home sweet home - a hotchniss story

dr. reid

word count - 1314

Months have passed and Emily is now 7 months pregnant, since the first case since she found out she was pregnant, they all decided to not let her into the field, in another month, Emily will go on maternity leave because she won't be able to fly but for now, she goes with the rest of the team and stays safe at the local police station.

The team had just arrested the latest killer, this case involved kids so the mood on the way to the jet was low and sad. Emily felt Aaron's hands rub her stomach as he drove, they heard JJ in the back of the car begging Will to let her speak to Henry even though it was nearly 2am. Normally, the team would fly back in the morning but everyone just missed their own children, beds and homes.

Emily hasn't spoken since the Unsub was caught, all she could think about was how once her baby was born, they were no longer safe and protected against the violent, terrifying,  uncertainty of the world. Aaron hand moved down Emily's bump and to her upper thigh, he squeezed it supportively and looked in Emily's eyes with a tear filled, sympathetic gaze, all Emily could manage was a tight lipped smile, enough for Aaron to know she was a little broken right now, but she will glue herself back together soon.

In hopes of distracting the two women, Aaron turned on the radio, the song that blasted out was the same as when Aaron made Emily her favourite meal and told her he loved her as well as their first dance at their wedding. A small tear escaped Emily's eyes as she tightly gripped Aaron hand.

Once they reached the airport, Emily quickly found her safe space, underneath Aaron's arms. They walked through the airport, attached to each other and never detached until they needed to in order to fit through the jet door. As they took off, Emily started to feel unwell, she began sweating and feeling nauseous, she decided to attempt to sleep it off.

Emily woke up, 40 minutes later with a sharp pain running across her belly. She stood up and carefully made her way past the team, who were all asleep, including Aaron. She opened the bathroom door and splashed her face with water and slowly opened the door, before she could take another step, a pain, worse than before, shot through her stomach and down to her pelvis, still aware of the team, she clutched the door and hummed in order to stop the screaming. Her grip on the door loosened and slid down towards the floor until the pain passed.

She began standing back up when she saw the familiar sight of Spencer's shoes walking towards her

"Emily?"

"oh! hey Spence"

"did you fall?" Spencer said, reaching out his arm to help her up

"no, i'm okay. i just thought the carpet looked comfy" Emily tried to convince him

Emily grabbed his arm, just as another pain hit, her fingernails dug into him and the humming began again

"how many times have you felt that pain?" Spencer worriedly asked

"i don't know, it started on the way to the airport, but not bad. it woke me up maybe 15 minutes ago and this is the third one" she whisper shouted

Spencer stood her up and walked her over to an empty seat "Em... i think you're in labour" he looked into her eyes

"what.. no i'm not spence" Emily said softly "i'm only 7 months and i will not have a baby on this jet"

Emily looked back at Spencer, tears forming in her eyes again. She looked over at Hotch sleeping so peacefully

"you may be a doctor spence, but you're not a medical expert" she sarcastically stated

"you're right, but when JJ was pregnant, i read so many medical books i think i could answer any question about pregnancy or birth you may ever have"

"this baby is too little to come now, i'm keeping it safe now. its not ready for the world yet, im not ready to be a mom yet" more tears began flowing but Spencer noticed how she was seeming to become less panicked

"let me wake Hotch? okay" Spencer softly asked

"no spence, let me" Emily waddled over to her husband and rubbed his shoulder

His eyes shot open, filled with panic "emily?"

"Aaaaaaron" Emily spat out as another contraction filled her body

"what's going on?" Aaron stood up and sat Emily down in his seat

"your baby is coming" she panted out

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It was quickly realised that the pilot wouldn't be able to land before Emily gave birth, Aaron and Derek ambushed the pilot and tried to bribe her in every way possible but it was no use, they were flying over the ocean and according to Reid, Emily was already 8cm.

Aaron wasn't exactly happy that it was Spencer looking at his wife and not a doctor but this was the best they were going to get. Emily made the decision that she only wanted Aaron and by force Spencer there during the birth so JJ, Derek and Rossi moved to the complete other side of the jet and called Penelope.

"Hey Chocolate Thunder, are you nearly landing?"

"baby girl, ima need you to find the closest airport to us right now" Derek said with little emotion

"urm.. that looks like 15 minutes away my loves" She said cheerfully

"perfect, P, can you send those coordinates to our pilot and arrange for an ambulance to be at the airstrip?" Emily's cries were beginning to get louder and Penelope's smile quickly faded

A tear began forming in her eyes "i- yes, okay... what's going on?"

Dereks mind was going blank, he couldn't reply. Penelope looked over at JJ who was standing over Dereks shoulder

"Pen everything's going to be okay, Em is in labor and it's possible she's going to have the baby on the jet. Please just call, tell them she's only 7 months" JJ pleaded

"on it" she wiped a stream of tears away and promptly ended the call

Over the intercom the team heard a crackle followed by the pilot announcing they were 12 minutes away but they were distracted again by the sound of their friend screaming and crying.

"no! no please! make it stop, please! no!" Emily sobbed as Spencer said she was 9cm dilated

"Em baby, listen, this is happening, and there is nothing i can do to change it, i will be here through it all and help you in every way i can but you are having this baby and it is happening now" Aaron softly whispered to Emily while rubbing her lower back

"i love you" Emily panted out as her nails dug into Aaron's hand

"okay Emily, i think you're going to have to push now" Spencer shyly said, breaking the moment between Emily and Aaron

"you got this my love" Aaron kissed the top of Emily's head

"we're 5 minutes out" the pilot chimed in again

"are you sure we can't wait Reid?" Aaron asked Spencer

"i'm sorry Hotch, it needs to be now" Spencer replied, gaining confidence

And with that, Emily began pushing, letting out a blood curdling scream which send shivers down everyone's spines. JJ, Derek and Dave all sat in silence, as Emily screamed, JJ began silently crying. She hated that her best friend was going through this without any medical support.

"you're so nearly there Em" Spencer reassured her as the plane finally landed and the ambulance staff piled in, Emily was losing consciousness due to the stress and blood loss, her eyes were growing heavy, the last thing she heard before her world went black was Aaron, talking to the paramedic.

"if you have to choose. save my wife"