AN/This story has been so much fun to write, I'm almost sad to see it end. Oh, and it's pretty AU now, but that's the way it is. Here is the epilogue! Set 1 year after the last chapter.

"Jayje, you seriously owe me!" JJ's sister Cassi insisted as she brushed her teeth while JJ sat on her sister's bed waiting.

"Oh, come on Cass--mom knows you're going on a date, I think it's you that owes me!" JJ retorted. "Plus, remember that time we--"

"Ok, fine." Cassi stopped her sister, knowing that this blind date probably wouldn't be as bad as she anticipated. Still she was going on a date with an FBI Agent, her sister, and all of his coworkers. She wasn't sure she could handle much more of her mother's nagging about finding a date, so it was just better to get this all over with. Ever since JJ had gotten married, her mother seemed to focus all of her energies on her only single offspring.

"JJ, are you two ready, honey?" A deep voice called from downstairs as JJ smiled.

"Yeah, Aaron. I'm just reconvincing Cassi that this is the best way to get mom off her back." Hotch laughed as he remembered the first time he had met JJ's parents.

"Ok, no matter what happens, we're engaged and my mother is crazy." JJ stopped them right before he rapped soundly on the door. JJ's mother almost immediately answered the door, as though she had been waiting for them in front of the door.

"Oh, Aaron, I'm glad to meet you." JJ's mother had said almost too sweetly. "Jennifer, you look beautiful, but I really think you should try to die your hair another color--what if we put in some auburn? That would look so beautiful!"

"Sure mom, whatever." JJ dismissed as she gave Hotch a knowing look. He instantly knew that while he would like his mother-in-law, he would always praise the supreme being that created JJ for not making her like her mother.

"Aaron, are you going to get my daughter to stop with that ridiculous job at the FBI? Honestly! It is not feminine, and I don't know why she thinks that--"

"Mom! Can we at least sit down before you prove that my life is a disaster?" JJ cut her mom off. Hotch smiled. He was infinitely grateful that JJ was not like her mother.

"Well, we're going to be late for our reservations if we don't leave soon." Hotch pointed out, snapping himself out of his own thoughts.

"Ok, we're on our way." JJ promised, "Cassi, sweetie, My husband may kill me if I make us late again." She said urgently.

"I never threatend murder!" Hotch yelled to JJ and continued, "Though that may help us get to work on time." He mumbled.

JJ refocused her energy on her younger sister, who was trying to figure out a way to escape from the house without detection. Cassi had resolved to go out the window, shimmy down the drain pipe, and drive faster than ever previously concieved. She wondered how long it would be before JJ would notice she was gone.

"Aaron would catch you before you got to the car." JJ said, answering her sister's thoughts. It wasn't that JJ was psychic, she had just experienced enough family dinners where she and Cassi had run away since her sister was four. Cassi had wonderful escaping instincts, but she was not getting out of this.

"Oh, that's low. Get the husband to do the dirty work." Cassi stated.

JJ was getting annoyed, but decided to try to get her sister to go willingly, although physical force was an option. "You know, I happen to think you and Spencer will get along really well."

"Yeah, like you and mom. Jenny..." Cassi began to whine but was interrupted by Hotch knocking on the door.

"JJ--" Hotch began.

"I know. I know" JJ stopped him, and turned to her sister, "Cassi, we need to leave now!" JJ scolded. Cassi begrudgingly applied one last spirt of hairspray and grimaced.

"Fine." She groaned. She liked JJ's husband, but he did tend to be a little bit of a stick-in-the-mud. He was good for JJ, better than alot of the shlups JJ had dated, but it didn't make his 'rule-abiding' aura any less annoying.

"Spencer's meeting us at the restaurant. You look great! This is going to be fun!" JJ insisted.

"Ooo yes, because I've seen your friend Emily with her boyfriend, and that won't make anything more awkward." Cassi retorted, remembering JJ's wedding and how the black man and brunette were all over eachother.

"Don't forget Penelope." Hotch commented. Truthfully spending a first date with most of the team would be hard on anyone, and Hotch almost pittied the couple to be set up. Garcia and Kevin were talking about getting engaged, and were probably as bad as Morgan and Prentiss in the public affection category, but he wasn't about to tell the other women, or JJ for that matter, that they shouldn't come.

"Fine. Let's go." Cassi moaned.

Finally approaching the door of the nice restaurant, Hotch quickly opened the door for his wife and sister-in-law. Just before entering the large room where she knew the others were waiting, JJ stopped her sister.

"Cass, just remember. The only person that is as uncomfortable as you are is Spencer." JJ spoke lowly, but saw Aaron smile.

"Oh, that's comforting!" Cassi replied as she took a deep breath and stepped boldly into the lobby.

"Aren't you so glad we don't have to do that anymore?" JJ turned and asked Aaron as they stepped into the lobby together.

"Definitely. I'll always be grateful for that undercover assignment." He kissed her lightly and they went to join the others who were waiting impatiently.

"Well, finally." Morgan called over to them, with Prentiss unconventionally sat on his lap. Reid was with them, beat red and shaking. Garcia and Kevin were deep in conversation about computer networks, which to them, was the language of love. JJ didn't blame Reid for looking completely awkward, if she had been in his place she would have been too.

