A/N 1- Yea!! My first Tom story… I hope everyone likes it…. Tom is five here (which would make AJ 23, but she is not in the story… sorry…)…. and a special thanks to my new beta…

A/N- Over 500 reviews!!! I can't believe it… I still can't believe that a story that I thought I might get ten or so chapters out of has grown to this size… I really appreciate everyone who is still reading and reviewing this story…

A/N3- Just one more thing and I am done; I promise… I would like to thank reviewer 'Cassie' who caught the age mistake from the last story. It should (and now does) have said that Kelly was 22/23 not 24/25… My mistake. Thanks for catching that…

ENJOY…..

"Hey sweetie how was school?" Emily asked as five-year-old Tom opened the car door and climbed inside.

"Fine!" He grumbled as he tossed his backpack to the other seat and quickly fastened his seat belt.

"Everything okay?" Emily asked as she watched her son in the rear view mirror. "You know you can talk to me right?" Emily said after she didn't get a response.

"Whatever." Tom pouted and then turned to look out the window. Deciding to let it drop for now, she pulled out of the parking lot and headed home. The entire ride was encased in silence; which for anyone who had met Tom knew was not normal. This kid could talk a mile a minute.

Emily pulled into the driveway and immediately Tom was out of the car and inside the house.

"And they say girls are moody." Emily laughed to herself as she made her way into the house. She could hear noises coming from Tom's room so she proceeded up the steps. "Honey, are you okay?" Emily asked softly as she knocked on the slightly open door.

"Go away!" He yelled from the other side. Emily bit her lip to stop from laughing as she could see son pace back and forth with a serious look on his face. Emily watched the little boy for a while longer and then headed back downstairs. Deciding it was time to call in the big guns, Emily pulled out her phone and dialed the one person she was sure could get through to him.

"Agent Morgan." Morgan said as he answered his phone.

"Hey Morgan its Emily. You got a minute to talk."

"Sure, what's up?"

"I'm not really sure but I think maybe Tom could use a little man to man talk."

"Really? What's wrong?" Morgan asked concerned.

"I'm not sure. Something must have happened at school because when I picked him up he was unusually quiet and then just now when I went to his room, he told me to go away." Emily explained to Morgan. Tom idolized Morgan and now that Jacob and Alexa were getting older, 15 and 11 respectively, Morgan liked having the little man around. "Do you think maybe you could come by the house after work and talk to him?"

"I tell you what. I'm just about done here and since it's Friday I'm sure the boss lady won't mind me leaving a little early." Emily laughed at Morgan's reference to JJ. "Plus she's not here anyways, so what she doesn't know won't hurt her." Morgan laughed. JJ was currently with the President attending the United Nations Summit.

"Better be careful, Kelly might rat you out." Emily teased.

"I'll just have to sneak out then."

"Okay, well I'll see you in a little bit. Thanks for doing this Morgan."

"No problem. See ya soon." Emily closed her phone and made her way to the office. She still had a couple of consults left to go over so she figured she would try to knock one of them out before Morgan got there. Even though she was retired, she was still doing special consolations for the BAU, JJ's team, and a few others whenever they needed help. She had started doing more now that Tom was in school. Emily enjoyed it and it gave her something to do.

Emily was so engrossed in the case file she was working that she didn't even realize an hour had passed until she heard the front door open.

"Hey Em, it's me." Morgan yelled as he made his way into the house.

"Morgan, that key was supposed to be for emergencies only." Emily laughed as she greeted him in the hallway with a hug.

"Yeah I know but I this is so much easier and quicker."

"One of these days you are going to walk in on something you rather not see."

"Oh trust me I always make sure to knock when I know that JJ's home." Morgan said wagging his eyebrows. "Although that might fun to see."

"So how is your wife by the way?" Emily teased right back and Morgan stuck out his tongue.

"He still in his room?" Morgan asked pointing up the steps. Emily nodded and Morgan turned to make his way to Tom's room.

Morgan knocked on the door and waited.

"Go away." Tom answered. Slowly Morgan pushed open the door and walked inside.

"Now is that any way to greet your uncle?" Morgan smiled. Tom looked up but didn't say anything. "Wow this must be really serious." Morgan teased as Tom looked back down at the comic book in his lap. "You wanna tell me what's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Well it sure seems like something." Morgan said as he sat on the bed next to Tom. "Come on buddy talk to me." Emily stood in the hallway, just close enough to the door to hear but far enough way to stay out of sight. Morgan watched as a single tear rolled down Tom's cheek. "Hey come here." Morgan pulled Tom onto his lap.

"I don't have a daddy!" As if the damn broke, Tom sobbed into Morgan's chest.

"Hey it's okay." Morgan said as he rubbed circles on Tom's back.

"But I want a daddy." Tom cried. "All my friends have daddies!" Tom said looking up at Morgan. "How come I don't have a daddy?"

"Because you have two mommies." Morgan explained. Not really sure how he was going to explain this to a five year old.

"But I don't want two mommies. I want a daddy." Outside in the hallway Emily's heart broke. She knew that he didn't mean it, that he was just upset, but it still hurt to hear. "Today the teacher asked us to tell everyone what our daddy did at work. I couldn't and then everyone laughed at me." Tom said as he wiped his eyes.

