AN: I'm so sorry I didn't update last week. I was ill and had a couple of minor surgeries and life got crazy.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to update next monday but i'll find out later on in the week. So I'll apologise now if I don't. I hope you continue to enjoy this story and talk soon guys.
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The 'family' climbed into the car and drove away instantly, JJ sitting silently in the back with her hand hovering by her cheek.
"JJ are you alright? I knew we shouldn't have done that it was too far?" Hotch mumbled, JJ turning to him with a shake of the head.
"No it's fine really, I barely felt it. You kinda hit like a girl." She laughed, Hotch sending her a small smile, but then shook his head.
"Still I shouldn't have done it so hard." She continued to protest, ignoring the sting on her cheek. She lied slightly, it did hurt her a lot but she wasn't going to let that on.
"Hotch I promise its fine. We did amazing work then which definitely brought some attention." She commented, Emily nodding.
"She is right. If the unsub is on our tail he is going to definitely be aware of us now." They drove the rest of the way home in silent, Hotch thinking of how he was going to play this next bit.
"JJ I'm going to get you in the house quick and then after a few seconds you two can follow. Once that door is shut we are safe." They all nodded, Emily pulling into their drive. Hotch jumped out, pulling JJ's door open and grabbing her by the arm.
"Please dad I'm sorry." She cried, Hotch opening the door and pushing her in first. Once they were inside Emily climbed out and helped Reid, locking he car and shutting the door behind herself. They all looked around each other and laughed slightly, high fives being shared around.
"We are the best, worst family ever." Emily joked, them all grinning as they nodded in agreement.
"Well we have the Drama queen on our team so we our bound to win." Reid said with a smile, JJ smiling.
"I think our amazing work calls for a movie night and a dial in pizza. At least then it looks like we can't be bothered to cook." Hotch joked, them all cheering. Despite their successful day, the van that pulled up opposite their house was oblivious to them all.
4 hours later
At 8pm their pizza arrived and Hotch laid out everyone's orders to them on the floor. They had all pushed their couch back and made camp on the floor, pillows and blankets and duvets filling up the large space. They watched Harry Potter in silence, all enjoying their food and the comfort of their small house. It was nice that despite the horror of the case they were working they could still relax and make the most of it. Emily noticed half way through the film that JJ had fallen asleep, nudging Hotch who looked down at the blonde.
"Her face is starting to bruise you know." He said with a solemn look, feeling guilty for hurting her like he did.
"You can't blame yourself. She doesn't blame you so why should you? We all did what we had to for the case." She said with a smile, Hotch nodding. They turned back to the film after Reid shushed them, wanting to watch his favourite scene. Nearing the end of the film, Emily felt JJ stir beneath her, the blonde tossing and turning in her sleep.
"Is she having a nightmare?" Reid asked, worried for his 'sister'.
"I don't know. JJ? Jen wake up sweetie." Emily shook her shoulders, them all jumping when JJ shot up, looking around.
"I think I know who it is!" She said, Hotch frowning at her.
"The unsub? How?" She sat up properly, running her hand through her hair to calm herself down.
"There was a man at the café who smiled at me. I thought I recognised him but just shook it off but I did recognise him. He was at the park! I remember because I was in a mood and every time I looked over at Emily who was watching Reid, I would see him. I thought he was with a kid but he was always moving around, and then I saw him again because he was the janitor who spoke to Derek in the hospital. He has been at 3 locations we have been, and at the park, where he could have caught onto us." She rambled, Hotch realising it made a lot of sense.
"JJ this is good, this could be the break we needed! Morgan can give us a sketch and we can get it out there. Great work!" She smiled, Hotch shooting up to grab his cell.
"JJ way to go! You could have just earned us a ticket home." Emily grinned, her and Reid high fiving. Hotch spoke on the phone, throwing on his coat. He didn't bother changing from his sweats to his work clothes, now wasn't the time.
"Okay I'll be at the precinct in 10." He hung up, throwing his trainers on.
"I'm going to meet up with the team and get this man out there and hopefully get a name and location on him. Are you guys going to be okay till the morning?" The two kids nodded, Emily standing to walk him to the door. They were out of JJ and Reid's eye sight, Emily turning towards him.
"Considering we might be going home I only get one more chance to act like your submissive wife-" She replied with a smirk, wrapping her arms around him before he could reply. "-And I'm going to use it well." She placed a passionate kiss on his lips, Hotch wrapping himself around her as he kissed back.