The next morning, Aaron walked into the Prentiss house. He opened the door carrying his suit and his brief case in one hand and his coffee in the other. Throughout the day, he couldn't stop smiling as he was doing his rounds of the house. He made a conscious effort to walk by Emily's room each time around and he'd typically hear: "Go away, Aaron. You're not allowed to see me until tonight. I'm not going to come out of my room and you can't make me," She'd finish playfully.

As the working day came to a close, Aaron was staring at the clock in his office. He was let out at three o'clock and it was ten to three. The minutes passed by slowly until finally the hands on the clock struck three. He had told Emily to be ready by five so they would go watch a movie then go to the restaurant across the street that he had made reservations for. Two hours. What should he do in the two hours that he had until he was to meet Emily in the foyer of the Prentiss House?

His phone rang and he answered: "Hotchner,"

On the other line, Emily picked it up. Is two hours not enough? He thought to himself. "Aaron, I'm bored. Can you pick me up early?" Emily whined

"I thought women took a hours to get ready for things like these," He muttered, half to himself and half to her.

"Yeah well, I was excited and I got ready early. Besides, it only takes divas that long to get ready. Come pick me up please?"

Aaron looked at his watch. Twenty past four. "I'll be there in ten minutes," he answered before dropping his phone onto his desk.

He hurried to his makeshift closet and grabbed the suit he had packed before heading to the washroom across the hall.

Ten minutes later, Aaron was standing in the foyer where he was supposed to meet Emily. Just as he decided to get out his phone and call her, he heard the click-click of heels at the top of the stairs. He immediately put his phone away and stared at her in awe. She was wearing a spaghetti strap red dress that really emphasized her curves. It was floor length with a slit that went up the right leg to about three inches above her knee. Emily's cheeks were as pale as usual with a tint of blush around the cheekbones. Her lips were glossy but not red and her perfect dark hair fell in slight curls around her flawless face. "Emily, you look… wow," he breathed.

Emily blushed at his comment. "Always the gentleman. Thanks. You don't look half bad either you know," she added to take the attention away from her. "So, what movie are we going to?"

"Actually, I was going to let you choose. Just nothing with blood and gore,"

"Wasn't planning on it," she assured with a laugh.

Aaron opened the door of the house for Emily and placed a hand on her lower back guiding her through. He rushed ahead so that he could open the car door for her. Once she was in, he ran around the front of the car to get himself in. The two drove out the driveway quite happy.

About half way through the ride to the movie theatre, the car started to slow down and clunk along. Darn Aaron thought. The car screeched to a stop and Emily looked at Aaron. "Great," She said sarcastically. "Do we know what's wrong?"

"No," Aaron replied "It's not gas; I filled it up before I picked you up." Aaron hesitated. He jumped out of the car and popped the hood. Once he closed it, he closed the car and went to the back to push.

"Aaron, what are you doing?" Emily asked in unbelief.

"I'm… pushing… the car… to the… nearest… gas station." he finished. Before Aaron knew what was happening, Emily was beside him helping push the car. "Emily, what are you doing? You'll ruin your dress."

"It's fine. Besides, if I'm out of the car, it's easier to push plus it'll be easier if I help."

Within twenty minutes of pushing the car, they came to a bright light. Finally, they had reached a gas station. Aaron ran inside, still looking quite presentable. "We need some help, please," he said. "My car broke down and I don't know the first thing about them."

The guy walked out of the store along with Aaron and popped the hood of his car. "Well, everything seems to be fine, he went to the drivers seat, turned the key in the ignition only to hear it roar to half of it's potential. He did it again with the same results. "I think I know what your problem is here, sir," He pushed the car near to a wall, ran inside, and came back out with jumping wires.

"I have some of those in my car, why not use those?" Aaron asked.

"Because the ones you have in your car are probably the ones that connect to another car, not a wall outlet. These hear," he said showing the wires, "connect to a wall outlet."

In a matter of minutes, the car revved to life. Aaron thanked the man and hopped back in the car. With a glance at Emily, he looked down and said: "Sorry, I should have checked the battery before I picked you up."

Emily just grinned at him.

"Why are you smiling? I practically just ruined our first date and it was supposed to be perfect."

Emily laughed and looked at the man she loved. "You haven't ruined it. Our first date is still perfect. We aren't late," she explained. "Yet."

"But you had to help me push the car and…" he was yet again cut off by Emily.

"We still did it together. Aaron, I don't care what we do, so long as we do it together. That's the whole point of going on a date together," she emphasized the last word.

When they arrived at the movie, the credits had just started. The movie Emily had chosen was a Romantic Tragedy. Aaron secretly was ecstatic that she had chosen that movie because he had really wanted to see it. When the two sat down, the movie had just started. Through out the movie, everyone was sobbing but Emily wasn't really paying attention to the movie. She was just happy to be with Aaron and wondering what he was thinking. Aaron wasn't really paying attention either. He was just so happy that Emily had agreed to let him take her on a proper date and that she wasn't mad that the car had some… difficulties. During the sad scenes, Emily made a conscious effort to be sad and lean against Aaron's shoulder. Aaron took this opportunity and put his arm around her shoulder so that she was leaning against his chest.

At the end of the movie, the two got up and walked out. "That was sweet," Emily said, half referring to the movie and half referring to how Aaron put his arm around her to 'comfort her'.

They walked hand-in-hand across the street to where the restaurant was. The food was not up to standard at all. The meat was undercooked, the vegetables were overcooked and the soup was cold. When the couple walked out of the restaurant, they laughed together.

"I'm so sorry, Emily. Tonight was supposed to be perfect but all it has been is lousy," Aaron apologized.

"Aaron, I had a great time tonight. We did everything together and it was kind of fun in a way. Don't apologize. But it is getting kind of cold," Emily hinted.

Without any warning, Aaron took one of his jackets and put it over Emily's shoulders. He had one more surprise for her except it was outside. He didn't want her getting cold. "Better?" He asked.

She smiled and nodded. "Thanks."

They rounded a corner and a band was sitting there, under a giant gazebo. "Dance with me?" Aaron held out a hand for her to take. He pulled her into his chest so that her cheek rested on his shoulder and she was breathing into his neck. "Don't want you to be cold now do we." He laughed.

"I'm not cold right now, just perfect," Emily wrapped her arms around his upper body. "I could dance with you all night," she said after a while.

"Mm," he groaned. "So could I but I want to get you home soon. "It's getting late."

"Only if you stay the night with me," Emily said unexpectedly.

They stopped dancing, Emily took her head off Aaron's shoulder and Aaron looked at Emily. "Are you being serious right now?" He hoped she was being extremely serious. Something about staying the night with the woman he loved sounded so right.

"Of course I am. Will you stay the night at my apartment?"