Letting Go
Monday, September 10 - Week 2
I combined these two prompts:
Open Character Prompt: Your character gets all hot and bothered by watching an interrogation.
Song Title Prompt: "You Don't Know Her like I Do" by Brantley Gilbert
Summary: Emily realizes that she needs to let go of her feelings for Hotch and move on.
Chapter One
Emily didn't mean to eavesdrop on Hotch's phone call. She had come outside to get away from the Neanderthals inside. She hated the local LEO'S. The men were too touchy feely for her liking. Very seldom did she meet any that intrigued her enough to give a second glance.
Emily had walked around the corner of the building and was sitting on the ground in the shadows when she heard his voice. Her darkest obsession, that's what he was. She knew she should make her presence known but found herself incapable of finding the will to make her body or her voice work. She had always loved his voice. She was entranced by it. It pulled her in, drowning her, and she wanted nothing more than to give in and let herself go in the tide of Aaron Hotchner.
His voice rose slightly drawing her attention back to his conversation.
"Beth, I said I was sorry but it couldn't be helped. You knew coming into this relationship what I do for a living. You know that I can be called away at any giving moment."
There was a long pause and Emily assumed that Beth was giving Hotch a piece of her mind.
"I realize that Beth and I already apologized. It's not like I called this guy up and told him to start slashing prostitutes up just so I wouldn't have to take you out."
There was another pause and Emily had to bite her tongue to keep from laughing. 'Yeah like Hotch has that kind of power.' She thought.
"Look Beth, when I get back I will make it up to you."
Emily felt a pang of jealousy shoot through her chest. She wanted to be the one he was going to take to dinner. She wanted to be the one curled up with him and Jack on the couch watching a movie. She just wanted to be the one.
"No, I'll get Jessica to keep Jack; it will be just the two of us."
Emily felt her blood begin to boil with those words. How could that woman not want to spend time with that sweet boy? If it had been her she would have insisted that Hotch bring Jack with him.
When Hotch started dating Beth all Emily wanted was for Hotch to be happy but after hearing that, all she wanted to do was beat the living shit out of the woman.
"I don't know how much longer we'll be here, hopefully just another day or two. I'll call you tomorrow but right now I need to go, I need to call Jack at Jessica's before he goes to bed. Bye."
Emily smiled to herself when he hung up the phone without giving her any kind of endearment. It was nice to know that, by the sounds of it, they hadn't moved in to the 'I love you' phase of their relationship yet.
She listened while he talked to Jack; he really was a great father. Hotch walked out past the end of the building while he talked to Jack. His back was to her and she took in the strength of his shoulders as his shirt stretched across the broad width. Hotch said goodnight to his son and turned around and saw Emily sitting in the shadows.
"What are you doing out here? Is everything ok?" Emily could hear the concern in his voice.
"Everything is fine Hotch. I just needed some fresh air. Most of those guys in there are worse than Morgan at a bar. It got a little stifling in there with all that testosterone floating around." She said laughing off the situation.
"Are any of them giving you a hard time? I'll take care of it if they are."
"No, it's nothing that I can't handle." She said as she stood up brushing the grass off her.
"You ready to go back inside?" He asked.
"Yeah, we have work to do, don't we." She said as walked beside him back into the precinct.