Unfortunately, I still don't own Criminal Minds... I know - it's frustrating for me too...

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JJ yawned and rubbed her eyes as she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. "Mm" She moaned as stepped up next to her husband who was waiting for the tea kettle to boil and wrapped her arms around his waist. "What are you doing up?" she mumbled against his chest where her face was buried.

"Good morning to you too." Spence replied softly as he leaned down to kiss the crown of her head and wrapped an arm around her waist, his thumb rubbing against the small of his wife's back. "I got up with Joshua so that you could sleep some more. Why aren't you still sleeping?"

JJ tipped her head back and shot her husband a sleepy grin. "I woke up and you weren't there. Did you already feed Josh?"

"Mm hm" Spence replied as the tea kettle whistled. "I gave him one of the bottles from the fridge. He didn't like it as much as when Mommy feeds him," Spence said with a twinkle in his eye, "but, then I suppose I can't really blame him. I prefer you too." Spence grinned.

JJ laughed and smacked Spence's shoulder. "You've been spending too much time with Morgan."

Spence shrugged and leaned down and kissed JJ. "Why don't I make you breakfast and then you can go back to bed for a little bit?" he whispered against her lips in between pressing soft kisses to them.

"Mmmm" JJ moaned. "That sounds like heaven, but I'm already up and I need to go for a run. Plus Morgan promised he would work with me on my hand to hand skills."

Spence pouted playfully. "Morgan has his own wife. How come he gets to play with mine?"

JJ giggled. "I promise that if it were any other skill than hand to hand, that I'd play with you." JJ winked.

"Damn straight" Spence growled playfully and then spun JJ around and lifted her up on the counter and stepped between her legs.

"Mm" JJ gave a low moan of appreciation, hooked her bare feet behind Spence's waist, and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She tipped her head and nibbled on his lower lip as his hands settled low on her waist playing with the hem of her t-shirt.

"Sure you still want to go for a run and work out with Morgan?" Spence asked as he kissed his way across her jaw and down her neck.

"God baby, you don't play fair." JJ groaned as her head fell back on her shoulders.

Spence smirked against her neck. "I know, I learned from you."

JJ laughed. "Hey, be nice." She said as used her foot to lightly kick his butt.

"Oh plan to be very, very nice to you." Spence mumbled against his wife's neck as he kissed, nipped, licked, and sucked the tender flesh.

"Okay, you win baby… I'll ooooh….." JJ moaned her approval as he nibbled on her collar bone. "I'll go running later."

No sooner had JJ declared Spence's victory than little feet could be heard coming down the steps.

"Mommy?" Chloe's voice wafted down the stairs.

"Dada?" Henry called out in unison with Chloe's cries for Mommy.

Then they alternated.

"Daddy?" Chloe called out curiously.

"Mama?" Henry yelled.

All the excitement was too much for Joshua and he woke up and fussed just a bit from his bassinet in the living room.

Spence groaned and dropped his head on JJ's shoulder.

JJ laughed as she ran her fingers through Spence's hair. "Sorry baby, but it looks like the troops have spoken."

"You get Josh and I'll make Chloe and Henry breakfast?" Spence asked as he stepped out of the 'V' of JJ's thighs.

JJ nodded and hopped down off the counter. "Sounds like a plan… and then I'm going for my run and calling Morgan to see if he can work with me for a bit on hand to hand." She said, as she smacked Spence's ass and then turned to walk away into the living room to say good morning to the kids.

Hotch walked down the hallway pinching the bridge of his nose as he banged on the bedroom door. "Avery, sweetie, its Daddy can you please turn the music down?" He sighed at not getting an answer and kicked in the door.

He stood in the middle of his daughter's bedroom, taking in the sight of the yellow walls, the playhouse in the corner, the butterflies hanging from the ceiling… and then he noticed in horror that his daughter wasn't in her room, and the bedroom window was open.

He raced across the room and looked out and down. To his horror Avery was climbing down a rope made from her purple bed sheets. "Avery Grace Hotchner, get you little butt in here right now!"

"No! You not da boss a me!" Avery yelled up as she continued rappelling down the side of the house.

