A/N: Just a little teaser chapter to set us up for some more fun. Hope you enjoy it.

I do not own Criminal Minds

"Daddy, look! It's Kevin!" Jack had just finished his space ice cream and pulled Hotch and Garcia to his friend where they instantly began to talk about what they did today.

"Hey Jack." Kevin's sister Amelia greeted shyly. She was the second youngest competitor in the bee, having skipped a grade already she was just a year older than jack and had a little crush on him. Her parents thought the zoo would cheer her up since she didn't win, worrying now that seeing Jack might make her mad. But she was too far gone to be mad at him, she just twisted her hands awkwardly as she talked to him.

Jack looked at her wondering why she was acting funny. "Amy. You did great today, is that why you are at the zoo too?"

As the kids talked Kevin and Amelia's parents greeted Hotch and for the first time Penelope was introduced as Hotch's girlfriend. It almost made her keel over in pride at being officially attached to this man.

"It's so nice to meet you Penelope. Your name has come up more than once when Jack comes over to play." Annette was glad to see that SSA Hotchner seemed to be moving on with his life and Jack really deserved a female figure around. She could tell just by how Penelope watched him with care and made him zipper his jacket that he was in good hands with her.

Her husband Joe was talking with Hotch about the upcoming little league season and trying to rope him into coaching. It seemed like Hotch was interested, but it was of course already a stretch that he committed to coaching the soccer team, taking an assistant role (that Rossi had started sharing as well) so that he didn't have to be counted on when he couldn't make a game.

Annette overheard the conversation between Amelia and Jack and looked to Penelope as the adults followed the children's' lead through to the monkeys. "Isn't that cute? I think Jack has a girlfriend on his hands, better get prepared."

Penelope smiled fondly at the sight of Amelia shyly shadowing Jack as he and Kevin busily talked about the sushi Jack tried today. Sweeter than anything, Jack kept trying to get Amelia involved in the conversation, competing on who could spell what sushi related words.

"He's a little Romeo." Penelope laughed when she noticed the look on Kevin's face as Amelia quickly grabbed Jack's hand only to let go when she was caught. "This zoo is oddly romantic isn't it?"

Annette laughed, "What do you mean?"

Penelope described the situation with Aaron and how the little Romeo-Jack helped her and his father move beyond their big fight. While eating ice cream Jack had asked them to please be more considerate of each other in the future. It was baffling how sweet and sometimes grown up he could be. Annette was entirely touched at both stories and caught the little glimmer of passion in the glances shared between Hotch and Garcia. "So do you need tonight to make up?" She nudged her arm playfully.

Pen unsuccessfully hid a guilty smile but didn't have to respond as Hotch broke into the conversation, having discussed much the same with Joe. "Pen, date tonight? Joe offered for Jack to stay over if that is ok with you Annette."

Annette smiled knowingly at them. "Of course, I'm sure you two could use the fun." She wiggled her eyebrows which elicited a tiny laugh from Kevin.

"Mommy, you look funny." Kevin never saw his mother make that facial expression before.

"Adults sometimes do. Let's hurry up and see the penguins one last time so we can follow Agent Hotchner and Ms. Garcia home and get Jack some pajamas!"

All three kids jumped excited for Jack's sleepover, Kevin was the most excited, since he had been grounded for a week until today for cutting all the hair off one Amelia's Barbies to get back at her for telling his mother he wasn't doing his homework. "Is Ms. Garcia Jack's new mom? Like how James got a new mom?"

Oh, those questions you can never quite answer. Hotch stepped in. "Maybe someday we will convince her to want the job. Tell you guys what, how about Jack takes his new DVDs she bought him, I think the newest Ice Age is in there."

That satisfied them all and made Penelope unbelievably happy as the two families finished up their visit to the zoo, Amelia shyly following behind Jack and occasionally holding his offered hand when an animal would frighten her. It was unbelievably adorable.

-Criminal Minds—

"Oh God Pen, stop or I'll end up having to pull over and do you on the interstate." Hotch was moaning, what else can be expected when your girlfriend is rubbing you up as you drive, whispering dirty suggestions into your ear and you just so badly need release? Thank God Jack went in Kevin's car.

"You realize that's really not a threat right?" She was getting a massive power trip watching Hotch fight the urge to just jump across the console to her, his knuckles white from gripping the steering wheel so tightly. Then she got a nice little surprise. He pulled her hand away but ran his along the inside of her thigh under her dress causing her to freeze once he got to the promise land. "Oh god." She moaned as he slid aside her panties and began to stroke.

