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Someone To Watch Over Me

Chapter 4

"Morning Princess." Morgan greeted as she emerged from her tent the next day. She seemed to have slept later than usual and it appeared that she was the last one up, "Did you send me a postcard?" He asked her as she got closer to the campfire.

"What?" Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. What was Morgan talking about?

"Did you send me a postcard on your trip?" He grinned at her as she scowled.

"Oh ha ha!" Emily retorted sarcastically as the rest of the group chuckled and she took a seat beside JJ. Sadly Rossi and Reid were sitting beside the Hotchners, so she had to sit elsewhere.

"Hey, are you alright?" JJ asked her once she saw the cut and bruise on the brunette's temple.

"Yeah, don't worry. I'm fine." She smiled and reassured her friend. Emily had looked in the mirror before leaving her tent and knew how terrible the angry, purple bruise looked, "Hey," Emily called out to the whole group to prevent JJ from asking her any more, "What are we doing today?" Rossi shrugged,

"We've not decided yet."

"Can we play hide and go seek?" Henry asked his mom.

"I don't really think that's everyone's type of game, baby." JJ let him down softly.

"Hey, I could go for hide and go seek." Morgan offered when he saw the little boy's disappointed pout.

"Ooh! I love that game!" Garcia exclaimed and everyone turned to look at her, "What? It's fun." She defended herself.

"What is this 'hide and go seek'? I've never played it before." Reid questioned, looking confused. Emily rolled her eyes good-naturedly.

"You have a lot to learn, boy wonder." Garcia patted his shoulder.

"Isn't this place a bit big for people to go off on their own?" JJ asked.

"Lets go in teams, then." Morgan offered.

"I want Em'ly on my team!" Jack yelled, making the adults smile.

"Okay, I'll be on your team." Emily smiled at him. Once the teams had been chosen it was decided that Reid, Morgan and Garcia would count first while Aaron, Emily and Jack would hide in one team, and Will, JJ and Henry would be in another. Rossi decided that he would stay at the camp and 'hold the fort' to put it in his terms.

As soon as Morgan's team, which was given the name 'The Trackers', started counting down from 100 JJ immediately whispered in her son's ear.

"Buddy, hide in plain sight. They won't expect it." So their team, which had been christened 'The Cliffhangers' by Garcia, ended up diving into a tent once Henry decided that The Trackers would immediately run straight into the woods.

Rossi looked on in amusement at the relief on JJ's face for not having to run around in the woods for longer than necessary.

Hotch, Emily and Jack ran into the trees as soon as The Trackers turned their backs. Garcia had also christened them 'The Ridgerunners', for reasons unknown to them. Who knew where she got her ideas from, after all… she is Garcia.

After they had been running at a slow-ish pace for Jack for a good half-minute, Aaron stopped and crouched down to the boy's level.

"Where do you want to hide, buddy?" He asked his son, who looked around them.

"My friend Michael at school said that when he hides from his dad they never look up so he always climbs the tree in his yard." Emily grinned.

"I knew I always liked you," She teased, "So find a tree quick, before they come looking for us." Jack wandered forwards for a few steps, sizing up all the trees. They wanted a solid, sturdy one, but it had to be big enough to fit all three of them and have enough branches to hold onto.

"That one." He pointed at the tree he had chosen.

"Good choice." Aaron assured him as they jogged up to it.

"Should I go first?" Emily volunteered, knowing that Aaron was probably the best person to help Jack up. Once her boyfriend nodded she started making her way up the tree, taking note of all of the easy handholds that Jack would be able to use.

"Emily, you don't need to go any higher. We can't see you anymore." She heard Aaron say as quietly as possible so The Trackers wouldn't hear them if they were close.

"Okay." She called back, "It was a pretty easy climb so Jack should be fine." Aaron and Jack were slower at getting up than Emily was so she waited patiently until Jack was in reach and grabbed his arms and hauled him up beside her. Emily was sitting leaning against the trunk, sitting astride a thick branch with Jack sitting in front of her, pulled against her chest.

"You feeling okay, buddy?" Aaron asked his son once he'd climbed up to the branch a little higher up into the foliage than the pair.

"Yes daddy." The boy answered and Emily pulled him closer into her chest.

"How long do you think it'll take them to find us?" Emily looked up at Aaron with an amused expression.

