Speeding Up The Plan

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Inside a taxi Jack, and Ashley sat with Courtney lying on their laps. "That woman has gone too far this time." Ashley was saying as she pulled out her cell phone and dialed her father.

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Derek jogged over to his ringing desk phone and snatched it up. "Ag."-

"DADDY!" Ashley's voice screeched through the line. "Oh Daddy, its awful, just awful!" She cried.

Derek perched himself on his desk. "Princess, what's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"Daddy, we're taking Co … I mean Kelsi to the Community General! Gwen abandoned us during this trip of her's. She then lost her temper with us when we were just playing a game on Jack's laptop, Gwen yelled at us when we weren't doing anything, then Gwen told C … I mean Kelsi that she's marring her Dad soon and Kelsi took off. When she didn't come back Jack went to look for her. Kelsi had fallen off her horse and broke her arm!" At this point Ashley had started to tear up. "Gwen doesn't want to be around us! Did you know Gwen's planning on sending Kelsi, and Jack to a boarding school after she marries Hotch!"

"Ashley, calm down, calm down." Derek said gently. "I'm on my way. Just stay put. And don't leave the hospital, Ok? I'm on my way." He hung up and bolted up the ramp, nearly crashing into Dr. Spencer Reid who stumbled back and fell backward into agent David Rossi who caught him. "Sorry Reid!" Derek called over his shoulder as he continued to run.

"What's with him?" Reid asked.

"Maybe Zac got stuck in a tree again?" Rossi suggested as he stood Reid up.

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Ashley closed her cell phone and looked at Jack with a smile.

"Did you have to add the water works?" He asked as he carried Courtney into the hospital with Ashley following.

"I thought it was an added bonus." Ashley giggled as they walked into the hospital.

"I need help!" Jack cried as a doctor came up to them.

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At the Prentiss home, Kelsi was seating on the couch looking out the window. She was board, it had started raining a few hours ago and it was still raining.

Just then the phone rang and Kelsi pounced on it. "Hello?"

"Kelsi." Courtney's voice came through. "You have to bring Mom out here now!"

"But it's still early." Kelsi protested. "No."

"Kelsi I'm in the hospital." Courtney said.

Kelsi's eyes widened as she dropped the phone.

"Kel! Kelsi are you there!" Courtney exclaimed.

Kelsi dove for the phone again and she snatched it from the floor. "Your where!"

"I fell off a horse. My left arm is in a cast. And Dad is going to find out because he, along with Derek are on their way here." Courtney explained. "And here's the emergency! Dad's getting married!" With that she hung up.

Kelsi stared at the phone in shock, she slowly hung up the phone and her eyes cast their way to the door of the room to see her Grandmother standing there.

"Grams!" Kelsi jumped from the couch. "Uhhh, how long have you been there?" She asked nervously.

Elizabeth studied her granddaughter. "The whole conversation."

"Ev, everything?" Kelsi nervously asked. "You heard everything?"

"I knew something was a little off about you dear." Elizabeth walked further into the room and stood in front of Kelsi. "Come on." She gestured to the couch.

"Now what's going on?" The elder asked once the two were seating on the couch.

Kelsi looked around the room. "It's a long story."

"I have plenty of time." Elizabeth said getting comfy on the couch. "And the rain isn't going to stop suddenly."

Kelsi looked at her. "Ok."

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Ashley made a face at Jack. "How can you drink that?" She asked in disgust.

Jack looked at the liquid that was inside his cup. "It's just another drink." He said with a shrug.

"Everybody knows hospital foods and drinks taste nasty." Ashley said. "Remember, I should know."

"It doesn't taste that bad." Jack said. "Besides I'm thirsty."

Ashley made another disgusted face. "Gross!"

Just then the doors burst open to reveal Hotch, and Derek rushing in. "Jack, Ashley!" Hotch exclaimed.

