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Chapter 21

Epilougue

A little over a year later,JJ, Emily, Blake, and Garcia were enjoying another girls night. This was a very special girls night for two reasons.

The first was that Emily was now VERY pregnant. Because of that, there wouldn't be many more opportunities for girls nights for awhile. The other reason was that the team had been through a lot this past year. They had nearly lost JJ. Erin Strauss had been replaced by Mateo Cruz, who had been on JJ's convoy team when she was working for the State Department. Once he joined JJ at the BAU, they tried to keep their past relationship under wraps. Unfortunatly some people found them out. Those people were the terrorists that JJ's team had been trying to catch. They found JJ and Cruz and abducted them at the first possible chance. The BAU team found them just in time, thanks to Emily.

Emily was the only one who knew what JJ had been up to during that time. Because Emily still had connections at Interpol, she was able to get the information they needed to find JJ. The team was stone walled by State Department, but Emily was able to connect with her friends at Interpol and drill a hole in that wall. State still tried to stop them from finding anything out by taking Garcia and Kevin into custody and taking over the computers. But, Garcia was able to speak in code and give the final information to the team as she was being pulled away. Emily and the team made it to the building JJ and cruz were being held at in time to rescue them. Hasting and Askari, the terrorists, were both killed and were not able to get the codes they were after. Once the rescue mission was completed, Emily and the Interpol team were able to get Garcia and Kevin released. Neither JJ nor Cruz were left without scars from those events. There were some physical scars, of course, but also many emotional scars. JJ had her family though. She would be ok eventually. Tonight's ladies night was defiantly a step in the right direction on the road to healing.

"So, Emily, are you and Hotch ready for this baby yet?", asked Blake. Emily grinned and said,

"Well, thanks to the help of Jack and you guys, the room is ready and this little one won't lack for anything."

"Do you have a name picked out?", asked Garcia.

"Yeah, we do. But we aren't telling until our baby girl is born." The others nodded in understanding. Then JJ noticed Emily wincing.

"Em, you ok, there?", she asked, concerned.

"Yeah. I just get these little pains every now and then."

"Uh, Emily, When did those little pains start.", asked Blake. Emily took a deep breath and replied,

"This afternoon. They just started getting sharper in the last hour or so, though."

"Em, this is important. How many of those pains have you had in the past hour?",asked JJ

" About six? Why?", asked Emily.

"Uh oh. We need to get you to the hospital, my Raven- haired Beauty.", said Garcia.

"What?! No. The baby isn't due for another couple of weeks.", protested Emily.

" Well, someone forgot to tell that to the baby. She's coming now, ready or not. Now let's get going.", said JJ, firmly. She and Blake helped Emily stand up. Suddenly, Emily felt a gush of wetness and looked down, embarrassed.

"Oops, I guess you guys were right. My water just broke." , said Emily. The others looked at each other and moved faster.

"I need to call Aaron.", said Emily.

"We'll do that in the car, sweetie. Let's get going.", said Garcia. Emily was helped out to JJ's car. Blake put a blanket down for Emily to sit on and then got in beside her while Garcia got up front with JJ. Then they headed to the hospital.

Once Emily was put in a delivery room, her friends stayed with her until Hotch could get there. Her mother had been notified too and was on her way. JJ held Emily's hand and let her squeeze it during contractions. A few minutes later, ambassador arrived.

"How are you doing, darling?", she asked.

"The contractions are now 6 minutes apart and hurt like crazy. Other than that, I'm fine. Aaron is on his way. He should be here any minute.", replied Emily. Ambassador Prentiss took the hand that wasn't being held by JJ. Then the doctor came in to check on Emily's progress.

"Any moment now.", she pronounced. At that second, Hotch came rushing in, looking uncharacteristically panicked.

"Has it happened yet? Are you ok? Do you remember how to breath?",he asked in one breath. The women had a good laugh at his expense then Garcia said,

"Chill, Bossman. Our Em is doing just fine. The baby is still hanging out in there. Should come anytime now though, according to the doctor." Emily's mother stepped aside and Emily reached for her husband's hand.

"Garcia's right. Just relax, honey. Babies are born everyday.", Emily said. Hotch calmed down a bit. Since he had arrived, the others wished Emily luck and went out to the waiting room. There were other calls to make anyway.

The labor pains were starting to get stronger now. The doctor came in to check and said it was time for Emily to push.

