Author's Note: Hello friends! I wrote this back in July on Livejournal and never posted it here for some reason! I have all of the second chapter done (I think!) and I believe I want this to be only 3 chapters long. I hope you all enjoy! And don't worry, I'm working on the new chapter of Any Moment also! Sorry it's taken so long for an update, but I've been working overtime so my days are hectic.

Enough about me - on to the fic!

"I think this is a terrible idea," Erin voiced her opinion as she leaned against the kitchen counter of her lover's lake house.

"Well," David replied, washing strawberry juice off his hands from the strawberries he just cut up. "I think you're wrong."

"When don't you think I'm wrong?" she rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Touche."

He dried his hands on a dish towel and slung it over his shoulder before stalking across the room towards her. He rest his hands on her hips and leaned forward to nuzzle his nose in the sweet scent of her neck. "I promise things will go well. We all need a break."

The team was on their way over to David's lake house for the weekend. He offered the house to all of them and their spouses/children to relax after having back to back cases. One thing he didn't mention was this his girlfriend (Lover? Partner?) would be joining them. It would come as a surprise and Erin Strauss hated surprises.

"Your team doesn't like me-"

"They don't know you," Dave interrupted. "They'l finally be able to see what I see." He ignored her eye roll and internally smiled when she subconsciously unfolded her arms and wrapped them around his shoulders. "Trust me, babe."

"They don't even know we're together," she whined and this time David let his grin show.

"Hotch knows," he shrugged. "And one look from him will shut the others up in a heart beat."

Nodding, Erin pulled him closer to her, laying her head on his shoulder and absentmindedly drawing circles on his back with the tips of her nails. The doorbell ringing broke their contact and Erin pleaded with him through her eyes for him to open the door. David gave her a quick peck on the lips and headed down the hallway to the door. He opened it up to find Derek, Penelope, and Reid standing on the front porch with looks of awe on their faces.

"Damn, Rossi," Derek commented. "You've been holding out on us."

David stepped aside with a smile. "Come on in."

The lake house he owned was very spacious, much bigger than his home back in D.C. It had a long driveway that lead to a garage on the side of the house. The back of the house had two decks, one fright off the kitchen and another off the basement, leading to the backyard and the lake. There were four bedrooms upstairs with two bathrooms attached to the smaller rooms and one in the hall between the two bigger rooms. The master bedroom was on the main floor next to the den. The kitchen and dining room were open and the living room was off to the side, separated by a wall.

David grabbed Penelope's bags for her and lead his three friends up the stairs to their rooms. "Reid and Morgan can share this room since there are separate beds," he gestured to the left, "and Penelope, you and Blake can share this one." He placed her bags down in the room to the right of the hall bathroom. "I'll have JJ and Will next to you and Hotch and Beth will be in the bedroom next to Reid and Morgan." He looked at the two men as they set their luggage down in the room they were sharing. "Also, there's a blow up mattress for Jack and Henry to share in your room. I figured we'd give the couples some alone time."

Derek and Spencer agreed and David turned to walk out. "I'll be downstairs if you need anything. Take your time settling in."

He entered the kitchen to find Erin sitting at the breakfast bar with a cup of tea in her hand. "Did you tell them I'm here?"

"No, actually, I forgot that part," he confessed to her as he began chopping vegetables.

"David!" she scolded him and he laughed, upsetting her more. "It's not funny! I don't want to get bombarded."

"Er," she glared at the nickname, but he continued anyway, "you'll be fine. I doubt they'll be surprised."

She scrunched her nose up in confusion. "Why do you say that?"

He didn't answer her and she didn't press him for one. It was a team of profilers after all, Erin supposed they wouldn't be all that shocked. She stood up and walked around the bar, setting her teacup in the sink before wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. He continued to chop the food in front of him, not giving reaction, but she felt the muscles in his back relax at her touch. Just as she reached up to press a kiss to the back of his ear, a deep voice boomed from the hallway.

"Damn, Rossi, this place is-" the voice of Derek Morgan stopped when he entered the kitchen, causing Reid and Garcia to bump into him from behind. Erin stiffened, but didn't let go of David. If anything, she pressed herself closer to him, almost using him as a human shield.

"Derek, why did you stop?" Penelope questioned from behind him as she and Reid tried to look past him.

"Chief Strauss," Morgan greeted as he hesitantly stepped further into the room, ignoring the gasps of Reid and Garcia behind him. "I, uh, didn't expect to see you here."

"Agent Morgan," she nodded her head at him. "I can't say the same about you."

The room was filled with tension before Erin let out a smile, resting her chin on David's shoulder. Derek smirked and wrapped his arm around Penelope's shoulder and he guided her into the room, a still slightly confused Reid following behind them.