"DADDY!" Ashley screamed as she bolted to Derek and nearly sent him falling backwards. She then pulled away from him and took his hand. "You are not going to believe the day we had!" Before he could say anything she quickly pulled him out of the waiting room.

"She is defiantly Garcia's daughter." Hotch chuckled as he watched Derek stumbling to catch up with Ashley.

"Dad." Jack stood up facing his father.

"What's going on?" Hotch demanded. "Why is your sister in this place?"

"She fell off a horse and broke her arm." Jack answered. "She tried to runaway from the country club."

"Excuse me?" Hotch asked folding his arms.

"Gwen doesn't care about us!" Jack snapped. "Dad, she lies to you, she lies to me! That woman doesn't want me, Courtney, or Ashley near you! She's going to send me, and Courtney to a boarding school as soon as she's Mrs. Hotch!"

"Courtney?" Hotch asked. "What are you taking about?"

Jack didn't back down. "That's Courtney in there. Courtney, and Kelsi meet each other at camp." He folded his arms. "You do the profiling now Dad." He said just as Ashley, and Derek returned.

Hotch stared at his son. "That, that's Courtney's in there?"

Just then the doctor walked in. "Which one of you is Courtney Hotchner's father?" He asked looking at both Hotch, and Derek.

Hotch stepped forward. "I am." He told the doctor. "How is she?"

The doctor smiled at Hotch. "Courtney's going to be fine. Her left arm is broken, and she has a bump on the head, but other then that, she's going to be fine."

"Can we see her?" Ashley asked as she clutched her father's arm.

The doctor nodded. "Right this way." She gestured down the hall that she had come from.

Ashley, and Jack quickly followed her. But Derek stayed behind as he watched Hotch sinking into a chair.

"Hotch, are you coming?"

Hotch ran a hand through his hair before standing up. "Yeah."

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Kelsi stood in front of the den, leaning against the doorframe as she watched her mother working on a sketch.

Elizabeth walked up behind her. "Just do it darling." She gently pushed her into the room.

Kelsi walked over to the couch and sat down. "Mom?" She asked hesitantly.

Emily looked up from her sketch. "Yeah?"

Kelsi lost her nerve and she bolted to the closet, disappearing inside.

"Courtney!" Emily headed over to the closet and tried to open it. "Come on Courtney open the door!"

"That's where I need to go!" Kelsi called from the closet as she tried to hide with the jackets, coats, and the vacuum. "I need to go see Courtney!"

Emily sighed as she folded her arms. "Courtney this is too childish. Come out of there right now!"

"I am not Courtney!" Kelsi exclaimed. "My name is Kelsi!"

"What?" Emily blinked at the closed closet door. "What are you talking about?"

"Courtney is with her father, Aaron Hotchner!" Kelsi called.

Emily gasped and spun around to find her mother still standing in the doorframe. "Mom?" She asked, her voice cracked.

"It's true." Elizabeth smiled, her own eyes in tears. "It's true."

Emily turned back around to the closet, she reached for the knob and turned, opening the door slowly to find a scared and guilty Kelsi who was holding onto the vacuum.

"Kelsi?" Emily breathed.

"I'm sorry." Kelsi's voice cracked. "But it's me." She slowly moved out of the small closet. "I am Kelsi."

A sob escaped Emily as she grabbed Kelsi into a tight hug. "Kelsi! My Kelsi!"

Kelsi gently pulled away from her mother. "I wanted to tell you ... I did … but I couldn't cause I wanted to know what it was like to have you in my life." She tried to whip her tears but they just kept coming. "Instead of just a face on a torn picture."

"I love you, and your sister equally." Emily said gently. "I missed you so much." She gently whipped Kelsi's tears away. "I carried you both inside me for nine months. You two gave me pains so much." She smiled. "It felt like you were playing hockey or your were fighting over who got to be born first."

Elizabeth walked over to them. "How about some milk and cookies?" She asked gently as she put a hand on Kelsi's shoulder.