The next morning, Lex woke up. Alone. "Bastard." She pulled her dress on over her head and made her way to the door. Walking out into the hall, she met Emily.
"What are you doing?"
Lex hesitated. "Nothing."
"That's not your room."
Lex leaned across Emily, opened the door to her room and rushed Emily inside. "Nothing happened," she lied. "We were going over the case last night when we left the party and I fell asleep."
"Oh really? How did you get that hickey?" Emily asked, arms folded.
Lex spun around fast and checked herself in the mirror. There were no marks. None that Emily could see. A defeated Lex turned around and faced a triumphant looking Emily. "It meant nothing."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Of course I'm sure."
"You two care for each other."
"It meant nothing."
"Does he feel that way?"
"Yes."
Emily hesitated. "I don't want to see either of you get hurt."
Lex sat on the bench by the pier, slowly drinking her coffee. She smiled at the mother who passed her, pushing a stroller. Ironic, she thought as she stared at the pharmacy bag containing the morning after pill.
"Lex." She turned around and made no reaction when she saw Hotch. "Can I join you?" She didn't reply, just moved her bag and slid over to the further end of the bench. He sat down next to her. "I want to talk to you about last night."
"Funny, I don't."
Hotch frowned. "I thought you enjoyed it."
"It wasn't the worst."
"So what's the problem?" Lex didn't say anything. "I asked you if you wanted me to stop and you didn't. You were the one that pulled me upstairs."
"You're my boss. I was upset, you took advantage."
"I took advantage?"
"And I was naïve to think you meant what you said. That you were actually a good guy and I wasn't just someone for you to get your rocks off with." She lowered her voice when she saw people passing them.
"I did not take advantage of you. You wanted last night to happen as much as I did. And I meant what I said last night. I do feel something very strong for you."
"They call it an erection."
"Well if you want, I can start sleeping with someone else. You should be used to that by now." Hotch bit his lip as he said it. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that—Lex!" Lex grabbed her bag and stormed off.