A/N: Thank you all for your great reviews. And a special thanks to Acai for beta.
Morgan was sitting on the floor playing with Spencer Jay, the baby was lying on his stomach, well it was mostly Morgan who played with the toy cars, and it seemed that the baby rolled his eyes while Morgan made funny sounds. Morgan looked at him as if his feelings had been hurt. "Hey! Don't make fun of me. I make excellent toy car noises. Try and see if you can do it better. I bet you can't." Morgan said while he gave the baby a toy car. Spencer Jay accepted the toy car and started a sound that sounded just like a real model of the toy car presented would have sounded like. Morgan looked speechless at the baby for awhile and then said, "Okay, maybe you can do it better than me. Hmmm race you to the indoor swing, the last one getting there is a loser and has to look at the other eating a banana without getting one himself." Morgan said and started to crawl slowly toward the indoor baby swing. Spencer Jay started to move toward the baby swing like a snake would do. The baby giggled all the way especially when Morgan said, "Hey slow down I don't want to be the loser here. How can I keep up with you with that snake move you've got! You have been holding out on me. You've never mentioned you were an athlete."
When Morgan came last to the baby swing he pretended to be out of breath. "Ahh man I can't believe that I lost. No fair." Morgan looked playfully at the baby, "So that's how you were able to play hide and seek with us last night. You're as sneaky as a real snake." Baby Spencer smiled brightly.
"What do you say about getting on the swing a little before you get your prize?" The baby nodded happily and held his arms up a sign that he wanted to be picked up. Morgan hurried to pick him up and place him in the baby swing.
Spencer Jay was happily bouncing away while laughing so much that it warmed Morgan's heart. He enjoyed to see the kid so happy. At the end Spencer's bib was wet from drool but Morgan waited to change it till the boy had eaten his banana prize. Morgan got him out of the swing and carried him to the kitchen and placed him in his booster seat. He then grabbed a banana and gave Spencer a small piece of the banana to see if the boy could eat instead of spoon feed him with it, he thought that it would be good for Spencer to bite to cure his irritated gum.
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Stephen wasn't happy at all when he woke up and was told that he was going to live with his dad like a little kid again. "Please, Dad. Let me go home to my own place. We don't have to mention this to the Social Services. It's not their damn business!"
"Stephen Paul Gideon, watch your language." Gideon scolded him. "And no I won't let you. I was almost sued for neglect because YOU hired someone to impersonate me. Because of that they are going to keep a closer eye on you. Now be a good bo… be good and go to the bathroom and get ready for the day. Or do you need my help?"
Stephen looked shocked at his dad at the idea of him helping him in the bathroom. "Ahh no. I-I can manage on my own. Thanks."
"Okay. But don't be ashamed to call me if you should need me."
Stephen hurried to the bathroom and locked it. He got ready for a shower and he so hoped that his father hadn't noticed that he was wearing a night diaper.
Hotch had been staying at a hotel overnight. Early in the morning he went back to the hospital after Gideon had given him a text messaged that they were up.
"I've informed the Social Services about Stephen's mother, and that I'm working on a restraining order preventing her for getting near their son. I was shocked to find out that they'd planned to get her to take care of him when they thought you were neglecting him."
Gideon felt sick when he heard that. "I don't want to think of what would have happened to my son if he got back in that woman's clutches." Gideon said shuttering.
"Me neither." Hotch said. "How is Stephen taking it, that he now has to live with us?"
Gideon let out a frustrated sigh. "Not so good, as expected, but I'm sure he's going to be okay and that Spencer Jay is going to help a great deal."
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Garcia came back to a very cranky Spencer. She could hear him even through the front door before she entered the house.
Morgan was holding Spencer Jay over his shoulder and was walking from one end of the living room to the other while talking soothingly to the baby. Spencer Jay was crying while he was pulling his ears. Garcia hurried to put down the bags she was carrying a load full. She then hurried to them. "What's wrong with my Baby-angel?"
"Teething again. And he's a little feverish."
"He's got a fever!" Garcia asked worriedly.
"Yes, but only a mild one."
"We need to get him to a doctor! Let's go! Let's go!" Garcia said frantically.
"Hey, hey. Calm down Baby-girl. It's only a slight fever. It's nothing serious. I'm sure it's because of his teething."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure. And if it should get worse I promise we'll go to a pediatrician with him."
"I'll hold you to that promise." Garcia said firmly. "Have you tried the teething ring?"
"Yes. But sadly it isn't helping this time."
"Ahh my poor baby. Why is he pulling his ears like that? Maybe it isn't the teething. Maybe he's got an ear infection. Maybe we should get him to a pediatrician after all."
"It could be a sign of ear infection but also of teething as the pain from the gums can travel to the ear."
"I'll hurry to put away my purchases and then I'll go study about teething."
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Garcia hurried to place the adult night diapers and other things she'd bought as a favor for Gideon in drawers in the bathroom close to Stephen's room. She made sure to put them away in a discreet place so not to embarrass Stephen. When the task was done she hurried to her laptop to study. When she read that they could give Spencer some baby Tylenol for his teething she prayed that Gideon had some in the medicine cabinet. She could have kicked herself that she hadn't thought about buying some when she was out shopping. But luckily there was some baby Tylenol, though before she gave Spencer it she called Spencer's pediatrician to make sure she did the right thing and to give the right doses.
The pediatrician gave Garcia instructions in handling Spencer's teething. As cold water and food didn't help, Garcia gave Spencer Jay the doses of Tylenol the doctor instructed to give the baby. And finally awhile later Spencer stopped crying and fell asleep since the poor baby was exhausted.
When Gideon, Hotch and Stephen came home Spencer Jay was still sound asleep in his crib.
Garcia greeted them happily and hugged Stephen tightly. "Welcome home Stephen. I'm so sorry to hear what you've been going through. Remember you are in good hands now and think positive. You're able to be close to your baby brother, poor baby is going through some painful teething."
Stephen forgot all about his own troubles when he heard about his baby brother's. "How is he doing?"
Both Hotch and Gideon listened closely to Garcia's answer as they were worried about the baby too. "He's sleeping. I gave him some baby Tylenol after I'd talked with his pediatrician."
"What did the pediatrician say?" Gideon asked worried.
"That it is probably teething and if the symptoms get worse to call him."
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The house next to Gideon and Hotch's house a man walked in, he was carrying a baby boy in his arms. A man who looked like an African warrior and a blond woman followed the man and baby inside.
"I hope we are doing the right thing." The man with the baby said.
"I think we are, Sir. It's probably the best way in getting them to trust us and to get close to them first and hopefully become friends. And having Danny in the same daycare will help a lot too. You can maybe even arrange play dates." The blond woman said.
"Play dates?" The father said.
"Yeah. It's very modern terms for parents to arrange their child to play with other children."
"Ohh. Okay. Well that would be good. Danny-boy needs to play with someone other than us."
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Since Stephen was exhausted he didn't fight Gideon in being tucked in for a nap. Gideon helped him to get ready for a nap so there wouldn't be any accidents while he slept. After tucking him in, he went to his youngest. He'd missed him a lot and was sad that he wasn't there for him when he was in pain.
He silently went into the nursery and toward the crib. The baby lay a little restless in the crib. Gideon picked up a napkin and dried the drool off the baby's face gently and then took the pacifier that lay on the pillow and put it in Spencer's mouth and the baby started to suckle. He then gently caressed the baby's rosy cheek. "Everything is going to be okay son. Daddy is here." As if the baby could hear him he started to calm down.
TBC