New York or Bust Chapter Six

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A/N – I didn't have my beta check this chapter so any mistakes are all mine…

He tossed his phone on the seat beside him. She wasn't answering her damn phone. His mind replayed every word that they said in his office. She told him she wasn't going anywhere. Then she disappeared. "Fuck." He hit the steering wheel as he came to yet another red light. Luck was obviously not on his side, he thought angrily, as he managed to hit seemingly every single one from the base to JJ's home. If she even went home. She could be anywhere. She could have packed Henry up and driven to her mom's in PA, or worse, flew off somewhere. He wondered in panic if Garcia would even help him track her if needed.

His mind was working overtime thinking of all the scenarios possible. He was imagining her in a bikini on an island in Hawaii attracting the attention of every male within a hundred yard radius when he turned and saw her car in her driveway. Letting out a shaky breath he pulled in behind her. "Don't screw this up, Aaron." He mumbled to himself as he stepped out of the car.

He made his way up the walk and spotted an envelope taped to the door. "SSA Aaron Hotchner" was written in bold letters across it. He could feel his heart pounding; she was going to tell him to fuck off in a letter; worse she'd written up her resignation. He stared at the envelope for what felt like an eternity before he finally mustered up the courage to open it. The key dropped out from between a wad of blank papers. He frowned and bent to pick it up. He slid it in the front door and it unlocked smoothly. He stepped inside the house locking both the door and deadbolt behind him instinctively.

He looked at the dim interior in confusion. "JJ?" He called her name softly. He walked through the downstairs and into the kitchen. His libido kicked up a little when he stepped into the room and images of her with her head thrown back in ecstasy invaded his mind. Shaking his head to clear it he moved back through the house and started up the stairs, heart pounding.

He'd been in her house many times so he was familiar with the layout. He passed Henry's room. It was clean, the bed was neatly made, and there were a handful of toys on the floor. Directly across from it was another room that JJ used either as a guest room or office when she worked from home. It too looked undisturbed. He blew out a breath and moved down the hall to the master bedroom.

The door was partially closed. He pushed it open noiselessly, silently praying that he wasn't going to find her throwing clothes haplessly into a suitcase. She wasn't, she was just coming from the master bath.

"I wasn't sure how long you would be." She told him softly, ensconced in only a towel, her body still dewy from either a shower or bath.

"You knew I would follow you?" He asked hoarsely as he stared at her.

She smiled at him coyly. "Oh I was counting on it." She told him as she stepped forward and let the towel drop.

"I thought…" His mind went blank as she came nearer.

"What did you think?" Her voice was sultry as she reached up and slid his suit jacket from his shoulders. She sat the garment on the room's lone chair. "Were you worried that I would go into hiding again?" Like she had done Friday when she'd been so stunned by what they'd done that she retreated.

"I thought…" mother of God, he couldn't form a thought with her standing naked in front of him.

She'd returned and quickly relieved him of his tie and was currently dealing with the buttons on his tailored shirt. "I told you I wasn't going anywhere." She placed an open mouthed kiss on a patch of skin she'd just exposed.

"Then you left!" He complained.

She dropped his cuff links on the floor then slid the shirt off of his shoulders. "I had every confidence that you'd find me." Her hands reached for his belt. "And look, here you are."

"Don't you think we should talk?" He asked, as his pants fell to his ankles.

"Talking really wasn't what I had in mind right now." Her hands slid under his tee shirt and lifted the shirt over his head. "Oh, Aaron." She let out a soft cry when she'd seen the damage that Foyet had inflicted upon him.

He reached for her hands as she gently caressed each scar.

"Do you realize how lucky you are to be here?" She asked him softly as she pressed a kiss over his heart.

"You're naked and have been undressing me. I am well aware how lucky I am." He told her sardonically.

She chuckled as she glided down his body and untied his shoes, removing them from his feet then pulling off his socks. She gathered up his pants and shook them out before laying them gently beside his jacket and returning to stand in front of him. "You're about to get luckier. You still want to talk?" She asked as she hooked a finger in his boxer shorts. "After all, you were the one that suggested we try this in a bed." His boxers hit the floor.

