AN: Last chapter… and the longest chapter… Finally some team interaction…

HIDDEN SECRETS

Chapter 7

"Olive." Emily saw that Olivia was in a different word. "Honey you know I'm here, when you're ready to talk." Emily took the opportunity to tell Olivia while Hotch went to get the car.

Olivia nodded. She didn't want to talk. She wanted to forget. She knew Emily was worried so she gave her the best I'm fine smile and stood up from the bed and sat in the wheel chair the nurse had brought in. She was told it was the hospitals policy and if she wanted to leave the hospital she'd have to be wheeled out so finally after some convincing from Emily she agreed to it.

The car ride to the house was silent. Mainly do to the fact that Olivia fell asleep the instant the car started to move.

Hotch parked the car and grabbed Olivia's medications. Emily opened the back door of the vehicle to wake Olivia. Looking closely at the young girl Emily saw her eyes moving under their lids. She sighed. It had taken so long for the nightmares to stop after her mother had died Emily feared it was going to be much worse this time. She was old enough to understand what was going on. It didn't help her any that she didn't know exactly what happened while Peters had Olivia.

"Olivia." Emily shook her gently. "Olive honey we're home." Olivia shot up from the seat. She gasped for air and looked around her. "Sorry I must've fallen asleep." She apologized stepping out of the vehicle.

Emily watched on worriedly as Olivia followed Aaron inside. "Olivia are you okay?" Emily asked shutting the door behind her.

"I'm fine." She snapped. "I'm tired of everyone asking me that. I'm tired and I'm in pain and … I just wished he'd finished me off all those years ago. Then I wouldn't have to deal with the fact that he hated me and my mother so much that he killed her and wanted nothing more then to kill me too." Olivia hadn't noticed both Jack and Jessica waiting to greet them.

"Don't say that 'Livia! You're being selfish! We're glad he didn't kill you. We love you!" Jack stormed out of the room and ran for the stairs. Olivia regretted her words the second they left her mouth. The impact of those words was evident on Emily, Aaron and Jack's face. Jessica also stood stunned. Oh how she wished she could take them back.

"Em I…" The tears threatening to spill broke Olivia's heart. How could she hurt her after everything she'd done for her.

"Why don't you go talk to Jack first." Olivia nodded and followed in the path Jack had taken. Emily took a deep breath and turned into Aarons open arms.

Jessica made eye contact with Aaron and mouthed that she'd be leaving. Aaron nodded his thanks.

"She didn't mean it." Aaron assured Emily as Jessica left the house.

"I know." She took a deep breath. His scent calming her nerves. "I just don't know how to help her. She's been through so much."

"She'll get though it. She has us to help her. She's not alone in all this Emily and neither are you." His arms tightened around her. They both stood in silence taking comfort in each other.

"I think we have company." She looked over to the door behind him. For the first time noticing that Jessica had left. "Why don't you go freshen up. I'll let them in." They both knew who was on the other side of the door.

Aaron walked to the door pulling it open. He stood watching his team silently. The team was disputing whether or not they should knock. Morgan wanted to knock while JJ, who was carrying four year old Henry thought they should wait another day. When they didn't notice him after a minute he cleared his throat.

"Hotch. We didn't see you there." JJ smiled.

"We were wondering when you guys would end up at our door." He moved aside.

"How is Emily?" Reid asked.

"Better now that we're home."

The team smiled as they passed him. He and Emily must have gotten really close if he was referring to her place as home.

Everyone walked into the living room and took a seat. JJ took out several of Henry's toys and gave them to him to keep him entertained. "Where is Emily?" JJ finally asked. They'd been there for almost 10 minutes and hadn't seen her.

"Sorry guys. Had to change. Its been a long 24 hours." Emily walked in taking a seat beside Aaron, who instinctively put his hand on her high. The team pretended not to notice when Emily reached for his hand and gave it a light squeeze.

"I guess we have some questions we need to answer don't we?" Emily asked as all eyes were on her and Aaron.

