Chapter 17

Aaron watched silently as Chrisy cuddled with Jack on the couch watching a movie and eating popcorn. It was nice to see that she was back to being close to her son again but not much had changed in the way of her wanting to be close to him.

"Mommy can we have some more popcorn?" Jack asked picking up the last of the kernels in the bowl.

"I think that can be arranged." She smiled running her hand over Jack's head.

She stood up and picked up the bowl and padded to the kitchen in her bare feet. Aaron felt his manhood stir as he watched her walk by in her cut off sweats and oversized t shirt. She looked so cute when she was bare foot and dressed like that. It reminded him of the first morning when she came in fresh out of bed after she was hired as the nanny.

Aaron got up and walked to the kitchen to see her standing in front of the microwave waiting for the next bag of popcorn to pop. She was twisting up her shirt revealing her bump that was rounding out. He continued to watch jealously as she ran her free hand mindlessly over it.

The microwave beeped and Chrisy reached up to get the bag out letting her shirt fall back into place in the process.

"How are you feeling?" Aaron finally asked.

Chrisy jerked at the question not knowing he was standing there and dropped the bag to the floor.

"I'm sorry I startled you." Aaron said quickly going to pick up the bag from the floor.

"It's ok. I'm fine." Chrisy answered taking the bag from his hands and going to the bowl.

As she emptied the popcorn into the bowl Aaron walked over to her and reached out and touched her arm.

"Do you want some?" She asked picking up the bowl.

"No." He answered softly moving closer to her.

Chrisy sucked in a breath and closed her eyes as he moved up behind her. His hand rested gently on her stomach. Her heart was beginning to pound at the feel of his breath in her hair.

"The baby is growing more everyday." He whispered sliding his hand around her middle.

Chrisy stood still as he continued to feel the changes that were occurring. Aaron waited to feel some sort of response from her to his touch but she remained frozen as he explored.

He was growing harder being so close to her and he wanted nothing more than to press himself up against her backside and share his arousal but he held back. It would be so easy to get off just by rubbing up on her.

"Please move into me." He thought to himself.

"Mommy is the popcorn done?" Jack called from the living room.

"I'll be right there Jack." She answered.

Aaron dropped his hand from her stomach and backed away from her. Chrisy picked up the bowl and turned to look up at her husband.

"Are you coming?" She asked.

"I think I'm going to go take a shower."

"Ok."

"So I can jerk off again." He muttered once she left the kitchen.

The next morning Aaron was surprised to see Chrisy getting ready for the day before breakfast and Jack was off to school.

The groans of frustration coming from the bedroom caused him to look out of the bathroom to see his wife tossing another pair of pants on the ground and searching for another.

"What are you getting dressed for already?" He asked coming out in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist.

"All of my pants don't fit anymore." She hissed reaching for one of the few skirts she had.

She was only wearing her bra and panties giving him the clearest view of her he'd had in several weeks. He smiled seeing the widening of her hips and round swell around her middle. He wanted to pick her up and lay her down and kiss and explore the new formations she had now.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"I'm taking Jack to school and I thought, well, I'd try to visit my class." She hesitated stepping into the skirt that she had in her hands.

"Did the therapist clear you to do this?"

"She said that I'm ready to take that step if I want to." She frowned in the mirror at the way she looked. "I need to get some maternity pants."

Still not happy she pulled the skirt off and picked up one of the pair of pants and pulled them back on and grabbed an oversized shirt and then a long scarf and twirled it around her waist hiding the open gap in her pants under the shirt.

"Does this look alright?" She asked turning to Aaron.

"Yes. I can't tell your pants are undone."

"Good." She smiled and grabbed some shoes and darted out of the room.

Aaron was worried how this may go but he wasn't about to stop her. He just hoped that she would call him if she needed him.

Jack clutched tightly to his mother's hand as they made their way through the doors of the school. Chrisy could feel her throat tighten some as she heard the doors close behind her. Determined to make it through this she kept a hold of Jack's hand and walked on forward.

"Chrisy!" An excited voice called down the hall.

Regina hurried down to meet her friend. Chrisy smiled as she got nearer.

"Oh girl it's so good to see you here." She said putting her arms around her friend.

"I thought it was time to come by and see my students and maybe get an idea if I am ready to come back."

"I'm glad. Oh you are getting quite a little tummy on you."

"Yah it's getting there."

Regina smiled one last time at her friend and went back down the hall to her room. Jack hugged his mother then made his way to his room as Chrisy went to the office to see Mr Johnson.

Once Sandra let go of Chrisy Mr Johnson came out of his office smiling.

"It is so good to see you. Your students are going to be so excited to see you."

Chrisy swallowed hard. "I hope so."

