A/N- Okay someone sent me this story idea and I'm sorry to say that I forgot who…. so I apologize who ever it was….. AJ is six here….

ENJOY…..

"Are you almost ready honey?" JJ yelled from the bathroom where she was putting her ear rings in.

"Are you sure this is such a good idea?" Emily asked from the bedroom. JJ walked out of the bathroom to see Emily sitting on the bed frowning.

"Would you stop worrying Reid is more than capable of watching AJ a few hours." JJ said as she checked her makeup in the mirror.

"I still don't like it." Emily pouted. "I mean don't get me wrong I love Reid to death but the thought of leaving our little girl with him…" Emily was cut off as JJ put her finger to Emily's lips.

"First of all AJ is six, so it is not like we are asking him to watch an infant and second of all I have to go this dinner tonight and I AM NOT GOING ALONE." JJ put a little extra meaning in the last part, effectively letting Emily know that she had lost the battle. It was the Presidential Press Dinner and as the FBI Communications Liaison to the White House JJ was required to attend. She had been dreading it for weeks now. Then to make matters worse everyone else, including JJ's parents had plans for the evening. Everyone except one Dr. Spencer Reid.

"Okay fine!" Emily groaned as JJ removed her finger. "Doesn't mean I have to like it." Emily frowned.

"Whatever sweetie." JJ laughed as she walked into the closet to get her shawl. JJ returned a few seconds later and Emily took a moment to admire her wife.

"You look beautiful." Emily smiled as she stared at JJ in her long silver dress.

"Thank you." JJ smiled as she took Emily's hand and pulled her up off the bed. "You look pretty good yourself." JJ said as she placed a quick kiss on Emily's lips. Just as Emily was about to go in for another kiss, the door bell rang causing Emily to groan.

"I'll get it!" AJ yelled from the living room. Just as AJ's hand was about to grab the door knob Emily rounded the corner from the hallway.

"Amanda Jereau Prentiss! What has your mother and I told you about answering the door?" Emily walked over and picked her daughter up.

"Not too." AJ frowned. "But it's just Uncle Reid."

"You don't know that." Emily said as she looked through the peep hole. Sure enough there standing on the front porch was Reid; looking almost as nervous as Emily. Emily used her free hand to open the door. "Evening Reid." Emily smiled.

"Hey Emily. Hey there AJ, how are you?" Reid smiled as AJ lunged from her mother's arms to Reid's.

"Good." AJ smiled. Reid carried AJ to the living room just as JJ came out of the bedroom. "WOW mommy you look beautiful." AJ told her mother as Reid put her down.

"Hey what about me?" Emily teased.

"You look pretty too mom." AJ laughed.

"What? Just pretty? Not beautiful?" Emily teased as she began tickling her daughter.

"Mommy stop…" AJ laughed. "Ok, ok.. you look BEAUTIFUL too." AJ managed to eek out through the laughter.

"That's better." Emily smiled.

"Honey, we need to go." JJ said grabbing Emily's hand.

"Ok." Emily looked over at Reid who was now sitting on the couch. "Well. you have our cell numbers right?" Reid nodded. "We should be home by 12, but this little one," Emily said picking up her daughter again, "should be in bed by 8… 9 at the latest."

"I got it." Reid smiled as Emily kissed AJ goodnight. JJ leaned over and kissed her good night too and Emily put her back down. JJ gave Emily's hand a little tug indicating that they really needed to go.

"Okay we'll see you later." Emily said as JJ led her to the front door. "Oh and no soda!" Emily yelled just as the front door closed.

Reid looked at AJ who was playing with the now nine month old Midnight and sighed. Relax Reid you can do this. You are a genius after all, Reid thought to himself.

Three hours later, JJ and Emily were talking with the Secretary of State. Well more like JJ was talking. JJ glanced over at Emily and wanted to laugh as she looked at her watch for what JJ could only guess was the fiftieth time. Suddenly Emily felt her phone vibrate. She glanced at the caller ID and didn't know whether to be happy or nervous when she saw Reid's name pop up. Emily excused herself from the conversation to take the call in the lobby.

"I apologize Madame Secretary." JJ smiled after Emily left. "She's a little nervous tonight. We had to leave our daughter at home with a new babysitter."

"Oh I completely understand." The woman laughed.

Meanwhile in the lobby…

"Prentiss." Emily said answering the phone.

"Hey Emily." Reid croaked out. Immediately Emily knew something was up.

"What's wrong?"

"What makes you think something is wrong?" Reid asked, the nervousness still evident in his voice.

"Reid?" Emily yelled into the phone.

"I can't find Midnight." Reid finally muttered into the phone. For a brief moment Emily smiled, she never wanted the dog anyways, so what better excuse to get rid of him then have him run away. However, being the profiler that she was Emily knew there was more.

"Why do I sense there is more to this?" Emily asked. "Because I doubt very seriously you called to tell me that our dog may have run away."

"Well… AJ might sort of….it's possible that AJ…"

"Reid would you spit it out."

"AJ is currently with Midnight." Reid finally blurted out.

"Wait a minute if AJ is with Midnight how can he be missing?" Emily asked, but as she waited for Reid's response, it hit her.

Back inside the ball room….

"REID!" JJ heard Emily yell from the lobby. Oh this can't be good, JJ thought to herself.

"Would you excuse me for minute, I need to check on my wife." JJ said and the Secretary nodded. JJ turned around and quickly made her way to the lobby.

"REID WHERE THE HELL IS MY DAUGHTER?" JJ heard Emily yell into the phone as she walked up beside her.

"I don't know. She was here one minute and gone the next. I have looked everywhere for her."

