Prentiss

Two days I had to spend completely in bed and I had to for another five until I was allowed to move to only partial bed rest. I was dying already; going insane. Hotch was working in the office on both Friday and Saturday , Jack was at school Friday and he went to a friend's house on Saturday for the night, and I lay with Sergio in bed surrounded by books I didn't want to read and TV's shows I didn't want to watch. I slept a lot and there was no denying that I enjoyed that. What I really wanted was to go back to work, even just to do paperwork at my desk, but now that definitely wasn't going to happen.

Hotch had found out that I had been at work last week and he was currently very angry with me. He tried to hide it, but it was just too obvious. When we woke up, he only placed one kiss on my lips if any. When we went to bed, he placed only one kiss on my lips. During the last two days, he'd call to make sure I was doing okay and then hang up before I had a chance to talk about something other than my pregnancy.

I had been in bed all day, getting up only to go to the bathroom and to get something to eat. I didn't even know where Hotch was. Maybe he was at the precinct; maybe he was doing something else. He left before I woke and he called briefly, but not long enough for me to find out where he was.

I finally gave up on trying to keep myself down so I pulled the blankets off me and got up. I stretched my back out and groaned as it ached. I walked out of the bedroom and down the staircase to the ground flood. Sergio ran behind me and I decided to feed him now; it wasn't long until 6. After feeding him, I put water on to boil and took my phone from my pocket.

"What do you want for dinner?" I texted Hotch. I put my phone down, expecting to either wait a long time for a reply or not get one at all. I made my coffee and turned the TV on low volume.

After a while past with no reply from Hotch, I decided to call JJ. "Hey Em." She picked up my call on the third ring.

"Jayje, I messed up."

"…What? What happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," I assured, "But you know how I was working last week and that is half the reason I ended up in the hospital? Well Hotch is furious with me and he won't talk or listen to me. I don't know what to do."

"Oh hun, you need to make him listen. If he doesn't, then let me know and I'll yell at him. He must have known that you weren't going to stay at home the whole time even when you were supposed to. He cannot be furious with you for helping."

"But he is."

"It just doesn't sound like him, to overreact like this. Has something else happened that could be contributing?"

"I don't know," I said quietly, "I honestly don't even remember what I did an hour ago, let alone yesterday or the day before. He didn't even tell me that he loved me last night when we went to bed like he normally does."

"Okay, you need to talk to him and you need to do it now."

"I don't know where he is. He left this morning before I woke up and he hasn't been back since."

"Call him?"

"I tried earlier, he didn't pick up. I texted him a few times but I haven't gotten a reply."

"He's being childish. I'm going to call him and tell him that."

"All talk." I laughed quietly.

She laughed too, "Okay, so he terrifies me a bit and I won't tell him that, but I will silently curse at him."

I smiled to myself and then I heard the front door open, "He's home."

"Let him have it, girl."

"Thanks JJ, bye." I hung up and turned around when I heard him walk into the room.

"Who was that?" He asked quietly.

"JJ. Aaron, I'm sorry, okay? But you know me, you know how much I work and you know that I can't just sit around all day everyday doing nothing. You couldn't have been that surprised. I know that I shouldn't have lied to you and I shouldn't have gone against your wishes but I did, I cant change it now and I'm sorry."

He sighed and looked away briefly before his eyes returned to mine, "I'm reacting very childishly."

I nodded, "You are."

He nodded and approached me slowly, "I'm sorry." His hands sat on my hips and he placed a quick kiss on my lips.

"You always tell me to talk to you about whatever it is before deciding how to act about it. You didn't talk to me."

"I did." He raised his eyebrows.

"No, you yelled at me." I tilted my head to the side.

"Well I'm sorry," He apologised again. I kissed him and smiled. "So…why aren't you lying down?"

"Because I have been all day and I'm hungry."

"Pizza and a movie?"

I smiled and nodded. He went to order a pizza and I sat down at the dining table with my coffee. I drank it and looked through the top file on the stack that he had brought home with him yesterday. I heard the shower start upstairs after a short while and then I heard the front door open. I closed the file, put it back on the pile, and stood up. I walked to the door with my hand over my abdomen as I felt a kick.

"Hey buddy." I greeted Jack.

He smiled, "Hi." He patted my stomach lightly and then walked further inside. I looked up at his friend's mother and smiled.

"Hi, you must be Emily. Jack talks a lot about you." She held her hand out.

I nodded and shook her head, "Not too bad of things, I hope."

"Oh no, he absolutely adores you. You look great, by the way." She looked at my stomach.

