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This chapter is dedicated to: CrimStudent47, hxchick, Sid B., NCIS-fan-cecy, nataliebianca, McNinja.

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No one was overly optimistic as they entered The Four Seasons hotel. Hotch and Emily were both on the verge of passing out. Riley was not overly tired, but her bug bites were itching so much she wanted to scream. Jack slept cradled in Hotch's arms. They walked over to the front desk and the girl looked at them and smiled.

"Camping this week?" She asked with a smile. Her name tag said 'Monica'.

"Could you tell?" Riley laughed.

"A bit." She shrugged.

"We'd like a room until Saturday if you have any." Hotch said.

"Yes we do." Monica said, with another smile. She started typing on her computer and told Hotch the price. He handed her his credit card and she swiped it.

"So, we're good?" Emily asked.

"Yep. You'll be in room 210."

"Thank you." Hotch nodded.

"Oh, and do you have a list of movies that we can order?" Riley asked.

"Yeah, here it is." She handed the list to Riley.

"Hey, look! There's no porn!" She exclaimed. Hotch rolled his eyes and Emily snickered. Monica looked confused for a few moments, but then a look of realization came over her face.

"Did you guys try and stay at that cesspool that's an hour from here?" She asked.

"Yes. That was something else." Hotch nodded.

"Thank you for the room." Emily said, and they all went up to the room.

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"We went from that crap stand to this?" Riley said as they opened their door. They were staying in a huge suit that night. It was amazing, especially compared to the hotel they were at just hours before. There was a Jacuzzi tub, a huge fire place, room service, an advertisement for a spa, and so much more that Riley was no longer tired.

"A spa!" Emily cried. "And no bugs! I know what I'm doing tomorrow!"

"This place is great." Hotch said in a hushed voice. "Just shush a bit. I don't want to wake Jack up."

"I'm awake." The little boy sat up in his father's arms.

"Hey buddy." Hotch said.

"I've been awake since we got here; I just was too tired to walk." Jack laughed as he jumped out of his father's arms and started running around the room.

"He's so much like you." Hotch said, cocking his head in Riley's direction.

"What did I do?" she asked defensively.

"You did that all the time when you were little. You'd fake sleep so your mother and I would carry you around. But you'd tell us you were awake and laugh." Riley opened her mouth to argue, but she admitted that it sounded like something she would have done. They all started looking around and unpacking their things when Jack announced that he was hungry. They had eaten their poorly made dinner hours before, and it was now after midnight. They were all hungry, and with good reason. Emily called room service and ordered food. Once it got there, they all sat down at the small dining set in the room.

"So," began Riley. "I've been wondering this for a while. How did my dad ask you out Emily?" Emily blushed, remembering that her and Hotch skipped the 'asking out' stage and just went to the 'sex' stage.

"Well," Hotch began. He actually knew what to say. "We were at a bar after a case. Some loser asked Emily to dance and I knew that he was probably an unsub."

"He was not!" Emily laughed.

"Hey lady, this is my story." Hotch said. Riley laughed and Emily stuck out her tongue at him. Jack nibbled on his pizza, and then he cleared his throat.

"Daddy?"

"Yes Jack?" Before Jack could say anything else, he fell asleep and landed face first in his pizza.

"Oh!" Hotch said. He jumped out of his seat and carried Jack over to the bathroom to clean off his face. Hotch was glad that he put Jack in his pajamas before they started eating. Once Jack was all cleaned up, Hotch tucked him in and returned to the dining set.

"Okay, so where was I?" He asked.

"The unsub that tried to attack Emily." Riley said.

"That's not what happened." Emily protested.

"But I'm sure it's more interesting." Riley concluded. "Continue."

"Okay. I knew he was bad news, but like any good unsub, he was charming. He had charmed Emily into thinking that he was a good guy and poor, poor Emily believed him." Hotch continued dramatically.

"Jeez Aaron! That's not even close to what happened. I'll tell you the truth." Emily said.

"Alright."

"Well, we were really at a bar after a case. That much was true. Anyways, this really nice guy asked me to dance. I went over and danced with him-" She started when Hotch cut her off.

"Dancing like a hooch." He said, and Riley laughed.

"I can't believe you said hooch, and I figured!" Riley said. Emily glared at them, but knew that they were joking. At least, Riley was because she wasn't there, and didn't know that she actually was.

"Anyways, your dad gets so jealous he practically turns green." Emily smirked.

"I don't remember that." Hotch blushed when she said that.

"Oh really? So he comes up to us, and convinced him that he's booked an appointment with me for the night." Emily continued.

