Standing in the doorway Hotch watched as Emily got Kayla and Jack ready for the day. Not for the first time during the week he couldn't help looking back to when he was in Emily's position. Steeling his resolve Aaron walked into the room to help his family get ready for yet another hard day of what had become many in the last few years. Watching as Emily's eyes started to water Aaron decided everyone could wait as he pulled Emily backwards to the bed and encircled her in his arms. The two children sat cuddled together leaning against the only adults they had left to look after them.

"Hey." They all looked up, the children racing forward as Dave's voice sounded from the door.

"Uncle Dave!" The children threw themselves into their substitute uncles arms. As Jack let go Kayla clung slightly tighter to what had become, in the last week, her second favourite uncle. Lifting himself from where he had crouched to hug the children Dave held onto Kayla as he watched his friend do the same to the woman, who over the last two years had become like a daughter to him.

"Are you ready?" Dave asked watching in near fascination as at the same time both woman and little girl straightened themselves and pulled away from the men. Walking over to grip each others hands they nodded, grim expressions on their faces. Letting go of her Aunts hand Kayla walked over to take Jack and Dave's hands before pulling them out of the door ready to get the day of her mothers funeral over with. Emily closed her eyes taking a deep breath before following the others out of the room gripping Aaron's hand tightly in hers determined not to let go until the day was over.

-H/P-

Two weeks had passed since they had said goodbye to their mother and best friend. Life had continued on like it always did. Both children went to preschool and school. Aaron and Emily continued on at work, paperwork and case filling their days. And although everyone was still sad they were happiest together, when it was just the four of them as it was quite often when everyone was off work or school.

Emily sat on the sofa looking through pages that she had gotten from her realtor just this morning.

Aaron came back from making coffees for them both to see her looking through the apartments and even some houses that were close to work and Kayla's school. Both Emily and Kayla had been staying with them like he had said they could and now if he were honest with himself he didn't want them to go. They had both, Jack and himself, gotten used to having others in the apartments to both play with and talk to, to eat breakfast and dinner with.

Seating himself beside Emily, Aaron looked over her shoulder at some of the places that she had already narrowed it down to. Getting an idea Aaron reached over to pick a piece of paper up off of the discarded pile showing a four bedroom house with dining room, study, living room and large kitchen looking out onto a garden.

"What about this one?" He asked glancing at Emily as she looked up at what he had picked up.

"You know I was only being fanciful when I told her to include houses there's no reason for us to have a house. It would be to big for just the two of us." Emily said before turning back to her own pile, only to freeze when she heard the next words come from Aaron's mouth.

"Well… what if there were four of us?" he asked not looking up from where his eyes were fixed on the picture of the large house. That was until a hand found his holding the paper.

"Aaron?" Emily asked looking up at the man she loved.

Turning around to look Emily in her eyes his lips quirked slightly. "Move in with us Emily, let's move in together. This place is to small for all of us long term and I don't think that now we know how great it is to have you around constantly we'll ever feel right without you both. I'm in love with you Emily. I know I should have told you last year when I first figured it out but I love you and I can't live without you everywhere in my life anymore."

Tears sparkled in her eyes and on her cheeks as she listened to his impassioned speech watching his eyes lighten with a fire that she had never seen before.

"But Aaron it's so much. I mean Kayla's just lost her mom and Jack's still trying to work through everything…I don't know."

"I already love Kayla as a daughter Emily. And Jack loves having both of you around. I think it would help them both. We can't keep denying ourselves because of outside factors Emily. We deserve to be happy and I don't know about you but you are the only thing that's going to make me completely happy. I love you and I love Kayla. Let's move in together."

Taking a couple of deep breaths Emily tried to put everything that had happened in the last couple of minutes together in her head.

"Yes. I love you. Yes but we have to ask the children first." All speech was seized from him as her lips quickly found his, gasping at the first touch as his body crushed hers to the sofa and her hands found his hair.

Buttons started coming undone as they realized this was what they wanted, to be together with their children close by.

-H/P-

A/N - Last Chapter! But their could possibly be a chance of a sequel. Well I say possible but I've been writing the sequel one shot longer than I have this story so I figured it should go sometime or other.

I'm going on holiday tomorrow for a week though so no internet access which means no updates.

Please review as it is the last chapter.