Maneuvering her body so that her maternity top sat just right. Adding the last finishing touches to her outfit, and re-buttoning that pesky button that continued to come undone at the peak of her large 6 month pregnant belly. Emily Prentiss had conquered interrogations with hardened serial killers, meetings with Section Chief Erin Strauss, and even shootouts with crazed lunatics, but she had never felt more nervous in her entire life then the very moment, she heard Dave return home with their newest house guest. She looked herself over in the mirror one more time before waddling out of the bedroom and towards the stairs. Reaching her destination and catching her breath before she descended the stairs, she caught a glimpse of David and their guest head towards the kitchen, as she peered over the banister. She took that first step gripping the railing for all it was worth, she was nervous, and sometimes being nervous made her clumsy. She was taking every step that she could think of to push the nerves away, compartmentalization, my ass. Normally Emily Prentiss could compartmentalize something to death without any qualms but the idea of meeting someone so important to David scared her shitless. Emily could try her hardest to chalk it up to the emotions and the hormones that the baby was causing her to throw around, but deep down she know that she had to impress their guest no matter how accepting Dave said they would be.

Rounding the corner Dave and Emily's eyes locked for a split second before the voice of their guest rang out through the house.

"Is this her piccolo?"

"Yes Nick, this is Emily. Emily, this is my big brother Nicolas." Dave said

"It's nice to finally meet you Nick. I have heard a lot about you." Emily said as Nick pulled her into a hug.

"All good I hope?"

"Uhhh. As good as a little brother can tell I guess." Emily said taking a seat at the small table in the corner.

"Aw Davie come on. What did you tell her?" Nick said taking a seat near Emily.

"Davie?" Emily questioned. "They call you Davie!" She said before bursting into hysterical laughter.

"It's not that funny Em." Dave said throwing a scowl her way.

"Oh my god." She said through the tears, as she reached up to wipe them away before clutching her stomach. "It's not funny Davie. It's freaking hilarious!" She said bursting into laughter again.

"Emily, if you think that is funny, there is so much more that I could tell you about our piccolo Davie here."

"Dave, I think I love your brother. Let's get story time started Nick." Emily said standing up from her chair and began her waddle towards the living room.

"Just like that Em, and you have already found someone else!" Dave called after her.

"Of course not Davie!" She called back. Dave turned towards his brother with a look that said 'your ass better start running right now'. Dave took one step and chased his brother out of the kitchen and towards the living room, where he found Nick cowering behind Emily.

"You are not seriously using my pregnant girlfriend as a shield asino."

"Not as a shield Davie, never. Right Nick?" Emily said flashing Dave a smile.

"Right Em." Nick said sitting down beside her.

"Dear God, they are worse they I thought. I never should have introduced them, now I will never live it down."

"Hey! We are sitting right here!" Nick and Emily called at Dave before he shook his head and turned away only to be pelted in the head by a pillow a few mere seconds later. Turning around Dave threw a frustrated glare at both his brother and the woman he loves.

"Who throw that?" Dave asked.

"He did." Emily said pointing at Nick.

"She did." Nick said pointing at Emily.

"Oh help me. They are worse than Morgan and Garcia." Dave said walking away.

"Hey! I heard that! I'm gonna tell Garcia too! And she won't be happy." Emily called after him.

"Thinly veiled threat baby." Dave answered.

Climbing slowly into bed that night as to not disturb Emily, Dave lowered himself onto the bed before wrapping his arms around Emily's waist and settled his hands over where his daughter is resting.

"Dave?"

"Did I wake you baby?" He asked rubbing her stomach.

"No, your daughter is extremely intent on using my internal organs as her newest toys."

"Princess, you can't use Mommy's organs as toys. We love mommy, and that hurts her. Plus that makes her mad, and then she is grumpy which means that she yells at daddy. We don't want that." Dave said to Emily's belly button as he rubbed a soothing hand over her rounded stomach."I have one question, Why is she only my daughter when she is doing something wrong?"

