Morgan awoke to the sound of his phone ringing and groaned audibly before snatching it up.
"What do you want?" He snapped into the phone, not checking the caller ID.
"Morgan?"
"Hotch?" Morgan gulped slightly. "Why are you calling me? I'm tired, Hotch, Reid stayed up last night and-"
"I'm sorry but I just wanted ask if I could take out Reid for the day."
"What? Why?"
"Well actually, and don't tell him I told you, but it was Rossi's idea. He thought since Reid and Jack are the same age now and that it's the weekend, it would be cool for Beth and me to take them someplace fun. He is funding a trip for us to take Reid and Jack to Fun-Land."
"Why would he do that?"
"I'm not sure, but I don't want to profile him so it's best to just go with it. Can I take Reid or not?" Hotch was using his boss vioce now.
"Sure, man, take him and show him a good time, I'm sure Jack and him will have a ball." Morgan grinned into the phone.
"Thank you, bring him over at nine." Hotch said and then the dailtone rang out. Morgan sat the phone aside with a chuckle.
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"Hey there, sleepy head." Morgan gave Spencer a grin as the now nine yearold tumbled into the kitchen, looking very sleepy.
"Hello." He grunted, sitting down and rubbing at his little eyes with a yawn.
"Hey, Reid, what would you say if I told you you were going on another little trip today?" Morgan asked, sitting a bowl of cereal in front of the sleepy tot.
"Morgan, you don't have t-"
"Not me, Hotch."
"Hotch?" His little head snapped up and looked at Derek with curious, wide eyes.
"Yeah, Beth and him, they are going to take you and Jack to Funland."
"Really?" Spencer questioned, tilting her head. "They have been informed of the situation?"
"Well duh, Genius, we told anyone that might have to watch or go out with you." Morgan nodded. "Have you thought of how your going to explian to your mother whats been going on?"
"No." Spencer groaned through his cereal. "I'll think of something."
"You better." Morgan said. "Hurry up, we need to get you ready for Hotch."
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"You weren't kidding, he really is a kid." Beth gapped, wandering up and grabbing both of Spencer's cheeks.
"He is." Hotch nodded, clearly repressing his amusement.
"Can you please release my face?" Spencer asked through squished cheeks.
"Well he certianly has his adult vocabulary." Beth snickered, releasing Spencer's face.
"He still has his adult memories." Morgan said, "Are you sure you guys want to take him? He can be a handful."
"We'll be fine, Morgan, just go back inside, we got him." Hotch smiled.
"Hi, Uncle Reid!" Jack smiled. "Woah, you really ARE my age. Man, you're short. Don't you ever grow?"
"I was a late bloomer, I was always very small for my age."
"Yeeeaahhh, he's still got that adult mind, alright, come on you two, lets get going." Beth rolled her eyes and gestured towards the car.
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"This is going to be so much fun!" Jack said, gripping his father's hand as he baasicly skipped towards the enterance.
"Slow down buddy, we need to get out playcard before we do anything. Uncle Dave gave us the money, we need to get it on the card." Hotch lead the small grouplet over to get the play card.
"Rossi is paying for the trip?" Spencer questioned, eye's sparkling with confusion.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"It's best we don't question it." Hotch shook his head and recieved his charged playcard. "Okay, now we are ready to roll."
"YAY!" Jack grinned before looking to Spencer. "I want to ride the rides, what about you?"
"Sounds good." Spencer smiled smally and the group ventured over to the rides.
"I wanna ride THAT one!" Jack grinned and pionted to the Scrambler and Beth and Hotch agreed to ride it. Spencer went along with it, even though all he saw was a screaming metal death trap.
"Come one, Uncle Reid, Jack pulled Spencer along and into line. After several minutes of waiting, it was their turn. Luckly, they were all just able to squeeze into one booth. Hotch looked over at Spencer, feeling how tense Spencer's small body was.
"Reid, are you okay?" Hotch looked over the child carefully.
"Wh-what? Yeah, I've just never really- um, really b-been a ride before." Reid stared down at the safetly bar with a great intensity.
"It'll be fine, the ride is perfectly safe."
"Rationally, thats not true. There is a reason that they say people with back, neck or heart problems shouldn't ride rides. Plus, a few years ago in Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, a girls feet were severed on a ride, they are just reopening the park after years of-"
"Reid, your not going sever your feet." Hotch shook his head. "You'll be fine, just calm down and enjoy the ride." It was then that the ride started up and Reid clung to the nearest thing for dear life. Hotch.
"WOooOOOoooOOOooo!" Jack squealed, hands in the air as the ride speed up. Beth laughed and Hotch smiled at the two before looking to Reid, who was clinging to him for dear life a screaming.
"I'm-" SWOOSH. "-going-" SWOOSH. "-VOMIT!" Spencer as the Scrambler, well scrambled.
"Not on me your not!"
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"So no more rides involving excesstive movement or spinning." Beth giggled as she watched Hotch whip the vomit off his shirt.
"I can't believe you actually vomited on me." Hotch glared at Spencer.
"I'm sorry, it slipped!" Spencer blushed, looking at his shoes.
"It's okay, Uncle Reid, we can do go carts instead." Jack smiled and Reid and patted his shoulder.
"That sounds much more pleasurable, thank you, I am an excellent driver." Spencer smiled before frowning when Hotch snorted. "I am!"
"Tell you what, Reid, you beat Jack at go carts and I'll give you twenty bucks." Hotch challenged.
"Your on."
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"WOWWWW, Uncle Spence, that was awesome." Jack grinned as they exited the go cart track.
"I know." Spencer smiled before smirking at Hotch.
"He won, Aaron, you owe him twenty bucks!" Beth grinned impishly at Hotch who glared at Spencer.
"I have the distinict feeling that I just got hussled." Hotch grumbled digging into his pocket.
"What else do you expect from a Vegas kid?" Spencer grinned and stuck out a hand, excepting the the spoils of his victory.
"I always forget that."
"They all do." Spencer stuck the dollar bill into his pocket. "How about we go get something to eat?"
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Spencer looked over at Jack, who was asleep in the seat next to him as they drove back home. They had had a lot of fun. Spencer kicked ass at vidoe games, by the end of the trip he had won fifty bucks total off Hotch. After the begining of the trip, with the unpleasantness of the vomiting, he had a great time. He had never really gotten to go on trips like this when he was little, so it was extremely enjoyable. He looked to the front.
"Hotch?"
"Yeah?"
"Um... Thank you, for bringing me." Spencer blushed and looked at the ground.
"It was no problem." Hotch said, still looking strait a head.
"Well, thank you anyway... I had a lot of fun." Spencer smiled and sat his little head against the window before letting his eyes flutter shut.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Sorry for the short, sucky chapter. It was supposed to be better but I've had... a really bad week... like really bad. I'll do better in the future... I promise. R&R! Please :P Reviews make me smile!
This chapter is dedicated to my grandfather, who died from cancer that spread to his lungs. R.I.P.