*7 months ago*
"No baby. No. Stay with me Prentiss. No."
I held my hands to her abdomen around the chair leg that was stabbed into her.
She grabbed my hand. "Let me go." She whispered quietly but audibly.
I felt tears rush to my eyes.
"No. I'm not gonna let you go. You know why? Because you are my friend-" my voice broke. "You are my friend and you are my partner. And I am so proud of you. I know what you did for Declan and I am so proud of you. And I love you, Princess. So stay with me."
I reached with one hand to the chain underneath my kevlar. It held my mother's wedding ring. A piece of her that I carried around constantly. She had given it to me 2 years ago for when I found the right woman.
"Em. I love you more than anyone I have loved in my entire life. You are the most important person in my life. And I need you here. And that's not gonna change. Ever." I half sobbed putting the band on her left ring finger. "So I need you to stay here with me baby. Stay here. I need you. I love you." I whispered to her as I felt her start to fade.
The ambulance rushed in and took her on a stretcher and I couldn't move. I brought my knees to my chest and sobbed, before pulling myself together when Hotch and Rossi physically lifted me to my feet.
The ride to the hospital was the longest of my life. The silence in the waiting room as we waited for JJ to come report to us was even more unbearable. But when she came out and told us that Emily never made it off the table- I knew my life would never be the same.