A/N: Thanks for the reviews from chapter six. I appreciate each and every one of them and I'm glad you are all still reading and enjoying this story. Hope you like this next chapter too!

Disclaimer: Everyone else in this chapter is mine, but sadly, Aaron and Jack Hotchner are not mine.

After Hotch had told Jack about his little shark prank on the unsuspecting swimmers, the two of them decided to sit down and take a little break. Jack was lying on his stomach, reading a book that he had brought along the trip with him. And Hotch was quietly sitting next to him. He was thinking of what prank he should pull next.

A little while later as Hotch was deep in thought of another much needed prank, he felt a tapping on his forearm and he heard a voice calling out to him.

"Daddy… Hello, daddy are you there?" The voice was becoming impatient.

Startled, Hotch turned to see Jack looking at him. "Oh I'm sorry, buddy. We're you talking to me?"

"Yeah, I've been trying to, but I think you must have went to another planet or something." Jack said.

"Sorry about that. I was just caught up in my thinking." Hotch apologized.

"That's okay, daddy. I finished reading my book."

"You did? So how did it end?"

"I'm not going to tell you. You just have to read the book yourself to find out what happens in it." Jack said.

"You can be so mean, sometimes." Hotch teased.

"Sorry daddy, but rules are rules." Jack smiled at his father.

Hotch smiled back at him, "So is there anything you want to do, now?"

Jack thought for a moment before deciding, "I think building a sandcastle would be a lot of fun, but I don't want to build it right here."

"Alright then, we won't build it here. Any place in your mind that you'd like to build the sandcastle?"

"Yeah. Under the volleyball net." Jack grinned.

Hotch just had to return a grin back to his son, "Jack, the volleyball net sounds like a great place to build a sandcastle."

With the help of Jack, Hotch had another prank set in mind. The two of them stood up to search for the volley ball area. It didn't take them too long to find it. There was no one in sight and Hotch was beginning to fear that maybe this prank wouldn't work, but he wasn't giving up hope, just yet.

"Alright Jack, there's the volleyball net. Let's put our sandcastle building skills to some good use."

With supplies in their hands, the two of them marched over to the net and sat underneath it, starting their artwork. Just moments later, a group of college aged kids walked up to the two of them.

"Uh, excuse me?" A boy asked.

Hotch and Jack stopped what they were doing for a moment and brought their attention to the boy.

"Can we help you?" Hotch asked.

"Yeah… my friends and I were wondering if we could use the volleyball net? We want to play some volleyball."

"Of course you can use it! Our names aren't on it! Well at least I haven't found our names, yet." Hotch said as he and Jack resumed with their sandcastle.

"Don't you think the two of you should move?" A girl asked.

"No, we're just fine right where we are. Thank you for your concerned, though." Jack replied without looking at the girl.

Confused by Hotch and Jack, the group just shrugged their shoulders and started their game of beach volleyball. They all very careful to not hit Jack and Hotch. About five minutes into the game, the ball had crashed into the castle.

"AH! MY CASLTE! SOMEONE RUINED IT!" Jack faked an angry voice, stopping everyone who was participating in the game.

"ALRIGHT, WHICH ONE OF YOU TOSSED THE BALL AT OUR CASTLE?!" Hotch was also pretending to be angry at the group as he eyed each and every one of them.

"Uh… it was me. I'm so very sorry." A boy said with a worried expression on his face.

Hotch and Jack both broke into a smile.

"Don't worry about it. Accidents happen, but you'll probably be hearing from our lawyer. We just took a mortgage out of this castle. And now you'll have to pay for damaging someone else's property." The serious expression was back on Hotch's face.

"Are you kidding me?! You can't sue me for accidently ruining your sandcastle!" The boy and all his friends were getting angry at Hotch and Jack.

"Yeah! This area is for people who want to play volleyball! You two should not have been here in the first place!" A girl angry said.

"I don't see any of your names in the sand!" Jack looked around him. "So I think my daddy and I have a right to build a sandcastle here, if we want to!"

"That's right buddy. We do. Shall we continue building our sandcastle right here?" Hotch asked.

"Nope, these people have ruined my sandcastle mood. I think we should take our business, elsewhere. Let's go daddy." Jack stormed away as Hotch followed him.

When the two of them were out of sight of the volleyball players, they broke out into laughter.

"That was a really good prank, daddy!"

"Yeah… it was, wasn't it? They thought we were actually mad at them! And can you believe how angry they got when we told them they were in trouble for destroying our property?!"

"They were really mad at us for that. You think they're going to try to find us, later?"

"Nah, I'm sure they will forget all about us after their little game."

End of chapter seven. I hope you liked it. So please leave a review and let me know what you thought. Chapter eight will be up soon.