When Emily woke up the next morning, she woke up with a pounding headache and an empty bed. She knew that she shouldn't have gotten drunk last night but it started with 1 drink and before she knew it, she was a few hours into drinking. Emily was grateful that Marissa dropped Natalia off at Elizabeth's house for the night because she knew that she wouldn't want her daughter to see her like this.

She eventually got out of bed and started the shower. She looked at herself in the mirror while she shower water was heating up and she was disappointed with herself. She somewhat remembered that she went home with someone last night but she couldn't remember who that person was. She was kind of glad, it wasn't like she was doing to see that person again. She threw some water on her face and shook her head.

"Oh Emily, what did you do know?" She said to herself walking into the shower.
While she was in the shower, it bothered her. She remembered coming home with someone but for the life of her could not figure out who it was.

After she got out of the shower,she realized how a mess her bedroom was. She started making her bed and piking up some of the clothes that were still on the floor. One of the piece of clothes that she picked up, was a black blazer jacket. She knew it wasnt hers, it was too big to be hers. It had to be mystery man's coat. She then stared to look through pockets to see if there was any kind of clue of identification. Luckily or actually not lucky enough, she pulled out a badge out of the pocket. She gasped when she saw the name. She knew that she had made a mistake and a big one at that.

"Oh my god, what did I do?" She said with her head on her palm. She then started to feel sick and ran to the bathroom. She knew that she would feel somewhat better after, but she hated vomiting. After about 20 minutes sitting by the toilet, she stood up and brushed her teeth, trying to get the smell off her breath. After, she went downstairs and sat on the couch and still in shock about what she had found out.

"How can I be so stupid?" she asked herself.

She then laid on the couch, hoping that her daughter would not come home to see her like this and was pondering how she was going to bring it up to him.

When he got home, he had realized that he had left his coat with his badge on the floor in her apartment. He knew that she was going to find it eventually but he didn't know how long it would take her to figure it out. He had no idea that she had already figured it out.

So at this point, Emily figured that they both knew. She knew that he had to have seen her when he left. She also realized that upon realizing who she was, he decided to leave anyway and it made it seem like he didn't want her to know that was him. To her, he wanted to cover it up and let her figure it out, but he made a mistake and left his jacket.

"Idiot." She thought. Emily was angry to say the least. After realizing everything, he just left hoping she didn't remember a thing. She wanted to yell at him. "How rude of him to just leave " She thought,
She knew that she had to say something to him. She couldn't just sit in all of these emotions. She knew she had to say something to him.
"Hey I think we need to talk." she texted him

His heart raced when he heard his phone go off. He knew that it had to be her, so early in the morning. He was Torn, did he want to have this conversation now? Or did he want to ignore the text and act like he didn't receive it in the first place? After some time, he chose that he had a to be a man and take care of he situation. If roles were switched, he would want to know as well.

"Yes, I agree. Can we meet or something in a few? I just need to take a shower and ask Jessica if she can keep jack for a few more hours." he replied

"Sure" She said

He knew that he was in for quite the conversation but he knew it had to be done
On the same note, Emily called her mother and asked if she could keep Natalia for a few more hours since she had some business to take care of at home. She agreed, so Emily laid back down on the couch and just stared at the clock.

After a little while, Emily had fallen asleep and didn't hear the message from Hotch to let her know that he was on his way to her house.

When he arrived, he knocked a few times but no answer. He knocked one more time and still no answer. He called her and was able to hear her cell phone ring through the door. Panic started to creep in on him and he started to become worried. He grabbed the key from where he had left it and unlocked the door.

When he walked in, he noticed that she was laying on the couch, as he walked closer, he noticed that she was sleeping. He had no idea how much of a deep sleeper she was but she must of been exhausted if she hadn't heard her phone ring when he called her. He started to whisper her name and gently shake her awake. He felt bad having to wake her up but this talk was going to happen now or it was never going to happen.

He stopped when he noticed her eyes starting to flutter open. It took a minute for her to realize who was standing in front of her. She sat up confused.

