AN: Since Katie didn't want to go to Wal-Mart with me I was left all alone to do nothing for an hour while they changed my tire and oil. I tend to get into trouble often and Katie said she would bail me out of jail if I gave her the bail money (money neither of us have) I thought it'd be best if I stayed out of trouble so I decided I'd write instead of terrorizing the patrons of Wally World. That being said… this one is for Katie…

Summary:

Crappy case with little to no sleep…Check.
Flat tire…Check.
Pouring rain…Check.
Calling Aaron in his sleep hours (AGAIN)… Check.
You mother interrupting a heated moment… Ah come on mother this is so not a good time.

Sequel to Stuck….Enjoy!

STRANDED
Chapter 1

"Oh he's going to kill me." She should have just gone home with him like he'd asked, but she had a lot of errands she wanted to get started on first thing in the morning. She invited him to her place instead but Haley was dropping Jack off first thing in the morning so that was a no go.

Emily dug in her purse for her cell phone. She was surprised when he answered on the first ring. They'd just returned from a gruesome case that had lasted four days with little to no sleep, she knew he had to be exhausted.

"Emily it's late, is everything okay?"

"I'm stranded." She took a deep breath preparing herself for what was about to come. A sense of déjà vu washed over her.

"Where are you?"

She made a confused face. "Woodbridge. You're not going to ask for any more details?"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah I'm fine.'

"Then no." He chuckled. "I'll wait to see for myself what you managed to get yourself into."

"Thanks Aaron, can you bring a flashlight?"

He didn't ask. If a flashlight was what she wanted then that's what he would bring.

It was pouring and she was soaked from head to toe. The tire pressure light had turned on two days before they'd left for the last case and now she knew she shouldn't have ignored it, in her defense she'd gotten really busy.

She saw a set of headlights coming her way. "I'm so gonna get it." She knew she shouldn't have waited outside the car in the rain but she'd already taken the lugs off her tire, placed the spare in place of the flat and had already used the jack to raise the car. If she wanted to sit in her car then she'd have to lower the car and that required to much energy.

The chuckle and look of amusement she knew he had while on the phone were no where to be found. "Emily what happened? Why didn't you call me sooner? Why are you standing in the rain? And why are you covered in mud?" Hotch wasn't sure who was talking his worried or angry side.

"Well" She pointed to the raised car. "I got a flat tire." At the stern quit messing around look she received she knew he was serious.

"I wasn't going to call you at all, as you can see I had everything under control. Well I did until I was getting ready to put the lugs back on the spare and this idiot almost ran me over and in my effort to keep from becoming road kill I jumped into the ditch and now I'm missing three of the five lugs." Aaron's jaw dropped. Whatever lecture he had prepared for her didn't seem so important. He turned on the flashlight and pointed it at her.

"You know Prentiss, even when covered in mud you look very sexy." She rolled her eyes but was grateful he wasn't lecturing her. She didn't respond instead she moved to where she'd last had all five lugs.

"You're okay though right?" He really was worried but she looked fine. "I'm fine. I just want to get into some dry clothes and into bed."

Ten minutes later all three lugs will located. With the amount of rain they had been covered in mud.

Spare tire in place Hotch lowered the car and place both the flat tire and car jack in the trunk of her car.

"Thanks again Aaron, you should be asleep, I'm sure Jack will tire you out this weekend." His smile disappeared.

"Actually, Haley called asking if I could take him next week. Her family surprised her with a visit."

"Oh Aaron I'm sorry, I know you were looking forward to having him."

"Don't worry about it. She promised to allow me more time with him. She felt bad that she was cutting into my weekend."

"So my place then?" She got into her car, thanking God it was leather and would be easy to clean.

"I'll follow you." He kissed her shutting the car door.

With their new found relationship Aaron and Emily didn't waste a minute. They'd already wasted years not admitting their feelings to each other. They spent most of their free time together and of course Jack. Keeping things secret from the team was a tough task so they'd decided they'd tell the team of their relationship soon.

It had been a month since she'd called him in the middle of the night after running her car off the road. And a month since she'd had the fight with her mother. She'd managed not to speak to her or go to any of the "social" functions she'd been invited to. She new eventually she'd have to talk to her but she'd avoid that for as long as she could.

"I'm exhausted." Emily dropped her bag and slumped down on the couch. Aaron huffed dropping his bag next to hers and sank down next to her. Emily was once again thankful for leather furniture.

"Thank God we don't have to go in tomorrow." Emily looked at him with a disbelieving look.

"What? Being with you outside of work is just so much more fun."

"Is that so?"

"Oh its so…" He gave her a wicked smile and leaned over her pushing her further on the couch. "I can't do this at work." He kissed her head. "And this." He placed a kiss on her nose then both of her cheeks. "And my favorite." He moved to her lips, when he finally pulled away Emily reached a hand to the side of his face. "I'm glad we don't have to go in tomorrow too." She pulled his face down to her once again.

In the heat of the moment both had forgotten how tired they were and the fact that Emily was still covered in mud. Emily reached for the hem of his shirt and pulled it over his head. "Have I told you how unbelievably sexy you are?" She ran her fingers down his muscular chest stopping at his belt.

He shivered under her touch. "The things you do to me."

"Baby I haven't even started yet."

"You're gonna be the death of me." He smiled wickedly, and just like that their moment was killed by the ringing of the door bell.

"Damn it." Emily cursed.

"Ignore it, they'll leave." At the persistent ringing he sat up. "Or not. Tell you what. You get rid of whoever's on the other side of that door while I get a nice warm bath ready." Emily sighed. A bath sounded great. A bath with Aaron was perfect. "Ok." She kissed him and went for the door. This had better be important, if not she hoped whoever it was brought a body bag with them.

Looking thought the peephole. Only a handful of things could change Emily's mood from a ten to a one in an instant. They were being called away on a case that involved children, running into ex boyfriends she couldn't recall what she'd seen in them, going to the doctor for anything and of course her mother, who happened to be on the other side of the door. Emily buttoned her mud covered blouse and ran her hand through her dirty wet hair before answering the door.

AN: This story was brought on by own flat tire experience just yesterday. I'm looking at two or three chapters tops. Hope you enjoyed…