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"We haven't gotten a case so I should be home for around dinner time..." JJ says over the phone to Will, looking at her watch. She hears a knock on her office door and sees Hotch holding a folder in his hand. JJ acknowledges him and motions for him to wait two seconds, "Yeah, I'll see you in a few hours." she hangs up the phone and looks up at Hotch again.

"I was just checking to see if you've gotten a chance to finish looking over the case file I sent you the other day?" Hotch asks.

JJ makes a face and tries to hide her confusion. And then she remembers, "Oh, Hotch, it completely slipped my mind," she says apologetically, "I'll look over them now." JJ starts to find the files on her laptop but notices that Hotch hasn't moved.

"Did you need me to look at that one too?" she asks, getting up from her seat to take the folder out of Hotch's hand.

Hotch shakes his head, "I'll have Emily finish this one up." he says.

"No, no, I can take it. It's not a problem-

"It's fine, just let me know when you're finished with that one." Hotch says, noticing JJ's tired eyes.

JJ nods and forces a smile, taking a seat on her chair again and looks back down at her laptop.

"JJ,"

The blonde looks up expectantly at her boss, "Yeah?"

"Is everything okay?" he asks, concern on his face.

"Everything's fine," JJ says softly, "I'm sorry, I know I've been kind of out of it lately." She shakes her head and lets out a small sigh.

"If Henry's still sick, you can take a few days off." Hotch says, putting his hands in his pockets.

JJ smiles and opens her mouth to accept the offer when Penelope pokes her head in JJ's office.

"I've got a case, Bossman." she says, looking at Hotch and then JJ, "Hi, pretty." she smiles at her best friend.

JJ smiles back but Hotch can tell the disappointment in the younger woman's face. He starts to walk away with Garcia, but still looking at JJ, "We'll take a look, but I'll have you home by dinner time."

"No, Hotch-"

Hotch puts up a hand, "No buts, tell the others and meet in the briefing room in 10." he says and walks out the door.

"Five year old Liam Andrews from Minnesota," Penelope pulls up a picture of a little boy with brown hair and a toothy grin up on the screen as the rest of the team takes their seats at the round table, "He was taken from his own back yard while his mother went in the house to pick up the phone. He's been missing since yesterday morning."

"Yesterday morning?" Morgan asks, "It's been more than twenty four hours. Why weren't we called sooner?"

JJ's stomach immediately drops and she folds her arms across her chest, trying to hide her discomfort.

Penelope shakes her head, "They received a call shortly after, the voice telling them to keep the police away." she says uncomfortably, "The father wanted to oblige but Mom called the police this morning."

"Is there anything else that we're missing?" Emily asks, glancing at JJ and then looking back up at Penelope.

"Whoever took Liam came back and dropped off the little boy's clothing at their doorstep." Penelope says, and JJ closes her eyes, holding her breath, "That was when his mom called the police in."

"Their waiting for us at the Andrew's," Hotch says, getting up from his seat and straightening his suit jacket, "Wheels up in thirty."

The rest of the team gets up and begins to make their way out of the conference room. JJ picks up her folders and begins to follow before Hotch stops her.

"We can handle this." he says seriously.

JJ blinks, "Hotch, I can go." she says.

The older man shakes his head, "Go home to your family. We'll keep in touch if we need to."

"Are you sure?"

"That's an order."

Hotch walks away and JJ feels a hand on her back.

"Give Henry a kiss for me okay?" Penelope says softly, giving JJ a small smile.

The blonde smiles back and nods. She watches as her team walks away and tries to ignore the uneasy feeling at the pit of her stomach.

"Use your fork, Henry." JJ says softly with a laugh as she watches her son pick up his food from his plate with his hands.

The little boy flashes his mom a smile and picks up his fork.

"How was work today, Cher?" Will asks before picking up his glass of wine and taking a sip.

JJ shrugs, "New case in Minnesota," she mutters, wiping Henry's face with a napkin.

Will looks at her in confusion, "And Aaron let you have the rest of the day off?" he asks.

"A few days off actually." JJ says, forcing out a small laugh. She notices Will looking at her and she takes his hand in hers, "I get to spend the next few days with my favorite boys. For sure this time."

"Mommy, I'm finished." Henry says, showing off his clean plate.

JJ smiles at her son and she feels Will squeeze her hand.

"Time to wash up then, little man." Will gets up and helps Henry out of his chair. He places a soft kiss on JJ's cheek, "I'll be back down to help you with the dishes." he says.

JJ nods and watches her husband and son, hand in hand walk up the stairs.

This won't be so bad. Everybody needs some time off sometimes. She thinks to herself. She picks up her phone absentmindedly to check her messages and realizing what she had just done, puts the phone back down and lets out a sigh.

Now if I can just get used to this time off...

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