Fight Night

Emily would have been the first to admit that the past month had done anything but fly by. Yet it felt like so much had changed between her and Aaron Hotchner in such a short period of time. The apartment now had a domestic feel; it was their protected haven secluded from the outside world. The only place they could be a happy little family. This was partly because it was one of the few places Emily had been to during the last month.

As Emily told her mom, on Tuesday her doctor removed the stitches in her leg. He also checked out all her other cuts, bruises and broken bones and declared that they were healing nicely and there was no sign of infection. This made Emily exceedingly happy because it meant that she no longer had to take the horrible antibiotics that upset her stomach. And to her everlasting delight the doctor told her she could do slightly more physical activities including short walks.

Aaron on the other hand was less than please at the doctor's liberating decree, it marked the return of a slightly more stubborn Emily. She was felling a lot better now that she was no longer taking the antibiotics that had wrecked havoc on her system. That meant she now wanted to do a lot more things and eat all types of bad food. She still couldn't lift her arms above her head which still prevented her from doing many activities, and this frustrated her greatly.

With the stitches removed Emily was now free to take a shower and Aaron gladly joined her, she quickly came to the conclusion that JJ was wrong about showering with another person. When you had a handsome man washing and massaging your hair, couples showing became pretty romantic, though most romantic activities were still on the doctor's no-no list.

As a result of the doctors decision Emily was quite eager to get out of the apartment, as a compromise and to help abate her cabin fever Hotch agreed to let her go on short walks but only when he was home to go with her. She was also allowed to go with him and Jack to the park but only if she promise to spend the trip relaxing on the picnic blanket and watching the Hotchner men play. While she wasn't thrilled with the restrictions he placed on her, she knew they were all she was really up for at the moment and it was better than being stuck inside all the time.

Yet Emily still found that she was very frustrated by the limitations her body was placing on her. Even doing most of the basic tasks like showering or going on short walks took a great deal of energy out of her. She was desperate to get out and start living her life, she wanted to move past what had happened to her and she was having trouble doing that sitting inside. The only good part was that she got to spend a lot of time with Aaron.

By the time her stitches came out the only part of her that still hurt all the time were her ribs and during the day Advil was usually enough to subdue the pain. Her healing cuts usually only hurt when she moved the wrong way. Her muscles on the other hand were taking a lot longer to heal, leaving her still physically unable to do many thing. Still she limited the use of the real drugs to the night. Her cuts and the skin under her cast had started to itch like crazy though and it took all of her self control to keep from scratching the wounds open.

A few days after Emily's stitches were removed Aaron and the BAU team got called off to a case in Phoenix Arizona. Emily wasn't exactly thrilled that he had to leave but she knew the team couldn't stay in Virginia until she was ready to go back to work. Emily had decided to stay in the apartment by herself while Aaron was gone, she didn't think it was necessary to head over to Garcia for just a few night.

The first day he was gone went well and though she missed eating dinner with Aaron and Jack she was able to fill her evening with a DVD marathon. Night time was a completely different story. It took Emily far longer to fall asleep than it usually did. She kept tossing and turning trying to find that elusive comfortable position. Thing were far from better once she fell asleep either.

She was back in the concrete cell, and before she could react to her surroundings George Grant's face came into view. She was lying on the bed and he was standing over her. Before she could react he grabbed her by the throat and began stabbing her in the arms and legs. He then dropped the knife and hit her so hard right across the face, she blacked out. The next thing she knew he was placing her in the glass coffin and she watched as he sealed her in. The air instantly left the small space and she couldn't breathe, she started to struggle and pounded on the glass gasping for air. She could see Grant smile as she struggled. She was consumed by panic and fear, desperate to escape from the box and Grant.

Emily bolted straight up in bed fighting to breath and drenched in sweat. The images from her nightmare were so real, she was terrified that Grant would be standing in front of her.

She tried to regulate her breathing and in an attempt to calm herself down she turned on the lights and the TV. She began to flip through the channels in search of something to take her mind off her nightmare but she couldn't find anything good. Eventually she stopped on the history channel which was replaying some World War II documentary.

Emily tried in vain to watch the TV for a good half an hour attempting to calm herself enough to go back to bed, but it wasn't working. No matter how hard she tried she could not get the feel of dread to go away. She finally gave up and turned the TV off. She got out of bed and began pacing around the apartment.

