AN: Disclaimer in earlier chapters. I own Chris and a few other OCs.
And for those of you who noticed the cross-over congrats. I love Law and Order SVU and couldn't resist throwing it in there. It adds some humor.
But alas...I own neither SVU or Criminal minds.
*sigh*
When reading this chapter I suggest you listen to 'Ready to Fall' by Joey Fatone. I don't own the song but it is the one Chris will be singing.
Hope you enjoy! =D
CHAPTER 24
Carrie was awake before Chris the next morning. Their naked bodies in a tangled yet comfortable mess on her bed with only a sheet covering them. Now Carrie understood why she was awake. She hated the cold. It woke her up. She reached over and pulled the comforter over their bodies. Curling into Chris' side Carrie realized that there was no place she wanted to be other than where she was at the moment.
Carrie pushed a few stray hairs back and smiled at the innocence that Chris portrayed while asleep and smiled wide. She kissed Chris' bare shoulder and smiled. She played with the silver tungsten ring around her ring finger with a smile. She felt as if every dream came true last night. Well almost every.
Chris stirred beside her and turned to face her before stretching. "Morning." Chris yawned covering her mouth. Carrie smiled and kissed her but Chris pulled away. "Morning breath."
"I don't care." Carrie said pulling her to her.
"I do."
"So you don't want to kiss me?" Carrie asked.
"Not with morning breath."
"If you don't I will withhold them and sex for a day but no on the same day." Carrie threatened as Chris chuckled and kissed her.
"Empty threats."
"How would you know?"
"You have that look." Chris said as the door was flung open and they jumped apart covering themselves with the sheet.
"Oh sweet baby Jesus!" Garcia cried covering her eyes. Her outburst brought Emily and JJ rushing upstairs with the rest of the team who was there to pick the girls up for a day out.
"Uhh…" Reid, Morgan and Rossi turned away.
"We'll be downstairs." Hotch said covering Jack's eyes as he and Haley led the guys downstairs.
"I guess we're even?" Emily offered up to Chris who nodded. Both girls were crimson.
"We're heading out for a day at the park, you two get dressed ok?" JJ said as the two nodded. "Come on you two." JJ said pulling them downstairs.
"Did that just happen?" Chris asked as Carrie nodded.
"Yeah." Carrie said as Chris hung her head.
"We should get ready."
"You're right."
When they walked down Reid refused to make eye contact with them. Morgan and Rossi were the same.
"You act as if you've never seen girls naked!" Chris cried throwing her hands up and making her way to the kitchen.
"We have, just not two girls we look to as nieces." Morgan said as Reid nodded.
"Does that mean I get to call Dave grandpa Dave?" Chris asked as Rossi furrowed his brow.
"I'm not that old."
"You're old enough to be my grandpa." Chris pointed out as Rossi frowned.
"What about me?" Hotch asked as Chris smiled.
"That's easy. You're Uncle Aaron and she's Aunt Haley." Chris said.
"So we're uncles too?" Reid asked as Chris nodded.
"Yeah."
"You might as well be." Carrie giggled taking Chris' hand.
Garcia caught on. "When were you two going to tell your favorite aunt?" Garcia asked as Haley quirked an eyebrow.
"Favorite?"
"Irrelevant." Garcia said turning back to the teens.
"Catatonic as of since our trip to New York a week ago and together as of last night." Carrie smiled nudging Chris who blushed.
"You slept together the same night?" Reid asked as the teens blushed and nodded.
"Yeah, Chris here is really romantic." Carrie beamed as Chris looked down. "Oh don't act as if you don't get a lot of compliments." She teased.
"I don't." Chris said. "Not really anyway. I get a lot about how good I am at sports and music and how I look, but most don't know my personality like you, Tara, Devin and Damian know. Well Lindsey and Shay by default, but I was on my own mostly as a kid." Chris shrugged.
"Well get used to it." Carrie said kissing her softly.
"Can we go know?" Morgan asked. "I'm ready to get my chow on."
"Yeah, we'll take Chris' car." Emily said as Chris looked at her.
"Why mine?"
"Because we need an off road vehicle to get to the park we are going to." Rossi said as they headed out.
They piled into Chris' Wrangler, Rossi's Ford Explorer and Morgan's Suburban.
"How do you guys know about this place?" Chris asked looking around.
"Rossi's place isn't too far from here." Hotch said. "He owns this land."
"Well sorry for trespassing." Chris said as Rossi gave her a look. "You don't exactly gate off anything, I was driving one day and just found this place by coincidence." Chris explained.
"No harm no foul." Rossi smiled as he and Morgan set up a grill.
Reid and Emily pulled out the lounge chairs while Haley and JJ got the blankets. Chris and Carrie were unloading the coolers of food and drinks while Garcia watched over Jack.
Once everything was set up JJ pulled out a soccer ball and some miniature goals. "Anyone up for a game?" She asked.
"You're on." Morgan said.
"Carrie? Chris?" JJ asked.
"Oh, sure." Chris said as Carrie nodded.
"I'm on JJ's team." Carrie said as Chris pouted.
"Fine, but if you lose you're doing laundry tomorrow." Chris smiled.
"If I win you have to do it and clean the bathroom."
"Bathroom's already cleaned." Chris smirked.
"Fine, you do the laundry and sleep in your own bed till Tuesday." Carrie smirked as Chris gasped and stared at her in shock. "Not an empty threat this time, it's a wager." Carrie smirked.
