Ch.6
This is a really long chapter. If you wondering who the woman is at the beginning of the story is she is the woman who wanted Emily to help her get Hotch fired and the end of this season. Please don't forget to review.
After leaving JJ's apartment Emily didn't go straight home. She headed to the FBI headquarters at Quantico.
"You can't go in there!," the secretary, screamed as Emily pushed pasted her.
"It's alright Mrs. Kelly," Erin Strauss said, from behind her desk. "The next time you come busting into my office you'll face disciplinary actions. Now what can I do for you?" Erin asked.
"Tell me you had nothing to do with it," Emily said, somewhere between fear and anger.
"Are you accusing me of ordering the murder of a federal agent? Because if you are your career is over and I know how hard you worked to get here," Erin said.
"No I don't think you had Hotch murdered. It's just that he had a wife a little boy and his wife was pregnant again she never got the chance to tell him," Emily finished, her head threatening to explode from the hang over.
"I'll do you a favor this time and write this little out burst off to stress and to much alcohol. Don't ever come busting into my office again or I promise you you'll have more trouble than you can handle. Now go home brush your teeth take a shower and enjoy the mandatory two weeks off," Erin said.
Feeling even worse than she did before going to see Erin. I guess I should go home and get ready to go over to Hotch's house Emily thought gloomily.
Hotch's House
By two o'clock that afternoon the rest of the BAU team were pulling up in front of Hotch's house. Sean Hotchner who was sitting on the front steps of the house stood up to greet them.
"Derek it's good to see you again," Sean said, as Derek got out of the car.
"It's good to see you too Sean, I'm just sorry it has to be under these circumstances," Derek said, walking up to shake Seans hand.
"How's Hayley?" Gideon asked, after shaking Seans hand.
"She's sleeping. When Jack went down I insisted that she lay down to," Sean said.
"We can come back later," Gideon said.
"No Hayley insisted that I wake her up when you got here. Besides it's been two hours Jack should be waking up anytime now," Sean said. "Come on in," Sean said, opening the door.
Hayley was stretched out on the couch still asleep. Sean called her several times and when she didn't respond he gently touched her shoulder.
"Aaron stop I'm tired," Hayley mumbled, still asleep.
Sean looked at the BAU team. "Hayley Hayley wake up," Sean said, gently shaking her.
"Aaron come here and snuggle," Hayley said, grabbing Sean hand pulling on it.
"Hayley it's Jason it's time to wake up now," Gideon said.
Hayley opened her eyes and looked at the BAU team and then at Sean who's hand she was still holding. She quickly let go of Sean's hand and her face turned red.
"Oh Sean I'm so sorry," Hayley said.
"Don't worry about it," Sean said.
"I was having the best dream about Aaron," Hayley said.
Just then Cindy Hotchner came down stairs carrying Jack. "Look who just came it my room to wake me up," Cindy said.
"Derhic," Jack said, squirming in his grandmothers arms.
Jacks grandmother put him down and he went running over to Derek.
"Where daddy?" Jack asked, holding his in a childish questioning manner.
"Hey little man," Derek said, picking Jack up.
"Jaason," Jack squealed, when he spotted Jason. Jack held out his arms to Jason who took him from Derek. "Where daddy?" Jack asked, Gideon.
"Jack you need to give Penelope a big hug. She's the one who gave you the chair and toy horse," Hayley said.
"Who Nelapee?" Jack asked.
"She's right there," Hayley said, pointing to Penelope.
Jack held out his arms to Penelope and when she took him he wrapped his arms around her neck and laid his head on her shoulder.
"Oh," Penelope said.
"Tank uoo," Jack said, leaning in and giving Garcia a kiss on the cheek.
"Aww," Garcia said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"He's so sweet he reminds me so much of Aaron when he was that age," Cindy said. "He was such a sweet boy so gentle and loving always smiling always trying to make other people smile. I can tell by the looks on your faces that is not the Aaron you knew. He change after his father died he felt that he had to be the man of the house he took on the wait of the world on his shoulders. But when he was Jack's age he was my little snuggle bug he let me hold him in my lap until he was to big. Sean do you remember Aaron when he was like that?" Cindy asked.
"Yeah mom I remember," Sean said.
"I'm sorry I've been rude I haven't introduced myself. I'm Cindy Hotchner Aaron's mother," Cindy said, turning to Gideon who was standing closest to her.
