Save Me

Chapter 7: The First Fight

Emily and Aaron had been dating officially for about four months…things were good with them, actually things were amazing. Each passing day, Aaron felt more and more in love with the brunette. She was basically everything he had ever wanted in a woman. She truly got him, probably more than anyone else ever had; she saw his true colors and accepted him for whom he was. She saw his weakest and strongest points, she knew when to love and comfort him, but she also knew how to give him space and time when he needed it. She was his best friend, his soul mate, and she made him smile, no matter how sad and upset he was. She always knew how to bring him back from the black hole he was in. She was funny, and she was sweet and compassionate.

Emily could be very tender at times, and he knew she loved it when he was the protecting and caring man that would watch after her. But, at the same time, he knew she was strong enough to take care of herself; hell, she was even strong enough to take care of both of them. She was absolutely beautiful and definitely had the most amazing body Aaron had ever seen in his life. Emily was sexually curious and adventurous. Aaron never thought he would enjoy sex as much as he did with Emily. Not that he didn't enjoy sex with Haley, it was just that Haley had always been very traditional and conservative. But with Emily, he could open other doors and other dimensions and the entire focus was his pleasure; of course, he knew very well how to receive, but also how to give in return. The truth was, he had never felt this happy with any other woman that had been in his life…he felt like Emily truly was it for him, Emily was the woman of his life.

Of course, by now, Haley had found out about their relationship, well, actually, she had not found out, but she suspected something, and of course, all hell had broken loose. She immediately tried to have a big argument with Aaron, but since he didn't have to give her any explanation about his relationship status with the Emily or anyone, he refused to speak with Haley about the subject. Of course, that put the former Mrs. Hotchner in a rage, and she tried to do whatever she could to sabotage his relationship with Emily. At first, she refused to sign the divorce papers, but since the judges basically made her, she had no choice but to sign them. Then, she tried to use every opportunity she could to separate them, and she wasn't going to stop until she had succeeded. Aaron was trying really hard not to let her bother him, or not to let her get between him and Emily…he wasn't going to destroy his happiness with her, no matter what he had to do.

As for Emily, she had never been so in love with any man, her dream had finally come true. She had the most amazing man on earth and couldn't be happier. Of course, she knew very well the circumstances in which they had fallen in love and started a relationship. She was very well aware that his now ex-wife was going to do anything she could to destroy their happiness.

Haley had been messing around lately with the dates Aaron was supposed to have Jack. Either she called unexpectedly when she knew they were alone and together which was very odd because with both of their jobs, they hardly had any time for themselves, so if she called, it meant Aaron had to go back to his apartment to take care of Jack. Of course, Jack was aware of their parent's divorce, and he was hurting a lot. He loved Emily a lot and even if they had not openly admitted to the young boy they were in a relationship, they spent quite a lot of time around him together. Still, Aaron wanted to give Jack as much time as he needed before he actually talked openly to him about his relationship with Emily. So, if Haley called, that meant no time for them as a couple which really pissed off Emily. Either that, or Haley would change the dates Aaron was supposed to have Jack to the following weekend. Which meant they had already planned time with Jack and now, because of Haley, that had been screwed up. Little by little, they were making the boy aware of their relationship and to their surprise, Jack was quite happy, he loved Emily very much. In fact, he adored her, he loved spending time with her, and Aaron, of course, couldn't be happier that his son had accepted the woman he was completely in love with.

The only obstacle that was between their happiness now was Haley and her bullshit, and he was very afraid that sooner or later that would drive Emily away from him, and sure enough, they had their first official fight as a couple thanks to Haley.

Emily was at her desk at Quantico…it was past eight o'clock on a Friday night and most of the team was gone for the day. She had already turned in her files, but she had been doing something on her computer for a while and Aaron was not sure what, but he was curious. Pretending he was handing back the files they had submitted last week, he started to walk around the bullpen placing the reviewed files on his team member's desk, until he reached Emily's.

"I would have figured you had left by now, Agent Prentiss." Aaron said, smiling lightly.

"I'm almost leaving…I was just looking up something." She said, turning in her chair to look at her boss.

"What are you doing?" He asked gently.

"Well, I've been doing some research." Emily said, looking around the bullpen to make sure no one heard her, but everyone had left for the night.

"Since we have Jack a week from tomorrow, I was thinking we can do something fun with him…there is a drive-through wild safari where we can feed the animals and see them. It's about two hours away, but I think Jack would love it, and we can spend the night there and come back the next day. It would be like a small road trip." Emily said cheerfully.

"Wow! That actually sounds amazing, we could use that time for us and Jack. I like the idea a lot." The unit chief said in a soft tone, pretending he was showing her a file in case anyone was watching them.

