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Chapter Seven: The Ambassador

November 2012 (Present Time)

Emily knocked on the door lightly hoping not to disturb the occupant too much.

"Come in" the voice said.

Emily took a breath and stuck her chin out and squared her shoulders turning the handle and pushing the heavy door open. She stepped in the large office and looked at the person behind the desk with their nose in a paper. "Hello Mother"

Elizabeth Prentiss looked up and smiled softly. "Emily dear, what brings you by?" she stood up and walked around her desk.

"I need to talk to you. Is daddy here?" She replied taking her light jacket off.

"He's at the club golfing. Retirement just drove him to become lazy so he spends most of his time there." Elizabeth's eyes nearly popped out of her head at the small curve in her daughter's abdomen. "'He' got you pregnant?"

Emily frowned slightly. "No 'he' didn't." she practically spat out.

"Well honey you are pregnant. What am I suppose to think?" the ambassador crossed her arms and sat back on the desk as Emily took a seat in the chair opposite.

"Aaron and I broke up some time ago, Mother. The baby is mine. I was artificially inseminated." Emily said proudly. Whether her mother liked it or not she was happy and whatever the ambassador said she would stay that way.

Elizabeth chuckled then smiled. "Sounds like you."

"What?"

"It's just that if someone can't give you something you get it yourself. It's not a bad thing. You make me proud you know."

Emily was speechless. Her mother was not a person who said things like that especially to her. Emily made many mistakes as a teenager, from going out partying to getting pregnant. She finally admitted the pregnancy to her mother some time ago which put even more hidden struggles between the two women.

Emily did feel guilty for the problems she caused in those days but at the same time she realized she was just acting out to gain the attention from her parents. Growing up she never hand the bond to either of them and now that she was going to have a baby she promised herself she would have the relationship she wanted with her child.

Her childhood consisted of growing up with nannies. Her mother was always at work and her father was too busy with 'the guys'. It wasn't the childhood she wanted.

"I-I…" she stuttered.

"Emily, I know I'm not the best parent in the world but you do make me proud you have to know that. You forged your own way in life and never backed down from what you want or what you believe in." Elizabeth reached for Emily's hand.

"Thanks mom." Emily smiled with tears in her eyes.

Elizabeth pulled her daughter into a hug and held her tight. "Oh honey, I love you so much and I'm so happy for you."

Emily pulled back and smiled. "It's a girl." She wiped her face. She knew not everything between them was resolved with just those words but it was a great start. She wanted her baby to have the over indulgent grandparents and maybe now she would.

"A girl. Wow I'm going to be a Grandmother." The other woman laughed.

-CM-CM-

The next day as Emily walked into the BAU she was still in a daze. After she told her mother about the baby they went out for lunch and talked. Really talked. She was thrilled by the end of the night as they made plans to meet up for the next doctor's appointment so 'Grandma' could be there.

Emily sat at her desk with a strange grin on her face when Reid walked over and handed her a box. "What's this?" she questioned.

"Well I remembered JJ had one when she was pregnant with Henry and I thought since you are more involved in the horrible things we see and I figures you would want to protect the fetus…"

"Baby Reid!" she rolled her eyes and opened the box. "Ear phones and music for the baby?"

"You know between 20 and 23 weeks the baby can start to hear things outside of the womb and I figured…"

Emily smiled and enveloped him in a hug. "Thanks Reid. That's sweet."

"Yeah Reid, that's so sweet." Morgan laughed as her turned in his chair.

"Morgan" Emily frowned at him which made him clamp his mouth shut and turn back around. "Reid, don't listen to him. Thanks for looking out for the baby." She grabbed his hand.

He smiled sweetly in his innocent way and they went back to work.

"So how far are you now?" JJ asked as the three women sat around the small table near the kitchenette.

"Almost 19 weeks." Emily smiled popping an apple slice in her mouth.

