Kay so in this chapter Emily and Hotch takes Jack to the zoo and talk to him about the idea of adopting.

It's the same day as the last chapter.
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"You know we really should get up now." Emily mumbled into the crook between Hotch's shoulder and neck, as they lay in bed an hour later, wrapped up in one another's arms.

"Oh, to we have to? I like it here." Hotch moaned, as he planted soft kisses along Emily's shoulder blade.

"Yea we do actually." Emily chuckled, as she kissed Hotch's chest. "We promised Jack we'd bring him to the zoo." She reminded him, as she rose slowly, bringing her half of the sheets with her.

"You drive a hard bargain woman..." Hotch sighed, as he too sat up in the bed, pulling some of the blankets with him, as he scanned the room for his clothes from earlier that morning.

"Yea, but you love me anyway." Emily reminded him, as she threw on one of his old shirts that had been lying in the laundry basket. "Now hurry up and get dressed before a certain four year old whirlwind comes in to inform us he's ready to see the monkeys." She added, as she heard bed boards creaking in Jacks room, informing her that the four year old had woken up.

"Yup, I'm pretty sure we've got another thirty seconds to make ourselves presentable." Hotch joked as he heard the sound of tiny feet on Jacks bedroom floor, as he pulled on a pair of sweat pants and began his search for a t-shirt.

Less than thirty seconds later the sound of footsteps could be heard coming down the hallway towards their bedroom, and within seconds Jack came running into the room, leaping into Hotch's outstretched arms, as Hotch stood beside the bed, having just pulled on a t-shirt.

"Daddy, Emmy, we going to the zoo today!" Jack squealed, as Hotch carried him towards the bed and placed him in the middle, between Emily, who was brushing out her bed hair, and Hotch, who sat down on Jacks left.

"That's right munchkin, you looking forward to it?" Emily asked, as she leant over and gave the young boy a kiss on his forehead.

"I wanna see the monkeys!" Was all Jack told her in response, as a look of pure glee crossed his face just at the thought.

"Ok buddy, come on and we can have breakfast before we go." Hotch laughed, as he watched his son bounce around on the bed in excitement.

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"Emmy look, Emmy look, Emmy look!" Jack squealed, as he sat on top of Hotch's shoulders, looking down at Emily beside him, and pointing in at the monkeys. "That one just waved at me!" He informed her in excitement.

"Yea they did munchkin." Emily replied with a laugh. "Looks like you have a new friend." She added, watching Jack as he smiled happily at the prospect of a monkey friend.

"Daddy, I've a monkey friend!" Jack giggled happily.

"Your son is so cute." An elderly woman to Emily's right whispered, as she looked up at Jack, who was going through names with his father, deciding what he should call his new friend.

"Thank you." Emily replied, blushing, and smiling happily to herself at the fact that the woman had presumed she was Jacks mother.

"Emmy." Jack then called, pulling Emily out of her thoughts, and the conversation with the woman.

"Yes Jacko?" Emily asked, looking up at the small boy and smiling happily.

"Daddy said we're going to get lunch, and then we can go to the gift shop!" Jack informed Emily happily.

"Oh right, well lets go then." Emily replied, as she began to walk with the two, towards the cafe, grasping Hotch's hand as they fell into pace.

"You know I heard what that woman said to you." Hotch informed Emily out of the corner of his mouth as they walked.

"Oh... and?" Emily asked cautiously, hoping she hadn't overstepped the mark by not correcting the woman, because despite the fact that she felt like Jack's mother, Hotch may not see her as that.

"I think there was no need for you to blush... as far as Jack and I are concerned, you're a second mother to him, and that's all we could ask for." Hotch replied, giving her hand a brief squeeze as he spoke.

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"Today was the best ever!" Jack told Emily and Hotch happily, as they swung him between their arms, as they walked up to the apartment later that evening, Emily holding Jacks new monkey teddy, and Hotch rummaging in his pocket for keys.

"I have to agree with you there munchkin, today was pretty fun." Emily laughed, as she stopped at the door and allowed Hotch to open it.

"Can we watch a DVD now?" Jack asked excitedly the second they got in the door.

"Sure buddy, in a minute... first there's something me and Emily want to talk to you about." Hotch told his son, as he glanced briefly at Emily, both of them looking nervous.

"Sure, but make it quick... I wanna watch a DVD." Jack replied seriously, causing the two adults to laugh at his demands.

"Well ok then." Hotch replied with a grin, as he sat down beside Emily on the couch and allowed Jack to climb up between them. "How would you feel about having a little brother or sister?" He asked, looking at Jack intently to gauge his reaction.

"Why?" Jack asked slowly. "Is there a baby growing in Emmy, just like there was in Aunt JJ?" The young boy asked, looking at Emily's stomach like there was suddenly an alien growing in it.

"Well no, not exactly." Hotch replied, before pausing, not quite knowing how to explain the adoption process to a four year old.

"Well you see Jack." Emily took over, seeing Hotch's hesitant look. "Sometimes, some people aren't able to grow babies in their belly, so instead they get them from other people who are able to grow babies, but want to give them away instead of keeping them." She informed Jack as simply as possible.

"So... does that mean you get to pick what kind of a baby you get?" Jack asked, understanding what Emily had said somewhat.

"Well yea you do... sort of." Hotch replied. "So what do you think?" He asked hopefully.

"I want a sister." Jack responded. "Henry's already like my brother, so I want a sister." He informed them.

"Does this mean you're ok with it?" Hotch asked his son, a smile growing on his face.

"Yup... I always wanted a sister, and me and Henry need another person to play tag, or it's boring." Jack informed the two adults with a frown.

"Well in that case we'll do the best we can to get you a sister." Emily replied, bending down to give Jack a kiss on the forehead.

"Yay!" Jack called happily at the news. "Now can we watch a DVD?" He asked then.

"Sure thing buddy." Hotch replied with a smile, happy that his son wasn't against the idea. "Which one do you want to watch?" He asked.

"Space Chimps!" Jack shouted, running over to the DVD case to fish out his requested DVD.

"Really Aaron... how many years have you been a profiler and you still didn't guess that?" Emily questioned playfully as she snuggled closer to his side. "You're not as quick to pick up on things in your old age." She teased.

"Normally I'd have a witty comeback for that remark... but I must admit that one was pretty obvious." Hotch admitted, as he kissed the top of Emily's head softly, as he let Jack jump into his lap and press play on the DVD.
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There we go. Another chapter done. Hope you like it, and please tell me what you thought of the chapter. Thanks for reading. =)