Unforgettable Nights, Unforgivable Mistakes

Chapter 27: Another Unforgettable Night.

After Aaron and Bay chose a huge flower bouquet for Emily, they headed back to the hospital…he was ready to do anything it took to get Emily back. They arrived at the hospital a little past eight only to find that Emily wasn't there; he was greeted by a very formal and serious Elizabeth Prentiss. Aaron knew the instant he walked into the hospital room and saw her that the ambassador hated him more than anything by the cold stare she sent his way. He walked in and greeted the ambassador politely and placed his now sleeping daughter on the hospital bed.

"You were supposed to drop her off a while ago, Agent…you need to be more respectful of people's time." Elizabeth bit coldly.

"I'm very sorry, Ambassador, we had dinner after we left the horse stables, and I kind of lost track of time." Aaron apologized sincerely.

"Yes, well, a courtesy call would have been nice." She said rudely, glaring at him.

"I'm sorry." He said again, a little uncomfortably.

"Yes, well, have a good night, Agent Hotchner." The Ambassador said, letting him know it was time for him to go. However, he clasped the bouquet he held in his hands tighter and looked around.

"Actually, I need to talk to Emily, do you know when she'll be back?" Aaron asked.

"She won't." She answered, her eyes now fixed on the bouquet as she smirked sarcastically.

"She won't…where is she?" He asked surprised.

"Emily went home to try to get some sleep. In case you haven't noticed, Agent Hotchner, she hasn't slept properly over the last six months watching over her sick daughter while you stayed home being a coward." Elizabeth snarked, crossing her arms. Aaron just sighed…he knew at some point in his life, he would have to have this conversation with the ambassador, he just wasn't expecting it to be today.

"Ambassador, I know you think the worst of me, and I probably deserve it…I've made many mistakes, and I'm not going to deny that, but I want to correct them. I will do anything to do that." He said, looking at her sincerely.

"Right, and you think flowers are going to do that? You think that by buying her flowers everything is going to go away…all the misery you put her through, all the pain you caused her?" The ambassador said coldly.

"No, it's not what you're thinking, the flowers are to apologize for something that happened earlier today. I know you probably hate me, and you have a right to, but I need you to know I'm willing to do anything it takes to fix this." He said, trying to remain calm at the angry stares the Ambassador was sending his way.

"I think I have earned every right to hate you. Let me see, you not only treated my daughter horribly, but you also got her pregnant and never owned up to your mistakes, or your daughter's paternity, and now you want to come here and demand rights and pretend everything is okay, so yes, Agent Hotchner, you are definitely on top of the list of the few people I want dead." Aaron closed his eyes and took a deep breath trying not to lose control.

"I didn't know about Bay, I would never have walked away from my own child. I had no idea Bay was my daughter until a few months ago, and since then, I have tried to be here as much as I could. I know I've made mistakes, but Emily has, too, and…" But, Aaron stopped, he didn't want to go back and rehash who did what again. He just wanted to repair things, so taking another deep breath, he mustered all the courage he had and looked at the ambassador again.

Look, what's done is done...whether it was my fault or her fault, it doesn't matter. I want to fix things. I want my daughter to be happy. I want…I love your daughter more than I ever loved anyone in this world, and maybe I never had the guts to own up to that, and as I said, I will do anything it takes to fix that, but I need you not to hate me, because I love your daughter, and I promise you, no, I swear to you, that I will spend the rest of my life making it up to her, but I won't be able to move forward if you hate me like that. I will never have a chance in hell with Emily, so I'm begging you to let me fix this and win your daughter's heart again." Aaron said as honestly as he could.

"Emily makes up her own mind, Agent Hotchner." The Ambassador responded.

"Yes, but she looks up to you…look, I know you two had your differences when she was growing up, but everything she does in her life is done hoping you will be proud of her." He told her, and the ambassador stood there speechless.

"I know she might not say it often but you are her entire inspiration. You are a strong, independent woman who doesn't take anything from anyone, and you became one of the most respected and prominent women I know, and she is just like you. And I know that your opinion of this will mean a lot to her; if you hate me, I won't have a chance in hell to win your daughter back."

"She doesn't need my permission to be happy, or to be with you."