"Have you felt her move yet?" JJ first felt the flutters from Henry at 20 weeks but she knew it happens sometime earlier.

"I felt some fluttering but I wasn't sure what it was but that's about it." She chuckled. After feeling the flutters she 'Googled' it and came up with the baby's first movements.

"That's how it starts but soon it will be karate practice on your organs." JJ smiled.

"Emily, JJ and I have been thinking and I know you're not big on the whole idea of a baby shower but can we please do one?" Garcia spoke up. Her mind was working on a way to ask and not be so 'Garcia' about it because she really wanted to do this for her best friend.

Emily looked at Garcia. The blonde was almost pouting. She chuckled and nodded her agreement. "On one condition." She said sternly.

"Yes ma'am, anything you want." Garcia said smiling widely.

"Make it small and I don't want anything over the top. My mother is already begging to let me have her…"

"Wait! You told your mom?" JJ asked.

Emily smiled shyly. She didn't talk about her family much with anyone but now that her relationship with the ambassador was on the mend she didn't mind so much. "Yeah, yesterday we talked and it was actually really good."

"That's great Em." Garcia squeezed her hand.

"It really was. You have to understand, my parents and I never got along. We never talked like at all but yesterday with my mom it was… I don't know. It was nice to finally tell her how I feel and she actually listened."

"I'm glad, you deserve that. So do you think your mother would like to help with the baby shower?"

"I don't know and isn't it kind of early to have a baby shower anyways?"

"Yes but with our work schedule we need to get a head start. When are you due?" JJ asked.

"April 19th"

"So probably have it either the last weeks of March or the beginning of April."

"Ladies you do know it's only November?" she asked giggling.

"Yes but we thought it might take us a few weeks to convince you to agree." The all laughed.

Hotch rounded the corner and held back the smile he wanted to show at the sound of her laugh. It had been a long time since he heard it.

Late March 2012 (Flashback)

Hotch sighed again for the umpteenth time in the past few minutes. He looked to the woman sitting next to him in his bed. Her shoulder length dark hair was hanging around her face as her nose was stuck in a book. He kept trying to get her attention but no avail. All she does is hum at him and pull away. It was driving him crazy. Is it so hard for a guy to get a little attention from his girlfriend? He certainly didn't think so.

"Em" he snuggled up close to her and started placing soft kisses to her exposed neck.

Emily wiggled away and tried hard to hide her smirk. "Busy" she said calmly.

"No" he moaned kissing up her neck to her cheek. "Put it down."

"Busy" she said again hoping her voice didn't waver too much.

"No" he said again going to her ear and gently sucking and nibbling the way she liked.

Emily giggled and tossed the book down. "What do you want?" she looked at him.

"I just want a little attention." He smiled.

"I'm sure that's all you want!" she laughed as his hands tickled at her sides.

The sound of her laughing made him laugh too. It always did. Her beautiful smile always made him smile even when he was in the worst possible mood. She was just like that.

"I love your laugh." He whispered moving his lips over her face and finally to her lips as they calmed down. "You always bring a smile to my face."

Emily chuckled "I try my best." She kissed him softly.

November 2012 (Present Time)

Hotch cleared his throat along with his mind and walked up to the table. "Ladies, we have a case. Briefing in ten." He nodded at them but his eyes lingered a little too long on Emily and she ducked her head and turned away. He watched her walk away sadly.

Over the weekend he took the time to really think about what he wants and what is best for Jack and at the end of the day Emily is the only one who made him feel at home. And that is what his son and he needed.

He also broke things off with Beth. He thought she would understand but with her reaction he thought wrong. She flew into a rage but he just told her he couldn't be with her if he couldn't ever be in love with her. That seemed to only piss her off more but that's how it was. The day after he turned off his cell to make her understand he was done. And by Monday he guessed she did.

"I didn't get anything sir." Garcia said gathering her belongings from the table.

"No this one came to me." He said walking away trying to get his mind back at work.