Chapter 13

The plate of food sat untouched in front of Chrisy as JJ ate. The only thing Chrisy seemed interested in was the water that came with the meal. She was picking up the glass and taking sips from it.

"This burger is really good Chrisy. You really should taste it." JJ encouraged.

Chrisy looked down at it and wrinkled up her nose. "It smells funny."

"I had an issue with things not smelling right to me too when I was pregnant with Henry. It will get better once you are further along in the pregnancy."

"I'm not pregnant."

"Ok." JJ sighed.

JJ continued to eat taking her time so she could give Hotch more time alone to sleep. She kept trying to think of something else they could do to keep them out longer. She knew it would be a challenge since Chrisy was getting antsy.

Once JJ had finished her lunch she paid the check and she and Chrisy went to the car and climbed in.

"I think I need some ice cream." JJ stated. "Does that sound good to you?"

"Not really."

"Well maybe it will once we get there." JJ pulled out of the parking space and headed to the ice cream place that was the furthest away from Hotch's house.

Aaron stirred and opened his eyes looking at the clock. He had slept solidly for almost four hours. He stretched and rolled onto his back looking up at the ceiling. His manhood was standing at attention and he growled knowing it was begging for release. He attempted to ignore it but no matter how hard he tried it was still throbbing. He was so used to getting his needs taken care of regularly by his attentive wife and now she barely let him touch her. The last hard on he had he managed to ignore it and it went down just like he always did when he was away on a case but this one wasn't going away.

He began to unfasten his pants and reach for the aching protrusion to give it what it wanted when he realized he didn't want to make a mess he had to clean up. Sighing he got up and went to the bathroom stripping himself of his clothes along the way and turned on the shower. Once the water was hot enough he stepped into the steamy area and took matters into his own hands.

Aaron panted hard as the last of the pulsating subsided and he had milked everything out that he could. The high of release radiated through him as he dipped his head under the spray of the shower to help bring him back to his senses. He had a feeling this was how it was going to be for awhile so he may as well get reacquainted with his hand. He had been so incredibly spoiled having such a sexy wife who used her body and mouth so skillfully take care of him and now that had been taken away from him. He washed the rest of the incriminating evidence away and turned off the shower feeling somewhat refreshed and ready to deal with the robot replacement of his wife.

Chrisy pushed open the door and stepped into her house seeing Aaron sitting on the couch flipping through the channels on the TV. JJ came in behind her and closed the door. Aaron took in the new haircut on his wife and smiled.

"Your hair looks nice Chrisy." He said relived that it didn't look butchered.

"Thanks." Chrisy said flatly and went to the kitchen.

"Did you get her to eat?" Aaron asked JJ.

"Not a thing. I tried to coax her but she flat out refused."

"She's really starting to loose weight. If I can't get any nutrients into her the baby is going to suffer."

"You could take her to the doctor and get some IV nutrition. It's not as good as actually eating but at least she would get something."

"I've checked into that option. If she doesn't start eating soon that's what's going to happen."

"Hotch." JJ hesitated. "I understand what she's going through right now."

"What do you mean JJ?"

"I was raped my senior year of high school by a teacher." She trailed off.

"JJ I had no idea. This can't be good for you to see. I'm so sorry I put you in this situation."

"You didn't Hotch. I put myself in it. I shut down just like she has only I didn't talk at all. I refused to eat and my parents had to take me to get IV's. I was like that for a little over three months."

"What brought you out of it?"

"Seeing him again. He had been let out on bail. He walked past our house one afternoon and I looked out the window and saw him. That's what caused me to finally have an emotional break."

"Do you think I should force Chrisy to face him?"

"No Hotch. That did force my break but it also sent me off on another tailspin of the crazy kind. She is going to need a push at some point if she doesn't come out of this on her own but not that drastic."

"How am I going to know when and how to do that?"

"You know her better than anyone Hotch. I have faith you'll know when the time is right."

"I hope so."

JJ gave him a sympathetic smile and turned to leave. He hoped JJ was right and he would know the right time. Until then he had to put up with the obsessive cleaning that he could hear coming from the kitchen again.

Aaron sat on the bed with his son once he was all tucked in. Jack was still grinning from his day with Derek.

"So what all did you eat today?" Aaron asked.

"Hotdogs, peanuts that were in the shell, and root beer."

"Is that all?"

"Well uncle Derek got me some cotton candy and a big pretzel with cheese too." Jack giggled.

Aaron smiled. "I'm glad you had a good day buddy. I know things have been hard around here for you."

"Is mommy ever going to come back to acting like herself?"

"She will eventually. It's just going to take time and she has to get angry first. Once she gets angry she will begin to feel better."

"I hope that's soon. I'm just glad her face is better. At least she looks like herself more now even though her hair is shorter."

"That does help." Aaron said bending down to kiss his son on the head. "Goodnight buddy. I love you."

"I love you too daddy."

Aaron sank down in the bed of the guest room wishing he could be wrapped around his finally sleeping wife in their bedroom. With any luck her body decided to poop out on her and she would stop cleaning and rearranging so obsessively. It had been a long and rough four weeks since the rape and he was watching his wife waste away from not eating. Her soft curves were getting boney and her eyes had dark circles under them from a lack of sleep.

