Miss Emmy
Disclaimer: CBS owns Criminal Minds...
Summary: They've been dating for awhile but there's one thing that has yet to happen first...
A/N: A little something that needed re-tweaking and I added it to the "Miss Emmy" series.
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A Chinese Proverb said, "Don't be over self-confident with your first impressions of people."
Hotch walked into the kitchen, and wrapped his large hands around the brunette standing at the oven who was trying to make scrambled eggs.
Stifling a laughter, he saw her shoot him a warning, "What?"
"Are you laughing at my attempt at cooking?" Emily said, only for Hotch to drop a kiss onto her lips, eliciting a sigh from his girlfriend.
Dropping the spatula onto the stove, Emily wrapped her arms around his neck while Hotch shut the front burner off and shoved Emily against the wall.
As Hotch nuzzled his face against Emily's neck, she ran her hand through his dark hair tugging on it lightly to get him to look at her.
"You think this is going to distract me from making breakfast?" Emily teased, which made Hotch smirk before leaning in and biting on her lower lip.
His hand trailed down to her waist while slipping into his boxers that she was wearing and with feather like precision she moaned at the touch of his fingers.
"All right, all right" she moaned as his hand crept up her hips, "Fine, go buy your bagels."
Hotch gave her a kiss and then pulled away which made her open her eyes, "You cheat."
"Yeah" he said with a grin, "But I can't really be sorry about that."
Raising an eyebrow, "Don't ever expect me to cook for you again."
"Is that a promise?" he asked, only to get hit by a oven mitt, "Ok, I'm going to run down to the corner bakery and get the bagels, and your chocolate eclair."
Looking around his kitchen, "I guess that means I get to clean up, huh?"
"Well, I know how much of a clean freak you are" Hotch said raising his hands in defense, "I'll be right back. Oh, Jessica will be bringing Jack back sometime today, so I hope that's all right with you?"
Emily's head shot up at that. She knew how important it was for him to officially introduce his son to her as his girlfriend even though she had met the boy before, but not in this aspect of their relationship.
"That's fine" Emily said, with a smile, "I'm looking forward to it."
"Great" Hotch said, closing the door behind him as he left.
"Looking forward to it?" she repeated to herself, dumping the discarded scrambled eggs into the trash can.
She walked the pan over to sink, muttering to herself, "Way to play it cool, Prentiss. Not like its not anything important, just meeting your boss' son."
As she mindlessly scrubbed the pan clean, she remembered her brief encounters with the younger Hotchner. Though they hadn't interacted much other then to cheer Hotch on at his triathlon...
She quickly shook her head free from that thought because that was the day that Jack met Hotch's other brunette. His former girlfriend.
"Ha" Emily smirked to herself, remembering how the whole team was stunned by the woman.
When she met that woman, she knew it wouldn't last long.
It wasn't that she was a completely horrible person, she just wasn't right for Hotch. And everyone knew it, including the couple themselves.
Now here she stood in her boyfriend's apartment, cleaning up her attempted breakfast and waiting for his son to arrive home.
A quick glance at the clock told her that, she still had sometime to sneak in a cup of coffee. She tried to give up caffeine for her recovering ulcer but she found it hard to give up the caffeinated drink.
Taking a seat at the kitchen table, she wondered what was taking Hotch so long with their morning bagels as she read through the newspaper for the local news.
Getting distracted by a story on the recent lottery drawing, she heard a knock on the front door, "It's open."
"Daddy!" Jack said, stopping when he saw Emily sitting at the table in pajamas.
"Jack sweetie wait..." Jessica said, pausing by the woman at the table, "I'm sorry, I thought Aaron was here."
"He went to the bakery on the corner" Emily said, "Hey Jessica. I'm..."
"It's ok, Emily" Jessica said with a smile, "I know, Aaron talks about you all the time. I should've called to make sure you guys were... You know."
The brunette watched the older blonde's eyes trail to Jack then nodded.
"Oh, we're good" Emily said, "It seems Aaron didn't appreciate my attempt at cooking breakfast. That's all."
Jessica nodded, "Yeah, he's a little O.C.D. with that. I hope it's ok that I leave Jack with you? I've got a meeting with my boss."
"Oh sure" Emily said waving it off, "No problem. Right, Jack?"
