One Heck Of A Vacation

Disclaimer: CBS owns Criminal Minds, not me.

Summary: While on vacation Hotch and Emily run into Haley and her latest boy toy.

A/N: This one originally was a stand alone but I decided to add it to the "Vacation" series.

So obviously this is alternate universe, since Haley's still alive. Jack exists in this world too.

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"A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking." Earl Wilson


Emily walked out on to the patio, feeling the sun hit her ivory white skin.

"Now this is paradise" Hotch said walking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"This place is absolutely gorgeous" Emily said resting her head on Hotch's shoulder "I could stay like this forever."

"Now that sounds like a great idea" Hotch said chuckling in pleasure "Living in Bora Bora, just you, me and Jack."

Hotch pulled Emily close to him, "Come back inside. We could do that thing you like with the whip cream."

"Well I'm certainly glad you said that first" Emily said taking his hands on her stomach and rubbing his hands "I wouldn't want you to think that this entire trip was just an excuse to have mind blowing sex..."

"Oh really?" Hotch said raising his eyebrow and traced his fingers on her stomach "Who are you kidding?"

Emily starts laughing as he tickles her stomach, "Stop that."

"I can't help it." Hotch said tickling her again.

"Mm" Emily murmured as his tickling turned into caressed touches "Oh God, Aaron..."

"Yeah?" Hotch said said in a teasing tone, running his fingers up her ribs towards her breast.

"Oh my God!" Emily said "Aaron, stop it."

"Hm?" Hotch whispered his eyes closing as his hands wandered over her body that he already had memorized.

"She said stop." Haley said wandering out by the beach house.

"Haley?" Hotch said shocked beyond belief "Oh my God! What are you... what are you..." Hotch stammered out.

Emily elbowed him, and finished, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm on a vacation." Haley said raising an eyebrow at them "I suppose it's fair to say you two are together?"

"Yep." Emily said folding her arms across her chest.

"How long have you two been together?" Haley asked "Since our... divorce?"

"Yes." Hotch replied "Aren't you going to ask how Jack is?"

"Sure." Haley said uncomfortable "How is he?"

"He's doing good." Hotch said giving her a look "He's on the soccer team, and despite being abandoned by his mother he seems well adjusted."

"Aaron..." Haley said warningly "Come on I told you that it was best that I wasn't involved in his life. I left Jack with you because I knew you can take care of him better than I could."

"Haley..." a man called out.

"Who's that?" Emily asked seeing a blonde haired man walk towards them.

"That's my boyfriend." Haley said kissing the blonde man.

"Hi, I'm Justin" Justin said making Hotch and Emily raised their eyebrows at the man.

"Justin, this is Emily Prentiss and Aaron Hotchner." Haley said introducing the three.

"Your ex husband?" Justin said chuckling "You're joking."

"No God is." Hotch muttered shaking the man's hand.

"Pleasure to meet you." Justin said "Haley says you're an FBI agent?"

"Yes, we're both profilers for the Behavioral Analysis Unit." Hotch said "And you are?"

"Law professor at UCLA." Justin said making Emily raise her eyebrow at that.

"Great." Emily said seeing Hotch tense up at the pair "How long have you two been together?"

"About three months." Haley said.

"And your guys just decided to head off to Bora Bora?" Hotch commented.

"Well, it was Haley's idea" Justin said, "She's wanted us to spend sometime together, saying how we never spend anytime together..."

"And how you're always busy working?" Hotch finished seeing the surprised look on both Justin and Haley's face and a look Emily shot him.

"Well," Justin said politely "We'll let you go, enjoy your vacation."

"You too." Emily said seeing Haley kiss Justin as the two descended.

"She's throwing him in my face," Hotch commented after the two left.

"What?" Emily said turning around to face him.

"A law professor?" Hotch said "Harping on him to spend time? That poor guy is destined to end up marrying her then having her leave him."

"What is wrong with you?" Emily asked raising her eyebrow "I get that she's Jack's mother and all, but you can't just go in and try to split them up..."

"Why not?" Hotch said "That man could very well be headed down a dark hole known as Haley Brooks."

"Jesus Aaron, drop it. You can't do this to yourself." Emily said leading him to a patio chair "I know Haley's infidelity and abandonment of you and Jack hurt like hell, I remembered it. But this... what you're thinking of doing is just flat out mean."

