My internet has decided it hates me, and has been out all week, so this update took a lot longer than I wanted it to. Sorry about that. Hope you enjoy:)

JJ watched as her daughter skipped ahead of her giggling. With a smile, she mimicked her and laced her fingers through Emily's. Instead of whispering something in the brunette's ear like Rachel had done with Kaley, she kissed her wife on the check. Rachel and Kaley ran, hand in hand, ahead with Jack and Tommy. All four children were thrilled to be going to an amusement park. JJ and Emily had gotten the team to come along. Hotch and Rossi appeared less than thrilled and promptly made their way to a quiet bench; promising to join up with them after a few rides.

Jack and Tommy wanted to go on the rollercosters, but Rachel and Kaley wanted to go in the wave pool. They decided to do rock paper scissors to decide. Rachel and Jack took themselves very seriously as they squared off in front of each other; Tommy and Kaley behind them. They glared at each other and Garcia giggled behind them.

"Yay!" The boys cheered as Rachel lost.

"Its my birthday." She whined.

Jack's face fell and he quickly relented, thinking that if this was his birthday he would be really mad. "Okay, lets go to the wave pool, then the rollercosters will dry us off." He offered with a smile. Tommy glared but Jack ignored him and took Rachel's hand. Rachel was his best friend, not Tommy and it was her birthday. Rachel beamed but looked shyly to Tommy. The other boy groaned but agreed to go to the pool first.

Emily looked at JJ and let out a small laugh, none of them had needed to step in. They made their way to the locker rooms and sent Jack and Tommy in with Morgan and Reid while Rachel and Kaley ran ahead of Garcia, JJ and Emily. Kaley quickly shed her clothes and slipped into her bathing suit, completely unembarrassed. Rachel stuck close to JJ and bit her lower lip. JJ noticed and took her into the smaller changing rooms without a word. Rachel and JJ changed and then headed back to meet the other girls. Rachel slipped her hand into JJ's and didn't run ahead to meet the boys. JJ looked down at her daughter, curious as to why all of her excitement seemed to have run out. Garcia and Emily walked ahead and JJ pulled Rachel back a little.

"Hey Monkey, you okay?" JJ asked. Rachel bit her lip and shook her head no. JJ could see that she was close to tears and trying very hard not to let them out. Quickly the blonde bent down to her level and gave her a reassuring smile. "Hey, woah, what's wrong baby?"

Rachel gulped and stamped her foot a little in anger. "I can't swim." She admitted, infuriated at her shortcoming.

JJ felt like someone had punched her in the stomach. She couldn't believe that she had forgotten. "Oh, sweetie, we don't have to go in, there are lots of other rides we can go on."

"No!" Rachel yelled. "Kaley wants to do this I want her to be my friend."

"She is baby, and she will be either way."

"I want to do this." Rachel said firmly. JJ sighed. Rachel had the exact same look of determination plastered on her face that she had seen many times before. It still always surprised her how much she reminded JJ of Emily or herself at times.

"Well, the wave pool is fun in the shallow end, you can hold onto my hand."

"Okay." Rachel said perking up. She pulled JJ up and began walking over to the group, stopping suddenly. "Momma, don't tell them I can't swim. Its embarrassing." She pleaded.

"Of course not baby."

Reassured, Rachel pulled JJ along and grinned with her friends as the whistle blew signaling that the waves would begin.

Emily frowned at JJ, raising her eyebrows in question. JJ mouthed, 'can't swim', making sure Morgan, Garcia and Reid all saw her. They nodded and moved forward with the children. The wave pool could get crazy even if you were a good swimmer, but now all the adults would be keeping a closer eye on Rachel.

"Alright guys, stay near us and in the shallow end." Morgan ordered as Jack leapt onto his back. The whistle blew again and the entire pool cheered. Jack, Tommy and Kaley looked thrilled; so did Garcia and Morgan. Reid and Rachel looked slightly terrified and JJ laughed as Emily took Reid's hand without a word. The look of gratefulness was adorable. The first wave came at them, hitting all of the adults and teenagers in the deep end first before coming into their area. There was another group of older kids – probably between thirteen and fifteen – near them and JJ watched as they got a little rough, dunking each other and swearing. She turned her attention back to Rachel as the wave hit them. Everyone jumped, Rachel looked completely terrified and JJ swung her up into her arms just as the wave went through them.