This had exact opposite effect that she was hoping for. Instead of relaxing her it only proceeded to stress her out further and she managed to work herself into a panic. Soon she began to sob as she wrapped her arms around herself.

The images of her dream may have faded but the fear wouldn't leave, she was scared to death for no real reason and she couldn't make it go away. She had been having nightmares every night since she got home but they had never reached this level. Aaron was always there to take her in his arms and make her feel safe. In the back of her mind it clicked, he wasn't there to make her feel safe and without him she was scared that Grant would hurt her again, the fact that the man was dead provided little comfort at that moment.

She knew that Aaron always found a way to calm her down after her nightmares but she didn't realize until now that he also made her feel safe. She didn't even know she felt unsafe after he nightmares until he was no longer there. He was immediately there to take care of her, there wasn't even time for her to feel unsafe.

She raced to the bedroom and desperately hit the speed dial button for Aaron on her cell phone. When she first woke up she had dismissed the idea of calling him, she knew he was busy with the case and she didn't want to bother him plus she had felt confident that she could deal with the nightmare on her own. Once the panic set in she had completely forgotten that she could call him.

Thankfully he picked up the phone on the third ring because she wasn't sure what she would have done if he hadn't.

"Hey what are you doing up so late?" He asked in a pleasant voice.

"Aaron" she sobbed.

"Emily what's wrong?" He asked concerned filled his voice, through this whole ordeal she had never once called him upset or in tears.

"I had a nightmare, I think I am having a panic attack, I am sorry for bothering you I know you are working." She said through her tears.

"You can all me whenever you need to sweetheart. We just got back to the hotel actually so I am all yours for the rest of the night. It will be okay I promise. Is it the same nightmare?" He said in a soothing voice hoping that his calm demeanor would help calm her down.

"Yes, I am back in the room and he is hurting me and then I am awake while he is sealing me in the glass box and I can't breathe. I thought I would be okay if I watched TV but it didn't help it just kept getting worse." The words poured out of her mouth very quickly.

"Em how long have you been up?" He asked, worried that she had been up for hours trying to deal with this on her own.

"Over an hour I think" she said meekly.

An hour was not as long as he feared but it was longer than he wanted her to be upset.

"Aw sweetheart you should have called me sooner, we will fix this okay?"

"I am so scared Aaron, I don't even know what I am scared of I just know I am scared and afraid without you. I should have stayed with Garcia. But I wanted to sleep in the bed we have been sharing and I thought I could so this on my own."

"Garcia just headed home ten minutes ago which means she wouldn't have been there to help, I think you made the right choice to stay in the apartment, even after this. I think you are more comfortable where you are in our bed and you can do this.

"Remember Emily this is your first night alone since you were abducted, give yourself some slack you are being much too hard on yourself. And you never have to do this on your own, I told you I would always be there to help you. Now just take some deep breaths, you are going to make yourself sick panicking this way. Can you do that for me?"

The whole time he was talking her could hear her crying. He wanted nothing more than to be able to hold her and stop the tears but he was hundreds of miles away. He hoped he was talented enough to calm her down with just his voice, if not this had the possibility of being a very long night.

"Okay" she said in a shaky voice.

"Good, now head into the bedroom, turn off all the lights except for the light on my night stand." Every night when he would help her go back to sleep after her nightmare he would leave just his light on he was praying the same environment would help her feel safe even though he wasn't there to hold her. "Lay down and close your eyes, focus on breathing and listen to my voice, we are just going to talk not about anything important just talk."

"I can't do that, the bed feels so empty without you."

"Take one of my pillows and lay it next to you, it should help." It was an old trick he had learned long ago when he started spending nights away from Haley. After the divorce he got use to always sleeping by himself and found he no longer he needed to do it. But tonight as he talked to Emily he realized the bed he was sleeping in felt empty as well. He followed his own suggestion and moved a pillowed to the spot she normally slept in, he smiled at the thought that he had grown accustom to sleeping with her.

"It was over 100 degrees today no one wanted to go outside. I think we should be done in two days." He said trying to come up with some small talk.

"That's good" She said softly though it did sound like she had stopped crying.

"It is very good, it means I will be home in time to see Jack's T-Ball game on Saturday and I was thinking that if you are feeling up to it that you might like to go with us?"

"Really you are going to let me go?" She practically yelled with excitement.

