I woke up to Kenzie staring at me, Will was still asleep.

"Shh."

"I'm hungry." She whispered.

"Okay come on." As we climbed out of bed, I realized that my head was hurting.

Emily and Rossi were already in the kitchen.

"Uncle Dave."

"Hey Princess are you hungry?"

"Yes."

"Rossi made breakfast."

"All I want is aspirin and coffee."

"I know that you are not hung-over." Emily looking at me.

"No just a headache."

"You can go layback down Emily and I can watch her."

"I'll be fine."

"Here Princess let's sit you at the table." Dave as he put the syrup on the French toast.

"Is Will going with us snowboarding?" Rossi asked.

"I think so. I told him he should go."

"Why wouldn't he?" Emily

"Before the plans were changed, this weekend was supposed to be about Kenz and him getting to know each other but I am pretty sure they are okay."

"They seem to be doing well together." Rossi

"Uncle Dave, can I have another one?" Kenzie asked.

"Yes my princess anything you want." He replied.

"Really anything." As her eyes got bigger.

"This is not going to be good." Emily whispered.

"Can you make Will stay here?" she asked.

"Kenzie"

"He is staying here in the cabin with us." Rossi confused by what she meant.

"No, with me and mommy all the time." She explained.

"Oh." Dave

"Kenz, we talked about this."

"I know but Uncle Dave said anything."

"What is Uncle Dave promising?" Haley as she walked in the kitchen carrying Jack.

"He told Kenzie she could have anything." Emily told her

"Kenzie, please eat and then we can get ready to play in the snow."

"Okay."

/

Dave came back up to the island standing next to Emily.

"JJ, I am sorry but that's not a bad idea." Rossi told me.

"What did she ask for?" Haley

"Will to stay with us all the time."

"I still don't know what you are waiting for. He loves you and he loved her." Emily

"I can't ask him to give up his life." I replied not knowing that Will was in the hallway.

"So it's not that you don't want him to live with the two of you it's that you don't want him to regret the decision." Haley

"Right. What did Hotch say about the thing?"

"You know Garcia needs paid back." Haley shaking her head.

"I think the three of you scared Reid." Rossi

"I can't believe the three of admitted to it." Hotch as he came in the kitchen.

"Garcia was not going to let that go." Emily

"Mommy, I'm done can I wake up Will."

"No but you can go wake up Garcia, just knock first."

"Okay." As she went up the stairs.

"Where's Kenz going?" Will as he came in the room.

"To wake up Garcia."

"I told you that game could be dangerous." Emily

"Yeah but you have to admit Morgan's reaction was funny." Haley

"So were Hotch and Wills."

Kenzie came back down the stairs.

"Did you wake up Garcia?"

"No, she won't answer."

"Come on Kenz I'll help you." Emily as she got up.

"Emily do not send her in there without knocking."

"I won't."

I fixed me a plate of French toast, Will was fixing his.

"Dave this is really good."

"Thank you."

/

Emily came back down the stairs with a smile.

"Where's my child?"

"Waking up Garcia, after I made sure it was safe."

"Is she awake?" Haley

"Not yet, I'm glad Kenz can count to twenty." Emily laughing.

"Why?" I asked.

Then we all heard Garcia scream and Kenzie came running down the stairs to Emily.

"It worked Aunt Em."

"What worked?" Hotch asked trying not to laugh.

"I woke up Aunt Pen."

"How did you wake her up?" as I rubbed my head.

"Aunt Em gave me a glass of water and then said pour it on her."

Everyone started laughing.

"Can we wake up Uncle Spence and Uncle Morgan now?" she asked looking at Emily.

"Which one you put her up to it?" Garcia as she entered the room.

I had my eyes closed, the food was not helping, but I knew that she was looking at me, Haley and Emily.

"Not me."

"I knocked first." Kenzie starting to get upset.

"What the heck happened?" Morgan coming down the steps.

"Aunt Em helped me wake up Aunt Pen."

"Emily you are in so much trouble." Garcia

I looked at the clock; I was ready to take more aspirin.

"She was going to wake up Morgan and Reid too." Emily told her.

"What about everyone else?" Garcia asked.

"She knows better." As I took another pill.

"JJ are sure you're okay?" Emily

"Yes, it's just a headache. I'll be fine."

"Or stubborn." Will

"Not funny."

"Has anyone checked on Reid?" he asked.

"No, but someone should." Haley

"What did I miss?"

"Morgan, Garcia, Kevin and Emily used everything they knew about him for I've never." Hotch explained.

"He'll never leave his room."

"Can I wake him up?" Kenzie

"I think that it would be better if your Uncle Morgan did." Rossi told her.

"Fine, I'll check on pretty boy." Morgan turning to go back up the stairs.

"Mommy, can we play in the snow?"

"Yes, go pick out what you want to wear."

She went running down the hall.

"That'll take some time." Haley

"I know."

"I guess we should all be getting ready." Emily

As everyone started walking towards their rooms, I took another bite.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Will

"Yes, I just need a hot shower."

