Consequences Ch. 12

Three weeks later (almost 9 months pregnant)

Hotch's POV

Hotch pissed off. He had given Emily three weeks to come to him about the triplets but nothing had happened. That wasn't the only thing making him mad though. They had gotten a serial killer/terrorism case and couldn't find anyone who could translate Arabic as fast as Emily did in her first case with the team.

He was sitting in his office when Garcia knocked on the door.

"Come in," Hotch said as he tried to pin point something new about this Unsub.

"The new translator is here, sir," Garcia said. "Have you asked Jordan Todd about their resident translator yet?"

"I'll be right down," Hotch said as he picked up the file of notes that needed to be translated. "Todd said that their linguistics expert is currently out of town and won't be back for another week. Have you been able to reach Agent Prentiss at all?"

"No, she hasn't answered her home or her cell phones," Garcia said as she headed back to her lair. "You might want to ask Rossi though. He has always seemed to know where she is."

"Thanks, Garcia," Hotch said as he headed to the conference room. "Agent Treynor, I presume."

"Yes, sir," Treynor said as Hotch handed him the file of notes.

"We need these notes translated as soon as possible," Hotch said as he left the new translator alone and headed towards Rossi's office.

"What can I do for you, Aaron?" Rossi asked as Hotch sat in a visitor's chair.

"I need you to tell me where I can find Emily at. I want to talk to her about the triplets and see if she can help us with this case," Hotch said as he looked out into the bull pen.

"I suppose, Garcia sent you my way?" Rossi asked.

"Yes, she did," Hotch said. "She said that you always seem to know where Emily is."

"Well, this time Garcia was wrong. I haven't talked to Emily in about two weeks," Rossi said as he saw where Hotch was looking. "The last thing that I heard was that she was heading to Maryland to get away from all the stress."

"Can you try and get a hold of her?" Hotch asked.

"I can try but that doesn't mean that I'll get through," Rossi said as Hotch stood to leave. "I'll let you know when I hear something. I'm going to take an early lunch and try to get a hold of her."

"Thanks," Hotch said as he headed back to his office.

As Hotch sat down in his office, he remembered Rossi's words to him three weeks ago.

Flashback

Dave had come back from visiting his friend in the hospital and gathered everyone into the conference room for a team meeting.

"Emily was just admitted to Georgetown University Hospital. Everything is fine, the doctor is just worried about her stress levels right now," Dave said as he looked at Hotch.

Hotch just stared straight ahead after Dave told them that Emily was currently in the hospital.

"She wanted me to update everyone," Dave said. "Now get back to work. Hotch, can we talk in your office?"

"Sure," Hotch said as he headed to his office.

"I know that you want to talk to her but you need to wait until she comes to you," Dave said. "Seeing you today is what sent her stress levels sky high; not to mention you finding out about the triplets this way."

Rossi's POV

He knew exactly why Penelope had Aaron come to him. She knew that he had been in contact with Emily all along. He knew exactly where she was staying and had the phone number that she was currently using while she was in Baltimore. Emily hadn't asked him to not tell anyone but he knew that if Aaron went to see her, there was a huge chance that she would go into full term labor this time.

"Em, it is Dave. Call me back when you get this message," Dave said as he stopped at the deli for a quick sandwich. "Hope everything is going good in Baltimore."

As he headed back to the office, he remembered how Emily reacted when he told her what Beth had done and that Hotch and Beth had broken up.

Flashback

"So how you doing, kiddo?" Dave said as he walked into Emily's room.

"Pretty good. The doctor did a non-stress test this morning," Emily said as she stood up to give Dave a hug. "The doctor said that everything is looking good and that I should only be here for a few more days. So how is everything going at work?"

"Everything is good. Everyone knows that you're in the hospital and they all want to come up and visit," Dave said as he sat next to her bed.

"Everyone wants to visit? Even….?" Emily asked.

Yes, even him; but I told him to wait until you came to him to talk," Dave said as he watched her twist the sheet in her hands. "But since we are on the subject of Hotch, there were a few interesting incidents that happened even before you left the museum yesterday."

"Thank you. I think that if I see him again, I might go into full term labor," Emily said as looked up at Dave. "So what happened?"

"Hotch and Beth broke up," Dave said as he watched her expression change from upbeat to downright nervous.

"What happened?" Emily asked as she started picking her nails; one of her nervous ticks.

"Beth lied to Hotch about being pregnant," Dave said as Emily's eyes flicked up to look into his. "And you know how trust and honesty are two of the most important things to Hotch."

"Well then, I can just wonder what he thinks about me right now," Emily said. "I wasn't honest about my resignation and didn't trust him enough to tell him about these three."

