A/N: Hey all! Last chapter, as promised. It's full of mushy goodness. Hope you enjoy! Please let me know what you think! Thanks!

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds.

The Real Wedding:

"Ok, little ones, inspection time," Garcia announced in an army commander voice.

JJ laughed as the children Garcia had trained lined up, one by one, turning on command. Jack, Henry, Jack's cousin Nina, and JJ's niece Annie, were all dressed to the nines and ready to walk down the aisle.

"High fives," Garcia cheered.

Little hands went flying as they screeched their delight at Aunt Pen's approval.

"Ok kids, time to move on to Uncle Spence," Emily added.

She opened the door to find Reid standing right outside the door. Emily blocked his view when he tried to sneak a peek at JJ.

"Reid, if any of them gets anything on their clothes or faces before the ceremony, we will hold you entirely responsible," Emily threatened.

Reid visibly gulped down his fear. "Come on guys, Aunt Emily needs us to go far, far away."

They all watched as the kids started to leave. But, before Jack was out the door he ran back to JJ. She was pleasantly surprised when he leaned up and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"You look beautiful, Aunt JJ."

Henry seeing what his soon to be stepbrother had done ran back and imitated him, adding, "Pretty mommy."

Both boys were off before they had a chance to glimpse the tears in her eyes.

Garcia was on her instantly. "No crying JJ!"

Garcia began to fan at JJ's face.

"There's only so much waterproof mascara can take, save it for the ceremony…"

JJ couldn't help it; her boys were just so sweet. She gingerly dabbed at the corners of her eyes.

"I think I'm ok," she assured.

Emily came over to pat her shoulder, "You look amazing, by the way."

"Thanks," JJ said sweetly, smiling.

"She does," Garcia agreed. "Though, the surprise of how you look is ruined. Couldn't you have bought a new dress?"

JJ looked down at herself. She was wearing the beaded concoction that Hotch had picked out for her so long ago. That day, she'd imagined getting married to him; and now that dream was coming true. There was no way she would be wearing anything else.

"Nope, Aaron picked this out for me," JJ said affectionately. "There was no way I was going to wear anything else."

"Well, at least you do look gorgeous," Garcia gave in.

JJ laughed. "Thank you, Penelope."

"So, you're all set to go. Nothing left to do but wait until it's time," Emily conversed idly. "You sure you're ready?"

"Come on Emily, not everyone feels the same as you and Rossi. Some people do want to get married," Garcia pouted.

JJ warned, "Penelope, everyone's got a right to their own beliefs…"

Garcia was clearly still miffed about what Emily had said at JJ's bachelorette party, that she and Dave weren't ever getting married. They were committed to each other, but didn't believe in the institution of marriage.

"I know," Garcia replied, "It's just, when will I get a chance to be a bridesmaid again?"

"What I think Penelope is tying to say is that we appreciate you letting us be a part of your special day," Emily changed the subject.

"Aww…" JJ said, giving each a hug. "I wouldn't want anyone else. I love you guys."

A knock came at the door then. "Speaking of love…" Garcia announced. "Looks like it's time."

Hotch stood at the altar, nervously. It was time to begin and he had a huge knot in his stomach. Not because he was having second thoughts or anything. No, he knew JJ was the love of his life, no question. The knot in his stomach was because he was sure that when the music started and the double doors opened at the end of the aisle, JJ wouldn't be there.

Why would she be?

Surely she realized by now who exactly she'd asked to marry her. A workaholic, stoic, brooding man, surely wasn't her ideal husband.

Right?

"You look as white as a ghost," Rossi mused at his side. He suddenly hit Hotch on the back. "Come on, man, keep it together. It's just marriage, no big deal."

Ignoring the fact that he'd interpreted his nausea completely wrong, he commented, "Apparently not, if we were to use your three failed marriages as a measure."

Rossi chuckled. "What can I say; I'm not the marrying type. But you, my friend, definitely are."

