A/N: Here's chapter 2. Chapter title chosen by my brother.

Pairing: JJ/Hotch (established), JJ and Jack interaction.

Episode: Insurgence (Season 2, Episode 12).

Insurgence:

"Jack Hotchner," JJ began sternly, as she watched as her sixteen year old adopted son try to sneak through the kitchen entrance and head back to his room like he hadn't been gone all night. "Hold it."

"What, mom?" Jack replied with an attitude she'd seen more and more each day these past few months.

"Don't 'what, mom' me," she replied, keeping her voice level, but stern. There was no point to yelling. Both she and Aaron knew this rebellious stage was coming. "Sit your butt down."

With a groan of distaste, he did as told, taking a stool at their kitchen island. "What?"

"Jack," JJ started as calmly as possible. "Do you know how worried I was when I found your bed empty? I went nuts thinking of all the possible things that could have happened to you… Where were you?"

"Out," he said annoyed. He crossed his arms over his chest in obvious defiance.

"That much I knew," she gritted out. She knew he was trying to get a reaction from her. "But what I'd like to know is where and I'm not going to take 'out' as an answer."

His mouth formed a grim line, so like his father's when he worked a case. Silent treatment, it was.

"I was about to call the police Jack," she said, holding up the phone as proof. "I called your father—"

"What?" Jack exclaimed. "Why?"

"I think he had a right to know that our sixteen year old son disappeared on us—" JJ started.

"Whatever, you didn't need to call him, now he's going to be all over my ass," Jack complained.

"Watch your language, young man," JJ scolded. "You're already on a very thin line with me."

"This is crap!" Jack shouted, standing up. "I don't have to listen to this. It's not like you're my real mom, anyways."

She stood there stunned as Jack stormed up the stairs to his room. His words felt like a giant slap in the face.

JJ and Hotch had been married for almost ten years now. They raised the boys together from their early years and even had a baby girl about five years ago. They were a family.

From a young age, Jack had decided to call her mom. No one had pushed him to it. JJ had been very happy because she did love him like she'd given birth to him herself.

Now JJ had to wonder when that little boy started to resent her for being in his life. Just thinking about it brought tears to her eyes.

JJ was lying in bed, reading a book before she went to sleep. Truthfully, she was trying to get her mind off the earlier incident with Jack. But it was hard too. She knew he probably didn't mean it and it was just the thrown out words of an angry teenager, but it still hurt.

There was a knock at the door, followed by a quietly uttered, "Mom?"

JJ looked up to see Jack standing in the doorway. He looked sad and maybe a bit ashamed.

"Jack, are you all right?" she asked concernedly, putting her book on the nightstand.

"Can I… can I come in?" he asked tentatively.

"Yeah, sure," she said quickly; He wasn't looking her in the eye as he came to sit on the edge of her bed.

She waited for him to speak, knowing he was there for a reason.

"I'm… sorry…" he stuttered out. "I… I didn't mean it… really. You're my mom, my real mom."

JJ let out a sigh. She pulled him into a hug, smoothing his hair down as she spoke. "You were right, Jack…"

"What?" he exclaimed, pulling back.

She smiled at him. "I'm not your biological mother. That was Hailey and she loved you so much. But I love you too, just like I love Henry, just like I love Chloe. Not any more and definitely not any less. You are my son, Jack, just like Henry is my son and Chloe is my daughter. I need you to know that Jack, to believe it."

"You still love me even after I stayed out all night at the movies?" he asked unsurely.

She breathed out an internal sigh of relief. She knew when she'd been committing her teenage insurgence that she was at places a lot shadier than the movies.

"Yes," she laughed. "I still love you even after you stayed out at the movies. I'll still love you if you decide to dye your hair green or decide you want to join the circus. Jack, I'll always love you."

She watched Jack's face change to one of relief. His look conveyed that he was apologetic and remorseful, but happy at the same time too. She realized that maybe he'd been having doubts for awhile now. And she was glad to have a chance to reassure him.

"Thanks mom, I love you too," Jack accepted, he gave her a hug and got up.

There would be more moments of rebellion to come, she was sure, but at least he knew she'd love him no matter what. A mother's love was unconditional…

"Oh, Jack," she called to him before he exited her room.

"Yeah?"

"I love you, always," she reassured and then added wryly. "But you know you're so totally grounded…"

She laughed happily at his groan.

Well that's it for this chapter. Next one should be up by next weekend at the latest.

Thanks to angry penguin for reading and reviewing the first one.

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