So i know long time. But i have a few excuses one of them being i am sick right now. But here is this chapter and this is more of the begging to the real action. Well thanks to kimd33 and Hpforever- after for your reviews they mean a lot. thanks and please keep them coming. Well thanks so much. And this is probably the last chapter before Christmas so happy holidays soon we'll get back to normal. Well please review! They are great gifts!

I do not won Criminal Minds or any of the characters.


Same Mistake

Time to prepare

Emily felt a chill run through her body. Not in a bad way but as in she-had-just-talked-to-her-husband-after-ten-years way. She couldn't believe it she had talked to the man she loved after so long. She felt as if she could finally breathe.

Emily walked into the kitchen to see that her daughter was happily playing a board game with Jack. He was holding one of chips from the 'connect four' game while she held the other. She felt truly happy at that moment.

Jack had grown up with her, since Hailey's death and her marriage with Hotch, but after the Richard's case she had taken him to safety and she had seen him grow up. She had been there for him through his, middle school, high school, and self defense graduations. He was her son. He had done it all for her and his siblings. He had gotten in touch with Rossi so they could once again see Hotch.

"Mommy, do you want to play too?"asked Elaina

"No sweetie, why don't you go play in your room. I need to talk to Jack for a while." Emily said

Elaina smiled and nodded. She picked up all the pieces of the game before happily running off up the stairs.

Jack looked at Emily waiting for her to say something.

Emily took a seat in front of Jack and said, "I agreed."

Jack smiled his father's dimple smile and said, "When do we go back?"

"Relax; we can't take this on so fast. We have to find schools. We have to tell them. We have to pack. We have to get everything situated." Emily said getting worried as she thought about everything.

"Hey, mom, let me take care of packing, situating, finding schools you just tell them. But tell then soon. It would be nice to spend this free week with dad." Jack

Emily was shocked. She hadn't thought of it as something that would happen soon. She was hoping to have a few weeks to tell them and a few more weeks to get ready and then finally leaving. Not, that she didn't want to leave but this had in a way became her home. Her kid's home. Their lives were all there. "That's too soon Jack."

"No it's not, to see him again. Not to move. Just to have Elaina meet him, to have the twins see him again. So we can see him again. We could stay in contact through here. While we set everything up, it would be better than to take the twins and Elaina back cold turkey and say 'hey this is dad'. "Jack tried to reason.

Jack was right. If Emily didn't let them talk and meet she could never expect them to adjust. "When do you think we should tell them?"

"Today. The sooner the better, its being ten years let's not let it go another day." Jack said reaching for his mother's hand.

Emily knew he was right, she simply nodded. And said, "Elaina first."

Jack smiled and left to go and get his sister.

A few minutes later Jack came back down with Elaina on his back. She was happy and smiling.

It hurt Emily that the news might hurt her or worse she would get even happier and then it would get ruined.

"Sweetie, we need to talk to you about something, very, very serious. Just listen okay?" Emily asked and once Elaina nodded she continued, "You know how… how daddy doesn't live with us? You know how when people ask you have to say that daddy… that daddy lives in heaven. But you know that daddy really lives in another place catching bad guys. Elaina, sweetie, you have always asked if you could see him. I showed you a picture of him. But you know how you have never met him. Umhhh… well… do you want to… meet him?" Emily never expected it to be theta hard.

Elaina was surprised and she smiled a smile that reached her eyes and happily said, "Yes, yes. Yesyesyesyesyesyes!"

That simple smiled and ramble of yeses was enough to let Emily release her breath and smile. "Okay sweetie, well soon you'll get to meet him okay. Very soon."

Spencer Hotchner was walking from school to his brother's school. He never picked Dave up, he picked up his girlfriend but today he was flaring. If what she had told him was true then he felt like killing his brother.

Spencer was at the steps of the High School as Megan came down the stairs and saw him.

"Hey, Spency." Megan said giggling.

"Hey." Spencer said still worried.

Megan noticed and they walked in silence. They both headed out of the school.

When they were a block away from their houses Megan asked, "Are you okay?"

"Just worried, you know… if it's true." Spencer said

"Ask him." Megan suggested

"We're not the closest brother. He is very distant from Jack, and I. If I ask he'll get mad and tell me to back off." Spencer explained

As they reached her house and then his, Megan scooted over and gave him a quick peck and said, "He's your brother and if it's true. He'll need you. Just try. Bye."

Spencer waved his bye and walked over to his house.

Once he stepped in he saw his older brother sitting in the kitchen talking to his mom.

"Jack." Spencer said reaching over and hugging his brother.

