Buttoning up one of her blouses from the closet, Emily threw her hair over her shoulders and slipped in her earrings.

She was so mad at herself.

Emily ignored the grunt from the man getting out of her bed and quickly applied a small amount of makeup for the day. Biting her lip, her eyes followed the naked engineer in her mirror as he tried to find his pants.

She had slept with Aaron. It wasn't something either of them had planned to do but now she couldn't even look into his eyes without feeling guilty.

Running her fingers through the ends of her wavy hair, Emily went to the closet to get her favorite boots. It was a good day to go to church.

"Hey."

Emily stopped just before her closet door when Aaron's hand encircled her wrist. "Good morning."

The father of one gently turned the younger woman around and let his arms wrap around her waist. "Hi."

"Hi again," she nodded, letting him lean down and kiss her cheek.

Aaron's hands rubbed over Emily's hips as he met her eyes. "I'm sorry."

Emily kept herself quiet so the dark haired man could speak.

"I didn't mean to go about it like that, but I promise nothing happened with Haley. I need you to know that." Leaning his forehead against Emily's, he looked deep into those beautiful eyes she had. "I'm with you. I have a relationship with you, not her."

The third grade teacher could hear the sincerity in the older man's voice, but she still felt this unsure feeling in the pit of her stomach. "Yeah?"

Taking a chance, he leaned in and pressed a long kiss to the teacher's lips. "Yeah."

Emily let her lips roll inward as she nodded. "Ok." Pulling herself from Aaron's hold, the teacher brushed her hair behind her ears. "Well I'm going to go to church."

"Church?" He watched as she walked into her closet and slipped on a pair of black heeled boots. Noticing as she combed her hair from her eyes with the tips of her fingers, he grinned.

She was beautiful.

"I haven't gone in a while," she shrugged, her voice bringing him out of his train of thought. Emily took his jeans from the floor and handed it to him, a small smile on her face. "But with all of these very recent events, I thought it would be nice."

Aaron laughed against her lips before kissing her again.

Leaning back, Emily ran her hands up and down her boyfriend's muscular arms. "You want to come with me?"

"I wish I could, but I have to be at work in twenty minutes. Something went wrong last night with one of our reactors and they need me to see what malfunctioned."

The teacher pouted. "Sounds important."

Aaron nodded, moving from the younger woman's arms and got himself back into his pants. "Only if the weight of my entire career and income breaking the bones of my shoulders that carry it is important, than yes," he laughed, cupping the back of Emily's head and kissing her once more.

"You're very good at that," she whispered as he pulled away.

Walking out of her apartment together, Emily shouldered her purse and let him kiss the back of her hand. "Do you want to do dinner tonight?" When he nodded at her and pressed a kiss to her forehead, Emily hid her smile.

"I'll see you tonight, gorgeous."

The teacher glared playfully at the older man as he started toward his apartment. "Stunning," she reminded him in an exasperated voice.

"Right!" he nodded, pointing to the beautiful woman who made her way to the elevator. "Stunning!"

Emily walked all twenty blocks to the nearest church that morning, wanting to soak in the sun and the warmth that she barely had the time to do anymore, and found herself a seat in the second pew just before the service started.

Only ten minutes in, the teacher lifted her head from a prayer when she distinctly heard her name being called.

"Ms. Prentiss!"

Emily turned to see Jack and his mother in the second pew across the way, the nine year old's hand reaching out to her for her to grab. Smiling, she gave him a tiny wave to calm him down, the church silent except for the priest who was reciting the prayer they were to be repeating.

The blond pulled her child back against her and glared at the teacher.

"Hi Jack," she mouthed, grinning when he yelled her name once again. Moving her eyes to the younger woman's, Emily did nothing but raise her brow. Was she supposed to be intimidated?

It wasn't until the morning after Emily's romantic dinner with her boyfriend and her calming day at church that the teacher walked into work with the kids playing before classes started. She was on her way to her classroom when she heard gasps from down the hall, and she looked up to see a few other teachers with a familiar blond in the center of their circle.

Haley.

Rolling her eyes, she ignored the group and started to her classroom, getting ready for the day.

"Em?"

She looked up to see Alexis in her doorway, but never got the chance to speak as she came rushing in the room.

The brunette took Emily's hand. "That's Haley Hotchner."

Emily frowned. "Haley Brooks."

"That's not what she's telling everyone," the other teacher whispered, glancing back to the doorway to make sure no one was walking by. "She's telling everyone you're sleeping with her husband."