"This is a safe activity when I am driving." Aaron made his point, loving the desperate sounds she began to make and the wet flooding onto his fingers. "And one I am sure you enjoy."

She just nodded. Oh man did she enjoy this. She would have reached back over and undid his pants if she could pry her nails out of their grasp on the fabric. He was far too good at everything, especially getting her off.

"Lean your seat back." He waited her for to comply, thankful that he opted for front seat tinted windows when he bought the SUV a year ago. "You have no idea how beautiful you look right now." Her cheeks were flushed and she glowed as his thumb traced crazy eights around her clit and two fingers delved deep within her.

"Where the hell did you learn this? They teach a class at Harvard or something?" She was panting when at a red light he stopped to feel up her breasts and deeply kiss her, lightly pinching her nipples before continuing back to driving. She was squirming, muttering how she hated him for teasing her as he purposely avoided making her come for as long as possible. He was master of her body and they only had sex four times so far.

"No. I just have an eye for detail. Ready to come sweat heart?" His mind was blown as she nodded in a desperate whimper, sure his leather seats would permanently be damaged from her nails digging in. That probably made this all the hotter. He decided mercy was in order and curled his fingers as he flicked his thumb over the sensitive tip making her come immediately.

It took her a full minute to gather her breath again. "Jesus Christ." Pant. Pant. "Please let me do that to you."

He had to cover himself to keep her out. If she made contact he was sure they would get in an accident from the distraction. Besides, as much fun as this could be at other times, he didn't want to feel that until he was inside her again. "You can repay me tonight. Though frankly, watching that and remembering is probably going to keep me hard all day."

She had no words. She laid there for a few more minutes wishing Annette and Joe's car wasn't following them or otherwise she would demand he do her in some parking lot. So she just sighed and turned her seat upright, letting Aaron take her hand and kiss it gently, sweetly.

"I'm so lucky. I really can't wait for this date, you know that?" He put her hand back onto the console with his, letting them both relax for the rest of the drive.

"You're too sweet and I am super excited. I didn't expect a date tonight." She gave him a peck on the cheek. Even though they just did what they did she was looking forward to quality time with him before they really have a romp. "What are we going to be doing on this date? Besides the obvious afterwards." Penelope asked him, trying to get her mind off how his rubbing his thumb on her palm made her heart melt over and over again. It's like he knew just how to get to her in every way.

"It's a surprise, but I will have to ask you to not hack into my iPhone to keep it that way."

She feigned insult. "What? Me? Hack into something? No way."

He chuckled. "I'm serious, it's going to be hard to surprise you or be spontaneous if you always are able to find out what I have prepared."

She snorted. "Aaron, you are never spontaneous. You have a schedule for your ties, no one really notices because the rotation makes everything fall on an odd week and day, but still."

"One, I am impressed you saw that. Two, order is the parent of spontaneity. I have lots of things planned for us that I can implement with little notice."

She laughed, that was actually incredibly endearing. "Just tell me what I have to wear."

"Don't worry, Emily is dressing you for the night." He pulled her hand to kiss it as they pulled up to his place. "Let me just get Jack a quick bag packed and see him off and I'll swing you home so she can meet you there. Ok?"

She nodded as they pulled up, rolling down her window so she could speak to Annette as they waited for the men to finish up inside. "Thank you for taking Jack tonight. I love him but—"

She held up a hand. "But it can be hard to be intimate when you are worried about waking the little ones. I get it, trust me."

Penelope giggled. "I've just never dated anyone with children before. Its kinda nerve raking, as much as I love the little guy."

Annette reached into the window to put a hand on Penelope's shoulder. "Trust me, you're a natural at this. If I hadn't known better I would have sworn you were his natural mother. And you and Aaron are simply great together. I know it's a new relationship but it's like—"

"Like we have known each other for years? Yeah, well he's been my boss forever." She nervously scratched her arm, aware that people tend to judge such things.

"Oh honey, that's nothing to be ashamed of. Jack told me all about you before. You handle all the tech stuff right? It's not like you are some girl being taken advantage of or you are doing that to him. Who gives a shit otherwise?"

"Shit. Shit. Mommy said shit!" Kevin began to taunt from the backseat. Penelope nearly peed her pants wanting to laugh at the other woman once again say shit, but under her breath this time before yelling to her son to not repeat her.

"No one's perfect Pen." She shrugged as Jack, Joe and Aaron exited the building and walked to the cars. "But you are off to a great start."

