Emily smiled as her husband began to take the newly bought groceries out of their bags. She sat on a stool at the counter and laid her chin in her hand. "You know, you're really cute when you do that face."
Hotch turned from the fridge and gave her a questioning glare. "What face?"
Emily smiled wider and giggled slightly as she tilted her head. "Your serious face. You do it when you work, when you exercise, when you work on the garage wall with Morgan. When we have sex…"
Hotch immediately stepped forward and pointed a banana at her. "I do not have my serious face on during our love making-"
"Love making? What are you, a girl"
He shook his head and lightly tapped the banana on her head before going back to the fridge. "I was thinking, since Carly wants her birthday at that play place at the new McDonalds, we could take Michelle and her there tonight to see how they really like it. Jack wants a sleepover with his friends Seth anyway, and so I guess we could have a little alone time. You know, candlelight dinner, massages and…" He turned to finish his sentence, but realized Emily was no longer sitting at the counter. "Emily?"
"In the living room!"
Hotch walked briskly through the hall and into the living room, smiling as he leaned against the entryway. Emily sat on the floor in the middle of the carpet, her three year old daughter sitting in her lap. Emily looked up and smiled at her husband. "Come over here."
Hotch smiled as he sat down in front of his wife and daughter. He smirked at his daughter, before glancing at Emily, who was holding her daughter's hands. She kissed the back of her daughter's head before smiling at her husband. "Say hi to daddy, Mitchie."
Michelle looked up at her father and smiled, showing her six teeth. "Hi dada!"
Both Hotch and Emily smiled as Hotch began to play with his daughter. He pulled her over into his lap, while Emily looked around the room. She felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, and a shiver run down her spine.
Hotch looked up from his giggling daughter and to Emily. Her eyes were roaming the room, her lips in a thin line. "Emily?"
She quickly turned to him and gave a smile. "Yeah?"
"You ok?"
Emily nodded, watching her husband resume playing with their daughter. She took another look around the room. She had the slightest feeling… someone was watching her.
