Ghosts • Aaron Hotchner

Chapter Twenty Two

That night changed a lot between Emily and Fallon. Their bond was restored back to the inseparable sister-like bond they had when they were working at Interpol together.

It was girls' night again, but this time it was all four of them. JJ, Emily, and Fallon were on their way to meet up with Garcia who had been doing a bit of shopping, before they were going to head to Fallon's apartment for drinks and movies. The three of them were talking about Mick Rawson, an agent that the team had met when they worked with his team on a case just a little bit ago.

He had been flirting with Emily while the two teams were working together, and both Fallon and JJ were urging her to call him.

"Em, he's completely you're type," Fallon told her.

"He's a hot British dude, with a sexy accent, badge, and gun," JJ told her, countering all the reasons that Emily was offering for why she shouldn't call him.

"Fallon, you can't talk, you're not dating anyone either," Emily told her. Fallon just pursed her lips and nodded. She still hadn't told Emily that she and Aaron had been dating for months now.

Fallon was just about to retort when the three of them spotted Garcia walking towards them, her arms overflowing with shopping bags.

"I know, I know, I know. Don't say it, but when you see what's in here, and it's not my fault. They were calling to me, I swear. They were all on sale, and when you think about it, that means I am helping the economy, which is more than I can say for you guys, because no one else has bags," Garcia rambled, quieting at the end.

"Please tell me all of those are not for my son," JJ said.

"They're not," Garcia responded. Then she held up the smallest bag in her hand. "This one is for Kevin." That made both Fallon and Emily laugh lightly. 

Garcia then proceeded to tell the three about her duty to spoil Henry because of her role as fairy godmother, and then Fallon handed her the very complicated coffee they had gotten her.

They were all ready to head back to Fallon's when JJ's phone went off.

"Oh wait," JJ said as she read the message on her phone. "Girls' night is going to have to wait. Time to go to the BAU ladies."

"Ugh," Fallon and Emily said at the same time. They really didn't want to head off to another case, they had just gotten home a day ago.

"Maybe I should get a cat," Emily commented as they headed to the car.

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It was a short drive to the BAU, but it took forever to get all of Garcia's bags situated in the trunk of Fallon's car. The four of them walked in, and Fallon's eyes immediately caught on Aaron, walking swiftly into the conference room. She hadn't seem him since that morning, when she had breakfast with Aaron and Jack.

They all headed into the conference room, taking their seats around the table. The only person they were missing was Rossi. Aaron placed a hand on Fallon's leg under the table as a silent hello, and she reached her hand down to squeeze his in response.

"Woah," Emily said, as Rossi entered the room. He was wearing a fancier suit than normal, betraying the fact that he was called away from a date.

"Sorry to ruin your night," Aaron said, taking his hand off of Fallon's leg, and resting it on the table.

"What, are you working on wife number four?" Morgan teased.