Oh What A Feeling

Disclaimer: We all know that CBS owns Criminal Minds.

Summary: While away on a case, Hotch and Emily are driving back to the station and listen to a call in show...

A/N: This small series of one-shots will be about feelings. Just enjoy.

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Erica Jong said, "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't."


Emily hopped into the car, not wanting to look over at Hotch for fear of doing something that could potentially embarrass her. Like kiss him.

She knew this was bad. Having feelings for her boss, but it's not like she could do anything about it.

All she wanted was to return to the police station, grab her stuff and ride back to the hotel. With anyone but Hotch.

"Want to listen the radio?" Hotch asked politely.

"Sure." Emily murmured, looking out the passenger window as Hotch looked over at her then flicked the station on.

'I want your sex, I want your love, I want your sex, I want your sex, sex...'

Emily grabbed the dial and looked over at Hotch, "Never really was a George Michael fan."

"Ah" Hotch said nodding, trying to calm his breathing.

Emily switched the station to a random button not caring where it landed.

'Ah push it- push it good, ah push it- push it real good, ooh baby, baby, baby, baby...'

Hotch grabbed the knob, and murmured, "Not a fan of theirs."

"Mm" Emily said watching him change the station, she cursed that there were no presets in the FBI issued SUV.

'Ooh woo, I want to sex you up, tick tock get up stop...'

Emily groaned internally when she heard the Color Me Badd song, she reached for the knob and their hands touched.

"You can change it" Hotch said lightly.

"Thanks" Emily muttered trying to control her hand from shaking.

'She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother. She will never let your spirits down once you get her off the street...'

Emily flicked the station and said, "That song, as good as it is, there's only so many times you can listen to it."

"And thank you for calling into the Dr. Davis show" a male voice said, "And remember you can call in at anytime. Mary, who is our next caller?"

"Well Doc, we have Maggie from Lake Eerie on the line." Mary said.

"Yes, Maggie? This is Dr. Davis" the doctor said, "Why don't you tell us what's bothering you?"

"It's my boss, Doctor" Maggie said, "I've been in love with him for a little under five years now."

That caught Hotch and Emily's attention and both listened in while trying to appear casual.

"Has your boss made any indication that he knows how you feel?" Dr. Davis asked.

"Sort of" Maggie said, "We work at (bleep)."

"Maggie that sound was to keep your place of employment private" Dr. Davis said, "We do not want any personal material of your life other than your story out there. Ok?"

"Yes, Doctor" Maggie said, "Well, my boss and I are always working close, and well lately, I've noticed some sort of change in his behavior."

"How so?" Dr. Davis asked.

"Well he's been even more aloof," Maggie said, "He'll want to work closely with me one minute then pull away to be at great distance."

"Is there some sort of policy, prohibiting inter-office dating?" Dr. Davis asked.

"Not really" Maggie said, "It's looked down upon but there's nothing set in stone. Anyway, my boss... I noticed him keeping an eye on me and it wasn't in the employer watching his employee... but he's always looking at me and we hadn't started out on the best of circumstances."

"How do you mean?" Dr. Davis asked.

"Well when I was first hired for the company" Maggie said, "He was cold and dismissive towards me..."

Hotch tightened the steering wheel as he glanced out of the corner of his eye to Emily who was biting her lower lip.

"And well then after his wife left him, he started being more outgoing with our other co-workers" Maggie added, "And then there was that time when he wound up in the hospital from an emergency appendectomy..."

"And what happened?" Dr. Davis asked, "Did anything occur of his medical emergency?"

"I found him passed out when he was late arriving to work" Maggie said, "He was... should I say?"

"Say whatever makes you feel comfortable." Dr. Davis advised.

"Well he was in his car" Maggie said, "I was so scared for him, and I stayed with him at the hospital, the entire time until his family arrived."

Emily bit her lip as she started to pick at her thumb nail but felt Maggie's story was somewhat similar to hers and Hotch's.

"This seems like an interesting call in program." Hotch said making conversation.

"Yeah" Emily said then chanced it, "Do you think Maggie's boss has feelings for her?"

Hotch inhaled, "I believe so."

"Did your boss ever say anything to you about when you stayed by his side?" Dr. Davis asked.

"He thanked me" Maggie said, "And he was somewhat friendlier to me than he had been before, but there's always this brick wall that he puts up every once in a while."

"What do you think brought this on?" Dr. Davis asked, "Do you think his failed marriage had anything to do with this?"

"Not at first, no" Maggie told him, "But after his ex-wife married the man she left him for, he seemed to try to appear relaxed."

