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Chapter 4

"Hey dad, can we get Spencer a race car bed?" Jack asked running up to the red car shaped bed

Spencer just looked at Hotch with a look of horror, "I don't think Spencer likes cars THAT much, maybe a normal bed would be best"

"Oh, ok I guess" Jack said sounding disappointed

They finally settled on a bed with a blue metal frame "I hope you guys are going to help me put this together when we get home?" Hotch asked as they left the store "ok, now where to?"

"The toy shop!" Jack said enthusiastically

This was the kind of thing a normal kid would be happy about so Spencer smiled and said "yes!" In the most enthusiastic voice he could muster

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At the toy shop Spencer had to admit that some of the toys looked like fun, the LEGO could be very interesting and the science kits could be fun to try. As soon as they had walked in Jack had taken off and was running ahead looking at everything "dad can we get this?" He called pulling out a remote controlled car

"We are here to buy some toys for Spencer but I suppose you can get something for helping me" Hotch smiled

"Excellent thanks dad, I promise I'll let Spencer play with it too"

Hotch smiled down at Spencer "go and pick out some stuff" he said encouragingly

What would a normal 2 year old want to play with? Reid thought to himself looking around. Spencer spotted some small toy dinosaurs and went to have a closer look.

"You can't get those they're too small for you! You might swallow them!" Jack said looking over his shoulder

"It's ok Jack I'm sure he won't put them in his mouth" Hotch smiled.

"Ok" Jack shrugged, "you'll be the one taking him to the hospital dad"

Hotch laughed and put the pack of dinosaurs in his cart

As they went up and down the aisles Reid picked out a few more things like some cars and a race track, some books and a toy dog that was small and had soft velvet like fur.

"How about this dad?" Jack said running out of one of the aisles "it's buzz light year! We have this movie at home, I'm sure Spencer will love it!"

Spencer had no idea who the robot was but it looked like it could be fun. "Please?" He asked Hotch quietly

"Sure, but I thinks that's enough for today" he said as he looked down at the tired toddler, "come here buddy" he said as he picked Spencer up and sat him on his hip, despite the angry look he was getting.

While they were waiting in line Spencer laid his head against Hotch's shoulder and closed his eyes, being 2 was exhausting.

"Can I just say how adorable both of your boys are sir!" The lady scanning the items commented, Spencer opened his eyes and glared at her

"Thank you" Hotch replied as he paid for all the toys

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Spencer woke up a few hours later, he opened his eyes and looked around, and he realized that he was in Hotch's bed. That's weird, he thought, why would I be in here? Spencer got up and walked down the hall and ran into Hotch coming out of the spare bedroom and closing the door behind him.

"Did you have a good nap?" Hotch asked looking down at the disheveled toddler

"Mmmm" Spencer replied rubbing his eyes "why was I in your bed?"

Hotch motioned for Spencer to follow him downstairs, once they were in the kitchen Hotch answered his question

"I put you in my bed so that I could assemble your new bed for you, and now Jack is in there decorating your room for you, he was very excited about making it fun for you" Hotch laughed

"Ok I'll act surprised when he's done"

"Thanks Spencer"

Hotch lifted Spencer up onto a chair and placed a bowl of fruit in front of him

"I don't like bananas" Spencer whined looking into the bowl and pushing it away

"They're good for you so please just have a little bit for me" Hotch said in a quiet voice

"Ok, but just one bit!" Spencer compromised

"Good boy" Hotch smiled and ruffled his hair as he walked past him to make himself a coffee

"I think I'm nearly done dad! "Jack called from upstairs "can you bring Spencer up in 5 minutes?"

"Sure buddy" Hotch called back

After waiting the requested five minutes, Hotch asked Spencer, "are you ready?"

"yes"

Hotch knocked on the bedroom door "are you ready?"

"Come on in baby brother and take a look at your new room!" Jack said as he opened the door

Looking around as he walked into the room he was surprised, he didn't think that Hotch had brought him that much stuff, there were bookshelves with toys and books and games and a set of drawers that he was sure had a heap of clothes in them and his new bed was all set up and made nicely with his new linens. On the bed sat a few stuffed animals, a dinosaur, a bear and the small dog he picked at the toy shop. Spencer didn't know how to react; he had never had anything like this.

