Consequences Ch5
Rossi shot Hotch a look that said "if you don't leave, she will more than likely hit you." He could see that she was trying to keep her anger in check but it wasn't working very well. He had never saw her that upset at Hotch since he'd been on the team.
"Fine," Hotch said as he walked out her front door.
After the front door was closed, Emily sank down against it and banged her head on it once before breaking down in tears. She was in pain and pissed off that he brought Beth along with him to see if she was alright.
"Where are your pain pills?" Rossi asked thinking that that was why she was crying.
"In the bag of groceries," Emily said as she stood up.
"I think that this is the first time that I have ever seen you get that angry with Hotch," Rossi said as he handed her a pain pill and a glass of water. "What had you so upset with him?"
"Let's see, it could be the fact that I'm currently pregnant with his kids or the fact that he brought Beth over here," Emily said before taking her pain pill. "It could also be a combination of both."
"What?" Rossi asked as he sat down on the couch trying to process what she had just said. "Seriously?"
"Yep, you heard me right," Emily said as she sat down next to him.
"When did this happen?" Rossi asked.
"Three months ago," Emily said as she wiped the tears off her face.
"I understood that but when exactly did you both get drunk enough to have a one night stand, that he doesn't remember?" Rossi asked as he thought about three months ago. "Shit, it was the night I left you two at the bar while you were doing double shots of tequila, wasn't it?"
"That would be the night," Emily said as the tears started to fall again.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Rossi asked as he pulled her towards him.
"What could I've said, 'Hey Hotch you got me pregnant two months ago. It was a one night stand that you don't remember'," Emily said with a small laugh. "That one would have gone over so well."
"Ok, I get why you didn't say anything," Rossi said with a laugh as he thought about what Hotch's face would look like if she had told him that.
"Stop imagining his eyes bulging out of his head if I had told him that," Emily said with a smile. "You should probably head out. Jessica is probably waiting for you."
"Em…" Rossi said.
"I'm fine. I'm just going to make myself something to eat then relax on the couch," Emily said as she stood to head to the kitchen. "Go spend some time with your girlfriend. I'll see you tomorrow. I do have one thing that I do want you to keep to yourself from today though."
"Don't tell anyone you are pregnant with Aaron's kids?" Rossi asked as he gave her a hug. "Got it right didn't I?"
"Just go spend some time with your girlfriend," Emily said as she nodded her head.
"Call me if you need anything, ok?" Rossi asked as he opened her front door.
"I will," Emily said as she closed the door behind him.
When Emily woke up the next morning, she dreaded going into work. She really didn't want to go in but she knew that she had paperwork to finish on the shooting and then her exit interview paperwork for Strauss. Rossi was sitting next to her desk, with a cup of tea, when she finally decided to head in.
"Thanks, but what is with the second cup?" Emily asked as she sat down.
"Peace offering from Aaron," Rossi said as grabbed the other cup. "I think that it is coffee, though. Need anything before I start my paperwork?"
"No, I just want to get this day done and over with so that I can focus my attention on other things," Emily said as she grabbed the file of paperwork from the shooting.
"Jessica wants you to come over for dinner tonight," Rossi said. "She won't take no for an answer."
"Is it just going to be the three of us?" Emily asked as she looked up at Hotch's office. "Or are others going to be there as well?"
"Just the three of us," Rossi said with a grin. "She wants to know how you knew about us."
"Tell her I'll be there about 8," Emily said as she nodded towards his office. "You'd better get to work before Hotch comes out and yells at you."
Throughout the day, everyone came up to talk to her, except for Hotch. Morgan kept complaining about losing his partner in crime while Reid kept asking how he was supposed to deal with Morgan's teasing without her to stop him. JJ and Garcia dragged her to lunch to talk about what she was going to do now that she wasn't an FBI agent. When she got back there was yet another cup of coffee on her desk.
"Here," Emily said as he handed the cup off to Morgan.
"Don't you want it?" Morgan asked as he placed the cup back on her desk.
"I quit drinking coffee a month ago," Emily said as she passed the cup off to Reid.
"What? You gave up coffee?" Morgan asked just staring at his friend. "What did Rossi hand you this morning, then?"
"You heard me right," Emily said as she got back to her paperwork. "He handed me a cup of lemon zinger tea. Now if you two don't mind, I need to get my paperwork finished so that I can be out of here by five."
"Hot date, Princess?" Morgan asked as she started writing.
"Sure, with my doctor and a needle," Emily said as she continued working.
