It was a very sleepless night for David Rossi. And not for the reasons he'd be happy to be kept awake by. All night thoughts of dirty nappies and screaming babies swirled through his mind. Never mind one child, two! Two babies, due to be born only weeks apart. He never planned on becoming a father, never mind having two children with two different woman – who just happened to be best friends with one another.
When the very tired man eventually dragged himself into the BAU that morning, he was greeted with the scowl of a still furious Emily Prentiss. Only seconds later, JJ waltzed past pleasantly greeting everyone nearby except him.
It was now almost 6oclock, and almost everyone had retreated home. Trying to keep occupied to keep his mind off his current problems, he decided to stay a while longer to finish off some case files.
"Dave, can I talk to you?" Hotch questioned, knocking slightly on the office door and strolling inside. He took a seat on the seat by the desk. Rossi nodded curiously, remembering that Hotch was supposed to be heading off early today for once to spend time with Jack.
" I shouldn't really be telling you this, but JJ and Emily..they're both pregnant Dave. They both separately came to my office today and told me. JJ's a bit further on that Emily, but I think they both told me because they wanted to know they'd be safe in the field. Neither of them have told anyone yet, it's a bit too early. I'm happy for them of course, but I have no idea how we're going to cope with two of our best agents on maternity leave at exactly the same time," Hotch sighed.
Rossi's face paled the second his friend mentioned the girls. He tried his hardest not to appear guilty, unaware of how much information the Unit Chief had.
"P..p..pregnant you say? I wasn't uh, aware that they were uh, dating, you know uh seeing anyone, uh you know, in relationships or anything," he stuttered, running his hand through his hair and darting his eyes around the room to avoid looking at his friend.
A unassuming Hotch shrugged. " I don't think they were. Accidents for them both I think. JJ didn't really talk about it, all she said was she was keeping the child whether or not the father wanted involved. She wouldn't say who the father was," he retorted.
" Good! I mean uh, it's good she's keeping the child regardless. And Emily?" Rossi replied, breathing a sigh of relief when he discovered the blonde hadn't revealed the identity of her child's father.
" I'm hoping Emily's hormones during her pregnancy don't get too bad. Otherwise we're going to have to get her off of a murder charge. I'm not exaggerating, she's absolutely fuming at whoever this man is. Apparently, and I quote, the self-centered son of a bitch who got her knocked up will never set eyes upon her child, if he dares to breathe a word to her she will personally castrate him," laughed Hotch, not even noticing the terror on Rossi's face.
" And apparently he was 'god awful' in bed too, and he's the worst possible candidate for a father. She stopped telling me this when she realised she was speaking to me, her boss, but you get the picture. She's furious," he continued.
God awful in bed? She had to be joking. Wait, that didn't matter right now. Focus Rossi, focus. Shaking his head to concentrate, he looked up at Hotch.
" She was probably just exaggerating. We don't know that the father isn't involved yet, maybe he just needs to sort his head out. After all, it would be his child too," Rossi replied. Hotch narrowed his eyes for a moment at the older man, then shrugged.
" By the sounds of it, the man's living on borrowed time. And if Emily doesn't kill him, I'm sure once Morgan and Garcia find out they will. And that goes for the father of JJ's baby too. Those men will regret refusing to get involved," Hotch retorted.
" I haven't..I mean, I'm sure the father hasn't refused to get involved, in either case. It's a, it would be a shocking thing to find out I'm sure. The guy, I mean guys, probably just need time to get their head around the fact there be a dad," Rossi said.
Hotch looked at his friend again for a couple of seconds. " Are you okay? Your stuttering quite a lot and you look as pale as a ghost," questioned a concerned Hotch, noticing his demeanour.
Rossi nodded, almost too quickly. " I'm perfectly fine. I'm tired that's all, and concerned about the girls of course," he lied.
Although he was keen to question the older man more as something didn't quite feel right, Hotch had just noticed the time on his watch. " I've got to go Dave, I promised Jack I'd take him to the cinema. You should probably head off soon too, I'll see you tomorrow," the Unit Chief told, leaving the office.
As soon as the door shut, Rossi dropped his head into his hands. If Hotch knew, it would only be a matter of time until those closest to the girls found out. Then it would only be a matter of time until he was found out to be the father of both babies. Then he would be a dead man.
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