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Renee was watching Abby's surgery from the gallery. As far as she could see from her position, everything went just perfect.
This confirmed the doctor about an hour later. Renee sat down near Abby's bed in the recovery room. "Welcome home," she smiled as Abby blinked.
"I´m still alive," Abby whispered relieved and Renee started laughing.
"That's what I told you, Granny. Dr. Johansen said, it all went very well, soon you´ll be jumping around like a young fillie. "
Abby grabbed Renee's hand, "Thank you Renee, for everything, you do."
Renee shook her head, "You don´t have to thank me, Abby. I love to do this. Oh and I may have someone, who´s interested in your house. One of Hotch 's colleague and his husband, if that does not bother you? " asked Renee in precaution.
"Not the slightest, honey. Love is love, no matter where you find it. You got my key, show them. "
Abby yawned and Renee kissed the old woman on the forehead.
" I'll let you sleep now. I´ll come by with Becca tomorrow, she was very excited. " Abby nodded briefly and fell asleep.
Renee picked up the phone when she sat in the car again. "Ken? Good morning, it´s me, Renee. What? Yeah, Abby 's fine. Actually, that´s why I 'm calling. The house, I told you about? We can have a look, if you´ve got some time. Yes, Abby´s house. I´ll be waiting in front of it. The address is 425 Chestnut. "
Not an hour later, Ken too was standing in front of the house. "So? What do you think about it? " Renee connected her arm with his.
Ken remained silent, for a while.
"It's perfect , Renee. Let's go inside, ok ? " Ken was walking almost reverently through Granny Abby's house. Renee saw, he loved it from the start. Ken kissed Renee´s cheek, "it really is perfect, Renee. There is enough room for Spencer and me. His books, my office ... and the kitchen is so delightfully old-fashioned. " Ken laughed, "Oh, Spencer will love it, for sure. Does Abby wanna sell or is it for rent?"
"I 'm not sure Ken. I think Abby is also not quite sure yet. You just have to talk to each other, I 'm sure you'll find a solution. "
"And she isn´t bothered cause of Spence and me?"
Renee smiled, "not in the slightest. She said, love is love, no matter where you find it."
Ken laughed again. "I like Abby, she must be a pretty nice person. What about you? Having any time, right know? Let's go have breakfast somewhere and then I´ll show you my new magazine, okay?"
"This sounds like the best idea, ever," Renee agreed pleased.
oOo
In Bear Falls, close to the Canadian border, six FBI Agent 's and the State Police fought their way through the forest. Rossi swore at each step, he hated hiking boots, they weren´t just the same like his Italian hand-made.
"Everything ok?" Hotch asked his older colleague. "Shall we take a break?"
Rossi snorted angrily, " for how old you take me, 150 ?"
"Not quite ," Hotch grinned briefly before he became serious again. "Over there it is." He pointed to a small clearing where a log house was seen. They suspected their UnSub in this hut, Adam Flack was a no show in his apartment in the city. The log house was owned by his grandfather, who was placed in a nursing home. An ideal hideaway. The Agent 's checked again the fit of their vest before they stormed the cabin in the woods ...
20 minutes later, there was a bound Adam Flack, a wounded officer of the State Police and a battered Spencer Reid.
"Is everything all right?" Hotch asked anxiously, looking at Reid's head wound. Spencer got in a fight with Flack and hit his head at a wooden beam. Reid moaned slightly when Hotch took off the gauze.
"This must be clamped," Blake said, who also glanced at it and then expertly did a head bandage for Reid.
" Do we have to fly him out ? " Morgan grinned cheekily and cashed an angry look from Spencer.
" Did you know, that this forest is teeming with bears, here? Actually, we were lucky, none of us has not met one, til now."
Morgan looked at Spencer suspiciously, "You´re pulling my leg here, do you?"
"He does not, Agent Morgan," said one of the state troopers. "There is a very strong grizzly population in this woods. "
Morgan shivered, he didn´t like bears, to put it mildly. And to say it straight, this beasts scared the hell out of him.
On the way back, Morgan was jumpy. He turned around every minute, looking out for grizzlies. Morgan was suspecting a bear behind every bush and was understandably nervous. " What was that?" He pulled out his gun.
JJ and Blake were giggling, this was happening for the third time.
"Nevertheless there is something!" Morgan pointed to a thicket which made alarming noises.
"A young animal, at most," one of the troopers said and began to laugh. He knew exactly, what was coming out of the thicket. No grizzly at all.
JJ and Blake held their breath. There was a Moose cow with a calf crossing the small path, fully undistracted by the humans and a minute later, they disappeared again.
