Ok guys; let me just clear something up for you.
Chapter 9 is a re-write and I re-wrote it for two reasons:
1) I felt that I was infringing upon the copy write laws...I'd read a story...completely different to mine...where Reid gets shot by a science machine thing and is found as a new born baby. He ages one year per day and it's all about Hotch giving him a second childhood. (it's totally awesome) and, although mine wasn't going to go the same way...at all...I felt bad for using the idea so I took it off. But let me just say that I DON'T steal people's work...sometimes their ideas inspire me and I wanted to have a go with baby Reid...anyway. It's gone now and I apologise.
2) I got stuck...like properly and I thought you guys hated it because it wasn't getting any reviews.
Anyways. Just a little notice; this part may feel like a different story...that's because I got stuck after re-writing chapter 9 and started writing a new story before deciding to add it to this one. Hope you enjoy it all the same and don't forget to R&R. xxx
A month passed until Aaron was able to breath and move again without pain; his ribs fully healed and the only reminder of the event was the nightmares he'd experience about twice a week, waking up in a sweat and having to remind himself that both he and spencer were safe.
Spencer was still recovering but he was fighting without every ounce of energy he had. He hadn't injected himself to relieve the cravings and he was proud of himself, as were the team for his efforts.
Four months after the abduction, both men were cleared to work again under the watchful eye of the rest of the team but if they thought that the war and stress was over for a while, they were clearly very wrong, because upon reinstatement both men were met with a new problem. A beachside holiday in the Bahamas.
"No" Aaron said bluntly as he stood with his hands on his hips, staring at his three female colleagues who were each holding a bathing suit. "I didn't agree to this."
"I'm only telling you this one more time, Hotch" Emily told her boss seriously "you choose or we will choose for you and I promise that you won't like it."
Penelope stepped forward, holding up her selection. "These particular garments are commonly known as 'swim briefs' but us women" she smirked at the two women behind her " like to call them 'the budgie smuggler' for reasons I will not say because it's pretty much self-explanatory so don't make me draw a picture for you, Aaron Hotchner, because I will and it won't be pretty." She warned.
Emily waited for Garcia to step back before she stepped forward with her piece. "Now this" she held up her item "is called a 'square leg suit'; it's not as revealing as 'the budgie smuggler' and it will make your ass look fine."
"Emily!" Hotch protested "You are in your work place and I am your boss; this is neither the time or the place to comment on my-"
"I meant 'your' in a generic term" Emily told him with a sigh "no need to act like a girl".
Garcia grinned "it sucks in all the flabby and makes you look like you've been doing regular butt clenches-" she paused before giving him some clarification "and 'you' is also meant in a generic term."
"It's true" JJ nodded "it would make Meatloaf's ass look twenty years younger." She grinned as Emily took her place in the line and she stepped forward with the final choice. "These are 'swim shorts' they're long, so they don't show off as much skin as the others and they're also baggy which means that budgie remains safely un-smuggled."
Aaron stared at his three choices feeling unimpressed and slightly annoyed that he would end up having to choose one if he wanted to be left alone. "Would you like to try them on?" Garcia asked innocently "we will be one hundred percent honest with you, boss."
"Get out of it" he snapped before angrily gesturing at the swim shorts.
"Great choice!" The women cheered in excitement. "I think that Hotch is now officially packed!" JJ announced.
After the ordeal with Caleb James, Rossi had decided that the entire team deserved a break and worked hard to ensure that the whole BAU team at Quantico were given two whole weeks off before booking them into a beach front hotel in the Bahamas, including partners and kids. Of course, so that she and Aaron could spend some alone time together, JJ had invited Henry's nanny to come along with them. Hotchner, their unit chief, hadn't been exactly 'up for it' and it had taken a lot of persuasion from the rest of the team before he finally gave in and agreed to come along with Jack and of course, after announcing that he didn't have a swim suit that fit the women of the BAU came to his rescue.
"Now, ladies" he looked at the three in turn with raised eyebrows "if you don't mind" he gestured to the door "I still have work to get finished."
JJ, Emily and Garcia filed out of his room, giggling and before he shut the door Garcia called "wheels up at 'oh' nine hundred hours, Hotch!" He slammed the door shut, causing them to laugh harder as they walked along the catwalk and joined Agent Derek Morgan and Doctor Spencer Reid in the bullpen.
