A/N: I changed the content of this chapter about five times today, finally settling on this because it will set up the rest of the story nicely, I hope.

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Disclaimer: Don't own Criminal Minds, do own whatever OC's are in this fic.

"But she's only been engaged for fourteen hours." Emily groaned over her phone. "Do I really have to go to this bridal party meeting at ten in the morning?"

JJ chuckled. "Oh Em, if you were engaged you would be just as excited to get started. Besides, even though Derek is going to be the man of honor, we have a big role to play, you especially with being maid of honor. It's our duty to make sure she doesn't go entirely insane over this." She rolled her eyes when Reid looked to her, scared on how she would be as a bride. Her first wedding wasn't exactly… romantic. This time he knew she would probably go overboard, and have Garcia as a ping board for plans.

"I doubt it." Emily huffed, not exactly in the mood for romance despite her happiness for her friends. "Anyhow, I guess I will pick you up? We're supposed to meet with the guys later and judging by the meeting agenda I just got in my email, we will probably be with her up till then." She was amazed at how organized these two were, but she shouldn't be surprised. Even their progress with the house wasn't surprising.

She was of course very happy they liked the house. Rossi always kept an eye on the local real estate market in case he decided on a new investment or for things just like this. There were actually five houses that she had seen with him before on his little quests and she pointed that one out as something they would both love.

"Sounds good to me. Do you mind if we take Henry? I want to give Spence a break and let him join the guys today."

Emily nearly jumped in her seat. JJ was finally starting to function on her own. She hadn't trusted Henry to anyone, even herself, other than Spence since they got back from Dallas. "Of course, bring the little guy! Jack is coming with us too, they can play and stay out of our hair. Be there in twenty."

She hung up and looked back across the table at the Italian reading his newspaper and still indulging her by drinking her same ginger tea when he didn't have to. Usually they did this at his house but after their bickering all day yesterday she hadn't been up for sharing. He worried about her though, and brought breakfast over to her place, aware she wouldn't eat unless he forced her, and not eating only made morning sickness worse later in the day.

"You could smile you know. Love isn't a bad thing cara." He didn't look up from his paper in fear she was giving him the stink eye. "You just have to let it happen to you. Trust me, the more you fight it, the worse it gets until it hits you in the face." He sipped his tea, still unwilling to look at the woman.

She huffed a sigh but decided she wasn't up for arguing with him. She was exhausted and he was probably the nicest man she ever met, he meant well and he was adamant in his care for her. He's always been that way. "Thank you for the tea but I have to go get JJ. See you at the house."

She got up and grabbed her keys and coat before he could say anything else, especially about her not eating this morning. She needed to focus on her other friends right now, the ones going places, rapidly.

Her drive over was thankfully full of that. Garcia had called twice and after no answer had hacked into her phone, then Bluetooth network and broadcast herself over the car's speakers. "How are you my lovely?" her sweet tone rang out.

"Jesus Christ Pen, you almost made me hit the guy in the next lane." She calmed at the unified chuckled between them. "I shouldn't be surprised you can do that. What's up? Super excited I take it?"

She imagined the smile on Pen's face, suddenly mad at herself for letting her exhausting cause to dread this. Hotch was a fantastic guy and they deserved one another, made each other happy. Her bubbly blonde friend wouldn't exactly be a bridezilla, more like an eager bunny ready to hop on with life. The good news is that for once something would be slowly coming. The wedding is likely four to six months out, that's how long it is going to take her wedding dress to be finished. The down side to that, Emily would have to fess up to her pregnancy in two weeks, exactly when her first trimester ends. She's going to need a maternity bridesmaids dress.

"I'm so excited, and thank you so, so much for spending your day off with me. I'm gonna pay you back big time." She promised. "I just wanted to get your opinion on—" She spent the whole rest of the ride, even as JJ was being picked up, talking their ears off on things they would be looking at once they got to her and Hotch's place.

"Pen sweetie, shut up. I have to turn the car off, we're here." She was gleeful, Garcia was abundantly absorbed in this.

They walked up and passed Aaron as he left to his own car. He was going to spend time brainstorming with Rossi, Reid and Morgan on how to deal with the romantic relationships and the fraternization rules… all this over golf. Reid at a driving range was something Emily ached to see but she was also pretty excited to see these ideas that Penelope had.

"Aunt Emily, Aunt JJ!" Jack rushed out of his room to hug them then latched onto Henry to run and play in his room.

