Well this hasn't had a great outcome, but i love this story so here it is. Thanks to all who have reviewed and alerted please review they help and make it so much better. Well enjoy. And review please.
I DO NOT OWN CRIMINAL MINDS OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS! Well the kids i do... well not Jack or Henry.
Same Mistake
5 years later
Time had passed slowly and painfully. Aaron Hotchner would daily wake up with the terrible reminder, that his family was somewhere else. He would daily wake up in an empty bed, only to get out and be in an empty house. His kids were somewhere else growing up.
Something that, hurt Hotch daily, yet he couldn't leave without seeing them, he would stand in front of a picture of his family. The picture was a picture that a nurse had taken of the whole family. The team was there, Emily was in the hospital bed holding their daughter and the boys were with Henry hovering over her.
"Happy Birthday, princess." Hotch murmured at the picture.
Today was exactly five years from the day that picture had been taken. Elaina was turning five years old and he wasn't there. He didn't know her.
Hotch grabbed a cup of coffee and quickly closed the door on his way out.
Hotch rarely spend time at home. After a long case he would stay in his office and even if he had paperwork he wouldn't care he would stay there and look over Richard's file. Go over every word. What was far worse was that he had been taunting him.
A month after Emily and the kids were taken into the witness protection services was Emily's birthday. That birthday he had spend it in his office going over a file that he all ready knew front and back, when he received a phone call.
"Hotchner." Hotch answered his phone. It was late, around 2 a.m.
"Hello, Aaron." His voice was calm but Hotch could tell that a smirk was on his face.
"Where are you?" Hotch asked as he quickly texted Garcia with an emergency cell phone he carried.
"Now, Aaron, if I told you, how would that be fun? I would have called you earlier but I could see that Agent Rossi was still at the BAU. Do tell me what was he doing there at 12 am?" Richard said mockingly.
"I will catch you, you sick bastard." Hotch said as Garcia had all ready answered that she was trying to triangulate the call from her apartment.
"Now, Aaron. I just called to tell you that I sure hope Emily has a great birthday. You should buy her something… or maybe not, I doubt you'll ever give it to her." Richards said chuckling at himself.
"What do you want?" Hotch asked. He wanted to hang up but he knew Garcia needed time.
"Nothing, just to see how you are breaking down. How you are becoming nothing. How you lost what held you together… I'll talk to you soon Agent Hotchner. Jack's birthday is in three weeks right? Yeah. I'll talk to you then. Have a good night's rest, Agent Hotchner." Richard hung up before anything else was said.
He had used a disposable cell phone that time and the times that followed. Because that was not the only time he had called, on the contrary on every birthday and on his anniversary he called. He taunted him; they always found the phones but never him.
Hotch knew that today would not be any different. He knew it and as much as he wanted to be in control of it all, he knew that Richards was the only one with control in that conversation.
Hotch got to the BAU and as always he was the first one there. He went up to his office. He noticed that the paperwork that was always on his desk when he arrived was pretty low, that day. Or was it always like that. Hotch placed his go bag on the floor and his brief case on the desk as he walked to the window that had a view of Quantico.
He knew that he was being watched. He knew that the phone call would be any moment. He always made sure Hotch was alone. So it was in the morning or in the night, but considering that at night would make it tomorrow he knew the call was only moments away.
And as if by cue, Hotch's phone began buzzing.
"Hotchner." Hotch said he knew that he didn't have to be he needed to show him that he hadn't changed, though he had.
"Hello, Agent." Richards' voice came in as always calm.
"Do we really have to go through with this crap every time you call?" asked Hotch annoyed and frustrated
"OUCH that one hurt agent. Okay I was just going to tell you for something, but if you don't want to hear it then… okay." Richards said trying to sound convincing
"Don't lie. You weren't going to tell me anything. And even if you were, It wouldn't be something I really would want to hear. So stop playing." Hotch snapped back
"Agent, are we getting annoyed with the calls. Ok… I'll change it. Have a nice day Aaron. I hope Elaina does too. Five that's big I wonder if she looks like Em. Good bye." Richards said, as Hotch tightened the grip on the phone at the mention of Elaina and Emily. How dare he call her Em? He thought.
Hotch sat back down in his seat. He would ask Garcia to send some Agents to get the cell phone.
Hotch looked down at his files and began to work. If he didn't the pain would catch up with him, not that it wouldn't soon enough.
Emily had woken up earlier than usual. Today was Elaina's fifth birthday party. As much as every birthday hurt her she had decided that the kids deserved to have their birthdays' without any hint of sadness.
Emily had bought everything to make Elaina a small cake. After all it was only Thursday on Saturday they would be having a birthday party.
Emily couldn't help but smile, as much as things were wrong and completely messed up the kids made her smile.
Jack was now fifteen but sure didn't act like it. Emily had always thought that teenagers were disobedient and rebellions not that she expected that from any of her kids but she was getting ready for the teenage years. But for Jack it seemed it skipped him. He was an obedient and caring, and he was an A, B student and loved to play baseball.
Emily had never wanted to make Jack responsible for his siblings too much. She knew that he would always be responsible and caring but she didn't want to over whelm him.
Jack had recently asked Emily about dating. Emily wasn't very happy with her son dating when he was fifteen but she trusted him. Emily had given Jack permission and she had even met his girlfriend who happened to be a neighbor. Emily had also talked to him about responsibilities and priorities. But the most awkward conversation was 'the talk' she had always thought that Hotch would be the one to talk to them… well she hoped.
David was now ten and was on a soccer, baseball, basketball, and football team. He loved running around and that hadn't changed. Unfortunately he was the only one that had never asked about Hotch. Emily wondered what he thought. She had talked to him and he said he understood and that he couldn't wait to see him again but there was something that Emily really didn't like about his words.
David was a B student, the problem with him was that he focused on his sports and friends more but luckily he was still a good student. His friends he would daily go out with his friends to a park that was on the corner to play sports and have other kids… girls watch. His personality hadn't changed very much, he had gone from simply enjoying when the girls cheered for him to loving when they hugged and kissed him after he won. That was his motivation. That and that Emily and Elaina were always the loudest ones yelling and cheering for him.
Spencer was also ten, and he proved to be brilliant. He had been in spelling bees, science fairs, young authors' fairs, and so on. He was very smart and once again even in the school he was attending he had to skip a grade because of his intelligence. He was now in seventh grade while David was in fifth. He played soccer with David. And Emily or no one could deny that he also loved when the girls all cheered for him.
Spencer would usually play soccer with David but when David played other sports he would stop. Spencer wasn't the best at soccer player but he wasn't the worse he was mid fielder and usually to assure a goal he shot it to David, the sticker, but Spencer had made goals before and he liked playing.
Elaina was now five years old and was attending kindergarten, she liked going and playing with all her friends she loved going and watching her brothers' play and have them play with her. Elaina was the baby so she was the most spoiled in the house. Jack, David, Spencer and Emily would drop everything they were doing to give her what she needed.
Emily smiled at the 'profile' she had built of each of her kids. She knew that every small thing they did one day she would be rambling to Hotch.
Hotch. When would she see him again? When would the nightmare end? When would their family be complete again?
Well review and tell me what you thought please. Oh and keep in m ind the kids personalities are important or they will be.
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