A coffee Shop Encounter.
Chapter 7 is here, finally. Sorry it has taken me so long to write!
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After getting ice cream and talking some more Aaron asked Jayney if she wanted to spend Sunday with them. Sunday was Jayney's only day off at a weekend and with not too much work to do, persuasion from Aaron and a little pleading off Jack the next day over the phone she finally agreed.
Sunday soon rolled around for all of them and Jayney found herself walking to Aaron's apartment, dressed in jeans and boots, paired with a white t-shirt that she regretted after realising she would most likely spill something down it, she wore her light spring coat and pulled her hair into a ponytail. In her bag, she'd brought some sweets and things for Jack as well as a gift for Aaron for taking her to dinner.
Knocking on the door, it opened almost straight away as Jack launched himself at her.
"Good morning to you too!" Jayney grinned as she hugged the little boy.
"Jack, come in, let Jayney come in." Aaron's voice could be heard from somewhere in the apartment. Jayney walked through the door as instantly she noticed how clean it was for a young boy and a busy FBI agent.
"You cleaned up?" Jayney asked, although it was an intended joke.
"Well, couldn't invite you round and make you sit in a messy apartment." Jayney nodded slightly before lifting up her bag.
"I brought you both something. Don't shoot me, I wanted to." Jayney told Aaron as she moved into the kitchen area. Aaron took a step forward, helping her take off her coat before she could show them what she'd brought.
"Okay, well first off, shooting you would be really bad, because not only would I lose my job, and have to clean my floor, I would also lose the person who makes really good coffee, so don't worry about that, and now you've made me feel bad because I didn't get you anything." Jayney laughed at him, before turning to look at Jack for a second, seeing he was distracted she looked back at Aaron.
"I don't need a gift, I've got you." Jayney spoke before leaning forward to kiss him. Aaron was firstly surprised but also happy that she'd kissed him, mainly because it was all he could think about doing.
"Jack, come here sweetie, I got you something." Jayney called Jack over with a smile.
Pulling some of the sweets out of the bag as well as an envelope.
"So, you can't eat the chocolate all at once, so it should last you a few days, but this, well, your dad told me you played football and so I thought that I would get you a gift card for the sports store near your school." Jack took the sweets and opened the envelope to see a gift card.
"Thank you Jayney!" Jack shouted hugging her before turning to Aaron.
"I can get a new football shirt now, dad!" Aaron nodded, taking the gift card and sweets off Jack, turning to Jayney he smiled.
"I didn't know what size he was or anything so a gift card seemed like a smart idea. I know it's not for a birthday or anything, which you need to tell me when yours and his birthdays are, but after doing my exam and getting a little bit of a raise, I thought, you know, why not?" Aaron smiled at her, moving a little closer.
"I got you something too." Jayney put in before Aaron could speak.
"As long as this isn't all the time, you shouldn't spend your money on me and him." Jayney nodded in understanding before turning to the bag.
"I won't, but this is for you to say thank you, for taking me to dinner, for taking me home, supporting me and everything else in the last few weeks. I am hoping that we can make something of whatever this is…" Aaron stopped her by leaning forward and kissing her again.
"It will be. You don't have to say thank you, everything I have done, I have done it because I have wanted too." Jayney pulled out the book and handed it to him.
"The best coffee shops and restaurants in the US." Aaron began laughing as soon as he read the title.
"I remembered how you said you traveled a lot and how it was hard to find a decent place to eat, so when I saw this the other day, I thought that maybe you would like it."
"I love it, honestly, I will take this next time I get called on a case." Jayney grinned feeling pleased that both of them liked what she'd gotten them.
"What do you and Jack want to do today?" Aaron asked as he motioned to the living room, pulling Jayney to sit down, but not before she pushed her boots off.
"Whatever, what do you want to do Jack?" Jayney asked him. Jack was currently sat playing on his play station, focused solely on the screen in front of him.
"Can we go to the park?" Jack asked, turning around slightly but his eyes were trained on the TV.
"Sounds good, we could take some food, it'd do Jack some good to get out into the fresh air." Aaron said, looking at his son who wasn't paying any attention to the conversation.
"I was thinking, and you can say no, but what…" Jayney stopped and gave an awkward smile, before trying again.
