June 29th, 2013 - 27 weeks pregnant
"I can't believe you're ditching me after I've been gone almost all week!" Hotch teased her.
"Should have worked harder to catch your bad guy, I guess." Beth teased him right back.
"Oof the savagery," Hotch laughed. "Tell that to the girls when you see them, they're just as much to blame as I am."
"You're their unit chief!"
Hotch just shrugged and smiled. Beth was getting ready for a "girls night" with JJ, Emily, and Penelope. She was honored that they were including her.
"Be careful tonight, don't get into too much trouble."
"Aaron, I'm nearly 28 weeks pregnant. What kind of trouble do you think I can get into?"
"I'm just saying, I've heard stories about what goes on during those girls nights. And I've seen how dirty Emily can dance when she's drunk enough."
Beth gave him a sharp look. "You've seen WHAT?"
"Just because I've seen it doesn't mean I've participated in it!"
"Mhm next time keep your eyes to yourself, Hotchner."
"I'd rather keep my eyes on you. Here. In our bed. Naked."
"Nice try but I'm not bailing on the girls. What are you and Jack going to do while I'm gone?"
"He told me he'd help me paint the nursery so I think that's the plan. Followed by ice cream and a movie of course."
"Of course." Beth checked her watch. "I should get going. I'm picking up Emily and Penelope at Em's house and I don't want to be late."
Beth leaned in and gave him a quick kiss but Hotch caught her as she started to walk away and pulled her back for a longer kiss. Beth relaxed into his arms and cupped his face with one hand while holding on to his waist with the other. Hotch sucked on her lower lip and ran his tongue across it before releasing her.
"Now you may go," Hotch told her, looking pleased with himself.
Beth headed downstairs and kissed Jack's head as he worked on homework at the island in the kitchen. "Bye, bud. Love you."
"Bye mom, love you."
Beth froze for a second. She looked at Jack but he didn't look up from his homework. He clearly didn't notice he had called her mom. She didn't want to make a big deal about it and make him uncomfortable so she headed out the door with the biggest smile on her face.
She drove to Emily's apartment and her and Penelope were waiting for her outside the building. They piled into her car and she greeted them excitedly. Penelope wasted no time in reaching across the center console and rubbing her belly.
"Ahh you're so much bigger than the last time we saw you! How is our little mini FBI agent doing in there?!"
I'm sure she loves being told how big she is, Penelope." Emily piped up from the back seat rolling her eyes. "Don't mind her, it's possible we had a bit too much wine before you arrived."
Beth laughed. "It's no problem, it's the truth! Baby Hotchner is very much making themselves known to the world these days. But we're good!"
Beth backed out of the parking space and headed towards the speakeasy where they were meeting JJ. She had never been but JJ assured them it was the perfect mix of a fun nightclub with the chill atmosphere of a distillery. When they got there JJ had already gotten them a booth. There were people dancing to the live music but it wasn't overwhelming, she could still talk easily with them.
"How are you feeling, Beth?" JJ asked her as Beth sat down next to her. "Feeling really good, actually! So far the first trimester nausea has been the worst of it."
"Well you look great! I'm so impressed you're waiting to find out if it's a boy or a girl. When I was pregnant with Henry I counted down the days until my 20 week scan so I could find out."
Beth laughed. "I'm starting to feel really impatient. Mostly I just want to be able to say she or he rather than they or "the baby". But Aaron really wants to wait and honestly he asks for so little I figured I could give him this one thing."
"Aww that's so sweet!" Penelope said.
"What is he hoping for?" Emily asked her.
"Honestly I'm not sure. He says he doesn't care either way. I secretly think he wants a girl though.
"What about you?" JJ asked.
"I think it would be cool to give Jack a baby brother but I was so close with my dad so I think it would be amazing if we had a girl and Aaron could have that bond with her"
"What is it about men and babies that is just so damn hot?!" Penelope asked to no one in particular.
"I'm sure Spencer would tell us it has something to do with our hormones and our womanly instinct to want to mate with a partner that is a good caretaker blah blah blah." Emily said.
"Well, all I know is that Will is never sexier than when he is playing with Henry. I swear to god if he wants to get in my pants all he does is ignore me to play Lego's with Henry and he knows the second Henry is asleep I'm going to jump him."
Beth laughed loudly. The waiter came and the rest of the table ordered cocktails, Beth stuck with a Diet Coke.
