Moving Forward

Part 77

Jennifer Jareau's POV

It has been now 3 days that Emily is at the hospital with her fiancé. Spence and I have been taking care of Oliver since he cannot stay at the hospital. Elle is still with her son, but she told me he would probably be discharged in a week or two. We still are looking for Mr. Scratch, but he hasn't shown up since the night we almost caught him.

Emily cannot stay at the hospital until Hotch wakes up. Staying there is torturing her. Spence and I decided to let her stay with us until Aaron wakes up. She sure could go see him, but not 24/7. I'm getting dressed up as Spencer is preparing the supper while the kids are playing in the living room. As we stayed in pajama all day long, I take off my pajama and I look in my wardrobe and I pick out a simple t-shirt and some jeans. As I put the jeans on, I noticed I cannot button them. I must've gained some weight. But it must be because I had a few months off, or I don't know. It has been a while that I'm feeling tight up in my jeans. So I decide to put on other jeans. Once I'm dressed, I go downstairs. I walk to the kitchen to see what Spencer's making for dinner. As I walk in the kitchen, I feel a wave of nausea. I cover my mouth and my nose with my hand.

"Is everything okay?" Spencer asks me.

"I don't know... What are you cooking?"

"Some fish sticks. Those are the kids' favorite! Is there something wrong with it?"

"I don't know... I... That's weird. I feel like the smell is making me sick..."

"If you want I can cook something else for dinner. Do you have any idea?"

"Could you pass at the grocery store with the kids to buy some things to make chicken burgers? You could also choose a dessert with the kids and some snacks because we could watch a movie together!"

"Sounds good. I'm gonna dress up the kids. You're going to pick Emily up at the hospital?"

"Yeah, I called her earlier to warn her. I told her that she needed some rest and maybe she could take bath to relax. I told her that if it was too painful for her to go back home without Hotch, she could stay with us. Is that okay with you?"

"That's okay. She can sleep in the guest room with her son."

I nod in agreement. Then Spencer takes my hands and pulls me toward him to kiss me.

"I love you, Jennifer," he declares, looking right into my eyes.

"I love you too, Spence," I say, kissing him back before taking my purse and leaving by the front door, saying goodbye to the kids.

I unlock the car and I sit behind the steering wheel. I start the car and I drive to the hospital. As I don't like to be alone in a car, especially when it's dark outside, I turn the radio on. I can't prevent myself to sing the song playing on the radio which is 'Can't Help the Feeling' by Justin Timberlake.

"I got this feeling inside my bones. It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on. All through my city, all through my home. We're flying up, no ceiling, when we're in our zone. I got that sunshine in my pocket. Got that good song in my feet. I feel that hot blood in my body when it drops, ooh. I can't take my eyes up off it, moving so phenomenally. Room on lock the way we rock it, so don't stop. And under the lights when everything goes. Nowhere to hide when I'm getting you close. When we move, well, you already know. So just imagine, just imagine, just imagine. Nothing I can see but you dance, dance, dance. Feeling good, good, creeping on you. So just dance, dance, dance, come on. All those things I shouldn't do. But you dance, dance, dance. And ain't nobody leaving soon, so keep dancing."

Since I'm little, I love to sing and dance. Rosaline would do the same to me at night when I couldn't sleep. She would sit in my bed, next to me, and just sing some songs.  

I finally arrive at the hospital. I park and I walk to Hotch's room. Entering, Emily turns to me.

"Do you have any news?" I ask her.

"His state hasn't changed yet..."

She gets up and kisses Aaron, she then puts her coat on and takes her purse. Before getting out, she turns to her fiancé one last time.

We get out of the hospital and we walk to my car. We drive back home.

"Was Oliver nice?"

"Yes! He's having a lot of fun with Hope and Jaeden!"

The discussion ends there. I don't want to push her to talk because times have been hard for her. I turn back the radio on to cover the awkward silence. I can see that Emily is watching through the window while nervously rubbing her belly.

"What's wrong?"

"Aaron and I haven't talked about her name yet. What if he doesn't wake up before I give birth?"

"I'm sure he's gonna wake up soon, Em'."

We arrive at home and I see that Spencer isn't at home yet.

"For dinner, we're eating Chicken Burgers and we're probably gonna watch a movie tonight, is that okay with you?"

"Yeah..."

"I could also ask Spence to pass at your place to pick you some clothes and some clothes for Oliver."

"Sounds good."

We enter my house and Emily sits on the couch, while I get upstairs and get in the bathroom. I search in the cabinets, I find it. It's now time to find the truth.