"Like a hooker?"

"Yes, exactly like a hooker." Emily nodded.

"That's terrible!" Riley exclaimed.

"It worked, didn't it?" He said under his breath and Emily punched him softly in the arm.

"Whatever. So we got into a huge fight, and he begged me to forgive him because I'm the best woman ever. He said he'd give me everything if I loved him too. Of course, I didn't give in right away, but I eventually let him be my boyfriend." She concluded.

"Oh, and I'm the liar?" He protested.

"Yes." Emily shrugged.

"You know, you guys are a pretty good couple. The chemistry is there. An odd couple, but still." Riley said.

"How are we an odd couple?" Emily asked.

"Okay, I'll rephrase. You're a funny couple. Your dynamics make me laugh."

"That makes more sense." Hotch agreed, and then he noticed what time it was. "Alright, go brush your teeth and get ready for bed."

"I'm not tired." Riley protested like a young child.

"It's two in the morning. Go to bed now." He said. Once she left to go get ready, Hotch and Emily followed suit. Despite her protests, it was obvious that Riley was tired. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit the bed. The same went for Hotch and Emily.

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The rest of the days flew by. They were all excited to get the vacation they wanted. Emily and Riley spent a lot of time in the spa, much to the dismay of Hotch's credit card. Jack and Aaron found a golf course about ten minutes away, and spent a lot of time there. Hotch also spent a lot of time trying to explain to Riley and Emily how his six year old could beat him at golf. The pool was visited often, and many movies were rented. Aaron's burn was healing and so was his sunburn. Riley's bites were getting better, and so was her knee. Jack's ankle didn't cause him any more grief and thanks to an ample supply of calamine lotion, Emily's poison oak was almost gone. When Monday finally rolled around, Hotch and Emily had many stories to share.

"Hey!" Penelope exclaimed when they walked into the bullpen. She and Morgan were sitting at his desk chatting.

"Hi!" Emily said. "What are you doing here so early?"

"We haven't been here in a week." Derek shrugged. "Okay Hotch, why are you peeling?"

"Long story."

"How was camping?" Penelope asked as JJ emerged from her office.

"Oh yeah! How was it?" She called down. Soon enough, she was standing with them waiting to hear about their trip.

"Short lived and full of disaster." Emily laughed. "What did you guys get up to?" As she asked, Reid and Rossi came into the bullpen and greeted everyone.

"Will and I took Henry to see my parents for the week. It was really nice." JJ said.

"Baby girl and I went to Florida and planted our asses on the beach for the week." Morgan laughed.

"I went to visit my mom, and Catherine and I hung out in Vegas." Reid said and Morgan raised his eyebrows suggestively. Reid ignored him.

"I didn't do anything special. By the way, you look like you have a disease Aaron." Rossi said, and they all laughed.

"It's just a sunburn!"

"It's a bad one!" Garcia said. "And why is your hand bandaged?" They had went to the doctors on Sunday when they returned, and the doctor did a better job bandaging it and told him to keep it on for a week even thought it was healing nicely.

"Aaron touched the campfire." Emily explained.

"Wait, you say that like it's a bad idea." Morgan quipped.

"Yeah? Well, Emily picked up poison oak, and then proceeded to jump on it without any shoes on!" He smirked.

"Yikes!" JJ said.

"That was smart." Rossi said, and they all laughed.

"Was your entire week full of such disasters?" Reid asked.

"Let's see; the air-conditioning broke in the car, Hotch touched the fire, Jack knocked Riley into the lake with his fishing rod and almost broke his ankle, Hotch got so sunburnt he looked a cooked lobster, Riley got a million mosquito bites, the kids tent leaked, raccoons stole most of our food and I picked up and stepped on poison oak. We then found a hotel to stay in which was infested with bugs and rats with no restaurant or pool. We ordered pizza which had bugs in it, and Riley ate one of the bugs. We then tried to rent a movie and all they had to offer was porn." Emily listed. "So yes, it was full of disasters."

"Holey shit!" Penelope exclaimed.

"That's...yeah. I think holey shit is the right expression." Morgan laughed.

"We ended up going to the Four Seasons later though." Hotch said.

"Still, that sounds like the worst trip ever!" JJ said.

"You know what?" Emily said. "It was actually one of the funniest weeks of my entire life!" She began laughing about all of their misfortune. Hotch soon was laughing too. Maybe Riley was right. It wasn't funny at the time, but looking back, it really was. Maybe crappy events really did build character.

A/N: Alright, that's all for now! Anyways, please please please review if you liked it or not! Thanks for reading!