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Lacy here peoples with the next LEC chapter. Jack's first birthday! I have had this chapter planned for weeks. Actually, since Jack was born I think, which now that I say it out loud sounds weird. Anywho, like I said, Jack's first birthday. We're gonna see some old faces and we'll be seeing Derek again. So have fun.

Oh and side note. Just to lessen the confusion, Nana is Aaron's mother Anna. Gramma and Grampa are Emily's parents Richard and Elizabeth.

Disclaimer: I own certain characters but nothing else.

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Emily walked into Jack's nursery and over to his crib. Smiling down at the wide awake little boy, Emily picked him up.

"Happy birthday Bug." Emily said, kissing Jack's cheek. Moving the to changing table, Emily continued talking to Jack. "Are you ready for your party this afternoon? Daddy is taking the day off so we can all spend time together before everyone shows up. Uncle Dave is gonna be here around noon to help set up and Nana and Grampa are coming too. Don't know about Gramma though. She's been busy with work but promised to try her hardest to be here."

Emily lifted Jack against her shoulder and smiled as the little boy squealed out one of the few words he knew.

"Dada!"

Aaron stepped into the room and took Jack from Emily. "Happy birthday buddy."

Emily ran her hand over Jack's back. "Can't believe he's a year old already."

Aaron smiled. "Oh I can. From no sleeping at night to chasing him when he learned how to crawl and then walk and of course, when he learned that throwing things would get his daddy's attention."

Emily laughed. "Oh that's cute and you know it."

Aaron laughed. "Okay fine, it is. As long as he doesn't aim for my head again."

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Emily scooped Jack up as the doorbell rang. Aaron laughed. It was the third time the doorbell had rung and all three times, Jack had tried to run for the door. Pulling open the door, Aaron smiled at Richard and Anna.

"Hey Mom, Richard." Aaron said, letting them in. "Emily is corralling the birthday boy. He keeps trying to answer the door."

Anna and Richard laughed, seeing Emily holding a very squirmy Jack.

"Being difficult for Mommy and Daddy kiddo?" Richard asked, taking Jack from Emily.

Emily smiled. "You have no idea. He's got a sudden burst of energy today that I'm pretty sure has no end."

"Oh it'll end Em," Anna said. "when the excitement of the day dies down, he'll crash."

"Is Elizabeth coming?" Aaron asked.

Richard nodded. "She'll be here in about an hour."

"She informed everyone that today was special and she wasn't going to miss it." Anna said as Dave and Sean walked in from the kitchen, bickering.

"You're nuts Rossi." Sean said. "Just plain nuts. You've gone through three wives already, you'd think you'd just give up."

Dave laughed. "Everyone's got their perfect match."

"Yeah, but not everyone goes through three women before hand trying to find said match." Sean countered.

Aaron laughed. "He got you there Dave."

Dave gave Aaron a look. "Who's side are you on?

Aaron pointed at Emily. "Hers."

Everyone laughed.

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Derek was laughing at something Dave and Jason were bickering about when he felt someone pulling on his pant leg. Looking down, he smiled as he took in Jack.

"Hey there birthday boy," Derek said, lifting Jack onto his lap. "you having a good party?"

Jack giggled and nodded, though Derek knew Jack didn't quite know what the adults were saying to him. Jack held up his play keys to Derek and shook them.

"What are you gonna do with those big man?" Derek asked.

He watched in interest as Jack reared his arm back and let the keys fly, right at his father's head. The whole room went silent as Aaron turned to face his son, only to find the little boy gazing up at Derek with a big grin on his face.

"Morgan," Aaron said.

Derek noticed Jack grinning at him and looked at Aaron. "Oh no Hotch. I did not do that."

Jason chuckled. "Blaming the baby Morgan? Even Rossi knows better then that."

Derek looked back at Jack. "We will have a talk about this when you're older."

Jack just giggled and grabbed for Derek's nose.