Hotch's eyes widened as he watched Avery pick up a tree branch and toss it from one hand to the other, back and forth for a moment. Then she raised it up on her shoulder and ran at the moat dominating the Hotchner family's front yard, and planted one end of the branch in the ground and using it as a javelin, cleared the moat and ran down the driveway where a gang of toddlers was waiting with a get a way big wheel for her.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" Hotch screamed as he sat straight up in bed.

"Aaron, wha….." Emily moaned as she rolled over in bed. At the sight of her husband dripping with sweat and holding his head in his hands, she assumed, rightfully so that he'd had a nightmare. She scooted up in bed to sit back against the headboard next to him and rubbed his back. "What was this one about? The Reaper? Doyle? Some other case?"

Hotch swallowed and turned his head to look at Emily. "Our daughter."

Emily looked confused. "You had a nightmare about Avery?"

Hotch scrubbed his hand over his face. "Yes… it was weird. Avery was…" Hotch continued as he explained his dream to his wife.

Emily was laughing so hard she was crying by the time Aaron told her about the gang of toddlers waiting with a big wheel as a get-away vehicle. "Honey, I think we've got a few years before we have to worry about her having her own gang and them knocking over the local 7-11 for candy and then getting away on their big wheels."

"Emily, this is serious." Aaron said as he glared at his wife. "The behavior she starts in childhood will follow her into adulthood if we don't put a stop to it."

Emily shook her head and laughed. "And I supposed you were wearing a suit and tie at 18 months?" she giggled as Aaron's brow furrowed deeper. She leaned over and kissed his cheek. "You have heard of the terrible twos haven't you?"

Aaron nodded cautiously.

"Honey, she's just starting them a little early. It doesn't mean we need to start putting bars on the windows. She testing her boundaries right now and pushing her limits… although I could see how that could make you feel like she was making a jail break... and I'm sure discussing the ever popular theme of installing moats to protect your daughters and nieces with Reid and Morgan over dinner the other night probably didn't help."

Aaron breathed in deeply as he calmed down and realized that he'd blown his dream out of proportion. "Okay… you're right."

"Aw… good answer honey," Emily responded as she leaned up and kissed her husband soundly on the lips. "and don't you forget it."

Anderson stood in the break room pouring himself a cup of coffee when Reid walked in. "Coffee sir?" he asked holding up the pot.

Reid shook his head. "No thanks Anderson." He replied as he reached for a mug and a packet of tea. He turned and watched Anderson as he filled his mug with hot water and dropped in the tea bag. He played with string as he contemplated if he should say anything or not. Deciding that it was his responsibility to say something, he cleared his throat.

Anderson looked up from where he was adding cream and sugar into his coffee and waited patiently for Agent Dr. Reid to speak.

"I understand you're dating Rebecca?" Reid said as he leaned back against the counter of the break room.

"Yes sir." Anderson replied in confusion.

"You like her?"

"Yes sir." Anderson replied again.

"You respect her?" Reid asked.

"Of course sir." Anderson replied, more confused than ever with where this conversation was going.

"Good," Reid replied with a nod, "because she is like a little sister to me, so if you hurt her… well I don't know what I will do," Reid said as he stood up to his full height, towering over Anderson as he tucked his hand into his pocket next to his gun, "but I have three PHDs and degrees from Caltech and MIT… so it won't be good, at least not for you." Spence said and then took a sip of tea and watched Anderson over the rim of the cup.

Anderson swallowed thickly and nodded.

Elle all but swallowed her tongue from where she was paused in the doorway of the break room as she took in the scene before her. She glanced behind her to make sure that no one else had seen the scene play out in the break room. Seeing that no one else was aware of what was going on, she put a smile on her face and nonchalantly entered the break room.

"Morning Reid, Anderson." Elle said with a smile and a nod to both of them. "Save any coffee for the rest of us?" she asked.

Anderson glanced at the pot that he'd just emptied. "Oh, sorry ma'am… I was just about to make more." He said as he fumbled with replacing the filter in the coffee pot.

"Oh don't worry about it." Elle smiled, "this just means I'll get fresh sludge instead of hour old sludge."

Anderson chuckled nervously as he glanced about.

Reid was unsure about how to exit gracefully now that he'd said his piece. "I'm uh… going to um… go get to work on some files. See you later Anderson." Reid said and turned on his heal, taking a sip of tea as he headed back into the bullpen and for his desk.