Hotch turned to frown at him. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Just that you need to be married to function like a real human being on all levels. Thank God you and JJ found your way to each other," Rossi said jokingly. "We'd come to believe that your face had permanently frozen into a grimace."

"Dave," Hotch said, annoyed. "Shut up."

Luckily, the music began to play, shutting his best man up. The moment of truth was upon him and all thoughts of Rossi's ridiculousness flew from his mind. Only JJ occupied his thoughts now.

The doors opened, first, to Henry and Nina. Hotch smiled, watching Henry and Jack's cousin timidly walk down the aisle arm in arm. Halfway through, Nina remembered that she was supposed to be throwing flowers along the way. As a result, the pale pink petals only covered half the length of the aisle.

When they reached the end both children gave Hotch a wave and Henry, instead of going to sit by his father, ran up the few steps and gave Hotch a hug. The whole crowd let out a collective "Aww…" and Hotch whispered into the boy's ear, "Good job, buddy." Then a beaming Henry took his seat next to Will.

Next up were Jack and JJ's niece, Annie. The two older children walked down the aisle purposefully, having a better idea of what was going on around them. Both were smiling brightly.

When Jack reached the end he gave his dad a huge smile and two thumbs up, causing Hotch to chuckle and return the gesture.

There were only three more people until the moment of truth. Garcia, as maid of honour, walked down the aisle first, followed by Emily, and JJ's younger sister, Britney. All were wearing similar pink dresses. All three came to stand opposite to Hotch's best man, Rossi, and two groomsmen, Morgan and Reid.

And then Hotch, having been thoroughly distracted from his nerves, suddenly tensed up when the music switched to the traditional wedding march. He scanned the faces of his friends to see if they were as apprehensive as he but they all gave him smiles of encouragement.

Hotch turned his gaze to the top of the aisle and let out a relieved breath. There she was, dressed in the very same dress he'd picked out for her so long ago, smiling a radiant smile that reached her eyes making them sparkle all the more.

Hotch smiled back, and never took his eyes off of JJ her whole trip down the aisle. When she finally reached his side, he couldn't help it, he grabbed hold of her, surprising the heck out of her when he kissed her passionately.

When they pulled back it was to the sounds of happy laughter. He glanced at JJ; she looked surprised, but pleased.

"Sorry," he said sheepishly. "Couldn't resist. I just love you so much."

She gave him a smile, touching his cheek affectionately, she said, "Love you too, Aaron Hotchner."

"Now Aaron," the Priest started, humour in his voice. "I know you want to get to the good parts, but there's some business we need to take care of first…"

That got another chuckle from their friends and family.

Hotch turned to give the Priest a sheepish look. "Sorry Father," Hotch said, not being able to hold back his amusement. "I'll try to restrain myself."

Hotch and JJ turned to face each other as the priest began, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here…"

In JJ's eyes he could see all the happiness that was in store for them; the beautiful life that they'd share together, it was all there in the depths of her blue eyes. And he couldn't wait to get started…

Well that's it. All finished. I had so much fun writing this. So, I hope you all enjoyed reading it just as much.

Thanks to everyone who's been reading and alerting this fic. And thanks to everyone who took the time to review: whimsical-one-ga (sequel? Not sure. Things are pretty tied up in this one. But I'll definitely be writing more JJ/Hotch stories.); Starrmyst (yeah, it's over, but that means I've got time to write more JJ/Hotch fics); Hotch Fan (thanks for the review); ReadingRed (yeah, a lot of people saw it coming. Subtle, I am not. :) ); angry penguin (in all my other fics it's usually Hotch proposing. I thought it was time for a change); countersteak21 (yeah I guess he is, if we're putting a word to it. But I think what I was trying to show is that love doesn't need to be defined to any one particular type); canny-bairn (I just can't make him the bad guy for some reason… I guess I like Will's character too much); Zolidify; JJandHotch4ever96 (yeah he is).

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