AN: I would firstly like to thank aaronhotchnerlove for being the best Beta Reader ever!
Okay secondly I know there are problems with the story but may I just say I wrote this when I was 10 and I know some of it is too much which is why I am going over it and editing it so it is less dramatic and then I have a Beta Reader going over it too.
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The team makes their way towards the SUV; Garcia had already bought and installed a car seat for JJ. Hotch buckles up the sleeping toddler before jumping behind the wheel. Reid sat in the very back with Morgan reading the packet that doctor Fehr had given him. Garcia sat in the middle with Emily on her right and JJ on her left. Rossi sat in the passenger seat.
"What do you guys want to eat?" Hotch asked once they stopped at a red light.
"Pizza" yelled Emily
"Hot dog" screamed Morgan at the same time as Emily
"No pizza" retorted Emily
"I want hot dogs" snapped Morgan throwing a paper at Emily
"Hey"
"Both of you stop it right now" Hotch told them, as Garcia stopped Emily from retaliating
Both agents turned to face a stern looking unit chief. They don't understand why their acting this way their adults for cry out loud but it seems as if their losing control over emotions and doings.
"Emily you can't have pizza because of the cheese" Reid informed her without looking up from the papers. Emily just huffed.
"I'm a damn grown up I can eat whatever I want" she murmured under her breath
"What was that Prentiss?" asked Hotch looking at her through the mirror
"Nothing sir" giving her best innocent look she can. Morgan snickered behind her.
"Don't know what you're laughing about, we're not getting hot dogs either." Rossi told Morgan with a small chuckle. Emily turned around and stuck her tongue out; Morgan just scoffed and went back to his phone.
During the commotion no one notice that JJ had woken up until they heard a little voice.
"Chinese"
Garcia turned to look at her and smiled
"Hey cupcake how was your nap?" she asked with a chuckle
"Um...Good…I guess….wait why am in a car seat?!, I am a 30 year old adult I don't need this...This...Thing!" JJ looked like a tomato about to explode.
"As true as that may be sweet cheeks, you ARE as of now a three year old." Garcia told her affectively cutting off her tantrum.
"And the law says you have to have a car seat" Reid added but went back to reading when JJ sent him a glare. Wow and she's only three.
"Plus I am not about to get a ticket because of you." Hotch told her flashing a smile. Wow never knew Hotch had dimples.
JJ smiled back and sighs "fine…so are we getting Chinese or not?"
"Morgan, Emily you guys okay with that?" Rossi asked even though Hotch was already pulling into a restaurant.
"Sure"
"Sounds good"
By the time Hotch and Rossi got the food and arrived at the hotel, it was a little after 7pm. They had managed with a little help from Garcia to obtain the biggest suite in the hotel. It had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, and a small but fully stocked kitchen. One bedroom had a double bed, as for the other it had three single beds, both rooms had their bathrooms. The living room had two pull out couches and one love seat. It was nice no doubt, but Hotch wondered how they managed to fit it in their budget.
"Garcia not that I don't appreciate this but how did we get the funds for this?" he asked her while putting JJ on the couch.
Garcia turned around with blush creeping up her neck. "I…um…I did a thing."
Hotch raised an eyebrow "a thing? What thing?"
"Let's not talk about the thing." she told him
Hotch pinches the bridge of his nose and takes a deep breath "we already talked about this thing and we agreed that you would not do it again."
"I know sir" Garcia told him suddenly found the floor more interesting.
"Thank you" Garcia's head snapped up so quick she was sure she got whiplash.
"But this doesn't happen again" Hotch was then pulled down on the couch by JJ.
"No problem boss man." Hotch smiled at her "Now let's go give those kiddies some food before they get grumpy"
Garcia placed two plates in front of Emily and Morgan and handed one plate to Hotch for JJ, Rossi was sitting on the other side of JJ helping Hotch feed her. Reid was fixing himself a plate before going to sit next to Emily.
"Okay my little kittens eat up, and then it's time for bed."
"Baby girl, don't take this personal but you can't send me to bed." Morgan replied before taken a spoon of rice.
"Yeah, we are fully grown adults; we can stay up as long as we want." Emily joined in crossing her arms across her chest.
"Yeah well not from we're I'm sitting, and if I say you are going to bed after dinners then you are and no complaining." Garcia said "plus JJ looks like she's asleep already." Motioning towards the little girl curled up on the couch with her head on Hotch's lap.
Hotch was able to get JJ to eat some rice and chicken although the majority landed on Rossi. He then handed her to Garcia for a bath and medication. He knew JJ wouldn't want him to give her a bath. But he didn't mind carrying for her, the same goes for Rossi.
Reid although a little uncomfortable with this entire situation he tried not to withdraw himself.
Once Garcia was done bathing JJ, she dried her pulled out a diaper as a precaution and a hello kitty onesie. She then sat her on the bed to give her the inhaler, cleaning her face, brush her teeth and finally laying her in bed. Garcia gave her a goodnight kiss in the forehead before joining the others in the living room.
Emily and Morgan in the short time they had been kids again have relied it is getting harder and harder to hold back the anger and frustration, the maturity in them has help to hold back most of it but they remembered what doctor Fehr had said about them becoming more and more of their age. But that didn't help the feeling they were getting that in any given moment they will snap and say something bad. So they stayed silent until Garcia came to take Emily to bed.
"I am going to take this little raven to bed, at what time should we be up and ready for sir?" Garcia asked ready to set the alarm.
"Up and ready by 8:30am please Garcia" Hotch told her while setting his own alarm. "Oh and Garcia you have the room with the girls, Morgan and I can share the double bed." He then pointed at Rossi and Reid. "You two can sleep on the pull put couches." He then turned back to Garcia "night Garcia if you need anything just call me or these two."
"For sure boss man, night guys" she then heads to her room.
Once the door closes Emily goes to sit on the edge of the bed while Garcia looks for their
"Ah ha here they are" Garcia holds up two one of little ducks and another of cat women. Her smile turns into a frown when she sees Emily now sitting on the floor, her knees up to her chest and arms around her legs.
Placing the clothes on the bed she slides down beside Emily "Em, sweetie what's wrong?"
"I'm…I'm scared…Garcia"
"Scared of what Em"
"I keep getting angry at everyone and everything, I have to tell myself this isn't me I'm in control not the 7 year old, but it's getting harder and worse every second." Emily sobbed
"Princess, this is all part of you as a child, but guess what is different this time?" Garcia wiped Emily's tears away. "don't answer that because I'm going to tell you, we are here the whole team, you will not be alone in all of this, so any issue, as we will call them arises, we will deal with it together as a team, no scratch that as the family we are, you will not be alone this time." Garcia reached out and hugged her "we all love you Em you're not alone, not this time." Once Emily calmed down the girls got ready for bed. They all have a long day ahead.
Back in the living room the males sat in silence before Hotch broke it.
"Okay Morgan time for bed." Hotch said before he stood up and pulled Morgan along him. The men wished each other good nights and went to get ready for bed.
In the bedroom it wasn't all that much different since Morgan was still in a bad mood so they got ready for bed in silence. Morgan was about to lay down when Hotch said "Morgan if you need to talk know I am here and so are the others, good night." Before lying back down to sleep.