"You alright?" JJ asked. Rachel nodded and looked over to her friends who were eagerly awaiting the next wave. Her face relaxed a little and she squirmed for JJ to put her down but took her hand again. The next wave was already coming and this time Rachel knew what to expect, so she jumped with everyone, holding her mother's hand tightly and smiling. Rachel looked next to her at Reid and grinned at him. His pale skinny frame was much more apparent in the pool and he still looked a little uncomfortable. Rachel kept her hold on JJ's hand and maneuvered herself closer to Reid.

"It's fun right?" She asked him.

Reid looked down and nodded, but clearly could think of a million things he would rather be doing. The next wave came at them and Rachel expertly jumped it with JJ's help. She squealed with delight as Jack came bounding over and jumped the next one with her.

"Can I go read my book?" Reid whispered to Emily after a few more waves came.

Emily chuckled and nodded. "Of course Reid." Not letting him feel bad about abandoning them she quickly added, "someone should stay and watch our stuff anyway."

Reid nodded and happily made his way back to their chairs and towels, smiling as he saw Hotch and Rossi come over to him. "That looks wildly unpleasant." Rossi noted as he watched Tommy get knocked over by a wave. Morgan hauled him up and he was grinning and cheering for it to happen again.

"It is." Reid stated and wrapped a towel around himself. "Its not an experience I will ever plan on participating in again."

"A no would suffice." Rossi said as he sat down next to the skinny, wet, man. Hotch chuckled and watched Jack and Rachel jump a wave, hand in hand.

Rachel had released JJ, wanting to jump with her friends. Morgan was totally into it, jumping with the four kids, while Emily, JJ and Garcia mostly stuck to the very shallow bit where the waves hardly graced their thighs. They were close enough to get to them if there was a problem, but far enough away to enjoy themselves. The teenagers who were close to them were getting rowdier by the minute and Emily glanced around warily, wondering if they had any adults with them. An older boy, probably about fourteen was clearly trying to show off to the two girls and flinging himself around and teasing other children. So far, their kids hadn't noticed him, too busy having fun with each other and Morgan, but Emily had a feeling they were going to have to cut the wave pool short soon.

Morgan was taking turns throwing each of the kids into the water as the waves hit. Jack, Tommy and Kaley were having the time of their lives. Rachel had yet to be thrown but hadn't pointed it out to anyone. She didn't want her friends to know that she was a baby who couldn't swim. An older boy flung himself into the same wave she was jumping and his arm smacked her in the head. Rachel went down and under the water. Panicking Rachel tried to get herself back to the surface but found herself surrounded by bodies. As she finally broke the surface, another wave came and the boy crashed into her again. She barely had a second to take a breath. Back under the water, she was slammed into bodies and terrified. She couldn't breathe, she kicked her legs and arms every way possible, desperately trying to get above water. Arms enveloped her and hauled her upwards quickly. Sputtering, Rachel gasped for air and clung to Emily who held her tightly and was walking out of the pool as quickly as possible. Rachel wasn't really sure what was going on, her eyes stung, her lungs hurt and she was coughing and crying. She could hear JJ yelling but she didn't know where she was. People were walking next to her, but she didn't pay attention to them, she just clung to Emily and cried.

"Is she okay?" Kaley asked worriedly.

"Hang on guys, come here, let Emily check her out." Garcia said pulling Kaley and Tommy back with her. Jack had ran to his father and refused to take his eyes off of Rachel. Kaley and Tommy sat down next to Reid and Rossi and took the towels handed to them by Garcia. The blonde looked out back into the water at JJ and Morgan who were scolding the children who had knocked Rachel down.

Emily and Rachel ignored everyone. Rachel was still coughing up water and crying, not entirely sure what had just happened. Emily was rubbing her back and holding her tightly. "You're okay sweetie." She whispered. "Just breathe, you're okay." Emily took Rachel's chin in her hand and lifted her face up to see her daughter. "Hey." She smiled. Rachel coughed again, but Emily was satisfied that she was alright, more frightened than anything else.

"That was not fun." Rachel moaned.