"Jack, no running! Your arm!" Penelope called after him, concern all over her face before she turned to her friends shaking her head. "He's going to break something else, I just know it."

JJ smiled. "Well if he does he has you. Now," she rubbed her hands together ready to get down to work. "So you and Hotch decided on where you want it?" Naturally she reached for her tablet expecting Garcia to refer them to a website but she instead just sat and described it to them.

"There aren't any pictures. It's where Aaron and I had our second date." Her smile was winsome, remembering that night.

"The steam punk place?" Emily was pretty shocked. She expected something more traditional out of Hotch, apparently the venue had been his idea.

Pen nodded. "It's a gigantic estate, had to be twice the size of Rossi's. We were thinking the end of July, since that's when the Galvins say everything is at its slowest and it gives us just enough time. They already agreed, and don't want any money for it. Isn't that incredible?"

Both women nodded. Hosting a wedding is a big gift, even if they aren't doing the planning because they could charge a nice small fortune. But then, everyone knew Bill's wife was pretty loaded. She bought the estate off of an old friend when it fell into disrepair after her first parenting book hit it big. Emily was especially looking forward to seeing the place. She met Bill once when he came over for dinner at Rossi's on one of her nights to cook. She thought the steam punk thing was going to factor into the wedding at first but seeing the plans for outdoors let her relax on that front.

"And so of course, I found the dress yesterday and emailed you pics Em. Oh, I wish you were there! But I guess you helped with picking out something else hmm?" Hotch had told her all about Emily's role with Rossi and Reid yesterday and made her promise not to let JJ know Reid bought the ring. The youngest member of the team was a ball of nerves in trying to determine the best was to propose to the woman he's loved for years. "Anyhoo," she pulled out a large binder she spent the better part of the early morning on, much to Hotch's humor. "let's get started on color palettes."

-Criminal Minds-

"So Hotch, you ready for the big plunge again?" Morgan teased as Hotch lined up his shot. They decided on nine holes instead of the range as once planned due to Reid having never played before. He knew the rules after a quick read of a book Rossi handed him but of course, nothing replaces hands on experience.

"You know I am. You aren't going to try to talk me out of it and grab my Penelope are you?" His smirk told them all he wasn't jealous of that friendship as he had occasionally appeared in the past. Actually, he was hoping to see if Derek would spill on his own love life. The silky thong flung on his lampshade when they picked him up in the morning didn't escape anyone's attention. Nor did the fact he was anxious when Reid rushed into the bathroom before Morgan could stop him. Reid might not be the most of the social world, but even he knows what it means when there are tampons and an extra toothbrush hanging around.

Morgan knew that was what they were trying to do, and he wasn't biting. He had to keep this under wraps for reasons they would later understand. "You kidding? I'm just glad she didn't pull me in on the planning today. Man of honor or not, I'm just not up for a jazzed Penelope starting her plans. I nearly suffocated in that dress shop yesterday." Penelope asked him this morning if he would take the role. He knew ther was an odd number of men in the party but his role would be important… he was walking her down the aisle.

Rossi hit Morgan's back playfully. "You are a braver man than I, this is true. But I would love a wedding again."

That made Hotch miss his shot and take a point. "Damn it Rossi, you can't say things like that when we're playing!" Especially knowing what he knows about his friend that the others just aren't aware of yet. Though, Morgan might be aware. Reid was obviously clueless.

"Just because I failed at it three times doesn't mean the next time won't be right." Rossi was getting sick of his marriages and womanizer reputation following him everywhere. He finally found a woman that made him feel whole and he was paying the price, and Emily wasn't making this any easier. "Anyhow. Did you two apply for your mortgage yet?"

Hotch nodded, relinquishing the hole to Reid who was approaching this like some big math equation. "Between my penchant for paperwork and her tech skills it's all pretty much taken care of. Just inspection and escrow and the house is ours." He was proud of them. After they left Reid's last night Jack went right to bed and they spent a good few hours making love over and over again. They were pretty exhausted and slept for a few hours. But both were so excited about the house that when Penelope woke at five in the morning looking at mortgage rates and lenders on her laptop in bed, Hotch woke as well and together they were approved before anyone else on the team probably even woke up. This house was there house. It already had so much history in it.

