Emily held her stomach as she saw the mall explode, tears falling down her face as she broke to the floor. "Where is he..where is he?" Emily cried, as Derek caught her and pulled her into his arms.
"I don't know..we'll find him, okay? Its going to be okay.." Derek said, trying to hold his fear together for Emily.
"Please..he can't be dead. He can't-" Emily said, wiping her eyes. "He doesn't even know..." she sobbed.
"Know what?" Derek said softly, moving her hair.
"I'm pregnant." She said, in between her sobs. If she had lost Hotch, she wouldn't know what she would do. He was the only person she had never loved, she couldn't loose him. Not now, not ever.
Derek smiled a little down at her, "You don't know you've lost him yet, okay? It'll be okay." He said.
Emily nodded, "I need to go out there, I need to find him." She said, getting up.
Rossi shook his head, "Its not safe yet."
"I don't care-"
JJ looked at them, "Screw the protocol, if this was one of us Hotch would be searching. We should do the same" she said.
They all nodded in agreement, "Are you sure you want to do this Em?" Reid asked.
She nodded before running off, ignoring the police directing them not to go.
As they were all searching for him, it was filled with rubble, and then Emily found a small hand trapped between rubble.
"Over here, guys." Emily said as she started getting rid of the things surrounding them. As she the rubble off the person, it was a small girl.
Emily gasped, she checked her pulse, "It's a little girl, she's alive!" Emily shouted before seeing something next to the girl.
"There's someone else here.." she said as she started digging through the rubble, she gasped as she saw it was Hotch.
"It's..him.." she said, tears welling up, she was nervous to check his pulse. What if he was dead?
As she put her hand to his neck, checking for a pulse, she couldn't stop herself from shaking. "He's..alive...he's alive." She cried as she let out a breath of relief.
The team called for medics over as they all gathered round them.
The little girl started coughing, as she woke.
"Hey..it's okay..the doctors are coming. Can you tell us your name so we can call your parents?" Emily said softly.
The little girl looked at her weakly, "I'm..Katie." She coughed, "Katie Harris...where's the man?" She said through another cough.
"What man?" Emily asked confused.
"The FBI man...he-" she coughed before continuing, "He came back for me...he saved me" she said.
Emily teared up, he was a hero, "He's...he's okay, he's alive. He's here, okay sweetie..your okay" she nodded as the medics arrived.
As Hotch and the girl were taken to the hospital, Emily was next to Hotch in the ambulance, not letting her hand leave his. "Please be okay.." she whispered through a cry.
Hotch's eyes fluttered open, he looked around as the paramedic was there and saw Emily next to her as the paramedic worked on him.
"Em.." he said, through a groan.
"Hey, your okay...we're going to the hospital. You were hurt in the blast.." she said squeezing his hand.
"I'm sorry...I promised you-" he said weakly.
She shook her head, "No..you promised me you'd stay alive. So you keep onto that promise,okay?" She said, as she couldn't stop tears falling. "Because I have something to tell you after.." she said before hearing the monitors beeping.
He was crashing.
"No..no!" Emily shouted, "Don't you dare.." Emily said, squeezing his hand.
The paramedics were able to resuscitate him and they soon arrived at the hospital , rushing Hotch in.
Emily walked out the ambulance, running a hand through her hair as she saw Morgan approach her. She fell into his arms, wrapping her arms around him, "I almost lost him then.." she said tearfully.
"But you didn't, yeah? He's going to be okay..you can't lose hope, Okay?} he said, stroking her hair.
She nodded, and cried into him, she had never felt more scared and felt utterly sick to her stomach. The hormones didn't help at all.
5 hours later-
The team were all sat in the waiting room, Emily had called Jessica and informed her what had happened and asked if she could look after Jack which she instantly agreed too.
Emily was nervously shaking her leg as she waited, "It's a good thing they haven't come through yet, right? Means he's still alive.." she looked up at them all.
"Emily.. don't do that to yourself.." JJ said squeezing her hand.
A doctor came out, "Aaron Hotchner?" He asked.
The team stood up, "Yeah?" Emily said, nervously.
"He's stable..and he's going to be okay. A piece of shrapnel had stabbed him in his chest close to his heart, which caused a massive blood loss. We managed to close it up. He's broken two ribs. But apart from that..he's okay"
Emily nodded, letting out a breath of relief, "Thank you.. thank you." She said with a smile.
"Can I see him?" She asked.
The doctor nodded, "He's not awake yet, but yes."
Emily nodded, and turned to the team, "You can all go home and get some rest..I'll call you when he's awake. But thank you all for staying.." she said with a smile.
"I'd rather stay..I think we all would." Reid said with a nod.
Emily nodded, "Okay..Okay" she said with a smile as they all walked in to Hotch's room.
They were all waiting in his room, sipping coffee as they waited for him to wake.
Soon after, Hotch's eyes opened and he looked around the room.