Aaron rolled to his side hating what he had to face tomorrow. He made the decision to take Chrisy to get intravenous nutrition since she refused to care for herself and their baby. He didn't know how he was going to deal with this until she gave birth. He also had no idea what to do about her when his FMLA time was up and he had to go back to work. The situation was becoming hopeless and he just didn't know what to do. With the house so quiet for once, it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

Chrisy looked out her bedroom door to see that all the lights were off in the house. She wondered out in the hall and to the stairs and slowly made her way down them. She was antsy and couldn't find anything else to clean that she hadn't already done twice. She strolled over to the door spotting the car keys on the table. She slipped on her shoes and picked up the keys and punched in the security code to the alarm and quietly opened the door and slipped outside into the night air.

Once she was out of the driveway she wasn't sure where to go then it hit her and she headed in the direction of where she needed to be right then. Suddenly she was feeling free of the oppression of her house and the constant hovering of Aaron. She put the window down and let the fresh air hit her as she made her way down the road to what she felt was freedom.

Chrisy's hand was pounding relentlessly at the door in front of her. Finally she heard a chain being pulled and locks turning and saw a stunned Spencer looking at her with his mouth hanging open.

"Christine? What are you doing here?" He said in his sleepy voice.

"Can I come in?"

Spencer stepped aside and she walked into his apartment. After closing the door he looked down at his old flannel pajama pants and worn out t shirt and felt like he should cover himself up. Folding his arms around himself he then noticed Chrisy was in her pajamas too.

"It's two thirty in the morning Chrisy. What's going on?"

"I needed to get out of the house. I feel like I'm being smothered."

She moved around his living room obviously agitated. He hadn't seen her in a while and she lost weight and her hair was shorter. She just didn't look right.

"What have you done to yourself?" He mumbled under his breath.

Chrisy didn't hear him as she moved to his kitchen and opened his refrigerator seeing some beer in the back corner. Her eyes lit up and she reached in and pulled it out popping off the cap and began to chug it down.

Spencer saw what she was doing and hurried over to her and pulled the bottle from her mouth and took it from her.

"Christine you can't be drinking!" He snapped. "You're pregnant!"

"So I keep hearing. I'm not pregnant Spencer now give me that back."

"No way." He said pouring it down the drain.

"What the hell?" She asked. "I'm of age. I'll show you my ID."

Spencer just shot her a confused look and dropped the empty bottle in his recycle bin.

"Why are you here again?"

"I needed to get away from Aaron."

"Why?"

"He keeps telling me what to do. Like you are right now. Come on Spencer lets do something."

"How about we go sit down and chat?" Spencer suggested.

Chrisy followed him into the living room and sat down on the couch with him. He looked closely at her face. It was empty of all emotion and her cheekbones were protruding out more than normal from her obvious weight loss. He pursed his lips wondering how Hotch let her get like this.

"So what does Hotch keep telling you to do?" He asked.

"He's always bugging me to eat when I'm not hungry and wants me to sleep when I'm not tired. I'm tired of it Spencer."

"He loves you and wants you to take care of yourself. When was the last time you ate something?"

"I don't know."

"Well why don't you hang out here and I'll go and see if I can get you something to eat. Then maybe we can watch a movie or something." Spencer suggested.

As he was about to get up and go to the kitchen he heard his phone go off so he went to get it seeing it was Hotch. He carried it with him in the kitchen to answer.

"Hotch, Christine is here right now." He whispered.

"Oh god." Aaron sighed. "I woke up and she was just gone along with the car."

"When was the last time she ate?"

"A long time. I can't get her to eat. I'll be there in a bit to get her once I get someone to come stay with Jack."

"Hotch, why don't you let her stay here a bit. I think she's feeling a bit suffocated right now. Let me see if I can get her to eat something."

"Well if you have any luck you'll be the first. Call and let me know what happens. I'm sorry she showed up there."

"She's my friend Hotch. I'm glad she feels safe coming to me. I'll let you know what happens."

Spencer put down his phone and began to rummage through his cabinets for something he could fix. All he could find was a can of chicken noodle soup and some bread. He knew he should have gone to the store. He pulled out the can and opened it and put it on the stove to heat while he popped some bread into the toaster. He looked in to see Chrisy still sitting on his couch with her legs pulled up under her waiting for him.

He buttered the toast and poured some soup in a cup and carried them into the living room and sat down next to Chrisy. She eyed the food suspiciously and then looked up at Spencer. He sat the toast down on the coffee table and motioned Chrisy to come closer to him. She scooted over and he placed his arm around her as he held the mug of hot soup up to her lips. She took a tiny sip from it and didn't argue with him about taking it. He then gave her another sip which she took.

Spencer smiled as she drank down the last of the warm broth and he set down the empty mug and picked up one the pieces of toast and lifted it up to her lips and she took a bite and chewed it and swallowed.

After taking the last bite of toast she held her hand up showing she didn't want anymore.

"Did that taste good?" He asked.

She just shrugged and laid her head down on his shoulder. Spencer wrapped both arms around her and held her close to him.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Thanks so much for reading and leaving a review! I like hearing from everyone! Have a safe and fun New Year if I don't post before then!