JJ squealed as his restraint broke and he lifted her to him, striding determinedly over to the bed. He tossed her lightly on the bed and quickly followed her down. He kissed her fervently then set about to touch and taste every inch of her body.

She grinned at him as he was making his way back up her body. "I think you might have missed a spot." She offered helpfully, slightly out of breath.

"Really? I don't know how that's possible. Why don't you point it out and I'll give it my full attention." He leaned in and nipped at her mouth.

She followed him when he would have retreated and deepened the kiss, maneuvering him on to his back. "Why don't I show you on your body?" She'd barely begun licking and kissing her way down his body when he groaned and pulled her back up to him.

"JJ, sweetheart, if you follow the path you're heading I'm not going to last."

"We've got all day." She pouted. "I want to reciprocate."

His answer was to roll her over and position himself between her legs. "How about you wrap those long legs around my hips and we'll call it even?" He groaned as he slid into her hot core.

"Are you sure you can do this horizontal? So far I've only been treated to your vertical prowess." She teased then gasped as he tilted her hips and slammed deeper into her. She moaned as he pulled out and repeated the move. This wasn't the furious, needy coupling the ones in her kitchen and his office had been. "God, I love you." She cried as he made her dissolve into a thousand pieces and drove her up the precipice twice again before he gave in and shattered, collapsing on top her, whispering her name.

Later they lay spent in one another's arms tangled together. JJ sprawled on top of Hotch, lulled by the hum of his steady heartbeat. "I kind of feel like I should move, but I'm afraid my legs don't work."

Hotch's hand was making lazy pattern's on her back. "We can move later." He kissed her brow. "JJ, we still need to talk."

"I know." She said quietly, burrowing further into his chest.

"Hey, why are you afraid to talk to me all of a sudden?" He asked her somewhat nervous.

JJ confessed quietly. "Aaron, I know that this didn't mean the same thing to you as it did to me, and I don't want to spoil it by having to talk about it."

He frowned at her words. "What do you think this meant to me, JJ? Did you even listen to what I was saying in my office? I know that I've been a blind ass where you're concerned but believe me my eyes are wide open now."

She smiled sadly. "I just," She began, faltered then plowed on honestly, "I know that you don't feel the same way about me that I do about you. And that's okay. I understand."

He worried that even after spending the morning making love to her she still didn't understand him and he was in serious danger of making a huge misstep once again. "JJ, I've been a damn fool, I was stupid and callous and I almost made a colossal mistake. I would have been miserable in New York. I would have hated my job. My boy would probably grow up hating me, and we would both be despondent over the loss of you. I figure it is far too soon for me to be pulling the love card because you probably wouldn't believe me. I thought I would be able to convey how I felt about you with my hands, mouth, and body. But I must have failed if you don't think this meant as much to me as it did to you." He lifted her chin and waited until she looked him in the eyes. "I want to tell you that I love you and have you know that I mean it."

Her eyes welled up. "I don't need you to profess your undying love for me to make me feel better…"

His lips pressed hers stopping her words. "JJ I know I don't deserve you." He said, quietly. "I don't know why you let me in to your bed, let alone your heart, but I know that I need you, and I have every intention of keeping you." He wiped a tear that spilled over. "I do love you. Maybe you don't believe me right now but I promise you, you will." He kissed her softly. "I'll prove it to you. Every day."

JJ gave a happy little sob and pressed her mouth to his once more. "Throw in every night and you've got yourself a deal."

Day Thirty….

"So, how'd Strauss take the news that you were staying?" JJ asked when he arrived at her home that evening.

Hotch shrugged as he slipped his suit jacket off. "Actually pretty good, she said she never understood my desire to leave in the first place." He grinned as he looked over at her. "She did have an interesting piece of advice though." Advise that he couldn't wait to share it with her.

JJ rolled her eyes. "I can only imagine." She frowned as he grinned cockily as he came over to where she stood. "Well, what was it?" She questioned irritably as he moved to pull her into his arms.

"She suggested that we leave our romance out of the office." He grinned as her eyes grew wide.

"What does that mean? What does she know?" She asked impatiently.

