Aaron walked down the endless corridors of the White House, after a while he found himself drawn to Emily's office. They hadn't really talked since he had resigned, since she had investigated him for mass murder and treason, since they had kissed.
Aaron leaned against the door frame and stared at the person who sat at the desk, pen in hand and stack of papers sat in front of her, smiled happily at her as she scribbled something down in her note book and turned the page. She looked up and smiled, her pen put on the desk and papers forgotten.
"So" She said standing up and walking round to lean on the front of her desk.
"So?" He questioned with a smile.
"Your working here again" She said a statement more than a question. He lightly laughed and put one hand in his pocket still leaning against the door frame.
"Yea, I don't know what I'll be doing yet but Kirkman said he will find a job for me, even if he needs to make one." He said smiling.
"You haven't gotten rid of me yet" He said with a laugh. Emily smiled but soon her smile had faded as she realized they were going to need to talk about what happened.
"Aaron we need to talk" Emily said solemnly.
"We are talking" He said with a slight laugh but he knew what she meant.
"No" she said softly "We need to talk about what happened before you resigned" She said a hint of sadness in her voice. Aaron sighed and waited for her to continue.
"Aaron the investigation, I'm sorry, I didn't do it to prove you were guilty, I did it to get the evidence needed to prove you were innocent. I didn't think for one minute that it was you, I know that saying sorry won't make up for what happened and I know that your mad-" Emily said but she was quickly interrupted by Aaron.
"Emily I was never angry with you, I was angry with myself, I was angry with Langdon, but I was never angry with you, I could never be angry with you Emily." He said walking the distance that was between them until he was right in front of her.
"I'm sorry" She said quietly. Aaron leaned in both of his hands finding their way to her finding their way to face, closing the remaining distance between them, their lips crashing into each other, like a wave against the rocks. Emily's hand was at the back of his neck and the other had slipped under his jacket and was pressing against his back.
His hands slowly moved from her face down her back to her waist. He gently pulled her towards him, deepening the kiss. Both her hands were now in his hair messing the curls he had carefully slicked back the previous morning. They were timely interrupted when there was a knock at the door. Emily wondered when the door had been shut but the thought was soon forgotten when she had to quickly straighten herself out.
"Come in" She shouted. The door opened and through it came Seth bearing a bottle of whiskey.
"I thought we should celebrate." Seth said. Emily quickly went to the cabinet and grabbed three glasses.
"Since your working here again and the speech went well" He added. Aaron nodded and Emily walked over and gave Aaron his glass. As he took the glass his thumb grazed against hers. They both smiled and continued with what they were doing.
As Emily and Seth started to talk about what had happened, Aaron decided that he would just sit back and observe since he wasn't currently 'In the loop' about everything just yet. He looked over at Emily as she started to talk again, he tried to concentrate on what she was saying but failed. All he could think about was her smile and the way her eyebrows furrowed when she was thinking.
He found himself wondering how he had managed to end up here, after everything. When he had resigned the thing that made him angry wasn't losing his job, it wasn't potentially ruining his career. It was losing the people that came with the job, Kirkman, Seth and Emily, especially Emily. He had thought they were going to get their chance to maybe be something together before she had started to distance herself from him. Yet here they were, back where they started and maybe this time, he would get another chance. He felt a connection with Emily he had never felt with anyone else. He knew that there was no going back, but he wasn't scared, he was all in, his cards were on the table. He wasn't scared when he was around Emily, everything seemed certain and made sense with her. They made each other better people, they challenged each other, pushing one another to be the best they could.
After an hour or so, Seth decided to call it a night and bid them all farewell. Emily sat down on her chair after saying good bye to him, and faced the man before her.
"So" She said as he took a seat across from her.
"So" he said mirroring her.
"Was that your way of telling me we're fine or was that your way of getting back at me for kissing you last time." She said leaning her arm against her chair to rest her head on her hand.
"I was leveling the playing ground, you kissed me and now I've kissed you" He said with a boyish smile. Emily smiled back at him.
"If I remember correctly, you also asked me out to dinner" She said with a smirk.
"Emily Rhodes, is this your way of asking me out to dinner." He said with a slight laugh. Emily rolled her eyes and stood up.
"Now this is." She said grabbing coat and her bag. Sh started to leave the room but stopped at the doorway and turned around.
"You coming?" She asked. Aaron quickly stood up and followed her down the corridor that led to the door.
Once the where off the lawn of the White house. Aaron held his hand out in front of her, hoping she would take it and she did. They walked off happily down the street to the pizza place she knew Aaron loved. Neither of them knew how this was going to end, but in that moment neither of them cared. Right now they were happy and that was all that mattered.