She smiled as she watched Aaron kiss Jack goodbye. "Thank you, and I'll be sure we return the favor soon."

-Criminal Minds-

When she got back to her place Emily was waiting outside the door with a garment bag in hand. Garcia rolled her eyes "Is this really necessary?"

Emily nodded. "Yes. And I'm not allowed to show you what you are wearing until the last minute. I'm not going to argue with Hotch."

"This is definitely the down side to dating your boss." Penelope joked as she let them inside.

"So you guys made up. Thank God because I was about to have to get Rossi and Morgan help me tie you down and knock sense into you."

"Kinky?" They both took a second and broke into laughter.

"Alright, since I'm your ladies maid for the day you might as well change into a robe. And wear something sexy underneath! Any chance you have a garter belt?"

Penelope nodded and extracted three selections from her drawer. Emily quirked an eyebrow but pointed to the lacy black and red one, it will come in handy. Emily handed her a bottle of heavenly scented lotion. "Here, it has pheromones in it. Rub it all over and get your butt out here, I only have an hour."

Penelope did as she was told, a little more than excited that she was having a real date with Aaron tonight. She was just a tad more than anxious though, she was craving him, needing him and after their mini-session in the car she still wasn't satisfied, only left wanting to please him too. But she could deal with the anticipation of uniting with him again, especially as she wondered how he would react to the lacy garter belt attached to the matching bustier, thigh high stockings with a line down the back and string bikini bottoms of which Emily gave her approval, saying it was far more appropriate than she had imagined they could pull off with such short notice.

She sat down in the chair Emily had brought into her room, facing her dresser mirror. She realized Emily must have brought a whole bag full of beauty products and suddenly she felt very intimated. Where the hell was Hotch taking her tonight? He really was full of surprises, the fact that he can do something so unexpected being one of them. She thought for sure it would be a dinner and great conversation followed by lots of sex, sex, sex. She wasn't entirely sure how to wrap her mind around Hotch in a situation where she would need the petticoat Emily just told her to put on.

"Stop fidgeting. You will like this, I promise." Emily straightened Pen's head as she began to brush her hair out.

Profilers, always picking up on inner turmoil. "So you know what he has in store then? That seems a little unfair."

"I know the general idea, and only because he needed me to get you ready. I was even forbidden from telling Rossi or anyone else all the details." She shrugged, Hotch damn well knew she would end up blabbing anyhow. He just didn't want her to do it while Penelope could potentially monitor their communication. He was adamant on making this a true surprise. And she felt bad, he seemed excited but unsure on the choice of activity, but she did think they would both love it.

She could see her friend getting nervous as she began separating Pen's hair and elegantly twisting locks here and there. The girl needed to relax. "So, how is Hotch in bed?"

"You are going to give me a heart attack, you know that right?"

"Oh knock it off. I know you enjoy it with him, that much is obvious. I mean, is he like tender? Or aggressive? Or hung or what?"

"Uh, all three? He knows what he wants, that's for sure. But he also makes sure that what he wants is to see to my needs. It's incredible to be honest. I never had three orgasms in one session before." Penelope had begun to apply her light pink lipstick and liner as Emily had instructed, loving the look on Emily's face as she continued on with her hair. "So… Rossi..."

"Not tonight." Emily deadpanned before grabbing her curling iron that was heating on the dresser.

"Uh, Em? This hair do is looking awfully elaborate. How do you even know how to do all this?"

"A life time of the Ambassador and CIA my dear, it makes us all stylists out of necessity."

Penelope nodded. It makes sense why Hotch sent her, the ever elegant Emily Prentiss to dress her. "So is this my boyfriend's way of saying I need a makeover?"

Emily laughed a big ol' belly laugh. "Oh God no. It's just that this is very specific tonight and your usual style wouldn't quite do the trick. Neither would mine, it's something you will just have to wait and see. But come on Pen, he loves you for you, and it's great to hear the boyfriend title."

Garcia agreed. A title of any sort is always exciting, and it's even better she gets to make her claim on him. She would wallop any woman within thirty yards for just checking him out. "Is it crazy that I am just totally in love with him? So soon?"

Emily couldn't stop smiling as she shook her head, pining a few of the curls in place. "Nope, crazy would be if you didn't just fucking realize it already. There, how do you like this?" She held a mirror behind Garcia so she could see the back of the hair as well.

It was so intricate, like something you would expect from another time period, from the aristocracy of the early century or something.

