A light knocking pulled Emily out of the best night's sleep she's ever had. She opened her eyes and found Aaron sleeping peacefully underneath her head. Then the knocking continued and she realized someone was at her door.
"Emily!" her mother's voice came through the door. "Get up. I want to talk to you."
Hearing Elizabeth's voice jolted Aaron awake and a small smile graced his face when he saw Emily. As Elizabeth knocked again, his smile faded and he quickly sat up and looked around.
"In the closet," she instructed quickly as they both stood and Emily practically shoved him inside. After shutting the door tightly Emily ran and threw all her pillows back on her bed before pulling the covers down like she had slept there. After one more glance to make sure everything looked legit, she headed for the door.
"Yes mother?" she greeted.
Without waiting for an invitation Elizabeth walked in and sat on Emily's bed. As Emily walked towards her mother, she couldn't stop her eyes from traveling to her closet door.
"You got in late last night," she said simply.
"It wasn't that late."
"I just wanted to come and make sure that you had no intention on turning Aaron Hotchner into you. He has a good head on his shoulders and knows what he wants, so I don't want you to do anything that would jeopardize that."
"What?" Emily asked in bewilderment as her mouth dropped open in shock.
"He's young and very attractive. I don't want you to think that he can be your key out of the house."
"You sent him with me last night mother, I didn't ask for him to escort me!" Emily exclaimed.
"I know," Elizabeth started, "calm down. I just don't want you to keep him from his dreams. You can still talk to him and befriend him, but don't go all Emily on him."
"Is that all?" Emily snarled as she felt her patience running out.
"Yes, now get dressed, your breakfast is waiting," and with that she was gone.
Emily felt a strong desire to punch something come over her. Just as she stepped towards her bed to punch a pillow, two strong arms wrapped around her waist. Aaron placed his head on top of her shoulder and kissed her neck lightly.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"No," she stated as she tried to relax against him. "Why would she think I'd do anything to jeopardize your future?" Emily let out a disgruntled sigh. "I don't know why she always thinks the worst of me!"
Aaron could tell she was getting upset so he hugged her tighter. "Don't listen to what she says. I know you wouldn't do anything like that. Try not to let what she says get to you Emily."
Emily relaxed against him and placed her hands on his arms there were locked around her. "I know, but sometimes it's so hard," she muttered then let a smile take over once she felt Aaron place a gentle kiss on her bare shoulder. "As much as I'd love for you to stay," she started, "you better head out so you can change then get back here for work."
"Mmm," he groaned then placed one last kiss on her shoulder then backed away from her, shoving his shoes on. His hand was about to turn the door knob before he turned back with a quizzical look on his face. "Um, how am I supposed to get out of here?"
Emily let out a chuckled then threw on a sweatshirt before opening the door slightly, grabbed his hand, looked up and down the hallway, and then pulled him behind her towards the back staircase. Aaron followed along obediently as they descended the stairs. At the bottom, Emily quickly navigated them through the library then opened the door.
"This is your stop," she smirked as she turned to look at him.
"So many times," he laughed at how stealthy she was in helping him make his escape.
Emily shrugged then threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. "Thanks for hanging out last night Hotch," she threw in his new nickname and it brought a smile to his face, "and thanks for letting me get to know you. I guess I'll see you in about an hour." Emily pulled away and was pleasantly pleased when Aaron cupped her face and kissed her deeply. He slowly trailed his hands down the sides of her body and gripped her hips firmly in his hands, pulling her body tightly against his.
Once Aaron released her Emily leaned against the door breathless. "I'll see you in an hour," he grinned as he kissed her forehead then headed out and disappeared into the maze towards the back gate, leaving Emily by herself with nothing to do but rub her fingers over her lips and smile.
A/N: What did you think?