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Chapter 5 - Lunch and girls trip

When Emily walked in to work, she quickly sat in her chair, trying to get to work, before Derek and Reid managed to ask why she was late as they hovered over her.

'I overslept.' Emily answered shortly. 'Sorry, I'm just tired.'

'Is everything okay?' Derek asked.

'Yeah I just missed my alarm. I do want to talk I just need to get some work done first.'

'Emily, your here,' JJ smiled. 'What happened, let's talk somewhere else.'

'Only quickly.'

'Of course,' they went to sit down in her office. 'So what happened, why were you late?'

'I overslept,' Emily answered honestly.

'Oh.'

'I didn't hear the alarm or it wasn't set, but I overslept.'

'So what time did you come home last night? Must've been pretty tired, and how is Hotch?' JJ asked.

'I didn't go home. He was in pain this morning, but I made sure he took some pills for that.' Emily smiled slightly.

'How was it when he got home?'

'Yeah he was fine, he just took it easy. I stayed over and we both woke up when you called. We had an unofficial first date yesterday and it was amazing,' Emily blushed.

'Aw oh my god Emily, that's so great, did anything happen between you two...'

'No we just ordered dinner and watched a movie and I fell asleep before it ended but he didn't wake me up he just let me sleep, we slept on the couch, but I loved it. We were laughing and just having a really nice time,' Emily smiled.

'I'm so happy for you Em, I really am, so when are you going on your first date?'

'I think we'll do that soon when he's better completely, we haven't discussed when or anything but I think he's going to cook dinner and stuff, I'm looking forward to it already.'

'Oh I bet you are, well let us know so we can go shopping,' JJ reminded her.

'Yes I will definitely be doing that, very soon I promise. We'll tell Penelope that I have a date, but just not with Hotch yet...' Emily smiled. 'Speaking of Hotch, I need to get some work done because he said he's coming to work in the afternoon before picking up Jack.'

'What? Why is he coming in? He's supposed to be off work and relaxing.'

'I know, I told him that but he promised me he'd take it easy, he's just going to pick up some paperwork and see how we're all doing before picking up Jack, he said he'd do the work from home,' Emily reassured her. 'I don't like it either but I can't make him stay home if he doesn't want to.'

'You're his girlfriend now, you have more influence over these things.'

'Maybe, but I do get where he's coming from. He said he'd let me know if he needs anything anyway.'

'Alright, as long as he takes care of himself then it's fine,' JJ smiled. 'I'll let you go so you can start on your work, join us for lunch though.'

'Okay, I'd love to.'

Lunch a few days later

Emily, Garcia and JJ sat on their regular table for lunch, discussing work and relationships.

'So,' Emily started with a smile. 'I think we should go on a girls shopping trip.'

'OOHHHH,' Garcia piped up. 'That sound's like a good idea, when are we doing that?'

'Over the weekend if we don't get a case,' Emily replied.

'Sound's good to me,' JJ agreed. 'Girl's trip is needed urgently. What are you looking for specifically?'

Emily was trying not to let Garcia know yet. 'Just a new dress.'

'What for?' Garcia knew she was hiding something.

Taking a deep breath, Emily let out a sigh and smiled at her. 'I might have a date, so I just want to get a new dress... to leave a good impression.'

Garcia squealed in excitement. 'Aww who is the lucky guy, who are you going on a date with? Where are you going?'

Emily gave her a smile and took Garcia's hand. 'I'd say I'm the lucky one, he's a really great guy, so I don't want to tell you who it is yet. We just wanna see where it goes and what happens. We haven't spoken about any of that stuff yet, so I'll tell you who it is once we've done that. I'm just going to his place and he's going to cook something for us,' she told them excitedly.

'I'm so happy for you. You have to let us know how the date goes,' JJ smiled.

'I will definitely be doing that.'

'Well what is he like? Is he hot?' Garcia asked.

'Very,' Emily winked. 'He's so sweet and he makes me laugh. We had dinner the other day, it was an unofficial date, we just had dinner and watched a movie and spent most of the night talking.'

'I'm so happy for you Em but if he hurts you we're gonna kill him. Me JJ, Hotch, Rossi, Morgan and Reid, together so you better let him know.'

'Oh he knows, I've made sure of that. He would never hurt me, all he's ever done is try to protect me.'

JJ smiled.

'Do we know who he is?' Garcia asked.

'Yes and I've known him for years, he makes me so happy,' Emily blushed.

'I'm so happy for you Emily, it's so good to see you like this,' JJ smiled.

Emily's phone started ringing and she answered it quickly. 'Prentiss.'

'Hey.'

'Oh, hey,' Emily blushed as she bit her lip.

'Are you alright?' Hotch asked.

'Yeah, oh yeah I'm fine, are you okay?'

'Okay that's good, I'm fine,' Hotch smiled and took a deep breath before asking her a question. 'So I was wondering if your busy this weekend, if we don't have a case?'

Emily cleared her throat. 'Um no I'm not busy, did you have something in mind?'

'Dinner, for our official date this time?'

Emily smiled brightly. 'Yes, that sounds perfect.'

'Okay great, is 7 okay for you?'

'Yes that's great,' Emily confirmed.

'Okay great I'll see you then,' Hotch smiled. 'And back at work.'

'Won't be late,' Emily replied before they put the phone down. 'Okay so change of plans.'

'What is it?' JJ asked.

'I have a date on Saturday evening so we need to go shopping before then so I can get the best dress there is and hopefully look nice enough. I just want a day or two to decide if I'm wearing the dress and see how I feel in it,' Emily updated them.

'Ohh, well of course we'll go shopping before Saturday then and we'll have you looking more beautiful and glammed up,' Garcia replied.

'I just want this to be right.'

'It is,' JJ stated. 'You've impressed him enough, he asked you to have dinner with him and he likes you. This is right. You two are right for each other.'

'Thanks guys, I appreciate this.'