"Okay Tom I'm going to try to explain this so you will understand okay?" Tom nodded. "There are all types of families in the world. Sometimes kids have a mommy and daddy; sometimes they have just a mommy or just a daddy. Now you, you have two mommies and some kids out there have two daddies. Understand so far?" Tom nodded again. "There is no right way for a family. A family is what ever you make it to be. Your mommies love you very much and so does your sister."

"But I still don't have a daddy." Tom sniffled.

"No you don't, but neither does AJ." Morgan could almost see the wheels turning in Tom's little head as he thought about what Morgan had said. "Do you love your mommies?"

"Yes." Tom replied quickly.

"Would you get rid of one just to have a daddy?"

"No, but can't I have a daddy too?" Tom asked.

"I'm sorry but that's not how it works."

"But they all laughed at me." Tom repeated.

"You tell them that, although you don't have a daddy, you have an Uncle Derek who is way cooler than a daddy." Morgan teased as he brushed the hair from Tom's face. "And tell them that only super cool kids have two mommies." Finally Morgan broke through and Tom laughed. "Feel better now?"

"Yes."

"Good. Now why don't you go out into the hallway and hug your mom because I'm sure she is standing out there crying right now." Morgan smiled.

"Very funny, Morgan." Emily teased as she walked up to the door. Tom jumped off the bed and ran over to Emily who picked him up and hugged him. "You okay little man?"

"Uncle Derek said that I didn't need a daddy, that having two mommies was way cooler." Tom grinned.

"Did he now?" Tom nodded in her arms. "Well I happen to think that he's right." Emily said as she tried to grab her son's nose. He began laughing and wiggled down from her arms.

"Can I go outside and play?" Tom asked. Emily nodded and the little boy took off down the steps.

"Thank you, Morgan." Emily said as she wiped a tear from her cheek. "You handled the two mommies thing really well." Emily smiled.

"I was kind of nervous about that one I have to admit." Morgan laughed. "I was thinking that maybe a couple times a month I would take Tom somewhere, just the two of us. Would that be okay?"

"I think that would be a wonderful idea." Emily replied.

"I just think maybe he could use some male bonding time."

"You really are a great uncle you know that right?"

"I do what I can." Morgan laughed.

"Can you believe how our lives have turned out? I mean it seems like just yesterday I walked into the BAU only to get dismissed by Hotch." Emily laughed. "Now here we are 25 years later; I have, for all practical purposes three kids and an amazing wife." Emily could help but blush at the thought of JJ. "And you, Mr. 'I'm Never Getting Married', are married with two kids."

"I know. Crazy isn't it?" Morgan said as he wrapped his arm around Emily's shoulder. "Just think next comes grandkids." Morgan said quickly before turning to run from the room with Emily hot on his tail.

"That's not FUNNY!!"

Morgan ran into the living with Emily close behind, however, once he reached the living room he realized he was trapped. Morgan turned to face Emily and threw his hands up in defeat.

"Truce?" Morgan asked laughing. Emily simply rolled her eyes.

"I guess so." Emily smiled. Morgan looked down at this watch and suddenly came up with a great idea.

"Hey, the Nationals have a game tonight; why don't I take Tom to see them play? You know he would love it, plus it might help with the whole 'no daddy' thing."

"The Nationals?" Emily asked with confusion.

"Yeah you know, the Washington Nationals; as in major league baseball." Emily just stared back blankly. "Damn girl what kind of lesbian are you?" Morgan laughed.

"Well, contrary to popular belief, not all lesbians love sports." Emily defended with a smile.

"Really? I thought it was in the handbook or something. You know, right below must love p…"

"MORGAN!" Emily shouted.

"What? I was going to say power tools." Morgan laughed with an evil grin.

"Sure you were." Emily smirked as she grabbed a pillow off the couch and threw it at him.

"So what do you think?" Can I take him? Garcia and Alexa hate sports and, well, Jacob is 'too cool' to be seen hanging out with his dad any more." Morgan laughed.

"Sure I don't see why not." Emily smiled as she went to the back door. "Hey Tom, can you come here for a minute, sweetie?" Emily yelled out the door and a few seconds later Tom came running inside. "Uncle Derek has something to ask you." Tom turned to face Morgan.

"Hey buddy, how would you like to go to a baseball game with me tonight? Wanna go see the Nationals play?"

"Really?" Morgan nodded and Tom turned to face Emily. "Can I? Can I go mommy? Please?" Tom asked already jumping up and down.

"Of course you can go." Emily smiled as Tom threw his arms around her waist.

"Thanks mommy!" Tom said as he let go of Emily and took off up the steps.

"Where are you going?" Emily asked.

"To put on my Nationals jersey that mommy bought me." Tom said as he continued up the steps.

"That's just sad, Emily." Morgan said shaking his head. "Your five year old son knows more about sports than you do." Morgan laughed, once again dodging a pillow thrown by Emily.

A/N- Okay I just love the thought of Emily being completely dumb when it comes to sports… lol…. PLEASE REVIEW….