"No, I wouldn't think so, but you're alright." Emily said. Rachel slammed her head into Emily's chest and cried some more.

"Is she okay?" Jack asked with a whisper.

"Yeah sweetie, she's gonna be fine, just scared." Emily said as JJ and Morgan made their way over to them. JJ looked completely terrified and was in an almost full on sprint. "She's okay!" Emily yelled out quickly and watched JJ visibly relax, but only slightly. Hotch pulled Jack over with the rest of the kids and began maneuvering them into the changing rooms. They were definitely done with the wave pool. Kaley followed Garcia into the girls changing room while Reid and Hotch took Tommy and a reluctant Jack into the boys. Rossi headed outside with all their things after giving Morgan a nod.

"She's good?" He asked Emily. The brunette nodded and Morgan headed after Reid and the boys, giving the women their space.

JJ hovered above Emily and Rachel, still just as shaken up as Rachel was. Rachel looked up and saw JJ then began crying harder all over again. She crawled out of Emily's lap and into JJ's. "I was dying." Rachel insisted as JJ sat herself down as close to Emily as she could get without actually being on her wife's lap and held Rachel. JJ smiled at Emily and rubbed Rachel's back.

"No, you weren't dying, you're just fine but we are definitely signing you up for swimming lessons, and that boy got kicked out of the pool. He wasn't following the rules baby, it wasn't your fault."

Rachel, Emily and JJ stayed there a few more minutes until Rachel calmed down and then headed into the changing rooms. The trio quickly shed their bathing suits and went outside to meet the rest of their group. Jack immediately ran over to Rachel and slipped his hand into hers. "I saw that boy in our changing room and dropped his t-shirt in a puddle of water." He whispered with a grin. Rachel smiled shyly at him and squeezed his hand.

"Anybody ready for lunch?" Rossi asked. Everyone nodded and they made their way over to the food court. After a lot of deciding and changing orders, everyone was sitting down at the largest table they could find and digging in to pizza, hot dogs, fried dough and every other over priced, unhealthy thing they could find. The mood had shifted and everyone was having a good time, Rachel more so than anyone else.

When they finished, they decided to walk around the game area for a while before going on any of the rides. Morgan won stuffed animals for Tommy, Jack, Kaley, Rachel and Garcia. Rachel's was the largest stuffed elephant that anyone had ever seen and she squealed and tackle hugged him. Jack seemed to have quite an arm on him and successfully dunked the man in the water booth twice, impressing the adults watching who hadn't been able to come close. Hotch beamed at him as he received his prize and Rachel, Tommy and Kaley tried to lift him on their shoulders. Rossi offered to take their prizes and wet suits out to the car and then they went to hit the rides. The kids were mostly all too small for the big rollercosters, but there were a lot of smaller rides they could go on. Luckily, the lines weren't very long and they got on all of them pretty quickly. The bumper cars were the highlight of the day. Hotch and Jack paired up in one, Morgan and Tommy in another, Emily and Kaley, Rachel and JJ, and Garcia, Reid and even Rossi joined in. Morgan and JJ were the most competitive and made it a point to hit each other as often as possible.

"Momma! Get him!" Rachel squealed with delight as JJ helped her maneuver the steering wheel towards Reid.

"No!" Reid yelled and tried to get away to no avail. JJ and Rachel slammed into him, Emily and Kaley following right behind. "This is not fair!" He yelled as Garcia and Rossi followed suit. "You can't all gang up on me!"

"Yes we can!" Morgan yelled as he and Tommy hit Reid as well. Reid groaned and threw his arms up in frustration, taking them off the wheel and just sitting there until they had had their fun. "JJ you are going down!" Morgan yelled as he followed close behind JJ and Rachel.

"Momma go faster!" Rachel screamed in excited terror. Instead, JJ grinned.

"Hold on baby." She said and whipped the car around, catching Morgan off guard and slamming into him just as the ride ended.

"We win!" Rachel cheered and high fived JJ.

"Uncool." Morgan growled as they climbed out of the cars. Rachel stuck her tongue out at him playfully and swung JJ's hand back and forth.

The group went on the teacups, the log ride, a couple of small rollercosters, and by the time four o'clock rolled around, the kids were very clearly tired.