"I was thinking what if you asked your team to join us? They seem a big part of your life and I saw a picture of a little boy on one of your agent's desk…." Aaron smiled at her before taking her hand.
"I will ask them. Are you sure, you want to meet them?"
"I am, meeting them in your bullpen, just, it seemed more like I was meeting the agents of the BAU and not your friends. Plus, this way, I might be able to avoid the whole serial killer conversation." Aaron chuckled.
"It might be hard to avoid, but I like your way of thinking. Also, yes, JJ has a son, Henry." Jayney nodded, looking down at their hands before smiling.
She didn't really know what to say or do, she was just happy to be with him. After going to dinner she realised how easy it was to fall into conversation with him, how nice it felt to be around him, and now to be so relaxed around both him and his son.
Aaron smiled at how distant Jayney looked in the moment.
"Hey, come on, they'll love you…" Aaron tried to reassure her. Jayney gave a smile before taking the time to look around the apartment.
"You ever thought about redecorating?" She asked, looking back at Aaron with a smile. Aaron raised an eyebrow before laughing slightly.
"Because I have so much free time on my hands to decorate."
"There is that. I would offer, but just because I do art, doesn't mean I am good at it." Aaron pulled his phone out of his pocket, as he replied.
"It suits us fine. I'm not here that much and I think Jack is much more interested in food and video games." Jayney agreed.
"Hey Jack, why don't you show me your room, is that where you keep your football trophies?"
"You can call your team, see if they're free. I'll try and persuade Jack to help make some food unless you want to buy it?"
"Whatever you feel like." Jayney nodded, before getting off the sofa, tapping Jack on the shoulder, waiting for him to finish the level he was on.
"How many trophies do you have?" Aaron heard Jayney get into conversation with Jack as he scrolled through his contacts on his phone, confident that today would be a good day.
Finally getting through to his team they settled for 11:30 at the central park not too far away. With a massive play park in the middle of acres of land, it seemed like a nice place to let everyone have a nice afternoon.
"Have we got it all sorted, Mr FBI?"
"Yeah, half eleven gives us about an hour and a half to get sorted. Dave said he is going to bring some food, as is Penelope, JJ said she'd cover dessert and some sweets for the kids. I would assume that Derek might bring some drink, Emily too, I guess Spencer will probably bring something but I have no idea what." Aaron explained as he leant against the counter again.
"Maybe we could make some sandwiches, depending on what you have I can throw together some salad? I was thinking on the way there we could get some soft drinks, maybe some fizzy drinks?" Jayney suggested.
"Soda?" Jayney gave him a look.
"Fizzy drinks, it called soda here." She laughed before nodding, going slightly red.
"I will have to work on that."
"Don't, I like that you are still very British." Jayney took a few steps towards him, wondering what to say next. Aaron reached out to take her hand, watching, knowing she was slightly nervous and a little unsure of herself.
"Does Jack get on with JJ's son?" His name escaped her, even though she'd tried hard to remember.
"Henry? Yeah, they get on well, Jack's a bit older than he is, but they play together." Aaron answered her before tilting his head slightly.
"I know you're worried, but honestly, they're going to love you and if they don't then it doesn't matter because I do." Aaron moved in to kiss her again, his mind wondering as he pictured ever Sunday like this.
An hour later they found themselves walking to the park, Jack with his backpack and football while Aaron and Jayney carried bags of snacks and homemade salads and sandwiches.
"I hope it doesn't rain on us." Jayney commented as she looked up at the sky.
"It'll be fun all the same, I guess a picnic under a load of umbrellas is still a good picnic."
"Something tells me you've done this before."
"It seems me and my team always get caught in the summer downpours." Jayney laughed, shaking her head slightly.
"I brought two umbrellas' just in case, you get clued up on the latest murder, I get clued up on the forecast."
"I'll keep you safe and you keep us out of the rain, I think we make a good pair."
"We do indeed, Mr FBI." Aaron reached out to hold her hand, before the two of them walked in a comfortable silence.
Arriving at the park it seemed they were the first one there.
"Can we sit near the park, please dad?"
"Sure buddy, why don't you go take the blanket?" Jack nodded taking the blanket off Aaron before he began running.
"JACK!" The voice of another little boy stopped him.
"Henry, come on, we're going to the park!" Jack shouted upon seeing the little boy who too, took a blanket from his mother and began to run.
