Partners-Ch 41

Epilogue- 5 Years Later

Dave walked into his living room and couldn't help but smile as he kissed the side of his now wife Fran Morgans neck, she turned in his arms and said, "why didn't you call and let me know the team was home"?, he kissed her lips gently and said, "that's because I wanted to surprise my beautiful wife with a night out on the town".

Fran grinned and said, "but aren't you tired"?, he slid his hands down her body and said, "a little butttttt how about you revive me for a while before we head out"?, she kissed his lips passionately and when they pulled apart she said, "how much time do we have before our reservation"?, he looked down at his watch and said, "about 90 minutes".

Dave grinned as she intertwined their fingers and led him up the stairs toward their bedroom, once they stepped inside everything but each other was blocked out as the couple made love. A few long minutes later Dave collapsed on the bed beside his wife and kissed her lips gently and said, "I love you Fran", she looked up at him and winked and said, "I love you to", she laid her head down on his chest and sighed happily as they laid in each others arms.

Hotch and Emily walked up on their porch and were met by their almost 9 year old son Jack and their 4 year old twin daughters Mia and Melody, Hotch picked up Mia and Emily picked up Melody and carried them into the house. Jack hugged his parents and said, "I'm glad you're home, I've missed you", the twins in unison say, "we misseded you to, we misseded you to".

Emily smiled and said, "where's Sharla"?, Jack said, "she's fixing dinner", Hotch rubbed the top of his sons head and said, "how did you do on that test the other day"?, the little boy grinned and said, "I got a 97 dad". Hotch smiled at his son and said, "that's great, I knew you could do it", Emily smiled as both twins jumped on her lap and wrapped their arms around her neck.

The family laughed and played with the kids until Sharla came to the door and said, "dinner's ready", she looked at Jack and the twins and said, "it's time to get washed up guys". Hotch wrapped his arms around his wifes waist as they stood there watching as their kids ran up the stairs and headed toward the bathroom, the husband and wife sighed happily as they started making their way through the house.

JJ walked into the living room and smiled as she saw her 8 year old son helping his 3 year old brother Aiden while he played with the blocks, when JJ cleared her throat both boys ran into her arms. Reid walked into the room and Aiden ran over and wrapped his arms around Reids neck and said, "daddyyyyyyyyy", Reid laughed and said, "did you miss daddy"?, the little boy nodded his head yes and said, "uh huh daddyyyyyyy".

Reid said, "have you both been good boys"?, Henry said, "we've been really good daddy", JJ smiled and said, "Natalie was bragging on how good they were while we were gone Spence". Reid kissed the top of both of his sons heads and said, "that's my boys, Aiden said, "afer while tan we pway ball"?, Reid nodded his head and said, "we sure can, how about after dinner we go outside and play for a while before you go to bed"?, Aiden squeeled as Reid whirled him around and around.

Henry leaned down and whispered something into Aidens ear and JJ watched as her son ran across the room and came back with two pieces of paper in his little hands. JJ and Reid both listened as Aiden went into great detail as he explained everything that was in the pictures, all JJ and Reid could do was smile as they listened to the wonderful imagination their sons had.

Mick had been assisting the team with their last case while Penelope was talking a few days off with the baby, he walked into his living room and said, "I'm homeeeee". Maria walked over and said, "how are you my love"?, he wrapped his arms around his wifes waist and kissed her lips and said, "better now that I'm home with you and the kids".

Maria said, "dinner's almost ready", he rubbed her growing stomach and said, "how are you and the little one doing"?, Maria sighed and said, "your daughter is laying on my kidneys because all I want to do is pee". Mick said, "where is Adam"?, she said, "he is finally down for a nap, he fought sleep and fought sleep wanting to see you".

Adam was their 3 year old son, they had gotten married a year after Derek and Penelope and were living just a few miles away from Derek and Penelope so they got to spend a lot of time together. Maria laid her head down on her husbands chest and closed her eyes as he wrapped his loving arms around her and kissed the top of her head.

Derek walked into the house and was instantly met by his 9 year old daughter Gabby and 5 year old son JD, he hugged Gabby and picked up JD and said, "where's your momma"?, Gabby said, "she's putting Amber down for her nap, she's been fussy all day daddy". Derek said, "that's because she's sick princess but when she gets better she will be her loveable self".

JD laughed as Derek put him up on his shoulders and said, "how about we go get some snacks and watch a movie"?, JD said, "yayyyyyy movie time", Penelope walked into the kitchen to see her boys working on fixing some snacks. She wrapped her arms around his waist and said, "welcome home stranger", he turned around and kissed her lips gently and said, "hi baby girl, how's Amber"?, Penelope sighed and said, "her fever finally broke and she's resting".

Derek smiled and said, "how about we watch movies until she wakes up"?, Penelope sighed and said, "movies sound good to me", he kissed her lips and said, "why don't you go in and pick out some movies and me and JD will bring in the snacks and drinks". She smiled and nodded her head as she headed into the other room.

When Derek and JD came into the room a few minutes later Penelope and Gabby were waiting patiently for the movie to start, after everybody got situated on the couch and in the floor Derek pushed play on the remote. He put a bowl of popcorn in Penelopes lap and on in the floor between the kids and sighed happily as he wrapped his arm around his baby girl.

She looked up at him and winked, he kissed her lips gently and said, "I love you sweetness", she smiled and said, "I love you to handsome", as the movie played the happy family sat there enjoying some much needed family time. As Derek looked down at his family he couldn't imagine needed anything more than what he had right now because his life was perfect, simply perfect.