JJ and Will arrived with Henry shortly after Hotch did, who had Beth and Jack in tow. Garcia had chosen the wise idea to call JJ and warn her that Strauss was there and was not only wear jeans and flip-flops, but that it appeared she and Rossi were a couple.

"Well, I can't say I'm surprised," JJ said over the line as Will drove next to her. "I always knew there was something between them. Plus, you and Spence spotted them at the hotel a while back, didn't you?"

"Yeah, but I thought that was just a one-time thing!" Penelope had exclaimed from where she sat on the bed in her room, the door closed to keep wondering ears out. "You should see how comfortable she is here, Jayje. She looks so human. It's unsettling."

While JJ and Will were settling into their room and Hotch, Beth, and the rest of the gang were chatting away in the kitchen, the doorbell rang, signalling Blake's arrival.

"I'll get it," Erin announced and excused herself from the others. She opened the front door and bit her lip at Alex's blank stare. "Alex, welcome," she greeted with a smile that, no matter how hard she tried, couldn't reach her eyes. There was definitely still some tension between them, even after Blake's forgiveness of Erin's actions years prior.

Alex stepped into the house slowly, offering a thank you as Erin took one of her bags for her. "Erin, I didn't realize you would be here as well this weekend."

"Yeah, well, neither did anyone else." She lead Alex to her room as they continued to chat. "Dave wanted to keep it on the down-ow and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Hell," she shrugged, I don't even think he knows why," she shrugged. 'Probably cause no one would have come if they knew the Ice Queen would be here,' her mind told her.

Alex let out a small smile, slipping her hands into the pockets of her jeans. "So, where's the rest of the team?"

Everyone was gathered on the patio in the backyard talking and nursing drinks. Erin, Will, and Hotch stood at the grill next to Dave while he cooked hamburgers and hotdogs and Henry and Jack were playing with their Uncles, Derek and Reid. The girls were sat at a circle table not too far from the grill, gossiping and telling stories. Erin was staying close to David subconsciously, still nervous about engaging with the others who she knew were just as distressed around her as she was around them. She almost cringed when Penelope walked up to chat with her, not knowing if she could take her bubbly personality at the moment.

"Ma'am, why don't you come sit with the girls for some girl talk?" Penelope suggested with ease. "You deal with enough testosterone at work."

Erin exchanged a look with David and he stepped back from the grill for a moment to peck her pouting lips. "Mingle, Er."

She shot another glare at him before following Garcia to the table filled with women. She just listened to the girls chatter for a few minutes until she heard her name and she raised her eyes from her cup of water. "I'm sorry, what?"

Penelope smiled, knowing the Section Chief was uncomfortable. "We asked how long you and Rossi have been an item."

Erin raised her eyebrows and was about to protest the question when Blake spoke. "Come on, Erin. We're off the clock." Alex nodded her head at her. "You can tell us."

Erin sighed and shook her head. "It's not a matter of being off the clock, it's a matter of privacy."

"Ma'am," JJ spoke and Erin turned her eyes to the blonde. "Whatever is share here stays within the team. We're not looking for ammunition. We're women who like girl talk."

Erin bit her lip and looked at the other four women before acquiescing. "Well, back in May, a few days prior to Miss Jereau's wedding, the day when two unsubs were holding hostages in the bank," she waited until the women nodded in understanding, "that was the first time."

"I knew it!" Garcia exclaimed and then quickly covered her mouth with her hand.

Erin's head swiveled to her left in confusion. "Excuse me?"

Penelope visibly gulped, unsure of the outcome of telling her boss that she knew of her affair. "Well, that morning, Reid and I were at a convention at the same hotel and we spotted Rossi leaving. Then we saw you coming out a minute later and we put two and two together." Gaining confidence, Penelope leaned forward and smirked. "I didn't realize it was more than a one-night stand."

"It wasn't," David interjected as he set a tray of burgers and hotdogs down on the long table next to them. "Not at first. We planned to let things be after that night, but then at JJ and Will's wedding we-"

"They get the point, David. No need to paint a picture." An embarrassed Erin cut him off and the ladies laughed along with David.

He leaned down to kiss her forehead and whispered, "relax, baby," in her ear before kissing it as well. He stood up and winked at the rest of the women and then headed back to the grill. Erin took a deep breath, silently thanking Beth for changing the subject from relationships to movies.

"Food's up!" David shouted and everyone began to dig in.

