•Chapter Nine {Discussions}•

Ashley's POV~

"We're headed to Boston next." I answer.

"Just keep an eye out." He says.

"Yes sir. Did you get the photos?" I ask.

"Yes. We have them." Hotch answers.

"How old was the first victim?" I ask.

"Nineteen." Garcia replied.

"So the Unsub is targeting young females. Both were blonde, good build." I note.

"So we have a type." JJ says.

"Garcia, could you do me a favor?" I ask.

"What do you need, doll?" She asks.

"Could you get a list of everyone who went to both concerts?" I ask.

"Sure, doll!" She smiles, as she taps away on her laptop.

"Thanks. I know that some people travel with the band. Try to see every show." I say.

"We have to go." Hotch demands.

"Thank you so much, just for trusting me." I smile.

"You're doing exactly what you were taught, and using your knowledge and instincts. You're giving me a reason to trust you." He says, not changing his expressions.

"It's gonna take a few, I'll hit you up when I have it." Garcia informs.

"Thanks Garcia. I'll talk to you guys later." I smile.

They hang up, and I lay back down with Joey. He wraps his arms around my waist, and I snuggled agaist his body. His kissed my head, "Hotch seems proud."

"Yeah. Nicer than when I first started. He kept questioning me and constantly looking over my shoulder." I sigh.

"You're proving yourself. I'm already proud, have been." He whispers.

"I'm glad that I make you proud." I smile, kissing him.

"You've always made me proud. I love you." He whispers.

"I love you too." I smile. I soon drifted back asleep. Joey still had me in his arms, and I could still feel his body heat, just his presence was comforting.

*****

"Ashley. You have to get up." A voice whispers.

"Hm." I groan, not wanting to move.

"Come on. We're at the hotel." The voice says. I opened one eye, and I saw Caleb standing above me. I slowly get up, resisting everything in my brain, telling me to lay back down.

"Baby. Come on." Joey smiles as he holds his hand out for me to take. I take it, him pulling me to my feet. The first thing he did was kiss me.

"Okay; you two." Caleb sighs. "It's late and I want a shower."

"So go shower, we ain't stopping you." Joey smirks, kissing me.

"Guh." He growls. I laugh, as he shakes his head.

"We'll be out in a minute." I say.

"Nope, Alan said I had to get you two, and I couldn't leave without you." He urges.

I pull away and sigh, "Fine." Caleb walks off and towards the hotel. Joey and I followed, getting to our rooms. We had a conjoined room, it was conjoined at the livingroom, but our beds were in seperate rooms. Once we sat our things down, Joey pushed me lightly onto the bed. He crawled onto the bed with me, kissing me.

"I love you so much. I'm so glad that you're here." He mumbles.

"I love you too." I mumble. He started to kiss my neck. "Joey," I managed.

"Hm?" He asks, still kissing my neck.

"Baby, come on. They're gonna hear us." I sigh.

"Fine." He pouts.

"I still love you." I smile, kissing his lips.

"I love you too." He whispers. He lays down and wraps his arms around me as I lay my head on his chest.

Soon, he's asleep, but I'm still wide awake. I've laid here for hours, just staring at the ceiling or admiring Joey. As weird as that sounds. I quietly slip out of Joey's arms without waking him. I walk into the conjoined part of the room and make me a cup coffee. I just need something to do, take my mind off the whole situation.

I sat on the couch drinking my coffee and watching some stupid TV show. People have no true imagination sometimes. I heard quiet footsteps walking towards the couch. I cautiously look back and see the silhouette of a figure.

"Ashley? What are you doing up?" A voice asks, and I instantly recognized it as Chad.

"I couldn't sleep." I answer.

"Why?" He asks.

"I have so much on my mind and it's consuming me." I sigh. He sits down on the couch with me. I lay my head on his shoulder.

He kissed my head, "It'll be okay sis."

"You don't know that." I say.

"All we can do is pray. I get that you're worried and stress. You just have to full heartedly trust God and pray. He will strengthen you, take away your worries." Chad explains.

"Thanks Chaddy." I smile.

"Do you know the verse Philippian 4:13?" He asks.

"Yeah, I think so." I answer.

"'I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.'" He recited from memory.

"Thanks Chad you're the best." I smile.

"No problem sis. Now get to bed. You need sleep." He says.

"Okay." I say. I get up and put my cup in the sink then head to bed. I walk into the room and see Joey half-awake.

"Where were you?" He asks sleepingly.

"I couldn't sleep, so I sat out there. Chad and I were talking." I say. I crawled onto the bed and laid in Joey's arms.

He kissed my head, "It's okay. I promise. It will be."

"Thank you baby." I whisper. I soon heard his soft snoring. I laid my head on his chest and fell asleep to his breathing.

*****

"I'm glad that she finally got some sleep." I heard Chad whisper.

"Yeah. She most definitely needed it." Alan whispered back.

"Let's pray for her." Caleb said.

I heard them pray for me, all four of them. I slowly open my eyes as they pray. Tears started streaming from my eyes. They finished and looked me.

"Are you okay?" Alan asked.

"Yeah." I whisper. They came over and gave me a giant hug. "Thanks guys. You're the best family ever."

"You know it." Chad cheers.

Alan slapped his shoulder, "Good way to ruin a moment Chad."

I laugh, "I live for these."

"Good. It's what you get with this crazy family." Caleb smiles.

"I still wonder what I did to get a family like this." I whisper. "God gave me you."

"We all needed each other, otherwise God wouldn't have given us this opportunity to love eachother." Alan smiles.

"Can you guys get any better?" I ask.

"I don't know? Can we?" Joey smirks.

"No. You guys better stay the same." I laugh. Joey sat on the bed with me. Alan, Chad and Caleb stumbled backwards as they knew what was going to happen. They turned around and ran out if the room, shutting the door.

"They're complete goofs." I laugh.

"Yeah." Joey smiled. He leaned in and kissed me. I laid back down, pulling him with me. He pulled away minutes later, and out of breath.

"You guys really are the best family." I whisper.

"So are you. I don't know what I would do without you." He smiles.

•A/N•

Yay! Another chapter. I really love writing this book, I just love writing all the different personalities. Between Hotch, and Morgan to sweet Garica. From Alan's wise words and Chad's goofy self. And I, myself is sarcastic, so writing some sarcasm in here is also fun.

I hope you all enjoy reading this. I love reading all your comments, and seeing the votes. I'm really excited to put this into the Watty's as soon they are announced for 2016.

One more note, I'm sorry! Longest Authors note ever. Anyway, shout out to InsaneGamer99 helping me with this. He helped me with the title. So thank you!

-xxBabyxxGirlxx😘