"Morgan I swear to all that is holy…"Chris trailed off as they set the net's up
"We need goalies." JJ said as Haley smiled.
"I'll help Chris out." Haley said going over to the goal.
"Em?" JJ batted her eyes and the other snickered as Emily sighed and got up and went to the other net.
Chris made a whipping motion and sound in her direction making Haley and Morgan laugh.
"I can still ground you." Emily reminded as Chris stopped laughing.
"I guess I'm the ref." Rossi said taking the ball. "Ready?" He asked as Chris stepped up and JJ met her for the ball drop.
Rossi dropped the ball and it was graciously taken by Chris who kicked it up and used her head to hit it toward Morgan who took the ball down the field till Carrie caught up and stole it only for it to be stolen by Chris who kicked it into the net past Emily.
Derek and Chris high fived and Emily picked up the ball.
"How about a wager of our own Derek?" JJ asked.
"Sure you want to?" Derek asked as JJ smirked.
"Yeah, if we win you're buying me lunch for a week and if we lose I'll buy you lunch and coffee for a week." JJ proposed and Morgan nodded.
"You're on."
"I got ten on JJ and Carrie." Rossi said as Hotch nodded.
"I'm in on that." Hotch said. "Ten says Morgan and Chris pull it off."
"So am I, put my money on JJ and Carrie." Reid said handing Rossi a ten.
"No faith." Garcia huffed handing Rossi a ten. "I'm with my chocolate Adonis and precious niece." Garcia smiled then turned to the said pair. "You better win." She said with a look that scared both Morgan and Chris.
In fifteen minutes it was a tied game at ten to ten.
"Game point!" Rossi announced as he dropped the ball and Chris let JJ take the ball but pretended as if she didn't do it on purpose.
"Damn it!" Morgan cursed as Chris smiled and sprinted up till she was right beside JJ before making her move. She stole the ball, spun so she was facing the other way and kicked the ball into the air. The others followed it in the air till the sun got in their eyes.
The ball landed and Chris was right on it and kicked it to the net. Emily tried to stop it but only grazed the ball as it went in.
Morgan cheered and lifted Chris off the ground spinning her around.
"What was that?" Carrie asked as Chris shrugged.
"A move that won us a national title." Chris beamed.
Rossi and Reid grumbled as they handed the money to Garcia and Hotch.
"Is that even legal?" Emily asked as JJ nodded.
"She used the sun to her advantage." JJ sighed as Emily kissed her cheek.
"Its ok babe, at least you had fun." Emily said as JJ frowned.
"Yeah, but now I need to get Morgan lunch and coffee for a week." JJ huffed.
"Just make it at home." Emily shrugged. "Chris will help."
"Yeah." Chris said as Carrie thwacked her shoulder. "I'll help while Carrie does laundry." Chris smirked as Carrie glared.
"I hate you."
"You love me."
"You're luck you're right." Carrie said wrapping her arms around Chris' middle.
"Love you too." Chris whispered kissing her forehead.
"Aww. They're so adorable." Garcia cooed taking pictures. Then she saw it. She grabbed Carrie's left hand lifting it to her face. "This is new."
Carrie blushed. "Chris got it for me."
Emily looked it over. "You did?"
"I designed it and Greg made it for me." Chris said as Emily smiled.
"Maybe you are a romantic." Emily teased as Chris tried to glare but the smile was a permanent fix at the moment.
"How did you two go from not talking to this?" JJ asked.
"She got jealous of some guy and performed a song in front of the whole school for me." Carrie said as Chris blushed.
"You did?" Haley asked as Chris nodded.
"Yeah, I'm not good at talking about my feelings." Chris admitted.
"Well, let's eat." Rossi announced as he sorted out the chairs and folding tables.
Later that night Carrie was teaching Jack how to roast a marshmallow with Haley. A wide smile was planted on Carrie's face the whole time but Chris could see the sadness in them. She missed Danny. She and Carrie talked a lot about their families when they couldn't sleep at night and Chris understood the hurt of missing them.
Emily and JJ who were cuddled up on one of the lounge chairs looked between the two teens.
"I was thinking about cancelling Carrie's therapy sessions." Emily said causing JJ to look up at her.
"Are you sure?" JJ asked as Emily nodded.
"She seems to be doing fine with Chris and I know she misses her family every now and then but I honestly think she doesn't need them."
"She's only been with you about two and a half months are you sure?" JJ repeated.
"Yeah. The best remedy for losing those you love is spending time with the ones you love that are still around cherishing every moment with them." Emily said as JJ kissed her.
"I love you." JJ whispered.
"I love you too."
Carrie sat between Chris' legs and leaned back into her. Chris wrapped her arms around her and smiled.
"You ok?" Chris asked as Carrie nodded; the smile still in place.
"Yeah, just thinking about my family."
"And?"
"I know they're watching me from up there and they're never really gone." Carrie said as Chris kissed her head. "As long as you're here with me, everything is ok." Carrie whispered nestling her head in the crook of Chris' neck.
"I'll never leave you."
"You're graduating in June." Carrie pointed out.
"I'm taking a year off school, Lindsey and Ronnie can be as butt hurt as they like."
"Are you sure that's wise?" Carrie asked as Chris nodded.
"I can hold knowledge, besides, I enjoy being with you and if anyone gives you crap I know Tara and the twins will handle it for me." Chris smiled.
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I'm sorry to announce that the end is coming up next.