Never Compare

Part 8

A couple hours later a soft cry wakes (Y/n).
She climbs out of bed and walks to Salem's room. "Hey baby what's wrong?"
His arms are raised, signaling he wants to be held.
She smiles and picks him up. She cradles his head gently.
He whines softly still.
She nods in understanding. (Y/n) lays him on the changing table and switches the dirty diaper for a clean one.
His stomach makes a small noise, causing her to giggle.
The woman carries him to the kitchen and lets him watch while she makes him a bottle.
He stops whining and watches, chewing on his fist.
(Y/n) smiles and shakes it while bouncing Salem gently. "I'm glad you won't remember this. Soon you'll be with your real mommy. I know she misses you so much."
He reaches for the bottle and holds it when she puts the tip near his mouth.
The (h/c) hums softly while she sways lightly.

"Who is your new boyfriend? What's he do? What's he like?" Spencer asks from the doorway of the kitchen.
"You don't need to know. I couldn't tell you anyways."
Spencer frowns and uncrosses his arms. "Are you gonna quit once we get rescued?"
"That depends. If I'm pregnant, yes. If not, no. I will pretend this never happened and I will continue to put bad guys away."
"But JJ has children and she makes it work."
(Y/n) scoffs.
Of course he mentions her.
"Did you forget JJ has a loving husband to watch their children? I have an amazing boyfriend but I could lose him because of this. I could lose my job for reckless behavior. I could lose everything because a couple weirdos want me to be happy."
Tears stream down her cheeks quickly as she sets the bottle down, starts burping Salem and walks back to the nursery.
Spencer follows close behind. "If he leaves you he doesn't deserve you. I could love you and take care of you, possibly our baby as well."
"Shut up," she growls.
Her eyes meet his in a deadly glare but soften when she looks at the baby.
Salem hiccups and buries his face in her chest.

(Y/n) hums softly as she rocks him gently.
As she goes to lay him down he starts whining.
The "mother" smiles and walks to her room.
He stops and makes cute noises.
She lays down with Salem in the middle of the bed. She pulls the blanket up and lays a pillow on both sides so he wouldn't get squished.
Salem squeezes her finger and nibbles it with his gums.
Spencer sighs from the doorway and walks over. He gets in bed, laying on his side, away from them.
(Y/n) sings softly as she pets Salem's hair.
The baby gurgles and yawns.
Spencer listens to her and falls asleep, moments before Salem.
The woman yawns herself and closes her eyes. She falls asleep a few minutes later.

~Two hours later~

Aaron looks at Derek.
"Hotch what's gonna happen now?"
"I don't know." He whispers.
It was meant for both Derek's question and about their relationship.
He wished he knew what she was feeling.
That way he could help her cope better.
"Our team is in position." The head officer informs.
"Break it down." Hotch orders Derek.
The tall man does as told and breaks the door down.
Everyone rushes in, guns up, ready for anything.
JJ follows Emily, looking in the rooms Emily doesn't.

"No! No! No! You can't be here. You're gonna ruin everything." Wesley yells, causing the team to go on high alert.
They keep looking and ignore the voice.
"You, blondie. You're supposed to be dead. You took father away from mother. She was crying because of you."
Emily looks at JJ, earning a shocked look from the mother.
"Dead?" She whispers.
"These guys must really want Spencer and (Y/n) to be together." Emily mumbles.
Derek looks inside an open door and sees the nursery. "Salem isn't here Hotch."
JJ busts a door down and finds the little shop.
Emily finds the farm animals.
Aaron curses in his head when he hears about everything the team is finding.
Finally they come to the last room.
Derek jiggles the doorknob and finds it unlocked. He pushes the door open and everyone rushes in.
Everyone is shocked to see the two agents sleeping while holding the baby between them.
Aaron rushes over and gently shakes his girlfriend's shoulder. "(Y/n) wake up. We're gonna get you out of here."
Spencer wakes up first and looks around. He quickly sits up and hugs JJ.
"Did he hurt you?" The blonde asks.
Spencer shakes his head. "He came close a couple times but she convinced him not to."
The team looks back at the woman and baby but neither wake up.
Aaron sighs softly and picks her up.
Rossi manages to grab Salem.
(Y/n) cries softly as she buries her face in his chest. She grips his shirt as he walks.

