Emily got to the office at 8:30am the next morning. She had been told to come in early and that is what she was doing. She was not about to ignore another directive from her boss. She got to her desk and put her things away before looking up at the upstairs offices. The lights were on in Hotch's office which she knew meant he was already there and waiting.
Emily took a breathe before going up and knocking on his door.
"Enter." Hotch said when he heard the knock
Emily walked in. "Morning." She said
"Morning Agent Prentiss." He said putting his pen down on the desk and pointing to the chair for her to sit.
Emily sat down in the chair and looked up at her boss who now had his arms crossed. "Lets talk about what happened." He said
Emily nodded. "I ignored your order. No excuse." She said
"What exactly was going through your head?" He asked
She sighed. "Anger." She said
Hotch nodded. "I get that. Someone had just tried to blow you up. But if you had been seriously injured and your adrenaline was pumping you might not have realized till you were driving, and you could have not only killed yourself but could have hurt or killed someone else." He said sternly
"I realize that sir. I do think my adrenaline was pumping making me not thinking straight, but that is not an excuse to ignore an order." She said
"No. It's not." He agreed
"I'm sorry and it wont happen again." She said
Aaron nodded. Emily was one of the agents that he didn't normally have to worry about not following orders. Yes she was stubborn, but this was only the second time she had ever disobeyed a direct order from him. Before Lorelai had come into his life he wouldn't be second guessing what he was thinking about doing. Since become a father to her and Rachel and losing Hailey he had soften a lot, but this was a serious situation that his agent could have been seriously injured and he remember that anything he could do to her was minimal to the damage that she could have done or could have been done to her by her choices.
"Okay. Lets get this done so we can move on." Hotch told her.
Emily nodded and stood up.
Aaron turned his chair and motioned for her to come over. Emily went over and she was helped over his lap.
Aaron wasted no time bringing his hand down on her butt. After a few swats he started to lecture. "When you are given an order from a superior agent you obey it without question. I didn't tell you to go to the hospital because I thought you would enjoy it I did it because you had just been thrown through the air by the blast of a bomb. And you were lucky it was just a sprained wrist. You ever pull a stunt like this again you will be right back in this position." He lectured as he continued to deliver swats. "Do I make myself clear?" he asked her
Emily was trying really hard to keep from crying. She didn't want to seem weak. She listened to his lecture and quickly remembered why she hated being in this position. When he asked her if she understood she nodded.
"No. I want a verbal response Emily." He said
"Y-Yes sir." She answered her voice shaky
Aaron delivered half a dozen more swats to tender sit spots before helping her up and standing up and hugging her close.
Emily whimpered as the spanking finished. When she was stood up she hugged him back. She took a few breathes to steady her emotions.
"You okay?" Hotch asked
"Yes sir." She said
They both released the hug.
"It wont happen again." Emily told him
Aaron nodded. "It's forgiven. When you are ready you can head back to squad room." He told her
Emily nodded and went and washed her face before going back to her desk and getting herself settled into work. The rest of the team arrived soon after and they went to the conference room for the next case which was in Idaho.