AN: Thanks again so much for all the feedback, you guys are awesome. Also I always saw the team as a family with Hotch and Prentiss as the parents; Morgan as the protective older brother, JJ as the sweet older sister, Garcia is the troublemaker and Reid as the baby. Alex would be the cool, smart cousin and Rossi is the cool uncle who lets them get away with everything.

"Is the coast clear?" Morgan whispered to JJ as she crept out of the elevator, followed by Morgan, Garcia and Reid.

"Yeah I think so," JJ replied, slipping off her heels in order to creep quietly, well as quietly as she could down the carpeted floor. Garcia did the same and the four of them tiptoed/stumbled down the hallway and around the corner to where their rooms where. However the second they rounded the corner, all four of them froze at the sight of both Hotch and Emily standing in the middle of the hallway, armed folded across their chests and looking every inch like disapproving parents. They were busted.

"And what sort of time do you call this?" Hotch asked the four agents who weren't drunk, just a little buzzed from going out on the town. This case had been a hard one and normally they waited until the end to do such a thing but this had been really tough. They weren't even drunk, it was more about finding a dance floor and letting off steam than drinking.

Then again the five shots for $5 was a deal none of them had seen since college.

"1 am," Garcia replied sheepishly. Go figure, the one time she joins them on a case and they get busted like a bunch of teenagers.

"Are you usually allowed to go drinking before the case is over?" Emily asked, it was hypocritical for her to argue about anyone going out for a night out but she waited until the case was over. Then admittedly all bets were off.

"Jeez Mom we're sorry," Reid blurted out causing everyone to look at him. JJ bit the inside of her lip to hold back a laugh whereas Morgan let a snicker out before quickly masking it with a cough.

"What did you just call me?" Emily asked Reid who looked horrified.

"Nothing." Reid squeaked out in response. This was it. He was gonna die. He was too young to die!

"Well seeing as you're acting like a bunch of teenagers, maybe we should treat you like a bunch of teenagers. You're grounded." Hotch stated, he was getting serious flashbacks to when Sean was a teenager. Hopefully Jack wouldn't be like this in about fifteen years' time.

"What? You can't ground us, we're adults." Morgan argued.

"Even so, for the next month you're all on a drinking ban. No alcohol before, during or after a case; no matter how bad it is and you're all doing our write ups for the next two weeks." Hotch said; it was a suitable enough punishment they felt. If the team were so desperate then cutting them off from it would do them good, also the extra paperwork would remind them to keep focused on the job.

"What?" Morgan and Garcia repeated as JJ shoved them both on the shoulder. It had been their idea in the first place.

"Told you this was a bad idea, now you pissed off Mom and Dad!" JJ snapped, clapping a hand over her mouth when she realised what she's said. "Oops. Sorry,"

"Just go get some sleep, we have to be back at the precinct at 8 because in case you forget, we still have a case to work on and an unsub to catch, now go." Hotch said as the four agents silently went into each of their rooms, swapping dark looks with each other as they did so. Once all the doors were shut, Hotch and Emily looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Since when did our team become teenagers?" Hotch asked and Emily shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know but if any of them call me 'Mom' again, I'm not legally responsible for my actions." Emily replied.

"Same, you cover up my murders and I cover up yours." Hotch offered and Emily managed a smile.

"Deal, night Hotch." Emily said as she opened her room door.

"Night," Hotch replied as he did the same; still shaking his head at the actions of his team. Bunch of kids.

Rule 8: Agents Hotchner and Prentiss aren't to be referred to as 'Mom' and 'Dad'.