A/N well, hello again. Glad, you still join me. A very warm thank you goes out to 'Guest' and 'CrazyPainter'
We finally reach the end of this story, the next chapter will be wedding day and also the end. If you wanna know, what´s coming next for Hotch and his Froglet...well, you might wanna read 'Promises II' It´s coming up in mid November, I guess. But, we´re not finished yet.
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"Oooohhhh Gooood, Aaroooon ... do please close the blinds again, will you?" Renee had the feeling as if her head reached twice its size. Hotch was laughing and pulled her covers away. "If you´re celebrating, you can also have breakfast, little angel. C'mon, we're alone. What about taking a bath?" He whispered into her ear.
Renee chuckled, "oh really? But I have to disappoint you, we are not alone. Kiki is sleeping in Jack's room."
"Kiki? What´s she like?" Hotch asked and also crawled back into bed. "Hm... I like her, Aaron. She is pretty similar to Ken, not only visually. Got a lot of humor, but things don´t run easy for her, at the moment."
"Why? Private or in her job?"
"Is there anything, you don´t wanna know, sweetie? She´s thinking bout quitting her job at CNN, her boss is an asshole."
"It happens, I'm afraid." Hotch said firmly. "She offered Spencer and Ken to be their surrogate mother."
Renee sat up, "that's great, don´t you think?"
Hotch shrugged, "I don´t know Renee. It depends a whole lot on it, I imagine it to be difficult. Least she would give away her child. Can you do this, as a mother?"
"It is for Ken, Aaron. Wouldn´t you do anything for Sean?"
"You're a wise woman, Renee Malone." Hotch pulled her back into the horizontal. "Incidentally, I have talked to him yesterday, everything is organized with his cook-buddy. He´s gonna pay us a visit, if things are going well."
Renee nodded, "a pity, he won´t stay with us, but it´s probably more practical if he stays with Chad when they´re cooking together already."
Hotch heard Renee's little wheels turning. "What do you have in mind, Renee?"
"Me? Nothing, Agent Hotchner." Renee grinned cheekily, "but you don´t have to believe me, I guess. Maybe an intensive interrogation is in order?"
Hotch wasn´t the guy, to be told twice, he interrogated Renee extensively.
Kiki smirked, when she walked by the door, Renee and her boyfriend seemed to be a pretty couple in love. She decided to take a shower and then take care of breakfast. The two certainly had no time for that.
Hotch and Renee were enticed by coffee and bacon smell coming from the kitchen. "Hm," Hotch enjoyed the smell, "I think I like Kiki, too."
Kerensa greeted Hotch and Renee with a smile, "I hope you are hungry. I wanted to say thank you for the accommodation."
"Good morning," Hotch said, "but it would not have been necessary. I'm Aaron."
Kiki nodded, "I've already heard from you and I am glad that I finally get to know you. Spencer and Ken always talk so nice about you."
Hotch smiled briefly, "I'm sure Ken and Spencer exaggerate. But I am very pleased to meet you. We were not sure if you exist."
Kiki laughed heartily, "I already know, You call me the 'invisible Kiki.' Every time I was there, you had to be off and vice versa. It's really high time that we meet."
"And a wedding is the best way of all." Renee agreed. "Are you actually dating with someone?"
Kiki grinned, "I live 'a la carte', Renee." Kiki took one played sad look on Hotch, "Mr. handsome here is already off the market, I´m afraid."
Renee nodded, "Yes, he is. And I won´t let him slip through my fingers again."
"I'm glad to hear that," Hotch said dryly.
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"Good Morning!" Spencer yelled and opened the curtains. Ken did not even move. "You still alive, husband?" Spencer went under the blankets to go for a search.
"Holy Mother of God," Ken moaned, "my head explodes."
"Serves you right," Spencer chuckled, "I've told you, Rossi´s whiskeys and cognac are hell."
Ken wrapped his blanket tightly around him. "Go," he said, with sorrowful voice, "go... let me die in peace ..."
Reid laughed again. "No time for dying, love. Kiki, we need to pick her up at Hotch and Renee´s. See if she can withstand more than her brother. And then we´ll have to visit Rossi, we have also promised to help him clean up." Spencer began to tickle Ken and he slowly returned to the land of the living.