"Let me guess, that's Henry?" Jayney asked as she looked behind Aaron to see JJ and another man walking with her.
"Hey, Hotch!" JJ greeted up before moving to hug Jayney.
"Good to see you again, Jayney. Jayney this is my husband Will. Will, this is Aaron's girlfriend Jayney." She introduced the two of them quickly before the four started walking.
Getting to the blankets that had literally just been thrown on the floor before both boys took off for the park.
"Emily said she might be a little late, something about a video call with her mother?" JJ said looking to Hotch who just shrugged.
"We'll just see everyone when we see them I guess." He said as he looked to Jayney who was looking around the park as if to see what was there.
"You've never been before? JJ asked, but didn't get a reply as Penelope, accompanied by Derek and Spencer were shouting their names.
"Don't worry, remember, I love you." Aaron whispered to her.
"You know what I'm gonna see how Jack is, I can introduce myself when everyone is here." And with that Jayney was gone.
"Hey, where' she running off too?"It was Penelope who asked as she got closer to the group.
"I think maybe she's a little nervous?" JJ suggested.
"Well you are all profilers and she wants nothing to do with any of our cases." Aaron put in, looking in the direction that Jayney went off in.
Penelope put down her blanket before the three agents put bags of food and drinks down.
"So, she's dating you, but hates the FBI?" Derek asked as he sat down.
"No, it's more like she has no interest in what I do, she says she would more worry herself about if it will rain or not than a killer running the streets."
"She knows what you do, but she doesn't want to know the details?" Penelope put in.
"Well that's okay, we'll accept her anyway." Garcia carried on before looking Spencer who was trying to find her.
"It's odd, only 2% of the population in the US are not interest or curious about serial killers." Spencer said spotting Jack with a woman whom he presumed to be Jayney.
"She's British, Reid." Aaron told him, before offering them a drink, settling into conversation, waiting on Dave and Emily.
"Why don't I go talk to Jayney?" JJ suggested after a while of case talk and general discussion.
"She wanted to come and meet you guys, I guess it's nerves. Don't worry, I'll go and speak to her, but thank you." Aaron replied, getting up, heading in the direction of the monkey bars.
"I heard from both Emily and Dave, they're on their way." Aaron began conversation.
"Good, I think these two are getting hungry."
"What's wrong?" Jayney looked at him with a slight frown.
"Come on, Jayney, I profile people for a living." She blushed slightly when he took her hand.
"I'm still getting used to that. I want to meet your team, believe me, I do, but what if something happens between us and we decide that maybe me and you aren't right? Or what if they actually don't like me or find me boring. It's not like I can sit and have a conversation about catching killers and dismembered bodies." Aaron laughed slightly, pulling her in closer.
"I see you most mornings and most evenings and we spend time together, we went for dinner then a walk round the city and not once did we run out of things to say. Just because you do not want to talk about death and serial killers and rapists and dead bodies does not make you boring, I think most people would think that makes you normal." He leant down to kiss her head before kissing her properly, not caring who was watching.
"I'll come sit, but on one condition." Aaron nodded, as they turned round to walk back to the blankets.
"Tonight you show me the city lights again, we can take Jack, get ice cream, it'll be a nice end to the weekend."
"Sounds like a plan, do you plan on doing these walks every weekend?"
"I do, but don't think you have to come." Aaron shook his head.
"I would love to; I think it will be nice for Jack too." As they reached the blankets Jayney gave a smile to who was sat down.
"So you met JJ, this is Penelope, Derek and Spencer." Aaron introduced them.
"This is Jayney."
"Nice to meet you! Oh my gosh, you're really pretty." Penelope said as she almost launched herself forward to hug Jayney.
"Thank you, it's nice to meet you too." Jayney replied before smiling at the two men.
"When Hotch said you were British I didn't think I would be able to tell." Reid pointed out.
"Oh, well, yes, still not got rid of the accent." She replied before looking at Aaron in a hope he would start some sort of conversation.
"So, Jayney works at the coffee shop I told you about and has actually brought this book, it's the best restaurants and cafes in the US."
"We need that!" Derek put in.
"Honestly Jayney, I have to tell you some of the places we have been to, for saying we travel all over the country you'd think we'd find some nice places, but I swear we always end up in some run down establishments." JJ started.
