Ok so this isn't biased around an episode... this chapter is dedicated to their date... YAY. This chapter is also going to be a happy chapter because even though I didn't particularly want it to be, this story has quite a lot of angst. Lol.
It's still October 2008 and Emily and Hotch are still the same age (though it's two days before Emily's birthday so this sort of doubles as a birthday treat).
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"If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date." – Olin Miller.
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Hotch knocked on her front door quickly, before standing awkwardly and waiting for her to answer, wishing she'd hurry up, as he felt like a teenager knocking on the door of his girlfriends parents house and asking her out... god he hated that feeling.
He fidgeted a bit more, making sure the sleeves of his crisp white shirt weren't creased and checking that his dark denim jeans didn't have any dirt on them before straightening up and looking at the flowers in his hand to make sure they were ok... yea, cause they were really going to die in the space of ten minutes.
Finally he heard the shuffling of feet, followed by a small banging noise and a curse or two, before some more shuffling and finally the sound of the door being unlocked.
In front of him now stood a breath taking Emily Prentiss.
He'd told her nothing about their date only to dress casually, and she was wearing a pair of dark denim skinny jeans, that showed off just how slender and toned her legs were, and a red and grey checked flannel shirt, that fit her perfectly.
He was so busy taking in her outfit that he barely noticed the still extremely visible bruises on her face which she'd mostly covered with make-up.
"I got you these." Hotch said after a moment, realising that he'd been staring at her chest area for longer than was mannerly.
"Oh thank you, they're lovely." Emily gushed, taking the bunch of Lilies from Hotch and placing them in a vase on the counter, which already had a bit of water in it.
"Well I knew Lilies were your favourite." Hotch told her, almost shyly.
"Well they're really lovely." Emily smiled, as she admired them. "I'll just be a second; my other shoe decided it doesn't want to go out tonight, so it's hidden itself in my closet somewhere." She told him.
This caused Hotch to look to her feet for the first time, and he then noticed that she only had one red heel on her, and that the other foot was bare, except for neon yellow, slightly chipped nail polish.
"Ok sure... but if you don't mind me asking, why do you have bright yellow nail polish on?" Hotch asked, not seeing this as the type of nail polish Emily would buy or wear.
"Garcia, Jayje and I had a girl's night a few days ago." Emily informed, as means of an explanation to him as she walked back towards her room.
Hotch followed her slowly and stood at her bedroom door, unsure of whether or not to come in.
"I don't bite you know." Emily called from inside her wardrobe. "You can come in if you want."
Hotch slowly walked into her room but stopped suddenly when he seen the inside of Emily's wardrobe.
"Oh my god!" He murmured, as he stared in to the never ending walk in wardrobe that seemed to just keep going until you reached Narnia!
"What?" Emily asked, looking up at Hotch briefly to see what the matter was.
"Your wardrobe... It's enormous." He told her, wondering if she'd ever noticed before.
"Oh right... I forgot you'd never seen it before... JJ and Garcia's reactions were exactly the same... well they decided they wanted to live in it, but other than that the same." Emily laughed as she finally pulled out her other red heel. "Right I'm ready to go now." She said happily, adding an eye roll when she seen that Hotch was still staring at her wardrobe.
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"Are we there yet?" Emily asked for what felt like the hundredth time since they'd gotten into the car, twenty minutes ago.
"My god if you say that one more time I'll leave you on the side of the road!" Hotch threatened her teasingly. "We're nearly there." He added, seeing their destination appear in the distance.
"Do I get to find out where 'there' is by any chance?" Emily asked, dying to find out where she was being taken on their elusive first date.
"Yup... it's right here." Hotch said with a smile as he pulled into the car park.
Emily took her eyes of Hotch for the first time since they'd gotten into the car and looked ahead of her, her face immediately lighting up once she seen where they were.
"Oh my god!" She squeaked excitedly. "This is officially the best date ever."
"We haven't even gone in yet." Hotch reminded her, trying his best not to smile smugly at his superb location choice.