Elle stood facing the counter with her fingertips resting on the edge as she watched Reid walk back to his desk. Then she turned to look at Anderson as he filled the coffee pot with water and then started to measure out the coffee into the filter. "Are you alright Anderson?"

"I'm fine ma'am." Anderson replied shakily.

"You know, I heard what Reid said to you. You know he's just being protective of Rebecca. She really is like a little sister to him and JJ. You know Reid; he wouldn't hurt a fly." Elle said trying to calm Anderson down.

"Actually ma'am, I think he meant exactly what he said. The fact that he never says things like that, that he's not a big talker like some of the agents, I think that speaks to the fact that when he does say something, you listen. He means what he says, and he says what he means." Anderson said as he paused to take a deep breath.

Elle tipped her head as she listened to Anderson.

"Sure he might not kick in doors like Agent Morgan, but he doesn't have to. Think about it, who on the team has taken a head shot when they had to and hit their target without even blinking."

Elle's eyes grew wide. Sure Reid had played his first headshot off as having missed what he'd aimed for, but Dowd had been holding an automatic weapon in a room full of hostages. She hadn't thought much about it at the time, but she highly doubted that Reid had really been aiming for Dowd's leg. JJ's dead accurate aim spoke for itself. The fact that both of them had put bullets between Foyet's eyes… well she was beginning to see why Anderson was concerned.

"He's right he has three PHDs and several degrees from Caltech and MIT… only an idiot or someone incredibly cocky would take him on." Anderson moaned as he dropped his head down on the counter. "I am an idiot."

Elle shook her head. "So you were lying when you answered Reid's questions?"

"Huh?" Anderson responded, lifting his head to look at Agent LaMontagne.

"So you don't like and respect Rebecca? You're just using her and taking advantage of her?" Elle asked.

"What?" Anderson replied in shock. "No! I would never… of course I like her and respect her." Anderson replied, flustered that Agent LaMontagne would even think such a thing about him.

Elle grinned. "Then what are you worried about?"

"I…" Anderson paused looking down into his coffee cup with a perplexed expression on his face for a moment. Then he looked up at Agent LaMontagne and grinned. "Thank you ma'am."

"You're welcome Anderson. Have a great day." She said, raising her eyebrows at him.

"I will ma'am. You do the same." Anderson replied with a nod as he collected his cup of coffee and headed back to his desk in the bullpen.

A quick peek out the door confirmed that Anderson was at his desk and no one else was headed this way. She glanced at the coffee pot. She had a few minutes to kill while she waited for it to finish brewing, so she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and hit the speed dial for JJ's phone. She was sure JJ was going to be highly amused by what her husband had just done.

It was a late April Saturday, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, the sun was shining, and it was a perfect spring day in Alexandria Virginia, a perfect spring Saturday for soccer that is.

Haley and Emily sat together holding Seth and Avery with a stroller nearby while they watched as Aaron and Dave ran Jack and his teammates through a few drills to warm up for their game. Emily turned at the sound of someone sitting down on the bleachers next to her. "Hey, you guys made it!" Emily exclaimed happily at the sight of her teammates who were really more like family. "but aren't the kids going to be bored sitting still for so long?" she asked as she glanced between all of the families.

"Ah but that's the beauty of this field." Penelope said as she sat down next to Emily. "There's play equipment right over there," she said pointing to a children's playground not too far away. "So we," she indicated between herself, Elle, and JJ, "have decided that the Daddies will be taking the kids to play on the equipment for a little bit."

Morgan smiled at Avery who was sitting in her Mommy's lap. "Hey pretty girl. Do you and your brother want to come to the park with us?"

Avery's eyes lit up. "Mama I go?" she asked as she looked up at Mommy.

"Do you promise to listen to Uncle Derek and be good?" Emily asked.

Avery nodded eagerly.

Emily smiled. "Okay then you can go." She said standing up and handing Avery to Derek.

"Come on Seth, you and Billy can keep each other company." Will said scooping up Seth and depositing him in his stroller and then wheeling it over next to Billy's.

"Mommy, where's Jack?" Chloe asked as she leaned against Mommy's leg, watching while Mommy gave Joshua his binky.

JJ wrapped her arm around Chloe as she glanced up and looked across the field. "He's over there. He's going to play soccer, but we'll see him after his game okay? Are you going to the park with Daddy and Henry?"

