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Emily looked at the ring and tears were flowing heavily from her eyes. She couldn't focus on the moment or the gesture though. Her mind was elsewhere.

"I hate when you say things like that." Emily sighed through her tears.

"Oh?" He said, literally feeling his heart break.

"Aaron, you don't really feel like that, do you?" She said.

"I love you with all my heart Emily." He said quietly.

"But that has nothing to do with it Aaron."

"It has everything to do with it. I've got to say, I actually thought you'd say yes." He sighed and he closed the box with the ring as he went to walk away to clear his head.

"Whoa! Who said no?!" Emily stood up and grabbed his arm.

"You hate when I say things like that. I didn't know you felt so strongly against marrying me." He pulled out of her grip and she grabbed him again.

"Aaron, you don't understand. I hate when you say that I could do better and you could do worse."

"What are you talking about?" Hotch said.

"In your little speech there, you said 'I could do worse and you could do better.' I hate when you say that." Emily said, drying her tears on her shirt.

"You hate that? Why?"

"Because Aaron," Emily said, as a small smile formed on her face. "I can't do better. How can I do better than the best?" A smile took over his face.

"Really?"

"If anyone could do better, it would be you." Emily said.

"Emily, there really isn't a way I could do any better." He said honestly stating his feelings.

"Come on. You're smart, kind, a great father, polite, sexy. I'm so out of your league."

"If anyone is all of those things, it's you." Hotch argued.

"You think I'm a great father?" She said with a small smirk. He rolled his eyes and gestured back to the ring.

"So, is that a yes?"

"No." She said. His smile fell.

"Oh."

"It's a HELL YES!" She said as she jumped into his arms and kissed him repetitively.

"Oh my god Emily. You have no idea how happy you've made me. These last few months have been some of the best of my life! We're having babies, getting married; we're becoming a family." He said happily. Emily felt her eyes well up again.

"Damn you and your speeches." She laughed as she cried happily.

"I think it's the hormones." He laughed as he pulled her into a huge hug.

"Damn the hormones then."

"Oh Emily. I'm so glad."

"Aaron, you don't understand how amazing this is! I never had a really great family growing up, and now I have one! You've brought me my family. Riley, Jack, our babies and you. That's my real family."

"You make a pretty nice speech yourself there Prentiss." Hotch smiled as he planted a kiss on her head.

"Thank you. Now, why don't you join me in bed so I can show my fiancé a good time?"

Hotch and Emily got up late, and ended up meeting in the hotel lobby late.

"Well well well." Morgan said. "Look who decided to show up."

"Was it the radical sex that made you late?" Garcia joked.

"No, that was last night." Emily corrected.

"Prentiss!" Hotch snapped.

"You can call me Emily now; we're not on a case."

"I think he's uncomfortable." Rossi said. "I am to for that matter."

"So if you weren't doing it, why are you so late?" JJ asked. She looked hung over, and a wave of sadness washed over Emily when she looked at JJ. She knew that talking about Will would be a bad idea, but eventually they needed to go there. For now though, Emily decided she'd let he good mood stay.

"Actually, I slept in. I'm just so tired from lugging around this giant engagement ring." She said and she flashed her hand to the team. Once it registered, the room was full of excited gasps and congratulations.

"How did he do it?" Garcia asked excitedly. "I told him he should have done it at the bar where you guys decided to go out."

"That's romantic." Morgan said.

"Yes, I am." She nodded.

"No, we were in our hotel." Emily said. "We were talking about-" She paused and thought about the fact that they were talking about JJ "We were talking about the case."

"How romantic." Reid said mockingly and they all laughed.

"Anyways, he gives this beautiful speech and then he asks." Emily concluded.

"Congrats guys." Rossi said as he patted Aaron on the back. "You know you're lucky, right Hotch?"

"Yes, he is." Reid agreed.

"Well, it's not like Emily got off poorly." Garcia said, raising her eyebrows at Hotch.

"Yeah, she's got one of the good ones." JJ said with a small smile.

"Are you okay Jayje?" Morgan asked.

"Never better. Two of my best friends are getting married. I'm so happy for them." This time, the smile was more genuine.

"Are you waiting until after the babies are born?" Reid asked.

"I haven't thought of that." Emily realized. "I guess after. I love it when babies are in wedding parties."

