A/N Hello again. Now it´s time for some Tilly and Georg. A very Special Thank You to Guest and DebbieOz, I always enjoy your comments. So have fun.
Mathilda Coffin parked her car right in front of the house. She was looking again quickly into the small hand mirror, she was always carrying in her handbag. She had put on some make up, what she usually didn´t. She also decided, to visit her hairdresser and now the bun was gone. Her hair was shorter now, falling in soft waves over her shoulder.
How strange this is, she thought. And she wondered, what Renee Malone probably wanted. She was cryptic, the day before yesterday, when they were talking on the phone. Had asked her to make herself pretty and spoke of a surprise. Actually Tilly Coffin was not a fan of surprises, but something in Renee's voice caused excitement in Tilly, aroused a clue...
She did something she had never done before, she googled Dr. Malone and came across the photo from the hospital newspaper, which also Garcia had found. Tilly´s heart almost stopped, when she realized Georg in that photo. Renee and Georg knew each other. They knew each other well, it was obvious. In Tilly a huge suspicion grew, did Renee bring Georg here? Tilly did not want to indulge in the hope to see her first and still love again, but she knew Renee Malone a little, knew her big heart and her wish to make everyone happy.
And that's why Tilly was full of hope. She took a deep breath before got out of her car to ring the doorbell.
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"Everything in order? You need some more wine?" Renee asked and joined Hotch and the professor to the roof terrace. She sat down on Hotch´s lap, lovingly stroking his cheek.
"We were talking about special people, Renee." Prof. Dietrich toasted at Renee and she smiled.
"I´m not that special, I think." She looked at her watch.
"Mathilda is about to come any moment, are you nervous, Georg?"
Dietrich held out his hand, "Just take a look at me. I´m a wreck, Renee. You really think, she want´s to see me?"
Renee nodded, "You should have heard how she was talking about Heidelberg and missed opportunities. I'm so sure. Oh, and Aaron. I have been called by Mrs. Bancroft, today. She told me, the school psychologist in Jack and Becca 's school took an unexpected leave, for a year. I can show up tomorrow, how great is that?"
Hotch kissed her quickly. "I thought you'd like that. It would also go very well with the kids ..."
"We already told Mum," Jack and Becca were giggling in the doorway. Hotch smiled, he had never seen Jack and Becca so carefree and happy as in this moment.
The doorbell rang.
"This must be Mathilda, I´ll open up." Renee walked quickly to the door. "Oh, Mrs. Coffin! Look at you! You look so pretty! Come in, please."
"You think so?" Tilly ran her fingers through her hair.
Renee nodded, "so much better than the bun. Like I already said, I have a surprise. ... And I really do hope, you are not angry with me, for interfering in your life, but I had to. When you told me about Heidelberg and Georg, I just knew it."
Tilly put her hand on Renee´s arm. "Just tell me one thing, Renee. Is he here? Is Georg here?"
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Georg Dietrich came inside from the roof. "All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn´t keep me in Berlin, when Renee told me, Tilly is waiting for me." Tilly sobbed loudly and with a barely intelligible "Oh, Georg," she rushed into his arms.
Renee sniffed and Hotch hugged her. "Well done, my angel." He whispered into her ear. Becca came and snuggled up to Hotch, "you know, I'm no longer afraid of Mrs. Coffin, Hotch Dad. I think she has just been lonely."
Hotch took Becca on his arm. "You're a smart little girl, Becca." He squeezed her affectionately.
"Shall we eat?" Hotch asked, "Renee is such a good cook, it would be a shame if it gets cold."
"Yes, I remember," Georg replied. He grabbed Tilly´s hand. "Come, my dear. Renee cooks really well."
The food was set in a very relaxed mood, even the children put their awe of Tilly aside, made their jokes with Hotch and Renee and included Georg and Tilly as well. Renee watched, fascinated, how young Tilly suddenly seemed and how happy, especially. And Georg looked as relaxed as ever, he could hardly stop to glance at Mathilda.
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After dessert, Hotch and Renee brought two very tired children to bed and then had a bit of time to talk to Tilly and Georg.
"So you're not angry with me, Mathilda?" Renee asked with a smile. She and Hotch shared the big chair, Georg and Tilly were sitting on the couch.
"No, my dear, not at all. I've already indicated, we have met in Heidelberg, Georg and me. I was just twenty, a very young student and I fell in love with this man."
Mathilda leaned against George and he smiled, "and I with this woman. I was not sure, where that would lead, after all, I'm almost 15 years older than Tilly."
Hotch nodded, he knew. Finally Renee was almost 20 years younger than himself, he put his arms a little tighter around her and snuggled Renee snuggled up.
"He was resisting a bit, playing the unapproachable, but someday the age difference was no longer important," Tilly went on. "We have been so happy, Georg and me. Unfortunately, my mother became very ill and I had to go back to the States to take care of my father and my little sister, she was just 11. I promised George to come back, as soon as possible, but my mother died and my father completely lost track. I couldn´t go back to Germany. "
Mathilda looked at George sadly and he put his arm around her. "I have always understood, Tilly. Although it cut me into pieces. But I couldn´t ask you to choose, so I let you go."
"It is hard to be reasonable," Renee said softly.
"Yes, it is." Georg confirmed. "But sometimes you have to do the right thing even when it hurts. Thank you, Renee. You´ve made us a very precious gift and Tilly and I will now see what we make of it. Whether we´re not too old, to start over again."
Tilly replied Georg a little pat, "don´t you say, we´re old, Georg. We are not." She kissed his cheek.
"We have a lot to catch up." Tilly took Georg from the sofa. "I want to thank you both. I had not expected this. Hoped for it, yes. But not expected."
Renee hugged Georg and Tilly warmly. "You don´t have to thank us, Mathilda. Aaron and I will be happy, when you and Georg are."
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Hotch helped Renee to fill the dishwasher, after the older couple had left. He was glad, that he and Renee had wasted no time. "Maybe you should open a dating service, Renee." Hotch smiled and Renee giggled.
"Do you think? I think I'm going to mix things up at Jack and Becca's school, first. And then we should think about the remodeling, the room for Becca." Renee put her arms around Hotch´s neck. "Or do you want to wait a bit? We must not rush things, you know?"
Hotch nodded, "No, you're absolutely right, we should plan the reconstruction. Becca's room, another bathroom and ..."
"And what?" Renee asked curiously and kissed Hotch.
"Maybe another nursery? Not today or tomorrow, but we should consider it, don´t you think?"
Renee's eyes widened, Hotch couldn´t express more clearly how much he loved her. He was thinking about having a baby. Renee kissed Hotch again. "Next year at this time, Aaron? Then my year at school would be over and we could devote ourselves extensively to this project."
Hotch had to laugh, "project? Nice way to call it, Renee. I'm afraid we still need to practice a lot until we start our 'project'."
He put Renee on the kitchen counter and he slowly unbuttoned her blouse. Then he took the clip out of her hair and dropped the hazel-colored flood over her back. Renee moaned softly as Hotch stroked her chest and then undid her bra.
"You remember the first time, you took care of the kids?" he whispered in her ear, "there was that short nothing, you were wearing. You looked like temptation in person, honey. All I was thinking of, was putting you on that damn counter and make love to you."
Renee grinned, "oh, I do remember. Quite well. And I've already thought I had misunderstood your looks, back then. So show me, what else was on your mind."
Renee leaned backwards and enjoyed Hotch's ingenuity.