"Squirt. You grew, your taller, and by the looks of it buffer." Jack said

Spencer laughed; he looked over to his mom and saw her smiling. How could he tell her about the stupid mistake that Dave made?

"Spence, we need to tell you something." Jack said right away.

Emily wasn't all for them telling him o soon she looked at Jack surprised but he just looked at her waiting for her to continue. She knew that it would be better, before Elaina would tell Spencer.

"Spencer, we need to tell you something important. Take a seat." Emily told her son and watched him get nervous but sit.

Did she all ready know? Wondered Spencer, he knew he was nervous he just hoped it was something else.

"Spencer, relax; it's about your dad." Emily said deciding it would be better if she got to the point with him. "We've decided that it would be a good idea if we once again became a family. I want us to go back."

"What about school? Megan? Everything?" asked Spencer worried that if it was true his brother would never leave.

"Sweetie, Megan will always be able to visit. We can find a school." Emily explained.

Spencer was beyond happy, he did want to see his father again but he was just worried about his brother and his girlfriend. He smiled and said, "I guess it's good. I do want to see dad again. It's good. Umhh… I'm going to go upstairs and… you know think."

Emily nodded she knew that he would have a lot of things to think about. They all needed to think and get things sorted out before the day arrived.

David had spent the day at the park. He knew that ditching school was not the smartest idea he could have had but he needed to have time to think. He knew that Jack would be home so that wasn't something he would be looking forward to.

He check his phone for the time and saw that school had ended a few hours before he saw that he had a text and immediately read it. It was from Vanessa:

What do u want?

Dave winced he knew she was mad and he deserved it but at least she had answered. He had spent hours trying to find her then he found out she was at school which let him breathe and again. He quickly texted back:

Jst 2 talk this over. Where r u?

He waited and a few seconds later was her response:

Where do u think? Smart ass. School!

If he had any doubt that she was mad it was gone with that. He quickly texted her and said:

Schools over! Meet me at our park.

He hated getting insulted but he knew that she had all the right in the world. He had walked away and not said anything when she told him.

I'm not in the mood. 4 ur games.

He knew that he deserved to have her thinking he was playing games but it hurt. He texted back:

No games. U and I. We talk this over. Talk. That's it!

He waited patiently for her to answer and it seemed it was the longest wait ever.

K! B there in 2.

He didn't bother texting back she would be there in two minutes.

And as right on time Vanessa was standing a few feet from where he was seated. She had her arms crossed and she looked mad.

"I'm sorry." Dave said getting up and walking closer to her. "I'm sorry I walked away when you told me… I…I just needed time. I needed to think?"

"I needed that too. I also need you to be there." Vanessa

"I know and I swear I will be there for everything." Dave said

"So does that mean…" Vanessa said.

"Yes it means I'll be here. It means I'll take my responsibilities." Dave said

Vanessa hugged him and said, "Thank you."

He smiled and said, "Let me call my mom and tell her I'll be late and then we can go for some food." Vanessa nodded.

Emily and Jack where talking about so many things they had to have settled before Hotch even could come, when her cell phone rang.

She reached over to the table and grabbed her cell phone, checking and seeing it was David first. "Hello."

"Mom, it's Dave. Hey I'm going to be late. I don't think I'll be home for dinner." She heard him say.

"Dave, I need to talk to you about something very serious. " Emily explained

"So do I. Just please mom, last time." Dave said.

Emily thought about it she had been noticing some problems with David and she had her suspicious so he said, "Okay. Bye."

"What was that about? When is he coming home?" Jack asked

"he's going to be late." Emily said

"We need to tell him." Jack said

"Yeah, I know but he needs to solve some things first." Emily said still wondering exactly what he had gotten into.

"You know?" asked Spencer surprised

"Yeah, do you?" asked Emily referring to knowing he had a problem.

"Well I thought it was a rumor. You know?" Spencer said still surprised

"I know he has a problem do you know what it is?" Emily said noticing that her son knew more than her.

At that moment the door bell rang and she notice that Spencer wanted to run and answer it as an excuse but he watched as Elaina walked to the door.

"Umhh, Yeah." Spencer decided that the best help he could give was telling mom so he said, "Vanessa… Vanessa is pregnant."

Emily was in shock, her jaw dropped and she could feel her eyes swelling with tears. Her fifteen year old son got his fifteen year old girlfriend pregnant. She could see that Jack had frozen and had his hands in white knuckled fists. Then Emily heard it.

"Hi… you must be Elaina. I'm… I'm Aaron Hotchner."

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