New Experiences, Same Feelings

Dinner Party (2)

Gary and Harriet walked around thanking their guests and saying hello to them. "How are you, mate?..."., Gary turned around to see his fellow colleague, Stan, holding out his hand., "...Where's Cam?"., Gary looked at Harriet briefly and shook his head.

"She's going to be here soon"., "well I can't wait to see her again. It's been to long"., Stan smiled and walked away with his wife, Beatrice. "That's a good question. ..."., Gary sighed out., "...Where the hell is she? She's late"., "did you talk to her?".

Gary smiled and nodded, clearing his throat. "Yes, I talked to her"., "good. She's never be able to say no when we do that"., Harriet laughed., "yeah we should do that more often. Maybe she would listen to us-".

"Sweetie. ..."., Harriet nudged him, motioning to Cam., "...There she is. Is that?-"., "Aaron Hotchner. ..."., Gary nodded., "...It is"., "why did she bring those people with her?"., "can she not do anything by herself. She's so stupid and incompetent"., "tell me about it".

Cam caught her parents in her eyesight and looked at the team for comfort. They didn't know why she was uncomfortable but Hotch did. Nevertheless, the team offered as much support as they could without knowing the situation.

Cam felt her whole body go cold as she heard her parents voices. "Hello, Gumdrop!"., Harriet smiled, pulling her into a hug. The team watched her facial expressions and body language getting the gist of what was happening. They are profilers after all.

"Sweetheart. ..."., Gary smiled., "...It's so good to see you"., Hotch watched tears well in her eyes as Gary hugged her. He cleared his throat and held out his hand., "Mr and Mrs Mackley. ..."., as Hotch intended, Gary pulled away from Cam and shook his hand.

"...I'm A-"., "Aaron Hotchner. ..."., Gary nodded., "...I remember you"., "Mother, Father, this is the team I work with and my friends. Garcia, Morgan, Prentiss, Reid, and Jareau".

Cam looked at her parents seeing them silently judging her friends, which made her angry. "so where's Toby?"., Harriet asked, loving that she made her daughter uncomfortable. Emily and Cam looked at each other.

"Toby's at work. ..."., she cleared her throat., "...He couldn't make it"., "fair enough"., Gary nodded. "Hey, look who it is!"., Stan turned up. Cam looked behind her father and smiled.

"Hey Stan!..."., she smiled and hugged him, the team noticing no uncomfortable body language whatsoever., "...How's Beatrice?"., "oh she's great! She's just over there. She brought her famous chocolate chip cookies".

Cam gasped and looked at the team., "guys! You have to Beatrice's cookies!"., the team smiled at each other., "count me in"., Garcia said happily, rushing to Cam. "Show me to the cookies"., she said seriously and Cam laughed, looking at the others.

"Are you's coming?"., she asked and the team followed as her and Garcia linked arms. Reid cleared his throat., "did you know that the average dinner party goes for an hour and 45 minutes?"., Cam looked back to make sure her parents were following her.

"So that means I have to put up with my parents for that long"., Reid tilted his head slightly., "then why did you come?"., she looked at him and let out a sigh, shrugging her shoulders.,"my father..convinced me. Hey! Here they are"., she quickly changed the subject and the team looked at each other.

Emily stepped forward, looking at her worriedly. Cam if something happened, you can tell-"., "seriously, try the cookies. ..."., Cam interrupted., "...They are superb"., the team once again shared some brief looks but each grabbed a cookie.