"Yeah I think you can handle sitting in the stands for a few hours." He said only half joking.

"Yes, I can't wait to see Jack play." She was noticeably happier and her fear seemed to have disappeared for the time being, for which he was glad, it was the exact reaction he was hoping for when he brought up the subject.

"He can't wait for you to come either, he asks me all the time if you are better so that you can come."

"Did you get a chance to talk to him today?"

"I did, he was tie dying at camp today in arts and crafts and his team won their game of kick ball so he was all excited."

"He loves camp, he is so cute when he talks about it, and he gets so animated."

"For a four year old he is a pretty good story teller."

"You know he would say that he isn't four he is four and three quarters."

"Very true he would, he misses you a lot too he asked if you were going to call him."

"Aw that is really sweet, I didn't know if calling him would be over stepping some invisible boundary, I wasn't if it was okay for me to call or if he would even want me to."

"Of course you can call him, he really wants you to call, Jessica isn't going to mind, if that's what you're worried about and I certainly have no problem with it. I like to think you are part of our family now, I know that may be a little forward but it is how I feel." He got a bit nervous, he still wasn't use to just blurting out how he was feeling even to her.

"I like to consider myself part of your family but I was afraid of being too presumptuous and I was a little worried about what Jess would think, I don't want to upset anyone."

"Well you can stop worrying, Jack wants you to call him and frankly that is all that matters." He was very glad that she felt the same way he did, it was something that continued to surprise him every time it happened.

"I will call him tomorrow when he gets home from camp." She said with a smile.

"He will be thrilled, I am too by the way." Unknowingly he had a giant smile to match her own. He wanted them to be a family but that wasn't something he could just make happen it took time and it had to happen on its own and he was thrilled that it was happening.

There was a moment of silence and then Emily became serious once more.

"I was in such a state of panic Aaron, I didn't know what to do, I couldn't think straight."

"Next time you have a nightmare while I'm away you call me as soon as you wake up."

"I will, I really need to find a therapist, if I can got to Jack's game I can start going to an office and sit for an hour on an oversize couch."

"Sounds like a good idea. Are you feeling better now?"

"I am, do you need me to let you go so you can sleep?" She asked, a little bit of fear had returned to her voice, she wasn't ready to be alone just yet.

"No I am sticking around till you fall asleep; I am three hours behind you so stop worrying about me."

"Thank you" she said with a yawn. "You aren't going to tell me about the case you're working on are you?"

"Not until I am home and the case is over you don't need to worry about this case, I'm not sure we really needed to come but that is a moot point now. The important thing is that you should concentrate on relaxing and recovering and not worrying about everyone else.

"Yes doctor." She murmured.

"Everyone keeps asking how you are doing by the way; JJ, Dave and Garcia ask me daily."

"Tell them I said hi" she said sleepily.

"I will, speaking of Garcia she is planning on coming over for dinner either tomorrow or the next day, she wants to make sure you are eating well. But I wanted to give you a heads up before she popped over and surprised you. "

"Mm-hmm" was her only reply.

"I am thinking of letting Jack get a pet Dragon." He said with a smile, he was pretty sure she was asleep but he wanted to make sure.

"Mm-hmm"

"And in the fall I am going to send him to that Wizarding school in England." He knew she was asleep now but he couldn't help playing with her, which probably meant he had been spending too much time with Morgan.

"Mm-hmm." It was a lot softer this time. He sighed; he hoped that she would be able to make it through the night without another nightmare.

"I love you Emily Prentiss sleep well" He then hung up the phone, she would probably wake up with the phone smushed to her face but both she and the phone would be fine.

The following two nights Emily called Hotch immediately after she woke from her nightmare and he was able to talk her through it and get her back to sleep, but she was glad when he returned the next day.

Time moved a bit faster once she was given some freedom of movement. Soon two more weeks had past and she was finally allowed to return to work on a very limited basis. Just as she had with her mother, Emily found that she was nervous about going back to work. She had talked to her teammates many times while she was recovering but this would be the first time they would all be working together since her abduction. More importantly this would be the first time Emily and Hotch would be working together since the start of their relationship, she had gotten so use to him as Aaron she was worried it would be difficult to go back to a working relationship. To both their delight they had no trouble returning to their working relationship, though every once in a while they did find some personal time at work. Hotch made sure Strauss was never around and the rest of the team pretended not to notice, , they were all secretly delighted in the new relationship between two of their members.

