A/N Hey I was just going to make this a one shot but the plot bunnies are going crazy with this story so I'm making it a short chapter story. But it shouldn't be too long I hope to be done by Thanksgiving Day. This story is using the same Characters as my Halloween story Keep Them Safe so you may want to read over that but I think you can figure out what is going on in this story so it is up to you. Please feed the bunnies and REVIEW. Happy Reading

Thanks.

Thankful Thanksgiving

The smell of delicious food woke Reid up. Reid sat up stretched and went to the bathroom to wash up. It was the Saturday before Thanksgiving and since there was no major cases, that was something to be thankful for, the team was coming over for an early Thanksgiving dinner. Reid walked in the living room to see his five year old son Tony sitting on the couch watching cartoons and nine month old daughter Brenn playing in her playpen.

"Dada dada" Brenn happily squealed and held her arms up when she saw Reid.

"Morning Princess" Reid said picking her up

"Hey daddy" Tony said finally turning away from the TV

"Hey buddy what are you watching?" he asked as he sat down next to him

"Mickey Mouse. Daddy mommy want let me in the kitchen and it smells really good in there" Tony said frowning

"Mommy's cooking dinner because your aunts and uncles are coming over for dinner today remember. She just doesn't want you to pick at the food or burn yourself." Reid explained smiling.

"Is Jack coming?" Tony ask hopefully

Tony loved playing with ten year old Jack Hotchner and looked up the older boy. Tony loved that the older boy never picked on him because he needed to rest because of his asthma. It was usually Jack that stopped before Tony; he knew it was because Jack could see he needed to rest. Tony never told his parents that the kids at school stopped playing chase with him but that was ok he would find other games to play or sometimes he would sit outside and look at books.

"Yeah I think he is coming" Reid said

"Yesssss" said Tony happily

Reid walked into the kitchen still holding Brenn. Reid watched as JJ gracefully moved around the kitchen. She went and opened the oven to check on the turkey, then turned and began to wash the fruit before chopping it. JJ stopped what she was doing when she heard cooing coming from the doorway. She smiled when she saw Reid watching her with Brenn on his shoulder making content cooing sounds.

"Good Morning" she said walking over and kissed him

"Morning, do you need any help?" he asked smiling

"No I just have to mix the fruit into the cranberry salad and hope the Jell-O sets before it is time to eat. I'm sure if it doesn't we will still have plenty to eat since the others are suppose to bring a side dish or a dessert. Pen said last year she still had food leftover even after she made everyone take a plate home with them" JJ said

"Yeah well Pen was seven months pregnant with twins and you were six months along so I'm sure everyone brought extra food" Reid said grinning at her

"I'm not sure how to respond to that Dr. Reid" JJ said in mock seriousness

"How ever you want" he said grinning

JJ gave him a playful shove and went back to cutting the fruit while Reid put Brenn back in her playpen and went to fix himself a cup of heavily sugared coffee.

Later that day

JJ was all set to sit and cuddle with her husband on the couch for a few moments of peace, Tony was playing in his room and Brenn was napping. He had just got his arms wrapped around her when the doorbell rang. They both groaned as Reid got up to answer the door. Tony was at the door waiting for his daddy to open it to let their guest in. Reid opened the door to see Aaron and Jack Hotchner standing there holding dishes of food. Jack was tall and broad like Hotch even though his hair had darken it was not as dark as Hotch's hair. Hotch was holding a pie and a bag of rolls and Jack had a covered dish.

"Jack you're here!" Tony cried happily like he hadn't seen Jack in years

"Hey Tony Bologna" Jack said as he handed the dish to Reid so he could do their special hand shake. Only Jack could call him Tony Bologna.

"It's good to see you too Tony" Hotch said playful

"Hi Uncle Aaron" Tony said smiling at him innocently

Hotch laughed and ruffled the little boy's hair as JJ walked up.

"Hotch you made another one of those yummy pies" JJ said smiling knowingly

"The box was the hardest part" he said as he hand the pie and rolls to her

"My mom said that she would make real food for us to eat but it needs to be heated up" Jack said pointing to the dish in Reid's hands.

Reid peeked under the cover to see macaroni and cheese, Jack's favorite.

"How's your mom?" Reid asked

"Ok" he said shrugging

Hailey and Aaron were not able to make things work after she left with Jack during the Milwaukee case. They got a divorce when Jack was four but there was never any bad feeling between them she let him see Jack when ever he wanted or could. She just could never turn his sad pleading face away from seeing Jack. When Jack was eight she started dating a man named Todd Richmond a year later they were married. Aaron liked Todd he was a principle at an elementary school so he had the dependable schedule that Hailey needed. Hailey would have been upset if she knew that Aaron had Penelope do a background check on Todd. Todd really cared for Jack and even taped Jack's soccer games for Aaron when he wasn't there so Jack could show him later. Jack liked Todd a lot it made it even better that his daddy was friends with Todd. It surprised Jack when his mom told him she was going to have a baby around Christmas. He wasn't sure what to think about that.

"Can we go outside to play?" Tony asked his mom with pleading eyes.

"Ok but it's getting cold so wear your coat and hat" JJ said

Tony grumbled a little then went and got his hat and coat from the closet put them on then ran out the door with Jack.