Reid swung and to the amazement of all three of his friends, he got it just a few feet from the hole. He stood with a real confidence in himself, so confident he didn't even realize how his proud statement came off. "JJ was so wrapped up in the romance of everything, I am pretty sure I did end up getting her pregnant again last night."

Whomp! That's how his statement hit the other three guys. Reid had been holding out on JJ all this time. Even though it was probably better that they not sleep together, she had expressed to more than one of them that she was starting to feel a little rejected because she was honestly ready for sex with him again. Of course, Reid was right about a baby maybe being too soon. Then he says this?

"Uh, pretty boy?"

Reid turned around to see their stunned faces. "What?" he was confused. Wasn't it normal for men to talk about their sex lives? They all seemed to know how Hotch goes wild when Penelope goes down on him.

Morgan took it upon himself to explain. This was his role. "You didn't use anything? Even knowing how fragile she might be?"

Reid shook his head. "One. I really didn't have the ability to process that when she tackled me, and I was in a pleasure haze the second and third time. And Two. I think she might be more ready than we are giving her credit for. It's not over. But I will be asking sooner than anticipated. And I didn't tell Henry that, so it should stay a surprise. And thank you Morgan, shopping yesterday really did do her good."

Morgan lit at the comment. His girls were all getting where they wanted in their lives, one trying to fight it of course. He would deal with that later. "Looks like I'll have to get on the daddy wagon too then, keep up with you guys. What do you say Rossi? You in for that too?"

The eldest man looked to them. "Never too later to start." He shrugged, feeling his stomach knot a hundred times. This group of profilers can be really unfair.

-Criminal Minds—

"Mommy, will I get a brother soon?" Jack called from the back seat of Emily's car. JJ took the seat with him and Henry while Penelope sat up front and navigated what stores needed to be visited today. She had to agree with JJ, time off from work because of the weird situations certainly was too precious of an opportunity to waste.

Emily let her gaze shift lightly from the road to Penelope who was quirking her lips obviously trying to figure out how to answer that. "But, what if mommy has a girl Jack? Don't you want a sister too?"

Pen twisted her head to Emily with a silent thank you and looked back to see Jack with a thoughtful expression, a finger bobbing over his lips. "I won't have to share a room with a sister would I?"

All three women giggled. "No Jackers. The new house has a room all just for you. And there is a baby room. If daddy and I have babies they will stay in there. That good with you?"

Jack nodded and called to Emily. "Where will Aunt Emily's baby stay?"

Emily almost swerved out of her lane. She mumbled an excuse about a rodent in the road but JJ wasn't totally buying it. "Em? Something you want to tell me?"

"Oh god." She moaned and slowed the car to a stop on the side of the road. Thankfully no other cars were passing by as she had to fling her door open and puke out the side.

Penelope got out and rounded to Emily's side, careful to stay out of the splatter and held her hair back. Poor Emily, she obviously wasn't ready to say anything. She wondered if this little moment was morning sickness or just a reaction to the stress. She remembered some pressure points that were supposed to help ease morning sickness and so she let her hands begin to massage those spots behind her ears, in her scalp and over her pulse point. Soon Emily was calming in her breathing and just leaning over the disgusting mess of pavement with her eyes closed, enjoying the feel of her friend's ministrations which were helping get her mind of the dizziness.

"You're good at this. What are you working for?" JJ had gotten out too, after ordering the boys to stay inside the car. She remembered Garcia having looked up some pressure points when she was pregnant to ease her gassiness with Henry. She was starting to wonder if this was something like that with Emily.

"Uhg. Don't stop, please." Emily begged as Garcia started lowering the pressure.

"Come on and get into the passenger seat. I'll drive. You aren't well enough right now." She wasn't going to let the secret slip on Emily when she wasn't supposed to know either. If Em wanted to claim ill, she was giving her that chance.

Emily nodded, hoping they really thought it was just that and carefully stepped over the puddle and to her spot in the front. "Thank you Pen." She said as they began to pull into the street again. "I'll be fine, I can still go look at dresses."

"You sure?" Penelope looked over to her friend. She was a little pale in the face. "You don't look that good." She put her hand to her forehead wondering if she really was sick and this wasn't just because of the pregnancy.

"I'm sure. I'm not missing out on seeing you in that dress while I have a chance. You're smart, getting this stuff done now. If I ever get married I'm just hiring a wedding planner. No way to do it with the job and all… plus I just don't think I have the heart for all the details."

