Last chapter was kind of the last but this is an extra. In the eyes of the guys.
Matthew sighed as he sat in a club in L.A. He hadn't spoken to his wife since she left her work place the day prior. He downed his second glass of Jack Daniels and looked around. There were very very hot women in here. One came up to him, flirtatiously batting her eyelashes at him.
"Hey there, handsome." she said. "I'm Claire. You are?" she asked, taking a sip of her Martini.
Matthew smiled politely and downed his glass. "Taken." he said, leaving. He sighed and got into his car, driving away from the club.
His phone started to ring and he looked at the caller I.D. Anita. He rolled his eyes, declining the call. She probably wanted to kill his eardrum about marriages and support and other bullshit over-protective sister-in-laws said.
Soon, he found himself, entering his childhood home, calling for his parents. "Mom? Dad?" he called out. He heard laughing in the dining room and smiled, walking into the room. His family sat, eating before the turned to him, surprise written on their faces.
"Matty!" his little sister yelled before leaving her husband's side to hug him. His mother stood up and hugged him as well.
"How are you? How's Anya? How are the kids? Are you enjoying Miami?" his mother asked, a million questions per second, causing her husband to stand up chuckling.
"Darling, leave the poor kid. How are ya son?" William asked, hugging his son.
"Alright." Matthew simply said, nodding at his two older brothers and their wives.
"So, answer mother's questions, Matty." Anastasia said, sitting down and pulling him to sit next to her.
"Anya's okay. She's settling well in her new job. In fact, she's top dog." Matthew said, almost proud. He would have been completely proud if her job wasn't the problem he couldn't do his.
"Impressive." Matthew's older brother, Lionel said.
"I miss her." Lionel's wife, muttered. "I remember high school all over again." she sighed.
"Yeah." Matthew's other older brother, Daniel's wife said. "Matt, Lyndsey, remember when us and Anya ditched school for the beach and our parents went raving mad." Maria laughed along with everyone.
"My parents grounded me for a month!" Lyndsey said.
"How are the kids?" Daniel asked, grinning. He hadn't seen his nephew nor his nieces since they left a years prior.
"They're great. Kayla loves her new school. We had to move her because we moved up uptown for Anya's job promotion. But Jennifer and Dallas still go to their 'new' school." Matthew explained.
"No offence, not that we don't want you here, but why are you here?" his mother asked, sipping wine.
Matthew chuckled nervously and thought of a good excuse. "My job. Hotch's got me working for a week."
"Oh, Matthew Alexander Fuller, I warned you about that job. You have a wife and kids in the picture!" his mother scolded him.
"Oh, so you don't scold Anya when she's doing undercover stuff?" Matthew defended himself, almost pissed that his mother was 'taking' Anya's side.
"At least she's done with that stuff, right? You moved for her desk job?" his father asked.
Shit. He didn't mean to put his 'wife' in deep water.
"Uh... Not exactly. She does interviews and stuff but she still goes undercover..."
"Oh my...!" his mother started before taking deep breaths. "She goes out on the field? Do you both not remember what happened to you three years ago? When your kids were little? You could have died, Matthew!"
"But I didn't, did I? I'm here, a walking figure. Not dead." Matthew snapped back.
"Guys, calm down." Maria begged.
"Yeah, this isn't good for your blood pressure mother." Anastasia sighed, rubbing her head.
"Plus I don't think we'll be having problems any time soon." Matthew said, his eyes going wide as soon as he said the words.
"What do you mean?" Lionel asked. Now everyone was interested. Including their sister's husband.
"We might be getting a divorce...?" Matthew winced as soon as he heard his mother's cry.
"Divorce?!" Lyndsey yelled. "What the hell for?!"
"My job... We had an argument and I kinda said I missed the thrill my job gave me so she blatantly kicked me out and ignored me."
"Of course! If my husband said that I would do the same!" his sister yelled at him.
"Now she's doing less time at work and I'm moving back here permanently."
"What about the kids?" his father asked, upset that he would be losing a girl he though of as a daughter since she was nine years old.
"They'll stay with her. I'll visit sometimes. Look, guys, this is our life. We made the decision. I love her but I can't sacrifice everything for her."
Maria shook her head and scoffed. "Like she did for you? That girl has been sacrificing everything for you! Her dreams of becoming a doctor; sacrificed for you when you got her pregnant! Her dreams of becoming a CSI; again, sacrificed for you. She gave you everything and you threw it back in her face."
"You know what, guys? I can't do this. Not now." Matthew gulped standing up. He didn't get very far as his phone started to ring and Hotch was written. He declined it but again, someone else's name popped up. Morgan.
He sighed, again declining the call before it rang again, Rebecca, his mother-in-law.
"What the hell?" he mumbled.
"What is it? Why's your phone blowing up?" his sister asked.
Matthew shushed her before answering the next call from Alex Blake.
"What do you mean?" he asked, walking around the dining room, aware everyone's eyes were on him. "She's what? When? How? Blood? What?!" He cancelled the call and sat back down, eyes wide.
"Well?" Daniel asked, cautiously.
"She's been kidnapped. They've taken Anya. I need to go back!" He ran out of the house, his brothers following.
A little of Matthew's point of view. Now this is completed. The sequel will be up soon. Thanks for reading! x