Chloe nodded.

"Okay. Give me a hug and a kiss and I'll see you in a little bit okay?" JJ said as she reached down and scooped Chloe up in her lap.

Chloe wrapped her arms around Mommy in a hug and then leaned up and kissed her on the cheek. JJ kissed Chloe on the nose and then helped her as she scrambled to get down.

"My tuwn" Henry piped up as he reached for Mommy where he sat in Daddy's arms.

"Hey big boy" JJ said as she reached up and took Henry from Spence. "Are you excited about going to the park?"

"Uh huh" Henry nodded eagerly.

"Okay. Have fun and be good okay?" JJ asked.

"Uh huh. I be good." Henry replied and then giggled as Mommy wrapped her arms around him in a big hug and blew a raspberry on his cheek.

Haley smiled as she watched the few minutes of absolute bedlam as all of the kids hugged and kissed their Mommies goodbye and then headed off to the park with the Daddies.

"So did you get a chance to talk to Reid about Anderson yet?" Elle asked JJ as they were sitting watching the children on the field running up and down the field.

"No, this week just flew by, but I'm going to talk to him tonight. I know how much Bec like's Anderson, so I don't think he's going anywhere anytime soon." JJ said not taking her eyes off the field. "Good pass Jack!" she cheered.

"So what's new with you Haley?" Penelope asked as she glanced up from Joshua's tiny face to look at Haley on the other side of Emily.

"Nothing much. Jack is excited to done with kindergarten next month and then it will be summer. I can't believe how old Jack is. It seems like just yesterday he was Joshua's size." She replied wistfully.

"I know." Penelope replied sadly. "They grow up way too quick, but sneaky lady, that's what's new with Jack. I asked what was new with you."

Haley blushed that her diversionary tactic didn't work. "I've been seeing someone new… but it's really new, so I don't want to jinx it by talking about it too much."

"Aw that's sweet." Penelope replied.

"Does he know that you have a child?" Emily asked.

"He does. He loves kids. He talks about how he's an honorary Uncle all the time. So we'll see how it goes." Haley said with a smile.

Penelope nodded. "What about you Wonder Woman?"

Emily turned to look at Penelope. "What about me PG?"

Penelope rolled her eyes. "Seriously? You're really going to make me drag it out of you?" Penelope sighed and shook her head. "So Wonder Woman, what's new on the home front with you?"

Haley laughed and shook her head, remembering some of the more colorful stories about Penelope Garcia she'd heard from Aaron when they'd been married. She'd also heard what an asset she was to the team and how big her heart was. She smiled as she turned back to watch more of Jack's game.

"Well…" Emily hesitated, debating if she should share the story of Aaron's dream or not.

"Oh, this has got to be good. Dish sister." Penelope said leaning in to hear the story.

"PG" Emily whined and then took a deep breath realizing that fighting the inevitable probably wasn't worth it. "Okay, but I am only telling this story once, so get JJ and Elle's attention."

Penelope's eyes lit up, know it must be really, really good if Emily only wanted to tell the story once.

JJ laughed as Emily told them about Hotch's dream. "Wait… wait…" JJ said as she tried to catch her breath. "in his dream Avery was rappelling down the side of the house using bed sheets? Oh that is classic Em." JJ said as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

Elle chuckled, "I don't know, I sort of liked the part where she pole vaulted over the moat that Hotch, Morgan, and Reid built."

Haley shook her head and laughed. "Not me. My favorite part was her telling Aaron that he wasn't the boss of her."

Emily chuckled. "To be honest, that was sort of my favorite part too. How bad was Jack's terrible two phase?" she asked.

"Oh it was terrible!" Haley said. "If you didn't know better, you'd think toddlers suffered from multiple personality disorder. One minute he would be completely sweet and loving and the next it was like living with the devil incarnate."

Emily chuckled. "So maybe this isn't me Avery is taking after then…." She said thoughtfully.

"Or boss man just likes feisty women." Penelope added with a wink at Haley and Emily.

JJ shook her head. "I think it's more the age than genetics. Chloe and Henry have certainly had their moments. There was that meltdown a couple of weeks ago."

Emily, Elle, and Penelope all nodded sympathetically at JJ's tale of woe over Chloe and Henry's meltdown.

"What happened?" Haley asked.