"My thinking is, that he wants to move forward past such an emotional break up, but he's afraid to open his heart up" The doctor said, "Whenever someone is betrayed in such a way, trust is always the first thing that people feel that its hard to give, and when his former wife remarried, he felt like he was cheated on all over again."

"So what do I do?" Maggie asked, "Because now I can feel myself falling more and more in love with him..."

Emily bit her lip harder as she looked over at Hotch, whose only outward reaction was gripping hard on the steering wheel.

"The best thing to always start with is honesty" Dr. Davis said, "You've grown into friends, and that wasn't an easy task, you should just ask him out for something simple like coffee or go to lunch. It never hurts to ask."

"That's good advice." Emily said lightly looking at Hotch who nodded in agreement.

"Yeah." Hotch said.

"The worst thing that could happen is that he says no." Dr. Davis told the woman, "And remember if he says no, it's better to know now and hurt for a little while then to not know but always wonder."

"That is true." Maggie said, "Thank you, Dr. Davis."

"You're welcome, Maggie." Dr. Davis "Take a day or two, to try to figure out how you want to broach the subject with him."

"I will." Maggie said, while Emily thought the some of that advice was good.

"We'll be back after the break," Mary said, "And for our last caller this one's for you."

Emily rolled her eyes, when she heard the song come on, while Hotch kept eyeing Emily out of the corner eye.

'Oh my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch of love. A long lonely time, and time goes by so slowly and time can do so much, are you still mine?...'

Hotch pulled into the station while Emily shut the radio, not even masking her discomfort by one of her favorite romantic songs.

"Are you all right?" Hotch asked her.

"Hmm?" Emily said, "Oh yeah, totally fine. Never been better."

Hotch raised an eyebrow as she stumbled out of the car and tripped, "I'm ok."

Hotch couldn't help but grin at her befuddlement "Slow down there."

Emily straightened her hair, "I'm totally fine. I'm good."

Hotch chuckled, "Don't tell me that this attitude is over a Righteous Brothers song."

"Well I've always had a thing for Bobby Hatfield's voice." Emily joked.

Laughing, Hotch grasped her arm and led her into the station causing her to look at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Uh you know I can walk a straight line." Emily said as her arm was released only to be caressed lightly.

"I'm starting to seriously doubt that" Hotch teased turning her to face him, "What's wrong? You know you can talk to me..."

Biting her lip, she looked at him, "Well the thing is... lately. Uh, well when we heard that woman on the radio..." Emily started.

Hotch's face soften at that, he knew the call in show got to her too, "The couple in that story..."

"Yeah?" Emily asked not looking him in the eye.

"Hey" Hotch said, lifting her chin up to look at him, "You felt like they were talking about us?"

Emily bit her lip, but relaxed when she saw the smile that graced his lips. She couldn't take her eyes off it.

Throwing caution to the wind, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a kiss and sighed when he kissed her back.

Deepening the kiss, Emily moaned when she felt his tongue tangle with hers, while Hotch's hands wrapped around her waist pulling her close to him.

Pulling back, Hotch couldn't contain the grin on his face when he saw the look of want and lust in her eyes. It was relief that ran through him knowing that she wanted him as much as he had always wanted her.

"Emily" Hotch said leaning his forehead against hers, "Tell me what you're thinking about?"

Licking her lower lip Emily said softly, "That I really liked that and how much I want to do it again."

Seeing the smile on his face, he pulled her head to his chest, "I'd like that too."

The sound of their cell phones going off simultaneously pulled the brunette pair apart.

"Hotchner" Hotch said in his gruff tone, "We're right outside. Give us a minute then we can go."

Hotch turned around at her, sighing, "They caught the unsub. Looks like we'll get to head back to the hotel and fly out tomorrow."

"Well that's good news," Emily said, "So why so glum?"

Hotch sighed as he brushed a strand of hair behind her ear, leaning down, "That means we'll be surrounded by the team on the way back. You're stuck rooming with JJ, so we won't get to be alone."

Emily looked up at him with an amused look, "Hotch, I'm not thirteen years old. I am allowed to leave the room and go wherever I want. To hang out with whoever I want. And maybe that person just might be you..."

Hotch sighed in relief, then pulled her into another kiss, only to feel her pull back. He gave her a questioning look.

"They know we're out here, you don't want them finding out, do you?" Emily asked with raised eyebrow.

Shaking his head as his hands went to her waist, lightly touching the soft, smooth skin, "I want us to have as much alone time before we out ourselves to them."

"Me too." Emily said stepping up on her toes to kiss him, "Now come on before they send out a search party. "

The brunette pair walked into the police station with renewed hope, and stolen glances.


George Sands said, "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved."


Until Next Time...

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