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Lacy here. We're moving on in Aaron and Emily's lives. Of course, I will throw in Richard confronting them about not calling during their honeymoon. Yes Sean will be standing near by laughing. Where else would he be? After that, we're taking a small jump. Now I know this seems like a lot but I've decided that as a wedding present, Richard will be getting Aaron and Emily their house. For an idea of the house, it's the house Hotch lived in with Haley and Jack during the show. I love that house and wanted to keep it. So we'll go through them moving in and beginning the process of applying to the FBI. Things will be going fast the next few chapters. Before you know it, I'll be introducing SSA David Rossi and SSA Jason Gideon. Have fun.

Disclaimer: I sadly own only the story line.

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Emily and Aaron stood in front of Richard's desk, feeling very much like they were little kids again after they'd broken a vase while playing tag in the embassy.

"So, what was one of the last things I said to you before you left for your honeymoon?" Richard asked from his place behind the desk.

Aaron and Emily exchanged a look before answering.

"To make sure we called this time."

Richard nodded. "And yet the whole two weeks you were gone, not one single phone call."

Emily sighed. "We're sorry Dad. We didn't mean to not call."

"We got a little," Aaron coughed. "caught up in everything."

"I think you mean each other." Richard said.

Aaron and Emily felt themselves blush. Richard saw this and had to take a subtle deep breath to keep from laughing. Ah, he knew this was going to be fun. He honestly hadn't expected them to even remember anyone other then themselves while being gone but he knew he had to mess with them.

Aaron coughed again. "Yes sir, that is what I meant."

Richard looked down, fighting the laugh even harder. Aaron hadn't called him sir since Richard had talked to him about his relationship with Emily. And if Richard thought Aaron's face had been red before, it was nothing compared to now. Deciding to end their misery, Richard laughed.

"Ok you two, breathe." he said. "I'm not mad. I never really expected you to call."

The newly weds exchanged looks of disbelief.

"Then why did you just put us through that?" Emily asked.

Richard smiled. "You know me Em, I couldn't pass up watching you two squirm. I'm getting old, it's my entertainment."

Aaron rolled his eyes. "And I thought being your daughter's best friend was interesting, why do I get the feeling being your son-in-law will be even more so?"

Richard stood up. "Because you are a smart man Aaron Hotchner. Now, you two, Sean and I have somewhere to go so come on."

Exchanging another look, Aaron and Emily just sighed and followed Richard from his office. The man was so damn confusing some times.

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Emily sat beside Aaron in the back of the car, her arms crossed, annoyance written on her face.

"Can we please open our eyes Dad? It's been forever." Emily said.

"It has not been for ever Emily, stop whining." Richard said. "We're almost there."

"You said that fifteen minutes ago." Emily grumbled, settling against Aaron's side as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

Aaron kissed the top of her head. "Don't worry Em, I seriously doubt they'll do anything horrible."

Sean chuckled from the front passenger's seat. "You have so much faith Aaron."

"Not really," Aaron said. "just counting on you remembering that I'm stronger then you."

Before Sean could retort, the car stopped and Richard shut it off.

"Alright you two, Sean and I are going to help you out of the car and when I say, you can open your eyes." Richard instructed.

Aaron and Emily nodded and let the other two help them from the car and up onto what felt like a side walk.

"Okay, open up." Richard said.

Emily and Aaron opened their eyes and were confused when they found themselves standing on the walk of a beautiful two story house.

"What are we doing here Dad?" Emily asked, not taking her eyes off the house.

Richard stuck his hands in his pockets. "We're here because this is your wedding present."

Sean wondered if Emily and Aaron hurt themselves as they snapped their heads over to where Richard was standing. It really couldn't be good to move your head that fast.

"It's our what?" Emily asked.

"Your wedding present." Richard said. "You two are your own family now and every family needs a home." he nodded towards the house. "This is yours."

Neither Emily or Aaron could find words. They were, for probably the first time in their lives, speechless. Sean pulled a set of keys from his pocket and handed them to Aaron.

"Go take a look around." Sean said. "The stuff from your apartment is in there along with some stuff that Mom, Richard and I picked out."

Aaron looked at Emily and she nodded. Taking her hand, Aaron led Emily up to the front door. Slipping the key into the lock, he opened the door and they stepped inside.

Sean looked at Richard. "I think they like it."

Richard smiled. "I think you might be right."

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(A/N: Ok my memory on how the house looks exactly is fuzzy at best so if it's ok with everyone, I'm going to redecorate it a bit. At least I hope it's just a bit.)

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Emily spun slowly in the master bedroom. The walls were painted a dark green that went nicely with the black wood furniture that Emily figured was picked out by the others since she'd seen their old bed room stuff in one of the other two bedrooms. The bed was a canopy four post bed with bed clothes that were different shades of dark blue. There was an enjoining bathroom and rather large closet that Emily was pretty certain she could lie in. It was perfect.

"So," Emily spun as Aaron startled her. "do we kill them for buying us a house or be thankful they moved everything in for us?"

Emily smiled. "I'm kind of in the middle on that. Though I personally love our bedroom."

Aaron nodded and looked the room over. "I agree with you there." he looked back at Emily. "It's ours."

