Hotch smiles as he watches his 6 year old son skip through the airport, after a long case the director gave the entire team a few weeks off to rest, so Hotch decided that he would surprise his friend Emily Prentiss with a visit. She left the BAU a couple of years ago after one to many close calls.
She devcided to be the head over the London office, he talked with her on the phone several times a week and Emily had come for a visit and spent almost 2 weeks at Christmas. He hadn't realized how much he really cared about her until it was to late and she was gone, so when the sudden vacation came up he decided to take Jack and go for a visit.
Meanwhile, in London Emily Prentiss was sitting in the park watching all of the children play, she couldn't help but smile when a little boy about 5 years ran over to her and picked up his ball. She sat there wondering what her child would look like, he would be about that age by now or maybe a little older.
When she found out she was pregnant she knew that she would never be able to keep him and raise him because she wasn't physically or mentally ready for a child. She knew that she had many many choices available to her so she decided to give her baby up for adoption and she opted not to hold him when he was born.
The nurses and doctors tried to get her to hold her son and bond with him but she kept refusing, she didn't want to bond with her son because she knew if she did that she wouldn't be able to give him up and that wouldn't work for either of them. She loved her life in London but she definitely missed her former team members, especially Aaron Hotchner.
Hotch had been married to Haley Hotchner, they had been married for almost 7 years when she was killed in a car accident when Jack was 3 years old. They had tried for several years to have a child but found out that Haley was unable to concieve so they decided to adopt a child, Jack was adopted when he was a newborn so Hotch and Haley got to experience the joys of a newborn.
Hotch happily hands their tickets to the lady behind the desk and she stamped them and told them that they could go ahead and board, Jack looked up at him and smiled and said, "we goin to see Emmy daddy?, he ruffled Jacks hair and said, "we sure are kiddo, we are gonna surprise her", he laughed and said, "surprise her"?, Hotch grinned as he buckled his son into his seat.
Hotch had been deep in thought, so deep in thought that he didn't notice the man that had been following him and Jack through the airport and was now sitting a few rows behind him. The man pulled out his phone and dialed 1 on speedial and waited for someone to answer on the other end of the line.
A few rings later someone said, "hello", he said, "it's me", the deeper male voice said, "are you on board"?, he cleared his throat and said,"yes we just took off a few minutes ago. The other man chuckled and said, "Ms. Prentiss is making her way back towards her apartment right now", the man on the plane said, "I will call you when we land", seconds later the call was disconnected.
A few minutes into the flight Jack laid his head back and closed his eyes and a few minutes later Hotch pulled out his cell and took a picture of his sleeping son. Hotch looked at his watch to try to figure out the time difference, he figured that they would arrive in London just about the time that Emily would be getting home.
He had made arrangements for him and Jack to stay at a hotel close to Emilys place because he wanted to spend as much time with the other woman that had ever held a piece of his heart. Hotch took a deep breath before laying his head back against the headrest, he closed his eyes and a few minutes later he fell asleep.
Emily walks into her apartment and takes off her coat and tosses it on the couch, she was exhausted after a long day at the office, she walks by a shelf full of pictures of her friends, she picks the pictures up one my one. The first one was one of the gang together at a Christmas party,
everybody looked so happy, God how she missed everybody.
Then her face landed on a picture of her and Hotch, she ran her fingers over his face and said, I miss you most, I wonder what would have happened if I would have told you how I really felt about you, she took a deep breath and blew it out and said, well it is to late to cry over spilled milk.
She decided that it was such a beautiful day that she would take a walk before fixing dinner, she grabbed her jacket and put it on and grabbed her keys on the way out of the door. Hotch and Jack were smiling as they looked out the windows of the cab, London was beautiful, Hotch could easily see what drew Emily here
Emily sighed as she started walking up the street, she had a feeling that she was being watched and she just couldn't shake it, she turned when she heard a famaliar voice calling her name. She turned around to see Aaron Hotchner walking towards her, she smiled as she started walking towards them.
Hotch couldn't wait to put his arms around her, he couldn't wait to feel her body pressed against his and he hope that one day soon he would be able to feel her lips against his. Emily pulled him into her arms and squeezed him tight, it had been almost 7 months since she had felt his arms around her and she was gonna enjoy it as long as she could.
She pulled back when she felt someone tugging on her leg, she looked down and said, ohhhhhh my goodness Jack you are growing so big, he wraps his little arms around her waist and says, "I missed you Emily", she laughs and says, "I missed you to buddy, I missed both of you", she smiled and said, "why didn't you tell me that you were coming for a visit, I would have picked the two of you up at the airport?, Hotch laughed and said, "we wanted to surprise you, didn't we buddy"?, Jack stood there laughing and shaking his head yes.
Emily said, "where are you staying"?, he said, "we are staying a few blocks away from here", she said, "well we will have to change that, the two fo you will have to stay with me", Jack jumped up and down and said, "yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, we are gonna stay with Emily", Hotch laughed as Jack started pulling them towards the park.
Once the reached the park Jack went over to the swings while Emily and Hotch went to sit down on the bench, Emily smiled and said, "he is quite the handsome boy", Hotch looked at his son and said, "I still can't believe that he is 6 years old. Emily and Hotch were so busy talking that they didn't notice the man walking close to Jack, that was until Jack got out of the swing and started talking loud.
Hotch and Emily stood up and started over towards Jack, the man started reaching for Jack, that was when Emily and Hotch said, in unison "run Jack run to us", he tried to get around the large man but couldn't, the huge man then pulled out a gun and aimed it at Emily and shot, she grabbed her shoulder and went down.
Jack started screaming, EMILY, EMILY and he blindly ran into the street and the next thing Hotch heard was the screching of tires and the thud of Jacks body hit the road.