Author's Notes: This was written for the Criminal Minds Weekly Prompts Spring Competition. My chosen character was Jack Hotchner and my assigned character was Henry LaMontagne. My prompts were Spring Break, Cleaning and a celebration. This will be a three-shot.

Special thanks to CharmedandTwilight31, 1701bg, Bren Gail, Ilunaisol, velizara95, newsyd, whiteswan (possibly because I posted it at 1:30 - lol), Whitewolf200056 (you are too sweet!), whimsical-one-ga, and csinylover106 for the reviews!

CHAPTER TWO

"JJ!" Jack shouted, walking into the kitchen the next morning. She turned from putting pancakes on a plate to give him a big hug. "What are you doing here?"

"I couldn't let my two best boys eat your dad's cooking," she replied with a twinkle in her eyes.

"What's this about my cooking?" Hotch asked with mock hurt. Henry was happily bouncing in his arms. "You like my cooking, don't you, Henry?"

Henry smiles, patting Hotch on the cheek before shaking his head. Both Jack and JJ dissolved into giggles over Henry's antics. "It's okay, Hotch. Mama's a good cook."

"Thank you, baby," JJ told him, taking him from Hotch to kiss him good morning.

"Can we ask Ms. Prentiss to dye eggs with us, Daddy? Please?" Jack begged as they finished breakfast.

Henry jumped in his seat. "Please, Mama? We want Aunt Emmy to dye eggs with us!"

JJ frowned at Hotch before answering, "I don't know if that's such a good idea."

"We won't say anything about you and Daddy spending alone time together," Jack assured them. "Right, Henry?"

"Right!"

Jack sighed, sticking his bottom lip out. "Aunt Dave says that Ms. Prentiss' only family is a snake. Can you imagine spending Easter with a snake?"

Hotch snickered at Rossi's description of the ambassador. He held a silent conversation with JJ. "I guess we can invite her, but you have to promise not to mention that JJ and I have been spending time together, just the two of us."

"We won't." Jack happily finished his breakfast. He and Henry helped to clean the dishes before running upstairs to get changed, leaving JJ to invite Prentiss over for egg dying. They were building a Lego city in Jack's room when Prentiss arrived at the house.

"Aunt Emmy!" Henry shouted, running down the stairs. Jack followed close behind, also yelling for Prentiss.

Prentiss had to take a step back to absorb the impact of the two boys hitting her legs. "I can't remember the last time I had such a warm welcome."

Henry pulled on Prentiss' hand. "Come on, Aunt Emmy! Let's go dye some eggs!"

"Be careful, Henry," Jack warned as Henry placed an egg into a cup of blue dye. He was getting frustrated that he wasn't able to talk to Prentiss about his dad and JJ. They were both hovering in the kitchen, keeping a close eye the boys.

Jack nearly squealed when the phone rang and it was his uncle Dave for his dad. Hotch stepped out of the room, finally, though JJ remained behind. Thinking quickly, Jack knocked one of the cups of dye over so that it splashed all over Henry, careful to make it appear an accident.

He waited until JJ and Henry were upstairs before turning towards Prentiss with a sigh. "I don't have a lot of time."

"You don't, huh?" Prentiss asked, amused, curious to see where he was going with this.

"No, I have to tell you this before my dad or JJ gets back and I get into big trouble." Jack took a deep breath. "My dad and JJ have been spending time together. Alone."

Prentiss froze. She knew they were spending time together as a family, helping to fill the void that Haley's death and Will's move brought into the boys' lives, but this was the first she had heard about them spending any time together without the boys. "What kind of alone time?"

Jack shrugged. "I don't know. I just know that my dad and JJ get dressed up and get me and Henry a baby-sitter and when they come back, their hair needs brushed and they're smiling a lot."

She bit her bottom lip to keep in her laughter over his description. Inside her head, she was trying to figure out how she could twist this new information into winning money from Rossi and Morgan. "So, Jack, if I'm not suppose to know about your dad and JJ's alone time, then why are you telling me?"

"Because me and Henry want my dad and JJ to get married," he told her, innocently.

Prentiss dropped the egg she's been carrying. It cracked on the counter. "You want them to get married?"

"Yep." Jack nodded, enthusiastically. "That way me and Henry could have sleepovers every night and JJ could sleepover, too."

"You want your dad and JJ to get married so that she and Henry can sleepover?" Prentiss clarified.

Jack's face grew serious as he briefly glanced away. "I want JJ to be my mom. I think she loves me like a mom. She tells me that she loves me all the time. She sings to us and hugs and kisses us. She calls me every night just to tell me good night."

Prentiss felt her heart break over Jack's story. It was clear just how much JJ meant to Jack.

"My dad loves JJ," Jack continued. "He's always smiling now. He sings every morning. He hold JJ's hand all the time. I know that means they're in love. He told me and Henry last night that he loves JJ very much."

"That's wonderful, Jack," she said, thinking back over the last few months. Hotch had seemed lighter, more happy recently. He worked less hours and was more willing to spend relaxed time with the team. They had all noticed the difference and assumed that he was seeing someone, but none of them suspected that it was JJ. A million questions raced through her head, but she knew she couldn't get answers from Jack. "But what is it that you want me to do?"

Jack scratched his head. "Can you help us throw them a celebration?"

"A celebration?" Prentiss repeated. "What kind of celebration?"

"A celebration that will get them to marry each other," Jack replied with a tone that made it clear that he expected her to know all the answers. She opened her mouth to respond, but Jack shushed her when he heard JJ and Henry returning to the kitchen.

"What were you two talking about?" JJ asked, suspiciously, noticing the guilty looks on both their faces.

Jack looked at Prentiss with wide eyes, unable to come up with a response. Prentiss affectionately ruffled his hair. "Jack was just asking if I would take him and Henry to children's museum on Wednesday. I told him I would have to ask you and Hotch, but if it's okay with you, I'd love to."

JJ's eyes lit up. With the entire team off for the week, she and Hotch were attempting to find as many activities for the boys as they could to spend time together. If Prentiss took them for the day, she and Hotch would be able to spend some much needed adult time. "I can pretty much guarantee that's not going to be a problem."

"Great," Prentiss replied, inwardly wondering just what she had gotten herself into.