This chapter is dedicated to: hxchick, Sierra Clearwater, Rolfy and nataliebianca.
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Riley was staying with Aaron and Emily for the night. Just Riley. Eric had got tickets for him and Jack to see a hockey game that night, and Haley said that it was okay for Riley to stay. So, after work that Friday, Hotch and Emily went and picked up Riley.
"Bonjour." said Riley as she slid into the car.
"Comment ca va?" Emily asked.
"The extent of my French knowledge would be bonjour. I have no idea what you just said." Riley said seriously and both Hotch and Emily laughed. "Why? Why laugh when I'm being serious?"
"Just the way you word things is funny. It sounds too mature for a teenager. When I was young-" Hotch began only to have Riley cut him off.
"Back in 1890." Riley said in the same voice that Reid used to state a fact. Emily snickered.
"-I wouldn't have said something like that."
"Because you don't speak French." Riley pointed out.
"You're missing the point!"
"No, I think she's purposely avoiding the point. Being cynical." Emily said, raising one eyebrow.
"Oh shucks, how did you figure that one out Sherlock?" Riley said, rolling her eyes.
"No need to be mouthy." said Hotch.
"Okay."
"So," Emily began, knowing that the subject of Riley's sarcasm would just lead somewhere bad. "What exactly do you want to do?"
"You know. Do a little dance. Make a little love." Riley paused. "Pretty much get down tonight."
"Sometimes I don't know about you." Hotch said, shaking his head.
"Oh come on! That was funny!" Riley laughed.
"Yeah, you know that something's funny when the person who made the joke is the only one laughing." Emily pointed out. Riley thought about this for a moment.
"Touché."
"Seriously." Hotch said. "What do you want to do?"
"I don't really know. Can we rent a movie or something?" asked Riley.
"I don't see why not. Emily, you up for a movie?"
"Always." She said with a smile.
**
Hotch learned something that day. Trying to rent a movie with a teenager, (who practically lives at the movie theatre) is one of the most difficult tasks. Add to that the fact that she wants comedy and Emily wants a tear jerker. He himself wanted an action movie with a thin plot line but lots of special effects. Although, he just kept his mouth shut. There was no way in hell that he was going to win. It wasn't a "fight" but they were at the movie store for twenty five minutes and were no closer to picking a movie than they were when they were in the car.
"My Sister's Keeper?" Emily suggested, holding up the movie case.
"Bleck. No thanks. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?" asked Riley.
"You'd better not have seen that movie!" Hotch said hopefully. He thought that movie was far too inappropriate for Riley.
"I...Oh whatever. I'm not going to lie over that." Riley said and Hotch rolled his eyes.
"Why would you want to see it again? That movie blows." Emily teased.
"YOU blow!" Riley shot back, making both Emily and Hotch stare at her. "Okay, I just heard that how you two heard that and I think you both know that I didn't mean it like that." She muttered.
"Either way, we've been here forever. Pick a movie please." Hotch said testily.
"Emily only likes crap."
"Riley only likes crap!"
"I feel like I'm here with two teenagers." Hotch said rubbing his temple.
"She started it." Emily whispered.
"Okay, here's the deal. If you don't agree on a movie in the next two minutes, I'm going to pick. And you can bet there will be NO comedy and NO romance." Both Riley and Emily had a look of terror on their faces when Hotch said he'd be the one picking the movie. The both booked over to the other side of the store, and sure enough, before Aaron could count to 10, they'd picked a movie.
"Why couldn't you have done that right when we walked in?" whined Hotch.
"Oh, quiet you big baby." Emily said.
"What did you get?"
Riley was hesitant. Her father would not be a fan. "Thesoundofmusic."
"What? You need to not talk so quick."
"The Sound Of Music." Riley said, over pronouncing each letter.
"You're joking." He sighed.
"Nope. It's my favourite movie of all time." Riley said.
"Actually, it's mine too." Emily agreed. Hotch groaned, but he'd take anything if it meant that they got to get out of there. They paid, returned to the car, and Hotch was treated to a concert of selections from 'The Sound Of Music.' Treated may not have been the word thought. They sung so loudly and off key (which was intentional, because he knew for a fact that they were both good singers.) that he wanted to pull out his gun and kill himself there and then. Hotch was never so happy to get home.
