1 Week Later:

Emily looked at her watch when she heard a knock at the door. Seeing that he was on time, she opened the door and let him in. With no words spoken, he followed her into the apartment and shut the door behind him.

"Are you going to speak or are we going to sit here in silence Em?"

Giving him a look, she picked up her bag and keys. "If you must know, this is the first morning in a while that I don't feel nauseous. I didn't speak because speaking makes me feel nauseous. I don't know how to explain it."

"Sorry. I didn't-"

"Is there anything else that you would like to criticize me about or are we okay to go?"

"I'm ready when you are." she nodded at him and headed for the door. He followed behind her mentally kicking himself.

As they both were waiting in the waiting room at the doctor's medical office. Both she and Aaron both examined the room. Other pregnant women, some of them with their other kids and others being first time pregnancies. Some were couples and some were there by themselves. To any other person in that room, they seemed as if they were a couple but if they only knew that they were far from.

Aaron looked at Emily, he could tell that she was nervous. The way she picked at her nails and how her leg bounced up and down. He placed his hand on her knee and when she looked over at him, he smiled at her.

"Nervous?"

"You would think that I wouldn't be nervous. I've gone through this before. "

"Babies are always nerve wracking. Especially in the beginning. Believe it or not, I'm nervous too. I felt the same way with Jack at these appointments. "

"Well You don't seem like it." he softly laughed and gave her a smile. To a surprise to him, she returned the smile.

"Emily uhh. I-" He was cut off by the nurse calling Emily's name.

Standing up, she grabbed her bag and followed the nurse. He, doing the same, stood up and followed the two women in front of him.

When Emily got into the exam room, following the nurses instructions, Emily began changing into the paper gown that she was handed.

"Before you get fully changed, Do you want me to step out?"

"Please? I know that we've seen each other naked before but this is just plain awkward."

"I agree. I'll stand outside of the door and I'll come back when your settled."

As Aaron stepped out, he pulled out his phone. Looking at the few text messages from Rossi, He glanced at them and decided that it could wait until after the appointment. After a few minutes, he saw Emily's head poke out of the door. Making eye contact with her, he nodded and walked back into the room.

Emily laid back on the exam chair and Aaron pulled the chair and sat next to her chair. Not long after he came back in, there was another knock at the door.

"Good Morning Emily. "

"Good morning Dr. Grayson, this is Aaron, the baby's father."

"Nice to meet you Aaron. Is this your first?" The doctor asked

"No this is the second for the both of us." Aaron said

"Ahh I see. Okay let's get started?"

"From Your last period, you are about 10 weeks along. "

"Yes, I saw someone about a week and a half ago, just to confirm pregnancy. They ended up doing an Ultrasound which confirmed that I was pregnant. The nurse wanted me to see my Primary doctor, so I made this appointment."

"I see, so let's get started, I want you to slide down to the edge of this seat and then prop your feet onto these bars here. Okay?"

Emily nodded and did as he asked. Aaron stood up and stood by Emily's head. He grabbed her hand and held it. She didn't mind it, she knew that tension was running high between the both of them and that they needed to feel comfort from each other.

The doctor then preformed an internal ultrasound, and then motioned for the parents to look up at the screen. Then they saw it, their baby was the size of a prune. A tear ran down Emily's face. This always made her emotional, but always happy tears.

"There is your baby guys. Everything looks as where it should be, I agree, You are about ten weeks. Now we should be able to listen to a heartbeat."

The room felt silent until a rapid whoosh sound filled the room. More tears ran down Emily's face.

"I'm assuming those are happy tears" the doctor asked as her finished the ultrasound.

"Yes." Emily said as Aaron was running his hand on the top of her head.

She sat up and the doctor gave her some time to get dressed and to gather herself.

Aaron again stepped out into the hallway. The doctor handed him photos while he was waiting for Emily to get dressed. He starred at the photos in amazement, This was their baby. His and Emily's. He knew that this baby was going to be beautiful because Emily is beautiful. He came back into the room when Emily had popped her head out again. He handed her those photos and watched her smile big.

"Our baby." she said

"Yes, Our baby." he said as they both walked out and went to make her next appointment.

While they were walking out to the car, Emily could not keep her eyes off of the photos.

"Are you okay Em?"

"Yeah, Seeing this is bringing back so many memories from when I was pregnant with Natalia.."

"I know the feeling. I remember the first appointment Haley had when she was pregnant with Jack."

"It's crazy to think that 6 years ago, we had completely different lives and now were are here, having a baby of our own."

"I know what you mean."

"Who would have thought that..." She was cut off by her cell phone ringing. She looked at the caller ID and noticed that it was Marissa. She quickly picked up and turned around so that she was not facing Hotch. When she finally hung up the phone, she turned towards him.

"Everything Okay?"

"No. Natalia's sick right now and is asking for me. Is it okay that I go and be with her?"

"Of Course. Let me know if you and Natalia need anything."

"Thank You and thank you for coming with me today."

"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."

She smiled at him and then got into her car and pulled out. She tried to get home as fast as she could. She knew that when Natalia got sick, all she wanted was Emily and Emily was not going to deny that. It was very rare that she got to snuggle with her daughter and she was going to take up every last chance that she got.

As Natalia's head laid on Emily's lap, Emily could not stop looking at the photos from earlier in the day. She knew that she wasn't in the best of situations but she was creating another life. The thought of that made her happy, another baby to cuddle and another baby to love but that thought also made her scared. Scared that she would still have to do it alone, no matter how many times Aaron has promised that she wouldn't.

Did she believe him? or was she experiencing pain for her past? Levi promised her that they would raise Natalia together and then he died, leaving her to raise her on her own. Hotch wasn't dead but she thought all promises break at some point right? She didn't want to think like that but she needed to guard her heart. She needed to protect herself, to protect Natalia, and to protect this new baby.

She was going to do everything in her power to protect her children even if that meant it was from their own father.