A mysterious meeting.
I walked through the rows of the graves up to the one of Haley, the wind was quite cold and I closed my jacked, I had needed a short time off from the stress in the office, we weren't working on a Case but this didn't mean that there was no work at all, just that there was more paperwork. And in the moment I could drown in the piles of Files on my desk.
Yes, I had needed a moment away from it all, since some days I just had to get out of the office it was like I was only functioning, like a machine not like a man with children to take care off. I got closer to Haley's grave and sat down on the bench in front of it. For a moment I didn't say anything, just sat there and let my eyes wander over the cold stone which was so familiar to me.
"Even though I wasn't with you anymore, I wish you were here, it all made more sense with you, Lizzie and Jack…it was easier, knowing that I did it for the both of you…I'm scared…scared that I'm not enough anymore. He's so understanding and brave, he has that from you…and Lizzie, she couldn't be more like you…though I think in puberty she get more like me, it's not funny anymore" he said quietly and shook his head at the thought of their thirteen year old, trouble maker daughter.
"You probably already know and cheered on him from up there, but Jack's team won their last soccer game and he shot the winning goal and Liz got an A in math and biology" I said smiling and then crouched down to pick some withered flowers away. I came here when I needed a moment for myself or when I was searching help, when I had no idea what to do next.
Still there was something I wasn't talking about with anyone and I especially wouldn't say it here in front of Haley's grave but since a few weeks I felt rather lonely, I want to have someone to come home to, who is there for me to talk to and who could be there for Elisabeth and Jack too. Jessica was great and I could never, not in one hundred years, thank her enough for being there for them when I was gone because of the job, still, that was something different.
I had tried one or two dates of which no one knew but Liz and Jack, as I had once dared to bring a woman home, as she had seemed rather nice and kind to me, but it turned out to be one of the worst ideas I ever had. Elisabeth had giving the woman a real hard time the three hours she had been there, and it would be the last three hours she was ever gonna be in their home. So I gave up real quick on finding a new woman to live with.
But it was also because I forced myself into these two date even though I had the feeling that it was still too early for me to find someone new again, I couldn't find someone new now, could I? Haley's death was only two years ago and I don't really know if I'm ready to find someone new, except for the last two, it had been a long time since I had dated a woman…well, not a long time I hadn't dated since High School!. I'm proven to be as good in inviting woman as playing and winning against Reid in Blackjack.
Not to start speaking of Dave, he was already a pain in the ass, always trying to get me back into dating like a good friend would do, but, sometimes he was just exaggerating, even trying to get me into blind dates. "I'll probably stay alone and just be there for Lizzie and Jack…I can really live with that, I have to go, goodbye Haley." I said quietly and got up slowly walking back to my car. I looked at my watch and saw that I had still an hour left, before my break would end, enough time for a cup of coffee.
I drove to a coffee shop of which I knew, that it wasn't as full of busy people as one of the big ones and walked inside. While I was standing in line I thought what I could do with Jack and Lizzie tonight, maybe watching a film, have pizza? Hopefully Elisabeth hadn't gotten herself into trouble again. It seemed like she was really provoking her teachers into giving her detention, even though, or maybe precisely because she was very intelligent, which was why she like to spend time with Reid. Discussing and talking about stuff no one her age found interesting or even knew about.
"Hello Sir what can I get you?" the young woman said with a friendly, still slight over the top smile.
"Just a medium coffee to go please" I answered not really looking her in the eyes I rather eyed the pack of house made cookies. "And a packageof those chocolate chip cookies" I added knowing that my teeny daughter had inhaled them again, and these would probably find the same sad ending.
"Ten dollars please" when I handed he the ten dollar note she got big eyes like it was something total strange to pay cash. "Two in one hour paying cash; must be a record" she mumbled, and I had to smile. That was totally something Garcia would say. I grabbed my coffee and the pack of cookies before I walked over to the counter to put in some milk.
I turned around with my coffee and made maybe two steppes, before I collided with a woman, both my and her coffee spilled over the both of us, but while I had only some strains, nearly all the coffee had spilled over her white blouse. "Oh shit" I cursed while the woman was frozen for a second gasping for air, as the coffees had been damn hot, before she also began to curse like a sailor and try to get the wet, hot fabric off of her skin.
"I am so sorry! I was in thought and didn't see you!" I quickly apologized and reached for a stack of napkins she could use to dry her skin.
"Damn, its okay, I should have looked where I'm walking too" she said hissing a bit and used the napkins to dry herself and keep her hot blouse away. Only know I first really looked at the woman, she was nearly a head smaller, mid to end thirty's with brown hair, that went just went over her shoulders. She (had) worn a white blouse, a black blazer and matching dress pants with medium high heeled shoes. I had only gotten a small glimpse of her face as she was quite busy, but what I saw wasn't bad, no, not at all bad, in fact she was real pretty with deep, dark brown eyes.
"Excuse me, err, I have a shirt in my car do you want me to get it or…?" she looked up and smiled a bit, it was a beautiful smile.
"That would be really nice, but don't you need that yourself?" she answered and I looked down at my shirt with the two strains of coffee.
And then I looked back at her drenched one, trying not to look directly at her underwear, which glimpsed through.
"I think you might need it more than I, wait I'll get it for you-"
"No need I'll come with you, the ladies restroom is closed and I don't really want to change in the men's restroom" I understood and she followed me to my car. If I wanted to do something to her than that would be the perfect chance, I never thought it was that easy for all these scumbags to lure woman to their cars. Okay this was an exception; she sure wouldn't have come along if the restroom wasn't closed.
I opened the back of my car where I had a fresh to go bag" and got a shirt out. "Well it's probably a bit large, but maybe when you tug it in your pants and rolled the sleeves up under the blazer it might not be so bad" I said when I handed it to her.
"I think I can live with that." she said smiling "Do you mind?" she asked and pointed to my car.
"Oh no, please" I stepped aside and she got in, when the door closed I turned around, maybe to make sure no on watched her as she changed and maybe to stop myself from peeking in. Two minutes later she came out and looked at herself in the reflection of the window
"Hmm…could have been worse, thank you! I promise to get you a new one" she said.
"Err, yes wait I have a card somewhere around here" I said searching through my bag, not noticing her walking off.
"No need for that, I'll send it to your Office at Quantico Agent Hotchner" I raised so quick that I hit my head quite painfully against the car frame and when I looked around rubbing the painfully throbbing spot on my head, I couldn't see a trace of her. She had vanished. How the hell did she know my name?.
Well new story, new try this time Blake and Hotch, I don't know really what this is going to be, I'll try to make it a bit funny (I said try!) but there is also going to be some serious stuff! This takes place in the seventh season, but instead of Beth, Hotch met Blake who is younger in this story 37 or 38 haven't really decided yet.
And Haley and Hotch had also a daughter Elisabeth, Lizzie or Liz, Hotchner. She is 13 and really intelligent not like Reid but close and she's small troublemaker. I added her, as I always wanted to see how Hotch would handle a girl in puberty (boys alarm!)
Let me hear what you think, so pretty, pretty please leave a review!
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