"So how'd it go?" Derek asked, smirking.
"Well, he chose the shorts" JJ smiled.
"Awh man, I always took Hotch to be a smuggler man, myself" he chuckled before the five turned their heads to look at Hotch's office. His door was still firmly shut but they could distinctly see their boss glowering at them from the window before the blinds closed and they were shut out completely.
"Henry is so excited to be spending time with Jack" JJ told the team "he idolises Jack to the point where if he refuses to take a bath, I have to beg Hotch to let Jack come over so they can take one together." She looked at Reid who was sitting cross legged in his chair, absentmindedly swinging around in circles "he's looking forward to seeing Uncle 'Weed' too."
"Awh, bless his little cotton socks" Garcia smiled "can't he say his w's?"
"Oh, he can" JJ assured her "he's been calling Reid that ever since-"
Reid's head snapped up and he glowered at the mother of his God son "don't you dare, JJ, I swear I'll."
"Oh, no; don't tell me you actually leaked in your pants, man" Morgan snorted "that is wrong."
"No! Of course I didn't; I haven't wet myself since that unfortunate accident at-" he stopped and frowned "maybe another time but no," he sighed "I knocked over my coffee and it stained the front of my pants. Henry thought I'd had an accident."
"Henry is three, Spence" JJ reminded him "and he loves you."
Spencer smiled slightly; he loved spending time with Henry and he was secretly trying to make him a genius. The boy was already recognising colours and animals before his first birthday. "I know" he said "and I love him too."
"Does Jack not find Henry annoying?" Emily asked "I mean, don't get me wrong, they're both awesome kids but Jack is three years older; developmentally that is a huge gap."
JJ shook her head "Jack just takes it all in his stride; he's actually really patient even though Henry seems to be at the same intellect level." She turned toward Spencer with raised eyebrows "you have anything to say about that, Spence?"
'So much for secret' Reid thought "I, uh, may be teaching him some…stuff."
"Well, it's working; Henry described exactly what a molecule was to me the other day."
Reid beamed at his success "you know, Children learn faster when they're young; their brains are like sponges and are able to take in more information than adults; I might continue teaching him French when we're away."
"Continue?" JJ raised her eyebrows.
"Let the kid play, pretty boy," Morgan laughed "leave the brainy stuff alone for two weeks. "
Spencer mumbled something that sounded like "I'm not promising anything" before getting up and heading toward the kitchen to get his caffeine fix.
"I knew something was going on." JJ laughed as she watched Reid's retreating back "My three year old asked me how I was in French last night and I know that he didn't get that from me."
Garcia laughed "when your kid comes out with something genius, blame Reid."
Morgan lazily slung his arm across Garcia's shoulders and smiled sweetly at her before raising his eyebrows and asked "so what bathing suit do you wear, princess?"
"That's for me to know" she replied, tapping his nose as she too took her leave.
"You're killing me, momma!" He called after her.
"Not just yet, sweetness" came her reply before she turned the corner and was out of sight.
Morgan shook his head, chuckling before looking up to see Emily smirking at him. "What?" He asked.
"I reckon you're a budgie man" she nodded.
"Nuh uh, not me, Prentiss; I'm a shorts man through and through." Derek sat down and put his feet up on the desk "so, are you bringing your 'other half?'"
Emily snorted derisively "are you kidding me, Morgan?"
"Nope, you never let on what your love life is like so we never know."
"That's the aim" she smiled.
"So there's a free space in your bed?" He waggled his eyebrows suggestively at Agent Prentiss.
"Not a chance" she replied, smiling "Derek Morgan, we all know that you can pick up just about any woman you want with your 'smooth moves.'"
"But what if it's you I want?" He asked.
Emily watched him, wondering whether or not he was actually being serious; the pull at the corner of his lips told her she was safe. "Then I'm sorry but I'm going to have to break your heart."
"Oh, you're crushing me, Prentiss!"
"I'll squeeze harder if you don't shut up" she grinned.
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The BAU team, Jack, Henry and Jo (Henry's nanny) were all seated around a table in the hotel restaurant; they'd had a long trip and were tired but had decided to eat before heading to their rooms. Garcia had only managed half of her Lasagne before falling asleep against Derek.