Hotch chuckled. "It means we weren't the only ones in the office when you surprised me there the other night." JJ finally got her opportunity to reciprocate and he thanked her profusely to which she responded very vocally.

"What did she say? Are we in trouble? Did I get you fired? Oh God Aaron."

He shut her up the only effective way he knew, he kissed her. They ended up back in the corner where he first made love to her.

"Stop looking at me like that." She hissed, as she slapped her hand against his chest. "That's what gets us in trouble. Are you going to tell me what she said?"

He sighed and did as she directed. "She said, 'I couldn't help but overhear that you and Agent Jareau have worked out your differences." He kissed her nose. "To which I said, Ma'am?" The cocky grin was back in place. "To which she said Agent Jareau is very vocal. To which I said, yes Ma'am." He laughed when she swatted him. "Then she said, see that it doesn't happen during working hours." He tapped her chin to close her mouth. "Then she said, Congratulations Agent Hotchner, I hope that you make one another very happy." He pressed his body into hers and sighed contentedly. "To which I said, yes Ma'am."

She giggled as he reached for the string on her sleep pants. "What are you doing?"

He grinned at her as he tugged and untied the string. "I took that as a directive." He winked at her. "I'm going to make you happy. I figure if I wear you out at home you'll keep your hands off me in the office."

JJ narrowed her eyes. "You're a funny guy. I don't recall any reluctance on your part to my hands being on you in the office."

"Oh no, I was an active and willing participant." Hotch agreed as his mouth began a gentle assault on her neck. "Eager even."

"You're always eager." JJ snorted as her hand hung on to her pants. "We are not doing this in the kitchen." She advised him. "Just because we didn't get caught last time…"

The words barely left her mouth when two small boys came barreling through the door. "JJ is my dad…oh, hey dad." Jack said, looking up to see his dad with his arms around JJ. "Me and Henry was talking…"

"Henry and I were talking." His father corrected as JJ retied the sting on her pajama pants.

Jack gave him a puzzled look. "What?"

"I was; you know what, never mind. You and Henry were talking." Hotch prompted.

"Oh right." His son grinned. "So JJ's house isn't that big and our house isn't that big but if we put them together…"

"We'd have one big house!" Henry finished for him.

JJ laughed at the expression on Hotch's face.

"And then my stuff and Henry's stuff would all be in the same place and we wouldn't have to go back and forth all the time." Jack explained. When his dad still hadn't commented he added helpfully. "You wanted to live with a girl."

Hotch groaned as he looked at JJ.

"Yeah, you wanted to live with a girl." She repeated poking his chest with her finger. "I've got all the right parts."

"I'm well aware of that." He looked over at the two expectant faces. "You know we can't really move our two houses together. There are two houses on either side of both of our houses so we couldn't just smush them together." He made a motion with his hands.

Jack laughed. "I know that silly. We need a new house."

"With a big yard to play in." Henry added.

Hotch studied them for a long moment then asked. "Did you want it to be a certain color?"

"Daaaaad." Jack whined. "We're being serious."

Hotch grinned. "So am I, son. The way I see it we need at least four bedrooms, a big back yard, a two car garage." He tapped his chin as if in deep thought. "I'd also like an office so I could work from the house when possible," he looked at JJ, "Do you have any requests? Big kitchen, garden tub?" He leered at her mischievously. "Yeah we definitely want a big tub and walk in shower."

JJ shook her head at him. "Do you really think you should be teasing the boys?"

He gave her a look that set her heart racing. "Who's teasing? I called Dave's real estate agent this morning." He leaned in and placed a kiss against her lips. "I don't want to live with just any girl – I want to live with you. I can't keep the promise I made you if I'm not around." Hotch watched as she processed his comment he waited patiently for her response.

"We should probably have a deck or patio for sitting out on in warm weather, and I'd like the yard to be established so there's a tree big enough to build a tree house for the boys." She winked at him. "I have a feeling you'd look pretty good with a tool belt strapped to your waist." She giggled when he appeared surprised by her response. "Did you seriously didn't think I wouldn't go for this?"

He shrugged sheepishly. "I wasn't sure if it would be too soon for you."

JJ looked over at the boys who were intently following their conversation and smiled. "We've all just been waiting on you."

The End.

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