"What's wrong with him dad?" Jack asked when Spencer didn't say anything

"He's ok Jack, he's just not used to having so much cool stuff all of his own" Hotch explained as he rubbed Spencer's back

"It's ok Spencer, this is all for you!" Jack said trying to get him to be excited "do you want me to show you where I put everything?"

Spencer just nodded his head. Hotch watched as Jack took his hand and pointed out where all of his new toys were "I also put some of my old toys and books in here for you too, dad told me you have been wearing my old clothes until you got some new stuff and I thought I should give you my things that I don't play with anymore"

"Thanks" Spencer said quietly not knowing how he should feel.

"Do you want to play cars with me?" Jack asked

"Ok" Spencer replied getting his new cars off his shelf and sitting on the floor, he watched Jack take a car and run it around the floor making "broom broom" noises and then just copied his actions

Hotch watched them for a few minutes and took some sneaky pics "I'm just going downstairs boys, call me if you need anything ok?"

"Yes dad" Jack answered for both of them

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After Hotch left them Jack had heaps of questions for Reid "so Spencer where are your Mum and dad?"

Reid wasn't sure how to respond to that so he just decided he would play the dumb two year old, "mummy?" He said and looked questionly at jack

"yeah where is your mummy? My mummy is at another house" Jack explained.

Spencer just looked at him and shrugged then went back to playing with his cars.

"Do you have a dad? Why can't you live with him?"

Again Spencer didn't answer

"Maybe you're too young to know where they are, you're lucky to be staying with my dad. We have heaps of fun together but he has to work a lot" Jack told him

Spencer didn't know how a two year old would respond to that so he ignored it and kept playing.

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All Hotch heard was a bone chilling scream and he dropped his coffee and ran up the stairs two at a time and found both boys in the hallway crying "what happened" he asked as he went straight to Spencer and picked him up

"It was an accident dad, I swear!" Jack said with a look of horror on his face.

"It's ok Jack just tell me what happened" he said trying to sound calm while looking at Spencer who was holding his hand and crying

"I thought he was out of the way and I pushed the door shut, but he was holding onto the side of the door and I jammed his fingers" Jack sobbed

"Hotch pulled him into a hug "it's ok Jack, I know you didn't mean it"

"It's ok Spencer, show me your hand" he said calmly

"No, no no" Spencer said in between sobs

"It's ok buddy show me" he said holding up Spencer's tiny fingers to have a look

Spencer's fingers were red and puffy but as Hotch felt them they didn't feel broken and he let out a relieved breath

"OW OW OW!" Spencer cried when Hotch touched his fingers

"You're ok buddy" Hotch said letting go of his hand and rubbing his back in a soothing way "let's go and get an ice pack"

"I'm sorry dad" Jack kept saying as he followed Hotch into the kitchen

"I know you are and I know it was an accident but next time please try and be a bit more careful, ok?" He said putting one arm around Jack to comfort him too

"Let's go and put a movie on, what do you want to watch Jack?"

"Let Spencer choose, he's the one that's hurt" Jack said sitting on the couch

"What do you think he would like to watch, he doesn't know what movies we have" suggested Hotch

"Ok then how about toy story? He might not have seen that one"

"Good idea buddy" Hotch said sitting Spencer on the sofa and then finding the DVD and turning it on

Spencer was sitting on the sofa still looking very upset so Hotch went and sat next to him and was surprised when Reid climbed into his lap. Jack looked jealous for a second and then ran upstairs

When he came down a minute later he was holding the toy dog Spencer had picked at the shop, "I thought he might like this to cuddle" he said giving the dog to Spencer

Spencer didn't want the dog, he wanted his fingers to stop hurting but he knew most kids his age had a toy they liked when they were tired or upset so he took the dog off Jack and said muttered "Thanks"

Hotch smiled and kissed Spencer's head and they settled down to watch the movie

Spencer found the movie fascinating and while he was watching he didn't even notice as his thumb made its way into his mouth and he snuggled the dog against his face

"Dad, Spencer's sucking his thumb" Jack smiled

Spencer was beyond embarrassed and quickly pulled his thumb out and buried his head further into Hotch, "That's ok jack, that's what young children do, I remember when you used to do that"

"I did not!" He protested

Hotch laughed "Yes you did, but luckily you grew out of it"

Just then, Hotch's phone beeped with an incoming message from Emily, "just checking in to see how Spencer is going" she wrote

Hotch quickly typed a reply "he's fine, just getting used to playing his role as baby brother to jack"

"Oh that sounds like fun, lol. I was thinking of getting Chinese for dinner, would you like me to drop some off for you guys?"