"Not that you and Miss Emily have minded" Garcia teased the very affectionate couple.

"Hey mama, we keep it out of the office. But now we are off duty and we have to make up for lost time." Morgan countered as Emily smiled wickedly.

"Well sometimes we keep it out of the office, other times we keep it in the supply closet." Emily admitted.

"Yeah, when Hotch and JJ aren't in it." Morgan teased, deflecting the attention away from his and Emily's relationship. They had been taking it slow, for the last year had began their relationship steadily--both had been hurt before, and neither wanted to repeat relationships that had ended badly. Niether of them ever wanted to have to go to counseling. JJ and Hotch had moved much more quickly, and had been married for almost 4 months. Emily thought about her and Morgan's very first conversation after the undercover assignment.

"Hey...Emily, can we talk." Morgan asked her, shifting his weight from leg to leg. He had just shown up at her home, a few days after the capture of Phyllis Williams and Ronald Kolter. Prentiss was absolutely dreading any discussion concerning the events of the Marcus Lamberman marriage retreat. She was confused about her feelings for him and the last thing she needed right now was her getting her heart broken because Morgan thought that any relationship between them would be a mistake. Derek Morgan was a grade A player, and Emily doubted that anything she had to offer him would tempt him to quit living his quick-paced lifestyle in the slightest.

"Alright. Let's talk." Emily said with a feigned smile, while she didn't want to talk to him about this, it didn't look like she had any choice. She motioned him into her condo. To her recollection, she had never seen Derek Morgan that nervous in the entire time she had known him. "What did you want to talk about?"

"Emily, I love you. I love that you are smart, and funny and that you aren't afraid to stand up to me. Your wonderful and gorgeous and I am seriously in love with you. I know that we probably can never be together, I really do understand that. I mean, there are the rules and the fact that you'd get sick of me after a week and that there are a thousand other powers at play here. But I really just wanted you to know--before we go back to work and pretend that while we had fun, nothing happend last week." Morgan shifted uncomfortably.

"Because things did happen. You kissed me. And it changed everything. And, dude, I am whipped and I feel like a loser. I FEEL LIKE REID! and so, I thought I would tell you, so that our friendship could be ruined completely and I will never look at you again without blushing and it being completely awkward." Morgan confessed. At first finding the words was hard for him, he had never left himself vulnerable to a girl before. His love life was filled with one night stands, and two-week relationships. Emily Prentiss was different than all those girls he picked up in bars. One word from her, and Morgan would runaway to Maine with the little dignity he had left.

"What!?!" Emily Pretiss was normally a very eloquent woman, but his confession had caught her by surprise. She had expected something completely different when Derek said that they should talk.

"If your not into the idea..." Morgan began to try to recover from the slam. Honestly, he told he loved her, and all she could say was 'what'? It was very apparent that his sentiments were not about to be returned. So, Morgan gatherd the shards of his broken heart, and made his way out of her condo. Just as he was going to shut the door he heard something that made his heart leap.

"I THINK I MIGHT LOVE YOU TOO." Emily yelled, and then covered her mouth in shock. Was she really prepared to go where this path led? But, the words were out and they were true, and at that point, it was all that mattered."

"What did you just say?" Morgan said, opening the door. "Did you just say what I think you just said?" Morgan asked skeptical.

All Emily could do was nod. The moment was surreal. Morgan grabbed her and kissed her. Finally the pair separated for air, and before Morgan could grab her again, Emily stopped him.

"Wait! I want to go slow." Emily said after a moment, slightly injuring the romance. "Morgan, I love you enough that I do not want this to end because we moved too fast, I want to take our time and make the most of it."

"Em, I spent so many years moving quickly with girls, I am absolutely fine moving a little slower for you." He said with a smile and leaned in and kissed her again.

Emily's memory was interrupted as she noticed Hotch's face flamed uncharacteristically at the insinuation of impropriety at the office, while JJ had difficulty controlling her own blushing. "Why don't we get this evening started? Spence, this is my sister Cassandra Jareau. Cassi, Spencer Reid."

Reid stumbled at first, wanting to say something incredibly charming, and thinking that the brunette in front of him seemed immensly beautiful, but knowing that girls tended to get uncomfortable when he filled them in on relationship statistics.

"So, JJ, where is baby Hotchner tonight?" Emily asked sliding off Morgan's lap to stand and allow the change in conversation.

"Dave offered to take her, which you know I will always be grateful for. Dave's just like a grandpa to little Sadie." JJ spoke of her beautiful daughter. Ever since the little girl had been born, she had the old profiler wrapped around her finger. "Said he'd rather have Sadie as a date than any other bimbo."

"Well, why don't we get seated?" Kevin suggested, finally noticing that everybody was there. The waitress quickly seated the large group.

"JJ, I'm just glad we don't have to go protecting unsubs from your pregnancy hormones anymore." Morgan pointed out as the entire team laughed and JJ's face clouded.

"I wasn't that bad." JJ insisted which only made the others laugh harder.

