Work Relations || Aaron Hotchner

Chapter 11

This Monday I woke up with such a good mood. I mean who wouldn't after they had just spent a weekend with Hotch. He texted me on Saturday asking if I am free in the afternoon and I invited to my place. We spend some really sexy time together and then he headed back home to get Jack to a friend's birthday. The same happened on Sunday too.

The truth is that I enjoy what's happening. No feelings which means no arguments or big fights and tears. No one gets hurt. Just hot amazing sexy sex. The only problem is that he is my boss but I hope that it won't effect our job. We agreed to keep it to ourselves for as much as we can because after all we are working with profilers.

"Good morning. What do we got for today?" I ask as I walk in the BAU
"Nothing yet. Why are you so cheerful today?" Emily asks
"I just had a lovely weekend" I say
"Really? With who?" she asks
"Nobody" I say
"Was it that guy that was looking at you all night from Vegas?" she asks
"No. But technically he was there too. But he actually lives here" I say
"You were hocking up with a complete stranger all weekend?" she asks surprised
"He is not a complete stranger" I say
"Was it good?" she asks
"Good is not enough to describe it" I say
"Lucky you" she says.

"Good morning" we hear as Hotch enters the BAU and goes to his office
"Well, he seems significantly good... Oh crap" she says looking back at me
"It was just sex. Nothing more" I say
"All weekend?" she asks shocked
"The afternoons" I say.

"Guys" JJ says "Conference room. We got a case" she says and we follow her there. We all sit at the table in the conference room and we get one file each. "5-year-old Lauren Sheppard was reported missing an hour ago from her aunt. The girl was abducted some time during the night from her aunt's house where she was staying for a few days. Her parents are divorced. The mom is on a business trip in Canada and the dad is a truck driver who is currently on the road" JJ says
"Ok. Wheels up in 30" Hotch says and leaves the room.

On the jet we went through the files one more time. "Garcia, speak" Hotch says causing me to snap out of my thoughts
"Yes, sir. Like we said Lauren's mom is on a business trip in Canada, dad is on the road and... Oh... He has history of drug problems. Mom is already on her way to the station and dad is not answering his cellphone and it seems like it's shut down" she says
"Weird for a truck driver to not have his phone on" Emily says
"Could he be involved in the abduction?" I ask
"Since Lauren is 5 years old and her father's location is mostly unknown, statistically he is more likely the offender than the stranger abduction" Reid says
"He could be the one stalking them and knew where Lauren would be" Rossi says
"Morgan and Grey head to her house, see if any neighbors have seen the father lurking around. JJ and Prentiss, go to the station and handle the interviews. The rest of us will head to the aunt's house" Hotch says.

So we did as we were told and went our separate ways. But I was kinda sceptical about the situation between me and Hotch because I don't want that to affect the job. "What's up, princess? Everything alright?" Morgan asks me as I step out of the car
"Yeah. I'll be fine" I say as we walk to the door of the first neighbor
"Come on, tell me? Should I beat someone?" he asks and I chuckle
"No. It's... Complicated" I say
"Boyfriend issues?" he asks
"You can say that" I say "And I don't need you to beat someone for me. I can do it myself" I continue and he chuckles as I knock on the door.

The owner opens "Hi, I'm Agent Grey this is Agent Morgan, we are from the FBI" I say
"It's about Lauren, right? What can I do to help?" he asks
"Have you noticed something strange last night or heard a car after midnight?" Morgan asks
"No. But there was a black van that was going back and forth a few times the last couple of days. I think it was a plummer. But I've never seen it before. And today I haven't seen it once" he says
"Did you happen to see a name of the company on it or license plate?" I ask
"No, I'm sorry" he says
"It's ok. If you remember something or see it again, give me a call" I say handing him my card
"I will" he says
"Thank you" we say as we turn to leave.

"I'll call Garcia" Morgan says
"And I'll call Hotch" I say as we get in the car.
"Hotchner" he says as he answers the call
"We got a lead. Dark van, possibly a plummer. Garcia is working on it right now..." I say and Morgan shows me his phone with what she send to him "...and the name Gill Roger just came up. She send us an address, we are headed there now" I say
"Good. Bring him to the station and we'll meet you there" he says and hungs up.

When we went to the station, we let Roger in an interrogation room and went to meet the others in the conference room. "Apparently the mother knows the suspect. He was the one selling the drugs to her ex-husband" Hotch says
"Well, that doesn't explain why his hands are burnt" Morgan says
"What?" Hotch asks
"Yes, he has multiple burns in his hands" I say.

Morgan's phone rings "Talk babygirl" he says
"I found three towers that picked up Mr Sheppard's phone the last few days and guess what? Right in the middle of them there is a farm that's owned by the Roger family" she says.
"Oh my God..." I whisper as a terrible thought came in my mind
"What is it?" Emily asks
"What if Sheppard takes Lauren to the farm that his friend has, makes a mistake, kills her and then his friend tries to help him hide the body by burning it, which explains the burn marks on Roger's hands? But I really hope that I'm wrong in this one" I say
"Grey stay with me to help me see what I can get out of Roger. The rest go check that farm" Hotch says.

I follow Hotch to the interrogation room and I look at him from the other side of the glass. He gets in a little tense and confronts him. He says exactly what I said but in a much angrier and sexier way. Roger just denies it and asks for a lawyer. "You don't need a lawyer. There is a team searching there and they will find the body" Hotch says and comes out of the interrogation room and to me.
"I know that this is inappropriate but you're really sexy when you're angry" I say and he chuckles
"And you're always sexy" he says and kisses me pinning me on the wall
"We shouldn't. There is a missing little girl" I say as he kisses my neck. "Is that why you wanted me to stay back?" I ask
"No but it's a plus" he says against my neck.

His phone rings "Ops. Time is up" I say as he answers. His face turned serious again when he heard something on the phone "What's up?" I ask as he hungs up
"They found a dead body but not Lauren's. Sheppard's" he says
"The father?" I ask
"Yes. They also found Roger's van in which there was Lauren's blanket" he says. His phone rings again "Conference room" he says to me and I follow him. "Talk Garcia" he says putting her on speaker
"I was scanning through Roger's calls and I found something weird. He had plenty of calls with Lauren's aunt" she says
"That's strange" I say
"Yeah" she says
"Thanks girl" I say and she hungs up. "But how and why is she involved?" I ask looking at the room where the family was sitting.