"Just you wait," within a short time a wild hanky-panky was going on. "Did you shower already?" Ken asked, laughing.
"I knew, you´d ask me that," Spencer kissed Ken longingly, "of course, I didn´t." Ken grinned, "atta boy." He drew his sweetheart to the bathroom.
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Two hours later, the two were ringing at Renee and Hotch´s. Renee opened up with a huge smile. "Hi! And everything all right?"
"Don´t you ask," Ken groaned again and cashed a thump from Spencer. "I married a sissy!"
"You have to talk, who lost on Hotch?" Ken grinned and kissed Spencer´s mouth.
"Hotch pulled down your pants? You must have been quite distracted! But come in, Kiki is in the kitchen, Hotch brings the children."
"Hey brother, hard night?" Kiki hugged her brother and Spencer lovingly and kissed him on his cheek. "Let's say it was certainly not as interesting as your night." Ken oracled. Renee nodded, "the show was good, Ken. But I seriously wonder how Jess was able to persuade Derek to such a thing."
"What you´re talking about?" Spencer asked irritated, "he was with you? For drinking champagne and eating snacks?" Spencer shook his head. There had to be another explanation. Kiki and Renee looked at each other and began to laugh. "We´ll explain to you when you´re older, Spencer." Kiki patted Reid's cheek. She grabbed her purse and hugged Renee. "Thank you for the roof over my head. See you tomorrow at the wedding and I'm looking forward to your children."
"I still do not understand what Morgan did at Jess party," Reid said completely stumped on the way down.
"Uncle Spencer! Uncle Ken!" Jack shouted enthusiastically, he just came up with Becca and Hotch through the front door.
"Hello Buddy. And Becca is also there, hello sweetie."
"Hi Uncle Spencer." She threw an interested look at Kiki. "Who are you?" Kiki smiled, "I'm Ken's sister Kiki." Jack looked from Ken to Kiki and nodded, "you really loke like him, right Daddy?"
"That´s what I already noticed in the plane," Sean reported from the background and also slipped into the stairwell.
"Um, Sean?" Kiki said, completely surprised. "Sean Hotchner, at your service, Miss Baker."
"Sean Hotchner, as in Aaron Hotchner? Why didn´t you say anything?" Kiki put her hands on her hips and Sean grinned broadly. "I always thought women like surprises."
"You know each other?" Ken asked with interest. "We were sitting close by on the flight here, Ken. She looked pretty familiar to me and when she said, she is about to go to a wedding, everything was clear." Sean's grin got a little wider. He liked the confusion he caused in Kiki.
And he also liked her. Kiki was a damn cute girl.
"For this, you owe me more than just a dance, mister." Kiki said, sounding playfully annoyed.
"That´s what I had in mind," Sean said and smiled. "But now I have to meet my future sister-in-law."
"I have not asked her yet, brother." Hotch said.
"But Hotch-Dad has a ring. Jack and I helped him to choose it." Becca explained, beaming.
Spencer nodded, "You should ask her soon, Hotch. Being married is great." He grabbed Ken's hand. "And we need to head to Dave and Jess, now. We promised, to clean up."
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"Kerensa Baker, then?" Hotch asked, a little later in the elevator.
Sean looked innocent, "I hardly know her, Aaron."
Hotch grinned, "but I know you. And Renee is a godsend. And she´s like a professional matchmaker, Sean."
"What's matchmaking, Hotch-Dad?" Becca asked curiously.
"That's when you bring together people, sweetie. Just like Mrs. Coffin and the professor. Understand?"
Becca nodded, "and Mum wants to couple up Kiki and Uncle Sean?" Sean laughed and took Becca on his arm. "She is determined to try. Because my lovely here is unfortunately still a bit too young." Sean kissed Becca´s cheek and the little one turned red.
"Uncle Derek says always things like that, too. I'm his honey pie, you know?"
Hotch chuckled, "she´s breaking the hearts of men in rows. I'll have to watch her like Cerberus, when she grows older."
