Looking up as her teacher said they were going to do a community service project of pen paling US Marines made her head shoot up in interest. She had always wanted to do that but she wasn't sure on where to find the information to do that. The door opens to the classroom and everyone looks over as a Lieutenant Colonel came in and stood off to the side. She smiles as it was her father. He had been in the Marines since he was in high school but was now permanently stationed there at Quantico, Virginia. She and her older brother went to a civilian high school upon their begging and pleading. He made a good amount of money and they were able to have anything and everything they wanted but they had to earn it. That was their parents rule. They had to earn everything they wanted. Her father looks at her and smiles and she smiles back.
"Miss. Hotchner would you please come up here and introduce our guest." Her teacher Deborah Laessig said.
She nods and gets up and goes and stands next to her father.
"This is my dad Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Hotchner." She says smiling as he pulls her into a hug and kisses the top of her head.
"No PDA Colonel." She teases him laughing.
He just starts laughing shaking his head.
"And besides I'm in uniform as well so you can get me busted." She laughs going back to her seat.
"Okay, as my daughter said I'm Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Hotchner but you can call me Colonel Hotchner and at the moment I have a few units deployed over in Afghanistan and I know they appreciate letters and care packages I have a list of all the units I have deployed and you can pick the unit you would like to write to and if you want send care packages to. The list came directly from AnyMarine dot com. It's a site that was set up for Marines to set up for themselves or for their units to get letters or care packages." He said holding up the folder.
The class nods and they all sit back.
"Okay so is there any questions?" Hotch asks.
"No sir." They all said.
"Okay well when all you decide just give Christi the remaining files and she'll give me the rest back."
They all nod as he heads out and they all start discussing which one they want to do. By the end of the class which was also the end of the day they had picked a unit and had given the rest of the list back to Christi when the bell rang. She goes and meets up with her older brother out front of the school where their dad was talking to the JROTC instructors.
"Sir's." Christi and Jack say saluting them then looking at their father.
"Hey dad." They say smiling.
"Hey you ready to go?"
"Yup and here are the rest of the units." She said handing him the file.
"That was really fast." He said.
"I guess so. I've seen faster. Mainly when I'm out running Jackers." She giggles.
"Brat." Jack teases.
"I know you are but what am I?" she counters back.
"A total BI sometimes."
"Yea sure whatever." She says rolling her eyes.
"Alright you two sound like bickering children." Hotch laughs at his children.
"That's because we're siblings we're supposed to be bicker." Jack said as the family of three headed out.
Jack and Christi were half siblings. After Haley died he had a brief relationship with a woman on the base and she had gotten pregnant with Christi and shortly after Christi was born she was deployed and killed after being overseas for only a few days.
Even though Jack was two years older than Christi they were a grade apart as jack had been held back in second grade so he and Christi were now a grade apart and Christi had started school late so she was a junior in high school and eighteen and would be graduating when she was going to be nineteen when she graduated the same as Jack as he was currently eighteen and would be nineteen very soon and he was getting ready to be deployed for his first tour in the Marines and it had him scared shitless along with Christi. They had an arrangement with the school and while he was overseas he will be taking his classes online to get all of his credits completed on time and be able to graduate on time as well.
They finally head home and Christi runs upstairs to her room and checks her e-mail from her teacher and so that she can find out which solider she'll be writing to so that she can get started on her first letter.
Christi gets the email and opens it and she sees that she gets Lance Corporal Derek T. Morgan. She smiles and gets writing her letter extremely excited. She finishes her letter then sends it to her teacher for proof reading and to make sure it's fine.
She gets an e-mail back a little while later saying that her letter is fine.
Christi smiles and prints it out and puts it in an envelope then puts it in her backpack. She does the rest of her homework then Hotch calls her down for dinner.
She runs down and is smiling the entire time.
"What's with the smile shrimp?" Jack asks with the nickname he's only allowed to call her.
"I got the solider I'm gonna be writing to and I just finished my letter to him and Ms. Laessig said my letter was good. So I'm excited." She smiles.
"What's his name?" Hotch asks.
"Lance Corporal Derek T. Morgan. Do you know him daddy?" she asks.
"Yes I know him and he's a player and a ladies' man. I don't want you getting to close to him. Just keep it as a mutual friendship am I clear?"
"Yes, sir." She said.
"Good girl." He said.
After dinner they all clean up the kitchen and then they all sit in the living room to watch a movie like they do every night and that night it was Hotch's night to pick.
"Awww dad! Not Pearl Harbor again!" they complain.
He just chuckles and says, "Too bad."
Jack and Christi look at each other then at their father and Jack says, "We really need to expand your movie knowledge."
Hotch laughs as the main menu screen pops up and he hits play then the movie begins.
Half way through the movie both Jack and Christi are out cold. Jack sprawled out on the floor and Christi on the couch. Hotch smiles. They would fall asleep like that all the time growing up. He knew they were going to have hard time adjusting to Jack being gone especially his girlfriend Veronica Ortiz.