"Hey guys" Hotch said to the boys "how would you like Chinese for dinner?"

"Yum!" Cried jack enthusiastically

"Ok" said Spencer quietly

Hotch typed another reply to Emily "sounds good, thanks"

"No worries I'll see you soon" Emily replied

"Now boys" Hotch started "my friend Emily from work is bringing us over dinner so I want you to both be on your best behavior ok?"

"Yes dad" jack answered automatically, Spencer just smiled and said "yes Aaron"

"You call him Aaron? That sounds weird, just call him dad like I do" Jack said turning back to the movie

When Emily arrived they had just finished the movie and were about to watch the second one

"Hi Prentiss, come in" Hotch greeted her

"Hi Hotch, how are things going?" She asked quietly

"Things are going ok, the boys are getting along well, thanks for bringing us dinner"

"That's ok, I thought you might have your hands full" she smiled

"Hi boys, how are you?" She said brightly as she walked into the living room

"Hi Emily!" Jack said happily

"Hi" Spencer said waving at her

"Come and watch toy story 2 with us!" Jack said patting the spot on the sofa between himself and Spencer

"Maybe we should eat first, then watch the movie before bed" Hotch interrupted

Spencer was trying really hard to eat his sesame chicken and rice without making a mess but more of it was ending up in his lap than in his mouth and he let out a frustrated sigh

"Would you like some help Spencer?" Hotch asked

"No! I can do it"

"Ok" Hotch conceded putting his hands in the air

After a few more minutes of trying Spencer put down his fork and used his fingers, he was still making a mess but at least some of the food was going in his mouth

Emily listened to Jack as he told her all about their day and all the fun they had setting up Spencer's new room.

"Sounds like you guys had a great day" she said once he was finished with his story

Hotch looked over at his youngest who was trying very hard not to fall asleep at the table "bath time Spencer" he announced getting up and reaching for him

"No I don't need a bath" he yawned

Emily laughed "Yes you do, you have sauce in your hair"

"Can Emily watch the movie with me while you bath Spencer?" Jack asked

"That's up to Emily, she might have other plans for the evening" Hotch answered

"Sadly no plans, I'd love to watch a movie with you" she replied happily

"I wanna watch too!" Spencer protested wiggling around in Hotch's arms trying to get down

"I'll think about it after your bath" Hotch said carrying him upstairs despite his protests

Hotch put him down once they reached the bathroom and started running the bath "why don't you go and pick some pajamas to wear"

"Do I really have to go to bed, I'm not tired and I want to stay up and see Emily some more" he whined

"You can stay up for five minutes if you let me help you wash your hair" Hotch negotiated

"Ok done!"

After his bath Spencer ran downstairs before Hotch could go back on their deal and climbed onto the sofa next to Emily

"Hey Spence" she said as he made himself comfortable next to her.

Within minutes he was yawning and struggling to stay awake, so Emily picked him up and sat him on her lap and cuddled him.

Spencer was going to protest but Hotch he told him to act like a 2 year old and Jack was in the room so he took the opportunity to put his thumb in his mouth and snuggled into Emily and was soon sound asleep

Hotch watched Spencer snuggle into Emily and fall asleep, he couldn't help thinking how adorable he was.

Hotch stood up and walked over to Emily "he's asleep, give him to me and I'll put him in bed" he said quietly

"I got him Hotch" she said standing up with him "just show me where his room is"

Hotch led Emily upstairs to Spencer's room and she tucked him in and kissed his head

"Thanks for everything tonight Prentiss" Hotch said as they walked back downstairs "I really appreciate the help"

"You're welcome Hotch. It looks like Spencer is starting to adjust to his new life" she smiled

"I hope so" was all he said

"Jack" he started "it's time for you to have a shower and get ready for bed, come and say goodbye to Emily"

"Do I have to? Can't I stay up late with you tonight?" He complained

"No not tonight, and it's already past your usual bedtime"

"Fine" Jack said as he came to the door "goodbye Emily" he said moodily

"Goodnight Jack, Goodnight Hotch" Emily waved

"Bye" Hotch said as he closed the door