Penelope nodded, wondering if it would happen for her friend. She had gotten a text from Hotch earlier in the day telling her what it was that Rossi had told him. Rossi loved Emily… but no other detail. Duh. She could see that, anyone could see that. He looked at her like a man worshipping the sun. But she also got a text asking her if she knew who Derek was seeing, that a woman was at least almost living with him. She had a feeling that's what he meant by a secret he had been keeping from her. Why didn't he say anything? Things are really moving on the fast with this woman he is seeing? She had a mini, internal, panic when she read that, more concerned than ever on who Emily was seeing.

JJ put her chin on the back of Penelope's seat so she could get a good look at Emily. "Has this been going on long?" She wasn't sure if this was pregnancy or not. Her friend could have just been reacting to the comment for other reasons, like maybe feeling she missed her chance. Or it could be some illness.

Emily kept her face schooled to the scenery ahead of her, aware both women were likely on to her. "It's just a little motion sickness I think. I've had bad headaches too. So thank you for driving Pen. Rossi insists I'm not eating enough, maybe it's making me lightheaded?"

Both women nodded in mock agreement that that could be it. JJ was going to try to corner Jack later and asking him why he asked Emily that, but for now they were at the bridal salon yet again.

"Emily, take some water before we go in. I'll take the boys around to the tux shop, Pen." JJ offered. The owners of this particular shop had the bride on one side and the tux shop on the other, but still two separate stores so bride's wouldn't have to worry about their grooms seeing them try things on. Penelope was glad for it, if Aaron saw she would have to just pick another dress. That is why she specifically had sent Emily the pictures before she left the shop yesterday and deleted them before climbing in the car with Aaron. She knew he tried sneaking a peak. He saw something different than what she picked, that was for sure.

"Thanks JJ. We'll see you in a bit?" She kissed Jack and sent him on his way. He was very excited that he would be trying on a tux today. Of course, he would have to try at least once more before the wedding with the rate he was growing. Henry would handle Penelope's train since he wasn't quite old enough to trust with the rings, which was all Jack's responsibility. He was pretty insistent on it. And he was looking forward to his 'guy time' after a day of smelling flowers and whatnot with his mom.

Penelope watched him walk away with a smile on her face. He was too cute. She looked over at Em and she had an interesting smile on her face as well, but directed at Morgan and Derek as they argued over what style tux Hotch should wear. She wanted to ring her neck and ask all sorts of questions but she and Aaron decided last night to be the support for them, not the people trying to break them down to figure it all out.

"Alright there M-O-H. Let's get shopping."

Emily nodded and frowned slightly. She wasn't happy with herself, the way she's been treating Rossi and Morgan lately. They are both just trying to protect her and be there for her and one she yells at one all the time, the other she avoids. She had to shake these feelings out of her head. Today was about Penelope.

As soon as they entered the attendant came right on up to them. "Future Mrs. Agent?" she teased, everyone flashing badges yesterday had really endeared her to the whole staff, just by being them. When Morgan explained the situation about the engagement they hit a lot of romance. So seeing her back today, knowing that Hotch was the groom, they were all happy for her.

"That's me! Do you still have that dress I loved yesterday? I want to show it to the maid of honor, get things going." She had a hard choice to make on who to pick. She was about to just make everyone an equal role of 'honor' but JJ told her she thought Emily would be the better choice. She personally couldn't put all the time in and (well, JJ was always secretly on the Rossi/Emily train too) she thought her and Rossi going down the aisle together would be a cute sight.

Karen, the attendant smiled at them. "I do, and my appointment for the hour was cancelled so I'm all yours. Let's do this properly. I'll get you a good dressing room."

Karen got them set up, Emily in one of the smaller stalls adjacent to Pen's room. She wasn't getting undressed yet though, she went right to Penelope's when Karen brought the dress out. She was told she was going to have to learn how to get her in and out of the thing. Karen was right on that account. This thing had more lacing and buttons than the steam punk dress. No wonder she was maid of honor. She chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Penelope was just happy to see a smile on Emily's face again. She seemed better from her sickness earlier… must have been from pregnancy. She still wasn't going to push.

"I was just thinking how cute you and Aaron are. I feel like I'll do anything to see this wedding go off without a hitch." It struck her when she said it that that was true. As much as romance is something she wants to avoid right now, she was in love with this couple finding one another.

Penelope turned right around and wrapped her in a hug. "Em. Just know, I'm here for you ok? I hope you find someone that can make you as happy as I am. You deserve that guy ya know?"