"I'm Jason Gideon it's nice to meet you I'm just sorry it has to be under these circumstances," Gideon said.
"Aaron didn't talk much about his job but he always spoke very fondly of you Mr. Gideon," Cindy said.
"Aaron was a good friend and he'll be sorely missed," Gideon said.
The rest of the BAU introduced themselves to Cindy.
"Why don't we sit down,"Cindy said,after the introductions.
"I'll go get some more chairs," Sean said.
"Where's um I can't remember her name," Hayley said.
"Emily had some personal business to take care of she should be here soon," Gideon said.
Jack who had gotten down out of Penelope's arms came running back into the room with the stuffed horse Penelope gave him the day before in-between his legs.
"Yee haw," Jack said, riding the toy horse around the room, much to everyone's amusement.
"Ride'em cowboy," Derek said, as Jack rode the horse around the room again.
Just then the door bell rang.
"Daddy!" Jack yelled, heading for the door.
Hayley sighed as she got up to go to the door.
"It's probably my sister she's driving in from out of state today," Hayley said, as she opened the door.
"Elle," Hayley said, surprised.
"Hi," Elle said, smiling weakly. "I just felt like I should at least come by to pay my respects in person."
"Of course come in," Hayley said, moving out of the way so Elle could come in.
JJ and Penelope where standing behind Hayley waiting to hug Elle.
"Hi guys," Elle said, to Reid, Morgan, and Gideon who where still sitting on the couch.
"I know your probably still made at me and you have every right to be but I just couldn't not say goodbye," Elle said.
"You left without saying goodbye," Reid said.
"I thought it would be easier on everyone that way," Elle said.
"You were wrong," Morgan said.
"I know that now," Elle said.
"Hind sight is twenty-twenty," Gideon said.
"Yeah it is. So do you guys think you can forgive me?"
"To err is human to forgive divine," Gideon said, standing up and hugging Elle.
"Lay some loving on me girl," Derek said.
"Reid?" Elle asked.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you," Reid said.
"Reid no one could help me but me," Elle said. "Please," Elle said, holding out her arms.
Reid stood up and hugged Elle tightly.
Just then Jack came running back into the room with a piece of paper in his hand.
"I make picture," Jack said, holding out the paper to Hayley.
"This is beautiful Jacky I'll put it on the fridge," Hayley said,
"Let me see," Cindy said.
Hayley toward the picture around so everyone could see the colorful scribbles on the paper.
"Not you daddy," Jack said, jerking the picture from Hayley.
"Jack come here and see uncle Sean for a minute."
Jack ran across the room to the chair where Sean was sitting ,and turned around so Sean could pick him up.
"Jacky do you remember where mommy told you daddy is?" Sean asked.
"Where daddy?" Jack asked.
"Daddy's in heaven now," Sean asked.
"Where tat?" Jack asked. "I get map," Jack said, trying to get off Sean's lap.
"Map?" Sean asked.
" I 'd always show him what state Aaron was in on the map" Hayley said, her voice breaking.
"Oh okay buddy where daddy is now isn't on your map," Sean said.
"Not on map?" Jack asked, confused. "Where daddy?" Jack asked, again.
"Daddy's in heaven that's up in the sky," Sean said.
"Daddy in pain?" Jack asked.
"No buddy he's not in pain," Sean said.
"Sean he asked if his daddy was in a plane," Hayley explained.
"Daddy not in pain daddy not hurt," Jack said, shaking his head.
"That's right buddy your daddy's not in pain or hurt," Sean said, a tear slipping down his cheek.
"No be sad uncow Sean daddy not have booboo," Jack said, wiping at Seans tears, and then wrapping his arms around Sean's neck. "No cry no be sad it okay uncow Sean."
"Jack go find all of your choo-choo trains so everyone can see how cool they are," Hayley said, barely containing her own tears.
"Okay," Jack said, jumping off of Sean's lap, and running from the room.
After Jack was out of the room Hayley put her face in her hands and started to cry. Derek held Hayley as she cried.
JJ cuddled up against Reid as tears streamed down her face and Reid awkwardly wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
Everyone regained their compose just in time for Jack to come running in the room with a handful of trains, he dumped those in the middle of the floor and ran back out of the room.
"Oh boy you get to see the train collection try not to get to excited," Hayley said, bending over and picking up one of the toys.
Jack came running back in the room with another handful of trains just as the door bell rang.
