*August*

Both Emily and Aaron recently have been spending a lot of time together, with doctor's appointments and him just helping out with the pregnancy. Though they really haven't talked about what was said in the parking garage, they kind of just pushed it aside and worked through it. It probably wasn't the best thing to do but they just went with it, but they both knew that it would come up eventually.

Emily and Aaron were at the park with the kids when he looked over at her. Hotch knew what he started to feel. It almost scared him. He tried to convince himself that he didn't have any feelings for Emily but the more he saw her, the more he felt it. The way that she laughed, her sense of humor, and he found her more beautiful everyday. There was something about pregnancy that looked beautiful on her. He also loved how well she was with Jack. She was good with both of the kids and he knew that she was going to be a great mom to this new baby. Emily and Aaron both talked about finding out the gender of the baby. Emily wanted to wait and find out but Aaron made it clear that he wants to know. He ended up agreeing with her for it to be a surprise.

She saw him looking at her and she looked over at him. They made eye contact and then she smiled. She knew that he had something on his mind.

"What?" she asked as she looked back over at the playground and kept an eye on the children.

"Nothing."

"Aaron. I know you well enough to know that there is something on your mind."

He laughed "I'm sorry. I just wanted to apologize. You were right. I should have talked to you about it first."

She knew exactly what he was talking about. She wasn't mad about it anymore. She just didn't care enough anymore to be mad.

"I appreciate the apology. I understand where you were coming from and I know that you were just looking out for the baby. Just next time, talk to me about it first."

"Will do." he smiled at her.

"Although, now that we have time. We should talk about something."

"You have something in mind?"

"Yeah. How are we going to do it? The baby is going to be here soon and I just don't want to figure it out then."

"How are we going to do what Em?"

"Coparent. Baby is going to need me for a while and I don't want to keep it from you."

"I understand, but we can always try bottle feeding when it's with me or maybe If you want, we could always stay with each other for the first few months, we could switch."

"I mean we can always try and see what works. You can stay with me. There's a pull out mattress in my couch and the kids can always share a room."

"We can talk about it all we want now, but we won't know what works until the baby comes."

"Agreed. We can form a game plan now and then figure out what works."

"I like the sound of that Em."

She smiled. She wouldn't admit it but she felt it too. She was falling for him and she had no idea what to do with it. They were just two people who worked together and had one night together and got a baby out of it, but the more she was with him, the more she felt the beat in her chest. She felt the butterflies in her stomach. It was the same feeling she got so many years ago, but there was no way that he could feel the same way. The boat had sailed and she didn't think it had any plans of returning. She accepted it and knew that they were going to be parents together but that was it. Her heart broke a little more everyday. She knew what she felt but she couldn't feel those things anymore. She pushed them aside as best as she can but you can't help who you fall in love with.

After Emily and Natalia got home, Emily and Natalia lay in Emily's bed and watched finding Nemo. It was her favorite movie, Emily has watched this movie for what feels like a thousand times but it was her favorite movie and Emily didn't care. She would watch it as many times because she knew that one day, she wouldn't want to watch that movie anymore. She rubbed her belly and hoped that this baby would love this movie once Natalia didn't love it anymore. She smiled when the baby kicked, she saw it as a sign. She cuddled her daughter more and continued to watch the movie.

Later that night, Natalia was fast asleep, Emily was lying in bed trying to fall asleep. She for the life of her could not fall asleep. She kept starring at the ceiling with the hopes that she would fall asleep out of boredom. the baby started to move more, which kept her awake. She placed her hand on her belly and started to rub it with the hopes that it would soothe the baby. She became frustrated when she looked at the clock and an hour had passed by. She got out of bed and started to pace the room. She grabbed her phone and saw that she had a message. She smiled when she saw who the text was from.

"Are you awake?"

"Yes. The baby thought it would be a good time to play." As she was still pacing. Another text came.

"Are you hungry?"

"I feel like i'm always hungry."

"Im grabbing some food. I'll be there shortly."

"Thanks but you don't have to. It's pretty late and we both have to get up early in the morning."

"Don't worry about it Em. I'll be there shortly. "

Some part of her became excited that he was coming to spend some time with her, the other part of her was scared. Scared of how this was going to turn out and how she was starting to feel about him. Emily went into the bathroom and ran a brush through her hair and changed her shorts to a pair of sweats. She checked on Natalia once again and saw that she was sleeping. She smiled, closed the door and walked down the stairs. When she heard her phone ding, she knew that was a sign that he was there waiting for her to open the door.

She saw him with bags of food in his hands.

"Please tell me you have french fries in there."

"Of coarse and Vanilla ice cream." she opened the door further and motioned for him to come in. She shut the door behind him and locked the door.

"How did you know i wanted vanilla ice cream and french fries."

"because that's all you've been talking about lately. " he joked.

He pulled out the french fries and the vanilla ice cream and handed it to her. She was happy. He smiled at her being happy with food. They sat at the kitchen table laughing, talking, and eating.

They were enjoying their moment when the phone rang. He knew why his phone was ringing so late in the night. The team had a case. He knew that he had to go but that didn't change that he didn't want to go. He wanted to stay in this moment with her.

"A case?" she asked

"Yeah. I'm sorry Emily but I have to go."

"I know. I remember the drill. Go. I'll still be here when you guys get back."

"Okay get some sleep."

"Yes, I'll be there."

"Sounds good. Bye Em. "

"Bye Aaron." He leaned in to give her a kiss on the forehead but he looked into her eyes and she leaned in farther. When she realized what she was doing and pulled away. She gave him a small smile and sat back into the couch. He grabbed his coat and left. She doesn't know what came over her but she kissed him and she did not regret it at all.

When Aaron got outside of the apartment, he took a minute to thin about what just happened. But he knew that he was in love with her. He didn't want the kiss to end. He wanted to be with her and raise this baby together. He wanted to be there for her every step of the way and he didn't want to miss any of it. He just hoped that she felt the same way. She pulled away from him. What could have that meant? It would crush him if she didn't. He thought that maybe they had the chance now that they didn't have back then. Maybe it will come full circle.

Just Maybe.

He headed for the jet with the biggest smile on his face.

The team wouldn't get back for 7 days, but while he was gone. He had planned it out. He was going to plan on how to tell her. He wanted to tell her before the baby came. He just was waiting for the perfect time and let's face it, with this job, there was no perfect time.