One week later (9 months pregnant)

"Everyone is surprised that you've managed to make it this far; especially with all the stress," Dave said as he sat next to Emily on the couch in his and Jessica's living room. "So are you back here for good now?"

"I, myself, am completely surprised that these three haven't decided to make their presence known yet," Emily said as Jessica handed her a cup of tea. "Yea, I'm back for good. I want my doctor to deliver these three when the time comes. Are you guys still working that serial killer/terrorism case?"

"Yep and we have barely translated a quarter of the notes," Dave said as he checked his cell phone again.

"Dave, if you have to get back to work, go ahead and go," Emily said as she watched him. "I'll be fine. I'm just going to go home and relax. Not to mention, I should head out before Jack wakes up from his nap."

"Em, you don't have to leave," Dave said as Emily stood to leave.

"Yes, I do. I really don't want Hotch to know that I'm back in town just yet," Emily said as she headed for the front door. "I know I've already asked a lot from you both but I need you to not tell him that I'm back."

"Em…," Dave said warningly.

"I promise that once the triplets are born, I'll find some way to talk to him but I can't do it just yet," Emily said as she hugged Dave.

"Fine, but don't be surprised if he hasn't had Garcia track your cell phone," Dave said as they both headed out to their cars. "Especially with the way that I disappeared from the office. Garcia tends to know where I'm going and who is likely there."

Just as Emily pulled into her driveway, her cell phone rang.

"Prentiss," Emily said as she opened her door.

"Emily, it's JJ," JJ said. "Look, I know you just got back into town and was wondering if there was any way for you to come to the office. We are in serious need of your linguistic skills for this case that we have been working on for the past week."

"Seriously, JJ," Emily said as she unlocked her front door. "Put the asshole on who told you to call me and ask that."

"Who are you talking about?" JJ said as she looked at Hotch standing in the doorway of her office.

"I'm talking about Hotch and don't you dare lie to me and tell me that he didn't tell you to call me," Emily said as she sat her suitcase that the bottom of the stairs.

"He didn't ask me to call you," JJ said as she shook her head at him before he left. "Sorry for that Emily."

"I know," Emily said. "Do you have copies of the notes?"

"Yes, why?" JJ asked confused.

"Put them on my desk in counter-terrorism," Emily said as she grabbed her purse to head back out. "I'll come in and look at them there and then have someone bring the transcribed versions back up to you, when I'm done."

"Thank you so much," JJ said as she grabbed the file of copied notes.

"Where are you headed, JJ?" Dave asked as he climbed off the elevator as she climbed in.

"Heading down to counter-terrorism for a few minutes," JJ said knowing that he would understand what was going on.

"Aaron had you call her didn't he?" Dave asked.

"Yes, and no he doesn't know that she's coming in and doing us a huge favor," JJ said as Dave stepped back into the elevator.

"Oh, he will when Garcia pings her cell as inside the building," Dave said as he reminded JJ and Hotch and Garcia had been trying to locate Emily's cell for the past week.

"So that was how he knew she was back in town, then," JJ said as the elevator stopped on level 20. "And why he asked me to call her and ask her to help on this case. Shit, I just played right into his plan, didn't I?"

"Yep and double yep," Dave said as they headed towards Emily's office.

"What are you guys doing down here?" Jordan Todd said as she walked over to Dave and JJ. "I told Agent Hotchner that my linguistics expert is currently out of commission."

"She's headed in to give these a look," Dave said as he showed Agent Todd the notes.

"I just talked to her," JJ said. "She should be here in the next twenty minutes."

"JJ, go ahead and head back up to your office," Dave said. "I'm going to wait down here for Emily to show up."

Emily showed up a half an hour later carrying a huge bag of McDonalds with her.

"What's that for?" Dave asked as she sat down.

"Lunch , since I doubt I'll be able to leave before five," Emily said as she started to look at the notes. "Who the hell have you guys had as a translator, because half of his translations are totally off?"

"Agent Treynor who was stationed over in Iran for the past two months," Dave said as she grabbed a french fry out of her bag.

"No wonder, the dialect is totally wrong," Emily said as she grabbed her bag of food, purse, and the file of copied notes.

"Where are you heading?" Dave asked as he watched her head towards the elevator.

"Hotch wanted me here to work on this case, well I'm here so why not have a little fun while working," Emily said as they headed for the 23rd floor. "Not to mention but I think I should have a little talk with Agent Treynor about looking into the separate dialects of Arabic."

AN2: Ok, so I decided to change things around just a bit. Hotch and Emily will talk about the triplets in the next chapter and something he says will result in her going into full term labor. Chapter 13 will hopefully be up on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon.