Fatherless
Chapter 2: I am Already Over You
It had been almost two months since the night Emily walked out on Aaron breaking up with him; two long months where Aaron had done nothing but think about her. He was dying inside, he had realized during these two months just how much he loved her, and how much he needed her, but he was too stupid and arrogant to talk to her. He was hurt, too, because after that night at his apartment, Emily had acted like he was a complete stranger to her, and that really got to him. He knew she was upset, but he thought it was a simple fight, and they would eventually talk and get back together.
However, Aaron forgot how stubborn Emily could be, and during that time, she acted like she wanted nothing to do with him. She rarely said a word to him that was not job related, and when she did, she was cold and short, she even started calling him "Sir" again, a very low blow in his opinion. He would never have thought she would behave like this toward him after everything they had been through.
Their relationship came at a very unexpected time, especially since he wasn't ready to start dating again. He had gotten divorced from Haley, and the ink wasn't even dry on the papers when he realized he had feelings for the brunette. The truth was when Emily first started at the BAU, he was going through a lot of problems not only with his marriage, but also with his life in general. He and Strauss had always hated each other, and he had a feeling she had placed Emily in the BAU to get rid of him, or to plot against him, so when she first started, he was mistrustful of her and he acted like an ass. But, she immediately proved herself to not only be a very reliable agent, but she excelled at her job even better than anyone on the team. When Strauss tried to set her up so she would pass information to her to get Hotch fired, she quit, proving to him once again that she was a person he could trust.
After that, they became very good friends. It was just exactly as he was starting the process of his divorce and he found out Haley was cheating on him that Emily became an emotional sounding board for him, and she stood by his side the entire time, she refused to let him fall apart. Somewhere along the way, he developed feelings for her, and how could he not. The woman was absolutely gorgeous, intelligent and sophisticated, and she was an incredibly amazing human being. She was like him in so many ways…she was driven, she was determined and ambitious in a good way, and he simply loved to spend time with her doing things he would never have thought he would like.
His divorce was granted a few months later, after he finally moved out of his ex-house and instead of being brokenhearted, he felt relief. Of course, his relationship with Haley had been over for many years; they were truly staying together for Jack. But literally a night after the divorce was granted, he and Emily were out at a bar having drinks and they were having so much fun that he kissed her, and he realized he felt something for her. He tried to push those feelings away, but he wasn't able to…so, a month-and-a-half after his divorce was finalized, he and Emily started a relationship.
They both agreed it was best to keep it a secret for a while because it was just better that way since he was her supervisor, and they could both get fired. But, before they knew it a year-and-a-half had passed by, and they found themselves still together and happy. The only glitch was Emily really felt like they should tell their friends and family by now, it wasn't like their relationship wasn't serious, in fact, they basically lived together. They were always at either her or his apartment, expect for the nights Aaron had Jack. But, other than that, they were always together, and they were truly happy.
So why not tell everyone…well, he couldn't even answer the question yet, he simply wasn't ready, and he didn't know why, he just wasn't. He loved Emily very much, that was a fact, but he just wanted to keep their relationship away from everyone, after all, everyone always knew everything about everyone. This was something that he kept to himself, his own little piece of heaven that no one knew about, and that was why he liked it, that no one knew…because it was clean and pure, and it was just his. But Emily, after a while got tired; she felt like he was trying to not tell anyone because he didn't love her, or he was ashamed of her, and that hurt her. How could she think that? I mean, didn't she realize how hypnotizingly beautiful she was? How much he admired her? How truly lucky he was that she had chosen him? Him! a man that was broken and had a failed marriage, a man everyone saw at work and believed to be an emotionless robot. But not Emily, she had seen him for who he really was and loved him unconditionally, how could he not love her back and feel proud to call her "his". At least until she broke up with him, and while he understood where she was coming from, it really hurt him that she had just ended things without even giving him a chance to explain. So, he decided to respect her decision and leave her alone; maybe she didn't really love him the way she said she did, so Aaron decided to step out of the way, maybe it was the best thing for both.
Emily was heartbroken, yes, but she wasn't going to let it show. That night, when she had walked out on Aaron, she had realized that if he couldn't accept their relationship now after a year-and-a-half, he never would, and she wasn't going to do that to herself. She loved Aaron probably more than she had ever loved anyone, but she respected herself enough to let anyone use her as a toy or a sexual object. After the breakup, she swore she would not let this bother her or stop her from continuing her life and dream. She knew she would get over him, and when she did, she would never again let anyone get close enough to hurt her.
The weeks passed by and she tried to focus her time on something else that wasn't Aaron. Of course, while at work it was difficult since she had to see him every day, and it was very painful for her, but when she wasn't at work she decided to focus on something else. She always like interior design, and she had been wanting to make some changes in her condo, so, for the last two months she been focusing on painting her living room and other rooms. She also changed some of the furniture and the decorations…she truly had wanted a change, and that was making her feel better, in fact, it was great therapy.
It was a Saturday morning when she was working on the last room, which was a guest room that she wanted to turn into a yoga or exercise room, when she was working on the pre-coat of paint, and she found herself running to the bathroom and emptying the contents of her stomach. Emily only had a coffee and bowl of fruit and yogurt for breakfast because she had been eating healthier and even exercising more, but she had been felling funky lately. Maybe it was that bug Garcia said was going around the office, a few people had called in sick with some kind of cold or flu virus…she thought she was fine, although she had actually been feeling sick for a while now, and Emily being Emily tried to suck it up and ignore the symptoms, but maybe it was time for her to make a visit to her doctor. Ugggggh, she hated doctors and she hated being sick, that was the reason why she never got sick, or she tried to never get sick. After she basically emptied her entire stomach, she decided to switch from coffee to hot tea, with the weather they had it just suited her better. The majority of the rest of that day was spent in bed cuddling with Sergio watching TV, she truly had no energy for anything and she wasn't sure why, maybe she just needed a good day of rest, and she would be like new the next morning. Unfortunately, things got worse the next day, Sunday, her nausea had gotten worse and not only did she had a major migraine, but she could hardly keep anything in her stomach, plus she was completely exhausted. She wasn't sure why because she had been in bed for an entire day, but she could hardly stand on her own. That was when she realized she needed to go to the doctor and get this bug taken care of.
Early Monday morning, she called in sick for work for the first time in years. She really needed to see a doctor, and she had a lot of vacation time, so she could use a day or maybe two of that as a sick day, depending on how bad her bug was. She walked into her doctor's office early that morning…she had not been there in a while, and she hated hospitals and the way they smelled. So with a huge pout, she sat in a chair waiting for her doctor to call her while she flipped through some Cosmo magazine.
"Miss Prentiss." Doctor Nancy Ankeny called softly. Emily smiled shortly, and made her way inside her doctor's office.
"Good morning, Emily, its been a while since I last saw you." Her doctor said pleasantly and smiled.
"Yeah, well, work has been crazy…bad guys don't care much about our health." Emily joked, and her doctor smiled.
"Right, but, if you don't take care of yourself, then who is going to get the bad guys."
"I guess you have a point." Emily said tiredly.
"What brought you here, Emily, just your annual checkup?" Dr. Ankeny asked.
"That, and I think I have some sort of bug, there is this flu thing going around in our office, and I think I got it from someone. I've just been feeling awful." Emily confessed.
"Okay, well, let's do your checkup, and then we can check on that. I'll run some tests on you, okay?" Emily nodded annoyed, maybe she shouldn't have come to the doctor. She should have gotten something at a drug store…this was stupid to begin with, and she really preferred to go home and get back into bed.
Almost an hour later, she was still at her doctor's office, and yet, they had not told her what was wrong with her…they had taken blood samples and urine samples and some other kinds of tests, and yet, she had no idea what was wrong with her. She was already in a lot of pain, and she was sure she had a fever, what the hell was her doctor doing writing a dissertation! Uggggg, she should have stayed home, this was so stupid. Emily was about to throw a pen to the other side of the room, when her doctor walked in again.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Emily, we just wanted to make sure everything was okay." Her doctor apologized and sat down in front of her.
"It's fine, so what is the matter, it's the bug isn't it?" Emily asked, a little ruder than she had intended to.
"Well, yes, you have a small cold virus...we can give you something mild for that, but there is something else you need to know."
"Something like what?"
"You are pregnant, Emily." Dr. Ankeny said, showing her the test results.
