"Dave, I said I didn't want a party."

Dave pulled down the 'Happy Birthday, Aaron' banner that Morgan and Emily were holding at opposite ends. "It's not a party… We're just all going out for drinks at an open mic bar, watching people make idiots of themselves, and it happens to be the night of your birthday… that's all." He called the waitress over. "Can we get another round?"

Hotch frowned and picked up Jack. "And what are you doing here? I thought you were hanging out with Aunt Jessie tonight."

"Jessica may have had something come up," Emily answered, finishing her beer.

The drinks came and Morgan pulled the circle in. "From that group of girls… who would you…?"

"Morgan!" Hotch said as he covered Jack's ears.

"He doesn't know what we're talking about.""Brunette in the blue," Dave answered, barely giving the group a glance.

"I'd go for the blonde," Morgan said.

"Well you've both had your fun… I'll be right back." He handed Jack to JJ.


He splashed water on his face. He was actually having a good time. He thought his birthday would be torture, memories of the past year flooding over him. But he barely thought about that day. And he hoped that Jack didn't either.

He walked back into the bar. Jack was sitting with Will and Kevin. He didn't dislike the two men but he was just over-protective of Jack. "Where is everyone?" he asked, pulling Jack back on his lap.

"They all kinda dispersed," Will replied. Hotch looked around. Their stuff was still here. He looked around but couldn't see anyone. Then he heard Morgan's voice:

"Ladies and Gentlemen… There is a very, very special person in our life, whose birthday is today; who hasn't had the best year of his life but we're going make sure that his forty-fourth is a hell of a lot better… Hotch, this is for you."

The curtain pulled apart revealing the stage. Morgan was standing in the middle of the stage, with Dave at one one side, Reid at the other and the girls behind them.

"Oh, no..." Hotch moved to stand but Will and Kevin kept him seated.

Morgan: My first, my last, my everything
And the answer, to all my dreams
You're my sun,

Girls: My

Morgan: my moon,

Girls: moon

Morgan: my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are

Dave: I Know there's only, only one like you
There's no way, they could have made two
You're all im living for
Your love i'll keep for ever more You're the first,

Girls: the first

Dave: you're the last,

Girls: the last

All: my everything

Reid: In you, I've found so many things
A love so new only you, could bring
Can't see you if you,
You'll make me feel this way
You're like a first morning dew, on a brand new day

Girls: ahhhh

Dave:I see, so many ways that
I, can love you
'Till the day i die...

Morgan: You're my reality,
yet im lost in a dream
you're the first,

Girls: first

Morgan: my last

Girls: my last

Morgan: My everything

Hotch tried to stop the smile that was creeping up on his face but he couldn't and soon he was laughing as hard as Jack, Will and Kevin

All:I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way, they could have made two
Hotch you're our reality,
But i'm lost in a dream
You're the first, the first,
you're the last, the last,
my everything

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOTCH!

When they returned Hotch controlled his laughing. "You're right… It was fun to watch idiots embarrass themselves."