Chapter One- Jareau/LaMontagne

It was a quiet day in the suburbs outside of D.C. Jennifer Jareau's eyelids fluttered open slowly. Light was weakly streaming through the curtains. She stretched slowly, making sure she didn't wake her sleeping husband. She rolled onto her side and looked at the time on her phone.

06.01

Her phone blinked back at her. She rolled back onto her back and sighed. It was her day off. She didn't have to be in the office all day and they didn't have a case. Both her children were asleep, and all was quiet. So, why the hell was she awake.

But, right on cue, Michael, her youngest, came running into the room.

"Momma, momma!" he cried, jumping on her, knocking the wind straight out of her, "Momma, it's time to play!"

"Ugh!" she smiled, "Baby boy, it's six in the morning."

"What's going on?" Will LaMontagne mumbled, rolling over to look at his wife and youngest son.

"Daddy, momma won't play. I wanna play!"

"Come on, buddy." JJ smiled at her husband, who couldn't keep his eyes open, "We'll go play!"

"YAY!" cheered Michael, running into the playroom.

JJ kissed Will softly as he fell back asleep. Will had finally got in from work around two this morning, so she decided to let him sleep in.

She followed her youngest son into the playroom and they had an enjoyable few hours playing trains and superheroes. JJ loved her whole family, but she had to admit, these early hours with Michael were magical and helped her to remember why she did what she did.

Around 9am, JJ began to make some breakfast. Usually she would wake her family up, but today was going to be a lazy one. She decided to make some pancakes. She could make one batch and then cook them as and when people woke up.

"Michael, sweetie, what do you want on your pancakes?" she asked her son, who was engrossed in Big Hero 6.

"Can I have banana and peanut butter?" he asked, taking his eyes away from the film for two seconds to smile at his mother.

"Sure, you can!"

Having made her son some breakfast, JJ put on the coffee. She would wait for Will to get up at least before she ate herself. Henry would be up soon and she knew he would have peanut butter and jelly.

True to her thought, she heard a door upstairs open and close, the thud of feet on the staircase and then her tousle haired son appear in the kitchen, rubbing sleep out of his eyes. Henry Jareau was almost ten and the light of JJ's life. He was her first and was probably the reason why Will and JJ had made it this long. His blonde hair came past his ears and he had put his glasses on. He didn't need to wear them all the time, but he thought he looked like his favourite superhero, Peter Parker, so he wore them all the time.

"Morning, buddy!" JJ smiled at her son, "Sleep well?"

Henry nodded, "Can I smell pancakes?"

JJ laughed, "I swear you have your father's nose, Henry. Yes, you can smell pancakes. Would you like some?"

"Yes please!" Henry smiled, "Can I have…"

"Peanut butter and Jelly?" JJ asked. Henry nodded at her, laughing slightly, "Coming right up!"

Henry looked around the room, "Where is dad?" he asked.

"Your father didn't finish work until one in the morning. He got home at two, I'm letting him sleep."

"Oh."

"What do you want to do today?" she asked, handing Henry his pancakes.

Henry thought as he wolfed down his breakfast, "Can we go to the Smithsonian?" he asked.

"Sounds like a plan. We haven't been in a while."

"I'm doing the space race in school, so can we do the air and space museum?"

"I'm sure that would be fine. We will check with your dad when he wakes up!"

"Thanks mom!" Henry smiled and ran off to find his younger brother.

A couple of hours later, JJ, Will, Henry and Michael had all headed into the city and made their way to the air and space museum. Michael sat on his father's shoulders and Henry held onto his mother's hand. When they got to the museum, Henry and Michael roamed around freely while JJ and Will strolled hand in hand. Henry kept his little brother in check and enjoyed showing him all the various aircraft and rockets that were on display. Michael just followed his brother around in awe and admiration.

The highlight of the day was when all four members of the family found themselves in front of the Discovery shuttle. They all stood in awe, looking up at the amazing feat of engineering that stood before them.

"Dad?" asked Henry, not taking his eyes off the space-shuttle.

"Yes, Henry?" Will drawled in his New Orleans accent.

"Did this rocket go into space?"

Will looked at JJ and she just shrugged, "I don't know, son."

"I want to go into space when I'm older." Said Henry, smiling at the idea of sitting in a rocket, flying to the stars.

"You wanna be an astronaut, Henry?" asked JJ, looking down at her son.

"Sure. If Jack can get into Princeton, I can be an astronaut, right?"

"Of course, you can, kiddo!" said JJ smiling, taking her son's hand as they left the museum.

They headed into the city to have some dinner. Henry talked about being an astronaut all evening. He and Michael even pretended to be astronauts in the train home, making everyone smile. Will and JJ put the kids in the bath when they got in and they sat and had milk and cookies before JJ took Michael to bed. When she came back down, Henry and Will were building lego spaceships. JJ smiled. She didn't know how long this space obsession would last before he was back into superheroes. Knowing Henry, the next time he saw Jack, they would be busy discussing the latest Marvel hero. JJ didn't mind the heroes and the marvel fascination, but she had to admit, it was nice seeing her son into something different.

Will took Henry to bed not long after JJ had got back. She curled up on the sofa and waited for Will to come down. She didn't have long to wait. Her southern police detective flopped down onto the sofa and placed one arm round her shoulder.

"Not a bad day at all, cher!" he smiled, kissing her forehead.

JJ smiled back, "It was all Henry's idea."

"The kid has good taste."

"Yeah, he sure does."

They sat in silence before JJ said, "This has to have been one of my favourite days off. I almost don't want to go back. I've enjoyed this bubble of everything being perfect and I know tomorrow, when I go in, that bubble will be burst."

"Then just enjoy the moment!" said Will, leaning down to kiss her on the lips. JJ returned the kiss, moving so that she was straddling her husband. Will's hands roamed up her back and into her hair. JJ's hands were already lost behind Will's head and she smiled. Will began to move so that he was almost lying flat on the sofa. JJ was about to lift his t-shirt off when her phone began to buzz on the coffee table.

A groan escaped both adults mouths and then JJ smiled.

"There goes my bubble!" she said, smiling hopelessly.