So i am very very very very sorry. For the long long very long wait. I have been very busy and i hope you are all still interested. I hope you all had a great holidays and all enjoyed yourselves. Well i guess you can think of it as this, you might have not had the time to read it before i know i have a long list on stories i have to catch up on so here it is. Well i really hope you all had a great year and hope you all have a even better year next year.

Disclaimer: I do not own Criminal Minds or any of the characters.

Emily was on her way to the hotel the team was staying at. She had told Chloe that she would get the team to all head home and that she would too. She didn't want to leave but she knew that pressuring Chloe would be the worst thing possible.

So Emily rode to the hotel. She smiled at the thought of seeing Jack again. She had grown to love the little boy more and more every day. She saw just how strong he was. He had lost his mother and he was recovering. She needed to see him again. She needed to see him smile and see his happiness. She needed to know that everything was going to be okay.

Emily finally reached the hotel. She waited in the car for a moment. She needed to get everything in their place. Emily looked in the mirror and noticed that her makeup had ran a little she quickly fixed it she didn't even know when she had cried but she knew she had.

She got out of the car and walked into the hotel. As she was walking to her room she stopped. She stopped and looked at every room in the hall way thinking of their hosts.

Emily looked at the first door to the right, JJ; had been there for her since she could remember. She had been a great friend and accepted her even though she was replacing her other friend. She had supported her through Mathew's case. She had even tried to figure out more about why they had gotten kicked out.

She then turned to the next door, Rossi; He had become a father figure to her. He had been there when she needed someone. Everything about him had gotten her to confined in him.

She then smiled to the door next to that, Garcia; The brightest person. She would brighten anyone's day. She had been there for her when she needed some brightening up.

As her eyes crossed the hall she saw Morgan's room; he was the first person on the team she had ever said something personal too. Ever since then she had grown to see him as a brother.

Next to his room was Reid's; Spencer was the one she would say she had the most issues with. They had become friends right away but when his drug issues came up they had lost all feelings. She was glad that they had fixed it, she saw Reid as her son or her younger brother.

Next to all those rooms was Hotch; the man that she had fallen in love with. The man that had been an obstacle for her but now was her true love. The man she now knew was waiting for her. He was probably looking over files waiting for her to knock or call.

Emily smiled; they all were there for her. They all had their own problems to deal with and yet they were there waiting for her. They all cared enough to be there. She knew that they had all gotten asked the question of leaving individually and they had all chosen to stay. That meant a lot to her.

Emily knocked on the door. She quietly waited.

Hotch was looking over some files when he heard a knock on the door. Once he opened he saw Emily sating outside of it she gave him a tired smile and he moved out of the way to let her in.

Emily walked in looking around and she saw that he indeed have an open file.

"Hey." Emily said seating down on his bed.

"Sort of late for greetings." Hotch chuckled

Emily smiled at him and asked, "Are you ready to go home?"

"Why?" Hotch asked sitting next to Emily.

"I talked to Chloe, we agreed that I will be in touch but I'm not going to pressure her into anything right now. But I am really glad this all turned out like this. I know that no matter what happens from now on Chloe will know the truth and I finally know that I made the right choice." Emily smiled

"You did. And if that is how great of a girl Chloe is then I can't wait until we have our own kids." Hotch said reaching over and taking a seat next to Emily as he pressed his lips slowly and softly on Emily's.

"Ahww Agent Hotchner are we trying to say something?" Emily asked

"Yes we are…. Emily when I didn't know what was wrong I felt useless… Dave knew but I felt it hurt." Hotch confessed, "Then when we found Chloe and Damian and I saw that look in your face… I knew that you were… are the only women I could feel this way for. I don't feel pity or sympathy for you. I praise you for that must have been something horribly hard for you. Yet you didn't let it ruin you. You let it make you stronger and only that. What I am saying is that, after everything I want us to move our relationship somewhere more serious."

"What exactly are you saying Aaron?" Emily asked nervous as to what she imagined.

Hotch took a deep breath and said, "You have made it very, very, clear as to your dislike of marriage. So I am not going to ask you to marry me… technically. I want you and I to tell jack exactly what you and I are. I want you and I to move in together. I want to spend the rest of my life with you Emily."

Emily playfully punched Hotch on his shoulder.

"Ouch, what was that for?" asked Aaron

"For being so nice… for being you. I love you. And yes I'll live with you, yes we'll talk to Jack and I want to be with you forever too." Emily said reaching over and kissing Hotch.

After having to relive everything she was finally going to be able to have something real something she wasn't going to let go. Not for anything in the world. Not her now forming relationship with her daughter and not her relationship with Aaron Hotchner. This was hers and she was theirs.

Well i hope you liked it and i hope it was worth the wait. So is there anything you guys want to see before the story ends? i was thinking one more episode and then an epilogue, or just an epilogue? Well again i wish you all the bets and i hope you all had great holidays.

THUNDER BRAT