Hotch pulled out his cell phone and took a picture. Jack and Becca would be thrilled. He looked forward to come home, to the children and of course to his Renee. Hotch smiled, how quickly she had become ' his ' Renee. Rossi patted his friend´s shoulder, " we 'll be home soon, Hotch."
He knew exactly, what Hotch was thinking. He thought exactly the same. He thought of Jess, he was missing her a lot and he couldn´t wait, to make her Mrs. Rossi.
oOo
Hotch arrived shortly after midnight in his home. He quietly closed the door and he was hoping fervently, Renee had gone to bed without a book. He remembered last time, when she hit him with her book, she was thinking, he was a burglar. Hotch smiled. He put his things carefully down and took a quick look into the nursery. Jack and Becca slept like little angels in their beds, Hotch smiled again. He quickly scurried into the bathroom, undressed and slipped under the covers to Renee. He heard her soft giggle.
"Not today, Carlos. My boyfriend is coming home tonite."
" Carlos? " Hotch repeated in his Unit Chief voice. "Is Carlos doing this to you? Or that?" His hands caressed Renee´s body, he was whispering into her ear and Renee squealed softly. She turned to him and kissed him passionately.
"I missed you so much, Aaron." She muttered and freed Hotch from his boxers. "Fast and hard, Aaron," Renee breathed demanding.
Hotch laughed shortly, " Yes, ma'am. " Renee suppressed a lusty cry when her wish was promptly fulfilled.
oOo
Jess slept on the couch , the TV was still running. She had just phoned with Dave and wanted to wait up, but the little Rossi inside of her made Jess so terribly tired. Jess was hoping, her little dwarf was a boy, yesterday she was dreaming of Dave, guarding his teenage daughter with a gun.
Rossi patted her cheek, gently. " I'm home, Cara Mia."
Jess blinked, " Dave ? " She put her arms around him. "Welcome home, Daddy," Jess kissed her future husband.
oOo
"You really don´t want me to help you with the stairs, pretty boy?", Morgan asked and helped Spencer out of the car.
"Don´t you be ridiculous, it´s just a few stairs. I can manage them."
Morgan was watching Spencer, until he got into the house, safely. Then he made his way home.
Ken dropped the pages of a manuscript in shock, when he got the first look at Spencer. "Good Lord, Spence!" He tore his man into his arms. "What happened, baby?"
Spencer just groaned, "oh well. Wooden beam One, Spencer Zero. But it's not that bad, Ken. I was clamped, I'm as good as new."
" Are you sure? "
Spencer nodded with conviction. " But I do need support, I'm afraid."
"You do?", Ken asked.
"A few pats from my husband would work wonders. "
Spencer put on a Clooney look and Ken helped his man into the bedroom. He had hardly placed him on the bed, when Spencer was beginning to snore softly. Ken smiled and covered him. "Sleep well, sweetheart. " Ken kissed his lover 's forehead. He went back into the living room and poured himself a scotch. Ken knew, the team took care of one another, but such things could happen. Renee and he had talked about it, at breakfast. He wanted to know, how Renee was handling this, knowing Hotch was in danger all the time.
Renee's answer was simple, "I trust in God and I do hope, everything will be fine. " Ken finished his drink and decided to do just that.
oOo
When Derek came home, his answering machine was flashing. He pressed the answer button.
"Hi, Derek. It's me, Mona. I do not actually believe that I'm saying this now, but will you call me when you 're home? Oh God, you must be thinking, I´m totally crazy..." Derek grinned and played the second message.
"Well, I´m not crazy, I just wanna know, if you´re okay. Um...forget, I called, earlier...maybe you forget my second message, too."
Derek laughed, Mona was a cute girl. He thought of her red curls and her freckles and picked up the phone.
Mona answered after the 3rd ring.
"Hi, Mona. I could not ignore your messages."
Morgan heard her laughing at the other end. "Glad you could make it," Mona replied, sitting up in bed. "How did it go ?"
"You mean, alone in my hotel bed? It didn´t work at all, Mo. " Derek replied cheekily. Mona briefly held her breath, so he was playing that kind of game.
" I already know how it is, all alone, with yourself ...", Mona purred and Derek had to swallow. The pictures in his head just ran wild.
"There are certain things, a girl misses," Mona continued. In Morgan's head he was caressing her breasts, he moaned.
"Go on, Mona. Don´t you stop now."
Mona giggled, " but only if I get you in person, tomorrow night, Agent Morgan."
Derek snorted, "on which you can rely, Mo. Now tell me again what you 're doing ... "