A/N: Alright this has been sitting in my head and will not leave so I'm going to attempt to write the story out. This is my first Criminal Minds fan fic. There will be relationships in this story. The main one will be H/P but there will also be others. You may be surprised you may not be with who ends up with who.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or Criminal Minds.

The Bar

(HPOV)

I was sitting at my desk in my office looking out the window into the bullpen. I sighed and then looked back down at the paper work on my desk. I started to finish it up when I heard a knock on my door. I looked up to see Emily Prentiss standing there. I said "come in" and she did. Once she was inside I had to take a deep breath so I did by looking down at the paper work on my desk hoping that she did not see the effect that she has on me. I cleared my throat and looked up and said "What can I do for you Prentiss?" I saw her look out to the bull pen and then back at me and she said "The rest of the team wanted to know if you wanted to join us at the bar for a drink tonight? We figured that after this last case we deserved to unwind for a little bit. Dave, Morgan, Spencer, JJ, and Garcia are all going." I looked at her and let one side of my mouth tug up into a smile and nodded.

I could tell that she was surprised but she quickly covered it up and said "We will be leaving in about thirty minutes, Sir." I looked at her and said "How many times do I have to tell you Prentiss to quit calling me Sir? It is Hotch. I will be ready to go when you guys are. Just yell and I will come out." She nodded at me and walked back out of my office. After she left I took a deep breath and started back on my paper work so that I would have it finished so I can go with the team. I was actually looking forward to a night out with the team and it would be fun to see how everyone acts once they let loose. God knows that they deserve to let loose after this last case.

I picked up my phone and called Jessica. When she answered I said "Hey Jess will you keep Jack tonight? The team invited me to go out with them tonight and I would like to go. We all need to unwind and I do not want Jack to see me upset." After Jessica said that she would keep him tonight we hung up and I finished up the paper work. By the time Morgan yelled "Hey Hotch lets go man" I was putting the paper work up. I stood up and grabbed my jacket and headed out of my office. I went down into the bull pen and we all headed out. I saw Prentiss, Garcia and Reid get into one car with Morgan and then Dave and JJ got into my car with me. I looked at Dave and said "Is there a reason why we are only taking two cars?" I heard JJ laugh and then Dave said "I forget you have never been out with us. Emily tends to get drunk when we go out and so does Morgan. Reid keeps an eye on Emily while Garcia keeps an eye on Morgan even when she drinks. We only take two cars because we always end up at one or two houses after we go out." I nodded at him and then followed Morgan out of the parking garage and to the bar.

Once we got to the bar we all got out of the two cars and into the bar. As soon as we walked in I took my first glimpse of Emily Prentiss and my mouth just about dropped open. She had changed out of her suit and she was wearing a skirt with a shirt that showed some cleavage. I saw a lot of guys looking at her too and I had to bite my tongue to keep from telling her to put on something else. I saw that JJ had also changed and so had Garcia. I looked at Dave and mumbled "Do they always dress like this when you guys go out together?" Dave laughed and said "My friend you have not seen anything yet. Just wait until the girls get a couple drinks in them." I just nodded and followed him through the crowd and over to where Prentiss, Reid, Morgan, Garcia, and JJ had commandeered a table.

Morgan said "Alright what does everyone want to drink?" Reid, Dave, and I said "A beer. Whatever is on tap." Morgan nodded and then went to the bar and Reid followed to help him. I looked at Dave who said "He knows what Emily, Garcia, and JJ want. They always drink the same thing." I nodded at him and then looked at my friends who were all sitting around the table. Dave smirked as he said "Take the seat next to Em, Aaron." I just looked at him but then sat down beside her. The girls were deep in conversation when Morgan and Reid came back with the drinks. He sat the beers down in front of Dave and I and then I saw him give Emily two drinks one being a shot of something and he gave the other two drinks to Garcia and JJ. Everyone laughed when JJ said "Alright Emily lets see how wild you get tonight. And this time no hitting on chicks." I had just taken a drink of my beer when she said this and I about choked. I looked at Emily and saw that she was blushing as she said "It isn't my fault. There wasn't a guy that would leave me alone and I had to make him give up some how. It worked didn't it?" Everyone laughed again and Emily joined in this time.