"Yeah, what about the case that got you and Hotch together?" Emily pointed out.

JJ begrudgingly allowed the paramedics to check her out after Hotch insisted that she take care of herself. Minor cuts and probable bruising were all they could tell her, which she could have told them herself if they had listened. Finally they were able to get in the FBI standard SUV's and make their way to the precinct. JJ was anxious to get back and to see the interrogations with the suspects. Hotch was hovering protectively, but eventually allowed her into the interrogation room with Dr. Williams alone.

"How did you--?" Dr Williams stuttered

"How did I survive being almost murdered while being 5 months pregnant? Pretty well, in fact." JJ walked up calmly to the woman who had made her life torture for the last week. The team, watching from behind the glass, assumed that JJ would whisper a comment and then walk away gave them some space. They didn't really need any more of a confession from the psychotic doctor, but it couldn't hurt to get her adjitated and reveal more about her crimes. JJ, normally controlled, suddenly lost all restraint and began punching the woman repeatedly. The team scrambled to stop her, but were not fast enough.

"THIS!" A blow landed on the handcuffed woman's cheek, "This is for endangering my baby."

"And, THIS!" JJ punched the woman in the stomach, "This is for telling me that I'll be a bad mother."

"And THIS!" JJ landed a final blow to the woman's nose before Morgan scooped her up and pulled her back. "That was because you're a hypocrite. And mean." JJ sniffed.

"Well, that woman deserved it!" JJ sulked.

"Uh...sweetie, while that is very true, the police brutality report she filed almost caused us our conviction." Hotch reminded her gently. JJ laughed and swatted his arm slightly, while he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

Garcia laughed to herself, while Morgan and Prentiss were down right awkward to be around, JJ and Hotch were just as bad--if not worse. While Garcia was self-aware enough to acknowledge that single couples probably didn't want to be around her and Kevin, the others seemed to be oblivious of the effects their public affection had on the only single couple at the table.

"So, Cassi, I'm sure you have some great stories about JJ to share with the group." Garcia smiled wickedly to the girl that was sitting awkwardly silent.

"Yeah, we had some really fun times." Cassi replied as JJ laughed.

"You all have no idea!" JJ added. And truth was, no one had a clue. Cassi and JJ had always been very close, and had the exact same sense of humor. Their experiances were on a large spectrum, from toilet-papering ex-boyfriend's houses, to trying their hand at an all-girl band. The sisters had always been close. So if JJ decided to tell even a little bit of Cassi and her childhood experiances, she didn't know how they would take it.

"Well, then tell us some of JJ's most excruciating moments." Garcia pushed.

"Alright, One time we were on vacation and..." Cassi began, but was interrupted by JJ's groaning.

"They do not need to know this story!" JJ shouted, but her sister continued.

"And, we were at the beach." Cassi continued as though her sister hadn't spoken. "Well, JJ got attacked by a dog. Not attacked like dangerously, but the stupid yappy dog wouldn't leave her alone. Well, wou know those sunscreen bottles, the ones with the dog and the little girl and the little girl's swim suit is...yeah, you know. Well, the dog decided to recreate it with JJ. As if it wasn't enough that the entire beach saw JJ's white butt, the dog decided to pee on her as well." The group laughed as JJ burried her head.

"That must have been awful!" Emily insisted.

"Well, JJ is not the type of girl to let something pee on her and not speak her mind, even when she was 10, so our entire vacation JJ is chasing this stupid dog, yelling at it. Our parent's tried to tell her that the dog couldn't understand her, so yelling did no good, but JJ would not listen."

"Oh, honey, I happen to think your butt is very--"

"Stop! Right there!" Emily stopped Hotch from finishing his comment. "Remember? This is Cassi and Reid's first date? I think we're making it a little--"

"Awkward?" Reid interjected.

"Well, I was going with conversation dominating, but sure. We can go with your word." Emily admitted. She hadn't really thought about how this could be embarassing for Reid and JJ's sister.

"So, changing the subject, Cassi, you teach second grade, what's that like?" Garcia asked after an awkward moment. She tried to show Reid what questions to ask the pretty girl in order to make this go smoothly. It didn't take a profiler to tell that Reid was head-over-heels for this girl.

"I like it a lot, the kids are great." JJ smiled at her sister's admission. Not even a profiler would have been able to see the girl's attraction to her favorite genius. JJ only could barely detect it, even though she knew her sister better than anyone else.

"Did you know that a student's success in life can be traced back to the values they were taught in the first few grades of elementary?"

"Really?" Cassi asked animatedly, turning to the now excited genius. "I've always wondered, but I've never really seen statistics on that." The rest of the team surpressed a groan as Reid's eyebrows shot up in surprise and he began talking animatedly with the brunette hanging on his every word.

"Told you they would be good together." JJ flaunted to Hotch.

"Actually, I believe it was Emily and I that had the idea, so stuff it Barbie, we're the matchmakers." Garcia countered as Reid and Cassi were deep in conversation, oblivious to the six other people at the table.

AN/Thanks to everybody that has reviewed! I love this story, and I'm totally grateful for all the feedback. This is the end, unless people really want more.