Unforseen Shadows
Ch. 1
Jennifer Thompson smiled as her four children marched their way down stairs and into the living room. Louise, Carol, Henry and MJ all sat on the overstuffed couches and waited for their mother to speak. As she held a squirming Belle in her arms she waited as her children settled down before speaking.
'I have something to tell you guys, ok?' Jennifer said, sitting on the wooden coffee table across from them. 'I'll be going to New York for two weeks on Saturday. It's for the 'Criminal Minds' book tour,' she said, watching as her children looked at her quizzically.
'Why?' Henry whined grumpily. Jennifer rolled her eyes, Henry was going through a 'but why' stage and she desperately wished it would pass soon.
'It's my job Henry. I have too. And I'll be taking Belle with me,' she said as the guilt of looking at their crestfallen faces bubbled to the surface. She knew what she was doing wasn't fair to her other children but she wasn't about to let Belle's father not see his daughter either.
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Emily Prentiss-Morgan held back the tears threatening to fall as the test she held in her hand read 'negative'. They'd been trying for months and it still hadn't happened yet. She just didn't understand why they were having so much trouble this time round; it had been easy with Ashleigh, Dana and Joycie, they hadn't even really tried. And now that they were actually planning a baby it just wouldn't happen. As she came out of the bathroom and into their bedroom Derek rushed to her, noticing the tears glistening as they tracked down her cheeks. She hadn't even realised she was crying until he started to wipe them away. Derek knew what the tears meant and hadn't said anything about them, just after Joycie had turned three they had started trying again and Joycie was almost four now. Derek to hug her, to comfort her but she shrugged him off muttering something about having to get ready for her shift. He knew then that he wouldn't see her for a couple of days; she was going to spend all her time at the hospital until she wanted to start trying again and then they'd be going at it like rabbits again. Walking away from her husband Emily reminded herself to make an appointment with Eleanor Foreman, an OB/GYN she worked with, for the following week.
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Aaron Hotchner smiled his rare dimpled smile as he watched his son, Jack Hotchner score the winning goal. Jack wasn't much of a sports person but soccer seemed to be his niche. He laughed when he heard his eight year old daughter ask her mother.
'Mommy, did Jack get a home run?' She asked, slightly confused. His daughter definitely didn't know sport but it didn't much bother him, he would rather they focused on school then depend on sport to get them through life.
'No Sophe, he's playing soccer. He scored a goal,' Haley explained the laughter in her voice evident. Jack came running off the field when Aaron's phone started to ring; he saw the look in Haley's eyes as he reached for his cell.
'Aaron,' she warned but upon seeing the caller I.D and his boss's name pop up he quickly apologised and answered his phone.
AN: SO, this is my entry into the TV Show Episode Title Challenge. I don't usually do this kind of thing but I thought it was interesting. A bit of background info; Jennifer Thompson is JJ. She's married and her husbands name is Marcus. Emily and Morgan a married and so are Hotch and Haley. In this story Hotch is called Aaron because I think that the 'Hotch' nickname would have been picked up in the FBI. Also, David Rossi, Penelope Garcia and Spencer Reid will be in this story although Garcia and Reid have more of a background-y kind of storylines.
I guess that's all for now. I hope you enjoy and R&R. Love, .