The worst part of going on vacation is coming home to face real life again. Bleh!

WARNING: Stalking

Chapter 6

Aaron woke feeling the emptiness on the other side of the bed. He looked around and saw the light on in the bathroom through the bottom door crack. Still worried that something was wrong with Chrisy he lifted off the covers and went to the bathroom and tapped on the door.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"I'm fine. I have a headache so I'm getting some ibuprofen."

Aaron opened the door and went in to see his wife drinking some water and an open bottle of medicine on the sink. Placing his hands on her waist he waited until she dumped the rest of the water out of the glass.

"Come back to bed." He said gently.

Chrisy put the cap back on the bottle and walked from the bathroom with Aaron and climbed back in bed with him. He held out his arms until she was back with her head on his chest then wrapped his arms around her protectively. He rested his lips on her head wishing he could do more to make her feel better.

The alarm sounded too soon as Chrisy had fallen into a deep sleep and finally getting the kind of rest she needed. Aaron reached over and turned off the annoying sound and pulled his wife back down to him.

"How's your headache?"

"Better."

"Why don't you just stay home today?"

"I'm fine Aaron."

"Are you going to tell me why you were crying last night when I got home?"

"I told you. Look I've got a student that is going through a tough time right now and I'm just worried about him."

"Alright." He surrendered. "I'll go start the coffee." He said getting out of bed.

Chrisy closed her eyes feeling terrible for not telling Aaron the truth. She didn't need him going into overprotective mode and make her quit her job. She decided that she would take her concerns to Mr Johnson and see if there was anything he could do to help her.

Chrisy hurried down the hall toward the office once she had her students off to music class. Mr Johnson was waiting for her once she got to his office.

"Chrisy you said you had something you needed to tell me?" Mr Johnson hesitated.

"I've been getting flowers and notes left on my car the last two days." She said weakly handing over the card and note to him.

Mr Johnson looked them over wide eyed the looked up at his frightened teacher.

"You have no idea who's leaving these?"

"None."

"Have you shared this with your husband?"

"No. He already has too much stress with his job to worry about this."

"Still you should tell him."

Chrisy just looked down at her hands that were resting in her lap. She didn't want to do that at all. Mr Johnson just sighed.

"We will see what we can do to find out who's leaving these." He assured.

"Thank you." Chrisy sighed in relief.

Closing the office door Chrisy walked into the main part of the office to go back to her classroom.

"Oh Chrisy stop." Sandra chirped.

She came trotting around the corner holding a small flower arrangement and handed it over to the stunned teacher.

"What's this?" Chrisy asked.

"The delivery guy dropped them off about thirty minutes ago." She grinned.

Chrisy looked and spotted a card and pulled it out of the holder and drew in a deep breath before reading it.

'Looking forward to our first date Christine."

Chrisy walked over and tossed the arrangement into the trash and walked back into Mr Johnson's office to show him the latest message. Sandra stood looking confused about what Chrisy had just done.

When the day ended Jack showed up in Chrisy's room ready to leave. She gathered her things and they headed out down the hallway. Once they reached the door Mr Grant the PE teacher was waiting there.

"Hi Mr Grant." Jack smiled.

"Hi Jack." He said back passing a nod to Chrisy.

She knew that he was there to walk them to the car. As they approached the vehicle Chrisy could not see anything left on her windshield.

"Well you two have a good evening." Mr Grant said waiting for them to get inside and leave before he climbed into his own car.

"Thanks. You too." Chrisy smiled gratefully to her coworker.

She put the key in the ignition and started the motor and pulled out of the parking lot. She knew she was going to need help with this but she wasn't going to tell Aaron. When they passed a police cruiser on the road she realized who she could call.

Chrisy grinned when she saw her husband walk through the door. She was so relieved he hadn't been called away on another case. Aaron was glad to see the glimmer back in her eyes tonight. Maybe she had been telling him the truth.

"What's for dinner?" He asked smelling the air.

"Chicken and rice." She answered getting up to greet him.

Aaron put down his keys and pulled Chrisy into his arms and kissed her. Chrisy was finally able to relax with him home.

"I'm going to change my clothes real quick." He said stealing one more kiss before letting go of his wife.

"I'm going to get the food out." She smiled.

"Good I'm starving."

The family chatted and laughed like normal during dinner. Once the mess was cleaned up Chrisy went to join her husband on the couch where he was playing a game with Jack.

She smiled watching them banter back and forth while playing. Jack cheered as he won making his last move. The game was picked up and put away and Jack turned on the TV and settled on the floor to watch.

Chrisy nestled into Aaron who draped his arms around her while they watched the show with Jack.

Aaron grinned as his wife slid into bed next to him after coming out of the bathroom. She knew that grin well and knew just what he was after. Without a word Aaron pulled her under him and clamped his mouth over hers. Her body fell limp as his hand slid up her side and rested on her breast.

