"Do you have to go to work?" Aaron said, grabbing her arm from the bed and pulling her in for a kiss. "Unfortunately..yes." Emily sighed, kissing him back softly. He sighed., "I wish I could do more..it gets so boring staying here day after day.." She nodded, "I know, but at least therapy is improving, did she say she's confident that you'll be able to go on a walker soon?" She asked. "Yeah but it'd only be for a few minutes..I won't be able to last long on it" "Aaron- stop thinking of the negatives, this is a good thing" He nodded, "I know." "Anyway...speaking of positives, JJ and Spencer's wedding is coming up soon." As it turned out, much to the teams surprise, although it wasn't much of a surprise. JJ and Spencer had been secretly dating, but they had decided they couldn't keep it in any longer and Spencer had proposed. Everybody was happy for them, the team had been rooting them for a while.
Aaron sighed, "I know." Ever since he found out, he was happy for them obviously, but he was dreading the day. He had been overthinking everything, he wasn't comfortable in social settings and the wedding was certainly a large social situation. Even though Aaron had never mentioned his worries to her, she knew he was worried about it. "Your going to be fine..it's going to be a good day. And a chance for you to get out like you've been complaining about" He nodded, "I know it's just-" he didn't finish the sentence, there was many things he could have said, but didn't. There was many things that worried him about the wedding, for starters the majority of the bureau seeing him so weak, not to mention the people he wasn't going to know there. He decided to try erase it from his mind, before his thoughts overwhelmed him and he ended up panicking.
"Do you want to get up before Talia comes?" She asked.
He nodded, scooting slowly to the end of the bed, "Here." She said, passing him some clothes. He slowly took his top off, replacing it with the new one. He could manage his top half, it was just the bottom half he struggled with. Putting the medical pull up on was a struggle, not to mention taking his pants on and off. He thought by now he would of been cleared to take the horrendous pull ups off, but when he had gone to the doctor, he had told him to keep it on for the time being in case. It worried Aaron when he had told him that, did the doctor not think he was making progress?
Aaron scooted into his hair, groaning a little as he did, it took his strength to carry his weight up. But he managed. When they got into the kitchen, Emily poured him some fresh orange juice, putting a straw in it and holding it in front of Aaron so he could sip it. He was getting better at holding cups, but it didn't last long and it was too wide for him to grip onto for while.
Soon after he'd finished breakfast, which was more like brunch at this time. Reid had decided to turn up, which was a surprise to them both. "Why aren't you at work?" Emily asked, sipping her coffee.
"I finished my report..and read all my old ones over. So, I took an early finish. And thought..maybe, I could read" he said with a smile, showing Aaron some books he had brought.
Aaron nodded, "Thank you Reid.." he said, smiling at the man. Emily smiled, "Okay, well Talia is going to be here in 15, so..I'm going to head off if Spencer is here." She said, coming over and kissing Aaron softly. He nodded, kissing back, "I'll see you tonight." "See you tonight" she smiled, saying goodbye to Spencer and grabbing her bag as she left.
Reid had spent just over 2 hours with Aaron, it really helped and Aaron could feel himself improving. Reid never pushed any boundaries, making sure Aaron was comfortable with Reid both reading it to him and when he asked Aaron to read some. It made Aaron wonder if Reid was in the right profession, but them there was probably hundreds of things this man could do. Once Reid left, Talia came in through from the kitchen. She'd kept clear of him whilst he was with Reid. "Do you want to go on a walk? It's sunny out." Talia suggested.
Usually, Aaron would say no, but Reid had put him in a good mood. He nodded, "Okay. Yeah" he said.
Talia nodded and smiled a little, maybe she wasn't too bad after all, he thought.
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The walk was nice, it gave Aaron fresh air he barely got these days and it was a nice day. It had been a while since he'd left the house for anything other than doctor appointments.
That night soon came, and Emily had arrived back from work. "Did you have a nice day?" Emily asked him, as she sat her stuff down.
He nodded, "Yeah..it was actually good. I- I read a lot for myself, thanks to Spencer." He said.
"That's good, see , I told you..these things are a good thing" she chuckled.
"Is Jack coming tonight?" He asked. She replied with a nod, maybe tonight Aaron could read to him for a change.
When Jack arrived for once Aaron was awake before, he hadn't had a nap today. He didn't know if that was a good thing that he wasn't as tired, or a bad thing that he knew later he would be more crammed than he usually was when he got tired at night.
"Hey, Jack. What do you say..I read you your new book?" Aaron asked, as Jack sat on his lap. Jack nodded, a little surprised as he knew it was something his dad wasn't well with at the moment. When Aaron had been injured, they told Jack he had bumped his head and that's why he was like this now, they didn't want to scare him by telling him he was in an accident.
Jack got the book from his bag and opened it up, so Aaron could start reading it. Aaron read it slowly, although it was a children's book, he was impressed with himself. Not long ago, he wouldn't of been able to read anything, and now he was reading a full book. —-
A few hours later, Jack had left and Emily was cleaning up the kitchen and dining room. Aaron was exhausted, and his head was pounding, this was a common symptom since his accident. Every other day, his head would cause him pain and trouble. Emily came into the living room, "Do you want to go to bed?" She asked, seeing him barely able to open his eyes.
He shook his head, before letting out a yawn, too which Emily chuckled. "I think you, sweetie" she said, kissing his head. He nodded reluctantly, "Fine.." he said as he rubbed his eyes.
Emily helped him into bed and she could tell he was tired when he didn't try to resist her helping him undress, as he didn't have the energy to do it himself. "Can you stay?" He said, sleepily.
Emily chuckled, "I'll be up shortly, I've got some stuff to sort."
"Please.." he whined, pleading with her. It wasn't often he got this sleepy that he became attached to her, but she knew he couldn't help it. She actually found it kind of cute. Beforehand, he wouldn't of been bothered either way if she was with him or not when he fell asleep, but this was another emotion he couldn't control when he felt it. She laughed a little, "Okay." She said, giving in and sitting on the bed. Aaron moved his head onto her chest, and started drifting slowly asleep, as she stroked his hair.
(hope u enjoyed, and enjoyed another different emotion to what Aaron is like, next chapter is JJ and Spencer's wedding so stay tuned :)
Also, a few people have said that it'd be interesting to explore Talia as a more abusive caretaker (emotionally and maybe a little physically but not a lot of that side) and Aaron hides it from Emily, but I wanted your thoughts on that before I explored it more and if that's something that you would find interesting to explore and to add some drama So please let me know your opinions on that :)
