The Playing Game
Chapter 7
Years earlier
It was the state championship I had the basketball at the three-point line. It was less than five seconds before the buzzer as I was about to take, the shot, as the crowd was cheering, the other team players charged at me by knocking hard into the brick wall. Everyone froze, the lairs stood as the team coach rushed to my aid asking me if was ok.
The alarm buzzed waking me up as I rubbing my face with my hand and walked into the kitchen to see Hotch cooking breakfast. Jack looked up from his plate covered from what looked like to be chocolate chip pancakes on his face.
"I'm having pancakes!" I let out a small laugh and grin.
"I see that." Aaron turned around as I put my hair up in a ponytail.
"Morning." I smiled as I wrapped my arms around his waist.
"Morning." We greeted each other with a kiss.
"You seem to be doing better this morning." I gave him a nod.
"A little. I must have had a bug that has been going around." He flipped the last pancake in the skillet.
"It is flu season." I gave a nod and grabbed a piece of bacon from the plate.
I was curled up on the couch when the girls walked into living room while watching one of the classic movies that I have in my movie collection, I started to feel bile form in throat making squirm in my seated position making both Hanna and Aria share glances.
"You know it's not a scary movie right?" Hanna said.
"Mhm." I jumped off the couch and rushed to the bathroom followed by Aria.
"You ok in there?" I flushed the toilet and rinsed my mouth as I saw the door opened slowly.
"I don't think it's the flu."
Back at the BAU, I was looking through some old case files that linked to Mona's case when Morgan walked into room with a confused look on his face.
"Thought you were sick?"
"Must have been the twenty-four hour bug." He nodded.
"New case?"
"Trying to close in loose ties."
"You're thinking that Vanderwaal and Alison DiLaurentis are still out there, don't you?" I re-situated in my chair and leaned in.
"Call me crazy if you want, but yeah I do."
"I don't think you're crazy." I returned a small smile. "Have you told Hotch?"
"No. Not yet."
I was waiting nervously in the hospital room and I kept looking down at my watch, making Aria annoyed.
"Looking at your watch, won't make the time go any quicker." I looked at her.
"I'm just nervous ok?"
"You're really nervous, aren't you?"
"Look, I'm almost thirty, not…" The doctor walked in.
"Hi, I'm Doctor Miller." We shook hands. "Based on the symptoms that you told me…"
The weather was rather cold for November even though people were still eating outside on the patio at the Brew as Aria and I was leaving the woman's clinic when she stopped in mid step making run into her.
"Don't tell me there's a shoe sell across the street." That's when I spotted the same red coat that Aria was staring at.
Alison was eating a salad with someone who we hadn't seen before, but then again it was just the back of a blonde person's head.
"It could just be coincidence." I just nodded as I zipped my leather jacket.
Just seeing the person's blonde's hair brought me back to time that we were in Aly's bedroom laughing, playing truth or dare. It was about that time I started to develop a crush on her brother, Jason, which I dared not to tell her about.
I was brought back to reality by the ringing of my cell phone with a personalized ringtone for Hotch.
"How's everything in Rosewood?" I got Aria's attention and the two of us started to walk to her car.
"Good. I miss you guys." We pulled up to Aria's mother's house still feeling like we were being watched by someone.
The two of us entered the house, surprise to see Jake, Ella and Jack playing 'Sorry' and Aaron walking out of the kitchen.
"Hope you don't mind us being here." I felt my smile grow as I walking towards him.
"Not at all." Both Ella and Jake looked at Aria.
"You know something don't you?" Ella asked. She just looked at two.
"Aria, it's your turn." Jack said.
"Ok. Let's see if I remember how to play this."
I was snacking on hors d'oeuvres while Aaron was fixing some left over pizza and started to grab two beers until I stopped him.
"I better have water." With that, he hit his head backing out of the fridge.
"Wait, are you saying what I think you're saying?" I just nodded as he pulled me into a kiss just as Ella walked in.
"What's going on here?" I turned to face her while Aaron had his hands draped over my flat stomach just as Aria and Jake walked in carrying Jack on Jake's back.
"I guess I might as well tell-." I thought Ella's eyes were going to pop out of her head as she nearly knocked me down.
I walked into the dark gymnasium, and took a whiff of the smell of old gym socks that was making my stomach turn just as the door open to reveal Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna.
"Three times in four months, this has to be a new record for you." Hanna smirked at me as I rolled my eyes at her.
"I know there's not a new case, otherwise-." I cut her off.
"Hopefully there's not." I pulled out my cellphone and showed them the text.
"You've been getting texts from 'A'?" Emily asked.
"Since I saw my father."
"You know it's not him."
"I wouldn't put anything past him."
"She's right." Jason said as he emerged from the shadows. "Hi Alex." Next thing I knew, I decked him in the jaw and left them standing there, speechless.
As I was standing outside the school, I didn't hear Aria behind me when a car came out of nowhere knocking me out cold.
"ALEX!" Aria screamed just as Spencer, Hanna and Emily rushed out of the gym.
The monitors were beeping silently as my eyes were beginning to focus to room getting both Aaron and Aria's attentions.
"W-what happened?"
"You don't remember?" Aaron asked. I shook my head no as Aria spoke.
"A car hit you." It was slowly coming back to me.
"And the baby?" I felt Aaron's hand cover my stomach.
"I should go and let the others know you're ok." I returned a slow nod.
Oscar Wilde once said, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
There's Chapter 7. Like always, let me know what y'all think. Thanks.