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Chapter 10

Spencer Reid drove to Emily's apartment, silently rehearsing his apology. He hoped Emily would let him in, and hear him out. Parking his car, he slowly made his way to her door. Pausing, he took a deep breath, before knocking firmly on the door.

Emily paused, hearing the knock, turning down the stove burner on the pasta sauce she had been cooking. Looking through the peephole, she saw Reid. Emily considered briefly, not opening it, but she knew they had to talk. Taking a deep breath to fortify herself, she opened the door.

"Spencer hi," she said softly, moving back to let him in to the apartment.

Hi Emily," he replied nervously, coming in, watching Emily close the door.

Seeing the nerves written all over his face Emily went to him and hugged him, unable to take seeing him so upset. Spencer stook still in shock for a moment, before wrapping his arms around her tightly.

"Emily, I'm so sorry, I never should have..." Reid trailed off haultingly, not sure how to proceed, all his careful rehearsals, disappering now that he was face to face with Emily.

"Spencer it's okay, I know... It's okay," Emily rocked him in her arms gently.

Hearing her comfort him just made his guilt worse, "Emily," he said moving back to grip her shoulders, "How can you say that, this whole thing was my idea. My stupidity, caused you so much pain..." Spencer shook his head disgusted with himself.

"Spencer, you forgave me for faking my death, I hurt you, all of you, far worse. I hurt all of you, by keeping secrets. I wanted to protect you, yes, but I was ashamed of my past too. How can I not forgive you, I know you never hurt me deliberately. I know you'd never hurt any of us deliberately." Emily said, knowing the truth of what she was saying to him.

"Emily..." Spencer tried to find the right words, "I... you're... the team, you're my family. I love you." He hugged her to him tightly.

"I know, I feel the same way, I love all of you so much. We're going to be okay, I promise. It's just going to take some time." Emily said, believing what she said wholeheartingly.

"Okay," Spencer said, hugging her again, "Morgan and Rossi are going to come by too, they need to." He said hoping that she would agree, J.J. had been right, they all wanted their family back.

Emily nodded, "Okay, I guess we all need this, so we can start putting this behind us."

Reid nodded too, "Yes, we do. Emily... about Hotch..."

Emily cut him off, "I need more time, to figure out how to deal with that, okay Spencer. I just can't talk about it yet, okay?"

Reid nodded thinking to himself that once J.J. and Garcia arrived, she was going to have to talk about it. "Okay Emily, I understand. Are you coming back to work soon? Please say yes," He begged.

"Soon Spencer, I promise." Emily replied. The two hugged again, and Reid left feeling like a big weight had been lifted off of him.

Morgan's Turn:

Morgan drove to Emily's hopeful. Reid had called him, he told him that Emily was okay with him coming by. Reid hadn't told Morgan what had transpired between him and Emily, but Morgan could hear by the tone of Reid's voice that their conversation had gone well. Morgan could only hope his talk with Emily, would be just as friutful.

Emily had put away her cooking, too nervous about what was to come to eat. When she heard Morgan's signiture knock on her door, she hurried to open it.

"Hey princess, got a minute for me?" Morgan asked softly.

"I always have time for you Derek, come in," Emily moved back gesturing him into the apartment.

They faced each other in Emily's living room, both unsure of what to say.

"Emily," Derek started, "I'm so sorry, we never meant to hurt you, any of you, we let our curiousity take over and..."

Emily interupted him, "I know Derek, and to be honest had the situation been reversed, I think we would have done the same. It's okay, really. I've had a lot of time to think about this, and it's okay."

Morgan sighed with relief, she had forgiven him, forgiven all of them. "Can I have a hug princess?" he asked opening his arms. Emily didn't answer him, she just stepped into his arms hugging him tightly, and that had been answer enough. Both knew they had just taken a big step towards healing.

Rossi's Turn:

Dave, headed over to Emily's place after Morgan's call. He was worried that even though Emily had forgiven Morgan and Reid, she may not forgive him. After all he was the reason, Hotch had been involved in their plan at all. He hoped she would forgive him however, his heart was hurting for the woman he loved like a daughter. "Well," he said to himself, "You never know if you don't try." He made his way to Emily's door, hoping she would let him back into her life.

Emily had seen Dave park his car from her window, and was waiting for his knock. Her talks with Morgan and Reid, although exausting had been healing. She was ready to fix things with Dave as well. She wanted her friends, her family back. She had no idea how to fix things between her and Hotch, but she had always known how to handle David Rossi. When his knock sounded, she opened the door.

Dave looked at Emily apologetically, "Can I come in," he asked.

"Dave, get in here and give me a hug old man, before I go get my gun, and make you." Emily said smiling at him.

Dave burst out laughing and hurried over to her after closing her door, to obey her order, thanking God for the amazing woman in front of him.

"Em, I'm sorry, so sorry..." He said hugging her close.

"I know Dave," Emily said hugging him back, "I know, we're okay, I promise."

"Em, are you sure, I understand if you're mad, what we did..." Dave trailed off.

"Listen Dave, I'm not gonna deny that I wasn't hurt by this, I was, but I know you guys never intended for any of this to end up the way it has," Emily paused to take a deep breath, "Besides I'm sure PG, has made all of you suffer more than anyone else could," she finished smiling.

"Oh you got that right," Dave muttered, "Freaking Critter Conection,"

"What?" Emily asked confused.

"Nothing, let's just say that woman has a cruel streak, we haven't even begun to explore," he answered, wincing at the memory of a pissed off Penelope Garcia.

Emily laughed, "Okay, I'm pretty sure, I don't wanna know"

"Believe me, you don't." Dave said, grumbling. He hesitated and then asked cutting to the chase. "Em, What happened with Aaron?"

"Dave.. please don't, I can't...not yet, okay." Emily pleaded with him to understand, she wasn't ready to tell him just yet.

"Okay cara," Dave murrmed to her, taking her in his arms again, the pain that had flashed across her face too much for him to bear. "I won't push, for now."

Emily nodded against his chest gratefully, hugging him tight. "Thanks Dave,"

Like Reid before him, Dave knew once the girls got her, she'd have to talk about. So for now he was just happy to hold her. He thanked God again for his team, his family. He knew that they would all be okay.

Okay, the boys have made their apologies. It's time for the girls to talk to Emily, and for Dave to confront Hotch. Don't worry Hotch and Emily make up soon, I promise.

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