Hey everyone!

I was really hoping to get this chapter up today and I did! *dances for joy* I rushed to get this done tonight. I was writing it during my Study Hall even. I want to thank all of you who have given me ideas for future chapters. I will make you guys just wait and see which ones I use though (cuz I'm evil like that)

Disclaimer (see chapter one becuase I get sadder the more I type it)

I hope you all enjoy and review!

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.
Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. ~Jane Howard

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Hotch was now convinced that there was nothing that his team couldn't do.

Jack's laughter permeated the calm that hung in the air of the small park. Hotch watched as Morgan put Jack on his shoulders, horizontally, and began spinning quickly. Hotch and Dave both watched, amused, as Morgan had to stop and catch his breath. Apparently spinning around in circles made the infallible Derek Morgan dizzy.

"Daddy, I was flying! Did you see me?" Jack asked waving to Hotch as Morgan put him on solid ground.

"I saw that. Very impressive Super Jack." Hotch said beaming and opening his arms once his son took off towards him. Garcia strolled up next to Morgan who couldn't fight the smile blooming on his lips as he saw the tender moment between father and son.

"Who would've thought that under that hot, touch exterior beats the heart of a big softie?" Garcia teased. Morgan barked out loud laughter as he playfully pushed Garcia away. "Just don't tell anyone baby girl," he said content as the sun shone down on them.

"Your secret's safe with me handsome." Garcia replied leaning her head on his shoulders, watching the two Hotchner men interact.

"Hey, it wouldn't kill you to help us you know." JJ's voice called causing Hotch and the others to turn to the direction of her slightly irritated voice. "Miss Emily!" Jack exclaimed breaking away from his father's side to the smiling woman a few feet behind the approaching JJ and Will. Hotch's eyes crinkled as Emily bent down, being very careful not to disturb Henry who was resting in the nook of her left arm, and scooped Jack up and placed him on her right him. It looked pretty difficult from where Hotch was standing, but Emily made it look all too natural.

JJ and Will had their hands full with all their picnic gear and were unable to properly tend to their attention draining bundle of joy.

"Hey sweetie." Emily said gently nuzzling his cheeks as the little boy laughed, with caused Henry to giggle as well: That alone was a sight that pulled at Hotch's heartstrings.

"That's a good look for you Emily." Dave said rushing to help Will before he dropped the picnic blanket. Will shot him a thankful glance as Emily laughed. Falling in step with Emily and a limping Reid, who was getting more use to his cane as time went on, Dave smiled at the women with two children currently in her arms.

Smiling, Emily replied, "I agree," but once her arm started to ache she turned to Reid who had no problem taking his Godson away from Emily. Reid was a lot less awkward with Henry now, which made JJ and Emily smile knowingly at each other.

Jack was animatedly telling Emily about his flying lesson with Mr. Morgan as everyone gathered around in the shaded area that Hotch was currently standing in. Morgan grabbed the juice boxes and Garcia grabbed the soda from JJ who smiled gratefully at the both of them as Dave laid down the substantially large picnic blanket. All was calm until Henry began fussing quite loudly in his Godfather's arms. Panicked, Reid turned to Emily who put Jack down next to Hotch and she gently took the squirming mass from the nervous genius. Emily sshh'd Henry as JJ reached into the diaper bag she wore on her shoulder.

"He's probably just hungry Em." JJ said making her way to her son with a bottle in her hand. "He's always hungry." Will said and everyone laughed.

Emily smiled at Henry, who had calmed down a little since she took him from Reid, but saw the look Jack was giving the baby as he relaxed in Emily's arms. Emily giggled at the obvious look of jealousy that flashed over Jack's face and gently handed Henry to JJ who was handing her the bottle.

"Well then, I had better let his Momma feed him before someone else gets a little fussy." Emily said smiling at JJ who saw Jack's facial expression. Hotch looked over at his son, whose lower lip was protruding and gently ruffled his hair as Emily took her seat between Jack and Reid. The team laughed at Jack's obvious jealous behavior and watched in amazement as all traces of jealousy vanished as Emily wrapped her left arm around the little boy and he snuggled into her side, smiling.

"I think little Jack Jack over there was getting a wee bit jealous of baby Henry." Garcia said sitting across from Emily. Once more a peal of laughter rang out from the team as Jack pushed himself even further into Emily's side.

Hotch looked over and met Emily's eyes briefly before she smiled and leaned down to whisper into Jack's ear. "Don't tell Henry, but you're my favorite." Emily said just loud enough for Jack and Hotch to hear and Hotch felt his heart constrict at Emily's truthful confession. Hotch felt a stirring deep down as he watched Jack's eyes light up and he chuckled lightly as Jack threw his arms around Emily, knocking her into Reid who managed to steady her before she fell over.

Everyone laughed as Emily righted herself and place Jack back in his place between her and Hotch. Her hand accidentally brushed Hotch's, but instead of jerking back like she would've months ago Emily let it linger there until Jack grabbed her arm and wrapped it back around his waist. Emily chuckled at his antics as Hotch stared at where her hand had just been. He felt warmth radiate from where her hand touched his into his whole being and Hotch smiled softly at the source of comfort who held his son securely.

The funeral had been rough beyond words and Hotch was still fighting the pain of burring Haley. The entire team has been there to lend him their silent support and Hotch along with Jack had gotten through the ordeal better than Hotch had been expecting. They all had been wonderful, as he had fought to keep control of his tears and his son at the same time. Emily had managed to hold and sooth Jack as he cried in her arms after the funeral.