A song started to play and Emily stood up and smiled and said "Can I get out please Hotch?" I nodded at her and she left the table and went out onto the dance floor. I watched on as Garcia and JJ both got up and went out onto the dance floor also. I looked around the table again and noticed that Morgan, Dave, and Reid were all watching the dance floor and keeping an eye on the girls. I started watching the dance floor as well. I wanted to growl when a guy got behind Emily and put his hands on her hips. I saw that Reid and Morgan both tensed as Dave deliberately stood up and headed out to the dance floor. He started dancing with JJ and I saw that he kept an eye on Emily.

Morgan said "If that dude don't back up in a minute he is going to be laying on the floor." I looked at him and he just said "Man do you not see that Emily keeps taking his hands off of her?" I looked back out and saw what he did. Dave was getting ready to step in when Emily whirled around and got in the guys face and yelled "Back the fuck off of me dude. I am not interested!" I was surprised I could hear her all the way over here but then I looked and saw we were actually not that far from where the girls and Dave were dancing. I about jumped out of my seat when I heard the guy say "You know you want this. Quit giving me a hard time." Emily turned away from the guy but the guy grabbed her arm and pulled her back around to face him. By this time Morgan and I were standing up and Reid was already going towards Emily.

Emily tried to pull her arm out of the guys grip but the guy was drunk and mad as hell for getting turned down. When the guy would not let go of her Emily punched him with her other arm and then kneed him. He let her go for a minute but after he caught his breath he spun her back around towards him. The guy did not apparently notice Dave or the rest of us who were coming towards him because he took something out of his pants pocket and before Dave, Morgan, Reid or I could do anything the guy had stabbed Emily in the stomach and took it out and stabbed her again. When he stabbed her the second time Reid ran back to his coat and grabbed his gun and badge and shouted "FBI! Drop your weapon, put your hands up and step away." The guy bolted but he did drop his knife. I saw Morgan take off after him as Reid and I rushed over to where Emily was laying on the floor bleeding. Reid pulled his cell out and called for an ambulance and Dave was trying to calm JJ and Garcia down. The bouncer came running over to us and when he saw what was wrong he ran to go get some towels.

I put my hands over one of the wounds to try to stop the bleeding and I heard Emily gasp as I put pressure on it. I said "I know Em, I know it hurts but I need to stop the bleeding." She nodded a little and I saw her eyes closing shut. I knew that we needed to keep her awake so I shouted "Prentiss! You need to stay awake. Open your eyes for me. Come on beautiful open your eyes for me." I did not stop to think about what I was saying. I just knew that I had to get her to open her eyes up. I looked up as Morgan was back at my side and he said "I lost him but the good news is this bar as cameras so we should be able to get a picture of what he looks like. Also he dropped his knife. Reid has picked it up and bagged it." I nodded at him and said "Morgan put your hands on the other wound. We need to get this bleeding to stop." He nodded and did as I said. Dave brought JJ and Garcia over to us and the women knelt down beside their friend, beside their sister and started talking to her to get her to keep her eyes open.

Dave said "We will get the SOB who did this to her. Here comes the EMT's. Who is riding with her?" I just looked at him and he nodded. I knew then that he knew I would be the one to ride to the hospital with her. Dave said "Reid, you drive Garcia and Morgan to the hospital. I will take JJ with me in Hotch's car. Hotch is riding with Emily." I heard everyone respond to him but I did not say anything. I was to worried with the fact that Emily had just lost consciousness to say anything to them. I leaned down to Emily's face and shouted "Prentiss wake up! That is an order. Please beautiful I need you to open those eyes of yours and look at me. Please Emily please." I felt someone touch my shoulder and looked up to see Dave with his hand on my shoulder.