Chapter 9

. Hotch slowly turned around and looked up to see Emily standing there biting her lower lip, which she did when she was nervous.

Hotch took in the sight of her letting his eyes flow over the length of her. The dress clung to her curves in all the right places, her ample cleavage barely contained in the low cut bodice of her dress. It showed off her slender waist; she had lost weight while she was away from the team, weight she never needed to lose.

Emily smiled at him and started down the stairs, as she moved Hotch caught sight of her shoes and gasped softly. They were the sexiest shoes he had ever seen and they were screaming 'fuck me' at him. She came to stop at the bottom of the stairs as everyone else finally noticed her.

"Oh Gumdrop, you look beautiful." Garcia gushed as she came over and hugged her.

"Very sexy Princess." Was Morgan's remark which made her blush.

JJ just smiled knowingly at her and gave her a hug and whispered in her ear.

"I think someone will be getting lucky tonight."

Dave pulled her off to the side before saying in Italian "Bella... Sapevo che sarebbe; Aaron non ha preso la sua gli occhi da voi. (Beautiful… I knew you would be; Aaron has not taken his eyes from you.) Thank you for wearing it."

"I love it, thank you for getting it for me. It's very beautiful." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Hotch walked over to where they were and Dave grinned at him and walked back to the others.

"Come on guys let's load up." He told them as he opened the front door holding it open for the others.

When it was just just the two of them Hotch inspected her more closely. Twirling her around he caught sight of the back of her and groaned and it didn't go unnoticed by Emily.

"Do you approve Aaron?"

"Oh I approve Emily, very much so. You look absolutely beautiful. I can't believe Dave has taste this good."

She still had her back to him and he moved up behind her wrapping his arms around her waist. Pulling her back up against him, she could feel the effect she was having on him pressed up against her ass. He pushed her hair aside and leaned in to kiss her neck causing her to moan throatily. He slid his hands down the outside of her thighs stopping when he felt her skin beneath his fingertips. Pulling back he turned her and saw the slit that went the right side of her dress.

"Oh God, how am I supposed to keep my hands off of you tonight?"

"I think that was the whole idea when Dave picked it out." She laughed at him before kissing him tenderly on the lips.

"Come on their waiting for us." He said as he took her hand in his and walked out with her.

At the restaurant everyone settled into comfortable conversation. Dave was so excited that he insisted on ordering for everyone. The wine was poured and the food was being eaten and everyone was truly relaxed, probably for the first time in months.

On Emily's right sat Hotch and on her left was Dave who was pleasantly conversing with Will and JJ.

Emily and Hotch were so caught up in each other that they were oblivious to the conversation taking place between the three to Emily's left.

"So Dave, how did you pull this off so quickly?" Will asked as he gave Henry a bite of his food.

"Yeah Dave this place is great, how did ever get a reservation?" JJ said drawing his attention away from Hotch and Emily.

"Well the owner is a friend of mine so he did me a favor when I explained that this was like a first date for couple of friends of mine." Dave explained nodding his head at Emily and Hotch smiling.

"They look good together; it's about time they acted on their feelings. I'm no profiler but even I can see that they love each other." Will commented.

"They have been trying to avoid this for so long that I didn't think they would ever take this step." JJ said pointing behind Dave at the oblivious profilers.

Dave turned to see Hotch and Emily kissing, so caught up in each other that he thought Hotch was about to throw Emily on the table and have his way with her right there.

"Hey can't you two wait till we get back to the house." Dave said drawing the attention of Morgan and Penelope as Hotch and Emily broke apart blushing and breathing heavily.

"Sorry dad. I forgot where we were." Emily said grinning cheekily at Dave as everyone laughed at the two love birds.

"Is everyone finished? If so the fireworks should be ready by now." Dave said as he waived to the waitress to settle the bill.

Back at the house Dave had everything already set up so they could sit on the beach and watch the fireworks. There were blankets laid out on the sand for everyone. Moran and Garcia took one, Dave kept Henry so Will and JJ could have some alone time and Hotch and Emily had a blanket. Each group was far enough away from each other to make it a romantic setting but not far enough not to be seen by the others. The darkness of the night concealed very little that could not be seen by anyone who happened to be looking in any direction at any given time.

No one had bothered to change, they all were ready to relax and enjoy the fireworks. Hotch and Emily had taken the blanket closest to the house at the edge of the beach about ten feet from the patio, behind the rest of the team. Hotch sat down and spread his legs apart pulling Emily down to sit in the V his legs made.

Leaning back into Hotch's chest Emily turned and kissed him on the side of his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Emily folded her legs Indian style which exposed her right thigh up to her hip. The fireworks started and everyone looked to the sky at the beauty of the colors flashing across the sky and reflected off the water.

All Emily could say was 'beautiful' and Hotch responded with "Yes, very beautiful" never taking his from her. Emily turned slightly to see Hotch staring at her instead of the fireworks.

"I mean it Emily, you are very beautiful." He said as he reached up sliding his hand up along her jaw cupping her face, pulling her to him as he leaned down to kiss her gently brushing her lips tenderly with his own. It was just a whisper of a touch, which heightened the arousal swelling in her stomach, making her burn with anticipation. Tonight would be the night when she would give over to him everything she held inside; all her doubts, all her fears and all her love.

Emily opened her mouth to him granting him access to the depths of her mouth. She moaned as he invaded her with his tongue, deepening the kiss. She would never get tired of kissing him, like a drug his kisses were addictive in an all-consuming mind boggling high.

In the need for air Emily pulled back to look into his eyes, searching for some sign of doubt but all she could see was the lust and passion but she could also see the love he had for her there. It was the first time she felt like she could see directly into his soul and she felt honored to witness something she knew no one else ever got to see. The love he had for her pouring out from the very depths of what she was having the privilege to see and it made her love him that much more.

Claiming his lips with hers once again in the most fiery, passionate kiss either of them had ever had. Hotch's hands trailed a feather light touch up and down her bare back making her shiver and goose bumps dance across her skin. With just the touch of his fingers and the assault on her mouth he had her trembling with desire.

"Aaron… please." She moaned into his mouth.

"Please what Emily?" He whispered against her skin as his lips left a heated trail along her neck to the sensitive spot right below her ear.

Tilting her head to give better access and she then lost her train of thought as he and sucked on it over and over.

"Please what Emily?" he asked again.

"Please Aaron… make love to me." She panted trying to catch her breath.

Hotch pulled away from her just enough to stand and take her hand pulling her to her feet. Lacing their fingers together he lead her toward the. Neither one of them had a thought to anyone else around them as they made their way to the back door of the house. No one else saw them except Dave who had been sitting the closest to them, smiling he turned his attention back to Henry who sat in his lap watching the fireworks.

As the door closed behind them Hotch turned and pulled Emily into his arms, he loved the way she felt in his arms.

"Emily are you sure?"

"I am more sure of this than I have ever been of anything else in my entire life." She said wrapping her arms around his neck pulling his lips down to hers.

Scooping her up in his arms Hotch carried the stairs to their room. He didn't lower her to the floor till they were inside with the door locked and he was standing beside the bed.