She had been talking to a therapist for almost two weeks when she returned to work a month after her abduction. Emily felt like they were making great progress, she only experienced slight anxiety when being in a crowded room and she did well controlling her panic while in a crowded Elevator. She was still nervous to get on the plane though.

The first time she set foot on the jet went better than she expected there was a minute or two of sheer panic when they closed the doors, but she was able to get it under control and it completely disappeared after she got comfortable. The bathroom on the plane was by far the worst, which came as no surprised because even before she was abducted, she often felt like she was locked in a tiny box when she used the restroom. Therefore it was no surprise that she felt trapped the moment she closed the door. Using some techniques the doctor taught her she was able to do what she needed to do in the small space, but her anxiety didn't go away even after she exited the bathroom. When she came out Aaron knew immediately what was wrong and he discretely rubbed circles on her back to help calm her down. The rest of the team noticed but never said anything.

Her cast was removed after six week but even once it was gone she still was not able to carry a gun. The annoying cuts on her shoulders still prevented her from shooting. It took almost two weeks of physical therapy to get all her limbs in working order. This meant that it took two months for her to get her gun back. That face made Emily beyond frustrated, she was downright grumpy. Luckily Aaron was able to defuse the problem to an extent, her physical therapist gave him permission to take her to the shooting range and that was enough to deal with most of her pent up frustration.

Two months after her abduction the doctor told her she could go out in the field in a limited capacity i.e. she had to keep the running jumping and kicking ass to a very limited amount. Hotch interpreted this to mean she could interview victims and witnesses, go to crime scenes but any interaction with suspects had to wait until they were at the precinct, she was not allowed to go with them when they took down suspects, that was absolutely not allowed. Emily was livid when she heard Hotch's decision, she didn't agree and she let him know it the moment they got home, resulting in a giant fight between the two agents.

"This is not fair and you know it, you promised you wouldn't do this." She yelled at him from the middle of the living room.

"This is exactly what I promised I would do, I am following the doctors instructions Emily." Aaron said trying to stay calm, even though he was angry as well.

"Those were not the doctor's instructions Hotch." She only called him Hotch at home when she was mad at him.

"The Doctor said you had to keep the running jumping and breaking down door to a minimum."

"Yes to minimum, he didn't say I couldn't do it at all." To prove her point she jumped up and down several times right in front of him.

If Aaron had been angry before he was furious now, he quickly moved and pulled her into his arms holding her tight. His movements surprised her, she thought he was hugging her which didn't make sense because they were having a fight and the fire was raging in his eyes.

"Why would you do that, why in HELL would you do that" He seethed quietly in her ear. Immediately she understood what he was doing, he was holding her so she couldn't jump again, she tried to get out of his embrace but he held her firmly in place.

"Let go" she growled

"NO, what you did is something a child would do, Emily your ribs are still healing why would you risk hurting yourself over this?"

"Please let go" she practically whimpered.

"Promise me you won't do something stupid like that again?" She nodded quickly and he released her. It was then that he could see she had tears in her eyes. 'Great' he thought, not only where they fighting now he had made her cry.

"I was trying to prove my point not hurt myself, I would never intentionally hurt myself." She started off quite but she was yelling by the end, tears still trickling down her cheeks.

"You scared me" he shot back.

"That's the problem you are too scared to let me back in the field completely."

"Of course I am scared but that is not why I won't let you back in the field right now. The doctor said to minimize those activities, as in do them sparingly"

"I know and as I said before that doesn't mean I can't go out and help arrest the Unsub."

"But it does, if I send you out there to capture the Unsub you will do everything you are not suppose to do running, jumping, and kicking in doors you are not going to be able to control yourself I know you Emily."

"So what you are saying is that you don't think I have any self control and you don't trust me to watch out for myself."

Aaron knew that he should have cut his loses said something nice to end their fight and then calmly explain his decision when they had cooled down. But those where not the words that came out of his mouth.

"You were just jumping up and down to prove to me that I was wrong, ignoring your doctor's request, what else am I to think." The moment the words left his lips he knew it was a mistake.

"You don't trust me; you think I am going to hurt myself." She seethed to her face now inches away from his.

"Emily that is not what I meant."

"You basically said it twice." She moved away from him and gave him the worst glare he had ever received from her or anyone else. And then to Hotch's true horror everything went monumentally wrong.