"Uh yeah girly you do." Garcia was anxious. How was it that she the all knowing goddess had not known about this? But then again she thought about how she and Derek had managed to keep their relationship a secret.

"Some would be an understatement." Rossi chimed in. "More like a whole lot of questions." He smiled at his friends.

"I don't really know where to start." Emily looked to Hotch for help but he was just as lost as she was.

"How about the beginning. Who's Olivia?" Morgan figured he'd give them a place to start.

Emily nodded grateful for a starting point. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves and began to share with the team how she'd come about to adopting Olivia, how Olivia's father had killed her best friend and then attempted to kill Olivia all those years ago. She then explained how Olivia's father had escaped from prison and tried to kill her only she'd managed to get his knife and stab him. They were all grateful Henry was occupied with his toys. The team sat in shock. They never knew. Garcia stood up and picked up several frames that held the girls picture.

"Is this her?" She asked. At Emily's nod she brought the frames to the team and handed them out. The photo's made their way around the group. Henry walked over to his mother and climbed onto her lap trying to get a good look at the photo. "She's pretty." He grabbed the picture frame from JJ's hands and gave it a hug.

"She'd beautiful." Garcia agreed.

"So where does Aaron fit into all of this?" Rossi raised an eyebrow. How had he missed all the signs? Hotch had been leaving work on time and coming in with everyone instead of working all those extra hours like he used to. He was also a lot happier.

Hotch looked to Emily to answer the older profilers question. "Hotch found out one day after I had to pick up Jack from school while he was out of town." Her thumb rubbed the back of his hand as she drifted to that day.

"I came to pick up Jack and he wanted to go to the park with Emily and Olivia." Aaron chuckled at the memory. "Of course I had no idea who Olivia was or where he'd met her. So I asked Emily. Then one thing led to another and here we are today." Hotch leaned over and kissed Emily's temple. That earned him an aww from the girls and looks of disbelief from the men. Their stoic boss was not only showing affection but he was doing it in front of the entire team.

"That's so cute." Garcia squealed. She couldn't be happier for the two. Looking at everyone else's face she knew they were all happy for them.

Emily cleared her throat and stood up. "Do you guys want anything to drink? Coffee…Wine…Tea?" Everyone shook their head yes for some coffee. "Do you want any help?" JJ asked readying herself to get up.

"Oh no thanks I got it." Emily assured her.

Olivia knocked on Jack's door. She wasn't surprised when he told her to go away. Not listening she tried the handle and sighed in relief when she found it unlocked.

"Jack I'm sorry." Olivia sat on the edge of his bed. She could tell he'd been crying and that only made her feel worse. "You were right Jack I was being selfish." When he didn't acknowledge her she reached out for his hand but he pulled it away.

She knew he was angry with her. "Jack will you please look at me?" After several more pleas he finally looked at her. His eyes sad. "Jack I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said."

"Then why did you say it? Don't you like living with Daddy, Emmy and me?"

"Of course I do Jack Jack. I love you guys. You're my family." She paused and scooted closer to him. "I was being stupid. I didn't think before I spoke. I couldn't ask for a better family. I guess I just got tired of everyone asking me if I was alright." She looked over at Jack and saw he understood what she meant.

"After my mom died everyone asked me if I was ok." He told her. "But Emmy told me it meant they care about you." Olivia nodded she knew this but for some reason it made a lot more sense coming from someone younger then her.

"So you forgive me?" Jack nodded and gave her a hug. "Thanks Jack. Lets go and see if we can convince your dad and Emily to order pizza." Jack grinned. He loved pizza.

"Yeah and we can have a movie night." He jumped off the bed.

Hearing noises coming from the living room Olivia and Jack set in that direction. Walking in Olivia was surprised to see the entire team there. Ignoring them she found Aaron and took a seat beside him. "I'm sorry." She leaned in giving him a hug and a kiss. "You and Em'ly are the best parents a kid can ask for. I love you guys."

The team sat silently and watched the scene before them. "It's okay sweetheart, I love you too, but you need to talk to Emily." Olivia nodded. "Where is she?"

