A/N: I'm sorry for the delay. I don't have much to say, just that I pretend to post on TTCL until the end of the day.

Chapter 3

The next morning Hotch woke up to find himself alone. He sat at the bed and heard the shower of the bathroom running. Brushing his hand through his head he sighed. He thought about their talk the night before and tried to analyze how his life would be from now on. He had a ten-year-old son, who he didn't remember more than half of his life. He had lost six years of his job, of new experiences that surely made him a better profiler. He had a new wife, one he always saw just as a subordinate and a friend, and didn't remember of anything about their story. He closed his eyes, defeated. He had a whole life to get used to it and didn't have any clue of how to begin.

The bathroom's door opening pulled him out of his thoughts. "Hey". Emily said to him, drying her hair with a towel. She had taken off his clothes and was wearing a dark pair of jeans with a light blue shirt. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yeah, I did. You?"

"Did too. The doctor passed by earlier. He said you'll be able to leave tomorrow morning". She said with a smile.

"Thank God. I really miss my apartment".

Uh oh. "Err… about that" He raised his eyebrow at her. "You don't have your old apartment anymore. We bought a house together and sold our apartments".

"Oh. Right." She sat at the chair and they stood at an awkward silence, again. "So, do you think you can continue to update me for the past six years?"

"Sure. What do you wanna know?" She asked, thanking him for starting a new subject.

"Err… I don't know. How is the team?"

She smiled slightly, thinking of her old teammates. "They're great. Oh, JJ has another son!"

"Really?" He actually smiled at the news.

"Uh huh. Another baby boy. Michel. He's so beautiful!"

"That's great. What about the others?"

"Uhh, let me see. Derek is dating, and it's serious. Her name is Savanah. She's a good woman, very beautiful. Pen isn't with Kevin anymore, for a long time. She was dating some guy named Sam, but it didn't work out. Dave is still Dave. Just…" She stopped, remembering of his drama a few years ago. "His first wife, Carolyn, passed away a few years ago… It was pretty tough. She died in his arms".

"God… I can't even imagine. He really loved Carolyn. They were just too young and immature, I think". Hotch said with a small voice, trying to imagine how hard it must have been to his friend. He knew very well how it was to lose someone so important, someone you loved deeply. "What about Reid?"

"He's okay too. He passed a real bad time not long ago, though. There was this girl that he met, but just for phone. It turns out that she had a stalker and she managed to kidnap her. You guys couldn't save her. He lost her the same day he first saw her".

"Jesus. So many things happened". He said in awe. They were in silence until her phone started to ring.

"I'm sorry, it's from work. I have to get this". She said standing up. "Hotchner". Geez, it was really weird to hear her answering her phone like this. He heard her talking with someone but didn't pay attention. He was still trying to absorb the amount of information she gave him. When she was hanging up the phone a nurse got into the room to check Hotch's vitals. He was measuring his blood pressure when Emily took her place beside Hotch again. "Is everything okay?"

The nurse looked at her with a smile and said. "Yes, it's just procedure. Everything seems to be fine Mr. Hotchner. I'll just give you some antibiotics because you have a slight infection on your surgery."

"But everything is okay? The doctor said he would be released tomorrow".

"Yes, Mrs. Hotchner. May I call you Emily?" He asked with a slight flirtatious smile. He's really flirting with my wife right under my nose?

Emily huffed and answered with an annoying voice. "Mrs. Hotchner is fine. Will my husband be released tomorrow?"

The nurse gave her a nod. "Yes, if the doctor said, than he'll be. It's just a slight infection, it's normal because of the surgery". She said her thanks and the nurse left the room. She sat heavily on the chair, buffing.

"Well, he certainly has some nerve". Hotch said.

"Tell me about it. Yesterday I was this close to punch him. No matter how many times I shoved my rings on his face, he just didn't get the message".

"Yeah. Flirt with a married woman in front of her husband shows how shameless he is". Hotch huffed. Emily looked at him with loving eyes.

"Are you jealous?" She asked with a mocking tone, forgetting for a second his new condition.

"Of course I'm not, why would I be?" He answered automatically. When he looked at her and saw the hurt she was trying very hard to hide he sighed. "I'm sorry".

"It's okay. I get it." She said with a smile but her eyes betrayed her, showing how much it really affected her. Before he could answer anything the door opened to reveal his teammates with grins on their faces. "Hey guys!" Emily said, standing up to greet them.

"Well my dear Mrs. H, it would be real good if you had called us to let us know that our fearless leader was awake!" Garcia said with a fake stern tone.

Emily winced realizing that she had completely forgotten to call her friends. "I'm sorry Pen. I completely forgot".

"Let Princess alone baby girl, she was probably enjoying the company of her awake husband". Morgan said with a raised eyebrow. Oh, how I wish! Emily thought.

"It's really good to see you awake, Hotch. You got us really worried." Tara said with a smile.

Hotch looked at the dark woman with confused eyes. Who the hell is this? He looked at Emily who had saw the panicked look on his face and sighed. Well, here we go. "This is Dr. Tara Lewis, Aaron. She is the newest member of the team". Everyone looked confused, wondering why she was introducing Tara to him, once she was working for almost a year with them. She took a deep breath before answer the question that was on everyone's head. "Aaron woke up with some memory issues." That's an understatement. "He doesn't remember the last six years".

The room stood in silence absorbing her words. Morgan and Reid had their jaws dropped, Garcia gasped, JJ looked really sad and Dave seemed to be thinking of something. "Wait. Six years? You mean he doesn't…" She shook her head quickly knowing very well what he was asking. He gave her a sad smile and put a comfort hand on her shoulder. She tried to smile at him but the tears on her eyes betrayed her.

"Well, I really want to drink some coffee. Let's go to the cafeteria, girls? We let our dear G-men talking." Garcia said with a more forced smile. Emily appreciated her attempt to have some time alone.

"Sure. I'll be right back". Reid and Morgan gave her hugs, whispering their sorry before the girls leave. Closing the door behind her Emily finally let the tears fall once more and sobbed on JJ's shoulder, trying to gain some comfort or hope that things would get better. They walked towards the cafeteria and she sighed. Looking at her friends she thanked God for the straight she knew she'll always get from them. She could only hope that it would be enough.

A/N: Next chapter won't take too long, I promise. I'll start to put some flashback to show how they ended up together because I just love it! Are you guys reading this? Should I continue? Your lack of reviews are making me sad and when I'm sad I don't write. :(