"Because she is your child through and through Dave. I think we are going to have our hands full."

"Speaking of hand fulls, what do you think of Nick?"

"Honestly...ahh" Emily said wincing slightly.

"You okay?"

"No, your daughter just found my kidney. Your brother seems really great. He really enlightened me into what I'm getting into."

"Ohh he did, did he?" Dave said sitting up and leaning over Emily.

"He did. He told me about when he caught you making out with a girl in the treehouse."

"He didn't?"

"Ohh he did. He told me all of it. Like how she was gonna have sex with you but little Davie just couldn't get it up." Emily said trying to hold down her laughter.

"Obviously it isn't a problem now, is it Emily?" he asked moving his body to hover over hers. Her very pregnant belly touching his bare chest.

"I don't remember, maybe you should remind me." Emily smirked before she leaned up capturing his lips with hers.

"I think I can handle that."

Emily walked into the kitchen looking for something to settle her roiling stomach. She was far past morning sickness but her daughter was not giving up her assault on all of her internal organs.

"You okay Emily?" Nick asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"Oh yeah. Just Dave's daughter is using her mothers' internal organs as soccer balls."

"Wait until she tortures Davie, for all he put Mama through during his fifty one years of life."

"I bet you both tortured your poor mother." Emily joked.

"Ohh we did. You really love him don't you Emily?"

"I really do. When I first met Dave, I would have never thought I would have fallen in love with him. At first, I thought he was the biggest asshole on the face of the planet. I don't know why but I love him." Emily said.

"Emily, I'm gonna tell you this, and I want you to listen. All of his life, Dave has protected his heart from pain and everytime he opens himself up, he got hurt. He trusted Rita, he would have never thought that his first wife would cheat on him. He was so lost when Anna died. Dave was just searching when married Amy. He stopped searching when he found you Emily. He loves you a lot. He loves this baby more than I think he even knows. You are a great girl Em, I'm really glad that he met you." Nick said squeezing Emily's hand.

"That means a lot Nick. Thanks."

They sat in silence for what seemed just a few seconds before Dave joined them in the kitchen.

"Morning" Dave said grabbing his coffee cup.

"Morning piccolo."

"Morning honey." Emily said giving Dave a quick peck on the lips before he sat down.

"Don't kill each other boys. I'm gonna go take a shower, can you behave yourselves?"

"Yes ma'am" They both said as Emily walked out of the kitchen.

Dave looked up from his newspaper, to notice his brother intently staring at him.

"Nick?" Dave said folding up the paper and laying in down on the table.

"Hmm?"

"Why are you staring at me?"

"I was just thinking. I don't think that I have ever seen you this happy Dave." Nick said truthfully.

"Honestly, I don't think that I have ever been this happy. There is just something about her, Nick. Man, Emily, I love her. I don't know why, but I do. I love her a lot." Dave said before finishing off his cup of coffee.

"It's funny that you said that, cause she just told me the same thing. I'm happy that you are happy Dave. I can promise you that I thought I would never see the day that you would become a father. Dave, promise me that one day soon, you will make an honest woman out of her. She is happy, but I don't think she will be truly happy until you put a ring on her finger."

"Thanks Nick."

"Not a problem piccolo."

6 Months Later

Emily and Dave wake up right on time, 5:45am every morning and not because that is the time that their alarm is set for. It's the time that their daughter, Mia Elizabeth Rossi wakes up every morning. At first parenthood was not easy on either of the new parents. Emily was frustrated because for the first few months, she was the only waking up in the middle of the night to feed Mia. No matter how much she protested Dave always woke up and helped in some sort of way. Although there were some rough patches during the first few months, Emily still remembers the first time she found Dave lying on the couch with Mia on his chest, Mia's tiny hands clutching Dave's shirt as they both slept.

"I'll get her Cara, you sleep." Dave said getting off the bed.