"You don't trust me period; well I am glad I found that out now." She said, at that very moment before Aaron could answer Jack and Jessica unknowingly walked right into the middle of a war zone.

They froze instantly, after a moment of looking around and assessing the situation Jessica spoke up. "I think Jack and I are going to go to the park and give you two some space".

"No you don't have to leave we're done; your team, your decision." She said the Hotch. "End of discussion, you three have a good evening I am going out." She then turned and walked into the bedroom.

Aaron knew that by saying 'going out' she really meant "I am going back to my apartment the one I kept in case something like this happened". They had talked about getting rid of her apartment a few weeks and Emily thought it was too soon to give it up, she reasoned that they could end up hating each other by the time she felt better. At the time she had meant it as a joke but there was no joke now. They had argued before but Emily had never even threatened to leave but the moment she said she was going out he knew that was what she was planning to doing.

"Jess you're right I think you should take Jack to the park."

"Daddy did she call you Hotch?" Jack asked before he left.

"Yeah she did buddy"

"Then you are in big trouble." The little boy said with a concerned look on his face.

"I know, go with Aunt Jess to the park everything will be fine." The moment they were gone Aaron rushed to the bedroom where he found Emily throwing clothes into a bag.

"Emily please don't do this." He begged the moment he entered the room.

"You don't trust me why would I stay." She said through her tears.

"That is not what I meant." He desperately wanted to fix the situation he had created.

"That is what you said and I am pretty sure it's what you meant. You don't trust me, that is why you wouldn't let Jack stay with me when you left." She said sobbing as she angrily threw more clothes into the bag she wouldn't even look at him

"Emily please look at me, I didn't mean what I said I am so sorry, please just stop for a minute and talk to me or at least let me explain, you have every right to be upset with me but let me explain, let me fix this please?" He pleaded with her; he didn't want her to leave, not after what he said.

"Fine" she growled throwing down the clothes and glaring at him. "Explain and it better be one damn good explanation Hotch." There was the 'Hotch' again, he knew he had to explain this to her and he only had one shot.

"I trust you so much, I trust you to take care of Jack and me and the whole team and I trust you to take care of yourself. Do you want to know what I don't trust you to?"

"Enlighten me" she shot back with a glare, she had stopped packing to hear what he had to say. He mentally kicked himself this was still not going well.

"When we are taking down an Unsub I don't trust you to not do your job."

"That's a double negative Aaron." She growled. Taking a deep breathe he made a final attempt to explain himself.

"What I am saying is that when we are out there going after serial killers I know you are going to do your job and you are going to do it above and beyond what is expected because that is who you are. That means when you are out there you are going to do whatever it takes to get the Unsub. You are not going to be thinking about the doctor's orders, you will justify your action as necessary and you are going to end up hurting yourself again and end up back on desk duty and you will hate that. That is what I meant and why I told you that you couldn't go back in the field full time."

She moved her clothes and sat on the bed. "You are really good at taking a stupid comment and turning it into a compliment" she said with a few tears.

"Does that mean you are going to stay?" He asked hopefully.

"Yes" She said grabbing a tissue. "But I am not sure I am ready to forgive you."

"I am so sorry I said what I said and I am sorry for the way I said it. You are so good at taking care of others before yourself it is one of your most attractive qualities. I felt that because you take care of everyone else I wanted to make sure someone was taking care of you and I wanted it to be me. I don't mean for that to sound like I am being paternal I just want to look out for you. I feel this is my obligation as your boss not just your boyfriend. I know I would have made the same decision if you weren't my girlfriend. And if you really want to know what I personally thought not as your boss, I thought it would be better to stay behind for two or three weeks so you wouldn't get hurt again and have to sit out longer because I know how much that would upset you and I don't want you upset or unhappy." He was rambling a bit but he wanted her to understand.

"I think you should have remained a prosecutor because you have quite the silver tongue." She said with a smile.

"I meant every work." He said sitting on the bed next to her.

"I know, I am just not use to someone taking care of me in a relationship and I know most of the time at work we are able to separate our relationship, it just felt like you weren't listening to me or the doctor and being over protective. I can see now that you weren't trying to manage me you were just trying to protect me which is part of your job. I'm sorry I got mad."