It had even been her idea to have a picnic in the park the following day. The team took a personal day off, to Hotch's surprise, to help him and Jack take their minds of Haley's funeral. Hotch was trying his hardest not to linger on the pain in his heart and enjoy the escape his team had so graciously provided him and Jack. It was working so far.

Hotch was brought back to the present as Dave waved a bunch of plates in his impassive face.

"Earth to Aaron, is anyone home in there?" Dave joked, laughing as Hotch snatched the plates from in front of his face with a sheepish countenance. Before Hotch could apologize though, Dave waved it off, understanding that Hotch had to have his personal brooding time at some point. Hotch smiled as he passed Emily the plates, who was telling Jack another infamous BAU story about someone on the team.

"Be careful which stories you tell him Emily. I'm not sure Dave can handle another dose of humiliation." Hotch said, her first name rolling easily off his tongue this time. He flashed her one of his dimples which caused Emily's heart to beat a little faster. Recovering quickly, Emily laughed and gave Jack and Reid their plate before responding.

"It keeps him humble though," she said filling Jack's plate with everything the little boy pointed to. Hotch chuckled nodding his head in agreement. "Besides, this story isn't about Dave this time." Emily said taking a bite out of a cookie that she had thought to bring in case of another cookie war.

"It better not be!" Dave exclaimed leaning in to give Emily his best intimidating stare. Emily just laughed at him though and continued to munch on her cookie, which deflated Dave's seriousness. Hotch saw that Morgan wasn't looking too happy so he leaned in closer to Emily.

"Which one of Morgan's famous flops are you telling us today?" Hotch asked in all seriousness which just made the team crack up even more. Morgan just shook his head in shame as Garcia answered Hotch.

"There one where you all were in Florida. Morgan and Emily were in pursuit of a suspect when they turned down an alley way and my stud muffin over hear nearly jumped out of his skin when a harmless kitten crossed his path!" Garcia exclaimed cackling with pure glee as Morgan let his head fall into his hands.

Everyone burst into laugher, but Morgan managed to threaten Emily loud enough for the others to hear.

"You just wait Emily. I've got a few stories about you that would turn Hotch's hair white with shock and I'm just the kind of guy to share them." Morgan said smirking as Emily's smile fell off her lips and a flash of horror streaked across her eyes.

Hotch turned to look at Emily, curiosity overwhelming him.

Quickly regaining her voice, Emily looked down at Jack. "Whatever Morgan tells you about me is a lie," she said in a calm voice but she began laughing as Morgan threw some chips at her.

"Oh whatever Em. Don't listen to her Jack." Morgan said, his smirk still in place. Emily rolled her eyes as she turned her attention to her friend across from Hotch.

"If you honestly think that you can turn him against me, you need to get that brain of your checked out." Emily said as laughter rang out in the group. "She's right Morgan." Reid said after taking a sip of the tea she brought for him.

JJ and Garcia both nodded as Morgan turned to Hotch for help. Hotch looked down at his son who was half on Emily and half on the ground then he looked at Emily who still had her arm around his waist. Shaking his head slightly Hotch turned to Morgan. "I wouldn't even attempt it Morgan. He already knows where his loyalties lie." Hotch said.

Dave patted Morgan's shoulders as they sagged in defeat.

"Don't take it too hard Morgan. I'm sure if you were a beautiful woman with innate mothering abilities who gave Jack whatever he wanted, he'd be cuddling with you as well." Dave said seriously winking playfully at Emily as she shook her head.

"Thank you Dave, you're beautiful too," she joked which caused Hotch to let loose peals of laughter he had been bottling up for so long. Dave rolled his eyes but couldn't help but feel happy that Hotch was letting himself go.

Emily felt her heart lighten with each chuckle that passed through Hotch's lips and soon the entire team had settled into a peaceful state of quite eating and soft smiles. Hotch watched as his team and Will smiled happily at him, and Hotch felt better than he had in weeks. This had been a great idea. They all continued to eat in a comfortable silence until a soft snoring drew their eyes to the little body with its head in Emily's lap. Chuckling, Emily gently began to run her hand through Jack's soft hair as Hotch began to rub gentle circles on his back.

"Oh, that's the cutest thing ever." Garcia said just loud enough for JJ, Will, and Morgan to hear. They nodded in agreement as they watched Emily and Hotch tend to Jack. As sneakily as she could, Garcia got her camera out, planning to take full advantage of the beautiful moment before her. Morgan smiled at her and urged her to continue with her plan. Reid leaned over towards Will and Henry, who as also sleeping contently, as Garcia snapped a quick picture that she so would be putting on a Christmas card or something later.

Emily looked up and felt her eyes water at the looks of adoration they all were casting her way. Reid gently patted her arm and they all felt like a tranquil cloud had fallen over them, protecting them from the horrors that normally haunted them.

Hotch looked up at Emily and was seized with an inner peace as Emily met his eyes once more. He looked around at his team and felt his heart swell for his family that was surrounding him and his son. Hotch let his arm brush against Emily's and Dave along with Morgan couldn't hide their smirks as Emily's arm fell towards Jack's back next to Hotch's. Smiling at Emily, Hotch let his hand cover hers and together, as a family, they all sat in a perfect moment they hoped would never end.

Sometimes our hearts get tangled
And our souls a little off-kilter
Friends and family can set us right
And help guide us back to the light.
~Sera Christann

Well, chapter two is complete! I really LOVE writing this story. It makes me smile and feel great especially if I had a bad day. Writing the team in this happy fashion is just so rewarding. I suggest you all try it. I will try my very hardest to get the next chapter up tomorrow, but sadly with school and family stuff that might not be a possibility. So I apologize in advance if I'm unable to update this story as often as you (and I) would like. Bare with me. =)

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and will continue to support me as I write on!

Peace out.