Authors note: Thank you to Kimd33, HPforever-after, CrimsonMoon2009 and Thunderbrat for your reviews. Hope your all well. I'm sorry for the slow update but it's been one hell of a week. Anyway here's chapter 21. Disclaimer: It's not my show.

"So Rossi couldn't crack Hotch, but Em" Morgan suggested. "She might be easier." The others stared wide eyed at Morgan. "Sugar she's the next most stubborn person on this team after Hotch. She won't back down." Garcia reminded him. Remembering the time Emily had refused to go home when she had laryngitis. Her argument was that you didn't need a voice to complete paperwork. She ended up staying much to the teams protesting. "Yes but think about it. If we get her after her nap she may slip up. I don't think it will pour out of her. But we should get a few answers." Morgan replied. After all his thinking was right. Apparently Emily wasn't the waking up kind. So she'd be best to hit then. Plus he remembered the last time she was on pain killers. She wouldn't shut up about her embarrassing tales. God the team got some ammo on her then. But the point stood. Emily Prentiss and waking up on pain killers was not going to be hard to interrogate. It was decided. While Rossi kept Hotch busy the others were going Emily interrogating.

As Emily slowly woke up from her nap she found the team was no longer in the room. Well that was until the door opened and light poured into the darkened room. Emily recoiled back to under the covers. Lying down once again. She hated the light with a passion when she'd just woken up. "Don't think you can fool us Emily. We know you're awake." Reid told her. The four team members all followed in. Shutting the door and switching on the lights. "Come on Em, you can't hide from us forever." JJ pointed out. There was a muffled moan of annoyance from under the covers. ""Come on gum drop. Spill and we'll leave you in peace." Garcia reasoned. "Is this about Hotch and me?" She mumbled. "Oh you just jumped to that conclusion. We didn't say anything." Garcia noted. Emily mentally kicked herself for that one. She should have known she would do something like that.

"Oh come on now princess. Why have you suddenly lost the ability to talk?" Morgan joked. He was probably enjoying this a little too much. Emily was remaining silent. Not risking anything getting out. "Look we're not mad. Just tell us if you and Boss man are hooking up. After all we all noticed how close you were when the earthquake struck." JJ recalled the information from mere days before the case. . A mental image flashed back in Emily's mind. Of the earthquake when she was younger. But she in the school, dying with her friends. Her face was plastered with terror. "Also the other morning when you arrived at the airstrip. You and Hotch arrived at the same time. And I know your apartment is three blocks further away. So either you speeded there, which as a federal agent you know better. Or you and Hotch were together." Reid replied. If only to back up the fact JJ made. But he realised Emily's face. "Emily?" He asked shaking her out of the state she was in. Nothing happened. Emily still had the same look of terror on her face. It was at this point Hotch walked in. Seeing Emily in the state she was in he guessed someone motioned something about the earthquake. "Emily. I promise your safe here." Hotch told her. Walking over and grabbing her shoulder. Not bothering about the team and there fixated stairs and gobsmacked faces. Emily came out of her flashback. Immediately clinging to Hotch and crying. "I couldn't… They were dying… I was trying to help… But I…I" Hotch hugged Emily back. Whispering to her that it was going to be okay. "Right, now you have some explaining to do." Rossi stated as he walked into the room. The team just looked shocked.

Authors note: Oops! Now the cats out the bag. What do you think, should all the truth come out now. Once again thanks for reading. And thanks for the patients about the long updates.