"Hotch, you took me to a carnival... believe me when I say the world could end right now and this would be the best date ever... I've always wanted to go to a carnival." Emily told him, looking like an excited five year old.
"Really you've never been to a carnival?" Hotch questioned her, still shocked every time she told him about the simple things she missed out on because of her childhood.
"Yup... never in my life." Emily replied slightly dejected.
"Well that Emily Prentiss is all about to chance." Hotch informed her happily, as he opened his car door and she opened hers.
They stepped out onto the slightly damp ground and walked around to the front of the car, where their eyes met briefly, before they grabbed each other's hands and walked into the carnival together.
Hotch was happy to simply follow Emily around for the next two hours, challenging her to one of the shooting games on a stall and even winning her a stuffed polar bear that was almost as big as she was.
Eventually they both became worn out, so they bought two candyflosses and sat on a bench, where Emily moved as close to Hotch as possible and he wrapped his arm around her waist protectively.
"It's official... this is the best date ever." Emily said contently, as she ate her candyfloss and rested her head on Hotch's shoulder.
"Well before you make your mind up on that one, there's one more thing I want to give you." Hotch told her, reaching into his pocket as he spoke.
Emily looked at him apprehensively as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a present with dinosaur wrapping paper on it.
"Uh... excuse the paper, it's all I have because of Jack, but open it." He prompted her as she just stared at the parcel he'd places in her hand.
Emily tore off the wrapping paper slowly to reveal a small box. She looked up at Hotch with a small smile before lifting the lid off to reveal a small charm bracelet, with five charms, each representing something in her life.
The first one was of a book, and Emily knew that this was to symbolise her love of reading. The second was of a boat, to represent the life she'd had as a child.
The third was of a children's merry-go-round, and when she turned the charm over she felt a tear in her eye as she read the words "A mother's love for her child, death can't take it away."
The fourth was of, what looked like a case file with a gun on top of it, and Emily couldn't help but laugh when she read "Kickin' criminal ass... it's a tough job!" on the back, remembering the incident with Brad, and wondering how Hotch knew about it.
The final charm was of a cocktail glass, with the word "friends" written on the bottom and Emily guessed this was to represent the rest of the team, which made her smile bigger, if possible.
"Oh Aaron... this is beautiful!" Emily gushed as she opened the charm and placed it on her wrist, before holding it out in front of her and admiring it.
"Well it's your birthday in two days and as your boyfriend it's my duty to get you a present." Hotch informed her happily.
At these words Emily stopped admiring her bracelet and turned her full attention to Hotch, who was still staring at her happily.
"You called yourself my boyfriend." She said slightly shocked.
"I did... do you mind?" Hotch asked her, really hopping she didn't.
"Hell no." Emily replied quickly a grin spreading on her face.
"Well good because I want to give you this as well." Hotch said, pulling one last charm out of his pocket and placing it in Emily's palm.
Emily looked down at the heart shaped charm that had "Aaron and Emily" written on the front and when she turned it over it revealed the words "10/06/08 -."
"You know something." Emily whispered as she stared at the charm intently.
"What?" Hotch asked, hopping he hadn't jumped the gun slightly.
"I think that right now, I'm the luckiest woman on the planet." She finished, breaking out into a huge smile as she finally looked up at Hotch.
"Glad to hear it." Hotch laughed, before leaning over and capturing Emily's lips in a soft kiss.
Once their lips touched Emily could feel eighteen years of tension vacate her body as she closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around Hotch's neck, running one through his hair. After a while she felt Hotch's tongue graze her bottom lip and she parted her lips slightly allowing Hotch's tongue full reign of her mouth.
They didn't break apart until air eventually became a problem and they rested their heads on each others, panting slightly and staring into each other's eyes.
"Wow." Emily breathed, with a small laugh.
"Worth the wait?" Hotch wanted to know as he to smiled.
"Most defiantly... as long as I don't have to wait again." Emily replied, before leaning in and kissing him again, softly and passionately.
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Done... ok so this was a little cheesier than I imagined it would be, but it ended the way I wanted it to, and I like it, so I hope you guys do as well. Review it please (and thank you if you do)!