No Hope

She'd been back on the team for some time when Valentine's Day came around. She was still single as Hotch had given her no hope. It was clear she was nothing special to him just another team member. He wouldn't look twice at her and he'd never even mentioned Paris which was beginning to annoy the pants off her.

They were all having a dingles night at the bar. Derek, Spencer, Dave and her. Where was Hotch? Wasn't he single? Or had she misunderstood all this time and he was actually in a relationship. He wasn't in one back in Paris. He'd never cheat on a woman and they most definitely had sex. They had a son to prove it.

"So where's Hotch? You did invite him, didn't you?" Emily asked Morgan.

"I believe he's on a date with that Beth girl," he answered.

There was no pain quite like what she felt now. It was like a dagger to her heart. He was dating someone else. He didn't want her. He didn't want her like she wanted him. He didn't love her. He loved this Beth.

"What's wrong?" he asked noticing her face fall.

"I'm a mum," she answered sadly showing him the picture of Adam she carried in his wallet.

He looked at her confused. What did that have to do with anything? She had a son! Since when did she have a child? If she had a kid why had they never seen or heard of him.

"How have we never seen him?" he asked in shocked disbelief.

"My Friend adopted him back in England..."

"England?"

"I had to leave Paris when I got pregnant and I gave him to my friend to protect him from Doyle," she added with tears filling her eyes. His real father had just broken her heart and now she was reliving her son's adoption. She was so thankful Daniel skyped her to show her how Adam was doing but she really wanted him with her.

"Oh Emily," he soothed as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Who's the father?"

"Aaron," she whispered on the verge of tears. His eyes widened in shock. She had a child with Hotch. Since when had they ever been together? Had he visited her in Paris? He'd said no-one had known her identity. He'd obviously known if they'd made a baby. He'd lied to them all. He'd visited her when her life was in danger and left her pregnant.

She could feel the anger coursing through his veins and she turned to him pleadingly. "Please he didn't know where I was during the pregnancy or even that I was pregnant. He knows nothing about Adam."

"Shouldn't you tell him," he answered. Didn't Aaron have a right to know he had another son?

"And how am I meant to tell him I had him adopted signing over his legal right to him along with mine? You know it would kill him."

He nodded. She had a point there. Jack was everything to him so hearing he'd lost his second son to adoption would kill him. Maybe it was best not to tell him. It wouldn't hurt him this way.

"Please keep it secret," she asked nervously.

"I will," Morgan assured her patting her back feeling sorry for her. It couldn't have been easy to sign over her legal rights to her son when all she'd ever wanted was a child. She smiled up at him sadly.

"He has a great father. He lets me see him over Skype all the time but he'll never be my son again."

He nodded pulling her closer into a hug.