"How did you get in?" She asked rubbing her eyes

"I grabbed the spare key and unlocked the door"

"Im going to need to find a new hiding spot " She said with a small laugh

"There's not much room out there, I don't know how you're going to find a new hiding place em"

Emily sat up in the couch, Aaron took the spot sitting next to her.

"Listen Aaron, we need talk about what t happened last night. "

"You found my jacket?"

"Yeah, if I hadn't found that, I wouldn't have. known who was with me last night. I don't remember a thing, I remember bits and pieces but I don't remember everything"

"Emily we don't have to talk about,,"

"Yes we do Aaron, we have to talk about this. " She said frustratedly

"Emily you don't have to take that tone with me, We made a mistake." he said as stood up in front of her

"You're lucky that I'm only giving you this tone, I want to yell at you but my head is screaming so i don't think yelling is good idea"

"Yelling? It's not just my fault. we made this choice together. "

"No I understand that, I'm not angry about that, you left this morning in hopes that I wouldn't figure out that it was you who i slept with last night"

"So your mad at me for leaving you?"

"Yes, do you know how humiliating it is to wake up completely naked and knowing that you had sex but not sure with who? No you don't. You woke up and realized that it was me and left. "

"I'm sorry Emily but I panicked. But I could say the same thing about you." He said raising his voice

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Don't act like you don't remember Emily. "

"Oh come on Aaron, I'm not in the mood to play any games. "

"That night that we met at your mothers house, I came back the next day and i found out from your mother that you had left. You didn't even say goodbye."

"Aaron that was like 11 years ago. "

"So what Emily. That still hurt my feelings. But you didn't care now did you?"

"Didn't care? "

"Yes, if you actually cared, you wouldn't have left they way you did,"

"I did, I tried Aaron! " Now she was yelling as she stood up from the couch to face him

"What?"

"That night after you left, my mother cornered me and basically told me to stay away from you. You were the help and you weren't at her highest of expectations. I got angry with her, she couldn't keep controlling my life. I actually liked you and even considered to stay after we had met but even before we met, I was already planning on leaving"

"But"

"I'm not finished." she hissed "After i slammed the door on my mother, I waited for a few hours and made sure that she wasn't awake. I went into her office and found your information. I wanted to say goodbye Aaron, when I got to your house, I rang the doorbell and you weren't home. I even called but that went straight to voicemail. As I was leaving, I got caught up with your neighbor Steve and he told me that you had left and he didn't know when you were going to be back. So don't even say that I didn't try Aaron, because I did. You were the one who wasn't there." She said with a tear finally escaping her eye

"Emily I.."

"I couldn't stop thinking about you for days. I wanted to hear your voice and hear your laugh. It's crazy because we had only met that day. I tried Aaron and I can't sit here and let you throw that in my face. " She said as she sat back down on the couch and put hands on the head and her elbows on her knees

"Emily I'm sorry, I had no idea and to be honest, I'm surprised Steve didnt say anything to me."

"I told him not too."

"What! Why?" He griped

"You not being there was a sign to me. A sign that it wasnt supposed to be. I used to believe in signs back then and it was a red flag to me. Plus you were working for my mother, that probably wouldn't have ended up good. "

"You were that number that called me around 2AM. I didn't answer because I thought someone had the wrong number. Who would be calling me at 2AM. "

"Yeah that was me. Look Aaron, I'm sorry. But I can't change things of the past and what happened then happened and we can't go back in time. But now we have something else to deal with. We have to deal with the fact that we slept together last night. We have to talk about what the means for us."

"Emily I just found out that what I thought was a lie for the last 10 years and how are you so quick to push it aside?"

"Because Aaron, Like i just said. What happened, happened and I can't change that. But now we have an even bigger problem to deal with. I can't be strung up on the past meanwhile having turmoil in the present. "

"I just keep thinking how are lives could of been different if I would of been home."

"To be honest, I wondered that as well and then I met Levi and my whole world changed. I still wondered about you from time to time but I knew you had to have met someone. I mean how could you not."