"I'm sorry, I should have explained this to you a work when I first talked to you about it. I just assumed that you would do what I said and that was a big mistake I don't even know why I thought that, every member of the team would have fought me on the issue, or just lie like Reid did. I used all the wrong words. I never meant for a minute to make you think I didn't trust you. There is no one I trust more in this world than you. I love you and I just want you to be safe and happy." He grabbed her hand as he spoke.

"I love you too, I'm sorry we fought and I started to leave."

"I'm glad you heard me out I really didn't want you to leave."

"I would have come back when I calmed down. A few hours in my empty apartment would have been more than enough time and motivation to come back."

"Well I 'm happy you stayed." He really wanted to kiss her but he didn't want to try until she forgave him.

"Me too"

"Ready to forgive me yet?" He asked playfully.

"I think I might be" she said as she pulled him by the shirt and gave a kiss. Several minutes later they finally pulled apart.

"Jess took Jack to the park."

"Hmm, how long do you think we have?" She asked between kisses.

"At least a half an hour, I am sure she is going to give us a wide berth for a while. You know what Jack asked me before he left?"

"What?"

"He asked if you called me Hotch and when I told him you did he said 'Daddy you're in big trouble'."

She laughed "He is a little profiler already."

"Oh he has you all figured out." He said kissing her again.

"Are you interested in seeing if what they say about make-up sex is true? She asked when they came up for air.

"Oh I am if you are." He responded with a smile.

"Do you have to ask."

About two weeks previous the doctor told her that she could have sex if she was careful. They took the doctor's instruction to heart and they were 'careful' every chance they got. After a month and a half of making out they both had pent up frustration they were dying to release.

All of Emily's clothes, soon found their way to the floor and were joined by Aaron's a minute later.

"I think they were right about make-up sex, it is better." She said trying to catch her breath twenty minutes later.

"Yes, though I think it is best when it only happens every once in a while.

"We are both pretty stubborn." She added with a twinkle in her eye.

"Oh I know we are going to fight, I just don't like doing it. I don't like to upset you or make you cry."

"Yes but a little fighting is a sign of a healthy relationship."

"I know" He said looking at the clock. "We need to get dressed they will be back soon." He said moving quickly to find their clothes

He was right they were dressed with just a minute to spare before the two reentered the apartment.

"Are you both still alive, any one need to go to the ER" Jessica joked as she carefully entered the living room.

"No we are fine." Emily said as she tickled Jack, something that she loved doing with the little boy.

"I see you are still here does that mean you two worked out whatever the issue was?" She wanted to make sure they weren't going to attack each other again once she left.

"Yes we did" Emily answered.

"We were able to talk the problem out and I was forgiven." Aaron said with a smile as he moved next to Emily and joined in the tickle fest with his son.

"That's good I think I will be going now that peace has been restored." She said hugging Jack.

"Thank you so much Jess" They both said sincerely

"No problem guys see you tomorrow." And with that she left the now calm apartment. Aaron gave jack one finale round of tickles then headed toward the kitchen.

"Emily were you mad at daddy?" Jack asked when the tickling stopped.

"I was but I am not anymore everything is okay." Emily said kneeing down so she was eye to eye with the little boy.

"That's good you two are loud when you fight and I don't like it." He pouted a little.

"I'm sorry sweetie we didn't mean to fight and just because we fight doesn't mean we don't love you or each other." She said pulling him into her arms.

"I know I still don't like it. You guys missed the park cause you were fighting. I went really high on the swing it was awesome."

"That's great and I am so sorry we missed it." Emily said as she kissed Jack's forehead. "I love Daddy and I love you very much you know that right?"

"Yeah I love you too." He said giving her a big hug. "Will you read me a story while daddy makes dinner?"

"I would love to." She smiled returning to her feet.

The two walked hand in hand into his bedroom, peace once again fully restored to the Hotchner Residence.

A/N This was the chapter that didn't want to be published, I swear I have never had so much trouble with a chapter before. The website failed to save detailed changes to the story twice and I lost a whole scene that was hand written and therefore had to completely rewrite it, sorry for any typos I wanted to get this up before something else went wrong. I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to be done with it. Though in spite of all my technical difficulties I hope you like it an I apologize for taking so long. Thank you for putting up with all my delays and I really hope you like the chapter. And an Extra super special thank you for the reviews.

they were all secretly delighted in the new relationship between two of their members.