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It had been a long time since Aaron had slept until he woke up on his own, weeks probably. The funny thing was that it wasn't even eight in the morning so the term 'sleeping in' was relative. He was used to being up before five out for a run and then a quick shower, cup of coffee and off to the office. That was the routine when they weren't out on a case, then they mostly just worked around the clock.

He groaned as his feet hit the floor, the memories of the night before swarming back to his mind. Maybe he should keep the running part of his routine, even if it was his one Saturday off in who knew how long.

Grabbing Nike track pants from the drawer and a t-shirt Aaron was dressed a few minutes later he was riding the elevator down to the bottom floor. Running was good for him physically and mentally. Back when the nightmares had first started, he had learned that he could out run them for a little while at least. They always came back but if he ran until he couldn't put one foot in front of the other then he could sleep. It came in handy when he and Haley had disagreed on him staying in the BAU, on mornings when he woke up in the morning his heart still aching from a particularly bad fight the night before he would run. When he returned, his head would be clear enough to try again to get her to see things from his perspective, he understood how she felt but that had never been the issue. The issue was that she couldn't understand how he felt.

Kate understood though, Kate knew what it felt like to fight the monsters during the day that haunted your dreams at night. He thought about her green eyes boring into his last night, he had really wanted to kiss her but he hadn't he had left and gone home to his own apartment, alone. He was supposed to bring over lunch later today , he wanted to be able to keep this openness with her but the only person he had ever really opened himself up to was Haley, and look where that had gotten him.

Okay so that wasn't exactly fair to Haley, he knew that it if wasn't for the BAU that they would still be living happily ever after. However, the fact remained that the FBI wasn't just part of him it was him.

Aaron circled back and started to sprint between light poles, stretching out his stride as far as he could. Ah, it felt good to run by the time he returned to the apartment he was drenched with sweat and ready for a hot shower.

The hot water felt good on his sore muscles and before he was ready for it to be the water was cold. He got out and stood in front of his closet trying to decide on what to wear. Now he knew that there was something wrong with him, Aaron Hotchner did not stress over what to wear. Choosing a pair of khakis and a navy polo shirt, he dressed and left the apartment, wanting to get a haircut before he picked up lunch for Kate.

An hour and a half later Aaron let himself in the door to Kate's apartment, "Knock knock you awake?"

Same as last night Aaron didn't hear a sound coming from anywhere, his pulse quickened.

"Kate are you here?"

Aaron barely heard her call out to him from the living room, "I'm in here Aaron."

His blood ran cold when he saw her lying on the couch almost in the same position as last night.

"Kate what's wrong?" Aaron moved over to kneel beside her.

"I hurt." Kate's eyes were barely open, her cheeks flushed over a pasty white face.

"Did you take some medicine?" Aaron watched her weekly nod at him in response.

He placed a hand on her forehead and was not surprised to find her running a fever, "Kate I need to look at your stomach ok?"

When he didn't get a response Aaron moved the blanket down and lifted her shirt just enough to take the gauze off her stitches, the skin around them was bright red and hot to the touch.

"Caitlin, I am taking you to the hospital, do you understand?"

She had fallen asleep or passed out Aaron wasn't sure which one he preferred at this point. He grabbed what he assumed was her ready bag from beside the door and cell phone off the table. With surprising ease, he lifted her off the couch into his arms and moved as quickly as he could downstairs to his SUV. Fifteen minutes later, he was pulling up in front of the ER with a screech. Aaron carried her inside the same way that he'd carried her out of the apartment, getting more and more worried every second that she stayed unconscious.

"I'm FBI agent Aaron Hotchner, this is Agent Caitlin Todd, she was wounded in the line of duty her wound has become infected and she is unconscious." Aaron told the nurse at the window, he didn't like throwing the FBI weight around when it wasn't business but in this situation, he felt that it he was justified.

"Right through here Agent Hotchner." The nurse directed him into a room and he gently place Kate on the stretcher, and stepped back allowing the doctors and nurses swarm around her.

"Agent Gibbs, this is Aaron Hotchner from the FBI."

"I know who you are Agent Hotchner, what I don't know is why you are calling me on Saturday."

"I am calling because I just brought Kate to the ER at Bethesda; she is running a fever and was unconscious when I left her."

"I'll be right there."

Aaron heard the line click off, well that went well. He knew that Gibbs didn't like him, but then again he didn't seem to like anyone especially anyone in the FBI. He also knew that it would have been worse if he hadn't called him at all.

"Agent Hotchner, you can come back now, she is asking for you."

Aaron followed the nurse back to where Kate was lying on the bed still just as pale but her eyes were open and she looked more alert.

"Hey Katie, you gave me quite a scare. I remember you promising me that you were fine last night, how will I ever be able to trust you again?" He smiled down at her.

Kate laughed weekly, "I can see your point, is there anything I can do to earn back your faith in me."

Aaron could physically feel the relief at hearing her banter back with him she was definitely feeling better. He took her hand in his and gave it a small squeeze, "why didn't you call me Kate, before you passed out?"

"When I woke up I was hurting so bad I just swallowed a pill and tried to go back to sleep. I didn't realize that I was running a fever, the next thing I remember is waking up when I heard you come in, and after that it's all black."

"That's because you passed out, I had to carry you to the car."

"Caitlin Todd, what is going on here?"

"Gibbs, what are you doing here?"

"Your Agent Hotchner here called me and told me that you had passed out."

Both Kate and Gibbs now looked at Aaron, "I had to call him, Kate, you know I did."

"You're darn right you did, now is somebody going to tell me what is going on."

"Um I believe I can help with that, I am Miss Todd's doctor." The doctor was a small framed older man with glasses and soft expression.

"Miss Todd does have a severe infection but we have started her on aggressive IV antibiotics and fluids, she should be fine in a couple of hours, and she will need to rest for a while. Miss Todd I will be back to check on you in a little while, but if you need anything just call one of the nurses."

"Thank you doctor." Kate wasn't sure that she wanted to be alone with these two overprotective men in the tiny hospital room.