"I can do that for you." He told me as he walked away.

/

I grabbed some clothes and went in to the bathroom, taking a hot shower. I got dressed before walking back into our room. Will was standing at the dresser.

"They like you." I told him smiling.

He reached for hand pulling closer to him.

"Yeah but they like seeing you smile more. Did the shower help?"

"Not really but I'm fine."

"Jennifer your pale, I think I'll stick around here today." As we sat down on the bed.

"Go I promise I'm fine and it's probably more self-induced than anything."

"What are you talking about?"

"I always feel that when something is finally right in my life, something messes it up."

"It's not happening this time."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"Let's go see what everyone's doing and you're going."

/

We walked backed in the kitchen; the adults were all sitting at the table while Kenzie was playing with Jack.

"Mommy can we play in the snow now? "

"Give me a minute."

She went running back down the hall.

"JJ, are you sure you want to play in the snow?" Garcia asked.

"Yes and I told Kenzie we would. Who dressed her?"

"She did except for her shirt." Will told me.

"Mommy, your phone." As she brought it to me.

"Thank you, get your coat."

I looked at the number before answering it.

"Agent Jareau."

"You really do answer your phone like that all the time." The voice on the other end.

I looked back at the number.

"Shorty you better know who this is."

"Are you in Virginia?"

"Just for the day, Mom said that you weren't." Chris, my older brother.

"No. When did you see mom?"

Everyone was staring.

"I haven't I called trying to get ahold of you."

"Chris, what's going on?"

"Jen, I have two things to tell you and I haven't told Mom or Lauren yet."

"I'm not playing buffer."

"You don't have to."

"Okay, go for it."

"Jason's in prison."

My stomach starting turning.

"How do you know that?"

"I ran into Shelby and she told me he was in prison for."

I stopped him

"That has nothing to do with me." I wanted to get up but I couldn't feel my legs.

"Murder. I know but it could have been you, he killed his girlfriend."

I was silent for a minute.

"Can we go now?" Kenzie asked

"Let me finishing talking Uncle Chris and we will."

"Hi Uncle Chris." She yelled.

"She has your mouth." Chris laughing.

"Ha-ha, what's the other thing?"

"You okay after the first one."

"Yes, go on." We both knew I wasn't.

"Hardhead, I seen dad."

"When and Where?"

"In Virginia today when I was looking for your house."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, he was looking for you too."

"What did you say?"

"That he needed to leave you the hell alone, he left a long time ago and he wasn't just walking back in."

"And"

"He said that he was going to talk to mom and Lauren then try me and you. I am sorry if I crossed the line."

"No you're not, but you need to call Mom and Lauren."

"Jen, could it have been you with Jason?"

"It wasn't so drop it."

"I'll take that as a yes, you could call mom."

"Nope, I didn't talk to or see him and if I have seen him, I don't realize it."

"Thanks."

"My phone is on you can call after you talk to them."

"Okay bye."

"Good luck." As I hung up.

/

I sat there for a minute not saying anything I knew they all had questions. Kenzie was playing with Jack.

"Something wrong?" Will

"Chris, seen my dad."

"Where?" Morgan

"In front of my house, he wants to talk to me. Chris told him to go to hell."

"What else is going on?" Emily, watching as I looked at the table.

I looked over at Kenzie, hoping she was far enough way that she couldn't hear the conversion.

"Jason is in prison." I told them in a whisper.

"For what?" Hotch

"Who is that?" Rossi

"Murder and he's Kenzie." I started but didn't finish.

I knew if I wasn't honest they would have Garcia look it up.

"How does Chris know that?" Reid asked.

"Chris ran into his sister and she told him."

"Who did he?" Rossi

"His girlfriend, I don't know or what to know anything else." I also didn't want to answer any more questions.

"JJ' Emily started.

"I don't know anything else and I am asking that if any of you decide to find out more not to tell me about it and to please make sure Kenzie doesn't hear it. "

"Does she know who he is?" Garcia asked.

"No and honestly the best thing he ever done was walk-out, I just don't want her to ask questions."

"We get it." Morgan

"I'm going to go put my coat on and then you guys need to go snowboarding."

"We could do it tomorrow." Rossi

"Please don't change your plans, I am fine." As I went down the hall, I knew Will would be close behind me.

/

"Jennifer." As he walked into the room.

"Will, I am fine." Keeping my back to him.

"You don't have to be strong."

"It could've been me." I told him as I turned and wrapped my arms around him.

"But it wasn't and you were right out there." As he rubbed my back.

"About what?"

"When he walked out."

"Why?"

"Because now I get to be with you and her."

"Promise me that you will always be."

"I promise you."

I thought about it for a minute, I didn't want him to leave me and I wanted to be with him.

"Will."

"Yeah Cher."

"Stay."

"Stay?"

"Yes, come live with Kenzie and me. I know that I said I wouldn't ask you to give up your life but I don't want to be away from you."