Chapter 8

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Some time and layers of make-up later, I was ready to get dressed and I should hurry cause I'm running late. The outfit that I had brought was a silver sequin mini dress,

black leather heels and a black trench coat on top that was a little longer than my dress, cause it's a little cold outside

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black leather heels and a black trench coat on top that was a little longer than my dress, cause it's a little cold outside. I took a small black purse that matches my shoes and I was ready to go. I curled also curled my hair and they lie perfectly on my shoulders and upper chest.

I go to Emily's room to look for reactions. I knock on the door and she lets me in immediately. "What do you think?" I ask her
"I think that not only Hotch, but everyone is gonna lose their mind" she says
"It's not that impressive. You look amazing" I say taking a look at her outfit
"Thank you" she says as there was another knock on the door
"It's probably JJ" she says and I nod. I open the door and JJ comes in
"The boys are waiting in the lobby" she says
"Ok, let's go meet the others" Emily says and I nod.

"By the way, Jessie I'm sorry for destroying the moment in the office back at Quantico" JJ says while we are walking in the hallway
"It's ok" I say but then I stop walking and I look at Emily
"You told her?" I ask
"I had to. Don't worry, no one else knows" she reassures me
"I hope so" I say and we keep walking.

As soon as the elevator opens, of course my eyes fall on Hotch. For the first time he is wearing a black shirt and it's so hot. Total black makes him look so good. "I'm pretty sure I know where she's looking" Emily says
"Shut up" I say and she chuckles. "Let's go" I say and we walk to the boys.
"Wow, who are they?" Morgan asks ironically as they see us
"You don't look so bad yourself" JJ says
"Thank you JJ" he says "Where is the surprise?" he asks
"Surprise?" I ask
"I'm here, I'm here!" we hear a familiar voice from behind.

"Penelope?" Emily says before turning around "What are you doing here?" she asks
"The was no way I was losing a night out in Vegas" she says
"Of course you wouldn't babygirl" Morgan says
"Oh my... Jessie, you look like a goddess" she says
"Thank you. You look amazing too, like always" I say
"I know baby" she says. Gosh, I need her confidence. She's the best.

"Well, shall we go ladies?" Morgan asks
"Yes, let's go" I say. We started all together but at some point on the way everyone turned into couples. Morgan was talking with Garcia in the front and leading the way, then JJ and Reid and Emily started a random conversation with Rossi so she could leave me behind with Hotch. Needless to say that my heart was racing since the moment I was left next to him.

"So... twins, huh? I didn't see that coming" he says trying to start a conversation
"Well, call it a wild guess" I say and he chuckles
"Either way, we got the kids to safety and stopped the unsubs" he says
"Yeah. And thanks for the saving back there" I say
"No need to. By the way, you look really good tonight" he says and I'm sure that I blush
"Thank you. You look really good too" I say
"Thanks. I didn't do much. I don't get out often" he says
"That's what I heard" I say
"Yeah... I lost my wife a few months and now it's just me and Jack, my son, so I'm trying to spend as much time as I can with him. I'm sure you've heard about it to from someone" he says
"Yes, I did. I'm sorry. But I'm sure you do everything you can for Jack, it's not hard to for someone to understand that about you" I say
"Now you're saying that as a profiler or..."
"Ok, enough. Work is over. We are not profilers now, we are out in Vegas" I say
"Yeah, you're right. But I would advise you not to drink too much cause we got reports tomorrow morning" he says
"You're right but I make no promises" I say
"Ok" he says laughing.
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Emily, JJ, Penelope and I started with margaritas and one drink after the other, everything soon went blurry. The next morning, my head was killing me and I looked like crap. We had just two SUVs to go to the airport so we decided to go girls in one and boys in the other which today is the best thing. "Who was responsible for counting the drinks last night?" Emily asks as she gets in the car but no one answers
"So that's why we are all in the same condition today, that's just great" I say. We were all wearing big sunglasses and looking for aspirins. Obviously we were late and the boys were already to the jet.

We get in the jet "Oh look who's here?" Reid says as he sees us
"Why is he so loud?" I ask holding my head because he voice was like pounding in my brain
"I don't know" JJ says
"Oh I'm sorry!" he says louder on purpose
"I'm gonna shoot you" Emily says to him as we sit down.

Hotch comes from the back of the jet "Ready to go?" he asks
"Yes please sir" Penelope says
"I'll let them know" he says and goes to the pilot. He comes back and sits right across from me "Hangover?" he asks
"Yeah. I look like crap" I say taking my glasses off
"No, you don't" he says
"See? Now I know that you're lying without using any profiling" I say laying my head on the table between us
"I'm not lying" he says
"Well, thank you but hoodie, leggings and big sunglasses are definitely not what you expect to see after last night's glow up" I say.

"What happened to the 'Don't drink too much cause we got reports tomorrow morning' rule?" he asks
"When the third...? or fourth margarita came, all rules were already out of the window. Especially, since we had already drank the devil springs vodkas" I say still laying my head on the table. I hear him chuckle and I lift my head to look at him "It isn't funny" I say
"It is a little funny" he says still laughing
"I would say something to you right now but you're lucky that my boss" I say and he chuckles again.

"And you had devil springs vodkas? When did that happen?" he asks
"It was between the second and the third margarita. Some guys got them for us as soon as you boys went to the other side of the bar to talk to an old friend I think? I don't remember" I say
"Some guys? Four trained FBI agents accepted drinks from strangers" he says putting his serious face back on
"Don't worry dad, they poured them in front of us" I say and he smiles again.
"You better get some sleep. I'll wake you when we land" he says
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Thank you" I say and I try to get comfortable on my seat.

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