"And while we're on the subject, Penelope is a great baby name. Just saying." Garcia said.

"We'll keep that in mind." Hotch laughed.

"Have you thought of how you'll tell Riley and Jack?" Rossi asked.

"I think it'll be easier to tell them about this than the pregnancy." Emily said.

"Yeah, I'm sure at least Riley figured out that it would eventually happen." Hotch said.

"You know, you guys are such a good couple." JJ said honestly.

"Thanks Jayje." Emily said, giving her a hug. Garcia joined in the hug. Emily figured out in that moment that JJ remembered what she told them.

"What? I don't get any love?" Rossi joked, speaking to Hotch.

"You're off your rocker old man." Hotch said.

"Oh, you can have some love from me." Emily laughed, and she gave Rossi a hug too.

"Shit!" Morgan said. "We're supposed to be leaving in 20 minutes!"

"We'd better run. We can chat more on the plane." Reid said.

"How'd you find out?" Emily asked JJ when they and Penelope were sitting together on the jet.

"It's a big day for you Em. I don't want to take away from it." JJ said.

"I don't care. I need to know." Emily asked.

"Come on precious." Garcia cooed as she rubbed JJ's hair.

"Okay. Well, we were coming back from a case. I walked in to our house and went into Henry's room. He was sleeping, but then I heard something. I knew exactly what I heard, but I didn't want to believe it. So, I walked into our room and I found him having sex with one of his subordinates." JJ sighed.

"Oh Jayje." Emily said, as she watched her friend's face contort in sadness.

"I really loved him."

"I know pumpkin." Garcia said soothingly, but then JJ wiped the tear that fell down and breathed in.

"But, to hell with him!" JJ said.

"Yeah. He's giving up one of the sexiest, funniest, best women I've ever met for some skank." Garcia laughed.

"Yeah, fuck him!" Emily said. "He was a loser."

"He was, wasn't he?" JJ agreed.

"Indeed." Emily assured her.

"You are so damn lucky that you've got Aaron." JJ said. "And I'm sorry that my ass of an ex husband ruined your announcement."

"I'm pretty sure you didn't plan it like this." Emily said, patting her hand.

"Seriously though, can we not talk about Will?" JJ asked.

"Nope. But you will have to talk about his death after Prentiss and I get through with him." Penelope laughed and Emily whole heartedly agreed.

"Thanks guys, but back to Emily's wedding."

"You should get married on an island!" Garcia squealed.

"What?"

"It would be so romantic." JJ agreed. "A vacation and wedding all in one."

"I think we might just do a tiny one." Emily protested.

"Oh no." Garcia said.

"No," JJ agreed. "Not going to happen."

"Why?" Emily begged.

"Because we love you, that's why. We're planning a fantastic wedding for you!" Garcia exclaimed.

"You guys really don't have to do this."

"Nonsense. I need something to get my mind of my horrible marriage." JJ said, flashing her puppy dog eyes.

"Are you really playing that card already?" Emily asked.

"Depends. Is it working?" JJ asked with a smile.

"Yes." Emily said after a small pause. Garcia and JJ exchanged a high five and began talking about colour schemes.

Once they landed, Hotch and Emily drove home. Emily decided to run over to tell her mother about the news, while Hotch waited for Haley to drop off the kids. The kids were supposed to be there around 8 that Friday night, but Hotch heard a knock on the door an hour early, and Riley and Jack were on the other side.

"Daddy!" Jack said as he jumped into his father's arms.

"Hey dad." Riley said, allowing him to give her a small hug.

"Alright guys, I've got some big news." Hotch said with a small smile.

At that exact same moment, Emily was walking into her mother's office.

"Well, hello there Emily. It's nice to see you." Her mother said politely.

"How are you mother?" Emily asked.

"Busy, can we make this quick?" Elizabeth asked.

"Alright, I've got some big news." Emily took a deep breath and gained her composure.

A/N: Alrightie, that's all folks! Sorry for taking so damn long! Stupid school. Anyways, obviously the next chapter is the kids and her mother's reactions. I hope to have it up sooner. Maybe some reviews would hurry me up? ;) Haha, just kidding. I won't hold the chapter hostage, but still, you should review. It would please Abigail. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it! :D