Epilogue

It had been a year now since he'd left the hospital and he'd returned to work only a week later. The months had flown by as they planned their wedding and settled into life as a couple. They'd become more and more a family as time went on. Carrie had moved in and helped look after Jack and his grandpa.

Emily sometimes found it hard to get along with Roy especially when he'd berate her for not being Haley and trying to be a mother to Jack or for standing up for Hotch whenever he picked on him for failing to be there on time to save Haley or for divorcing Haley. She knew it wasn't his fault he had Alzheimer's but she still found it hard in these times. She found it especially hard when she gave Aaron a hard time as she hated to see him feed the unnecessary guilt Aaron already had over what happened.

Carrie had slowly healed over the year through physiotherapy and psychotherapy. Emily knew she'd never get her sister fully back but she smiled when she saw glimpses of the woman her baby sister used to be. She also loved the brave, independent woman her sister was blossoming into and was so proud of her she was beginning to put the torture she'd been through behind her. Carrie had decided to keep her shaved head and was getting quite a bit of male attention though she had Garcia screen each potential boyfriend for her own peace of mind. Knowing what Carrie had been through she was more than happy to do that for her new friend.

Emily had been over the moon to see a romance blossoming between Carrie and Spencer and even happier when they'd begun to date two moths ago. They were growing more and more in love by the day and Aaron and Emily encouraged the relationship.

Thinking about her sister Emily got up from her seat and turned to her with butterflies knotting in her stomach. She couldn't believe the day had finally come and she was standing here in a dress that had had to be altered a few times to accommodate her growing tummy.

"Ready?" Carrie asked smiling.

"Ready," Emily smiled back putting her arm through hers and her veil down.

The music suddenly started up and Carrie walked her big sister down the aisle. Emily smiled at her then turned her gaze to the man she loved more than any other. As soon as she saw him he took her breath away. He looked amazing in his black tails and that smile with his dimples just made him look like a vision to her.

"She's here," Rossi whispered to him.

Aaron turned to watch her walk up the aisle and as soon as he saw her he couldn't stop the smile that spread across his face. She was a vision of beauty and his breath caught in his throat. He couldn't imagine his life without her and was the happiest he'd ever been he was finally making her mine. He smiled at the one other thing that would link them forever.

When she reached him Carrie gave him her hand and he kissed it while Carrie stepped back to join her boyfriend. Spencer wrapped his arms around her whilst they watched the ceremony unfold. They smiled on as her sister and her hero were finally made officially man and wife.