"Oh… sorry" JJ said realizing that Haley wouldn't be familiar with the story, she told her about Chloe and Henry's meltdown at nap time. "And they've each had other moments. They've kicked, pinched, hit, bitten and been mean to each other more times than I can count, but they do get along really well most of the time. And they love each other, and Spence and I love them…. I think the point is Emily that everybody goes through it." JJ said thoughtfully.

"So it doesn't last forever then obviously." Emily said as she turned and watched Jack huddled up with his teammates listening to Daddy and Uncle Dave.

Elle laughed. "No eventually they'll go away to college."

The ladies all laughed and then turned back to watching Jack's game and cheering him on.

"Aw, you guys look tired." Penelope said as the group of Daddies and toddlers returned from the park.

Spence, Derek, and Will trudge tiredly over the remaining distance between their wives.

Chloe was holding hands with Henry. Henry was holding hands with Daddy. Spence was carrying Jake with his free arm. Morgan was carrying Avery in one arm and pushing Seth's stroller with the other. Will and Billy brought up the rear.

"Hi Jakey!" Penelope said cheerfully as Reid deposited her baby boy in her lap. "Were you good for Daddy and your Uncles?"

Jake nodded. "Swide!"

"You went on the slide?" Penelope asked.

"Uh huh" Jake nodded.

"How about the swing? Did Daddy take you on the swing?"

Jake nodded and then grunted and he twisted in Mommy's lap and climbed up on his knees to wrap his arms around her neck in a hug and rest his head on her shoulder.

"Aw, I missed you too Jakey." Penelope said as she kissed his head and cuddled him.

As Daddy was passing Jake over to Aunt Penelope, Chloe and Henry trotted over to Mommy.

"Hi guys. Did you have fun with Daddy, Uncle Derek, and Uncle Will?" JJ asked as she rubbed their backs as the leaned against her legs.

Henry nodded. "Mama I hunry."Henry said as Daddy sat down next to Mommy and scooped him up into his lap.

"Well…" JJ said as she dug through the ever parent survival kit, "how about some animal crackers? We're going to go for pizza for lunch as soon as Jack's game is over." She said as she handed a zip lock baggy with animal crackers in it to Spence.

Both kids cheered at the idea of pizza for lunch.

"Oo ant fome Cwoe?" Henry asked with his mouth full of animal cracker as he held an animal cracker out to his sister.

"Tank you Henry" Chloe said as she took the animal cracker from her brother.

"Here sweetie, come sit with Mommy and then you and Henry can share." JJ said as she lifted Chloe up into her lap.

"Mommy?" Chloe asked as she tipped her head back to look at Mommy.

"Yeah baby girl?" JJ said smiling as she looked down at her daughter's upside down face.

"Tan I sit next to Jack at pizza?" Chloe asked.

JJ chuckled. "Yes sweetie, you can sit next to Jack."

"Yay!" Chloe said cheered and then sat back up and munched on her animal crackers.

"So," JJ said as she sat on their bed rubbing lotion on her legs as Spence walked out the bathroom and across their room. "A little birdie told me something interesting earlier this week." She said as her husband climbed up onto the bed with her.

"Hm, what's that?" Spence asked as he pulled JJ's leg into his lap and started to massage in the lotion, working his way from her knee to her ankle and back again.

JJ moaned at the leg rub and then pulled her leg back out of Spence's lap, knowing there was no way she'd be able to concentrate with him rubbing her legs. "I heard that you might have pulled the big brother routine on Anderson."

Spence tipped his head in thought. "I suppose I did."

"You do know that she is a grown woman and capable of making her own decisions about who to date, right?" JJ asked.

"I do… I just don't want to see her get hurt." Spence replied. "She's a part of our family… and I've never really had one of those before."

JJ reached over and took Spence's hand. "Baby it's really sweet and heartwarming that you are as protective of Rebecca as you are… but it's Anderson. Can you think of anybody who will treat her better than Anderson? Spence we worked together for seven years and I can't get him to stop calling me ma'am."

Spence winced at the realization. "I might have gone a little overboard huh?"

"More than just a little bit, baby." JJ said as she leaned up to kiss him. "Let's go to sleep. Who knows what time Joshua is going to wake up."

Spence reached over and turned off the lamp as JJ curled around into his side and the arm he had wrapped around her.