Chapter 5
Again. If its written in a language other than English, I got it from google. I'm sorry for any mistakes.
*Hotch*
I walked over to the car while Emily went to talk to the police. "Daddy"
"Yes buddy?" I answered a little startled I thought he had fallen asleep.
"Is Aunt Jessi okay?" He asked and looked at me. I smiled "Yea she's okay buddy. Do you want to call her?"
"Yea!" He always loved talking on the phone. I didn't let him play with the phone so anytime he got to use it, it was exciting to him.
"Okay. Here ya go" I handed him the phone after it dialed.
"You sit here while I go talk to the cops okay?"
He just nodded.
I walked up to Emily and she looked kinda pissed "What's going on?"
"They aren't going to let us leave the country until jack and I are seen by a doctor." She ground out. He young man she was talking to said something in Gaelic.
"Ní féidir leat saoire le amach ag dul go dtí an dochtúir"(you cannot leave with out going to the doctor)
"Tá a fhios agam! Fuair mé é!"(I know! I got it!) she snapped. She started chewing on her nails but stopped when I put my hand over hers.
"It's fine Emily. We can got to the hospital, no big deal."
She looked at me before sighing. "Alright fine."
She turned to the cop "fíneáil beimid ag dul chuig an ospidéal"( fine we will go to the hospital)
The cop pointed the the ambulance but Emily cut him off before he could speak "Níl aon ní, má tá muid chun dul chuig an ospidéal ansin tá mé ag tiomáint ann. Ní bheidh mé a dhéanamh i otharcharr."(no no no, if we have to go to the hospital then I am driving there. I will NOT be taken in an ambulance.)
she turned and walked towards the car and the cop turned and surprised me. "Does she know how to get there?" He spoken in perfect English, just with a heavy accent. I just nodded.
*Emily*
I walked back towards the cars fuming. I really didn't want to go back to the hospital, but getting jack checked out would probably be good.
I walked up to the SUV were jack was sitting I saw him hang up the phone.
"Hey Jack-Jack. We have to go to the hospital before we can go home."
"Okay. Where's daddy?" He asked. I looked around and saw him walking back our direction.
"Right over there" I pointed to him.
He yawned and it made me think of what time it was. I looked at my phone and it read 9:27am. Its been about nine hours since I got here and more than twelve since I recieved the email.
Jack should be exhausted, from what he has told me he hasn't been sleeping well(and time change, along with being awake for I don't even know how long) he needs some sleep.
"Hey buddy. You look tired." Hotch said as he walked up.
"Why don't you lie down on the backseat while Emmy and I talk to the team?" Hotch asked Jack looked knack and forth between us before nodding and lying down and Hotch covered him with a jacket.
We walked over to the team and Garcia was the first to talk. "I'm so sorry sir. I didn't think he'd run in there." she apologized quickly.
Hotch held up a hand. "No worries Garcia. He's fine"
She nodded and turned to me "Now you!"
"I promise to explain later, the cops are pushing me to get to the hospital, So if you follow I promise to explain" I pleaded.
"Okay" she answered.
I looked over when I heard a little voice. Jack had wondered over to Hotch. "Daddy, can you and Emmy sit in the back with me?" he looked up at me and gave me a questioning look.
I nodded, "Sure Jack, Uncle Rossi can drive."
I got into the SUV behind the driver's seat and Hotch got in on the other side with Jack sandwiched in between. We followed the ambulance and Morgan, Reid, JJ and Garcia followed us. When we got out of the SUV I could tell all the adrenaline was wearing off, I could feel the graze on my shoulder and my ribs were sore. We followed the paramedic into the hospital where they put Jack and me into different rooms.
While in the hospital I was x-rayed and cat-scanned to check for any broken ribs or head trauma. When they were finished they bandaged my shoulder and let Jack, Hotch, and Rossi come in. Jack immediately climbed up on the bed and lay down with his head in my lap and fell asleep.
"I'm going to go find a bathroom." Rossi excused himself and I took my opportunity to talk to Hotch alone.
"I'm sorry I almost got Jack killed in my attempt to keep him safe."
He got up and moved his chair closer to the bed taking my hand in his and drawing circles on my palm with his thumb.
"You have nothing to be sorry for. You kept him safe when I didn't." he didn't look up at me; instead he ran his free hand over Jacks sleeping head.
"It's not your fault though, Ian had hard feelings towards me and he took it out on Jack. I'm sorry." I looked down at my hands, one of which he was still holding.
"Emily he's safe, healthy, and currently quite content. Now that I know for sure he is okay and safe it's time to focus on you."
"I'm fine Hotch, really I'm just bruised." He looked me at me and his eyes were filled with emotion. Emotions no one ever see's. It was the mix of fear, worry, concern, relief and tears he would probably never shed. He got up and scooted me over sitting on the edge of my bed. He surprised me when for the second time today he wrapped his arms around me like he didn't want to let go. I just sat still trying to tell myself he just felt guilty, he doesn't like you the same way you like him.
"But you could have been killed; I could have lost you, both of you." He whispered into my hair. I leaned into him letting my head rest against my chest.
"I'm sorry" I said again.
He unwrapped one arm resting it on Jacks back. He kissed my head before leaning back enough to look at me.
"I've never been able to bring myself to admit this to you, but almost loosing you made me think and I don't want something to happen to either one us before I got to tell that I… I love you Emily."
At that moment my mind went blank. All I could think was 'did Aaron just say he loved me?' He never gave any indication that he reciprocated my feelings. I asked myself then was I ready to let someone in? Was I willing to let someone in? My heart said yes where as my brain wasn't sure, but my heart won, this time overruling my brain.
"I love you too Aaron." I whispered. His eyes lit up and he smiled before kissing me. It was the best kiss I'd ever had. I'd never believed those old clichés about fireworks or a kiss making your toes curl but right then I learned that they are very true.
"FINALLY!" Rossi yelled out causing us to pull apart quickly and the doctor next to him to laugh. I could feel my face get hot but Hotch just smiled.
"Here are your release papers; if you will go right through those doors there is a group of people very anxious to see you. One man they called 'Morgan' demanding information and then the one they called 'Garcia' is threating my staff's bank security if they don't get to see you."
We all laughed. Yep that sounded like Morgan and Garcia. He smiled before leaving us to gather ourselves. Aaron went to grab Jack but I stopped him. "Can I carry him?" I asked.
"Are you sure?" he asked. I nodded "Yea, I got him."
I picked him up and he woke up enough to look at me and then lay his head down on my shoulder and go back to sleep. As we walked down the hall way Rossi informed me that he had book us some hotel rooms for a few nights.
When we entered the waiting room they were all facing the other door so walked up behind Garcia quietly, "You know it's illegal to threaten bank accounts right?"
They all whipped around real fast Garcia had her hand over her heart. "You scared me half death Emily!"
I stood there laughing silently so I didn't wake Jack and Aaron and Rossi were out right laughing.
"I'm glad you all think this is funny. We were all waiting our here and we didn't have a clue if you guys were okay or not." Morgan snapped.
I stopped laughing "I'm sorry Morgan; I should have sent someone out to get you guys."
"I thought you were supposed to be dead?" Reid asked.
"Yea about that, why don't we head back to the hotel that Rossi booked and I'll answer your questions about how we got here and my 'death'" I suggested hoping that they would agree to that.
"Okay lets go." Morgan led the way to the large SUV's.
TBC