Hotch ran his hands through his hair and looked up at her, covering his mouth, "Oh my God. I'm really ranting like a crazy person?"

Nodding, "Aaron. Look at me, I love you. You don't have to worry about her anymore. You have Jack and me. And we love you."

Sighing Hotch pulled her into a tight embrace, "Is it really so bad to want to warn him?"

Emily laughed, "No, it's not so bad. But it is a little mean, now stop obsessing."

"Ok." Hotch said pulling Emily into a kiss "Now where were we?"

"Out here?" Emily said "You want to give the travelers a peepshow?"

"God no." Hotch said pulling her to their room.

Hotch sat out on the patio the next morning reading the newspaper.

"You can read Tahitian?" Emily asked looking over his shoulder.

"No but I can fake it." Hotch said reading the newspaper poorly causing Emily to laugh.

"What?" Hotch asked setting the paper down "What's so funny?"

"Nothing." Emily said shaking her head "It's just nice to see you in a better mood than yesterday. See told you I could make you forget you were ever married to her."

Hotch smirked, "Yeah that usually doesn't happen without a prescription."

Emily laughed at that, "Aaron, it's good to see you relaxed again."

Hotch took one of Emily's hands, "I am so sorry about yesterday. I honestly don't know why I go so nuts when I get around her."

Patting his hand, "It's because of the way things ended with her, and you have this subconscious fear that she'll try and take Jack away from you even though she signed away her rights."

"You are such a wonderful influence on Jack." Hotch said kissing her hand, "You are a wonderful mother figure to him and I just need you to know how much I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you..."

Hotch pulled out of his chair, "Emily Prentiss..."

"Aaron what are you doing?" Emily began.

"You are the one woman in the whole world I that makes my heart feel complete" Hotch pulled out a black box "Will you marry me?"

Emily's eyes dropped to the ring in the box than to Hotch's face, "Are you asking me..."

"Marry me?" Hotch repeated.

Emily bit her lip then smiled, "Yes. Yes, Aaron yes."

Hotch placed the ring on her finger and pulled her into a big hug, "Thank you, thank you. I love you Emily."

Emily wrapped her arms around his neck pulling Hotch into a deep kiss, "I love you."

"Here we go again." Haley murmured from behind them "Didn't you two pay for a room."

"Oh God." Hotch muttered "I'd drive a stake through her heart, if I knew she had one."

Hotch and Emily pulled apart to see Haley and Justin walking hand and hand by their patio.

"Don't you have your own beach house?" Emily said raising an eyebrow at the blonde.

Haley looked at the two, "We're out enjoying the clean air and jading by the embrace you two were about to get close. If you'd like we could leave and come back in ten minutes..."

Emily glared at the blonde, while Hotch wrapped an arm around her.

"Easy, you're not licensed to carry a weapon here." Hotch whispered then added, "That won't be necessary."

"We apologize for interrupting a private moment." Justin said looking sincere.

"Aaron and I had this agreement that if either of us needed to speak to one another, no matter the circumstances." Haley said, "Can I speak to you?"

"Anything you can say to me, you can say in front of Emily." Hotch said, "We're getting married."

"Congratulations." Justin said.

"That's great" Haley said "Aaron? Justin and I are moving."

"Where to?" Hotch asked confused.

"Here." Haley said, "Justin wants to practice law here, and I like the change in atmosphere."

Both Hotch and Emily wore matching looks of shocks on their faces.

"You want to leave the states to live in Bora Bora?" Emily asked "Are you sure?"

"It's what we want." Haley said looking over at Justin.

"Ok." Hotch said shaking his head, "If that's what you really want, good luck."

"We better go." Haley said "Justin's meeting with some people to get us permanent residence down here."

The newly engaged couple watched Haley and Justin walk down the path hand in hand.

"Wish them good luck?" Emily looked over shocked "I hope I'm not out of line, but that has got to be one of the biggest mistakes, in the history of mistakes ever."

"Don't have to tell me twice." Hotch said "This has got to be the weirdest vacation ever."

Emily lifted her hand up to look at the ring, "Aside from the Haley/Justin thing, this wasn't the worst vacation I've ever been on."

"Oh yeah?" Hotch said taking her hand to lead her into the beach house "What could possibly top this?"

Emily smirked "Well there was this one time on Spring Break where I went to Cancun..."


Mason Cooley said, "Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated."


The End

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