"I'd like to think that since two of them are profilers, not that long, but… I'd guess at quite a while. You chose a good hiding spot, didn't you Jack?" He smiled at his son as Emily ruffled his hair.

"Yeah, they're never gonna find us!" He exclaimed happily.

"Okay, but you need to be a bit quieter buddy, or they're gonna hear us." Aaron warned.

"Not for a while yet, though. Considering how far we ran, even if it was at stink's speed," She stuck her tongue out back at Jack, "They're going to have to look that far in every direction. So I think we're good for a while." Emily smiled. Aaron chuckled at their antics, knowing that both of them teased each other just as much.

"Em, I have a question," Hotch stated, "If you get to call Jack stinky, what does he get to call you?" he smirked, knowing the strange things that Jack could come up with.

"I don't know… Jack, what do you get to call me?" She looked down at him, grinning at the sweet boy with his forefinger and thumb on his chin as he thought.

"Ummmm," Jack said as he was thinking, "I know! Emillipede!" Aaron and Emily laughed outright at that.

"I love it, Stinky!" Emily exclaimed as she hugged him and planted lots of little kisses on his cheek. Aaron was still chuckling when he heard voices.

"Uh-oh." Jack uttered as he heard them too.

"I don't think we were as quiet as we should have been." Emily whispered as she tried to peer through the branches to see how far away The Trackers were.

"I swear, babygirl. I heard laughing." They heard Derek Morgan's voice drifting through the trees.

"I'm not saying that you're lying… I'm just saying that I didn't hear anything." Emily exchanged a look with Aaron and had to bite her lip to prevent from laughing.

"Look." They heard Will's voice and instantly knew they'd won this round, "The grass and plants are all trampled down over there." His voice sounded closer and Aaron knew that they'd more or less been found.

"Guys," They heard Morgan call up to them, "We know you're up there." He taunted in a singsong voice and turned around to the group behind him when he heard the leaves above rustling.

"Okay, okay. We're coming down." They heard Emily's voice from above and smirked. First they saw Hotch emerge from the leaves, going backwards and slowly guiding Jack down as he went. As soon as they touched ground they saw Emily start climbing down, and the group were all chattering between themselves.

"Never though I'd see you climbing trees, Prentiss." Morgan laughed as Garcia snapped a picture with the camera that she always kept handy with her.

"Hey!" Emily turned her head as she climbed down, "Delete that n-" She slipped when she was just over a meter from the floor. And hit the ground. Hard.

"That was your fault, Garcia." Emily's voice was disgruntled as she sat up on the ground, covered in earthy soil. She could hear chuckling as Hotch held out an arm for her and pulled her up.

"Are you alright Em'ly?" Jack asked her as the large group began making their way back to their tents.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks stinky." She smiled as Jack slipped his small hand into hers.

"That's okay, Emillipede." The boy grinned as she laughed back.

HOTCHNISSHOTCHNISSHOTCHNISSHOTCHNISS

"Hotch seemed to be getting pretty close earlier." JJ commented slyly in her ear as she sat down beside Emily.

"I don't know what you're talking about." The brunette replied nonchalantly. Her and Aaron had wanted to wait until the time was right to tell the team, and do it together, so Emily decided to play it cool until she could talk to her boyfriend about it.

"You didn't?" JJ seemed surprised, watching Emily take a swig of her juice; "I think he's got a thing for you." The brunette almost choked on her drink when her friend spoke. Emily simply found the situation funny, that JJ was clearly attempting to get her two co-workers together… When they were already together. JJ mistook this amusement as shock when Emily choked on her beverage, however Emily wasn't going to set her straight… Not in the meantime, anyway.

"Jayje, I'm not talking about this right now, now with everybody here." Emily said truthfully, not wanting anyone to overhear.

"Fine, but this conversation isn't over." JJ told her, not allowing her to argue.

QUESTION: What TV show have I referenced with the team names? ( The Cliffhangers, The Trackers and The Ridgerunners ) CLUE: One of the actors/actresses in the BAU were also in this TV Show.

GUESS AWAY!

I have to admit that this Emily is VERY clumsy. And if you read Life's Trials she also fell into a river, fell off a horse and got covered in mud, fell off of the much heap, and did an awesome ninja dive off of a horse. So yah, kinda clumsy…

And I thought the name Emillipede was really cute! Let me know what you think about their nicknames!

PLEASE REVIEW and tell me what you think the team will think about their relationship!