Author's Note:

I am so sorry haven't updated in so long. I got distracted with school and with other stories. Been watching a lot of anime. Yeah. But I won't ever abandon this story entirely, because Criminal Minds is always going to be a show I enjoy, it's definetely a long term show for me. I was actually just rewatching season 11 on Netflix, which inspired me back into updating this. I apologize in advance, this chapter is probably going to suck because I haven't written for these characters in a long while.

Also, fair warning, there is going to be some childish humor in this chapter, because children.

Enjoy.

Woooaaahhhh, they are so BIG." Henry gapped at the gorilla in front of him. They were lucky enough for one of the gorillas to be right by the glass. "They look like the ones from Tarzan."

"That's right, Henry." JJ smiled at her son, being careful not to loss him in the small crowd.

"That one over there is eating!" Jake pointed out, standing on his tiptoes to see over a slightly larger child.

The group had gotten there just in time to see the gorilla's eat. Some were climbing around their inclosure, trying to get to a suitable place to eat, while others had already found a spot and were munching away on greens. JJ, Hotch, and Morgan couldn't help but noticed that even Spencer's eyes were glittering with something akin to wonderment, and they couldn't really blame him. Gorilla's are certainly majestic creatures, so close to humans, they even seemed to have personalities.

"Did you know that apes are almost identical to human's genetically? Only small differences in nuclear DNA seperate the species, with gorilla's being the closest to humans after chimanzees. Studies show that from an evolutionary standpoint, gorilla's were the last branch of ape to break off from their common ancestor before the split between humans and chimps, which is why they are so close genetically. In 2012 a geno-" Reid was on a roll before a hand covered his mouth. He didn't even need to see the hand to know who it was. Spencer glared up at Morgan, who only smirked down at him.

"I think we've heard enough, kid. Talk anymore and the apes willhear you and figure out they can over take. Then we got a Planet of the Apes situation going on, and what would we do then?" Morgan ruffled his hair and Reid fixed it immedaitely, glare withstanding. The older man ignored him, and looked then rangled his little group, which was getting split by the growing crowd. "We better get going, it's getting a little cramed in here."

They all agreed and slipped away from the Ape house. Next they visited the Small Mammal House, where they saw a whole variety of small, fluffy creatures. Jack thought they were sort of stupid, but Henry and Spencer enjoyed them, but they were enjoying pretty much everything. Spencer had tried very hard not to attract attention to himself but the facts just... popped out. It was a reflex! The kids thoughts it was cool, and if Spencer caught anyone looking at him weird he'd spout off something about reading it in a older sibling's science book to cover his tracks. The team, or what of it was there, was also noticing that the longer they were here, the more Spencer was relaxing and sliding into a more childish mindset, even with all his big brainy talk. They had hoped it would turn out like this, because most people would kill to be able to be a kid again, or even get to act like one, and they could tell that the longer Spencer was a child, the more he was fighting his more childish instincts. They knew it had to be tough on him, but all they could do was hope things continued to go well and that Reid would end up enjoying himself.

The group traveled through the zoo, and like most trips to the zoo it was fun, but animals didn't do much. Naturally, all the excitement came when an animal actually did something, like when they went to see the elephants at the Elephant Trail and one of the elephants actually walked around a bit. The kid's smiles couldn't be bigger. Until...

"I'm hungry!" Henry complained, putting a hand on his growling tummy.

"Me too!" Jack glared, looking just as fussy as Henry did. Spencer didn't complain, but he did look up at the other's, like he was expecting something.

"The map says there is a place to eat just ahead." Hotch, the vigulant keeper of the map, said, gazing over the groups of people and spying the building the map said would be there. Henry and Jack raced ahead, with Spencer quickly chasing after them. The adults were close behind them. After less then twenty minutes everyone was settled down with their food. Most of them got pizza, but Henry got chicken tenders. They ate in relative silence until:

Pfffftttt- BLAT

The group turned their heads towards the source, a very red faced Spencer.

"Ha! Spence farted!" Henry laughed, pointing at his honorary uncle. The redness on Reid's face grew, and his instincts kicked in.

"I did not! It was my chair." Reid wasn't a very good liar outside the job.

"That wasn't a chair noise, that was a butt noise." Jack cackled, bent over with but as much laughter as Henry. JJ and Morgan were starting get the chuckles too.

"Jack." Hotch was trying very hard to maintain seriousness, his tone was very firm... ish.

"What? It was! That was butt noise."

"It was my chair!"

"It changed tones!" Morgan snorted, finally giving into the laughter. Hotch gave him a look of profound dispointment.

"It's okay, Spence." Henry giggled, wrapping an arm around him. "You're human after all."

"What's that supposed to mean!?"

"Yeah, Spencer, it was an accident." Jack put a hand on his shoulder, still laughing. "It's still really funny. I didn't think you even knew how to fart."

"What's that supposed to mean!?" Reid sighed before dipping his head down. "Can we please just eat?"

"That sounds like a good idea." Hotch said, as so it happened... but that doesn't mean Reid didn't get ribbed about the accident the rest of the day.

The rest of the trip to the zoo was unspectaular. All and all, it was still really fun. They got some choice shots of the pandas, and Reid had fun rattling off nerdy animal facts. After they got back to Morgan's place all the boys went down for a nap.

Jack was on one side of the couch, spread out conciderably more then the other two boys, who were curled up on the otherside. They all looked like the picture of innocence, like there was a group of three angels sleeping on Morgan's couch and not young boys. Hotch was just suprised Jack was actually napping, he rarely went down for naps anymore, but it made sense, they had done a lot of walking today.

"It looked like Spence had fun today." JJ smiled, sipping some water.

"Yeah, I'm glad. Trying to get this kid to have fun is like trying to pull teeth, or trying to getting Reid to watch sports. He has more energy then he knows what to do with, I swear, especially now that that stuff with his teeth has calmed down." Morgan said, leaning against the wall. "Savannah loves having him here, though. Thinks that having a kid around will make me grow up a little, prepare me for our future or something, but it's not like we are having a kid anytime soon." (Remember, this story takes place in season 10 roughly.)

"Maybe she has a point."

"Nah."

Author's Note:

Yeah, this was really short and I'm sorry. Not my best XD The next chapter is just going to start the next day when Reid wakes up, because I really wanna wrap up this day of the story. Plus, next chapter Reid will be ten, and so the pranking will start!

LEave a review telling what you thought, also leave ideas for pranks Morgan and Reid can pull because I need help XD Pretty Please.

So Sorry.