"What do you mean, 'that guy'?" Did Penelope figure it all out? She was suddenly terrified.

Pen pulled her closer. "Someone who protects you, accepts you, sees all the good you are. Someone who does something special just because he can and it's all for you. Whatever is going on, and I know something is wrong, we are all here. And Aaron and I are always shoulders to cry on. You take such good care of people, I just don't want you to be afraid to let others do the same anymore." Emily is the woman to go and bathe her friends from their emotional trauma, buffer between the world and their pain, but hold everything in. She needs to let go. "Promise me when you are ready to talk you will? Any time day or night?"

Emily nodded and reluctantly let go of her grasp on Pen, delighted when she saw that glow of a bride. She gasped. "Oh my God. That dress is perfect."

Pen smiled. "I know."

At the tux shop, a different kind of friendship bonding was taking place. Henry and Jack were allowed to browse the shoe selections while JJ helped the men coordinate their selections with the colors they picked out earlier. Yes, this was all going pretty quickly but let's face it, when else were they all going to have the time?

The men were making easy progress, except one small argument between Morgan and Rossi over who gets the first dance with a certain brunette. Both Reid and Hotch had to raise their eyebrows at that. For some reason they each seemed exceptionally protective of the woman. Morgan's could be because she is his partner. Rossi was obviously in love with her, he actually said it aloud before Morgan finally laughed aloud and turned from the argument… that was the most perplexing part of the whole thing. But they shrugged it off as men do and let the boys go walk around the store while they tried on tie after tie, vest after vest.

"Is Aunt Penelope your real mom now?" Henry was still confused about Spencer a bit. He understood that Will had played his dad for a while but it was Spencer that made him. And now he overheard about paperwork and the law and it scared him at first. He asked about a million questions to his dad about what it meant and what he understood is that now his dad had to go to court to be able to make decisions for him. Like for school, and the doctors. It scared him that his daddy couldn't do that yet.

Jack looked at his friend. "She's my mom." He said matter of factly. It was what he felt at least. He knew his 'real' mother was gone but Aunt Penny had always been there and she felt like she was his mother. He needed her to be just that.

"Did she adopt you?" Henry heard all sorts of stuff Spencer was talking about. "You know, like how Evan's step dad adopted him?" Evan was one of the agent's on another team sons. They both met him a while ago and he seemed much happier with the new daddy than his old one.

Jack stopped in his tracks thinking about that. When Even got sick one time his daddy couldn't visit him in the hospital room. He told them that after that he went to court to officially become his dad. Remembering how badly he hurt when his arm was broken, how having her there made it all better, suddenly he broke down crying. "Daddy!" He already lost a mother, he needed to be sure he wouldn't lose her too, not when he needed her.

Hotch could hear the hurt in his son's voice and in the middle of his fitting, ran out to find him. When he got there tears where running down his cheeks and Henry was trying to hug him better. "Jack. What's wrong?"

Jack tried to calm himself but it wasn't working too well. Between sobs he got it out. "I want mommy to be my real mommy." And he broke into a good cry again. If she wasn't his real mom she would only be his step mom. He remembered some of his friends with step moms. One of them couldn't even be taken home from school, when he was sick because she wasn't on the list. She wasn't his real mom at all and that meant Penelope wasn't Jack's mom either.

Reid came over too, bending to Henry and hugging him. He didn't like a sad Jack and he too was starting to tear up. He loved his friend like a brother. "What happened?" he whispered in his son's ear.

"Will Aunt Penny adopt him?" He whispered back, loudly. He was scared that he hurt his friend's feelings. He was simply curious, and confused. Jack knew so much more. He was lots older and he could spell anything.

Hotch relaxed at hearing the question. That was all this was? Thank goodness. He had thought it had something to do with Haley and Jack having second thoughts. "Jack. Jack, look at me." He waited until Jack soothed again and finally lifted his chin. "We have to wait until we are married. But after, I think she would love to adopt you. Is that what you want?" He had been waiting to talk about this with him. She had expressed the desire last night but didn't push it. They both knew there was likely going to be issues with Haley's family when it came to this.

Jack nodded, wiping his tears from the back of his hand. He was so scared she would leave him, like one of his friend's step moms left. "I just want my mommy. Can I go see her?" He needed his mom, now.

