Danger, Love, and F.B.I

Chapter Fifteen - Understanding

Ashley Brooks.

"Take a seat." ordered Hotch as he sat in his chair behind his desk.

I quietly sat on one of the chairs in front of him and sighed.

"Before you ask anything, I'm so sorry. I never meant for this to happen, he tried asking me out on dates but I would decline them because I knew I couldn't. When he started worrying more about me and asking me if I was alright I started to see how much he cared about me and how I felt the same about him. I'm so sorry, Hotch. I know I did wrong and understand if you want to reassign me or fire me" I sighed looking at my lap.

He stayed silent for a while before clearing his throat which made me look up at him again.

"Ashley, I'm disappointed in all of this." He said sternly.

I sighed and looked down at my lap.

"But I can't control who you fall in love with, therefore you're not loosing your job or getting reassigned." He smiled.

I couldn't even begin to describe how happy I was to hear Hotch say this to me. I was so worried he would get angry and let me go or give me back to the police station, but looks like he understands. I'm so glad he did, I don't know what I would've done if I had to stop seeing everyone!

"You really mean that?!?!" I perked up.

"Of course I mean it, it's obvious you two had feelings for each other and I can't deprive either of you from that. Just promise that your relationship isn't going to get in the way of your working duties." He said in a stern tone.

Work is one of my main priorities. Protecting Harry is too, so I'll have to control him when I'm working. Meaning, no touching while I'm on duty. I'm positive I can manage, it's Harry I'm worried about.

"Oh don't worry, Hotch. I promise you, it won't." I said with the biggest smile on my face.

"That's all I needed to hear, now go talk to him. He looked really worried before I brought you here." He chuckled.

"Thanks Hotch, this means a lot to me." I smiled as I walked out.

As I walked down the pathways towards my office, I could hear shouting. I didn't know what the commotion was about, but I'm more than sure who was causing it.

"What happened?!" I heard the shouting come from my office.

I dashed towards my office and saw Harry and Morgan arguing. Typical men, always seem to be arguing. They seriously have to learn to control themselves, especially since we have bigger things to worry about.

"What's going on in here!?" I asked walking in and finding Morgan and Harry standing close to each other, their noses were practically touching.

"Ashley? What happened? What did he tell you?" asked Harry running towards me and bringing me into an embrace.

"I'm not telling you guys anything until somebody tells me what's going on in here." I said pushing Harry off me.

I didn't mean to be rough with him, but I was tired and annoyed. If glaring at them and pushing them away from me is going to get them to talk about it, then so be it.

"Harry, here, thinks I told Hotch about your relationship. Can you please tell Harry who was the one that accidentally told?" asked Morgan.

I sighed, "Harry, Morgan didn't say anything. I was so angry at what Matt did that it sort of slipped out." I sighed.

Harry suddenly looked at Morgan then at me and I could tell he was feeling guilty for blaming Morgan.

"Well what did Agent Hotchner say?" He asked with a worried look along with Morgan, Liam, Louis, Niall, and Zayn.