"Princess, what's going on?" Morgan asked. "You seem to be spending a lot of time at doctor's appointments lately. Just before the last case you were late for the briefing because of a doctor's appointment."
"Derek, there is nothing to worry about. The doctor is trying to figure out what I'm missing in my diet that is making me sick," Emily said as she closed the file on the shooting and started on Strauss' exit interview paperwork. "But it is nice to know that you are paying attention to certain things."
After 45 minutes with no interruptions, she had finally finished her paperwork. She was surprised that Strauss had put in an additional paper asking if she wanted to retain her special agent status.
"Now comes the part that you have been dreading since yesterday," was the one thought that kept running through Emily's mind.
She really didn't want to have to face Hotch alone.
"Hey, Reid, you headed up to Hotch's office?" Emily asked as she stood next to his desk.
"Yea, why?" Reid said as he grabbed the files he had just finished.
"I'll come up with you," Emily said.
"Come in," was heard through the door after Reid knocked.
Emily set her file down on Hotch's desk and was gone before he had even lifted his head to see who was in his office.
"Come in, Reid. Was that Prentiss who came up with you?" Hotch asked as he looked at the file sitting on the edge of his desk.
"Yes, it was," Reid said as he sat his files down next to hers.
"She ran out of here pretty quickly," Hotch said. "I wanted to talk to her about something."
"She had an appointment with Strauss and then a doctor's appointment," Reid said as he walked out of Hotch's office.
Emily was thankful to have gotten out of there quickly. She really didn't want to have to spend any extra time explaining to Hotch why she was leaving.
When Emily showed up at Rossi's place, she was happy; that was until she saw the SUV sitting in his driveway. She grabbed her phone to cancel when she noticed that she had two unread text messages. They were from Rossi and said:
"I'm sorry." and "Jack kind of invited himself when he found out that Jessica was making her famous spaghetti."
Emily just shook her head as she grabbed the dessert and headed for the front door.
"Hey, what's this?" Rossi said as he allowed Emily to step inside.
"For dessert; its strawberry cheesecake," Emily said as she stepped in close to him. "You owe me big time for this, Dave."
"Ok, I know," Rossi said as he smiled at her. "How about you take that to Jessica in the kitchen?"
"Emily, I'm so glad that you could make it and am also really sorry about the extra people," Jessica said when Emily stepped into the kitchen. "Dave said that you and Aaron got into a fight yesterday."
"Hey, Jessica, it's alright," Emily said before handing her the strawberry cheesecake. "For dessert."
"Thank you, you really didn't have to," Jessica said as she placed the cheesecake in the fridge. "Dave, is everything ready out there?"
"Yes, it is, Jessica," Hotch said. "Would you like some help bringing stuff in here?"
"Nope, I've got someone in here to help me," Jessica said. "Emily, can you grab the basket of garlic toast and the salad?"
"Sure, no problem," Emily said as she grabbed what she was told and headed into the dining room.
"Emmy, what are you doing here?" Jack said as he ran over to hug her when she walked into the dining room.
"Your aunt Jessica and uncle Dave invited me over for dinner this morning," Emily said as she sat the garlic toast and salad down before heading to her seat across from Hotch and Beth.
"Emily, would you like some red wine?" Hotch asked as he gestured to the bottle in front of him.
"No, thank you," Emily said as she moved the wineglass away from her. "Dave, do you have any Sprite in the kitchen?"
"Yes, we do. I'll go get it for you," Dave said.
"I'll get it," Emily said as she stood to head to the kitchen.
As she sat back down, with her glass of Sprite, she noticed Hotch and Beth whispering to one another. She looked over at Dave as if to ask what they were talking about. He just smiled and pointed to the wine.
"So, Emily, when did you stop drinking?" Beth asked quietly.
"I haven't had alcohol or coffee for about a month now," Emily said as she placed a piece of garlic toast on her plate. "The doctor doesn't want me to have any of that stuff until she knows what is going on with me."
"Well congratulations," Jessica said with a twinkle in her eye. "I know that going a month without coffee where you work is hard. Now the real reason that I asked you over, how did you figure out about Dave and I?"
"That's my secret," Emily said as she took her empty plate to the kitchen. "I'm going to head out. I have to be up early to run some errands."
"What about the strawberry cheesecake that you brought for dessert?" Jessica asked as she walked Emily to the door.
"Enjoy it," Emily said as she opened the front door.
"Call me tomorrow and we'll talk," Jessica said as Emily left.
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