Around 9 pm, after the dishes were done and the young boys were in bed, the team settled into the living room to drink wine and talk. Derek and Penelope shared the loveseat while JJ, Will, Hotch, and Beth sat on the couch. David sat in his large recliner with Erin in his lap (despite her earlier protests) with her legs swinging over the arm of the chair and David's arm across her belly.

"So, Bossman," Penelope began. "What do you have planned for us tomorrow?"

David absentmindedly played with Erin's fingers that lay idle in her lap while he spoke. "Well, KItten," Erin's eyebrows shot up at the nickname for the tech girl, but David acted as if he didn't notice. "I figured when everyone woke in the morning that we would all eat a big breakfast, change into our swimsuits, gather stuff for the boat, and head out to the lake for the day."

Erin took her eyes off her lover's face to address JJ and Hotch. "We also have tubes so the boys can ride them behind the boat if you're okay with that."

"That sounds great," Aaron nodded and JJ and Will muttered their agreement.

"Swell," David said before checking his watch. 10:30, it read. He patted Erin's leg, signalling her to slip off his lap so he could stand. "Well, if you lot don't mind, I'm off to bed. Stay up as long as you like, and if you need to leave the house for some reason, come get me or the alarm will go off." He grabbed Erin's hand as she bid the rest of the team goodnight and then they stalked off towards their bedroom.

The team exchanged looks and sat in silence for a moment, taking the evening in. "Soooo," Penleope drawled out, "is anyone else really confused?" A murmur of the word "yes" rang out throughout the room.

"I don't see where the confusion comes from," Hotch spoke up. "We all knew something was there, it was only a batter of time before it happened."

"Yes," Derek agreed. "A few nights of unbridled, passionate sex, most definitely. But a full out committed relationship? Never saw it coming."

"Well, if you think about it," Blake said, "like Rossi said earlier, they started out only having a sexual relationship."

"Besides," Reid interjected, "Like most "no strings attached" relationships, at least one, if not both, parties will develop feelings for the other. It's statistically inevitable."

"But their animosity at work is palpable," JJ shook her head.

Alex nodded. "If anything, the fighting is what most likely sparked the lust."

Hotch stood up, offering a hand to Beth to help her stand as well. "We should all get to bed. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."

"Giving orders even off the clock," Garcia grumbled under her breath and Hotch smirked.

"I told you this was a terrible idea," Erin commented from the bed as David exited the bathroom in a pair of boxers.

"I still think you're wrong," he shook his head at her and crawled into bed while she put lotion on her hands and arms. He loved that she only wore his over-sized t-shirts and a pair of panties to bed. It made for easy access when he was in the mood. Which was most of the time.

"They've been talking behind our backs all day!" she exclaimed, setting the bottle of lotion on the nightstand. She turned off the lamp, darkening the room so the only light was from the moon outside the window. "It's humiliating!"

"I have not heard one negative comment all day, Erin," Dave sighed and rolled over to wrap his arms around her waist, his head laying against her bosom.

"You don't have to hear it, Dave. You can see it in their eyes. They've been judging us."

"Erin," David whine and reached up to kiss her neck. "Since when do you care about what people think?"

"Since forever."

David paused his attempts at seduction to look at her, but her face was turned away from him. He felt her chest rise and fall beneath him as she took in shuddering breaths. "Er," he whispered, his hand grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at him. He could see the build up of tears behind her eyes and his heart swelled in sadness, upset that it was most likely his fault she was so scared about this weekend. He should have eased her into getting to know the team, not trap her with them for an entire weekend. "Why is this bothering you so much?"

Erin shook her head and turned her body so her chest was pushed against his, her face finding the crook of his neck. "I'm just so scared, David. What we have is so special and I"m afraid that by telling people, especially your friends, that we will change and I don't want to change. I like what we have now."

"Baby," David ran his fingers through her hair gently to calm her down. "We do have something special, you're right. But my team is my family, I couldn't not tell them." He felt her nod against him, snuggling even closer. "And we will change, but we will also grow. Together."

She lifted her head and pressed her lips to his, trying to wipe her fears away with his touch. David moved his hand to the back of her neck to deepen the kiss. After a moment they parted, content with just watch each other catch their breaths from the intensity of the kiss.

"Jesus," David breathed out. "When did we become some cheesy 50s romance movie?"

Erin laughed into his chest before pushing him so he lay on his back and then she climbed on top of him, straddling his hips. "Well, we could turn the heat up a bit, if ya want?" She raised her eyebrow at him in a suggestive manner and he licked his lips in anticipation.

"Do you even have to ask?"

A/N: Allllllrighty, end chapter one! I'm keeping this as lighthearted and drama-free as possible, but I couldn't resist the little moment with David and Erin discussing her insecurities. So, please comment and let me know what you think!