Hotch nodded and stood to take him there but Morgan stopped him. "If you think I'm letting you peak at that dress you got another thing coming. Come here big man!" Morgan was sure he would be spending a whole lot more time with Jack in the future, best to start now. What he overheard broke his heart. This boy wanted everything from Penelope and he knew she would give it all to him.

"Mommy!" he yelled as he took her in, her chosen gown on and getting measured. "Will you adopt me?"

She hadn't even seen him come in but her answered rushed out with a natural truth. "The day after the wedding, we file." She assured him. "Now? Am I pretty in this?"

All his tension instantly relaxed. Penelope wasn't like his friend's step moms, she wouldn't ever leave. He nodded with excitement. "You are the prettiest. Daddy is going to kiss you lots."

The attendant giggled, along with the three friends and gave Jack a little catalog to help his mom pick out some stuff. He was excited to help and went to Emily who took him in her lap as she made out her forms to be put into the store's computer, debating whether or not to check the maternity box. "You're too cute you know that Jack?"

He nodded and kissed her cheek, using the time to whisper. "You can smile Aunt Emily."

She put the paper work down and pulled her arms around him, resting her chin on top of his head as Pen twirled around for Derek in her dress one last time. Years ago, she would have thought that of anyone in the office to get together it would have been them with their overt flirting. But her happiness with Hotch was just too real. She and Derek would never have taken hold like that. She sighed.

"What do you mean Jack? I'm happy." He was an observant kid, she was pretty sure the profiler skill was genetic, which scared the lights out of her especially considering that both of the baby's parents are just that.

"You've been sad the last two days. Why?"

She sighed. "I'm not sad. I just have a lot changing sweetie. But you don't have to worry."

He wasn't reassured by that at all. "You will be a good mommy. Please say you want to be a mommy." He was still a tad sore about the mom thing with Penny. He didn't like not having her be official. What if something happened when daddy was in the field? He was a very practical child like his father and now he worried about her baby too.

"Oh Jack. I can't hide anything from you can I?" Adults can be fooled if they want to be. Smart kids like Jack always want the truth.

"Nope. But will you be his or her mommy?" his eyes were watering. She seemed so sad right now.

She looked at this sweet child in her arms afraid she didn't want this and she smiled a real, true smile. "I want this more than anything Jack." She put her hand on her belly and let him join too, discretely since Derek was talking with Penelope with their backs turned. "I love him or her already."

That seemed to satisfy him and he gave her a sweet kiss on the cheek and blew one to her belly. But he wasn't done with this line of questioning. "But who's the baby's daddy? Is it Uncle Derek or Uncle Dave?"

She almost dismissed the question, but he needed this right now. He needed to hear that just like him, this baby was going to have two parents. Whatever the state with the father she was in, she knew he would always be there for her and the baby. It was not in his nature to renege on responsibility. Besides, she's the one putting up the fight for more commitment. She's petrified.

This was a mini-Hotch, he could read her, he could even narrow down the options and he was concerned. "Just don't tell anyone, ok?" She was actually a little glad to have the cutie to tell. She knew it was unfair to burden a child with adult problems but he wouldn't budge anyhow and she felt a need to say it aloud all of a sudden. It was like if she didn't just come out with it already it never would happen.

He nodded eagerly and pulled in close to hug her, happy to share in a big secret. She cuddled him back. "Well, it's—"

"Aunt Emily!" Jack's eyes were filled with fear and horror. She wasn't speaking, and her eyes... They weren't right. "Mommy!" he jumped off her lap and ran into the dressing room, catching his mom half naked in the process, but whatever. "Aunt Emily. She's—" he was freaking out, unable to sustain sentences.

Derek immediately darted to her with a frantically dressing Penelope behind him. "Call an ambulance!" he demanded. He was not going to lose her again. It simply wasn't happening.

Karen made the call and handed him the phone so he could do the chatting and Penelope decided to get Jack out of there, Emily was starting to convulse. She went to the tux shop and any jokes about her getting to be in there when he couldn't see her in her dress were lost when Aaron saw their faces. "What happened?" he rushed to her side. She looked at him with quivering lips, she wasn't sure she could speak.

"Aunt..." Jack tried but he couldn't get it out.

Rossi's heart started beating a mile a minute. He grabbed Penelope gently but firm and filled her view. "Is it her?" he asked trying to shake it out and when she nodded he bolted, throwing his credit card at the attendant since he was still wearing the tux he was trying on. He wasn't leaving her side ever again.