A/N: I'm glad that those of you that reviewed like the story so far. I'll be updating it as regularly as possible and it will be several chapters long.


Time hop:

It had been a week since Hotch, Haley, and Jack had left. Reid was currently sitting at his desk and writing a letter that he needed to send off soon. Looking down he gulped; he knew what he was doing was dangerous, but he refused to let anything happen. Besides his Mom the only other people he was protective of was his team. Sending the paper through his copier he made around three hundred copies and then started addressing envelopes. While it might not be the smartest decision, and the statistics were heavily weighed against him, this was the only way he knew to protect Hotch. Now all he had to do was make sure that Rossi or the rest of the team didn't find out. He knew that if they did and anyone told Hotch then Hotch would leave and come back. Thinking about how he'd felt growing for the majority of his life withtout a dad he knew that was something he would never let happen to Jack.

Rossi watched as Morgan moved into Hotch's office and took over it for the time being. The team had been shocked when Haley and Jack started walking back in with Sam and Rossi had been confused. He knew it would be harder for Hotch if spent more time with Jack and then had to let him go. Haley had directed Jack back to his Dad's room and once they were safely inside Sam had disappeared. He hadn't wanted to intrude so he'd stayed outside the room until Sam resurfaced perhaps thirty minutes later accompanied by Hotch's doctor. They had disappeared for an additional hour before the doctor resurfaced without Sam. Finally the curtains had been pulled back and Haley had stormed passed him with tears in her eyes. At first he thought that there was bad news about Hotch, but then he was motioned inside by Sam. Sam had taken Jack to get something out of the vending machine and that's when Aaron had told him. Somehow Aaron would be going with them and after Sam dropped them off not even he would know where they were going. He wasn't sure what agency had agreed to help Hotch or how it had happened. When Haley returned she was a little irritated, but the tears had dried and she was smiling. It had been hard to part with who he now considered his closest friend, but he knew that it was best for all involved. He had made Aaron one promise before he left; no matter what he would protect the team. Now he just hoped that he could keep that promise. When Foyet noticed that Aaron, Haley, and Jack were nowhere to be found he would be out for blood and try to hit Hotch the only other place he could; the team.