Consequences Ch. 17

AN: I know that this chapter is kind of short but I wanted to get it up today (it's my 22nd birthday) so here it is. The prequel to this story is now up and is being written concurrently with this story.

Three days later 11:30 p.m. Emily's POV

"Come on, Jack. Time for bed," Emily said as she watched the boy try to stay awake to see his father.

"No, want to see dad," Jack said as he looked up at Emily.

"I promise to have him stop in and see you when he gets in," Emily said as she picked him up to carry him to his room. "You'll be able to show him your room and all the toys tomorrow when you get up."

Jessica POV

"You're back," Jessica said as Dave walked into the living room.

"Yep," he said before kissing the top of her head.

"Hey, Jess, where's Jack at?" Aaron said as he followed Dave into the living room.

"He's been staying with Emily. He wanted to be there to help her out," Jessica said as she looked up at Aaron.

"She said that you'd both be there to help. I didn't realize that he was staying overnight there to help her," Aaron said as he headed back out to his car. "I'll bring Jack and the girls over tomorrow before Emily and I head up to the hospital."

"Ok," Jessica said with a knowing smirk.

"What's with the smirk, sweet?" Dave asked as she sat back down on the couch with him.

"Tell me that the team has tomorrow off, please," Jessica said as she leaned into Dave's side.

"Yea, we do. Why?" he asked as he watched her face light up.

"I get to spend my day with you and I can most likely say that Jack and the girls will not be over here tomorrow," she said as she snuggled into his chest.

"What are you talking about?" Dave asked. "Aaron just said that he'd bring them over."

"Josh is home and Emily's finally ready to ask Aaron and Jack to move into her home," Jessica said as shock reigned on Dave's face. "You should see the room that Emily made up for Jack. It's great."

"When did Josh come home?" he asked.

"Five days ago," she said as she stood to head to the bedroom. "Now it's late and I am tired."

Aaron's POV

He knew that there was something in the smirk that Jessica had given him as he left their place but he didn't have time to concentrate on what it might have meant. He just wanted to make sure that his three girls were alright, that Josh was doing ok at the hospital, and then take Jack home. As he pulled into the driveway, he noticed that all the lights were off. He remembered Dave saying that he had talked to her, to let her know that they were on their way home; but that she couldn't talk for long.

Aaron heard a gurgle on the baby monitor that was sitting on the table next to the couch.

"Well at least someone's up to see me," Aaron whispered into the darkness before heading up the stairs.

He was surprised to see that both of the girls were asleep when he walked into the nursery. He was startled by the rustling of a blanket in the third crib. He was even more surprised, when he walked over to the third crib, to see Josh looking up at him.

"When did you get home, buddy?" Aaron asked as he picked Josh up before sitting in the rocker.

"I brought him home on Monday," Emily said as she watched them from the doorway.

"Everything's ok with him?" he asked as he looked up at her. "Why didn't you let me know?"

"Everything is good," she said as she checked on the girls. "So you could come home early? I sent you back to work for a reason, which we'll discuss tomorrow."

"What are you talking about?" Aaron asked as he put Josh back in his crib and she left the nursery carrying his go-bag. "Where's Jack at?"

"We'll talk tomorrow morning. Jack's sleeping in the second guest room," Emily said as he watched her put his bag in the other guest bedroom. "Get some sleep. Jack will probably be your wakeup call in the morning. Good night."

7 o'clock the next morning

"Daddy, Daddy, wake up. Emmy said that you were here," Jack said as he jumped onto the bed with his father.

"Jack, quiet down or you're going to wake the babies," Aaron said as he opened his eyes to look at his son.

"Dad, they are up already. Emmy's getting them ready," Jack said as he snuggled into his father. "Come on, get up. You need to come see my room."

"Wait a minute. Your room? Emily said that was the second guest room," Aaron said as Jack pulled him out of bed.

"Then it's meant to be a kid's guest room. Go have a look," Emily said, as she passed by the guest room, with a smile. "See you two downstairs in a little bit."

Emily just chuckled, while walking downstairs, as she watched Jack drag his father to his room. She stopped to check on the triplets, lying in the playpen, before heading to the kitchen to start breakfast.

"Are you two going to come down anytime soon?" Emily called up the stairs twenty minutes later. "Pancakes are just about done. Make sure you are dressed for a trip to the park."

"Pancakes, yay," Jack said as he grabbed clothes out of his dresser to wear for the day. "Daddy, go get ready."

Emily laughed as Jack came bounding down the stairs.

"Has he been like this for the past week?" Aaron asked as he followed Jack downstairs.

"Actually, no, I think it has to do with you being home," Emily said as they headed for the kitchen.

"You said that we had things to discuss, when are we going to do that?" Aaron said as Emily slid a pancake onto his plate.

"I figured you and I could talk while Jack plays at the park," Emily said as she sat down.

"When are we going to the park, Emmy?" Jack asked as he finished off his second pancake.

"I figured we'd go after the triplet's get up from their nap," Emily said as she started to clean up the kitchen. "How about you and your dad head back upstairs and play with your toys? I'll call you down when it's time to go."

"Actually, Jack, how about you head up there while I talk to Emily?" Aaron asked as Emily started doing the dishes.

"Ok," Jack said as he headed for his room.

"Ok, what do we need to discuss?" Aaron asked.

"What would you say to you and Jack moving in here?" Emily asked without looking at Aaron. "Besides Jack already has a room here and you do to or you could share my room."

"Are you saying what I think your saying, Emily?" Aaron asked, with a huge smile on his face, as Emily finally looked him in the eye. "I want you to actually say it."

"Fine, I want to try 'us'," Emily said as Aaron stalked towards her.

The kiss that he placed on her lips was eerily reminiscent of the first kiss that she had placed on his lips just ten long months ago. At least this time, no one was three sheets to the wind.

"So much better when neither of us are drunk, right?" Aaron asked with a smirk.

"Mmmm definitely," Emily said before pulling him in for another kiss.

AN2: Too many POV switches?

Ch. 18 (hoping to have this up before Thanksgiving but I'm doing the cooking and it starts on Monday): Hotch and Emily's first date.