Disclaimer in chapter 1

Author's note: Hello okay my summer has been busy and is almost at an end. I go back to school on August 7th, I will still write during the school year but not as much. Thanks for all the reviews and keep them coming I like hearing what y'all have to say.

Chapter 12

Emily's Room

Hotch was starting to wake a little while later when he started to hear movement. When he fully opened his eyes he saw that Emily was just starting to struggle and making noise. He quickly got up and grabbed a hold of her hand before running his hand through her hair and whispering "Emily it's alright you're safe. Calm down." As soon as he said the last word Emily had calmed down but her grip on his hand was still slightly tight. He looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was four in the morning. He shook the tiredness away and pulled the chair so it was right beside Emily and sat back down. He just sat there watching her sleep. He knew that she would recover eventually but it would take awhile to get over what happened emotionally as well. He knew this for a fact. He vowed to himself that he would be with her every step of the way like she had tried to be with him when Foyet happened.

After about a half an hour of watching Emily he watched as her eyes had fluttered opened. He smiled when he saw her look over at him. He wasn't surprised either when she asked "How long do I have to stay here?" Hotch chuckled before saying "The doctors have been telling me that if you are doing better you can get out in two days if you promise to stay with someone for a while." Emily smiled and said "Good thing I already promised that. Now we just have to see how well my body cooperates with that plan." Hotch's lips twitched at that and said "The team and I will be rotating throughout the next two days but I will be the only one staying overnight okay?" Emily nodded and yawned so Hotch leaned over and kissed her forehead before saying "Go to sleep Emily either I or a team member will be here when you wake up okay?" Emily nodded and drifted off to sleep.

Two Days Later in Emily's Room

Hotch walked in and said "You ready to go?" Emily nodded at that and asked "Are we driving or am I okay to fly?" Hotch smiled and said "Me and you will be driving just to be safe. Is that okay?" Emily smiled and nodded before saying "Of course it is okay Aaron" she then went over to him and pulled him into a gentle hug. The memories over the last few days came rushing back. Each day she would laugh and joke with the team and then at nights she and Hotch talked until she fell asleep and was there for her when she woke up screaming. Both times she did this she remembered that Hotch had to tell the nurses that she had just had a nightmare but she was okay, physically. Emily shook those memories away before smiling at Hotch and saying "We going to hit the road?" Hotch had seen something flash through Emily's eyes but he wasn't going to ask about it right now. All that he said though was "Yeah we will in an hour. Is that okay with you?" Hotch saw Emily nod so he started to grab her stuff and they headed out of the hospital.

They left the hospital and met up with the team before the two of them left. Considering what time it was when they left, about seven that night, Hotch knew that they would have to stay the night in one hotel. They drove until they had reached Virginia Beach; they got there at about ten, and decided to stop for the night. They hadn't eaten yet so Hotch turned to Emily and said "While I book a room in a hotel nearby think about where you'll like to eat." Before Hotch even pulled out his phone Emily asked "Can we just order room service?" Hotch nodded because he understood why she wanted to. He called the Hilltop hotel that he knew was nearby and when he reached the front desk he said "I need a room tonight with one bed." He looked over at Emily who just nodded so he continued "I will also need to order room service when I get there. My name is Aaron Hotchner. Okay thank you Ma'am." He turned to Emily and smiled before saying "Are you okay with just one bed?" Emily smiled and nodded before she said "We would mostly end up sharing one if I have a nightmare so why not just start out that way?" When Hotch thought about it like that he knew that Emily was right and so he said "We are just around the corner from the hotel and we will be able to order room service when we get there. Okay?" Emily nodded and as soon as Hotch had pulled into a parking spot in the parking lot Emily leaned over and kissed Hotch's cheek before saying "Thank you Aaron." Hotch then looked at her before saying "Your welcome Emily now let's head inside." Emily nodded in agreement and they both climbed out of the vehicle and Emily waited for Hotch since she knew that he would let her carry her bags. As soon as Hotch had all the bags they headed inside.

Once they were inside they both walked up to the desk and Hotch said "I just placed a phone call here my name is Aaron Hotchner." The lady behind the counter said "Okay we have your room ready and it is room number 340. Please enjoy your stay." Hotch and Emily both nodded before they both said "Thank you." They looked at each other before Emily shook her head and grabbed the key card from the lady and started to walk away. Hotch quickly caught up with her and reached her right as she reached the elevators. When they were inside the elevator Hotch leaned over to Emily and asked "How are you actually feeling?" Emily turned her head and looked at him before saying "I am hurting a little bit right now but I can take my medicine with dinner. Hopefully it will help me sleep as well." Hotch nodded as the elevator doors opened and Hotch led Emily to their room and when they got there Emily put the key card into the slot and after it unlocked they both walked into the room.

