The Most Life Changing Thing

Reid and Prentiss

Chapter Five

November 2010

Emily Prentiss was not used to having everything in her life that she wanted. Feeling vaguely unsatisfied had been the norm all her life.

These days though she was starting to get used to the feeling of having it all- the best job, the best friends, a hot guy in her bed who she had great sex with, and a baby on the way. The only off thing in her life was her relationship with her mother but if Elizabeth stayed in Italy through the holidays then Emily wouldn't have to even deal with her mother bringing down Emily's wonderful high.

It had only been four days since the first time she had slept with Reid, and then learned the next evening that her artificial insemination had been successful and she was pregnant. The team was on another case-this time in Kansas City, Missouri- and Reid had come to her hotel room again. It was their second night in the city.

Emily had been pretty frustrated the night before when he didn't show up at her hotel room door. They hadn't gotten a chance to kiss at all since the last case ended. She had been craving his kiss, his touch, his body against hers. Eventually she fell into a restless sleep, twisting all the sheets around her as she tossed and turned.

As soon as she saw him in the hotel lobby this morning she had made an excuse to get him alone outside (asking him to walk with her to the nearby convenience store because she needed to pick up a few things). The second they were away from the team's prying eyes she had grabbed his shirt, pulled him against her and whined "You jerk, you made me sleep alone last night," letting him know that he was very much wanted in her bed. She had figured that was understood but this was Reid and he didn't assume anything so bold as that he had an open invitation to her bed whenever he wanted it.

Thank God tonight he had shown up at her room. As soon as she opened her hotel door and saw him in the hallway she flung herself on him, making him stumble backwards and they started to kiss frantically, not even caring if they got caught. They fell against the opposite wall from her hotel room, mouths joined and hands caressing each other, and kissed till they were both gasping for air.

Breaking apart, Emily opened her eyes to find Reid staring down at her with a lusty, possessive look. Taking her hand he tugged her into the hotel room and started to undress her. Going slowly he took off her watch first, bent and took off her shoes and socks, her pants and shirt. His hands caressed up her sides and then cupped her lace clad breasts, his thumbs slowly stroking her nipples into hard, puckered nubs.

She reached behind her and undid her bra, shrugging it off so it fell forward into Reid's hands. He tossed it aside and palmed her breasts, bending his head to nuzzle her chest before kissing over both her breasts while whispering, over and over in different languages that he knew she'd understand, "You're beautiful."

Emily's eyes were slammed shut, head titled back, lost in a heady daze of sensation as he caressed, kissed and sucked her breasts. Goosebumps covered her skin and shivers raced through her.

Yes, she was not used to having a life this good. It would take some getting used to.

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Later, he lay for a moment with his face buried against the crook of her neck as their sweat slicked bodies both recovered from the mutual high they had reached a moment before.

Reid could hardly believe this was his life.

Things like this-a beautiful woman deciding out of the blue to take him as her lover- did not happen to guys like him. Guys like him had to stutter their way through asking out women, and fumble through a string of dates before having the slightest chance to be invited up afterwards. He very rarely bothered with all that, preferring to live a life of solitude than put himself out there that way.

Most every time he got into a relationship with a woman it happened because of some extraordinary set of circumstances had thrust them together and even he couldn't ignore that something was going on between them. It wasn't like that at all with this thing he had fallen into with Emily...it was so much easier.

Just two friends having good sex because they both wanted it.

It was truly that simple and being simple like that made him doubt it, in a way. Doubt if anything could actually be simple and good for long. But for right this second, as she held him close and he was buried inside of her, it felt right. For this second, it wasn't complicated and nothing inside of him hurt.

If only she could understand how amazing that was for him. Usually something, even if it was just the smallest twinge of leftover childhood pain, ached in Reid. But when he was making love to Emily that was all forgotten. All the days of not being enough were lost to the past because with her he was enough.

"Mmm," Emily moaned in a satisfied way before murmuring "you are so, so, so good at that."

Reid smirked a little before rolling off her. She rolled on her side, as he was, and they were face to face. Reaching up she stroked his sweat dampened hair away from his face.

Emily joked with Reid "Well worth the walk across the hall, wasn't it?"

"I would fly across the planet for that. That is if humans could fly, which would be awesome." His voice got more animated. "Do you know the thing that makes birds able to fly is that they have..." he rambled on for a while about birds, superheros that can fly and evolution, while Emily stared at him with a probing look on her face.

Finally she rolled onto her back, laughing to herself, and rested her forearm over her head on the pillow. "You are unlike anyone else I've ever met."

Reid got out of bed, dealing with the condom, and then went to the bathroom. When he came back, he started to slip back into his clothes.

Emily told him "Hey, what I said before, that's a good thing. You being unlike anyone else is why you're here right now...why I want you here."

"I know," he said, quietly, and kept getting dressed.

She added "Why I want you to stay."

"I thought you don't usually like men to stay the night?"

"You're my exception to every rule."

After staring at her for a long moment he dropped his shirt back to the floor and sat down on the bed, angled so he was still looking at her. "I'm not really good at this kind of stuff. I never have been. In fact, I have never been in this situation before. Is this what Morgan is always talking about? Is this just hooking up?"

"Our jobs don't leave a lot of room for dating."

"Actually, I find there are plenty of hours to fill away from work."

She smirked at him. "Are you saying you want to ask me out on a date?"

He thought for a moment. "Yeah, I guess I do."

Her smile grew. "Well give me a call sometimes and ask me out then." Emily pulled Reid close for a kiss. "But lets not let something mundane like dating get in the way of our steamy, illicit sex life."

She chuckled right before he pressed his lips against hers, and eased her back onto the bed, their limbs tangling together again as they began to share more kisses and caresses.