Emily had her stand. "Close your eyes. Hotch will be here in five minutes and it's going to take time to get you into the dress."

"Why do I have to close my eyes?" Oh Jesus, she was going to hate it wasn't she?

"Just trust me ok? I really, really need to keep the surprise until Hotch gets here."

She grumbled a few choice words but did as she was told and closed her eyes, a few seconds later lifting her arms as instructed and feeling the dress settle around her.

Emily had to bite her lip to keep from laughing at the expressions on Garcia's face as she had to pull on the lace of the corset back taught. For sure, Garcia never had a date like this. Only Hotch would think of it but she was sure that it would be a hit of a date. What woman wouldn't love a night of style, mystery and intrigue, and the company of the man they love in something sort of out of his element?

"I sincerely doubt that Hotch will be able to keep his hands off you in this dress. Hope you are prepared for a good ol' roll in the hay."

"You have no fucking idea how ready I am for that. Wow, that came off so much more… eager than I planned."

"It's good to have that addiction every once in a while. Don't you think?" She came off as something close to rueful.

"Emily. Something is going on with you. You will tell me at some point right? Before I have to get desperate and search through every record you have ever created?"

"Keep your eyes closed." Emily demanded as she pulled Pen into a big hug. "I promise. It's just not the right time yet, ok?"

"Alright. But don't keep me waiting too long." Garcia winced as one of the pins in her dress poked her; thankfully Emily noticed and removed it right away. "Hey, how did you get this dress for me on such short notice?"

Emily paused unsure if she could answer that and not give stuff away. She settles on "Hotch has had this plan for a while." and truly he had.

While Garcia continued to sleep off some of the drugs Carver had pumped into her system in the hospital in Dallas, Emily pulled him down for a walk and a talk to the cafeteria to pick something out for breakfast. She could see that Hotch was upset with everything, a little lost, unsure of himself. She didn't want to come across as coddling him though. One thing Aaron Hotchner does not take is coddling. So when conversation turned to Penelope and he started to clam up she decided to take an alternative route. "So when are you going to just take her on a date already?"

Hotch paused midsentence as he had been discussing her doctor's orders and considered. "You know about Valentine's right?" when she nodded he continued. "I don't know. I want to do something special. And I definitely want to do something on Saturday."

"Why Saturday?" He said it like it was some big, special day.

He chuckled. "When we were chasing after Pen as a hacker we found her hacker identity made up an alternative birthday. She actually celebrated that one back then. I figured I would celebrate it this year for her." He shrugged, that probably came across as lame.

She uncharacteristically punched him in the arm. "You are a softie under there somewhere… I guess only for Garcia. Anyhow, I'll help."

He had thought about this for a few months really, ever since one random night he had gone back over her old case files. She was always so kooky. He thought it funny that she actually celebrated her fake birthday and thought it would be a great time to do something for her. But even back then, the denial age,s he had wanted that to be just him and her and he couldn't figure out how to do that without raising suspicions. That wasn't a problem anymore.

"I did have this one idea I know she would really like. I know the guy who runs it, he's retired BAU. I bet I could get us in."

Emily was relieved, seeing a little light draw up on Hotch's face as he thought of a date for Penelope and then described the nature of it. It was so—Hotch, yet not. If Garcia could see the light it was given in, she would have a real blast.

She agreed on the spot that she would call the costume designer for Pen's plays and get everything in order on that side of things.

"You alive there Em?" Garcia asked after the room was silent for a few minutes.

"Yeah. Just thinking how much you will love this. But I'm sorry, you have to wear a blindfold until you get to where you need to go."

"What!" she complained. "This is just ridiculous!"

"Hey sweetheart." Hotch called from the living room, having let himself in when he found the door unlocked. Penelope must feel safe when Emily is around.

"Don't you sweetheart me. What is this about staying blindfolded?" She knew she should be grateful he is going through so much trouble but she was a little more than terrified of what she was getting into. It wasn't like she didn't trust him, she did. She just wondered if she wasn't getting over her head. She was wearing a friggen petticoat for heaven's sake!

He walked over to her, sparing a conspiratorial grin at Emily as she tied the red silk blindfold over Garcia's eyes. Calmly he put his arms around her. "Damn, you smell great. And you will see why I want you surprised. Trust me ok?"

She just nodded. "And by the way Pen, I brought you flowers. You will see them when we get back."

And with that they left to the car, leaving a silently giggling Emily in their wake, already making a call before they closed the door behind them.