The boy looked from Emily to Jessica, "Right."
Jessica leaned down and gave her nephew a kiss on the forehead, "You be good for Emily. You're Dad will be back in a few minutes, ok?"
"Ok" Jack said, taking a seat while Jessica showed herself out.
"So" Emily said, setting the newspaper down, "How's life in the second grade, Jack?"
"Good" he said, watching her in a manner that reminded the brunette agent of his father, "Can I ask you something, Emmy?"
"Sure" Emily said, picking up her coffee.
"Why are you wearing my Daddy's boxers?" Jack said watching the brunette choke on her coffee.
As she put the coffee mug down, she put her hand to her throat as she tried to keep composure while she felt her cheeks blush.
"Well, you see the thing is" Emily started, but Jack cut her off.
"Did you have a slumber party here with my Dad?" he asked, "Because one time I borrowed some of Billy's pajamas when I had an upset tummy and I needed pajamas. Do you have an upset tummy?"
"No I don't have a upset stomach" Emily started, "Jack, you know how your father and I work together right?"
Jack nodded, "You catch the bad guys. I remember."
Emily smiled at that, "You do know that you're father and I are really good friends, right?"
Jack nodded, watching as Emily tried to concentrate on her words.
"Well, you see" Emily started but chuckled, "There are all kinds of friends, Jack."
"Your his girlfriend right?" Jack asked, "You like my Dad?"
"Of course I like your Dad" Emily started when Jack shook his head, "What?"
"No, I mean you like my Dad" Jack said, whispering, "Like Beth use to like my Dad. You're his girlfriend right?"
Emily saw the smile on the little boy's face and knew that he was ok with their relationship.
"I think I'll leave that conversation up to your Dad, Jack" Emily said, "But I hope that you're ok with it, if I was his girlfriend."
Jack pursed his lips as he looked down at the table, then looked up at her, "Would that mean that you'd come over all the time?"
"I guess so" Emily asked raising an eyebrow at the boy, "What are you up to?"
Jack chewed his lower lip but kept his eyes trained on the brunette, "You wouldn't make me leave the room or have Daddy drop me off at Aunt Jessica, would you?"
Emily frowned at that, as she took a good look at the child before her and saw the anxious demeanor, her eyes widening in fear.
She slowly got out of the chair and moved in front of him before getting down to his eye level and placed a hand on his cheek.
"Sweetie, why would you even ask that?" Emily's soft and tender voice asked.
"Its just that, whenever Beth came over" Jack started but bit his lip, shaking his head. Emily lifted the boy off the chair and sat down placing him on her lap, wrapping her arms protectively around him.
"You know if there's anything you want to talk about you can tell me" Emily said soothingly, "And if it's something you don't want repeated, it won't leave this room."
Jack laid his head against her chest and she felt a small sigh roll through him and he finally looked up at her.
"Beth always made me go to my room so she could spend time with Daddy" Jack said, "At first Daddy didn't really say anything about it but when she kept asking Daddy for me to go spend time at Aunt Jessica's..."
"What sweetie?" Emily said softly, she ran her fingers through his sandy brown hair, "What is it?"
"Daddy told her no" Jack said, "He told Beth that the Hotchners were..." the little boy frowned, "A packed deal?"
"Packaged deal?" Emily asked, watching him nod and lay his head on her chest, "Jack, sweetie look at me."
The little boy lifted his head to look at her, "Emmy?"
She thumbed her finger over his cheek, wiping away the tiny tear drop, "Jack, you are an amazing guy, and I would be honored to hang out with you all day long."
Jack looked into her dark eyes and saw the softness in them, "Really?"
"There is nothing more that I want then to be with you and your Dad" Emily told him.
"And we feel the same way, right Jack?" Hotch said standing in the doorway watching his son with the woman he cared for.
"Uh huh" Jack said grinning at his father before turning back towards the brunette woman, "We really like you Emmy."
Hotch walked over to his two favorite people, "You heard Jack, its unanimous. We really like you."
Emily felt Hotch wrap his arms around her and Jack, looking up at him, "Well I really like you both too."
Finally feeling a sense of peace he hadn't known in a long time, one that told him that everything was all right with the world, knowing that Emily was here with him and his son.
He had a family.
"A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer." Author Unknown
To Be Continued...
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