When Nothing Goes as Planned
Week 11
Emily's head hurt. No, it actually felt like it was going to blow up. She covered her face with her hands and wondered how much she had had to drink the night before. Emily could not actually remember drinking at all, but that was usually one of the side effects of drinking too much. She removed her hands and noticed right away that she was not in her bedroom; she was in a hospital room. She was only confused about her whereabouts for a moment, and then she remembered what had happened at work: the fall down the stairs, Hotch's scared voice calling her name, the trip to the hospital, the nurses and doctors running around her and Hotch's hand never leaving hers.
As the memories came back to her, her hands immediately fell to her stomach – the baby bump was still there. Emily sighed in relief as she remembered what the doctor had told her. The babies were just fine; it was just her that had gotten hurt a bit. Emily slightly recalled the doctor telling her something about her having a concussion. It could be worse, she thought and looked around the room, but no one else was there, so Emily carefully got out of the bed and walked slowly to the door rolling the IV poll after her. She poked her head out and saw that the hallway was empty. She wrinkled her eyebrows in confusion. Emily knew Hotch had been there and also JJ and Garcia. She could remember hearing their voices earlier, when she was still kind of out of it. She wondered where they were now and started walking down the hall, thinking that maybe they had just gone out for some coffee.
But no one was there. Emily felt sadness roll over her as she realized that they had left her alone in the hospital. None of them had thought about staying with her. Emily sighed and decided to just walk back to her room. There was nothing for her to do out in the hall anyway.
"Emily!" Emily turned around as she heard her name being called and a big smile spread across her face when she saw the little boy running towards her. "Where have you been? Me and daddy couldn't find you!"
"I just went for a walk," Emily said with a laugh as Jack hugged her legs.
Hotch also walked up to her, but he did not look happy as Jack did, he looked worried. "Don't just leave your room. You need to rest." Hotch said kissing Emily on the cheek. She blushed slightly and just nodded. Hotch had kissed her. Maybe it was just on the cheek, but he had never done anything like that before, well he had done a lot more the night they had slept together, but all that did not count. "Come on; let's get you back to your room," he said lying a hand on Emily's back guiding her down the hall.
Jack grabbed Emily's hand. "What are we going to do now?" he asked looking from Emily to Hotch.
"Well you will have to be quite so Prentiss can get some sleep."
"Huh?" Jack looked around them. "Who's Prentiss? Do I know her?"
Emily laughed. "Jack, I'm Prentiss. Prentiss is my last name," she said as Hotch helped her back into bed.
"But daddy, why do you call Emily for her last name? Is it because it sounds like princess?" Jack's eyes turned big. "Is Emily really a princess?"
"No, Emily isn't a princess," Hotch said and lifted Jack up on the bed, so he could sit next to Emily as they talked. "And I call her by her last name, because that just what we do at work most of the time."
"Okay," Jack said and then leant forward and whispered into his father ear, "I think she likes it, when you call her Emily."
"You think?" Hotch whispered back.
"I do." Jack leant back with a giggle and cuddled up to Emily's side. She laid an arm around him and asked, "What are you two whispering about?"
"Nothing," Jack said looking up at her with a big smile, but then he turned to look at Hotch. "Daddy, our last name is Hotchner and Emily's is Prentiss. But what is the babies' last name going to be?"
Hotch and Emily looked at each other. This was one of the things they had not talked about yet. Emily still had about 29 weeks of her pregnancy left, so they had just both decided not to worry about all those things till later. "Well, what do you think?" Emily asked Jack.
"Hmm… I like Prentiss, but my name is Hotchner. I like the babies to have my name, but can't they just have both?"
"I guess they could. Wait! Did your dad already told you that there are two babies?" Emily asked surprised.
Jack nodded and pulled the small sonogram picture from his pocket. "Daddy gave me this picture of the peanuts."
"Peanuts?"
"Yes!" Jack said excited nodding his head. "This is peanut one and that is peanut two. They look like peanuts and they are in your tummy. Didn't you know that?"
"I did actually know that, Jack," Emily said laughing, but she quickly stopped when she felt pain go through her head. Hotch noticed this and looked worried at her. 'You okay?' Hotch mouthed to her. Emily nodded slightly with a not very convincing smile.
"I have to pee!" Jack said jumping down from the bed. "Where is the little boys' room?"
"The door just over there," Hotch said pointing to the door in the other side of the room.
"Okie dokie." Jack skipped across the room and into the bathroom and as soon as Jack had closed the door Hotch turned to Emily. "Where does it hurt?"
Emily tilted her head to the side. "How did you know?"
"I just did," he said with a small smile. "So where does it hurt?"
"It's just my head, but I do have a concussion, so I guess that's what is to be expected." Emily pushed her covers down and laid her hands on her stomach. "Are the little ones really okay?"
Hotch laid his hands by Emily's. "The womb is thick and made to protect the fetuses, which means our babies are just fine."
"You're sure?"
"Yes, I made the doctor check four times."
"Oh thank God!" Emily broke down in tears and threw her arms around Hotch. "I was so afraid! I could have killed our babies, just because I'm so clumsy."
"Emily, nothing happened to our babies, they are fine and you don't need to worry anymore."
"I fell down the stairs, Hotch! I could do it again and then I might kill them!" Emily sniffled loudly and pressed her face against Hotch's shoulder. "I don't know what I would do if I had lost them!"
Hotch does not know what to say. If Emily lost the babies he would be just as devastated as her. He loved them now, just as much as he had loved Jack when he was just a fetus in Haley's stomach. These little peanuts are going to be his children and he cannot image not having them in his life. "I'm going to do everything a can to protect you and the babies. I will never let anything bad happen to any of you!"
"Okay," Emily said through a sob and hugged Hotch tighter.
"I will help too." Hotch and Emily moved apart and saw Jack standing on the floor between them. Neither of them had noticed that Jack had come out of the bathroom. "Emily, don't cry. I will help daddy keep you and the peanuts safe, I promise!"
Emily sniffled. "I know you will Jack." Hotch lifted Jack up on the bed between them and Emily laid her arms around him hugging him tightly and Hotch did the same. He laid one arm around Jack and the other around Emily. They may not have talked about it just yet, but with everything that happened today Hotch knew for sure that he wanted this. They were his family now – Emily, Jack and the peanuts and he would do anything to keep all of them safe.'
A/N – You guys might think I'm evil because of the way I ended the last chapter, but killing the Hotly babies? I'm not that evil!
And I got a new computer a few weeks ago, which means I lost my Microsoft office 2007 package and right now I only have a trial package that expires in 8 days. So in 8 days I won't have Word- or any other writing program. So do any of my sweet reads know where I can find/download one, because I don't have the money to buy one at the moment?
