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Chapter 2
Finally the day have arrived for them to leave for the reunion, after a few hours on the road, they finally pulled up in front of a massive beach house. When Morgan stepped out, he could smell the ocean already. Emily knocked on the door; a woman with slightly greying hair opened the door, "Emily. Oh been so long since I last saw you."
"Aunt Lucy, nice to see you again" Emily smiled, she was happy to see her favourite aunt whom makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. In some ways, Aunt Lucy is like the mom she never had. "How are you?"
"I'm good. This must be your boyfriend." Lucy smiled warmly at Morgan.
"Yeah, this is Derek." She slips her hand in his like they have been doing that everyday.
"Nice to meet you ma'am" Morgan smiled.
"No need to be so formal dear. Come in."
"Aunt Lucy is my dad's sister and Uncle Charlie is her husband. She has two children, Samantha and Michael." Emily whispered as they walked into the house.
"Sammie, this is Emily's boyfriend Derek." Lucy introduced before hurrying to the kitchen.
"Hi, I'm Samantha" Samantha carried the toddler crawling on the floor, "This is my son Ryan and my husband Nathan."
"Derek Morgan" Derek said politely, "Nice to meet you."
"You too" Nathan shook his hand. "How was the drive?"
"Not bad…"
"Kids, get your butts down and say hello to Aunt Emily and her boyfriend!" Samantha shouted.
Two more children ran down the stairs, "Aunt Emily!"
"Hey guys!" Emily bents down and gave them a hug. "Have you guys grown taller?"
The kids giggled, "Who's that?" The older girl asks, looking at Derek.
"That's Derek Morgan. Do you want to introduce yourselves?"
"Hi, I am Nicole, I'm eight."
"I'm Kate, I'm five!"
"Hi! You girls are one of the prettiest I've met." Morgan said and the two girls blushed and giggled. Emily smiled; Morgan sure is a ladies' man, only five minutes and the girls are glued to him.
"Emily, there is someone I think you would love to meet." Aunt Lucy said as she came back to the house with a few people behind her.
A man, slightly older than Lucy walked in, "Dad? Dad!" Emily hugged her dad, "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too pumpkin."
"Dad… pumpkin? I'm not ten anymore." Emily pouted. Derek smiled as he saw Emily pout; he has never seen this side of her.
"That's true, but you always are my little girl." He smiled, "So I heard you have a boyfriend?"
"Yeah" Emily nodded, "Dad this is Derek Morgan, my boyfriend." It was weird introducing Morgan as her boyfriend but she liked it.
"Nice to meet you sir" Morgan shook his hand.
"Call me Luke son." He smiled warmly.
"Uncle Charlie" Emily greeted him. "This is Derek."
"Your boyfriend… your Aunt Lucy has told me already." Uncle Charlie smiled, "Nice to meet you."
"Hi, I'm Michael, the smarter, better looking version of my sister." He shook Morgan's hand.
"In you dreams Michael!" Samantha rolled her eyes.
Michael ignored Samantha, "This is Sophie, my fiancée." Morgan smiled and nodded.
"Emily, Derek, go put your bags in the room. Third one on the right" Lucy instructed. "Dinner will be ready at 6, we're having a barbeque."
"Okay, thanks for having me here." Morgan smiled.
"Oh, it's no problem Treat yourself at home!" Charlie pats his back. "Go up take a break before dinner."
"Okay, I need a nap." Emily said as they went up the stairs.
"Me too" Derek smiled.
Emily shut the door before she asked, "What do you think of my family?"
"They are nice, but very different from your mom…" Derek said softly.
"Yeah… sometimes I wished she was more like Aunt Lucy." Emily plopped down on the bed, starring at the ceiling. It's only 1 but she is exhausted.
Morgan mirrored her and plopped down on the bed beside her. "She's not coming this weekend?"
"Nope, she's busy." Emily sighed, her mother is always busy.
"You are great with the kids." He commented.
"Nah, I think you're better. The girls are so mesmerised by you."
"Are you jealous?" He teased.
A small knock on the door interrupted their conversation, "Come in." Emily shouted.
"Aunt Emily, we're going to the beach to make sandcastles… can you help me?" Kate asked. "Nicole wants to make her own so she's not going to help me."
"Sure. You go get started first and I'll join you after I change okay?"
"Are you coming too Uncle Derek?" Kate looked at Morgan. Emily smiled; Derek sure has charmed the two young girls.
"Of course, we'll both help you build a big castle okay?"
"Okay!" Kate said happily before skipping down the hallway.
"Looks like I don't get my nap." Emily joked.
Morgan laughed lightly, "Come on, let's go build a castle."
The two profilers spent the whole afternoon building sandcastles but all they've got is wet sand in a pile. Emily sat down and wiped beads of perspiration that was on her forehead, "I give up! This is harder then profiling unorganised unsubs."
"You read my mind." Morgan sat down beside her. "Where is Kate?" Morgan looked around, "And Nicole?"
"They have given us the task of building them a castle and went in to enjoy some ice cream." Emily looked at Morgan and smirked, "I doubt you know what ice cream is."
"I have to stay in shape." Morgan took off his shirt to prove his point, "This is the result of no ice cream." A few girls giggled as they let their eyes roam over his chest and abs.
Emily could feel blood rushing to her cheeks. She had seen Morgan without his shirt before but she has no idea why is she blushing. She caught a flash of his smooth tanned skin and quickly lowered her gaze. "Emily, you are a mature woman. You can look at a man with no shirt without falling into pieces." She muttered under her breath.
"Em, you okay?" Morgan noticed Emily has been silent for a long time.
"Yeah" She turned to look at Morgan, "Let's go in, it's really hot here." She quickly walked back to the house with Morgan trailing behind her.
"One look at his body and I have a full blown crush." Emily thought.
'Hey Em, slow down" Morgan caught up with her and puts his arm around her shoulder. "Does the universe hate me?" Emily ran her hands over her face.
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