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"So," Hotch said after they got Riley from the dance studio. "Emily and I were wondering if you two wanted to fix up your rooms."

"They're broken?" Jack wondered out loud. Emily giggled and Riley didn't look up from her history textbook.

"No Jack. They're fine, but boring. We wanted to get paint and posters and things like that." Emily explained.

"Oh! You know, that makes more sense." Jack agreed.

"That sounds good, but I've got to study." Riley said in an exasperated voice. Their constant chatter was ruining her concentration.

"Riley, your mother says that you've been studying nonstop. It won't hurt to take the weekend off." Hotch said and Riley shook her head.

"Come on Riley. What would Harry Potter do?" Emily asked. She thought that she might as well bring him up, as she wanted to read the books to be able to talk to Riley about her interests. When she noticed the look on Riley's face, she realized she said something stupid. The look was somewhere between laughing and frowning.

"Harry Potter? Have you ever read any of those books?" Riley asked.

"No. I was just saying." Emily admitted.

"Well in that case, Harry Potter would not study or do any homework without being forced. He'd get the answers from Hermione Granger and get in trouble from a teacher." Riley laughed. "Sorry, my inner nerd is showing.""Inner nerd?" Hotch asked, raising one eyebrow. "Riley, you're a nerd in and out."

"Cute." She said sarcastically. "I'm in, but can we please do it after exams?"

"You know Riley, one weekend off won't hurt." Hotch reasoned.

"You don't have to be the perfect child all the time." Emily said.

"Whenever I'm not the perfect child I get in trouble!" Riley said. She was referring to when she skipped school, and Hotch and Emily both knew it.

"There's a big difference between skipping school and taking some time off from studying for exams after you've studied for days upon days." Hotch snapped.

"I'm kidding!" Riley said. "Will you all leave me alone if I take the night off?"

"YES!" Jack yelled happily. "They will, they will!"

"Alright." Riley said exasperatedly. "I'll take some time to re-do our rooms."

Their first stop was the paint store. Jack was so overcome with excitement that he began running around the store. Hotch noticed his eyes light up and was running as soon as Jack ran. The whole time they ran Hotch yelled 'JACK GET BACK HERE NOW!' Emily and Riley laughed and began wandering together.

"So," Riley said. "I noticed you grabbed some of my dance movies. They're sitting on the floor by your feet in the car."

"Yeah. I wanted to see you dance when you were younger. You father said you were always a good dancer. Maybe Vera will pick up some tips." Emily said. "Purple?"

"Nah, I'm not a purple person." Riley said as the two looked at paint samples. "You want Vera to dance?"

"Unless she doesn't want to." Emily shrugged. "Do you ever regret that your parents put you in dance?"

"Sometimes," Riley said. "It takes up a lot of time. Some nights I want to just chill at home instead of dancing, but I love it as soon as I'm back at the studio."

"It can be bittersweet." Emily nodded.

"You danced?" Riley wondered.

"Never. I always wished to." Emily admitted. "Green?"

"Me with a green room? I can't picture it." She said. "Why didn't you dance?"

"My mother thought it was foolish."

"Why do you always go back to her? She's so mean you Em."

"Yeah, we fight a lot and sometimes she says hurtful things." Emily agreed. "But she's my mother. What am I supposed to do?"

"True." Riley agreed. "Black?"

"I'm pretty sure your father won't go for that one." Emily laughed. "But my mother offered to pay for the wedding."

"Take her for all she's worth." Riley laughed. "She really thought dance was foolish?"

"Really." Emily agreed.

"Well, my dad thinks it's foolish." Riley said as she rolled her eyes.

"What do you mean? He thinks you're a fantastic dancer!" Emily said. She didn't know where Riley was coming from. She'd seen Hotch in the audience; she saw his reaction. There was no way he thought dance was foolish.

"He thinks I'm a good dancer, but he doesn't like that it's my ambition."

"You want to be a dancer?"

"I want to go to Julliard and then join the American Ballet Theatre Company in New York." Riley sighed. "But my dad says that's not a stable career."

"Oh." Emily didn't know how to respond. It was definitely not a stable career, but Hotch should be encouraging his child's big dreams. "Red?"

"Red." Riley finally agreed.

The next stop was at a store full of posters and decorations. They were still going to use the beds and furniture they already had. After they got their decorations and posters, they planned to get new bedding and return home. This time before Jack ran off, Hotch grabbed his arm and ran with him.

"Slow down buddy! There's no fire! I told you in the paint store that running off was unacceptable." Hotch snapped.

"Sorry daddy. I'm just so excited! I want to fix my room and make it look awesome with my new blue paint!" Jack said solemnly. Hotch looked at his wide-eyed son and he couldn't be annoyed with him anymore. He was just happy, that's why he was so hyper.

"It's okay sweetie. What kind of decorations do you want?"