Chrisy sighed contentedly feeling so completely safe and secure with him covering her with his body. She loved him passionately never wanting for anything other than him as she opened herself up to let him in.

Chrisy hurried back to her classroom and closed the door once she had walked the kids to recess. Grabbing her cell phone from her purse she thumbed through her contacts and found the number she was seeking and hit send.

"Hello." A slow southern drawl answered.

"Will, this is Chrisy. Do you have a minute?"

"Sure. What's going on?"

"I have a problem and I need your help."

Will listened as Chrisy told him what was going on. He told her to keep having someone walk her and Jack to her car just as she had been and that he would stop by and take a look at the messages and see what he could do to help.

Feeling much better Chrisy put her phone away and began to prepare for the next lesson once the class returned from recess.

The day passed without any new messages much to Chrisy's relief. Will stopped by the school and took what she had received already with him to begin looking for clues as to who was stalking her.

"Stalking." She mumbled.

That word was so harsh and creepy. Who on earth would be doing this and why her? She felt so invaded that someone was possibly always watching her and maybe fallowing her every move.

Letting out a long sigh Chrisy did her best to collect herself she wasn't about to show any fear around her family especially Jack. She was going to continue her life as if nothing was happening no matter what.

The next several weeks passed with Will getting no leads on who might be doing this. Chrisy got more flowers delivered to the school along with cards telling her that she would be meeting him soon. She found it strange that she only got these things sent or given to her at school.

One afternoon when the team was away on a case Chrisy took Jack to meet Will and Henry for a play date at the park so they could discuss the details of the case in person.

While the kids were occupied playing they went over the notes again. The latest was mailed to her home address.

"Chrisy as much as I hate to say this I get the feeling this might be someone you work with at the school."

"That thought did cross my mind." She shivered.

"Has any of your coworkers acted differently around you? Do you socialize with any of them on a regular basis?"

"Just Regina. She's the other first grade teacher. I got to know her last year because she was Jack's teacher and I volunteered in the classroom."

"Have you been to any other events or places that you saw any of your coworkers?"

Chrisy felt her chest tighten. She reached down and shuffled through all of her messages from the stalker and found the one she was seeking.

"I went to the Star Wars convention with Spencer and while there I bumped into Mr Johnson." She said weakly. "I was dressed as slave Princess Leia. This note says that this creep saw me there."

"Mr Johnson is your principal?"

"Yes."

"I'll start digging around about him."

Chrisy felt the tears beginning to sting at her eyes. Never in a million years would she have thought Mr Johnson could be capable of this. Will reached over and took her hand trying to offer her some comfort.

"Don't worry Chrisy I'll get to the bottom of this." Will assured.

Chrisy's nerves were on edge the entire next day. She had to make several trips to the bathroom to throw up that morning. She even avoided going to the teacher's lounge for lunch that day because she knew the other teachers would see that something was going on with her and the last thing she wanted was a bunch of questions.

The day was finally getting close to being over and the class was finishing up on the project they were working on when there was a tap on the door. Sandra came in and handed a note to Chrisy. Swallowing hard she opened it only to see a phone message stating that Mason Williams' father would be picking him up after school today and to please not put him on the bus.

Thankful it wasn't another note from the stalker she smiled and nodded to Sandra who gave a Chrisy a grin and left the room.

"Ok everyone It's time to get cleaned up to go home." Chrisy announced. "Mason your father is picking you up today so you won't be taking the bus."

"Thanks Mrs Hotchner." Mason said.

She was so happy to see the young boy acting more like himself. His counseling sessions were going well for him and he was adjusting to his new living situation.

When the class had everything cleaned up they got their things and lined up at the door to be excused to the buses. Chrisy stood at the door and told each student goodbye just as she did everyday as they filed out. Mason remained at his desk waiting for his father.

"He should be here any minute Mason. He's probably waiting for the buses to leave before he comes in."

Chrisy then began to straighten up her room to get ready to leave soon herself. It had been a long day and she was anxious to leave and find out if Will had found out anything about Mr Johnson that would point to weather or not he was her stalker.

Just as she was finishing up the last of her nightly straitening she felt that someone had come into the room. She turned to see Mason's father waiting just inside the door.

"Hello Mr Williams." Chrisy smiled. "Have a good night Mason. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Mrs Hotchner? I'd like to talk to you for a minute." Mr Williams said quietly.

"Sure. I have a few minutes."

Mr Williams reached behind him and pushed the door closed. When he then turned the lock on the door is when Chrisy began to hear her heart pound in her ears and her breath become rapid. Mr Williams stepped closer to Chrisy with a strange look in his eyes.

"I came to pick you up for our date Christine." He hissed.

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