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Chapter 4 - Unofficial First date

'Hey, what did they say?' Emily asked as her and JJ walked back into the hospital room to see Hotch and the team, standing around his bed.

Hotch smiled slightly. 'They said I could come out this evening. This afternoon at the earliest.'

'That's good,' Emily smiled back. 'Must be nice to be coming out of hospital.'

'Yeah, and to see Jack.'

Emily was there to take Hotch home later that afternoon. All she wanted to do was make sure that he got back okay and that nothing happened on the way.

She walked him up to his apartment and let them in before he started talking. 'You didn't have to walk me up here you know,' just like he'd said before, she replied the same way; she knows. 'But thank you,' he smiled at her.

'It's okay,' Emily smiled back. 'Do you have any food that I can cook for you? Because eating is a priority. Hospital food is awful.'

Hotch laughed and put his bag and things down on the side before going to take her hands in his. 'I don't need you to cook something for me. I don't really have anything. I was just going to go to get a few things tomorrow. So you can stay and we can order something in if you want? Even watch a terrible movie.'

Emily kissed him lightly before smiling. 'I think that's a brilliant idea. I would love that.'

'Great, do you want to order something and pick a movie, I just need to shower,' Hotch just wanted to feel fresh.

Emily nodded. 'What do you want? What movie do you want to watch? Can it be cheesy?' Hotch laughed.

'Pizza?' Hotch suggested and Emily nodded. 'Anything on it and you can pick the movie, I don't mind if it is a little cheesy,' Hotch gave her a kiss. 'I'll be back in a few minutes,' Hotch told her which buttons to press on the remote and the movie channel before jumping in the shower.

Emily in the mean time called the pizza place and ordered a meat feast before choosing to watch Mamma Mia, she just wanted to watch a romantic but feel good musical and it was the perfect movie, it was starting in 5 minutes.

'Hey did you manage to pick a movie and order?' Hotch asked when he came in, looking fresh.

Emily looked up at him. 'I ordered a meat feast and there's a movie starting in about 2 minutes.'

'Okay, what movie?' Hotch bent down to kiss her head softly before going to sit down next to her and offering her a blanket.

Emily blushed and gave him a smile before answering sheepishly. 'Mamma Mia. But it has Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.'

'Okay that sounds good, what is it about?'

Thank god he doesn't know, Emily thought to herself. 'It's a feel good musical, about a mother and daughter, the daughter is getting married and trying to find her dad, turns out she has 3 possible fathers and I won't tell you the rest but it's amazing,' Emily smiled. 'It's all the songs from ABBA as well so I will be singing.'

Hotch smiled at her excitement over the film that was about to begin, so he kissed her deeply before giving a brief response. 'That sounds good.'

The movie started and 20 minutes into it, the pizza arrived and Emily paused it for Hotch to go and collect it, insisting that he had to watch every second of the movie.

Hotch went to get them a few drinks before they carried on with the movie and ate dinner. 'Do you like the movie so far?'

'Well I like the company more than the film,' Hotch gave her a smile. 'But yes I like the movie so far, it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be.'

Emily laughed. 'That's a good enough answer. I like the company too.'

'Great, this could be like our unofficial first date,' Hotch suggested with a cute smile.

'I think that sounds good. It's a brilliant unofficial first date.' Emily agreed and Hotch laughed.

'Our first date will be better than this and have good food, I promise.'

'I think this is perfect the way it is,' Emily reassured him.

Emily fell asleep towards the end of the movie and although Hotch noticed he carried on to the end, before trying to decide if he should send her home or let her stay. He'd let her stay.

He decided to put on the news and carry on watching tv whilst Emily slept until he felt tired enough. He started thinking about their 'unofficial' first date and smiled. It was great, he couldn't have asked for a better way or person to spend the evening with.

Hotch checked the time before putting a blanket over them and lying down beside her before falling asleep quickly.

Hotch had his arm around her waist when they were woken up by Emily's phone ringing the next morning.

Emily woke up quickly, sitting up before grabbing her phone on the table to see who it was.

It was JJ. 'Hey.'

'Hey Em, where are you? Are you coming in soon?'

'Shit, yeah I am, sorry I'll be there soon.'

'Did I wake you up?'

'Mhm yeah.'

'Sorry, don't rush I just wanted to know where you were. Did you miss your alarm?'

'Yeah I did.'

Hotch had sat up and was listening to the conversation but waited to ask who it was.

'It was JJ, she was just wondering where I was. Oh crap, I didn't know it was that late.'

Hotch was in pain, but put his hand on her shoulder carefully when he saw her start to panic about oversleeping. 'Don't worry about it, just take it easy, there's no meeting that we have to be at right?' He double checked.

'No, just paperwork unless we get a case.'

'Then don't worry about being late. You're always on time, it's not going to change anything now,' Hotch reassured her softly, kissing her head and she smiled.

Emily took a deep breath and realised Hotch was right. 'Thank you.'

Hotch looked at her properly, letting his arm flop carefully back to his side. 'Are you okay?'

Emily nodded. 'Yeah. I'm sorry for falling asleep...'

'You don't have to apologise, I didn't mind you staying,' he stroked her face softly before giving her a kiss. 'I'll come into work in the afternoon.'

Seeing that she was about to protest, he quickly added. 'Not for long just a couple of hours, I'll take some files home and work on them here and I'll pick up Jack.'

'The doctor told you to take it easy.'

'I will, I'm not going to be doing much and I won't stay at work long unless we get a case, I promise I'll be fine,' Hotch reassured her.

Emily took a minute to think about his plan before agreeing. 'Okay.'

Hotch smiled. 'Do you want to get changed here, I can make you a coffee in the mean time?'

'Would that be okay?' She was late enough as it was.

'Of course it's alright.' Hotch sat up carefully and found that he was in more pain and let out a sigh.

Emily looked at him concerned. 'Are you okay? Are you in pain?'

'Just a bit, I'll be fine in a minute,' Hotch knew he couldn't fool her and he didn't want to lie.

Emily got up without another word and went to get him some water and his painkillers before giving them to him. He looked up at her and gave her a loving look. He took the pain killers before she asked him, 'are you sure that you're going to be okay to go work? I can bring you some case files if that helps but...'

'It's okay, I'll be alright, you don't have to worry,' he gave her a soft kiss. 'Go get ready, I'll make you coffee.'