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'Met someone?' Derek repeated, not believe his ears, Hotch just stood smirking at the new uncovered revelation

'Like a male or a female?' Reid asked completely shocked.

'I've met a female Reid.'

'They were right.'

'Who was?' Rossi asked completely baffled at what he was now hearing, he then laughed. 'The girls?' The men nodded. 'I should've known I wouldn't be able to keep anything from them... well I suppose you want to meet her?'

'Not if you don't want us to Rossi, we get it.'

'She's not someone new to me.'

'You know her?'

'I do, I haven't seen her in like 9 years and I was walking and we recognized one another.' Rossi said smiling. 'She's a definite long lost friend.'

'Ah man that's brilliant.'

'Yeah Dave it is... maybe you could bring her back, she can have lunch.'

'What about the parent's night?'

'The girls are pitching the tents up on the beach as we speak.'

'The food is ready.'

'Everything's ready.'

'Well let's not keep them waiting.' Rossi said and then continued his walk; he then halted when a women in a long dress stood on the shore line came into view. 'Hang on a moment.' The men understood and took a place each on the rocks. They watched Rossi walked towards the figure and hug her, even from a distance the happiness radiated from him.

'They the men of your team you were telling me about?' She asked as she surveyed the distance of its three new figures.

'Yeah, the wives guessed, so they tagged along; they've asked if you want to come to lunch?' He asked hopeful. 'They want to meet you.'

'Erm...' She said shyly. 'I don't know.'

'It will only be for a bit, I want this Lisa, what we had, they're my family.' Rossi said with a triumphant smile. 'I've kept them out of the loop about you and now you're here, you live here for Christ sake and I want them to meet you.'

'You always were a persuader weren't you David Rossi?' He flashed her a smile. 'Come on then, let's not keep them waiting too much longer.' He took her hand and they walked towards the three awaiting males who jumped up and smiled, the women immediately noticed the difference in ages, types but saw the immediate camaraderie they carried for one another.

'You three this is Lisa Porter, Lisa this is Aaron Hotchner, Derek Morgan and Spencer Reid.'

'It's lovely to meet you; Dave talks a lot about you and your wives.' They all smiled at her and returned the welcomed gesture all wanting her to feel relaxed. They then headed back and as they got closer they saw the JJ leaving the beach and heading towards the house, Emily pitching a tent and Penelope tending to Danny, as the other children played tirelessly. 'You weren't joking you had a mammoth of a family Dave.'

Rossi laughed. 'It's been ever growing.' They then watched on approached as Penelope put Danny in the play pen and straightened up, she looked round and smiled and caught a glance at the woman with them and smiled even more. 'Ever Penelope to pick up on things.'

'My wife has her ways.' Derek agreed. 'Hey baby girl, everything okay?' He called out as they got even closer.

'Perfectly handsome.' She then looked at Rossi and the woman and smiled. 'So what do we have here?'

'Penelope, this is my friend Lisa, Lisa this Penelope, Derek's wife.'

'Lovely to meet you.'

'Likewise... erm Emily's currently starting a fight with a tent right now and JJ's gone to fetch more drink seeing as two of the treasures decided it would be fun to eat sand, so introductions may have to wait.'

'Oh... sounds we've missed a lot.'

'You may laugh now but...' Before she could finish, three yells came and the men were attacked by three little girls. A chorus of 'daddy's' rang out and all three men dropped down and claimed the children.

'Was it you that ate sand?' Derek asked Grace, who shook her head.

'What about you?' Hotch said, getting a similar response from Megan.

'And you?' Emma violently shook her head in defence at such a claim at Reid.

'C'mon men, I'm sure there are only two culprits that are likely to do such a thing.' Penelope said looking at the remaining children behind her.

'Willa and Darren?' They all laughed knowingly as JJ came out and made the duo drink and rinse their mouths out.

'Lisa, these three gorgeous little girls here are Grace, Megan and Emma, the unbreakable's. You three this is Grandpa Rossi's very close friend Lisa.' Rossi said happily.

'Hello Lisa!' They all said in perfect unison, making the men and Penelope laugh slightly. They then decided to introduce fully and approached Emily and JJ.

'Guys, looks like your predictions were on par.' Emily and JJ looked from Rossi to Penelope who nodded and then approached fully. 'This is a friend of mine Lisa, Lisa this is Emily, Hotch's wife and JJ, Reid's wife.'

'Hi, it's nice to meet you both.'

'And you.' They both said together.

'Well I would stick around but tents don't put themselves up and if we want to be ready for tonight they need master piecing.' Emily said unenthusiastic, silently wishing she hadn't offered to make the tents.

'Hey you three go up to the house, take Lisa, get acquainted, we'll sort this out and send the kids in for lunch.' Rossi reasoned. 'Is that okay?'

'Perfectly.' Lisa said with a smile, liking the group already. She then followed the girls as the men dispersed across the beach to sort things into order. 'So how long have you lot known Rossi?'

'Oh erm... about 10 years give or take.'

'Wow, that's a long time.'

'It is.'

'But we've loved every minute of it.'

'I can tell.' Lisa said as she relaxed furthermore, feeling part of the family fold. She looked in awe as they entered in the back of the house, immediately taking in mass amount of family photos and children's drawing that were around.

'So did you and Dave just meet while he was out walking?'

'Sorry to interrupt but anything to drink?'

'Waters fine thank you and well, me and Dave lost contact 9 years ago.'

'You knew each other!' JJ said gobsmacked.

'Well we go back to college, and after the breakup of his 3rd marriage we just lost contact.' Lisa said despondently. 'But the other day I was out walking and I saw him and thought I recognised him and he must have thought the same and here we are.' She replied happily. 'It's an extremely small world.'

Each woman exchanged exuberant glances, maybe David Rossi would not have to spend his evening alone after all, and maybe he would just have a female companion to spend the night with.