"Baby girl, you're snoring in my ear" Morgan told Garcia. When she continued snoring, he sighed and licked his finger before pushing it into her ear.
Garcia stirred "ew, Derek, what the hell?"
He chuckled "you were snoring in my ear, princess."
"Oh, sorry" she sat up and stretched before noticing the wet patch on his shirt "and dribbling apparently."
"Oh come on" he groaned "I know I'm sexy, baby girl, but please keep the drooling to a minimum."
"I think the kids need to go to bed" Rossi stated with a half-smile.
Garcia looked over at Henry and Jack who were playing happily with Henry's toy cars. "They don't look very tired" she yawned.
"I didn't mean them" he smirked. Getting up before Garcia could say anything, he bade everyone good night and left the restaurant.
"That man has no shame" Garcia stated as she stared after him "but he's right. This Princess needs her beauty sleep."
Morgan stood up with her "see you guys tomorrow."
"Derek" Garcia said nervously as they climbed the stairs to their, conveniently, conjoining rooms "how am I going to go swimming? The pool looks amazing and the beach-" she sighed, smiling, as she envisioned the white sandy beach and the perfect clear blue sea "they're all going to notice something rather obvious about me and I can't keep wearing baggy clothes to hide it!" Garcia and Morgan still hadn't told the team about their relationship or the fact that she was now eight months (due to the fact she'd been putting off testing herself for four months) pregnant and it was getting harder and harder to hide.
"Ok, sweetness" Derek answered "you and I are going to make a deal; by the end of this holiday we will have told the team everything. Agreed?"
Sighing, Penelope nodded; there was no other way around it "agreed."
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Kitted in her swimming costume which, by the way, made her pregnancy even more prominent, sarong, sun hat and sun glasses, Garcia made her way out to the beach where JJ, Emily and Jo were sunbathing on chairs and Aaron and the boys were playing in the sea.
"Garcia" Emily asked as she and JJ stared at Penelope as she threw her towel on the white beach recliner "are you pregnant?"
This was the moment Garcia was nervous about. She and Derek had hid their relationship for so long that it now seemed impossible to come clean about it. "No" she laughed, blushing "I'm just fat, Emily, but thanks for pointing it out." She sighed, closed her eyes and then nodded. "Yeah, I am." JJ and Emily stared at Garcia in shock before squealing and offering their congratulations to their friend but Garcia had stopped listening. "Be still my beating heart" Garcia whispered as she caught sight of Derek in nothing but a pair of swim shorts, sandals and sunglasses, and not forgetting that beautiful, charming, lopsided smile he seems to have perfected over the years. "Excuse me ladies, momma has somewhere she needs to be." And she slid out from their outstretched hands and made her way across the beach.
"Morgan" JJ stated as she watched the two embrace "is has to be; they're so close and Garcia hasn't mentioned being with anyone-"
"Oh yeah, definitely Morgan" Emily laughed as Penelope and Derek moved from a hug to a very deep, passionate kiss.
"You mean that they're not a couple?" Jo frowned as she looked over her sunglasses.
"I have no idea!" JJ replied.
"So the way they act toward each other is completely normal?"
"Actually" Emily said, thinking hard "I think that they've been more reserved lately. Ok" she looked at JJ "I think we need to have a chat with our friend."
"Mind our stuff, Jo?" JJ asked as they got up and headed over to where Garcia and Morgan were now laughing. They each took one of Garcia's arms and started, much to Penelope's surprise, pulling her away from the beach.
"Ok" she frowned as she watched Derek get smaller and smaller "guess I'll catch up with you later, handsome!"
Emily and JJ dragged her into the hotel lobby before rounding on her "ok, spill." Emily ordered.
Garcia stared at her for a moment before it all came gushing out. "Morgan and I have been dating for almost two years and we're now expecting a baby!"
"Almost two years!" JJ exclaimed "why didn't you tell us?"
"The whole fraternization rule" she shrugged.
"Whatever" JJ shook her head smiling "congratulations! Come on; how far along are you?"
Garcia had no choice but to sit down with her friends and tell them everything and once she was done she was amazed at just how non-judgemental they were. "Yeah" she smiled to herself as she surveyed the other two women of the BAU "that wasn't too hard."