"I guess Penelope is the lucky one, staying at base, so to speak. When I first came to the US I was a little short on money and I swear I spent more time with food poisoning than anything else." Jayney explained as she grabbed a bottle of water.
"Nearly 35% of tourists get food poisoning when travelling to a foreign country within the first three days." Spencer informed her and at first, Jayney didn't really know what to say.
"Reid is our expert on everything." JJ put in.
"Oh right, well, good to know." Jayney smiled, as Aaron chuckled a little reaching out to take her hand as he spotted Emily and Dave walking towards the group.
"Hey, you're here!" Garcia was the first to get up to hug both Dave and Emily as they tried to say 'Hi' to the rest of the group.
"Hey, sorry I was late, Rossi said he would swing by and pick me up on the way so…" Emily went on to say as David spoke up.
"She takes longer than my ex-wife."
"Which one?" Aaron shot back as Derek snickered, the two agents looked to Jayney who was trying to look everywhere but at them.
"You must be Jayney." Emily said with a smile as she sat down, reaching out to shake her hand.
"That would be me." Jayney replied before smiling at David.
"We met the other day." Jayney said trying to make it less awkward.
"Yes, how have you been? It's nice to finally meet you properly, to sit and chat." David said as he looked to Aaron who gave him a thankful smile, before turning to look at Jayney.
"I have been good. I know what you mean, Aaron talk about you a lot." The group laughed slightly.
"Now I am really interested." Derek commented as for the first time all of the fell into conversation, laughing and joking as they snaked on food.
Jayney found that Penelope came to sit next to her halfway through eating, as did Emily.
"So this coffee shop you work in, how far is it?"
"Not too far, I think around twenty minutes if you're walking, maybe ten if you're driving?" Jayney tried to guess.
"Well, when I am home alone I will have to come in and see you." Penelope said.
"We should get Hotch to bring us all coffee's when he comes to see you each morning!" Emily suggested, watching Jayney as she blushed slightly, looking up as Spencer joined them.
"Did Aaron tell you that?"
"It was pretty easy to tell, he was happy and more positive and well just not like himself, but better." Spencer put in as he picked up another piece of chocolate.
"Well, I am happy to have made your mornings a little easier." Jayney said with a small laugh.
"Thank you for that, because no one likes a case and Hotch in a bad mood on a Monday morning."
"I don't think many people like Monday mornings anyway, but then again, yours is probably a little worse." Emily smiled at her before looking to Penelope and Spencer, who also seemed to be smiling.
"Hotch mentioned you've just done a Finance exam?" Spencer asked her.
"Yes, Thursday of last week. Three down, one to go." She smiled, catching Aaron smiling over at her as she looked between the three agents she was talking too.
"What's all this I hear about exams?" Derek asked from where he was sat.
"Jayney is doing a two-year course in Hospitality and Business Management, four exams in two years." Aaron told him.
"I did my finance exam last Thursday; I get the results back Thursday of this coming week." Everyone seemed to smile at her before they all gave comments of good luck and 'I am sure you've done well'.
"When's your last exam, poppet?" Penelope asked, and at first Jayney was slightly taken back by the nickname but spoke anyway.
"Two months' time, I think? It's around the 2nd of July." There was some silence between Jayney answering and Henry and Jack running back towards them, both hungry, both wanting something to eat.
As everyone seemed to dig in, Aaron moved to sit next to Jayney, smiling as Jack joked around with the rest of the team.
"See, I told you it would be fine."
"I know. They seem nice, all of them, and I hope I get chance to meet them more than once." Aaron laughed a little before nodding.
"Team gatherings are a regular thing, and well, if I don't take you to the next one then I will get shot, or at least ignored for a few days." Jayney smiled at him before taking his hand.
"Thank you for bringing me and inviting me for dinner and everything else. I know I keep saying it, but it's not every day a handsome FBI agent wants to date you." Hotch couldn't think of what to say to her, so instead he pulled her into a hug.
"I love you…" He whispered in her ear, watching her smile before the two of them engaged in conversation with everyone else.
I hope this was okay? I know it was such a long chapter, but I couldn't find a good place to end it. Please leave a review, let me know what you think and if you want me to add more!
Bethany.