"We are on our way. You better pray to god that you find her before we get home." Emily could hear Reid gulp through the phone. Emily closed her phone and fought the urge to throw it against the wall.

"What's going on?" JJ asked as touched Emily's arm.

"What's going on? What's going on?" I'll tell you what's going on. Reid has lost our daughter."

"Excuse me?" JJ stared back at Emily.

"You heard me." Emily replied. "I'm going to kill him." Emily muttered as she and JJ made there way to the valet service.

Twenty minutes and several traffic violations later, Emily pulled into the driveway. JJ was fairly certain that Emily was out of the car before it had even stopped moving. JJ and Emily met a panic ridden Reid at the front door.

"WELL?" Emily yelled as she entered the house.

"I'm so sorry." Reid was on the verge of tears.

"It's okay Reid, we'll find her." JJ said as she pulled Reid into a hug. Emily just stared back at her in shock.

"How in the world are you so calm right now?" Emily asked. "Our daughter is missing, how are you not upset?"
"Of course I'm upset." JJ glared back at her wife. "I just know that running around like a chicken with their head cut off is not going to help."

"This is all my fault." Reid muttered.

"You're damn right it is." Emily yelled as she took off to search the house.

"JJ I'm so sorry. I don't know what happened. One minute we were watching TV and then the next thing I knew she was gone."

"Okay Reid I need you to focus. Did she say anything to you before you noticed her missing?" JJ asked.

"She said she wanted to play a game."

"What game?" JJ asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Hide and Seek." Reid said as Emily came running back around the corner.

"I'm calling the police." Emily said to no one in particular.

"I don't think that is necessary." JJ all but laughed. Emily looked at her like she had grown two heads. "It seems that our daughter is playing hide and seek, only Reid isn't doing a very good job of seeking."

"What?" Reid asked totally confused.

"Reid honey, hide and seek… it's a game that little kids play, where one hides and the other tries to find them." JJ explained.

"Seriously? I thought it was another board game like that 'Chutes and Ladder's we played earlier." Emily didn't know what was more upsetting, the fact that AJ was still missing or that Reid didn't know what hide and seek was. JJ simply nodded. "Okay well why didn't she answer me when I yelled for her? I mean surely she would have heard me." JJ pointed to the clock and Emily glanced at her watch. Upon seeing what time it was Emily let out a long sigh.

"She fell asleep." Emily said when she saw that it was 9:20pm.

"Exactly." JJ laughed.

"She fell asleep. Really?" Reid asked in shock. "But I yelled for her."

"Reid a bomb could go off in her bedroom and she wouldn't hear it." JJ teased. "When she is asleep it damn near takes a bull horn to wake her up." Reid flopped down on the couch and sighed.

"I feel like such an idiot." Reid mumbled.

"It's okay, why don't we spread out and look for her?" JJ smiled. "Everyone take a floor." JJ made her way to the basement while Reid went to search the upstairs again. Just he reached the stairs Emily stopped him.

"Hey Reid, I'm sorry I yelled at you." Emily apologized.

"No you were right. I have no business babysitting." Reid was on the verge of tears again.

"Don't be so hard on yourself. I mean you didn't know what hide and seek was."

"Yeah well some genius I am." Reid mumbled before he headed up the steps. Emily shook her head and began looking for AJ again. Only this time in places that weren't so obvious.

JJ searched the basement game room and then made her way to the laundry room, where almost immediately she noticed the pile of clothes and sheets in the corner move. It wasn't much but it was movement. As she got closer she noticed a very small black tail sticking out from under the pile. JJ slowly pulled the clothes and sheets off and sure enough there was AJ sound asleep with Midnight curled up in her lap chewing on his bone.

"Good boy Midnight." Midnight ran over to JJ; his tail just a wagging. JJ petted the puppy for a few seconds and then picked AJ up in her arms. "Probably should have taken these shoes off." JJ laughed as she struggled to carry the sleeping six year old up the steps in three inch heels.

"Oh thank god!" Emily said excitedly when JJ appeared from the basement.

"Where was she?" Reid asked as she came down the steps.

"In the laundry room under a pile of clothes." JJ said as she passed AJ over to Emily.

"Mommy?" AJ said in a quiet sleep filled voice. "You're home."

"We sure are." Emily replied.

"I had so much fun with Uncle Reid tonight." AJ said as she yawned.

"That's great honey." Emily said looking over at Reid.

"Can he babysit me again sometime?" AJ asked her eyes starting to close again. Emily noticed the tears in Reid's eyes and smiled.

"Sure he can sweetie, but next time how about you play a nice game of chess."

"Okay." AJ nodded. "Can Uncle Reid read me a story?" AJ asked yawning again.

"Of course sweetie." JJ said causing Reid to smile. AJ nodded again and reached out for Reid to take her in his arms. Emily passed AJ off to Reid and he carried the very tired little girl up to her room.

Twenty minutes later Emily and JJ stood by AJ's door listening to Reid tell AJ a story of brave knights who protect the world from evil doers.

"He really does love her doesn't he?" Emily asked as JJ wrapped her arms around Emily's waist.

"Yes he does. They all do." JJ smiled; watching Reid with her daughter.

"I guess I overreacted a little bit tonight unh?" Emily asked.

"Maybe a little." JJ laughed. "But then again she was missing. I think freaking out is allowed." Even from behind her JJ could tell that Emily had rolled her eyes. "So are you going to let Reid babysit for us again?" JJ asked as Emily turned around in her arms.

"Yeah, I guess so." Emily placed a simple kiss on JJ's lips. "Although I think I will buy him a book on children's games first."

A/N- I just realized that I very rarely mention Reid…. I think I will have to write some more of AJ and Reid…. PLEASE REVIEW….