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Derek groaned as he joined his wife and two children in the kitchen; "Another case?" She asked as she ripped up pieces of toast and bananas for the kids, Derek hated seeing the pain in her eyes every time they were called away on a case, he hated seeing his children growing up and not being able to be their for most of it.

"We got a new case, JJ just called; you'll be getting a call soon also." He explained as he kissed his kids on the head.

"You go in already, one of us should be there on time; I'll drop the kids off at daycare and be there as soon as I can." Emily explained to her husband.

Derek sighed, he hated the fact that they had to hide their marriage and their children from the team, from their family; he wished that they could have the chance to get to know their kids, they were initially going to make Garcia the god mother of their children, but the BAU rules clearly stated that two agents were not to be in a relationship.

So, they made the hard decision.

"Em…" He started to say, stepping closer to her.

"Derek, go, JJ and Hotch will be angry if we are both late. Plus, it might tip them off that something is going on and we don't want that."

"You're right…Okay, goodbye my loves, I'll see you this evening." Derek called out to his family, he laughed as he heard his wife groan; "Ava, Ella, eat your breakfast please!"

He arrived at the BAU exactly fifteen minutes before his wife did and, just as she predicted, JJ was furious that she was late again. The case was a bad one and both Derek and Emily knew that they were going to be a way for a little while; there were ten victims as far as they could tell, the man cut up his victims and fed them to others at local charity food kitchens, but left one part of his victim behind; like a finger, or a toe, a leg, etc.

"Alright, we are going to Austin. Wheels up in twenty!" Hotch said as they all exited the room, when the conference room was empty, Emily pulled out her cellphone and called the nanny; "Hey, Nicole. It's Emily."

Oh, hi Mrs. Morgan. How can I help you?

"Listen, we just got a case and we are leaving for Texas in twenty minutes. Can you stay with the kids for a couple of days?"

How long are you going to be gone?

"I don't know how long this one is going to take, if it doesn't work for you I can try and find somebody else, but we will pay you extra."

Oh, it's not a problem.

"Thank you so much!"

Alright. Well, I'll see you when you get back.

Emily sighed as she hung up her phone, she really didn't like leaving her children alone with the nanny for long periods of time; it wasn't that she didn't trust Nicole or anything, it was far from that, to make sure she was the one Emily pulled some strings and got the local police department to do a background check on her. It was just that, each time they left their kids behind, the job got harder and harder.

"Was that Nicole?" Derek's voice echoed slightly in the almost empty conference room, Emily turned to see him walking towards her; "Yeah, she said she could watch the kids for a couple of days until we get back."

"Hey, baby girl, I know it's hard. But, Nicole is a good girl, our kids will be safe." Derek tried to reassure his wife.

"Yes, I know that…But will we?" She asked him before pushing past him and exiting the room. Derek watched Emily as she walked down the stairs and entered the bull pen, he watched her face light up as she talked to their friends; he loved her with all of his heart, he would give his life to protect her and the kids.

But, that was something he prayed he would never have to do.

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