As the team walks out of the room they find the ginger at the end of the hall.
A large gun in his hands.
"You're ruining my plans. I finally won. That guy didn't come anywhere near my success."
"Give it up Wesley. They don't love each other. They can't be happy here. And Salem doesn't belong to them; his mother is worried." Derek calls.
"Shut up! They are happy. Didn't you see the file? Mother and father are gonna have a baby and be happy."
"It's over." Rossi calls.
Wesley holds the gun up. "It's not over."
Suddenly a hand reaches out and grabs the gun.
The team's eyes widen as they watch.
Daryl struggles to get the gun away and a shot rings out.
The ginger groans and falls to the ground.
The officer holds the gun and looks at the team. "Are you all ok?"
"That was completely reckless and unnecessary." Aaron responds sternly.
(Y/n) curls into him more and continues to cry.
Aaron looks back at the unsub on the ground.

Everyone gets out of the building and the tall agent lays his girlfriend on a gurney.
The paramedics load her into the ambulance and it rushes off to the hospital.
Two others load Wesley into another, trying to keep him alive.
The team didn't really know what to say, not after what they saw in the file.
"Let's hope she's not pregnant." Aaron breaks the silence as he walks past the team to his SUV.
Everyone sighs and follows, getting into their precious vehicles.

Once they arrive Aaron goes to talk to her doctor.
The team gets to talk to (Y/n) due to the fact that she wasn't visibly injured.
"I need to keep her here until we can run a pregnancy test or ultrasound. I'm sure it'll be a few days before anything will show up. We don't need to know how far along just that the results are positive or negative."
The doctor nods. "Is she in danger? If so we can post a guard at her door."
Aaron shakes his head. "She's not in danger anymore. We caught the guy."
"Oh good. We check her out and make sure she's ok. I'll also release her to go back to work when we're done."
The agent nods and shakes the doctor's hand.

The agents leave after saying their goodbyes.
Aaron stays back to talk.
(Y/n) turns her head away from her boyfriend. She didn't want him to see her tears, knowing full well she couldn't hide them.
He sits next to her and rubs her hand. "(Y/n) please don't cry."
"I didn't want to. I begged Wesley and Spencer not to make me. Spencer decided he was gonna play along this time. That didn't help; it made Wesley believe we were in love."
Aaron listens and nods in understanding.
"I slipped into character, but I could only think of you. I just pretended he was you. It took everything in me not to moan your name instead. I knew Wesley would shoot Spencer if I did."
"Did he ever threaten Salem?" Aaron asks.
(Y/n) shakes her head. "Never. He never threatened Salem or I."
The tall man sighs and hugs her gently. "Get some rest (Y/n). You'll be staying here until we can do a proper test and we get the results."
The woman looks away. "If it's positive are you gonna leave me?"
Aaron looks at her quickly. "Why would I end things?"
"Because I cheated on you." She whispers and looks down.
Aaron lifts her chin and looks into her eyes. "I won't leave you. I can't blame you for what happened. But I won't stop you if you leave either."
(Y/n) bites her lip and nods. "If it's positive I will quit."
"And if the baby belongs to Spencer?"
"We will share the responsibility. I won't kick him out of the baby's life. He has the right to be a father."
Aaron nods in understanding. "And if it belongs to me?"
(Y/n) blushes and smiles. "I'll be relieved and kiss you until I pass out."
Aaron laughs softly and pecks her lips.
She cups his face, keeping the kiss going.
Once they pull away he stands.
"I should get going. Lots of paperwork to do."
The girl pouts and crosses her arms. "Fine. Leave me to wallow in my own pity." She giggles softly and squeezes his hand. "Good night Aaron."
"Sweet dreams (Y/n)." He kisses her head then leaves.
The woman lays back and falls asleep a few minutes later.

(Hello everyone!! I hope you're all enjoying the story so far. Unfortunately I will be putting a pause on this. I have lots of things I need to do. Working full time, other stories I need to  update, not to mention my mother and sister are very demanding of my time. I am still taking requests for my one shots. I also welcome thoughts, feelings and opinions about this series. Thank you so much.
~Montana