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Family BAU-Style
Chapter 1
"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." Francis Bacon
Everything was good now. JJ almost lost faith in things becoming like they were supposed to be, but now the family was finally united and happy. So much happened lately. Hailey's death was a hard blow for everyone on the team and so many tears were shed, hearts so badly injured, that for a short time she was scared that it would be impossible to pick up the pieces again. But now, five years after the incident that changed Hotch's and Jack's lives, they could smile again. JJ felt warmth flow through her body as she watched her team, her family, united in the LaMontagne backyard, celebrating the love and the happiness that filled each heart. JJ smiled. They all had to fight hard and be strong to overcome the sorrow, until they finally found the perfect lives they all deserved to have. Now, after waiting for so long, they were finally able to enjoy all the great things life had for them.
JJ and her husband for five years, Will, had spontaneously decided to have a garden party and barbecue in their big garden. It was Will's idea because he jokingly said they absolutely had to inaugurate their new grill. But by smiling at each other they both knew they just wanted to have their friends, their family, around them to enjoy together the wonderful summer day. And even more important to celebrate the two weeks of vacation the members of the BAU got from their Section Chief Strauss.
JJ stood satisfied on the porch, observing the hustle and bustle in her garden. All team members and their families came and over the past few years they had become a really big family. She saw her best friend Penelope and her husband for four years, Kevin, sitting on a bench, kissing. They didn't care about all the people around them, they just enjoyed each other's company. JJ knew from the very beginning that these two matched perfectly. And she was right. Now the two of them had two children, Amber, who was five years old, and Max, two years old. JJ loved them both so much, not only because she was their godmother, but also because they were so much like their mother. JJ grinned while she watched Amber, the big girl who was her mother's spitting image despite her dark hair that she inherited from her father, loudly playing with Garcia's best friend Morgan and his three-year-old daughter Isabella, better known as Izzie. Morgan, who had always been a hopeless womanizer, had finally changed his mind and married his ex-coworker Jordan Todd. Yeah, even Jordan came that way back to the team and now long ago belonged to the family. Beside Izzie Derek and Jordan had another daughter, Christina or Chrissie, who was only five month old. JJ discovered the little baby girl sleeping peacefully in her mother's arms while Jordan watched her husband and other daughter playing, a huge smile on her lips.
JJ continued to look around and found Max, Garcia's and Kevin's little son, playing calmly in Henry's sandbox. While his big sister Amber was loud, funny and bright, exactly like her mom, the two-year-old toddler was absolutely calm, a little bit shy and always friendly. Next to him sat Reid, his hair long and curly, and looked after his friend's son and his two own sons, the ten month old twins Finn and Luke. Yeah, that seemed incredible, but Spence finally found someone who loved him and who he loved. And that was Austin. You remember Austin? From 52 pickup? The two of them were happily married for two years. JJ adored Reid and Austin's two little boys and she was so proud of Spence finally having a real family of his own. Not long ago the team had celebrated the baptism of the vivid twins. Now they played in the sandbox, brightly screaming, together with their caring daddy and their little friend, the happily giggling Max.
Not far away JJ could see Austin talking to Emily, JJ's best friend beside Reid and Garcia. Emily had a big hamburger in her hand and suddenly laughed out loud because of something Austin said. Emily also was happily married, now already for three years. And believe it or not, Hotch was the lucky one. JJ had been so happy for the two of them when they finally had got together. If there was someone in this world who deserved to be happy then it was Hotch. And now he was, he really was. He finally was able to smile again. Yeah, Emily was the one who gave him his faith back. But not only that, there was someone else who was extremely happy to have her in his life and that was now nine-year-old Jack. The little boy lost his mom and found in Emily a new one. They both loved each other just so much, JJ always had to smile when she saw them together. Beside of Jack Hotch and Emily had another child, their four-year-old daughter Grace, better known as Gracie. As Jack was the spitting image of his father, his little sister looked exactly like her mother.
Thinking of Jack and Grace, she searched for them in her big garden until she discovered them and their father Hotch standing in the middle of the garden's lawn, each armed with gigantic water pistols. They stood face to face with JJ's husband, Will. JJ smiled fondly at seeing him. He was just so amazing and each day she lived with him she loved him more and more. Next to Will stood his and JJ's two big children: Henry, six years old, with his gold blond hair and his big, brightly shining blue eyes an exact copy of his mother, and Olivia, three years old, with her dark eyes and her brown, curly hair the spitting image of her father. Like Hotch and his kids the three had water pistols in their hands. JJ laughed when suddenly all the six of them began to scream and splattered each other with the cold water in their pistols. The two big boys, Henry and Jack, were best friends since they were the biggest children of the team and just really loved each other. The two girls, Olivia and Gracie, along with Amber and Izzie, were one big girl club and always played together. Over the past years also Will and Hotch had chummed up with each other and now shared a close friendship.
JJ turned around in search for Rossi until she found him with her smallest child in his arms sitting on the swing. JJ smiled seeing her youngest son Johnny, only one year old, laughing because of some silly antics Dave did for him. Yeah, although Rossi had no children or wife of his own he nevertheless wasn't lonely because he was the proud grandfather for all of the team's children and he also belonged to the big BAU family.
Love is all around me, JJ thought. Could it be any better?
Detective William LaMontagne Jr. / Will
SSA Jennifer Jareau-LaMontagne / JJ
Henry William LaMontagne (6)
Olivia Fiona LaMontagne (3)
John Alexander LaMontagne (1)
SSA Aaron Hotchner / Hotch
SSA Emily Prentiss-Hotchner
Jack Anthony Hotchner (9)
Grace Hailey Hotchner (4)
SSA Dr. Spencer Reid
Austin Reid
Lukas Gideon Reid (10 M.)
Finn Christopher Reid (10 M.)
TA Penelope Garcia
TA Kevin Lynch
Amber Kate Garcia (5)
Max Joshua Garcia (2)
SSA Derek Morgan
SA Jordan Todd
Isabella Mary Morgan (3)
Christina Lucy Morgan (5 M.)
Senior SSA David Rossi / Dave
Winston Churchill said, "There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues of human society are created, strengthened and maintained."
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