"Daddy!" Jack shrieked, running for the door.
"I'll get it," Morgan said, standing up.
"It's Emily," Morgan said, looking through the peep hole.
"I was beginning to think you'd gotten lost," Morgan said, when he opened the door.
"No sorry I'm late what I had to do just took longer than I thought it would," Emily said.
"Play with me," Jack said, grabbing Morgan by the hand.
"What'cha wanna play," Derek asked, letting Jack pull him along.
"Trains," Jack answered, looking at Derek like he was dense.
"Silly question," Derek said.
"Don't you just love that look doesn't it make you feel like the smartest person on earth?" Hayley asked, sarcastically.
"Oh yeah," Derek answered.
"Here you can have my seat," Sean said, to Emily.
"Thank you," Emily said, sitting down, and offering him a small smile.
After getting Derek where he wanted him to sit and giving him the trains him wanted to have Jack looked up at Hayley.
"I wanna watch me and daddys bath," Jack said.
Everyone in the room looked to Hayley for an explanation.
"It's a home video I made of Aaron giving Jack a bath when Jack was about eighteen months old. It's one of Jack's favorites it's the only way I can get Jack to go to sleep when Aaron's away," Hayley said.
"Peese mommy peese,"Jack begged.
"I wanna see me and daddys' bath. Peeese."
"Oh baby I don't think so not right now," Hayley said.
"Peeese peeeese,"Jack begged, his bottom starting to poke out.
"Alright baby," Hayley said, getting up to put the video in the vcr.
The Video
The video started with Aaron and Jack sitting in a bathtub full of bubbles. Aaron's hair was sticking straight up with bubbles in it.
"Look at daddy Squirt he likes washing his hair," Aaron said, to Jack.
Jack turned around looking at Aaron and giggled with glee.
Jack scooped up a handful of bubbles and reached for Aarons head. Aaron bent down so Jack could put more bubbles in his hair.
"Squirts turn," Aaron said, putting bubbles in Jacks hair.
Jack immediately began to whine.
"No no don't do that. Look we're going to make Squirts hair look like daddys okay, and then we'll look in the mirror to see how silly we look," Aaron said.
Aaron took two handfuls of bubbles and put them in Jacks hair, and then spiked up Jacks hair.
"Now do you want to look in the mirror and see how silly we look?" Aaron asked.
Smiling Jack nodded his head yes Aaron stood up and then scooped up the soapy little boy .
"Hayley," Aaron said, noticing the camera for the first time.
"Oh come on this is so cute look at my two men. There both being so brave and washing their hair,"
Hayley said.
"I got him this far without a tantrum," Aaron said.
"Yeah but now comes the fun part you have to rinse the soap out of his hair," Hayley said, amusement in her voice.
Jack was happily playing with the soap bubbles in his and his daddys hair.
"Alright Squirt lets show mommy how this is done," Aaron said, looking straight at the camera.
"Please do," Hayley said.
Aaron sat down with Jack and began to gently splash him with a cup that was sitting on the edge of the tube.
"Your turn splash daddy," Aaron said, handing Jack the cup.
Jack took the cup and began splashing Aaron with water. Jack splashed Aaron a few times before he took the cup back.
"Watch daddy," Aaron said, as he filled the cup with water and poured it over his head.
Jack laughed and clapped his hands.
"Do you want to pour water of daddys head?" Aaron asked, handing Jack the cup.
Jack took the cup and laughing dumped it over Aaron's head.
"Good boy see daddys not crying," Aaron said.
Aaron turned on the faucet adjusted the water and filled the cup slowly Aaron poured the water over Jacks head. Jack whimpered but never started to cry as Aaron rinsed his hair.
"Oh ok Squirt now the fun part you get to pour the water over daddy's head," Aaron said, handing Jack the cup.
After they were both rinsed Hayley handed Aaron a towel to wrap around his waist and one to wrap Jack in.
"Well?" Aaron said, looking smugly at the camera.
"Okay I bow to the master," Hayley said, and the camera angle went to the floor.
End Video
"I can't watch any more," Cindy said, in tears.
Hayley stood up and turned the video off. Looking around the room Hayley saw that almost everyone had silent tears running down their cheeks.
"I'm going outside to get some air," Reid said, his voice shaking.
Extremely long chapter but what can I say my muse was in over drive. I hope you enjoyed it. Please review and let me know.
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