Here it is everyone, what you've all been waiting for. This is also what the group huddled in Reid's room have been begging for.

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Chapter 22: A Good Story (With a Twist)

Will gathered the straws and passed them to his son. "You know the drill little man."

"Yep," Henry nodded before smiling. "And so do you daddy."

This time he nodded. "Yep."

"No peeking daddy."

"Sure thing."

"Awesome, I get to be security again!" Jack cheered excitedly. "Go on and turn around uncle Will."

And so he turned around with the rest reluctantly following in suit. Moments later and the children had finished their task.

"Done." Henry announced.

One by one they each began the process again; all prayed on being spared from reading.

"Sweet," JJ murmured. "It isn't me."

"Nor me." Rossi added happily.

"Darn it," Emily grumbled as she held up, what had now been dubbed 'The Straw of Death', in her hand. "Guess I'm reading."

A sudden knock caught their attention.

"Okay Morgan," Reid hissed. "Who did you call?"

"I didn't call anyone man!" He retorted.

"Well then who else did?" JJ added accusingly.

"Oh my God that's the pizza guy!" Morgan shouted as it sunk in.

Garcia chuckled. "Can you imagine if we were to bring him into all this?"

"Let's not give Derek any ideas." Emily joked.

Morgan paused by the door then shot the group a glare. "Don't just stare at me; fork over your share. They don't pay me enough to just buy three boxes of pizza."

"Oh right," Blake said before pulling out her wallet and soon the rest followed in suit.

When Morgan had the sufficient amount in his hand he headed towards the door.

"I'll head for the refreshments." Reid stated.

"I can help you out with that." Seaver replied.

"Thanks, I would appreciate that."

Morgan returned first with the boxes. "I don't know about you guys but I'm starving."

Kevin grinned. "You kidding me? Dude my stomach is about to kill me."

"Yay!" Jack and Henry cheered.

At that moment Reid and Seaver reentered with the juice, soda, and cups.

"Orders up." Seaver exclaimed as she dangled the cups.

Garcia smiled happily. "Okay, now this is starting to look like a party."

Blake chuckled. "If that's what you want to call it."

"Although when you think about it," Rossi chimed in with his own chuckle. "This is as close as it gets to a party for us."

"What more could we ask for than to be together like this," Hotch added as he turned to Emily and donned a rare smile. "Even Emily is here with us."

"Definitely," Garcia agreed. "You don't know how much I've missed you, heck, we all have."

"Skype just doesn't cut it nowadays; we need the real thing from time to time." JJ added delightfully.

Emily smiled sheepishly. "Thank you, all of you... really, thanks." There weren't any words that could come close to describing the intensity of emotions she felt for this group of people. It didn't take something as trivial as blood to connect them; the truth was that they were a family.

"Alright enough of the mushy stuff," Morgan cut in light-heartedly. "We got stomachs to satisfy." He began passing out the plastic plates while Reid served the drinks.

"This guy," JJ began as she pointed to Morgan and laughed. "You'll be happy to know has not changed one bit."

"Yup," Morgan grinned. "I'm still as charming and irresistible as you remember me to be."

"Oh, you were charming and irresistible?" Emily replied jokingly.

"Aww ouch," he feigned a wince. "Way to break a man's heart."

Seaver laughed and nudged his shoulder. "You know she's kidding Morgan."

"That's right," Emily confirmed. "I'm glad to be here with you, all of you; that includes you too Kevin."

Kevin smiled and since his mouth was currently preoccupied with chewing he settled for sending her a thumbs up.

Emily finished up and washed her hands before returning. "Well I guess I'll pay my dues now."

"Be my guest." Rossi replied jokingly as he took another bite of his pizza.

"Yep, don't mind us now." Will added. "We won't try to stop you or step in for you."

"You stepped in for JJ." Reid said.

"Well Spencer," he began before smiling in his wife's direction. "She's special."

JJ blushed lightly and returned the smile.

"Found one," Emily announced. "Get ready to lose some brain cells."

Recollections Through Past Times

Seaver raised a brow. "That title sounds pretty good actually."

"You should know not to get your hopes up kiddo." Rossi stated.

"Yeah, have you been under a rock?" Morgan added.

"Well I still can't help but pray." Seaver said.

By SymbolicallyMotivated

This time JJ raised a brow. "I think I'm starting to agree with Ashley; this username makes sense and isn't as lame as the previous ones."

"Almost makes you feel like someone other than a pre-teen wrote this." Blake exclaimed.

"I don't know," Garcia murmured. "It sounds too good to be true if you ask me."

Summary: Many struggles and obstacles have forced their way into the lives of the BAU team. One of those people is Hotchner.

Hotch sighed. "Joy."

"Have no fears boss man," Garcia soothed with a smile. "You're beloved family is here to pull you out from any shock, depression, hissy fit, or any other state that this story will most certainly leave you in."

He chuckled lightly. "I will forever be grateful for that Garcia."

"Hey I'll be right back," Kevin cut in. "Gotta use the can. Spencer, mind helping a bro out and telling him where the bathroom is?"