"Super hero posters!" Jack said as he jumped and clapped his hands. The two Hotchner boys walked over to the posters and located a Spider-man poster, a Batman poster and an Iron-man poster that Jack wanted. Hotch let him get all three.

"You'll teach Ben about heroes, won't you?" Aaron asked.

"Oh yes! He can play the bad guy!" Jack laughed.

"What? He'll be a baby; he has to be a good guy."

"Who wrote these rules? Where are they? Why do the babies have to be the good guys?" Jack demanded.

"A curious child you are." Hotch laughed.

"Well?"

"Ben will be a baby. Babies are sweet." Hotch tried to explain.

"They haven't been exposed to the evil, sadness and wretchedness of society yet. Their soles are still pure." Jack recited.

"Where did you hear that?" Hotch asked.

"That's what Riley said when I asked if Ben was a villain in disguise." Jack shrugged.

"Ah. And now you want to make him a villain?"

"I don't want to be the villain when we play!"

"Why don't you guys make Riley the villain?" Hotch suggested, knowing that Riley would lose it when she realized he set her up.

"Deal!" Jack squealed. "But hey! You're saving Ben, but you let Riley treat me mean. She treated me like Wednesday Addams treated Pugsley Addams."

"Riley protected you from everything you drama queen." Hotch laughed.

"I was joking." Jack laughed. "I love you daddy."

"I love you too son."

After stopping at a store to get bedding, (Riley got white sheets and a red comforter and Jack got all blue bedding) the group all went home to start working on their rooms. Jack asked Emily to help him and Riley agreed to let Aaron help her. They moved all their furniture out and began to paint.

"Emily says you still have your heart set on Julliard." Hotch brought up casually.

"Yes." Riley said quietly. The topic was not an easy one to discuss. Neither one of them agreed on her future.

"Have you spoken to your mother about this?" He looked over and saw Riley in her jean overalls with one latch undone. Her blue t-shirt underneath clashed with the read that was covering the walls. Though she knew they were kind of silly, Hotch knew Riley adored her overalls. She had ever since she was little. They reminded Aaron of Riley when she was little. When she was little, she wasn't so stubborn and she relied on her daddy's advice. Now, she didn't care what he had to say about her future. She wanted to make up her own mind. And it scared him.

"What does she say?"

"She still says that I can do whatever I want to." Riley said. "Unlike some people."

"Hey. Just because I don't think ballerina is a suitable career doesn't mean that I don't think you're able to!" Aaron said loudly.

"Then support me!" She snapped.

"Don't use that tone with me!" He snapped back.

"I'll put the tone away when YOU believe in me." Riley cried.

"Stop being dramatic. Why does everything have to be the end of the world for you?" Hotch asked. Why couldn't she understand that he didn't doubt her abilities? He just wanted her to have a stable future; a happy life.

"You brought it up! Don't bring up the future anymore then!" Riley yelled.

"I'm sorry I wanted to speak to you about the damned future!"

"I forgive you!" She snapped sarcastically.

"Riley Anna Maria Hotchner!" Hotch yelled loudly. "You listen to me."

"No!" She yelled. "No! Why would I listen to someone who thinks I have horrible dreams? Why would I listen to someone who doubts the only talent I have? I've given up a lot to dance!"

"You think I haven't given anything for your dancing?" Hotch yelled back. "Do you think the money grows on trees?"

"Obviously not! MOM works hard for me and Jack!" She yelled. Aaron didn't know what to say. He was so mad that he thought his head would burst. Riley felt the very same way. Both knew they over reacted, but both were too proud to apologies. The rest of Riley's room was painted in silence.

"Why should I apologies to her?" Hotch said as he laid down beside Emily to go to sleep.

"Because you're the adult, and going to bed angry is not allowed in this house, now go!" Emily urged as she gently shoved him out of bed. Hotch shot her a look, but he still walked down the stairs. Riley and Jack were sleeping in the living room because their rooms smelled strongly of paint. Jack was curled up on the love seat, fast asleep while Riley laid on the couch reading one of Emily's tabloid magazines.

"Hey." Hotch said as he sat down by her feet.

"Hi." Riley said as she closed her magazine.

"Look, Ri, I'm so, so sorry." Hotch said.

"No, I'm sorry." Riley said.

"You were right. Even if I don't think it's stable, I should support all of your dreams, no matter what." Aaron said as he rubbed his daughter's cheek.

"But you were right too. Well, you were in the right I guess. You're looking out for me. You just don't want me to have a hard life."

"I just don't want you to struggle." He admitted.

"I know. I think we both over did it." She smiled.

"Yes, we did." Hotch nodded.

"I'm sorry we had to fight."

"What kind of father and daughter don't fight? We're not some family out of a Disney movie." Hotch shrugged.

"You're right." She giggled.

"I love you Riley." Aaron said.

"I love you too dad." Riley said quietly, with a smile. She reached out and gave her dad a small hug before trying to go to sleep.

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