Ok so as promised this chapter is going to be happy and I promised Reid and Austin! So I thought what better way to do that than have a chapter with the team plus Jack in it! (YAY). This is after "Omnivore" though so I'm going to deal with that as well... I just didn't want to give that episode a whole chapter to itself because I promised happiness in this chapter, and that's what you're going to get!

It's still March 2009 (its right after they get back from the case). Emily is 38 and Hotch is 43.
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"The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together." – Erma Bombeck
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"Are you sure you're ok?" Emily asked from Hotch's couch, as she watched him move around the room slowly, putting a DVD in the machine and then moving back to curl up beside her under the blanket.

"I guess." He responded quietly, as he absentmindedly ran his hands through her hair.

"Wow, way to lie to me." Emily snorted, tilting her head back so she could look him in the eye. "Go on; tell me what the matter is."

"I just... I can't help but feel that Foyet's out to get me personally... I mean when he escaped, it's like he has a plan, and I can't help but feel like I'm a part of it." Hotch confessed.

"He probably does have a plan, he's too smart not to, and you probably will play a part in it, I mean you refused to take his deal... but whatever he throws at us we can beat him, so don't worry." Emily reassured him.

"You're right." Hotch sighed after a moment. "I just can't help thinking about it though." He admitted.

"Well, you have Jack this weekend." Emily told him. "So how about we go on a team picnic to get your mind off it?" She asked.

"Sounds good to me." Hotch told her. "Now let's watch this DVD." He added, before giving her a kiss on the forehead and hitting play.

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Hotch and Emily walked across the park to where the team were sitting, with Jack clutching their hands. Every now and then on Jacks request, the pair would swing him up in the air, sending the small boy into fits of giggles.

"Here come Em, Hotch and Jack." Rossi said once seen the three of them approach.

"Aw," said Garcia, causing the whole team to look. "They look like a proper family." She commented as Emily and Hotch swung Jack again.

The rest of the team just smiled and nodded in agreement as the Emily, Hotch and Jack finally joined the rest group, sitting down on one of the blankets that had been laid out.

"Hey guys." Emily said once she sat down beside Hotch, pulling Jack onto her lap as she spoke.

"Hey." The rest of the team replied almost at the same time.

"Where's Reid?" Hotch asked, looking around and noticing that he wasn't here yet.

"Your guess is as good as ours, boy wonder just said that he'd be a little late, but it would be worth it." Garcia informed him.

"Hm, wonder what that's about." Emily mused, causing the rest of the team to shrug their shoulders.

"Aunty Jen." Jack spoke up after a moment.

"Yes sweetheart?" JJ asked looking down at the small boy.

"Oo said oo had a suwpwise fow me." Jack reminded her, eyes widening in anticipation.

"That's right I do." JJ said, nudging Will in the side as she spoke, indicating for him to get Henry out of his pram. "This is your little cousin Henry." JJ told him happily, as Will walked round and carefully placed Henry in Jacks arms, with some help from Emily.

"Weally!" Jack exclaimed as he looked down at the little bundle in his arms.

"Yup, so it's up to you to look after him." JJ said, as she looked down at the pair.

"I pwomise I will." Jack told her, nodding his head seriously as he spoke and causing the team to laugh.

After a while JJ took Henry back and placed him in his pram again so Jack and the rest of the team could eat some of the food that had been brought along.

"No way!" Garcia squeaked after a while.

"What's the matter baby girl?" Morgan asked, earning a small glare from Kevin when he called Garcia by her nickname.

"Look look, look!" She exclaimed, pointing across the park excitedly.

The rest of the group turned their heads so fast that some of them probably pulled muscles, and their jaws nearly hit the ground when the saw Reid walking across the park holding the hand of an unknown woman.

"Well I'll be damned!" Rossi exclaimed as he watched the pair approach.

"I didn't think he'd actually call her." Morgan commented, slightly shocked that their teasing had actually lead to Reid calling Austin.

The rest of the team just watched as Reid and Austin made their way slowly towards them, each smiling shyly as they approached.

"Uh, guy's this is Austin." Reid informed the team once they reached the rest of the team. "And Austin, this is the team, plus Will, Kevin, Henry and Jack." He added.

"Hi." Austin said shyly, with a small wave.

"Well hello there Austin." Garcia chirped. "Come and have a seat so we can begin to quiz you properly."

"I would say, she's only joking... but she's not." Emily told her when she seen the shocked and slightly scared look on Austin's face. "Though don't worry she's not as scary as she seems." She added with a smile.

"Well um, Austin's only here for the weekend so I was hoping we could just relax and leave the 'grilling her' until next time she's in DC." Reid asked the team hopefully.

"Really, so you're going to be in DC again to see Spence." JJ asked with a sly smile, completely ignoring what Reid had just said.

Reid rolled his eyes as he sat down with Austin... he should have known getting her to meet the team wouldn't be as simple as he thought!

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"So, how do you think Austin survived the team's grilling?" Emily asked with a smile, as she lay curled up in bed beside Hotch later that night, her arms across his chest, with his arms wrapped tightly around her waist.

"I think she survived... though Reid almost didn't, especially when Garcia started asking more personal questions." Hotch replied, laughing at the memory of Reid's face when Garcia had asked how well he 'preformed'.

"Yea, I'm pretty sure he needed an ice pack for his cheeks." Emily laughed.

"I know I almost felt sorry for him." Hotch agreed. "Though today did help me take my mind off things... thank you." He added, kissing her hair softly.

"Hm, I'm glad my idea worked... though I had no real doubt it would." Emily laughed.

"Jeez, full of yourself aren't you." Hotch chuckled, as he rolled her onto his chest, causing her to giggle.

"Well with ideas like mine, why wouldn't I be?" Emily teased.

"Hm, any more of them great ideas up there?" Hotch asked as he kissed her soundly.

"I can think of one or two." Emily replied huskily, once they broke apart.

"Think? I'd prefer if you showed me." Hotch teased, before he kissed her again, this time with more passion.

"With a kiss like that, how can I refuse?" Emily murmured, when they broke apart for air.
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Ok so this chapter had a lot of the team in it (which isn't a bad thing), so I added the scene at the end to balance it out a little, hope you liked... in fact tell me if you liked! =)