As soon as they got into the room Hotch dropped the bags on the bed. He then turned to Emily and said "What to look at the room service menu?" Emily nodded before walking over to the table and picked up the menu. After she looked at it she said "I just want a BLT with avocado." Hotch nodded and said "That sounds good I might have that as well. Also do you just want water or a flavored drink?" Emily thought for a second before saying "Just water please. I'll be right back okay?" Hotch nodded and watched as she went into the bathroom before he picked up the hotel phone and ordered their food. A couple minutes later he saw that Emily still hadn't came back so he went over to the bathroom door and knock on it. "Emily are you okay?" Emily let out a breath before saying "Yeah I'm okay Aaron I'll be out in a minute." Hotch held back a smile before saying "Okay Em. I called room service food sound be here in ten." Emily then said "Okay thanks Aaron." Hotch went back to sitting on the bed and a minute later Emily came out from the bathroom.

Emily walked over to where Hotch was sitting and sat down next to him. She said "Aaron I am okay I just felt a twinge while using the bathroom so I checked on the wound. But I am fine no tearing or stitches popping." Hotch let out a breath and said "Thank you for telling me." Emily leaned on his shoulder before saying "I know you were worrying so I planned on telling you as soon as I got out; so how long til the food gets here?" Hotch smiled and said "Soon then we can get some sleep before we hit the road tomorrow. We are both not setting our alarms so we get up when we get up. Okay?" Emily nodded into his shoulder and his shirt muffled her reply but he heard it anyways "Sounds good." There was a knock on the door so Hotch got up and opened the door and got the food from the room service person. He came back and sat down on the bed next to Emily and gave Emily her food. Emily smiled and said "Thank you Aaron." Hotch smiled back at Emily and said "You're welcome." They both ate in silence after that and when they finished Hotch said "I am going to hop in the shower. Shout if you need anything." Emily nodded and said "Will do. Now go." Hotch smiled as he grabbed his night clothes and then headed into bathroom for his shower.

As soon as Aaron went into the bathroom Emily grabbed her bag and got out her pajamas. She looked at the bathroom door one more time before attempting to take off her shirt but since she could left her arms above a certain height she knew that she would have to ask Aaron to help with that, even though she didn't want to, and decided to slip into her pajama shorts. She was able to get out of her pants and into her shorts with little problems before Aaron came back out the bathroom. When Emily looked up from where she was and saw him in his pajama pants and a t-shirt she smile and said "Can you help me with something?" That caught Aaron's attention so he said "Sure with what?" Emily sighed, she hated asking for help but she just plainly said "I can't get out of my shirt; I can't totally raise my arms." Aaron had known this was mostly going to happen so he went over to his bag and pulled out one of his button up shirt and handed it to her and said "This might work better for the next couple of weeks. I don't want this to be awkward for me to help you so I'll just help you take off the shirt carefully and put your arms into the sleeves but you can button it up if you want." Emily nodded and said "Thank you Aaron. That sounds good." Aaron carefully slipped Emily's shirt over her head and he then put her arms in his button up shirt. After he got her arms into the shirt he let her button up the shirt herself. When she was done buttoning the shirt she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek and said "Thank you Aaron for everything." Aaron smiled at Emily and reached out and smoothed down her hair as he said "Your welcome Em, I just want to do whatever I can to help you out." Emily leaned into Aaron's hand before she said "And I am grateful for that." Aaron looked at Emily and had the urge to kiss her but he stopped himself instead he said "You ready to go to sleep?" Emily nodded and she laid back on the bed and got under the covers. Aaron looked at her for a second before crawling in next to her. He didn't want to make things too weird, since they hadn't even been on a date yet, so he slept on his back even though he wanted to hold Emily close to him. He didn't have to worry for long though. Emily scooted over and laid her head on his chest before she said "You know you can hold me right?" Aaron feel a huge burden be lifted from his shoulders and so he pulled her closer, carefully I might add, and kept an arm wrapped around her waist as she snuggled into his side and mumbled "Good night Aaron sleep well" before she drifted off to sleep a couple minutes later. Aaron smiled and kissed Emily's forehead before he joined her in her slumber a few minutes later.