"Sorry, I just need a moment to absorb all of this information. I was always so angry with you. I mean I actually liked you and when I came back the next day to ask you out, I heard your mother saying that you had left in the middle of the night and you might not be coming back. I was so hurt. But now I know the truth, it just makes everything feel like a lie. "

"I always wondered what you thought when I left. I always wondered if you were mad or sad or even if you didnt care. At the time I didn't know you very well, so I didn't know how you'd react."

"Yeah I was pretty hurt, but then Hailey came back into my life and then we eventually had Jack. I always knew you were somewhere out there, but I just didn't know if id ever see you again. "

Aaron found himself starring at Emily. For some reason he saw her in a different light. She was vulnerable and she was speaking from her heart. She was telling him the truth and she was leaving nothing behind and he noticed that. He knew that she was telling him because she felt that it was time for her to tell him the truth. He needed to know it and now they had an even bigger problem to deal with. It wasn't even really a problem considering it already happened but now they have to talk about how to go on from here. They can't just move on and act like nothing happened. Well, they could but that would create more chaos down the road.

"You know after Natalia was born, I always imagined what life would be like if Levi had survived and was there to help me and I cried because I was always scared of the idea of doing it alone. Then I started to imagine, if I had never met him and stayed with you instead. But then I wouldn't have Natalia, so I couldn't think about it in that way. You know its crazy, we talked for a few hours and I saw you once in awhile around mothers house but I imagined you in my life so much."

"You and I have had almost the same scenarios in life but just in different parts of the world. "

"I know I've caught on," she said slightly laughing.

"But Emily last night, I."

"Aaron, look, what happened last night, happened. I know I asked you to come over here so when can talk about it but now I'm realizing there's not much to talk about. I mean its not going to change anything, "

"I know but Emily. People are going to find out. People always find out."

"How are people going to find out Aaron? It's not like you or I are going to be blabbing about it at the office. Nothing is going to change between us. "

"Emily things have already changed. Are you saying that we should act like nothing happened?"
"I think that's the only option we have Aaron. "

Aaron stayed silent, he glanced at Emily and looked back down to the floor. Some part of him knew that was true and the only part of him wanted something more. This is the same woman, that he always wished he had gotten to know more. The woman that captured him the moment they met. She had been with the team almost a year now and she has captured him the same way that she had captured him before. He knew that he wouldn't tell her how he felt, he didnt know where she stood on that spectrum. A million thoughts had crossed him mind and ultimately, he knew that choice that he had to make.

"Emily, fine, we can act like this never happened. I agree. The dynamic of the team wont change. Nobody will know. "

"I hate this as much as you do Aaron. I hate lying to the team but I feel that this is something that we have to do."

"I agree and also Emily. I do have to ask you. I'm unsure or quite frankly, i can't remember if we used protection a last night, so..."

"I'm on the pill. I already thought of that before you arrived. We're covered. " Emily said with a half smile on her face.

Aaron shook his head in a nodding way and stood up off the couch. Still he didnt say a word but he did, start to pace.

When he finally said a word, he stopped pacing and looked towards Emily.

"I know we just talked for a few hours but I feel like we talked about everything and nothing at all at the same time."

"Ironically, i feel the same way. We both know what needs to happen and this is what our life is now and if people find out then we will eat with that then but I doubt anyone would find out. This is something that happened between you and I. Nobody needs to know that besides us. "

"I agree." He said while grabbing his coat.

"Leaving?"

"Yeah I better get going, I need to get home to Jack and I know that Natalia is going to be home soon and with our jobs, I know that every minute that we get with our children is special."

"I understand, I know she needs me. Something has been going on with her and I'm not sure what it is, so i figured she could use just a mommy and me date."

"Well that sounds exciting. I'll let you to it. Goodbye Emily. I'll see you tomorrow." Aaron Said opening the front door.

"Goodbye Aaron. Yes, I'll see you tomorrow. "

After the front door shut, she slouched on the couch and pulled the blanket over face and took a deep breath, She knew that the first few days were going to be awkward but eventually everything would go back to normal, she hoped. Little to the both of them, their life was going to change in a big way.