Sir. [hotch x oc]

Ch. 5

I got up from my hotel floor as I heard my phone buzzing, I had thrown it on the bed after I got off the phone with Spencer. I crawled on the bed and picked it up to see who was calling.

'Incoming call from Aaron Hotchner'

No. I couldn't answer it. He literally just broke my heart. There's no way I could speak to him without either sobbing, or getting myself fired. I let the phone ring until it shut off. I went to the bathroom to wash my face off and cool it down. It had gotten really red and hot after crying for nearly an hour.

I went to the bathroom and saw myself in the mirror. My mascara was running and my eyes were bloodshot. I was a mess. I turned on the faucet and threw some water at my face, washing it off. I had to put on a whole new face of makeup now. I quickly did my makeup routine. I was about to plop down on the bed and relax, but I heard my phone buzzing again. It was Derek this time. I answered the phone in relief.

"Hey, pretty girl. You alright? You seemed upset in the car."

"Hey sexy, I'm alright." I say as I let out a small giggle at the names we called each other.

"Let me know if I can help you with anything alright? Plus we need to get to the police office, they want to talk to us about a potential suspect."

"I'm on my way."

I hung up the phone and sighed, knowing I'd have to face Aaron again. I grabbed my bag off the bed and started heading to the car waiting outside for me. 

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We talked to the local police officers and we had our key suspect. We were sure he was our unsub, all we had to do was find him. This case had been surprisingly easy. I tried to distance myself as far as I could away from Aaron the entire time, standing close to Spencer. It was around 8 pm as I was walking out when I felt a hand grab my arm. I turned around, it was him again.

"Hotch, what could you possibly want? You've embarrassed me enough haven't you?"

"Anna, you didn't let me finish in the plane. I was going to say that I didn't think we could still work with each other if we were together."

My jaw dropped. Was Aaron Hotchner saying he felt the same way?

"What are you saying Aaron?"

"Anna, I feel the same way." He said, stepping closer to me. 

I felt my face get hot, really hot despite the cool temperatures from outside, even though it was Arizona.

"Wait, what do you mean you're not sure if we can still work together?"

"I'm not sure how Strauss would feel about us being together and working in the same team."

I sighed as I realized she probably wouldn't like it.

"I think we should be fine as long as it doesn't affect our work performance." I take a few steps closer to him, smirking. 

"I understand, but I'm still not sure."

"We could just... not tell anyone." I say, slightly smiling at the thought of keeping a secret like that.

"I don't know. It seems like the whole team already knows how you feel."

"Yeah, how I feel, not you. We could just say you didn't feel the same way."

"I'll think about it. Do you want me to drive you to the hotel?"

"That'd be great." I say giving him a big smile.

Oh. My. God. AARON FEELS THE SAME WAY?! Just a few hours ago, I thought he would never feel the same. Now here I am.