Metanoia [Book 3]

five

five; boss's orders.

I walked out of the girl's bathroom- shoving the two white sticks into my back pocket and saw Spencer walking in the room with the detective and Penelope. I yawned and a voice spoke- scaring me.

"So when are you going to tell him?" I heard Anthony ask and I placed a hand over my chest and looked to my left- seeing the tall blonde man. I glared at him and rolled my eyes. "Hush it. You scared me, Anthony. And I'm not going to yet, so stop harassing me about it." I said and then Penelope called us into the room. I walked looked at Anthony one last time and then proceeded into the room standing next to Spencer.

"Okay, so a month ago two players were kicked out at the same time for hacking into hellmod. Previous to that, they both logged thousands of hours into playing the game, dating back to the early 2000s." She said and I had my hands crossed over my white t-shirt. I took of my blazer and draped it over a chair earlier because of how hot it was in the room.

Penelope and Derek started talking and Spencer placed a hand on my back. "Are you okay? You look pale and you're sweating." He pointed out and I nodded glancing over at Anthony who gave me a look.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just very hot." I said looking into his eyes and he nodded. I decided to change the subject and talk about our wedding. "So, I was thinking maybe red velvet cake?"I asked raising an eyebrow and he tilted his head to think about it and shrugged. "Or we can do a spice cake, those are good." He said and I rolled my eyes and laughed. "You like them because they remind you of Fall. I'm not stupid." I said and he chuckled and then something popped into my mind.

"Oh! We might have to leave town in a couple of  weeks..."I said trailing off and he raised his eyebrows confused. "Why?" He asked and I walked over to a desk and pulled out a chair, sitting down. "I called my cousin and told her that we could do a family reunion...? Will, JJ and Henry should be there and then we can spend Thanksgiving day with your mom and dad." I said and Spencer shot his eyes over to me.

"Since when do we invite my dad?" He asked confused and I shrugged and looked down. "Since he called me and told me he wanted to be in Ellie's life. He's seen her once and Diana has seen her 5 different times and Ellie sends her letter." I said and he sighed and Penelope cut him off.

"Wait! I got them.  Joshua and Matthew Moore. They both went to Central High, their parents work two jobs each to make ends meet. Led to a messy divorce Joshua went to go live with his dad in Arizona and Matthew stayed with his Mom in D.C." Penelope said and Derek nodded and went to go get Hotch. 

Once the two came back Hotch looked at all of us and told us to get ready. He walked to me and I shook my head. "I'll hand back tonight."I said and he raised an eyebrow and clenched his jaw. "Is something going on that you aren't telling me?" He asked and I shook my head. "NO! Not at all. I just... have a really bad headache- I don't want to be the reason I or you guys end up dead tonight." I said and he nodded and walked away.

I sighed and looked at Penelope and she gave me a big smile. I chuckled and went to go sit with her.

I walked into my lab and placed my bag down on the chair. I sat on the desk top and looked at some cases, reports and labs that I would have to go through tonight. I told Spencer to go home with Ellie and that I would be there soon and he did picking up some dinner on the way there. Everyone had already gone home but JJ stayed and so did Hotch. 

After hours and hours of filing and doing work, I got up and looked at the clock and it read; 12:17. I yawned and walked to Hotch's office to see what he was up to. I knocked on the door and he let me in.

"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you still here?" He asked and I shrugged and sat down on his couch. "Cases, Labs. The usual." I said and he chuckled I looked down at the floor and licked my lips. "Hotch- I wasn't very honest with you today." I said and he placed the pen he was writing with down and looked at me- giving me his intense Hotch stare. "I'm listening." He said and I sighed and pulled out the white stick from my back pocket and put it on his desk.

"I'm pregnant, Hotch. That's why I couldn't go out in the field today." I said and he looked back up at me and then smirked and stood up. "That's great news, Hadley. Congratulations."He said and walked over to me and gave me a hug. I breathed out by his reaction and wrapped my arms around him.

"Does Spencer know?" He asked and I shook my head. "I don't want to tell him yet." I said and he raised an eyebrow. 

"Is he not the Father?"He asked and I nodded not wanting him to jump to conclusions. "NO! He's the father. I just want it to be a surprise, you know. But now, I have to go get re-fitted for the dress. I looked it up and it said by the time we get married I'll be at least 3 months pregnant."I said and he sat back down and gave me a warm smile- something that was very rare." Let's go we can finish this tomorrow." He said and I scoffed. "I can do it I-" I said but he cut me off.

"Boss's orders, Agent LaMontagne." He said and I sighed and we closed the office getting ready to leave.

a/n:

q: have you foreshadowed any major events??

a:  yes!!! in the 1st or 2nd ( i honestly cannot remember) i foreshadowed cat adams hehehe !