"Kitchen." Aaron released her to go find Emily. His empty arms were quickly filled by his son.

"Dad, 'Livia and I want pizza and maybe a movie night." Everyone wanted to let out a soft awww but didn't want to interrupt the moment. Hotch looked at his team. "You guys up for pizza and movies?" Everyone nodded. Henry was very vocal in his excitement for pizza. Hotch placed the order as everyone continued to converse.

"Em." Olivia walked into the kitchen. She found Emily waiting for the coffee her shoulder slumped. At hearing another person in the kitchen Emily straightened up quickly and turned around. "Hey." Emily was about to ask if everything was okay but remembered the last time she'd asked hadn't ended up so well.

"I'm sorry." Olivia stepped closer. "Jack was right. I was being selfish. I know you're just worried about me." Tears fell from her eyes as Emily moved to embrace her.

"He said it was my fault he killed her." Olivia told Emily after minutes of silence.

"Honey you know that's not true don't you?" Emily pulled away to look into Olivia's eyes.

Olivia nodded but Emily saw the uncertainty. "What Robert did was not your fault and it wasn't your mom's either. He was the one with the problem. He couldn't take responsibility for his actions and blamed everyone for everything that went wrong in his life. Olive honey you're the best daughter a person could ask for. Even as a child. You were always so good. Sam would always tell me she didn't know what she did right to have you for a daughter. You're mother would be so proud of you today. Whatever he told you was a lie in an attempt to break you. Don't believe a word he told you."

Olivia nodded. She drew Emily into another hug. "I couldn't ask for a better family. I love you Emily."

"I love you too honey. You wanna meet the team?" At Olivia's nod the two prepared the coffee cups and carried them out to the team.

Aaron immediately took note of Emily's relaxed state when she returned with the coffee. "Everyone this is Olivia. Olivia this is the team." Everyone went around introducing themselves. Henry stopped playing with Jack as he saw a new person in the room. He immediately looked at the photo he'd been holding on to and looked up at Olivia. "You're pretty." He said shyly and gave her a hug.

"You must be Henry. I've heard a lot about you." Olivia kneeled down to hug the boy properly. She winced when he made contact with one of her wounds.

"Henry you need to be careful. Remember I told you Olivia has an outchie?" JJ told her son sternly.

"Olive has a booboo?" Henry asked Olivia sadly. Olivia sent a quick look to Emily at Henry's choice of nickname for her. "Yeah buddy. But its okay it'll get better soon."

Henry nodded satisfied with her answer. He jumped up excitedly forgetting his earlier concern when the doorbell rang. "Yay Pizza's here."

Emily looked to Hotch for confirmation but he'd already left to get the door. "Livia and I wanted to have a movie night and pizza."

Emily nodded. That was definitely fine by her. Everyone needed to de-stress and just relax for a while.

After some pizza and three quarters of the way through 'How to train your dragon' Emily noticed that Henry was passed out beside Rossi and JJ. "JJ you can put him in our bed if you'd like." She knew the boy would be more comfortable and probably sleep longer. JJ nodded gratefully. This was usually around the time Henry would take his nap.

As she lifted Henry up, he stirred from his sleep. "I don't want to leave mommy." He whined in his tired voice.

"We're not leaving Henry. I'm just going to put you in Auntie Em's bed so you're comfy." Henry shook his head no.

"I want daddy." He reached for Dave. JJ was about to argue with him when Dave stopped her.

"I'll take him Jen. Come on big guy, lets get you to bed." Dave took Henry from JJ and left for Emily's room.

JJ blushed as all eyes turned to her. Dave walked back into the room his eyes immediately found JJ's . Everyone's gaze left JJ and settled on him.

"I guess we have some questions we need to answer don't we?" He repeated Emily's question from earlier.

"Some would be an understatement David Rossi." Garcia grinned.

AN: I lied...one more chapter after this... it didn't feel right leaving it where I had originally had it...so I did some re-writing and this is what I got...and another chapter... hope you enjoyed. Happy New Year!