No, she doesn't, but I do. Ambassador. I'm sorry about all the mistakes I made with her, and with Bay, but I need you to know that I love Emily more than I ever loved anyone in this world. I want to spend the rest of my life with her and with my daughter, she is the love of my life. I'll do anything you ask me to, to get her back, just please give me a chance." Aaron begged.

I believe Emily is the one who needs to give you a chance, not me, Agent Hotchner, but I do appreciate your honesty and owning up to your mistakes. Emily is at her apartment. I sent her home so she could rest. I offered to stay here with Bay until tomorrow morning, so, you have until tomorrow at 8 am to talk to her. I suggest you leave now and get there before she falls sleep." The ambassador said, looking at her watch.

"Thank you very much." Aaron said, rushing out of the room and heading toward the parking lot again.

He drove as fast as he could to her condo, and after parking next to her car, he rushed up the stairs to her door. He was nervous, and he didn't know how things were going to turn out, but he knew he had to do this. He gently knocked on the door and a few minutes later, Emily came out; she looked very tired, and her face became rigid when she saw him outside her door.

"What are you doing here? Emily asked coldly.

"Can we please talk?" Aaron asked nervously.

"No, we can't, I'm tired, and the last thing I want is to put up with your shit, so I think you should leave." She said, trying to close the door but he stopped her.

"Please, Emily, it's about Bay." Aaron begged. Emily moved from the door because she knew he had spent all afternoon with their daughter, and she was concerned something might have happened to her.

"Fine, what about Bay?" She asked, walking further into the apartment as he followed after her.

"Bay isn't okay, Emily, we are affecting her with all of this conflict, she is suffering." Aaron said sadly.

"What are you talking about?" Emily asked, irritated.

"Bay is hurting, Emily, we are so involved in our fights, we aren't seeing how much they are affecting her."

"Bay doesn't know anything about this! What the hell are you talking about!" She asked in an irritated voice.

"YES! she does, Emily, she does, you know what she told me?" He asked harshly. Emily just looked at him incredulously.

"What!" Emily said, in a defensive pose.

"She told me she wanted to go to heaven so you and I could stop fighting over her. She wants to die, Emily, just because of US!" Aaron finally screamed, tears streaming down his face.

"Oh my God, what? She told you that?" Emily asked, feeling her heart shatter into a million pieces.

"She has heard us fighting and screaming at each other, and she thinks it's all her fault, and she wants to go to heaven so we will stop fighting!" Aaron told her angrily. Emily just shook her head, crying

"So what! This is all my fault…is that what you're trying to say?" Emily screamed at him, still crying.

"No, Emily, I'm not saying that…all I'm saying is we can't live like this anymore. We can't continue like this." He told her, getting close to her…it was then when she finally she saw the bouquet he was holding in his hand.

"So, you bring me flowers, and you think that changes everything, all that pain you caused me, it will all be fixed with some bullshit flowers." Emily snapped furiously.

"No, that is not what these are for, and you caused me pain, too, Emily, you aren't just a victim here…you made mistakes, too." He screamed at her.

"Oh my God, and we're back at the same thing. I apologized to you a million times about hiding Bay from you, Aaron. I had no choice when you treated me the way you did, and you will never understand, and if that is why you came…get the hell out! I'm done, I AM SO DONE!" Emily screamed, crying and collapsing in a heap on the floor. She was exhausted…they had gone over this a million times, and she simply couldn't do it anymore.

Aaron quickly placed the flowers on the counter and rushed to her trying to pull her into his arms off the floor.

"Emily, no, I don't want to fight anymore, I just…" Aaron tried to pick her up off the floor while he was kneeling down in front of her, but she slapped his hands away furiously.

"Don't, don't you dare touch me! Please leave, just leave…get the hell out of my house." Emily cried, pushing him away.

"No, Emily, please, I need you to let me talk, we need to talk for Bay's sake, please." Aaron begged, again trying to keep his distance from her. Emily wiped her eyes, moving away from him and standing up from the floor, going toward the living room. She sat down on the sofa covering her face with her hands as she cried silently.

"Emily, I don't want to fight anymore, what Bay told me today broke my heart into a million pieces, it made me see how selfish I had been all this time thinking about me and my feelings. I know we both made mistakes, but it's not too late to fix them. I want things to be different. I don't want to fight with you anymore, please." He begged, sitting down next to her on the sofa in the living room.