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They had all decided to get their pajamas on and put the movie on while they waited on the pizza they ordered. Hotch was ready before Emily, so he went to see if Riley was ready. He knocked on the door and she called that she was decent. Aaron walked into her room, and noticed something on Riley's dresser.
"What the hell is this?" He said, holding up the small pack of pills.
"Drugs?" Riley said, joking around. It was clear that her father knew what it was, or he wouldn't have reacted the way he did.
"Riley Ann Hotchner, why do you have birth control?" He boomed, so loudly that Emily came into the room to see what was wrong.
"Not for the reason YOU think!" She snapped.
"Oh really?"
"Yeah really."
"Aaron, why don't you hear her out?" Emily asked quietly.
"What? Why do I need to hear her out? I know what birth control is. I know what it does." He snapped.
"No, you don't." Riley snapped.
"You think I'm stupid?" He yelled.
"NO! I think you're jumping to conclusions!" Emily yelled over him. "There are many more uses than what it is supposed to be used for."
"Yeah!" Riley agreed.
"Oh really?"
"Yes!" Riley yelled.
"Then why do you have it?" He asked, curious as to the reason she had it.
"Well..." Riley blushed, and because of the blush, Emily figured out why.
"Oh god Aaron. She has bad periods. Way to make her feel badly about that." Emily scoffed. Hotch's face turned as red as Riley's.
"Oops." He said. "Sorry Ri."
"It's alright. You hear birth control, and you think I'm trying to avoid a pregnancy. It's an obvious conclusion to draw."
"So you don't use it for...I mean you..." He tried.
"No dad. I'm not trying to avoid a pregnancy. In fact, it would be physically impossible for me to be pregnant. If you get what I'm saying." Riley laughed.
"I'm really sorry Riley." Hotch said.
"It's okay. We all over react sometimes." She said with a smile.
"Just the idea that you were..." He couldn't finish his sentence.
"You're dad's just a teeny bit over protective of you." Emily said with a smile. "You should have seen him when we were on that case with the young brunette teens that were being killed. He was so scared that the unsub would just grab you, even though you were nowhere near where he was, and-"
"Thank you Emily." he sighed.
"I'm glad you're over protective. You just need to trust me." Riley shrugged.
"I do. Very much. So, what do you say that we start that crap that you rented for us?" He joked, and both Riley and Emily acted insulted.
**
The movie was playing. Riley was enjoying every second, and though he tried to hide it, so was Aaron. Emily though, was not. The whole birth control episode had shaken Emily a bit. Not because of Riley. She didn't care that Riley was on birth control, hell, if she'd had it when she was Riley's age it would have saved her from getting an abortion. But, another thought was taking over Emily. With all the talk about periods and birth control, she realized something. She was late...and her and Aaron had stopped using a secondary method of pregnancy prevention. Now that she thought about it, she had been feeling crappy lately.
"Oh, I was supposed to go over to JJ's to help her out tonight!" Emily said. She needed some excuse to get out of there.
"You're going over to JJ's at 9 at night?" Hotch asked.
"To help her with what?" Riley asked.
"You Hotchner's and your third degrees." She laughed nervously. "I helping her...pick out an outfit to wear out with Will for their anniversary." It was true that she promised she'd help JJ do this, but she didn't say that day.
"Okay." Hotch said. He though she was lying through her teeth, but he wasn't going to call her on it.
"Okay, bye." She said, slamming the front door as she ran out after slipping her shoes on.
"Does it strike you as odd that she's going to "JJ's" in her pj's?" Riley said, and Hotch agreed. He had no idea where Emily was going.
**
"JJ?" Emily said into her phone.
"Emily. What's wrong?" She may not be a profiler, but she could tell that something was up.
"Where are you?"
"At home. Garcia and I are watching movies. Why? I thought you were hanging out with Hotch and Riley tonight." JJ said.
"I need you." She whispered.
"Emily, what the hell is going on?"
"I'm in the bathroom at the drugstore JJ." Emily said. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes.
"What? Emily, you're starting to scare me, what's going on?" JJ asked, and she could hear Garcia over the phone. Apparently Garcia was worried too.
"JJ..." She paused. "JJ I'm pregnant."
A/N: So Hotch learns about Riley, and that leads Emily to learn about herself. A bit of a twist there. Anyways, please review :D