"Dave, you have to work, I don't. Let me get her." Emily said sitting up.

"Go back to sleep Cara, I got her." Dave said before walking out of the room and into the nursery.

Emily woke up the next morning to find Dave's side of the bed empty, figuring that he had already left for work. Emily rolled out of bed, and walked down the hallway to the nursery. Oddly, the door was closed, so very gently she pushed open the door. Emily's heart swelled at the sight of her daughter and the man see loves laying beside each other on the same twin size bed in the corner of the room. Mia's little tiny body was curled up against the rising chest of her lover. Emily sat gently down on the bed beside Dave and Mia, lifted her tiny daughter off the sleeping man and into her arms. Emily smiled as Mia stirred but returned to sleep.

"Dave?" Emily said running her fingers through his hair. Dave stirred but didn't open his eyes, so Emily left Dave alone, knowing that he was probably very tired.

Settling her now fed and sleeping daughter down on the couch beside her, Emily stretched out before closing her eyes for just a second. The harsh sound of the telephone ringing woke Emily from her slumber, reaching quickly for the phone, Emily yawned before answering.

"Hello" Emily said with a yawn.

"Emily?" The voice asked.

"Nick, hey, how are you?"

"I'm good. How have you guys been?"

"Tired. Dave just went back to work a couple of weeks ago. We try to sleep whenever we can."

"I was actually just thinking about you guys and thought that I should call."

"I was planning on calling you this weekend to let you know about how your niece is torturing Dave."

"Already?"

"Yep. Yesterday, he was leaving for work and he went to pick her up after I fed her. Dave didn't listen when I told him to leave her be because she had gotten sick a few times that morning. Let's just say that Dave's favorite shirt will never be the same again."

"Little Mia is just getting started isn't she?"

"Oh yeah." Emily said before turning to see Dave once against cradling his daughter to his chest.

"DAVID ROSSI! I told you to stop spoiling her." Emily said pointing her finger in Dave's direction.

"I'm sorry Emily. I just love holding her." Dave said taking a seat beside her.

"Well, you are gonna love holding her if in a few months when that is the only way to get her asleep."

"I know. I know. Who are you talking to?"

"Nick. Do you want to talk to him?" Emily said holding him the phone.

"I guess I don't have a choice do I?" Dave asked putting the phone to his ear.

"Hey Asino! I can hear you!"

"I know you can, that is why I said it."

After talking to his brother, Dave Rossi knew that today was the day. Emily was happy but he couldn't keep her happy forever. Emily wanted a husband, a family, and Dave finally thought he was ready to give it to her.

"Hey Em?" Dave said walking into the kitchen.

"Yeah" Emily said swaying her hips to the music on the radio. Dave walked up behind her, putting his hands on her hips to still her, she turned her body to face him before she leaned up pressing a soft kiss to his lips. Dave kissed from her lips to her neck, whispering how much he loved her and how happy he was.

"Em, I love you so much."

"I love you too Dave."

"I wasn't finished Emily."

"Sorry Dave."

"Emily, I love you so much. You have made me the happiest man on the planet. First, you tell me that you want to be with me, then you tell me that you love me, and that you are pregnant. You gave me the one thing that I have always wanted. You gave me a family." Dave said before reaching in his pocket and handing her a little black box before kneeling on the ground in front of her. "I guess what I'm trying to say is Emily Katherine Prentiss, will you marry me?"

"Dave.."Emily said with tears in her eyes.

"Will you marry me Em?" Dave asked again.
"Yes. Yes David I will marry you." Emily kissing him before he slid the ring onto her ring finger. Emily and Dave broke apart to the sound of Mia crying from the living room. Rushing to the bassinet, Dave grabbed Mia before wrapping his arm around Emily's waist.

"Someone just wanted our attention." Emily said kissing her daughter's forehead.

"She's just happy that we are going to be a family."

"Married or not David, we have always been a family." Emily said leaning up to capture his lips.