"You don't want to fight anymore? Then what was the bullshit you pulled this afternoon? You had no right to question me about my personal life." She told him angrily, wiping her eyes and giving him a death glare.

"It was just a question, Emily, I wasn't trying to start a fight." Aaron defended himself, but the brunette snapped again standing up from the sofa angrily.

"It was just a question? Why the hell do you care about whom I date or don't date, Aaron, that is none of your damn business, my life doesn't fucking concern you!

"Yes, it does." He responded, raising his voice and letting his emotions win.

Emily just stared at him in shock, but before she could respond, Aaron spoke again.

"It concerns me because I still fucking love you, OKAY! It drives me crazy jealous to see you with anyone because I haven't stopped loving you, and I don't think I ever will." He said, with tears streaming down his face.

"I can't do this anymore, Emily. I'm done, too. I'm tired of all this…the fights, the arguments…going back and forth to the same old crap, and it doesn't even matter because no matter what happened in the past, the mistakes we both did, I love you more than I loved anyone in this life except Jack, and I can't get you out of my head." Tears were streaming down his face, and Emily just stood there in shock…speechless at what she was hearing

"I just know that I love you so much that it hurts, and Bay made me realize today that I can't keep living like this anymore…I just can't. So, that's why I came...to tell you that no matter what has happened, I still love you, I never stopped and I never will." Aaron said, approaching her again. Emily was speechless at his confession, and she didn't react when he pulled her into his arms and started kissing her passionately. Emily just froze as his mouth assaulted her and tears streamed down her face, her heart gave in, and she wrapped her arms around his neck as the kiss turned more passionate.

Finally, Emily pulled again, gaining some strength and pulling away from him.

"I can't do this, Aaron, this isn't going to work, you kissing me won't change how I feel…everything that happened." Emily said indignantly.

"Emily, please, let's not go back to the same crap we were doing before, we both made a lot of mistakes, we both did a lot of things wrong and hurt each other doing them, but we can't live like this thinking about the past…we need to move past this, Emily…for Bay, let's do this for her." Aaron said, pleading.

"We can't be together for Bay, Aaron, not after everything we've been through. It's not fair for her and it's not fair for us. This isn't the way to fix things, getting back together and using Bay as an excuse isn't going to resolve anything." Emily said, letting the tears roll down her face.

"I'm not using Bay as an excuse, Emily, and I'm not saying we should be together for Bay, and I don't want to make her happy, and I will be willing to do anything it takes to make her happy. I didn't say we should be together for Bay's sake because I lived that with Haley once for Jack, and trust me, it didn't work out." He said sadly, looking at her.

"I'm saying I want to be with you because I love you more than any woman I've ever loved anyone in this world; yes, we made mistakes and we hurt each other, but I'm willing to put that behind us. I'm not mad anymore, Emily, I forgive you for hiding Bay, because I love you more than I ever thought was possible, and I don't want to lose you. I can't anymore, Em. I'm so sorry about everything I did wrong and the pain I caused you so many years ago. I was a stupid, arrogant fool for not seeing sooner how much you mean to me, how crazy I was about you. I just know that you are it for me, you're the love of my life." Aaron confessed, as tears rolled from both their eyes.

"Aaron, I…" But, Aaron approached her and held her face in his hands firmly, looking at her so deeply it hurt.

"Just tell me something…do you still love me, Emily, do you still feel something for me?" Emily tried to move from his embrace, but he held her firmly to him.

"Aaron, please." She begged.

"Answer me, Emily." He demanded.

"Yes, I do, I always will, but…" He silenced her capturing her mouth again and wrapping his arms around her tighter as he kissed her passionately.

Emily couldn't control herself any longer, and she lost a sense of everything as his arms wrapped around her waist tightly, and he devoured her mouth. Soon, the kiss turned more passionate, and Aaron picked her up in his arms and headed up the stairs with her as they struggled to get to her bedroom in between kisses. He walked them into her room and placed her softly on the bed removing her black sweater and letting it fall on the carpet. Emily's hand moved to the buttons on his shirt, opening the buttons and spreading it open as he trailed kisses along her neck and collarbone. They finished undressing each other in between heated kisses and when they were finally completely naked, Aaron took his time kissing every single spot on her porcelain body. It was the first time he had really had time to admire her gorgeous body, and he made sure he touched every single inch of her soft flesh with his kisses and his gentle bites…she was his and would be his for the rest of his life.