Chapter 6

Monday morning came along and when everyone came into the bullpen except Emily, the team started to worry. Around nine Morgan volunteered to head up to Hotch's office to let him know she hadn't come in yet. He walked up the steps when he heard Hotch ending a phone call with, "see you soon honey". Maybe he got a girlfriend and didn't tell anyone? Could he be calling Jack honey? This was all a little strange but he focused his attention back to knocking.

"Come in." Hotch called out.

Hotch knew Morgan probably heard the end of his phone call but decided to let him bring it up.

"Hey I just wanted to let you know it's nine and Emily's not in. She didn't say anything about taking time off or heading the next recruit training so she should be here right?" Morgan said with worry in his voice.

"She must not have told you but she requested today off, she'll be back tomorrow or later today if we catch a case." Hotch explained nonchalantly.

"Oh um….okay. I guess I'll get back to work then." Morgan was confused and his face couldn't hide it, why wouldn't she say something?

At 11 am Hotch walked out of the building with a text to Rossi saying he was going to lunch and would be back soon. Rossi was no idiot Emily is out and Hotch leaves for lunch for the first time in month there was no chance of those two incidents being a coincidence. Hotch pulled up to the clinic Emily had sent him the address to earlier. When he walked in Emily was the only woman in the waiting room sitting slouched in an uncomfortable chair and she immediately looked happier when her eyes met his.

"I'm so happy you made it!" Emily smiled.

"Believe me nothing would've stopped me. Although Derek may be the first to figure this out, he was coming to tell me you were an hour late when he heard me hanging up the phone calling you honey." Hotch smiled.

"He probably just thinks you have a new girlfriend." Emily suggested.

"Well I do he just doesn't know it's you." He smiled at her.

"Emily!" One of the regular nurses called out for her to come back. When she got up she grabbed his hand and led him back with her.

"Good morning Emily how are you feeling today? You mentioned you've had some pretty nasty nausea lately?" Dr. Greenwood greeted her.

"Nausea is an understatement I was nauseous for about a week but this last week I've spent about 30 minutes hurling every time I wake up. I haven't really been able to keep any food down." Emily complained.

"And you said you've taken three tests? All positive?" Dr. Greenwood asked.

"Yes and I'm pretty late. I don't know why I didn't realize it earlier." Emily admitted.

"Okay I need to draw some blood and I'll need you to change into this." Dr. Greenwood handed her a thin gown and looked to Hotch as she drew Emily's blood. She handed her nurse the vials with a paper of tests to run.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, hello I'm Dr. Greenwood." She introduced.

"Aaron Hotchner. It's nice to meet you." He replied.

Emily started to change with her back to them. She removed her shirt and put the gown on before removing her pants and panties.

"I should warn you Dr. Greenwood, you haven't see my bare stomach in a while but I do have a pretty significant scar now." Emily said with her voice low. She wasn't worried about Hotch seeing it, he had his own scars from the reaper, but he must've seen it in his room that night anyway. Her goal was to warn her doctor so she wasn't surprised.

"I'm sure its fine Emily, hop on up to my table I want to start with an external exam and since you're still pretty early I may need to perform an internal exam as well. Would you like Mr. Hotchner to stay?" Dr. Greenwood asked.

Emily bit her fingernails and Hotch could tell she was nervous. When she warned her doctor of her scar he knew that was probably what was scaring her most. He had seen it that night in his apartment but it was dark so he didn't get a clear look.

"I won't look at your scar if you don't want me too Emily. That scar is a battle wound that you should be very proud of. That scar tells me what an amazing mother you already were, even back then. Even when our baby wasn't here. You protected Declan with your life, like I'm sure you would protect Jack or Henry the same. That scar doesn't take from you, it only adds to your beauty you already had." Hotch whispered in her ear. Emily had tears in her eyes as she looked to Dr. Greenwood and nodded yes.

"Alright lift your gown and tuck it into your bra and you can pull this blanket to your pelvis, the gel will have a very cold sensation." Dr. Greenwood instructed her.

Emily did as she was told and heard Dr. Greenwoods gasp at her scar. Dr. Greenwood collected herself before speaking.

"Emily I'm not going to lie that is a very significant scar I'm glad you told me. However later in your pregnancy the scar may prove to be a big discomfort as your skin stretches to accommodate the baby. I'm sure we can discuss some ways to relieve that when the time comes." Dr. Greenwood stated. Dr. Greenwood started to move the wand around with the gel but couldn't get a clear picture.

"Alright Emily I can't get a clear picture so it looks like I have to convert to the internal exam. This requires me to use this wand internally. Are you okay with that?" She asked.

"Whatever you have to do doc." Emily said. She was uncomfortable, but happy to pull her gown down.

"Okay that's more like it and let me check…." She said.

Soon there was a loud woosh, woosh took over the room, it was fast and it sounded strong already. Emily had tears streaming down her face and when she looked to Hotch his face mirrored hers. Their baby was real. Everything seemed overwhelming and scary, but as long as his hand held hers they would handle this together, as a team.

"Everything is looking good we can't get a great measurement right now but given the date you last had intercourse I'd say you're around six weeks almost seven. When you come back in two weeks we should be able to with the external exam. Would you two like a copy? You may not be able to see much but I can draw a circle around baby for you?" She offered.

"Yes please!" Emily said elatedly. Their hearts were heavy with outpouring love and they were excited to see what else would come next.

"Do you want to come over tonight? I think I'm going to tell Jack now that I have a picture, he'll be able to grasp it better with something he can see." Hotch said as he searched her face for the answer.

"I'd love too!" She smiled at him. She booked her next appointment and set a time for her to come over tonight.

RiversPond here!

Do we want the Jack scene or a little time jump? Maybe both?