A/N - sorry it's short but an update nonetheless, hope you are all still liking it
Dinner was great, everyone had alot of fun, it was just like old times. We ate, we laughed, we drank, well except for me of course. It was nice seeing everyone together again, it had been awhile since we were all able to just go out together and not talk about work.
Emily even loosened up a little bit. It was like she was her old self; before it started to get all awkward between the two of us - except I was pretty sure that she still didn't remember it all. I caught myself watching her most of the night, I would react to how she reacted. When she smiled I smiled, when she laughed I laughed, when she spoke I gave her my undivided attention. I was happy because we were…together. We finished dinner and made sure to call it an early night, we all had to be in the office early the next day to catch up on paperwork.
We all said our good nights, eventually splitting to our respective vehicles, it had ended up just being me and her as we headed for one of the corners of the parking lot; we had all ended up in different parts of the lot when we had arrived. We both walked in silence, it was dark and the moon was full, it was a nice night, we were full and content with the evenings engagement. I sighed as I started to think about how I was headed home and Will would be asking about my day like every other day. He would talk about how a pregnant woman should be resting more, and how I should be trying to cut down my workload at the bureau.
'Am I going to be a good mother?'
"You're going to be a great mother" Emily said between the staccato of our footsteps.
I snuck a quick glance at her "…thanks…" I replied weakly, it's like she knew what I was thinking. I looked at the ground, all my insecurities had dissipated just walking with her. Because she said it, it made me feel like I could do it. I felt complete just being around her.
She broke the silence "sorry" it was slightly nonchalant, but it was genuine. I stopped and looked at her "for what?" she stopped a couple feet in front of me and turned to look back. "I just thought,…you seemed a bit taken back by what I said" maybe it was the moonlight that set the mood but my eyes couldn't help but quickly scan over her figure, she was so beautiful. I shook my head, "no, I'm sorry there's just a lot going on for me right now" a sympathetic look crossed her face. I looked away not really being able to handle her gaze, I surprisingly heard a step toward me, before I had time to bring my head up I was engulfed by her arms.
Time had literally stopped I relaxed into her embrace, closed my eyes and leaned my head into her shoulder. I breathed in her scent as she just held me tenderly for a moment. She smelt like freshly cleaned laundry with a hint of vanilla, butterflies fluttered in my stomach, my heart began to race, and in desperation for the embrace to cease from ending I slowly brought my arms around her lower back and hugged in return, almost holding onto her for dear life. My head started to spin, the warmth of her body pressing against mine.
We stood motionless for God knows how long and I thought about how I never wanted this to end. I felt her stroke the back of my head lightly, not in a romantic way but in a mutual supportive gesture. I turned my head slightly, my lips just a hairline away from her collarbone, I sighed and my cheek fluttering over her neck. I felt her seize up a bit and I suddenly felt myself blush as I pulled back slowly, she pulled away completely.
She looked at the ground as she spoke "I'm sorry, I just thought that giving you a hug would be appropriate...um" she clicked her tongue on the top of her mouth "I…just didn't know what to say" she licked her lips "…it's getting late" she looked at me as if realizing the last words herself "you should get some rest…" she took a glance at my stomach, I was starting to show quite a bit "…I hope you have a good rest of the night" she seemed to blurt the last words and rushed away muttering something under her breath to herself.
I watched her walk away, bewildered at her sudden behavior, she got into her car and drove off, I stood just stood there and felt the warmth from the embrace disappear.