After about half an hour, the girls were joined in the waiting room by Reid, Morgan, and Rossi. About half an hour after that, Rossi got a text from Hotch. Hailey Elizabeth Hotchner was born 15 minutes ago. Weight: 8 lb. Length:23 inches. Accepting visitors in one hour. There were hugs and cheers all around. Soon, Jessica appeared with Louisa and Jack. JJ made a call to Will who said he'd bring Henry and Rosa up in a little while. Jack whispered something to his aunt who smiled and took him out of the waiting room. When enough time had passed, they all headed to Emily's room. She smiled widely when she saw them.

"Hey, you guys. I'd like you to meet, Hailey Elizabeth Hotchner.

"Oh, Em. She's so sweet. I love the name."

"We wanted to let Hailey's name live on some how. The Elizabeth is for the Ambassador.", said Hotch, softly. Emily took his hand. The ambassador didn't say anything but anyone who looked in her direction could tell she was touched.

"Jack, do you and Louisa want to see your new baby sister?", asked Emily. Jack nodded and carried Louisa over to the bed.

"Hi, Hailey. I'm your big brother,Jack. This is Louisa, your big sister. We have been waiting for you.", said Jack, stroking the baby's head. He looked at Hotch and asked,

"Can I hold her?" Hotch nodded and said,

"Sit down, and you may." Handing Louisa to his aunt, Jack sat down and Hailey was placed in his arms.

"She's so little.", he said. While Jack was holding the baby, Hotch and Emily turned to face their friends.

"Rossi, Garcia? We were wanting to ask you guys something.",said Hotch

"Ok. Shoot.", said Rossi.

"Would you both be Hailey's godparents?" ,asked Emily. Rossi and Garcia were really surprised but they recovered quickly.

"I'd be honored.", said Rossi, and Garcia added,

"Yes. I'd love to!"

"Looks like Henry is already in love with his new cousin.", said JJ, looking over at Henry next to Jack. Henry gave the baby a kiss and tried to get her to smile at him. Rosalyn ,in her daddy's arms, just looked on with curiosity. She was too little to really understand what was happening.

"How sweet is that?", said Blake.

"Pretty cute alright.", said Will.

"Louisa looks like she's happy with her little sister now too.", said Jessica. At that moment, 2 year old Louisa was giving her baby sister kisses and Jack was reminding her to be gentle.

"I believe it's my turn to hold my granddaughter.", said Emily's mother. Jack reluctantly handed over the baby to her grandmother.

Then he got up and went over to give Emily the baby gift he had purchased at the gift shop. It was a pink teddy bear that wound up and played Braum's Lullaby. The others had gifts too. From, Reid, there was a CD of Baby Mozart. Morgan had picked out an out fit for the baby that said, My Mommy's a Queen and that makes Me a Princess. Garcia had picked little booties that looked like Mary Jane shoes and socks. JJ had found a fleece blanket that had a little sheep on it. Henry had picked a rattle for the baby. Blake had bought cloth book for the baby. It was called Guess How Much I Love you. It also had rings attached to it and stuff inside the pages that made noise. The Ambassador had gotten the baby a beautiful new lacy pink dress. Finally, Rossi brought his gift over, a beautiful cross to hang on the baby's door or wall, that said God Bless Baby.

"Thanks, so much, you guys.", said Emily.

"You're welcome," , they all replied. Emily was starting to wilt. Morgan noticed this and said,

"Well, we better go and let these guys get some rest."

"Congratulations, Emily, Hotch. Bye.", said Reid as he gave Emily a hug and kissed the baby on the others all took turns hugging Emily and hugging or shaking hands with Hotch, congratulating them. Then they all headed out to their homes to give the new parents some privacy. Jessica took Jack and Lou with her, promising to bring them back the next day.

Once they were alone, Emily realized not for the first time, that things weren't always as they appeared. Two years ago, she never would have guessed that two years later she would be back in the States and married to a wonderful man. She never would have guessed that she would become a loving mother of three. Emily's relationship with her mother had also improved greatly. She was now closer to her mother than she had ever thought possible. She was thankful for the love and support from the BAU team, as well. Emily had a wonderful family, Immediate and extended. She knew she could never and would never ask for a better life. Emily Prentiss Hotchner felt very blessed, indeed.

Well, that's it for this story guys. I still love reviews for the final chapter. Thanks for reading and sticking with this story!