Moving Forward

Part 81

Emily Prentiss' POV

It has been almost 45 minutes that we are waiting in the waiting room. I'm mechanically rubbing my belly. Jennifer asked me a few time to stop, but I feel like it's calming me down. A doctor enters the waiting room, looking down.

"Oh no..." I sigh, imagining the worst.

I slowly get up from my wheelchair. I can barely stand up and my legs are shaking. JJ helps me to sit back down. The doctor approaches us.

"Mrs. Prentiss... I'm so sorry. We did everything we could but he was too weak. We weren't able to reanimate him. I'm so sorry..."

My eyes fill up with tears. The doctor walks away, letting me alone with Jennifer. She kneels down in front of me.

"Emily. Look at me."

I slowly look into her eyes.

"It's gonna be okay. We're gonna get through it together, okay?"

I cannot move. I keep staring at her, but I can't do anything else.

"I... I... I wanna see him."

"I'll see what I can do," JJ says, walking away.

I cannot believe it actually happened. Aaron is... He is... Dead. How am I going to tell Oliver? How am I going to raise two kids alone? What with my daughter yet to come? I cannot do this alone!

JJ comes back.

"They're gonna keep him alive artificially for a few minutes, then they'll unplug him."

I nod because that's the only thing I can do.

She pushes my wheelchair to the room 283 where Aaron is artificially kept alive. We arrive at the room and JJ pushes me to Aaron.

"Can I...?" I ask her.

"Yeah. Of course," she answers, getting out of the room.

I'm left alone with my fiancé. I hold his hand. It's still warm, but a bit colder than usual.

"Aaron... You cannot leave me alone! You just proposed me! Our family is getting bigger and you're gonna miss that!"

I feel the tears running down my cheeks. I feel our daughter kicking and I put his hand on my belly.

"You feel that?"

I close my eyes and I think about all the things we lived together.

"I love you... But I don't know if I'm gonna be able to do this... How am I going to tell Oliver that his father died? How am I going to raise our two kids without you? You can't walk away from our lives like that!" I declare with a broken voice.

I lay my head on his chest. I can feel it going up and down as if he was still alive.

I hear someone entering the room. The person but their hand on my shoulder.

"Mrs. Prentiss, we have to unplug him."

I take a few deep breaths.

"I love you, Aaron. Thank you for having fought until the end... We're not going to forget you anytime soon... We're gonna miss you a lot... I'm gonna tell fabulous stories about you to the kids, don't worry. "

I kiss his forehead.

"Goodbye, Aaron."