Chapter 12: Everyone Knows Now

It was now the middle of June and even though it was summer there were still cases to be solved. Everyone was at their desks catching up on paperwork. Spencer placed a mug of hot chocolate on Emily's desk and the mug of coffee on his. Fortunately, Emily's aversion to the smell of coffee has gone down some. She was still experiencing morning sickness but not as much as she had weeks earlier.

"Is it safe to come around you with coffee or are you going to snap at me for it like you have been." Morgan asked getting a glare from Emily.

"You're fine. Both of you suck for drinking it in front of me though." Emily replied holding up her mug of hot chocolate. Morgan laughed at the fact that Spencer even added marshmallows.

"I'm sorry." Spencer apologized.

"Why are you passing on coffee again?" Morgan asked surprised that Emily Prentiss has not had coffee in months. This was hard for Emily, but she would do anything to make sure nothing bad happened to this child, and that meant cutting down on caffeine.

"I'm trying to cut down on my caffeine intake." She answered back. Reid laughed because that wasn't a complete lie. The doctor had told her that she needed to cut down a lot on her caffeine intake, and for Emily Prentiss that was hard to do.

"We have a case." Hotch approached the three of them at their desk. The three of them got up and followed Hotch to the meeting room to be briefed on the case. Rossi, JJ and Garcia were already at the table. As the briefing went on Emily had gotten up again to run to the nearest restroom. Little did she know that it didn't go unnoticed.

After they finished going over the details of the case, Hotch let them know that they would be leaving soon. JJ took the little bit of time to try and get Emily to say something. Even Spencer was playing along with her on not telling them anything.

"It all makes sense now." JJ said as she handed Emily a pack of crackers which she accepted. Emily was confused now.

"What makes sense?" She asked playing it off knowing what her friend was talking about.

"Not being able to keep much down, constantly running to the restroom, cutting down on coffee, and the most obvious not having wine during our girl's night last night." JJ was about to say more but Emily asked her to keep it down.

"Hush!" She tried to quiet her friend down before anyone else heard. "Yes, I'm pregnant." She admitted causing her friend to smile. JJ was trying to contain her excitement so that she didn't draw attention to the conversation. "We were going to wait until I was further along before we announced it." She admitted knowing that she didn't have to explain why because her friend already knew the reason. It wasn't that she and Spencer didn't want to tell everyone, they just wanted to be sure. Three of their five co workers and friends knew already. Emily was deciding if they should just say something on the jet.

"You can't fool me, a mother knows." JJ replied causing Emily to shake her head.

"Alright then, how can this mother deal with the constant nausea." Emily joked as she struggled to make it to the jet. She wanted to be able to enjoy more than just crackers and pretzels for a snack.

Once on the jet she took her spot next to Spencer. They were going over what was going to happen once they landed. That was when Spencer realized that they would have to speak up sooner than what they wanted. He didn't want Emily to be in harm's way if it could be prevented. Especially after what happened with Doyle. A bullet proof vest couldn't keep them safe from everything.

Hotch was going over assignments and telling the team what they would be doing when they landed. He had already told JJ that she would be doing what she usually does, speaking with the victim's family and others. Reid would be doing a geographical profile and looking at the other leads. Hotch was about to pair Emily with Morgan, but someone interrupted him.

"Send me with Morgan instead. Keep Prentiss in the office working on the geographical profiling and leads with Reid." Rossi interrupted surprising everyone. Emily had no choice but to say something now.

"Okay then Morgan and Rossi will go back to the crime scene to see if there was anything that the police missed." Hotch answered still confused about what just happened. "Prentiss, you will be joining Reid in the office." He added.

"I guess now would be a good time to let you all know I'm pregnant." Prentiss spoke up shocking both Morgan and Hotch. The others already knew but acted just as surprised as the other two team members.

"Congratulations you two!" Morgan said to Prentiss and Reid. It was no secret that they were together, especially after what the team witnessed at Rossi's on New Years Eve.

"When is our new family member joining us?" JJ asked excitedly. That was one thing that Emily and Spencer hadn't shared yet. Everyone was looking at them waiting for an answer. Emily was reluctant to say because she didn't want to be benched or not allowed to go with the team when they had a case.

"They told us her due date is the day after Christmas." Reid told the team that they had a Christmas present to look forward to.

"So sometime in December." Hotch reminded them that babies could arrive early or later than their due date. Emily dreaded his response. "Don't worry, I'm not replacing you. The team can still function until you return." Hotch added causing her to sigh in relief.

"I would return in the middle of February of next year." She made it known that she would be returning to work after her maternity leave was done. No one was surprised that she said that either.

"Now that the news is out, how about we start our game." Emily told Spencer as she grabbed the cards and the jar of pretzels. She snacked on some of them as she was dealing the cards, which did not go unnoticed.