"Not at all. It's down the hall. You know what I'll show you since I'm getting up to wash my hands anyway."

"Thanks pal."

So this will be written from his point of view. It will talk about things that he's gone through since joining the BAU. I hope you like this drabble.

"What's a drabble?" Emily asked.

Morgan shrugged. "Beats me."

"Kevin," Garcia managed to call the analyst before he'd gone out the room. "What's a drabble?"

"Erm... I heard it before I know it, but I can't quite put my finger on it." Kevin replied, tapping his head a bit as though he was trying to jolt his memory. "Sorry."

"Don't sweat it dude," Will assured him. "We'll just wait and see."

"Yeah I'll try and remember." And with that Kevin made his exit.

Had Rossi not been tuning out the story he'd of been able to have answered the question.

So I hope I don't get sued by Jeff Davis LOL.

"Who?" They each asked.

I've had such a hard life. My job has left me with several losses but I'm still here. I'm still alive and holding on.

"I was expectin' the author to nail Aaron right from the get go." Will exclaimed.

"That makes two of us." Blake agreed.

Hotch cocked his head to the side in confusion. He was also expecting to get butchered as soon as the story had begun. Hopefully the damage won't be too bad this time around.

"Did I miss much?" Reid asked as he made his way back into the room.

"Hey kid, come check this out," Morgan said as he patted the spot next to him. "This one isn't looking as bad as the others."

This floored the boy genius instantly. "Really?"

Even though I have lost so many important people I have to remain strong. How can I lose hope when I have my family here with me?

"Where's the character bashing?" Rossi questioned. "Where's the OOC?"

"Yeah, how come he isn't gettin' bashed?" Will added slightly annoyed by the fact.

"I told you guys there was something off about this one." Seaver stated.

"And I'm starting to agree." Emily said.

"This is definitely odd." Reid added.

They have always been by side throughout all my problems. They've helped me cope with some of the most heart wrenching ordeals. I don't think I can be happier to have them.

"Can it be..." Garcia murmured softly. "Have we finally found the one?"

"I can't believe it," JJ added just as astounded as the tech beside her. "After shoving through countless Mary Sues, Gary Stus, OOC, and character bashing we've finally found it."

"Let me add that by character bashing you mean bashing of Kevin and me," Will corrected. "And why does Aaron get the one good story?"

"I'm also curious as to that." Morgan agreed. It was clear that he wasn't too pleased that his boss was getting the one and only good story; he'd been here longer after all.

Hotch on the other hand couldn't be more pleased.

"I'm back." Kevin announced once he'd returned.

"Any luck remembering?" Blake asked.

"No, my bad. It's like it's right in front of me and yet still outta my reach."

So that is why I will not quit. I will continue doing all that I can.

Emily suddenly stopped reading and stared at the computer in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Hotch asked.

For a moment she sat there blinking, then scrolled down in a futile attempt to find more of the story.

Nothing.

She coughed nervously, not sure of what exactly to do.

"So are you gonna finish or what?" Morgan said.

"She's probably savoring the moment Derek," Rossi cut in. "Can you blame her?"

"Yeah," Blake agreed. "This is it; we're finally done. We've finally found a good story; we can go home now and head straight into denial and pretend this day never happened."

"That's it..." Emily finally spoke.

Will grinned and patted her shoulder. "Yeah I know; feels good huh? We're finally gonna go home."

"Right, so hurry up and finish," Morgan rushed her. "We aren't getting any younger."

"No," she tried again as they'd misinterpreted her words. "I meant that that's it for the story."

"Huh?" Seaver replied.

"That's it," Emily repeated. "That's all there is to the story."

"You gotta be friggin' kidding me!" Morgan complained as he rushed to read over her shoulder.

"Well?" Rossi said in an impatient tone. He was eager to return home, preferably for some nice wine.

It only took about a minute for Morgan to read the short story. Once he'd gotten his answer he lowered his head in defeat.

Garcia noticed his downcast look but she still had to know; had to hear it. "Is there more? Please oh please say yeah."

"No, I'm sorry."

Rossi, whom had just finished rereading the story, shook his head. "I can't believe it... they were right. That's it."

Hotch frowned. "It can't be." He headed for the screen and like the other profilers he was met with the same results.

"Hotch tell me they were joking." Seaver begged.

"It appears it isn't a joke Ashley."

"That really is it." Reid mumbled sadly, his voice sounding hoarse as if he had yelled for hours. He couldn't believe it, no, he refused to believe it. Finally they had found one that sounded promising, and yet...

Suddenly Kevin jumped up with his pointer finger raised triumphantly to the sky. "Guys I just remembered! A drabble is a short story that—"

The group shot him a glare as they pretty much knew what a drabble was already.

Kevin immediately sat down and silenced himself. "Shutting up now."


Author's Notes

Ooooh so close guys, so close. Unfortunately it looks like the team will have to continue the trek towards a good (and long) story. On a side note by the way, drabbles can be really great; I have definitely read several. And in case if you didn't know Jeff Davis is the creator of Criminal Minds.

Till next time :)