even one by Rossi. They were calling his name and here he was, standing and watching his team debate over where to pitch the tents.

"Here would be fine," Penelope piped up. "We're close to a water source. The lake is through those trees right there."

She pointed at a patch of trees on down the small hill that shaded the area and lake completely. Reid had to admit this was the perfect place to sleep tonight. It would be cool.

"It's fine with me," Derek said, dropping his bag on the ground. "Let's set up the tents."

It took Derek and Hotch a matter of twenty minutes to get all five tents set up and scattered around their small camp site. They left a space in the middle for them to sit later and possibly have a fire. "I think ahead, Baby Girl," Derek had joked to Penelope, making her laugh.

JJ nudged Reid. "C'mon Spence. Lighten up a little. You know you're happy to be out here with your family. And me of course."

"I am," he said, reaching out to squeeze her hand while the team wasn't looking. "I just wish we could have all this fun back at our place, you know? Where my books are and the ground isn't my bed."

She agreed with him on that. As soon as the tents were pitched, they all began debating sleeping arrangements among them. There were nine of them in total. Seven team members and Jack and Henry too.

The two little boys were running around the campsite and chasing each other while they debated who would sleep where. "I'm going to catch you, Jack!" Henry practically roared.

"I'm with Penelope," Derek said. "I refuse to bunk with Reid."

"Hey!" Reid said in mock hurt. "At least I don't snore like Rossi does. He practically saws logs in his sleep."

Everyone snickered and Rossi glared at them. "You guys are hilarious, really," he said. "I'm about to fall over in laughter."

"Reid can sleep with me then," Hotch said with an authoritative tone. "The boys get a tent, JJ and Kate get one, and Rossi gets one separate from everyone so we can actually sleep tonight. It's settled."

All of them moved their things into their respective tents, as they were all exhausted and needed a minute to rest before continuing on with the evening. They still needed to eat and the kids were probably be up for hours yet…

"Daddy," Jack said. "Can Henry and me go to the lake?"

Hotch glanced at JJ for approval who shrugged. "As long as you're careful and don't get too close, yes," he said. "Be back in ten minutes."

The two were off then, racing all the way to the body of water in some game they were playing.

Back inside the tents, Derek looked over at Penelope, who was perched on her sleeping bag on the other side of theirs. "Penny for your thoughts," he said. "You seem distracted, baby."

"It's nothing," she said. "Really."

Derek raised an eyebrow. Penelope averted her eyes, refusing to meet his accusing gaze. Something was definitely on the tech's mind.

He crossed his arms. "I'm not letting you out for dinner if you don't confide in me," he said. "What is it, Baby Girl?"

"I'm really…" she said so low he couldn't hear.

"You're what?"

"Horny!" she hissed. "I've been watching you lug around all our luggage today, and you look good. Strong and muscular and well, Mama wants her chocolate."

Derek started laughing, getting a death glare from Penelope. "Sorry, but that was not what I was expecting you to say," he said. Then, in a whisper: "I want you too right now. Really bad."

"Maybe we should've went camping on our own," she whispered. "We could've had the time of our lives."

"Maybe," he said. "We could sneak off though. Say we're heading out for...I don't know, water or something. We'll be gone a half-hour tops."

"The lake is barely fifty feet away, Hot Stuff," she pointed out. "Won't our timing be a little off?"

He suddenly started grinning. "Do you remember that overlook a little while away? Let's say we're going there to take pictures."

"Deal," Penelope said, quickly jumping to her feet. "Let's go while I'm still in the mood."

They headed back out, finding all of team still inside their tents and unaware of Derek and Penelope leaving the group. Soon they were running through the woods, hand in hand, ready to find somewhere secluded for some fun of their own…

Reid regretted not telling the team he and JJ were together. If he had, he would be sharing a tent with her tonight and not his boss. As much as he respected Hotch, the man simply wasn't the roommate he'd been hoping for. Especially in this cramped tent that forced their sleeping bags right beside each other.

"Sorry for the tight space," Hotch was saying. "This was the only tent we had. Haley and I used to camp out all the time when we were teenagers. And, well, we liked the small space."

"It's fine," Reid said. He was thumbing through a stack of maps and debating where the best place to fish for dinner was. It was better than wondering what JJ and Kate were doing on the other side of their semi-circle. Probably having the time of their lives, Reid figured.

His phone buzzed then and he dug it out of his pocket. It was surprising he even had service out here. Miss you, it read. Wish you were my sleep mate for tonight. It was JJ.

Me too, he answered. We need to tell them the truth. Though I don't know what Kate would do if we had a tent together. Sleep with Hotch?

It's possible. But I doubt it. Kate would probably bring her own tent or room with Rossi. They seem to get along well.

True that.

Slipping his phone back in his bag, he watched as Hotch studied the maps. "Let's head to the north part of the lake," he said finally. We'll get the boys too."

Rossi, Kate and JJ soon joined them. After checking Derek and Penelope's tent, they realized they were long gone. "I know Morgan was hungry, but leaving without us is almost being selfish!" Kate joked as they headed down to the lake, following the yells of Jack and Henry.

"Are you okay?" Kate asked JJ in a lower voice a minute later. The men were a little ways ahead. "You seem a little pale."

She nodded. "I'm fine," she said. "I'm just a little nauseous from the long hike and hot weather is all. I'm sure I'll feel better after dinner."

Hotch and Rossi did the fishing. Kate had tried at first, but gave up in defeat and rejoined JJ and Reid on the sidelines. They dangled their feet in the water, talking and wondering where Morgan and Garcia had gone. It was strange of them to leave without the group.

Just then a scream interrupted the tranquility of the woods.

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