Berrymont, Virginia

David Rossi was not a happy man. The town goons had sequestered him in a shabbylittle room while his wife was God only knew where. He'd tried to tell them that he was married to the woman. She had too. But the two officers were deaf, it seemed. One even had the audacity to laugh at Emily when she showed him her FBI credentials. Dave didn't even bother flashing his. The Neanderthal that was cuffing him at the time probably couldn't read anyway.

They'd arrived at the police station, creating chaos as the two goons walked them through the department. Hell, how can one small hick town have so many on the force Dave wondered as Neanderthal shoved him towards the room at the back of the building. It was then that he lost sight of Emily. But he heard her as she demanded her one phone call.

Good thinking Babe he smirked as the goon shoved him through the door. "Hey, don't I get a phone call?" he asked the rather large man with more muscle than brains.

"Yeah," Goon answered. "In a minute."

The door slammed shut and three hours later, Dave was still waiting. It wasn't that he minded this little side trip into Mayberry so much, but he was worried about Emily. And by now she was worrying about the kids.

He heard the doorknob rattle and he expected to see his goon reappear; he was surprised when an honest to God clone of Andy Taylor stepped through the door.

"Who the hell are you?" Dave fired before the other man could speak. "And I want my phone call!"

The man smiled and nodded. "Your wife already made a call, ."

"Yeah? Where is she?"

"Oh, she's fine. She's in the other room talking to your friend, Aaron."

"She called Aaron?" Dave's smile was wide.

Yessir, that she did. And he drove right on down. Explained everything to me. Said you two are married. But that still doesn't excuse your behavior, Mr. Rossi. And as a member of law enforcement you should understand… we have our laws, you know."

"Laws? What, a man can't kiss his wife in your town?"

"Well now, you were more than just kissin' now weren't you?"

Dave hesitated. "Look, just let me out of here. Emily and I will leave your little burg and you'll never have to worry about what we're doing again."

"Well, I hate to see ya go while you're still mad at us and all…"

"I'm not mad," Dave tried. "I just want to find my wife and get out of here."

"Well, alright then. She's out in the office with your friend Aaron. The man stepped out of his way as Dave charged through the door. Emily was indeed in the office with Aaron standing next to her. "Aaron, thank God you were able to get these mo…." Emily's glare made him stop and think about what he was about to say. "..these folks to listen."

Aaron turned his dark eyes to his friend. "Dave," he greeted. "It wasn't easy getting them to drop the charges… seems they have public decency laws here."

"Yeah, well…what's so indecent about a man kissing his wife?"

"In the gazebo in the middle of town? And from what I understand, you were more than kissing. One of the officers thought Emily was being … attacked."

"Attacked? What the hell…Okay, I was… feeling a little…"

"Frisky," Emily offered with a chuckle.

Shooting his wife a glare, Dave growled. "You're not helping."

"No, I'm not," she admitted.

Aaron rolled his eyes. "Look you two, I'd love to stay and get another play by play of your activities but we need to get back to Quantico."

"Excuse me…but you said Quantico?" Andy's clone asked.

"Yes, we have a meeting that we can still make if we leave now," Aaron Hotchner said emphatically.

"So he really is FBI?"

"Yeah Sheriff," Dave answered. "I really am FBI. So is my wife. And this could have been cleared up hours ago if your goo…men had just listened."

"Well, I don't know about that," Andy replied. "They ain't used to seeing what you were doing…not out in broad daylight anyway. I guess there's all sorts of stuff you city folks think is normal but here, we just ain't used to it. It kinda threw my deputies, you know?"

"Obviously," Dave said as he moved to Emily, putting his hand on her back and guiding her towards the door. Aaron followed.

Once they were outside, Emily started laughing.

Aaron stopped and simply shook his head, a slight grin giving away how amused he was by the circumstances. "Can't say its everyday I get a call to come bail out two of my team."

"Bailout my ass," Dave groused.

Aaron glared at his one time mentor. "Look Dave, this is the kind of thing Strauss was afraid of when she agreed to keep you two together on the team. If this gets back to her…"

"Strauss can kiss my a…"

"David, apparently you were in violation of several of the local ordinances."

"But all I did was kiss my wife," Dave defended himself.

"Oh come on, Dave, you know it was more than a kiss," Emily offered. "As I recall your hand was…"

"Enough, I don't want to hear anymore," Hotch snapped. "I got an overview from the Sheriff in there. "

Dave shrugged. "He's only stirred up because he's not getting any at home."

Aaron glared at Dave. "How did you end up here anyway? I thought I sent the two of you on a simple assignment to Winchester."

"We went to Winchester," Dave shrugged, tucking his thumbs in the back pockets of his jeans. "Decided to stop here for a late lunch on our way back."

"It's such a quaint little town we walked around a bit," Emily added.

"You walked Emily," Aaron said. "Knowing Dave he had other things on his mind."

"You bet I did," Dave smirked. "Wouldn't you if you spent the day alone in the company of a beautiful woman?"

A small smile cracked the corners of Aaron's mouth. "You might have a point…"

"Might? You need to get out more often, Aaron."

"Yeah maybe. I'll see the two of you back at the office in the morning, right?"

Dave glanced over at his wife. "Maybe…"

Rolling his eyes, Hotch walked away, heading to his car.

"David!" Emily exclaimed as they walked towrds his SUV. "What?" he smirked.

"Everything! The way you were talking about the Sheriff for one..."

"Hey, I grew up on the show. Trust me, Sherriff Andy isn't getting any," he said as he guided her towards their SUV. Once they were out of Aaron's earshot Dave leaned into his wife. "And he's jealous over what I am getting."

Turning to look up at her husband, Emily chastised him. "David Rossi, you're incorrigible."

"Always Babe. It is why you love me so much," he said with twinkling eyes.

"And I thought I loved you for your modesty," she fired back as she climbed into their vehicle.

Once he was settled in his spot behind the wheel, Dave turned to Emily. "What do you say we lose Aaron on the way back? I remember passing a really nice little B&B on the drive up here…"

"I'd say I thought it was a wonderful idea except its Parent Night at the twins' school tonight and I promised we'd be there."

"Okay," Dave gave in. "But after that's done, what say we have our own special little Parent's Night in our bedroom?"

"As long as you don't do anything to get us arrested."

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