Consequences Ch.7

2 months later

Emily had just arrived at her front door when her cell phone rang.

"Prentiss," she said as she answered the phone without checking to see who was calling.

"Emily, its JJ," the caller said. "Henry is missing his aunt so we are coming over after I get out of work tonight; whether you like it or not."

"JJ," Emily said as she opened her door. "I said no for a reason."

"And I said that I don't care," JJ said. "We'll be there around 6."

Emily had said no to seeing anyone from the team except for Rossi because no one else knew that she was pregnant. Everyone had tried to get her to come out but no one had been successful. JJ and Penelope tried to drag her out for girl's night while Morgan and Reid tried to get her to go out to the bar with them. The hardest requests to say no to were when Jack and Henry called and begged her to go to the park with them. That's where Hotch came in, he used his son to try and mend their friendship but she refused to let him manipulate her that way.

"Dave, I'm not going to be able to make dinner with you and Jessica tonight," Emily said as she left him a voicemail message. "I was just notified that I'm getting a visit from my nephew tonight. Tell Jessica that I'll make dinner for the three of us on Saturday."

6:15 that evening

"It's open, JJ," Emily called from the kitchen after hearing the doorbell ring.

"Where are you at?" JJ asked as she sat Henry on the couch.

"I'm in the kitchen fixing dinner since I figured that you two haven't eaten anything just yet," Emily said as she felt a small pair of hands wrap around her leg. "Hey, Henry, I made you some dinosaur chicken nuggets."

"Em, why didn't you come to me?" JJ asked as she saw her pregnant friend for the first time since she quit. "Who else knows? What are you having? Who is the father?"

"Slow down. I managed to keep these three under wraps until just before I left. Rossi and Jessica are the only people who know," Emily said as she placed dinner on the kitchen table. "I really don't want to talk about the father; he's not a part of my life right now."

"Triplets?" JJ asked before picking Henry up and putting him on a kitchen chair. "So how far along are you?"

"Yep, I'm five months along now," Emily said. "So how are you and Spence doing?"

"That means that the last case you worked and got shot at, you were three months pregnant, right?" JJ asked. "How did you know that we are together? Why are Rossi and Jessica the only ones who know?"

"Yes, I was pregnant when I got shot and like I told Jessica when she asked how I knew about them, it's my secret," Emily said as she began to eat. "Rossi knows because of the case plus I see them at least once a week for dinner."

"Why doesn't Hotch know?" JJ asked as Henry pointed to his sippy cup.

"I didn't want him to know because I didn't want him to feel guilty about me getting shot," Emily said as she finished her dinner. "And we both know that he would feel guilty. It was my choice to go out into the field."

"So do you know what you are having?" JJ asked as she placed both her and Henry's plates in the sink.

"Not yet, the doctor said that one of the triplets is blocking her from seeing all three of their sexes," Emily said as she rinsed the plates before putting them in the dishwasher. "So how is everyone doing? Dave told me that Seaver is back with the team."

"Well Hotch, Jack, and Beth are good but I think that she is starting to hate that he's gone a lot. Derek and Penelope are as flirtatious as ever and we are all waiting for them to realize they belong together," JJ said as Emily put Cars into the DVD player for Henry to watch.

"What about you and Spencer?" Emily asked as she settled back onto the couch.

"We're doing well. Henry's even taken to calling him daddy at times," JJ said as Henry climbed into her lap.

"How's Will taking that one?" Emily asked.

"He's ok with it which surprised me and Spence. He said he had his chance and is happy that we are all happy," JJ said while running her hand through Henry's hair. "Which reminds me, Penelope made you a special invite to next month's girl's night and once she finds out that I've seen you, she'll flip out if you don't come for just a little bit."

"I'll think about it," Emily said.

"So what have you been doing with all your free time?" JJ asked.

"Well since the weather had turned cold in the past month, I've been visiting the museums and some of the other indoor attractions of D.C.," Emily said.

"Have you been to the National Museum of Natural History in the last couple of weeks?" JJ asked.

"No, I haven't managed to make it there just yet. Why do you ask?" Emily asked as Henry laughed at the movie.

"Beth got a promotion to head curator over there," JJ said as the doorbell rang.

"Did Spencer know that you were coming over here?" Emily asked.

"Yea but I told him that we'd be home by nine so he had nothing to worry about," JJ said as Emily headed for the door.

"Gees, Dave, way to give two girls heart attacks," Emily said as she opened the door.

"Jessica asked me to check up on you when she got the message you left. Hey, JJ and Henry," Dave said as he sat down on the love seat. "What are you guys doing here?"

"Henry was missing his aunt Emily and I finally decided that I wasn't going to take no for an answer about bringing him over here," JJ said as Cars ended. "What time is it, by the way?"

"8:20. You two should probably get going if you want to make it home by nine," Emily said as she picked Henry up for a proper hug. "I will definitely think about attending girl's night next month and I'll see you soon little guy."

"Thanks for dinner and a conversation that stayed mostly away from work, Em," JJ said as she and Henry walked to the door.

"I thought that we got that when Beth treated the entire team to Chinese after she got her promotion," Dave said jokingly.

"Sure for about ten minutes while she told us about her new position," JJ said as they headed out. "Then it was back to work stuff."

"It was no problem, JJ," Emily said as she watched the two talk to one another. "So what was the real reason that you stopped by, Dave?"

"When you said your nephew, on the message this morning, I wasn't sure which nephew you were talking about," Rossi said as he moved over to sit next to her on the couch. "Plus Aaron left about 5:30, instead of six tonight, for some unknown reason."

"What were you doing at the office until 7:30?" Emily asked.

"I wasn't at the office until 7:30. I was there until 6:30 then Jessica and I went out for dinner," Rossi said. "I dropped her off at home before coming to check on you."