... WITH ME!
Hotch woke up the next morning, with a felling of dread at the prospect of going to work. Going to have to do it sooner or later, Aaron. He had had a restless night, thinking about the decision he had to make whether or not to be with this kid, how easy it had been with Jack, about his own father... You're NOT him. He tried to reassure himself.
When he arrived at work, he headed straight to the office, not stopping to speak to anyone. He got to his office, closed the door and rested his head against it. He saw the picture of his son on his desk and smiled. If I ever laid a finger on Jack, I'd kill myself, he said walking over to it and picking it up. You're a good person, Aaron... Then he realised what he had to do. YOU ARE NOT HIM! He placed the picture down and hurried out of his office.
JJ and Garcia were in JJ's office discussing the night before when a knock came on the door, opened almost immediately and revealed Hotch. " Can I come in?" he asked.
JJ and Garcia glanced at each other and both stood. " Sure..."
" I need to talk to..." She smiled after thinking of someone. " Morgan."
JJ and Hotch were left alone. " I understand if-"
" Just hear me out," he said. She sat back down. He took a deep breath. " No one knows what I'm about to tell you... Hayley never knew the whole story... the only person who does is Sean... I never really knew my father. I was fifteen and he died of a heart attack and he had cancer. and I had no special memories of baseball games or learning to drive... I have no memories of him except when he was either drunk or hung over and which ever one it was, me, Sean or my mother were on the receiving end of a fist... Anything would set him off... a speck on a plate or not enough juice in the morning or if his food was burnt or if a book was left lying around even though we were coming back to it... he would lose it... I didn't want to be that way with Jack, which is why part of me wouldn't enjoy the pregnancy, why I try to spend time at work... Not that I did that purposely," he added quickly, " but... I know I am nothing like my father... and I missed out on a lot of the things Jack did growing up, but... if you'll let me... I won't miss a thing for this baby... Maybe it will have an older brother to look out for it like I did for Sean..." He headed for the door and stopped before opening. " The ball's in your court," he added and left.
A/N: I know it's a bit short but I was on a roll