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Someone To Watch over Me

Chapter 11

Emily sighed, content, as she watched Aaron, Will and Rossi teach Jack and little Henry how to fish at the lakeside. And she was happy just watching. From a safe distance. The only water she would be happy with right now is a hot bath. Reid had once told her that her love for baths originated from the womb, and baths subconsciously reminded us of it. That grossed her out for a while.

Emily's eyes crinkled as she saw Aaron hovering around Jack. Apparently she wasn't the only one still wary of the lake, even if it was just a freak accident. The brunette found Aaron's overprotective nature charming. Unlike with previous boyfriends, she didn't find it suffocating. She just knew that he was looking out for her because he cared about her, and she was all right with that. More than all right, actually.

"Hey," She was pulled out of her thoughts when the blonde seated beside her spoke softly.

"Hmm?" Emily hummed, distracted, in reply.

"You okay? I thought I lost you to la-la-land for a second." JJ smirked as she teased her friend.

"Oh," Emily chuckled, "No you're still stuck with me for a while yet." She joked back, pleased when she pulled a laugh out of her friend.

"Rats." JJ growled under her breath, and yelped when Emily swatted her arm.

The two women sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes.

"So what's our boss like after hours, then?" JJ asked with a mischievous glint in her eye.

"Like I'd tell you that." Emily rolled her eyes, knowing what kind of information her friend was looking for, "But he is completely different off of the job."

"So are you two living together?" JJ asked curiously. If they weren't, they should be.

"Kind of. Not officially, but I'm usually at his place two or three times during the week, and then most weekends as well."

"Really?" JJ grinned, happy for her friend. She had changed since she'd come back from Paris, but now they had the old Emily back again.

"Really." The brunette confirmed.

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Aaron wandered over to where Emily was sitting quietly by the fire. Sitting beside her, he looked over her shoulder at what she was drawing in a sketchpad. Unknown to most, Emily loved to draw, and was exceptionally talented at it as well. A couple of her pieces were hanging up around Aaron's home.

"What you drawing?" Aaron murmured in her ear, and moving her tin of sketching pencils so they wouldn't get knocked off of the log they were placed rather precariously on.

"You and Jack from earlier." She held it up for him to look at, "Like it?"

"Wow honey, that's amazing." He said as he sat down beside her, tugging her into his side and pressing a kiss to her temple, not taking his eyes off of the breathtaking image she had drawn. It was Jack and himself at the lake earlier, when they had been reeling in a fish that Jack had caught.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"Yeah. I love it, Em." Emily relaxed into his embrace… until she saw Morgan and Garcia trying to get an eyeful of her drawing.

"Would you like a look by any chance?" She asked drily, whilst trying to prevent herself from smirking. The brunette handed the sketchpad over when Morgan extended his arm.

"Whoa princess." He whistled, "This is good," He began flipping through the sketchpad, eyeing the many drawings and paintings that it held, "Actually these are all good." Garcia was mumbling agreements over his shoulder.

"And why didn't I know that my cupcake had this wonderful talent?" She questioned Emily, who shrugged.

"It just didn't come up when we were discussing serial killers." She remarked, and Aaron tried to hide his grin from the feisty blonde and buried his face into his girlfriend's hair.

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"Em, have you seen the time?" Aaron asked the brunette, who pulled her gaze away from the roaring campfire.

"No, why?" She looked puzzled for a moment, and Aaron leaned forwards to whisper in her ear.

"Eleven-eleven." He showed her his watch.

"Jack!" She yelled over her shoulder at the little boy, and held up his father's wrist with his watch on, and he immediately ran over. The pair both took a look at the time on the watch and screwed their eyes shut.

"Man, what are they doing?" Morgan asked Aaron, who saw the rest of the team's confused faces. Aaron rolled his eyes, used to it.

"They do it all the time." He replied simply, then helped himself to the kettle of hot water to make himself a coffee.

Rossi looked at Emily and Jack in confusion, who were now carrying on as if nothing had happened.

"What was that?" The older man asked.

"It's eleven minutes past eleven." Emily explained, as if this revealed all.

"Yeah, so?" Rossi inquired, more confused than ever.

"Whenever you see eleven-eleven on a clock, or watch, you get to make a wish." The man raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't know you were superstitious." Reid slotted in.

"I'm not," The brunette shrugged, "But I used to do it with my dad when I was little. It stuck I guess… And Jack likes to do it with me." She added as an afterthought with a grin, ruffling the boy's hair.

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Aaron woke with a shiver. It was still dark out and although the days were warm, the nights were particularly cool. He wondered briefly if the chill was what had woken him, but dismissed it when he heard Emily's mumbles from beside him.

"No…" She whimpered, "Come back…" Aaron felt her fists clench in his sleep shirt.

"Em." He murmured, so as not to wake Jack also, "Honey, wake up. It's just a dream. He began smoothing her bangs away from her face, and felt that her forehead was beaded with sweat.

"Emily." He said more firmly this time and his shoulders sagged in relief when her eyes opened suddenly and she sat up, breathing heavily.

"Relax, honey. It was just a dream." He pulled her against his chest until her breathing slowed down, "Have you had that dream before?" He asked her, concerned. She shook her head slowly.

"No. I think it might have been something JJ asked me earlier…" Emily trailed off, wiping her eyes wearily.

"Why? What did she ask?" He said quickly, not wanting the blonde to have upset her.

"Oh, no Aaron. It wasn't anything like that." She reassured him after hearing his tone of voice, "She just asked me if we lived together or not… I don't know… I guess I was just feeling a little insecure." She went on to tell him what kinds of images her subconscious had drawn up.

Aaron held her chin and turned her head to face him. He could just make out her features in the moonlight.

"Move in with me." He whispered so that she almost missed it.

"… What?" Emily replied, stunned.

"I said: Move in with me." He repeated, not breaking eye contact with her, and saw her face light up.

"Really?" He grinned.

"Well I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want you to. So is that a yes?"

"Of course it's a yes!" She pecked him on the nose and pulled him into a hug.

"Good." He mumbled into her hair, "Do you think I could get some sleep now?" He joked, and she swatted him, feigning hurt.

"Don't make me ban you to the couch." She warned with a glint in her eye.

Aaron kissed Emily on the temple when she rested her head on his chest.

"I love you." He told her.

"I love you too."


Just to explain the dream: Although Emily and Aaron have been together for a while, theres nothing tying them to the relationship, such as living together or getting engaged. When JJ asked Emily about it earlier it brought her insecurities to the forefront of her mind. I hope that explains it. I didn't explain it in the story because Aaron's a profiler and probably would have had it sussed as soon as.

I wanted a little part with Aaron comforting Emily. It just seemed right:)

I think they'll only have one full day left, so please request anything you'd like to see and hopefully it'll be up soon now that I've gotten back into the swing of things.

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