"Alright guys, its time to go." Emily announced. She was met with groaning and protests – most of them from Morgan – and she quickly added, "we've got to do cake and presents before your parents come get you."

"Everybody in the car now!" Rachel ordered and took off running, Jack right behind her. The prospect of presents got her moving. The four children were all buckled into Emily and JJ's car – they had relented and allowed Rachel not to sit in her booster seat – and everyone drove to Rossi's. JJ had called her parents and Emily's mother and told them they were on their way as Emily got all of the kids into the car.

Arriving at Rossi's, everyone was still excited and having fun but their tiredness was becoming more and more apparent. Emily knew they were going to crash soon and while they all sat down in Rossi's living room to open presents, she called Kaley and Tommy's parents to let them know they were almost done. JJ and Garcia got the cake out while Rachel started to open her presents then made their way into the living room, Garcia with her camera at the ready.

Rachel happily tore through the wrapping paper and hugged everyone after opening their present. She was truly awed at people giving her things still and genuinely happy with everything. Emily and JJ watched happily as she thanked her friends and proudly displayed each present. Tommy had gotten her a t-shirt that said 'dance', Kaley had gotten her a friendship bracelet and they immediately spilt the parts out between the two of them, Jack (and Hotch) had gotten her Scarecrow and Tin Man dolls, meant to represent them, Reid had bought her a sonic screwdriver and a small tardis, Elizabeth had gotten her a ballet music box, Mary and Andrew had gotten her some new dance clothes, Morgan had gotten her a couple of new books and a small purple elephant beanie baby, Rossi had gotten her a bright green soccer ball – she had found out JJ played and wanted to learn – and Garcia had made a photo album. It was decorated with lots of pink and filled with pictures of Emily, JJ, Rachel and the team. Looking through some of it, Emily began to tear up and reached out and hugged Garcia.

"Thank you everyone, now lets eat cake!" Rachel yelled. The four children cheered and ran to the table. Rachel grinned at her second tardis cake while everyone sang happy birthday to her.

"Make a wish." Kaley said when they were done.

Rachel frowned and bit her lower lip. "I got my wish." She said simply looking up at her mothers. JJ almost lost it right then and there but Rachel stuck her tongue out and made a monkey face. JJ burst out laughing and told her to make a wish already. Rachel complied and blew out all her candles happily. The kids dug in and stuffed themselves with cake. A few minutes later, Kaley's mom and Tommy's fathers came to pick them up. Rachel hugged both of them tightly and tried to hide Kaley from her mom in order to keep her there longer.

"Rachel." Emily scolded as she hid Kaley behind her little body.

"Fine." Rachel groaned. She hugged Kaley tightly then let her go home. As the kids began to leave, the rest of the party began trickling out. Elizabeth, Mary and Andrew all headed out after lots of hugs and kisses, as did the team. Emily and JJ tried to stay and help Rossi clean up but he ignored them and ushered them out.

"I got it, go home, have a nice dinner." He ordered.

"Rossi we can..." Emily began.

He cut her off. "Home Prentiss now."

"Which one?" Rachel asked with a yawn. "Cause all our names are Prentiss now." She smiled as she wrapped her arm around one of Emily's legs and rested her head on the brunette's side.

"All three of you." He smiled.

"Bye Mr. Dave. Thank you for coming to my birthday party."

"You are very welcome."

Emily and JJ loaded all of the presents into their car and drove home. As they suspected, Rachel was out like a light before they even made it halfway back. "You get her, I'll get the presents." Emily whispered as JJ shut off the car. The blonde nodded and lifted a sleeping Rachel into her arms. She was still tiny for her age, but she was definitely getting bigger, the thought both excited and terrified JJ as she carried her daughter inside. It was only a little after five thirty, but JJ decided to let Rachel nap for a little while. She tucked her into her bed and frowned at the small glimpse of a sunburn on her nose. JJ had been diligent with sunblock, but it must have washed off after the wave pool. Kissing her forehead, JJ headed downstairs and helped Emily unload everything.

"She's eight." JJ announced as they flopped down onto the couch.

"I know." Emily murmured as she wrapped her arms around JJ. "I love it and I hate it."

JJ laughed. "Me too."