She looked around the office beginning to feel nervous at the idea of going back into that classroom where her life was changed so drastically. Determined to not let Trent Williams take everything away from her since she already lost her husband's love she wasn't about to loose her students, she followed Mr Johnson out into the hall and down to her room.

"Mrs Hotchner!" A chorus of excited voices yelled upon her entering the room.

Chrisy smiled feeling the tears stinging her eyes as she looked at all of the little faces that she missed so much. They were all bouncing around in their seats wanting up to give their teacher a hug.

"Oh my look at all of you! I think each one of you have grown since I've been away." She gasped.

"Mrs Hotchner. Can I give you a hug?" Lisa shyly asked.

"I would love one. In fact I would like for each one of you to come up one at a time so I can see you."

"Yea!" They all chimed.

Chrisy pulled up a chair and each student got up one at a time and hugged her glad to see their teacher again. After she had time with each student she noticed the one who was hanging back. Mason. He looked upset and not sure what to do.

She got up from her seat and walked over to Mason and bent down next to him.

"Hey." She said quietly.

"I'm sorry my daddy hurt you." He whispered.

"It is not your fault that your dad did that to me. You have no reason to be sorry Mason."

The tears were beginning to trickle out of Mason's eyes and Chrisy reached out and ran her hand through his hair.

"Can I hug you?" He stammered out.

"Of course you can." She said pulling him into her.

Once she felt he was convinced that she wasn't upset with him she got up and waved to the class and said she would come back again to see them.

Mr Johnson walked her to the door. Her heart was pounding realizing that she had just been back to the scene of the crime and everything was catching up to her and she just needed to get away for some air.

"When do you think you will be back?" He asked.

"I hope soon. I'll let you know." She smiled before going out the door.

Chrisy climbed into her car doing her best to catch her breath. She almost felt as if she could hyperventilate. She needed to go somewhere and calm down where strong arms would hold her until she felt better. She wanted her husband but she didn't want to put him in a situation where he felt he should give her sympathy only because she was pregnant. She wanted something that felt genuine.

Reaching into her purse she pulled out her phone and called someone who could give her just that.

Spencer sat thumbing through one of the case files on his desk having a hard time concentrating. Morgan was staring at him making him even more uncomfortable. Emily was chewing on her lip watching both of the men across from her.

Spencer's phone went off causing him to jump. He swiftly pulled it out of his pocket then jumped up and began to walk away before answering it.

"What in the hell is going on with him?" Morgan asked.

"I don't know." Emily answered getting up from her desk.

She saw Spencer go into the break room and quickly made her way to the door standing so she could listen but not be seen.

"Chrisy what's wrong?" Spencer asked looking around to make sure he was alone.

"I just went to the school to see my class."

"Are you alright?"

"I just need someone to talk to. Can you get away and meet me at your place for a little bit?"

"I'll be there in about forty five minutes."

"Thank you."

Spencer hung up and slipped his phone back in his pocket then ran his hands through his hair letting out a long sigh. Emily then walked into the break room with her arms folded across her chest giving Spencer a very suspicious look.

"What's going on Reid?"

"What do you mean?"

"I heard your conversation just now. Why are you meeting Chrisy?"

"She just needs to talk to someone. She's upset."

"Then she should be talking to her husband. What are you doing Spencer?"

"I'm just being a friend Emily."

"I asked you once before if you were in love with her and you told me that you weren't. I think you lied."

Spencer folded his arms and twitched nervously at Emily's accusation. He knew she had caught him.

"I can't just ignore her if she wants to talk."

"Reid you have to stop this right now. She's vulnerable and you are in love with her. Are you really going to risk everything by letting this go too far?"

"I'm not letting anything go too far. I tried to get her to talk to Hotch but she won't do it."

"Call her back and tell her you can't meet after all. She needs to lean on her husband right now."

"I can't do that to her. This will be the last time I do this Emily. I'll put a stop to it after today."

"Reid I really don't think you should do this." She tried one last time.

Spencer pushed past Emily and hurried out of the office to the elevator and once the doors closed in front of him she let out a big sigh of frustration.

She was shaking her head and mumbling to herself while pouring herself a cup of coffee wishing she had done more to stop her friend from making this huge mistake.

"Where did Reid go just now?" Rossi asked startling Emily.

"Oh uh he had to go take care of something. He'll be back."

"Well I hope it doesn't take too long. I have a case file I want to consult with him on."

Dave walked over to get himself a cup of coffee and noticed the distracted look on Emily's face.

"Prentiss what's with you?" He asked.

"Nothing."

"It's not nothing. Did you and Reid have an argument?"

"No, not really."

"Out with it Prentiss."

"He got a call from Chrisy. That's where he's going." She finally confessed.

"What did she want?"

"She went to visit her class today and apparently she needs to talk."

Dave closed his eyes and nodded. "I see."