Aaron left the building and drove to his sister in law's house. Ever since his wife, and Jack's mom, had been murdered over 5 years ago, Jessica had been so good in taking care of Jack whenever Aaron had to go away on another case. She always took excellent care of him and loved her only nephew as if he were her son, and Jack loved her as much as she loved him.

Jessica, worried that Aaron suddenly needed to talk about Jack in the middle of his work day, stood in her open front door when he parked outside her house.

They went in and sat beside each other on her couch with mugs of hot coffee.

"So what's wrong with Jack? He's not seriously ill or something is he? He seemed fine when he was here just over a week ago…"

"No Jess he's not ill don't worry. It's just that, for the past 2 nights, he's woken up around 2, half 2 having wet his bed."

"Ah, THAT. Surely Mr profiler you know that's a common enough problem with kids his age…"

"Yeah well I know that. It's just that if it keeps happening and he's staying here when I'm away I needed to make sure you were aware of it beforehand. As you can imagine, at 9, he's highly embarrassed and ashamed of it suddenly happening."

"I can imagine. Never wet the bed myself and I take it you never did either?"

"No so unfortunately for him I don't know what he's going through. But each time its happened I've made sure not to make a big deal out of it and to just keep reassuring him that I know it's not his fault and that he can't help it. That and I will never be mad or angry with him and that I will always love him the same and would never think anything less of him because of it."

"That's probably the best way to go about it. Have you got him checked out by his paediatrician yet just to make sure there's no reason for it suddenly happening?"

"Got him an appointment at half 5 today. Apparently they are used to having kids with the same issues and gave me a longer appointment so that the doctor could also talk with him on his own and then talk to me about solutions. Plus you know Spencer?"

"Yeah, what's he gotta do with Jack's bed wetting?"

"Well would you believe he used to wet his bed every night until he was about 15?"

"Wow, never would have guessed. So have you asked him for advice?"

"Yeah, he's gonna come over after we get back from the doctor's and he and Jack can talk together. In return I promised the man pizza…."

"At least Jack will be happy talking to another guy whose had experience of it."

"Yeah was hoping it might make him feel less embarrassed and everything if Spencer talked to him."

"So you wanted me to be aware in case he wet the bed whilst he was here?"

"Yeah, basically I needed to warn you. Never know when I might go away on another case…."

"Thanks for the warning Aaron. And don't worry. If it happens when he's here, I won't make a big deal out of it and will make sure he knows its okay with me and everything, like you've been doing."

"Thanks Jess. Knew you'd understand."

"Hopefully Dr Frost can either find some reason or at least give you help with solutions until the issue resolves itself."

"Yeah so do I."

Just then Aaron's cellphone rang.

"Hotch"

"Mr Hotcher this is Dr Frost's office."

"Oh yeah hi. Is there some problem with the appointment today?"

"No but I forgot to ask you if you could get your son to provide a urine sample before he gets here? It only needs to be in a clean container. We just want to test his urine for any possible infection."

"Of course. Would an empty water bottle be okay?"

"That would fine Mr Hotchner. Bring it with you to the appointment so we can test it."

"Okay. Will do!"

He hung up the phone.

"Sorry Jess that was Dr Frost's secretary."

"Is everything still okay with the appointment you made?"

"Yeah she just wanted to ask me to have Jack pee in a bottle before we go so that they can test his urine for infection and things."

"Oh right. That should be fun trying to get him to do THAT…."

"So you're okay if he wets the bed when he's staying here?"

"Sure. I know its not his fault or anything and I won't make a big deal out of it. I'll do what you've been doing and help and reassure and comfort him if it happens."

"Thanks Jess. I really appreciate that. Now I only have one more problem."

"What's that then?"

"I kinda promised him his bed wetting would be our secret and that I wouldn't tell anyone, including you. But since then I've spoken to Dave, Spencer, the doctor's office and now you…I just hope he isn't mad that I've broken his trust that way…"

"If you tell him that you only had to tell a few other people because you needed help to figure out how to help him then I'm sure he'll be okay with you telling me, Dave, Spencer and the doctor's office. He's a smart kid. He'll understand, especially if he knows that I know so that he won't have to worry about wetting the bed whilst he's staying with me."

"True. I just hate that until this phase clears up, so to speak, our nights will broken for the both of us and he'll wake up soaking wet and I'll have to change his bed every night and do laundry every morning."

"You know there are solutions to that…."

"Like what?"

"I'm sure the doctor will talk to you about them but you can get things like pull-ups to wear to bed every night under his pyjamas. That will stop the wet sheets and pyjamas problem anyway. But the doctor will probably explain everything to you later."

"Think I might have seen those pull-up things advertised on TV at some point. Do you really think he would be willing to wear them though?"

"If you tell him that by wearing one to bed, his bed and pj's will stay dry and he can most likely sleep through the night and only have to worry about having a quick shower when he wakes up."

"How would I know which ones would be best though? I mean there are quite a few different brands I've seen advertised."

"Trial and error I suppose? But I'm pretty sure they all do the same job anyway. If you want help buying some I can go shopping with you now…."

"I think that might be the best option. I have no idea what I'd be buying."

"I'll also buy some to keep here for him to use when he sleeps here…"

"Good idea Jess."

"It might also be a good idea to get a couple of plastic mattress covers to protect his mattress. If you get a couple you can be washing one and still have the other on his bed."

"Sure. So shall we go…er… shopping?"

"Sure, let's go."