"How's Jack handling that he is becoming a big brother?" asked JJ

"He really hasn't said much to me about that. Hailey's a little worried because he got in trouble at school but I already talked to him about that." Hotch said

"Why did he get in trouble?" Reid asked

Hotch smirked.

"It seems there is a new girl in his class, Kelly, and he can't stop talking to her even when the teacher is teaching. I haven't told Hailey about this yet but I'm sure she will make the same threats to take away his computer and game system if he gets in anymore trouble."

"Wow only ten years old and already in trouble over a girl. Sounds like you are going to have your hands full when he hits puberty" JJ said smiling

"I know" Hotch said sighing

JJ went to put the food in the kitchen and Reid and Hotch sat on the couch.

Outside

Tony and Jack were out in the front yard Tony was showing Jack that he could ride his bike without training wheels. The boys were racing back and forth on the sidewalk, Tony on his bike and Jack on foot. Jack stopped when he saw Tony's neighbors come out their house. The neighborhood was full of children so it was not odd to see children run out the house from next door. But Jack had never seen the pretty girl that came out of the house before. She had brown hair pulled up in a ponytail, brown-green eyes covered by small wire frame glasses; she was tall athletic looking and had a sweet face. She wore a white turtle neck with a silver snowflake on it with black pants.

"Who's that?" Jack asked

"That's our new neighbors the Hendersons. I think that was their name" Tony said

"What's the oldest girl's name?" Jack asked as he watched the girl perform some kind of dance in the front yard.

"Caitlin or Claire I can't remember which one she is. Come on lets race again" Tony said trying to get Jack's attention again

"Ok but let's race to the Henderson's mailbox" Jack said eagerly

"Ok" Tony said knowingly

The boys raced on the sidewalk towards the mailbox. Jack made it seconds before Tony to the mailbox and smile proudly. Jack turned to see if the girl was watching but she was talking to a young woman who was sitting in a chair holding a baby. The woman had chin length brown hair, she wore glasses behind them were dark brown eyes, and she was heavy set. She wore a red long sleeve shirt with Mickey Mouse on it she wore black jean with black and white shoes with a crazy pattern and sliver spikes on them. The baby was standing in her lap flapping her arms like she was going to fly away, she was grinning showing her two teeth. She had a little bit of light brown hair and hazel eyes, she was wearing a pink sweater with snowflakes on it and blue jeans with matching snowflakes and pink socks. There was one more child in the yard she had on a light pink track suite with light up princess shoes, she was dancing in circles. She had brown hair pulled up into doggy ears, brown eyes that sparkled with attitude, and was tall for a three and a half year old.

Jack heard the end of the conversation with the girl and young woman.

"I don't want you to change" said the girl

"I'm not going to change" said the woman

"People have to grow up when they get married"

"I'm not planning on getting married anytime soon"

"Why?"

"It's the same answer as it was when we had this conversation the last time"

"Why don't you have a husband your twenty-three?"

"It's not that easy to find a husband" the woman said chuckling

"Sure it is I had lots of boyfriends before we moved here" the girl said a little sadly

"I'm sure you did" the woman said smiling. Then looked around the girl when she noticed the two boys.

"Hey guys" she said to them

"My sister Brenn flaps her arms like that" said Tony

"Yeah Claire bear here is going to fly away one day if she does it too hard. Your Tony right? You and your mom came over the other day? " the woman asked

Tony nodded his head.

"I'm Jack" he introduced himself looking at the girl

"I'm Caitlin, that's Grace, that's Claire and that's Niki she's the babysitter" she said pointing to each person as she said their name.

Before Jack could talk to Caitlin anymore a car pulled on the street and Tony grabbed his arm.

"Come on Aunt Emily is here" he said pulling Jack away

Jack waved goodbye then turned and went to see Emily.

Emily pulled the car into Reid's driveway and turned off the engine. She looked at the man beside her nervously. She had been dating Paul for a while now but never introduced him to the team. She wasn't sure which was worse him meeting her family or meeting the team; probably her family that's why she chose to bring him to meet the team at the dinner and she would meet his family for Thanksgiving. Paul was a paramedic so having a Saturday off was a treat for the both of them. Paul had black hair, green eyes, and had a caring face. Emily smiled when she saw the boys run up.

"Hi Aunt Emily!" Tony said excitedly as he ran up to her.

"Hey Tony! How are you?" she asked as she hugged him

"Wow Jack you have gotten tall" Emily said as she hugged him

Paul came around the car carrying the food she brought. The boys looked at him curiously.

"Guys this is my friend Paul. Paul this is Tony Reid and Jack Hotchner"

Paul smiled and shook the young boys hands that's when Tony looked up at Paul and asked

"Are you going to marry Aunt Emily?"

A/N I just thought I let you know that the babysitter and the kids that Tony and Jack meet are suppose to be me and some kids that I babysit for. Of course I changed our names but the conversation that Niki and Caitlin have is a real conversation that I have with that little girl every week. The kid is afraid that I am going to grow up and not want to play with her anymore I thought it was funny so I put little reality surrounded by fiction. You will probably see those girls later in the story.