"What about you, Em? Any men that you're currently finding interesting?"
Emily sighed. "Girl, I've started buying my batteries from Costco because my vibrator is the only thing getting me off these days."
Penelope nodded aggressively in agreement. "You two don't know how good you have it. Hot men in your bed whenever you want them."
"Well I have been where you ladies have been and I am definitely grateful for Aaron but with his work schedule… trust me, my vibrator gets plenty of usage."
They all laughed and Emily held up her glass. "To vibrators!"
"To vibrators!" They clinked glasses.
"Aaron tried to convince me to stay home with him tonight since you guys were gone so much this week. Maybe I should buy him something to help him occupy his time."
Emily and JJ laughed while Penelope covered her eyes with her hands. "I'm just having a hard time picturing my straight laced boss doing anything remotely dirty ever!" She said red in the face.
Beth laughed. "It took a while to break him out of his shell. I approached him first, I kissed him first, and I definitely seduced him first!"
"How long did you wait?!" JJ asked her, clearly curious.
"It was 3 months after our first date that we finally had sex which to be fair with your guy's work schedule and his schedule with Jack was really only like 8 dates but still; it felt like forever."
"Damn, Will and I didn't wait that long and we weren't even living in the same state."
"If I waited 3 months to have sex with every man I've ever dated I wouldn't have had sex in years…" Emily said
Beth laughed. "I think he was just nervous. He met Haley in high school so he never had to date as an adult. It's wild out there. Gosh, we should change the subject. He would not appreciate me telling you guys' this. And I don't have the drunk excuse either."
"Let's dance!" Penelope suggested as she finished her drink. "And get another drink!"
They moved to the dance floor with fresh drinks in their hands. Beth switched to water and the rest of the girls switched to shots. They had fun dancing together to the music. Aaron was right, Emily did look sultry when she danced, she knew how to move her hips. The night passed quickly and eventually Emily and Penelope were too drunk to remain coherent. JJ was a bit better but not by much.
"Will's here to pick me up, his mother is in town so she's staying with the boys."
"I should probably get them home."
JJ and Beth corralled Emily and Penelope outside where Will was waiting. JJ hugged them goodbye and the girls all shouted hi to Will in his car. He smiled and waved, clearly not his first time picking JJ up from girls night.
"Alright ladies, let's get you back home. Tell me if you're going to be sick and I'll stop the car."
"No worries my magical human growing friend, we may be drunk but we can hold our liquor." Penelope assured her.
Beth smiled at her new nickname and started the short drive back to Emily's apartment. She made sure they got into her apartment safely before driving home. It was past 2 AM when she pulled her car into the garage. Trying to be quiet she snuck her way through the house and stepped into the nursery. Turning on the lights she admired Jack and Aaron's handy work, they had painted the nursery a light gray and it was perfect.
"Not bad, right."
She jumped, surprised to hear Aaron's voice behind her.
"You're still awake!"
"I heard the garage door open."
"I'm sorry," Beth felt bad for waking him up.
"I'm not," Hotch stepped close to her and kissed her slowly. "Did you have fun?"
Beth nodded. "Perhaps a bit too much fun."
Aaron laughed. "I'm not going to ask. Let's go to bed."
Beth went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth before joining Hotch in bed.
"If you're not too tired we could make up for all the nights away this week?" Beth asked him.
Hotch rolled onto his side so he was facing her. "Definitely not too tired."
Beth grinned and leaned in to kiss him. Hotch moved himself so his body laid touching hers from their lips to their toes.
"Soon this baby is really going to start getting in our way," he told her.
"Guess you'll just have to get creative," Beth winked at him.
Beth pulled her underwear off from under her nightgown and pushed Hotch down onto his back before getting on top of him. Her midwife had told her to avoid laying on her back for extended periods of time after her 20th week of pregnancy and while Beth did love being on top she missed the weight of Hotch pressed on top of her during good ol' missionary.
She grinded against him a couple of times before yanking his pajama bottoms down. He was ready and all the talk of sex with the girls had her ready long before she even got home. She slid herself down onto him and moaned at the delicious fullness.
Beth had always assumed that if and when she got married she would miss the days of being single. Being able to sleep with whoever she wanted whenever she wanted without feeling guilty. But as she rocked herself back and forth on top of Aaron Hotchner she felt sure that nothing was better than this.