"Good, because I already got the tickets, and the hotel reservation…" She responded, grinning at him widely.

"Have I ever told you that you are amazing?" He said, almost under his breath making Emily giggle.

"No, but I think you should." Emily teased. They both laughed and got back to work; even if it was a week away Emily was really looking forward to it.

The week passed by rapidly and before they knew it, it was Friday again. Haley was supposed to drop Jack off around five at Quantico. The plan was for Emily to go back to his apartment with Jack and wait for Aaron's meetings to be over. They were going to make a nice dinner and spend time together, and the following morning, they would leave early for their safari trip. They had already told Jack about the plans, and he was overjoyed and could not stop talking about their trip.

Five thirty came, but there were no signs of Haley. Emily sighed impatiently, hoping this was not another once of her evil plots. To Emily's intuition, Haley walked inside Quantico five minutes later but she was by herself, no Jack anywhere to see. Aaron approached her and wondered the same thing that Emily was wondering…what the hell was going on.

"What's going on, it's past five, where's Jack?" Aaron asked, looking around.

"Jack is not coming, Aaron. Listen, Jessica and I made last minute plans to take Jack fishing tomorrow, so we can change our weekends, if that's okay with you?"

"What! This is crap, we had plans already for tomorrow." Emily said, unable to stop herself.

"Excuse me, look Agent Prentiss, this is none of your business, this is between my husband and I." Haley said, glaring at her.

"Ex-husband." Emily corrected Haley, through piercing eyes.

"You know what, Agent Prentiss." But Aaron stopped them before anything else could happen.

"Haley, stop, okay? I don't think this is fair." He said angrily.

"I'm sorry, Aaron, technically, this was not your weekend. I only agreed to change it because you had a case on your weekend….so, you should not be getting mad. I can call the lawyer if you want, but I'm sure he will agree with me." She said evilly.

"That's not necessary, Haley…I…it's fine…whatever." Aaron just sighed, shaking his head angrily but nodding at his ex-wife.

"I can't believe this, you're just going to let her get away with this!? This is bullshit and you know it!" Emily exclaimed angrily

"Emily, please…let me handle this." He begged Emily. He was as pissed as she was because of this. He totally knew that what Haley was doing was complete bullshit, and it was completely unfair. But, she was right about the fact that it was her weekend, two weeks ago Aaron had been called in on an emergency case, and he had to end up switching days with Haley to this weekend. Haley had agreed to let him change the days; of course, now she was being a major bitch and changing her mind. But, if the lawyers were to be involved, they were going to take Haley's side and the last thing he needed was more problems with his ex wife since the case for Jack's custody was still pending.

"I don't believe this!" Emily said angrily, shaking her head and looking at Aaron through piercing eyes.

"Please, Emily, I'm begging you." Emily had no choice but to leave them alone. She walked away going into his office and angrily slamming the door shut. She was so mad she was shaking…she could not believe Aaron was letting his ex-wife blackmail him like this, she was doing it on purpose, and both of them knew it. She was so fed up with Haley's bullshit and was even more fed up with Aaron allowing her to do this to them. About ten minutes later, Aaron came into the office, he was, of course, mad but from the look in his face, Emily knew the answer. Jack was not coming, and their trip was no longer happening.

"I'm so sorry, Em." He apologized.

"I can't believe you let her do this. We had plans, Aaron, and she's doing this on purpose, and you're letting her do it." Emily said indignantly.

"I know that, Em, but I have to handle things carefully with her. I don't want to piss her off."

"Oh, wait! So, you don't want to upset your ex-wife, but you don't give a dam about how I feel about this, about how upset I am!" She spat angrily.

"No, that's not what I am saying." He said, trying to calm her down.

"We had a plan, Aaron. We already had the tickets and everything ready I been planning this for a whole week." She protested.

"Look, if this is about the money, I can pay you the money…I just..." The minute he said it, he regretted it, he should have worded it a different way. Emily felt like she had been slapped in the face.

"Are you fucking serious!?" I can't believe you would even think that about me." She cried, hurt.

"Emily, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant."

"This is not about the money, Aaron, this is about the fact that she is screwing with you. She is trying to get between us, and you know it, and you're letting her do it. After everything she's done to you, I can't believe you would let her get away with this." She said, as a few tears rolled down her face.

"Emily, baby, please, don't cry…please, I'm sorry for what I said." He tried to approach her and pull her into his arms, but she angrily pulled away pushing him away from her.

"Don't, okay, I'm going home, and I think you should do the same." She spat angrily, walking past him.

"Emily, please." He begged, but it was useless…she was very angry and hurt, and he knew better than to go after her. The thing that pissed him off the most was this was their first official fight as a couple and it had been caused by his stupid ex-wife.