"Thank you."

"Well, I just had to make sure someone was home. I've got to run back home and cook for the younglings."

"Thanks for letting him spend the night and dropping him off."

"Any time." She smiled and nodded before turning and walked back down the path. I closed the door and turned, looking at Hotch as he reached the bottom of the staircase.

"…Friendly…" I raised my eyebrows.

"Nosy," He nodded, "She doesn't normally come to the door, but she probably wanted to see who you were."

I put my hand where I felt another kick. I stepped forwards and took his hand, placing it over the movement. He smiled to himself when he felt it and kissed me. He let me pick the movie and I guessed Jack would probably watch it with us so I had to pick one appropriate for his age. I look through movies for a good ten minutes before I decided on one. By the time I had chosen, the pizza had arrived. Hotch went to pay for it and I put the movie into the DVD player.

"Oh no…" I said quietly to myself. My back pinched when I tried to get back up and I was too scared to try again.

Hotch walked back in and put the pizza down, "What are you doing?"

"…I'm stuck."

He laughed at me and walked over. He helped me up and I put one hand over my lower back where it had pinched. I sat down on the couch and he sat beside me and called Jack before grabbing two pieces of pizza and giving one to me.


I woke up with a smile as Hotch pressed his lips to my forehead. I blinked my eyes open and looked at him. "I'm going to work now." He said quietly.

"Have a good day." I whispered. He kissed my lips gently and then he kissed my stomach before standing up. I looked at the alarm clock as he walked out of the room quietly and closed the door behind him. I heard him talking to Jack. I had an hour before I needed to take him to school. I was going to close my eyes again and go back to sleep, but once I woke up, I couldn't fall back asleep.

I sighed and threw the blankets off me. I got up and went to the ensuite bathroom, showered got changed and then walked downstairs. Jack was eating his oatmeal and orange juice in the living room while he watched TV. I put water on to boil and took an apple from the fridge. I felt tired already and I knew that this would be a long day.

I drank my coffee that I made, ate the apple and I read my book for a while before Jack came into the dining room with his backpack on his shoulders.

"Ready?" I asked. He nodded and I put my book down. I used the table to assist me to stand without hurting my still aching back and I grabbed my bag and keys on our way out. I drove him to school and then I thought about what I would do. I hadn't received a text informing me of a case, so I drove to the precinct. I missed JJ and Garcia and once I thought about it, I wasn't going to change my mind.

I pulled into the lot and made my way into the building. The elevator made me feel light headed, but it did that a lot before I was pregnant too. I walked onto the sixth floor and into the bullpen.

"Hey princess." Morgan smiled and stood up. He hugged me and laughed when he looked at my stomach, "You're like an—"

"If you want to live past today, do not finish that sentence, Derek." Garcia cut him off from the hall to her lair. I smiled at her and hugged her when she reached me. "Hey pumpkin."

Reid and JJ both hugged me too and I saw Hotch looking at us through his window, probably questioning why I was here and not lying down in bed.

"Aren't you on strict bed rest?" JJ asked.

I bit my lip, "I'm supposed to be…"

"So how angry is Hotch going to be?" Garcia asked me.

"Well, he wouldn't even talk to me after he found out that I came in to work with you when the others were on a case, and then I told him that he couldn't have really believed that I would just stay in bed until they were out of me, so I think that he will be angry, but he will refrain from fighting with me about it."

"Well, he wouldn't want to stress you or the babies." She smirked.

"Exactly." I nodded.

"How long do you think you have to go?" Reid asked.

I sighed, "Too long."

"The time just flew by when I was pregnant." JJ said.

"Yeah, well you were carrying one. I have two and they both hate me already."

They all laughed at that and then I looked up when I heard my name. Rossi walked over with a big smile. He kissed both my cheeks and hugged me. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm lonely at home and I missed you guys."

"You're so cute." Garcia smirked. I heard Hotch's office door open and he walked down to us.

He greeted me and kissed my cheek, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just visiting." I smiled at him.

"Well you shouldn't be…" He said quietly, raising his eyebrows at me.

"Are we really going to argue about this again? Because you know I'll win."

"The female always wins." Rossi nodded. I smiled at him and then looked back to Hotch and nodded.

He rolled his eyes, "I have to go drop these off to Cruz." He held the files up briefly before kissing my cheek again and walking away.

I turned back to my team and smiled at them.

"…Cards?" Morgan asked.

"Yes." I nodded. We all sat down in the bullpen near his desk and JJ dealt. After all, you couldn't deal from your own deck of cards.