Hotch pulled Becca´s pigtails playfully and the little girl began to giggle.
Renee had already heard her gang and stood in the doorway. "Welcome home, my dears!"
The children rushed in Renee's arms and squeezed her tight. "I've missed you soo, Mum," Jack grinned, "look, who´s with us." He pointed at Sean.
"Hi Sean, it's great you are here, too." Renee beamed at Hotch and Sean.
"Everything was ok at Grandpa and Abby´s?"
"All the best," Hotch said. "They took the dwarves to the golf course."
"Oh dear, and the golf course is still there?"
"We were totally, totally good, Mum. We drove... what was the name, Becca?"
"We were driving with the golf cart, that was funny. Wasn´t it, Jack?", Jack nodded enthusiastically. "But now I'm hungry, Mum."
"Hm, it's only 4 pm, Jack. It is still a little early for dinner. But a banana will be okay, Jack."
"Banana will do, Mum." Jack reached into the fruit bowl and disappeared with Becca into the nursery.
"Alright guys, what about some pizza, later?" Renee let herself drop near Hotch on the sofa and snuggled up to her sweetheart.
"I'm actually almost on the go, Renee. We are not quite finished with the buffet, yet."
"This is a shame, Sean. Don´t you make yourself so rare. Hotch and I are happy when you´re here. I can also help a bit if you want."
Sean grinned, "that's sweet, Renee, but Chad and I have it covered. I´m more interested in what you think about Kiki Baker."
Hotch rolled his eyes, that was all his Renee needed to switch into the coupling mode.
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"You´re not planning to interfere, do you, angel?" Hotch asked after Sean had left and they prepared the ingredients for the pizza. Renee looked at Hotch in surprise.
"Me and getting involved? Where you get this ideas from?" She tried to sound serious. "Because you have you already earned a matchmaking-fur for Tilly and Georg?"
Renee shoved Hotch playfully, "As if I would wear fur, Aaron. I was arrested once, because I protested in front of a furrier store, with some others. We spilled some fake blood."
"I do hope, you did have some clothes on?" Hotch asked, unsure whether he wanted to hear the answer.
Renee just chuckled.
"Speaking of naked ... Was that actually Derek's idea?"
Renee choked on her orange juice, how did he know?
"Um ... well... I'm pretty sure he won´t do that again. But we had fun. Whereby I'm not sure how Jess has got him to do it."
Hotch got a sneaky grin and thought of his conversation with Dave. He almost dropped dead, when Dave told him bout the ad. On one hand Hotch was about to kick Dereks butt, on the other hand, it was a proof of how much his friends worried about him. And that caused Aaron a cozy, warm feeling in his chest.
"I know it already and if I wasn´t certain that the striptease is punishment enough, then I´d kick his butt."
"Now you've made me curious, you tell me?"
"If you tell me why Derek smelled of patchouli?"
Hotch came up behind her and kissed her neck. "Did he do that?" Hotch put his arms around Renee.
"Or this?" Hotch's hands wandered under Renee's shirt. She moaned softly. "Or maybe this one?" Hotch's thumb irritated her nipples through the bra and Renee responded immediately. "Then I really would have to punch him."
Hotch turned to Renee. "You belong to me, Renee Malone. Skin and bones, heart and soul. And no one has the right to touch you the way I do."
Renee was looking into Hotch's eyes. "I only danced with him, Aaron. You are the one, I love most in this world. I´d never ever cheat on you with another. You doubt that?" Hotch strengthened his embrace. "No, my angel. But you allow me to ask?"
Renee laughed softly, "ask, you call that?" She snuggled up to Hotch and kissed him passionately. Hotch pushed aside the baking sheet and put Renee on the counter. She wrapped her legs around his waist and Hotch moaned softly.
"The children are next door, Renee ..."
"And they are hungry, I know." Renee grinned cheekily, "I also am, but my hunger´s a bit different. I'm afraid I have to wait until the kids are in bed." She kissed Hotch again. "I´m looking forward to tomorrow, Aaron." She caressed his cheek.
"It will be a beautiful wedding, Renee. I'm sure." Hotch thought of the ring in his bedside table and his heart was pounding.