Emily stepped into Aaron's arms. "Yeah it is." she put her head on Aaron's shoulder. "Maybe we won't kill them."

Aaron nodded, his head resting against Emily's. "Maybe."

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Emily walked to the kitchen, sorting through the mail in her hands.

"Looks like our address change finally went through." she said to Aaron who was making lunch.

Aaron looked up from what he was cutting. "Only took three weeks."

Emily smiled as she held up two envelopes. "Letters from the FBI."

Aaron took his and they both opened them. They'd starting the applying process to the FBI just after getting home from their honeymoon. They'd gone through the first four stages of applying, both passing the stages with flying colors. A few days before they'd passed in their paperwork for the FBI to begin their Background Investigation.

"Looks like our polygraph tests are this week." Aaron said as he read over his letter.

Emily looked at him. "The letter is two pages long, how did you read it so fast?"

Aaron laughed. "Skimming. I take it yours says the same thing."

Emily glanced down at the letter again. "Yeah, mine's set for Friday. You?"

Aaron nodded. "Same." he put his letter down. "Hey, I was wondering, I didn't notice on your application but did you fill it out under Hotchner or Prentiss?"

"Both." Emily said. "I put my married name then added my maiden name. It might be easier for the Bureau if there aren't two Agent Hotchners."

Aaron laughed again. "That's what I was thinking."

Emily leafed through the rest of the mail. "Oh great, a letter from Mother."

Aaron plunked the letter out of Emily's hands and slipped it into the pile of junk mail before placing the pile in the trash. "What she doesn't know, won't hurt us."

Emily laughed and kissed Aaron.

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Emily sat comfortably in the waiting area outside the room where Aaron was taking his polygraph. She'd finished hers about fifteen minutes before.

"Mrs. Hotchner,"

Emily turned her head to see the agent who'd given her the test. "Yes?"

"We have some papers for you to fill out." the agent said.

Emily nodded and stood up, following the man out of the room. Walking a bit down the hall, they stopped at a desk where the man took papers from a woman and handed them to Emily. He pointed to a few chairs and told her she could fill them out there. Emily moved to the chairs and started filling out the papers.

"How are you today Denise?"

Emily looked up at the new voice. A tall man with dark hair and brown eyes leaned against the desk she was just at. His behavior clearly read flirting even though he had a wedding band on his ring finger. Emily rolled her eyes and went back to her papers.

"I'm doing just fine Agent Rossi, here's the papers you asked for." the woman now known as Denise said.

Dave smiled. "Thank you."

He turned away from the desk and started flipping through the papers. Emily felt his eyes the moment they landed on him. Oh boy.

"I don't believe we've met." Dave said walking over to her. He held out his hand. His right hand. "Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi."

Emily, only because of years around her mother, smiled politely and shook his hand. "Emily Hotchner. Very nice to meet you."

Dave smiled. "You as well. Are you waiting for someone?"

Emily nodded. "My husband and I'm finishing this paperwork."

Dave sat beside her. "Of course a beautiful woman like yourself is married. Is your husband an agent?"

Emily shook her head, not even bothering to acknowledge his flirting. "Nope, we're both hoping to become agents though."

"I wish you the best of luck with that." Dave said. "This is a great place to work."

Emily looked at her papers with a raised brow. "You are the fourth person who's said that to me."

Dave laughed. "Well it's the company line to outsiders looking to come in."

Emily nodded. "So I'm noticing."

"So which part of the process are you at?" Dave asked, obviously not picking up on Emily's signs to leave her alone.

"The polygraph tests." Emily said as she signed the last page of her papers. She stood up and returned them to the agent who gave them to her. "May I go back and wait for my husband now?"

The agent nodded and was about to lead her out when Dave spoke.

"I'll take her Dick." he said standing. He wanted some more time with this woman. He wondered how serious her marriage was.

Emily used every ounce of will power not to roll her eyes and followed Dave down the hall she'd come from. She really hoped this guy laid off before Aaron saw him. Aaron was not a jealous man but he'd never really had to deal with men hitting on her. She really didn't want to see what would happen when he did have to deal with it.

"Here you are Mrs. Hotchner." Dave said opening the door. "Or do you prefer Emily?"

Emily plastered on her polite smile again. "Thank you Agent Rossi and either is fine."

"Emily it is then and you can call me Dave." Dave said, joining Emily in the room.

Just as either were about to sit, the door to the exam room opened and Aaron stepped out. He took note of the man at his wife's side and the way Emily was looking at the man.

"Aaron," Emily said, moving to his side. "you all finished?"

Aaron nodded. "Yup, filled out the papers too. Who's this?"

Emily did roll her eyes this time but only Aaron could see. "This is Agent David Rossi. Agent Rossi, this is my husband, Aaron Hotchner."

The two men shook hands.

"Nice to meet you Mr. Hotchner," Dave said. "I was just keeping your lovely wife company while you finished your test."

Aaron put on his own polite smile. "Thank you Agent Rossi. If you'll excuse us, we need to be going."

Dave nodded and opened the door for them. "Good luck to both of you."

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Ok so I lied, I introduced Dave now. I needed something, the chapter was running short and seemed incomplete. Yes, Dave made a wonderful first impression. Hitting on Emily. *sighs but smiles* Gotta love that man. Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.

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