Emily took Jack with a laugh. "Go apologize to your boss Derek. Or I get the feeling you'll be working victimology for a month."

Derek looked at Aaron again and the whole room was amused to see Aaron looking back at Derek with a raised brow.

Rick, Em's old boss from Counter Terrorism, patted Derek's shoulder. "Beg man, beg."

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Emily sat at the table with Jack in her lap while Aaron sat beside them. They'd finished up presents and were now waiting while Elizabeth and Anna to light the candle on Jack's cake before bringing it over. The others sat around the table. Richard and Sean on either side of the little family. Rick and Derek beside Richard and Keith and Steve from SWAT beside Sean. Jason and Dave were standing across from Emily, Aaron and Jack.

"Alright, here we go." Anna said as she and Elizabeth carried the cake in.

The group started singing Happy Birthday to Jack. The little boy looked confused but the moment he saw the cake, his face lit up and he started clapping his hands. Aaron and Emily both smiled. The cake was placed in front of the three as the group finished singing.

"Okay Jack, now we blow out the candle." Emily said to the little boy. "Daddy and I are gonna help."

Emily and Aaron counted to three before 'helping' Jack blow out the candle. Everyone clapped as the candle went out, which caused Jack to start giggling and clapping his hands again.

"Happy birthday Jack." Everyone said.

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Elizabeth carried Jack into the kitchen, where Emily and Anna were cleaning up.

"Em, I think it's someone's nap time." Elizabeth said.

Emily looked at her mother and saw Jack sound asleep in her arms. She smiled and moved to take Jack.

"I've got him Emily." Elizabeth said. "Just lead the way to the nursery."

Emily nodded. "Kay Mom." she looked at Anna. "You good in here?"

Anna nodded. "Yeah, you go. I'll drag Aaron, Sean, Dave and Jason in. Maybe they'll stop bickering then."

Emily snorted. "Yeah, good luck with that one."

With Anna laughing, Emily led Elizabeth out of the kitchen and upstairs to Jack's nursery. Being that this was Elizabeth's first time in Jack's room, even though Jack was a year old, she looked around and smiled. Since Jack's birth, pictures had been added to the walls, ones of Jack with the different members of his family, members of Aaron's team, along with Emily's old team and some of the SWAT boys.

"You're doing a really good job Emily." Elizabeth said as Emily took her son.

Emily smiled softly as she removed Jack's shoes after laying him down. "Thank you Mother. I won't say it's been easy but I'm happy."

Elizabeth ran her hand over Jack's head and smiled as the little boy hugged his giraffe close. "Being happy is most important."

Emily watched her mother. Her parents had been divorced for almost a month now and she had seen changes, good changes in both of them in that time.

"Thank you for coming today Mother." Emily said. "I know Jack won't remember it but it means a lot to both Aaron and I that you were here."

Elizabeth focused on Jack as she spoke. "I learned that family is what's important while divorcing your father. I'm sorry that's what it took to realize it but I promise you," she looked at Emily. "I won't forget."

Emily didn't say anything, she just nodded and returned the smile Elizabeth gave her.

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Aaron carefully changed Jack into his pjs. The little boy was exhausted from the day. He'd only lasted about two hours after waking up from his nap. Everyone else was gone now and Emily was finishing up in the living room. Sliding Jack's arm into his sleeve, Aaron smiled as Jack yawned big and gave a tiny sneeze in his sleep.

"Bless you buddy." Aaron said softly.

He zipped up Jack's pjs then carried the little boy over to his crib. Tucking him in, he kissed Jack on the head.

"Happy birthday Jack." Aaron whispered.

Emily appeared at Aaron's side and repeated his actions and words. Quietly, the two moved out of Jack's room, leaving their son to sleep, his first birthday a success.

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Okay, this didn't want to be written. Ask Katie, the chapter flew from my head so many times. But I got it done and I like how it came out. Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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