"Hey.." Emily said, taking his hand.
Hotch smiled a little, groaning slightly, "Hey.." he said weakly. "How's that- how's that girl? Is she..alive?" Hotch asked slowly.
Morgan nodded, "She's alive and safe, her parents were looking for her when the place was evacuated. She's with her parents, she broke her arm but she's okay. You saved her, Hotch."
Hotch smiled a little, "I'm glad she's okay.." he said.
"Your a hero." Garcia said, "If it weren't for you she'd be dead."
He shook his head, "I'm not a hero..it's the job" he said.
"No, we all think you are..and so do the press" JJ smiled.
"Can I talk to Emily please?" He asked them.
"Yeah, we'll all come back later." Rossi nodded, "Get better soon." He added, as they all hugged him lightly before leaving.
Emily waited for them to leave and turned to Hotch, sitting on the end of his bed, taking his hand.
"Come here.." he said as he sat up slowly, moving up for her.
She smiled lightly and moved next to him, putting her head on his shoulder, "You kept your promise.." she chuckled a little.
He nodded slowly, "I did, I told you...I'd be okay."
She put her head up and looked into his eyes, "Aaron- I've never felt as..scared and helpless in my whole life. I really thought I'd lost you- the mall exploded and everyone had already ran out..and there was no sign of you, I really-"
He moved his finger up to her lip, "Shh- it's okay, I'm okay" he said kissing her head.
She nodded, "I know, I just- I couldn't loose you, and I never want to feel like that again. I love you so much" she said kissing him softly.
He smiled, "I love you too." He said kissing her back.
"And I also couldn't loose you..because..there's something I need to tell you". She said looking up at him.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Well..before everything happened today...I- I found out I'm pregnant.." she said swallowing, looking into his eyes to see his reaction.
He widened his eyes, gasping, "Your pregnant?" He chuckled.
She nodded, smiling, "Yeah..I'm pregnant" she said, laughing softly.
He moved into kiss her softly, as he pulled away he kept his hand on her face, "That is..the best news"
She smiled, "So your happy about it?" She asked.
"Of course I'm happy about it, did you think I wouldn't be?"
"No it's just.. I was nervous to tell you- the thought of children had never crossed my mind and I know we haven't been officially together for so long.."
"Yeah well, I've loved you for a whole lot longer than we have been" he chuckled, "And if you want this..then so do I. And I'm sure Jack would love a sibling"
"Yeah, I want this. I want our family to grow...me, you, Jack and the baby" she smiled, tearing up. "Damn you, hormones." She rolled her eyes.
"I love you" he kissed her head.
"I can't wait to tell Jack." She smiled.
"Me neither..and the team"
"Yeah..well, about that...they kinda know because I thought you were never going to know.." she said looking down.
"Well, you have nothing to worry about now." He squeezed her hand.
She nodded, "You should get some rest" she said, as she put her head back down on his shoulder.
"So should you." He said, as he kissed her head again.
"Yeah, I will now I know your okay." She said, as she snuggled into him making sure not to touch his wound.
A few hours later, the pair were awoke by Jack running into the room with JJ. They both awoke and chuckled, "Hey buddy." Hotch said, sitting up slowly.
"Daddy, are you okay?" He asked, looking up at him. JJ picked him up and carried him onto the bed, on Emily so he didn't hurt Hotch.
Hotch nodded, "Yeah, buddy. I'm fine..just a little sore that's all."
"Me and Emily can look after you, right Emmy?" He said playing with her hair.
Emily chuckled and nodded, "Yeah, we can" she said and kissed his head.
"I hope you don't mind me bringing him..I picked him up from Jessica's"
Hotch nodded, "No, it's fine. Thank you, JJ"
JJ nodded, "It's no problem" she smiled, "I'm going to go grab some coffee. Do you want any?" She asked Emily, "Doctors orders said none for you" she said to Hotch.
Hotch rolled his eyes, "Brilliant."
Emily shook her head, "I can't..remember" she said pointing to her stomach.
JJ widened her eyes, "Oh yeah, right.." she smiled and walked out.
Emily looked at Hotch, "Jack..me and your daddy have something to tell you" she said, stroking his hair.
"What is it?" He asked, looking up at them.
Hotch smiled, "Well...I think Emily should tell you"
"Okay..well...how would you feel about having a little brother or sister?" She said.
"Well...I always told daddy I'd love to have someone to play with..why?" He asked.
"Because..I'm pregnant, Jack. We're..having a baby. A little brother or sister for you" she chuckled.
"Really!?" His eyes lit up before hugging her.
"Are you happy with that, Jack?" Hotch smiled.
Jack nodded excitedly, "Yeah! That's the best news ever!" He said as he hugged them both.
Emily and Hotch hugged him back, looking at each other and smiling.
