Monday the 13th February

The day dawned wet and cold.

While Emily was in the shower Hotch got breakfast cooking for all three occupants of the apartment. Jack was pleased when he arrived at the kitchen table to see scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast.

An hour later Emily was dropping Jack off at school along with some forms that Aaron and herself needed to fill out regarding a trip that Jack was taking and also the change of address for Emily now that she was living with both Hotchner boys.

Later that morning at the BAU

"Ok everyone I have been informed by Strauss that we are on stand down till the weekend. Emily your request for JJ, Penelope and herself to leave early today has been granted. You all finish at lunch." Hotch says to his team and there is a collective amount of different sounds coming from the group. JJ and Emily just sit there looking at Hotch and Dave. They stay sitting like that as Penelope, Reid and Morgan all leave the conference room and head off to do paperwork.

"How much did you pay her to get use the next few days off?" Emily asks Hotch.

"Nothing."

"Come on Aaron you must have done something?" Dave asks.

"All I said was how we had had a couple of tough cases over the last ten days and a few days of downtime would be good for the team and she agreed." JJ and Emily didn't total believe him but they decided they would get up and go do some paperwork.

"Ok Aaron what did you do to get us some time off?" Dave asks once the girls were out of the room.

"Nothing why does everyone think I did something?" he says

"Well for starters I know you are up to something and so does Emily I can tell. So spill." Dave says trying to get the information out of Aaron who ignores him and walks out of the room. As Aaron walks to his desk Dave is hot on his tail and Morgan over hears a comment made by Dave.

"So how is Jack handling the two of you living together?" Of course Dave knows who he is talking about to Aaron but Morgan doesn't.

"He loves having her around all the time and so do I, but Dave we're at work so can we not talk about my love life please."

"Only if you tell me if you're going to pop the question?" Dave says as they walk into Hotch's office closing the door behind him.

"Dave why not shout it to the whole BAU team why don't you I don't need her hearing about this beforehand." He says crossly to him.

"Hey Morgan still thinks your with Beth same as Reid. Only JJ and I know the real person you are with, and who she is with. But the phones come on Aaron you could have thought of up a better reason for having new ones." Hotch just sits there looking at this friend. The two keep talking.

While down in the ball pen area of the BAU.

"Hey did you guys know that Hotch is living with Beth." Morgan says to Reid and Emily over hears this. Reid says nothing a he thinks.

"Well it isn't uncommon after a period of time for two people to start to live together. Most couples now days start to live together after around the six month mark, when in older times it didn't happen till marriage…" He goes on

"Reid." Morgan says interrupting him

"JJ did you know about Hotchs living arrangements?"

"Yep sure did." She says as if it isn't that big a deal. As she keeps her face down reading her report.

"Does Emily know?"

"Does Emily know what?"

"That Beth is living with Hotch." Emily keeps her game face on, and luckily she is saved from having to answer it when a delivery man turns up. Yes a man I know.

"Agent Prentiss?"

"That is me, what can I do for you?"

"Can you sign this for me please?" He asks so nice and kindly. She takes the clip board that is offered and signs it as she hands it back she is given a box, a sealed box. The delivery man walks away as Emily heads back to her desk.

"He's a dead man if this is from him." She says under her breath.

"Come on Em you wouldn't would you?"

"He's up to something I know it and I have a funny feeling I know what it is too."

"He's not is he?" JJ asks and the boys are left wondering what is going on and what they are talking about. Of course Penelope happens to walk in at the same time.

"I think he is." Emily says as she starts to untie the ribbon that is around the box, she opens it up and what she finds shocks her.

"He's in for it now." She says as she look at the six yellow tulips that are sitting in the box, with tissues paper around them, and the bottom of the steams with bags around them, making sure they stay their best.

"It will have to wait till after we go dress shopping my dear." Penelope says eyeing up the box of tulips. "God I wish Kevin would do something like this for me." Which of course Morgan hears.

"Emily are we ever going to find out who this mystery man is of yours, or is it someone you made up and have JJ here playing along."

"Oh god, he's no made up person Morgan. I've meet him, he is up to BAU standards don't you worry." She says as they three ladies head off.

Since it was lunch time Aaron worked through so that he could leave early to finish putting the finial touches to his plans for tomorrow. He even ropes Dave into helping him out with said plans.