2 days later, Hotch was released from hospital and they were on their way back home. Emily had barely left him in that time, she was driving back home with Hotch. "So, I registered as pregnant with the doctor. There's a scan in a few days to see how far along I am." She said as she drove.
"Oh, really. That's exciting, I'm coming with you, you know that right?" He said.
"Well...even thought it's against what the doctor said..I know you better than to argue about it. Plus, I don't want you to miss it" she said as she arrived home.
"Good, because you know I wouldn't." He said as he slowly got out the car.
Emily went over to the other side, "I'm okay,Em..stop worrying" he chuckled as he walked to the door.
Emily chuckled and grabbed his bag, "Sorry, I can't help it" she said as she opened the door.
As they got inside, Hotch went and sat down on the sofa. Emily placed the bag down and went next to him, "Are you okay?" She asked him.
He nodded, wincing a little, "Yeah I'm fine..it just hurts a little to walk on."
She nodded, "I'm surprised you'd even tell me it hurts a little..I know what your like" she rolled her eyes playfully.
"Yeah..I don't think I could hide anything from you anyway.. because you know me too well and you'd just profile me instead."
Emily laughed softly, "true but I could say the same to you"
"Hey...if I'm not able to stand up...who's going to cook?!" He widened his eyes.
"I could try.." she shrugged.
"And poison us? I think I'll pass" he smirked.
"Hey! I can cook some stuff.." she chuckled.
"So we're living on pancakes until I'm able again?"
"Well...me and Jack would have no complaints"
He chuckled, "Yeah, that's both of your dream."
"Plus...I'm good at making pasta...not Rossi level, but I'm still good."
"Okay, I'll give you that." He said, "Maybe we will survive then"
"Shut up" she smirked before kissing him softly.
He kissed her back, pulling her closer to him.
"Hey..don't you get any ideas, your injured remember." She smirked.
"So no sex?" He widened his eyes.
She shook her head, "No sex" she whispered into his ear.
He sighed, "Oh, brilliant. This is going to be a painful three weeks."
"Actually...it's four, Strauss' orders."
He rolled his eyes, "Even better."
A few days later, it was the day of the scan. Emily was nervous as she drove, "What if the test lied..that's happened. I read it." She said.
Hotch shook his head and placed a hand on her leg, "It'll be fine, stop worrying."
Emily nodded, "Your right. It'll be fine" she exhaled as she pulled up.
When they were there, it was a short wait and soon they were in the doctors room. "So how long along do you think you are, Miss Prentiss?" The doctor asked.
Emily shook her head, "I'm not sure..maybe a few weeks. My periods stop frequently due to my job..so I don't know."
She nodded, "Well..it looks your about 8-9 weeks along." She smiled, "And you've got a growing baby in there." She said as she showed them the screen.
Emily squeezed Hotch's hand as she smiled, "That's our baby."
Hotch kissed her hand, "See..I told you everything would be fine." He smiled at the screen.
"Can we get a photo?" She asked.
The doctor nodded, "Of course, and I've already scheduled an appointment for a couple weeks when you hit 12 weeks to check your progress."
She nodded, "And we can find out the sex then?"
"Yes if you wish."
Emily nodded, "Thank you" she said as she sat up.
"We're having a baby" she smiled at Hotch as she stood up. "Sorry..I can't stop saying it because it doesn't seem real."
"I know- who would've thought" he chuckled.
4 weeks later-
Hotch was back at work today, they had both started getting ready to leave.
"Aaron, where's the keys for the car?!" Emily shouted up as she put her jacket on.
Hotch shrugged as he walked downstairs, "I don't know, have you tried the units?." He said as he got his shoes.
"Yeah, they're not there! You had them this morning taking Jack to school!" She shouted, her hormones were starting to kick in and she was constantly annoyed by everything.
Hotch rolled his eyes, "Calm down, they're here." He said as he found them on a unit, "on the unit, like I said."
"Yeah, well maybe you should place them somewhere I can see them!" She scoffed as she grabbed her bag.
"Yeah..okay..we have a few minutes till we need to go anyway. Panic over." he said, he knew it was better for his own sake to not argue with her on this.
He went into the kitchen to go make himself a coffee to go.
She scoffed and rolled her eyes as he walked away, she knew he hasn't done anything wrong but she was constantly annoyed at the smallest things and not being able to have coffee made it ten times worse. She could usually hide her crankiness by waking herself up with caffeine, but not anymore.
She swiftly made her way into the kitchen, "I'm sorry for being so cranky...again" she said going over to her.
He chuckled lightly and kissed her head, "It's okay...I'm just shocked I got an apology this time"
She laughed a little and moved into hug him, "Yeah, well it's not my fault. Blame your baby" she smirked.
"So easy to blame someone else" he said as he grabbed his coffee.
"are you trying to rub that in?" She rolled her eyes playfully.
"If i say yes...do I get killed?" He raised a brow.
"Maybe.."
"Then..no" he smirked before going to get ready to leave.