No strings attached

Part eight

You wake up, legs entangled with Aaron's and his arms around you. You stay there for a moment just looking at him, god he is so handsome, his arms hold you a little tighter and you notice he is now awake.

He places a kiss on top of your head "good morning y/n"

"hey" you say, still focused on him, wanting to stay like that forever.
"We have to go" you get up removing his shirt and heading to the bathroom. He follows you into the shower and presses you against the wall.
"We are late Aaron" you say, still breathless from your bath

"Sorry" he kisses you one last time before opening the door and heading out.

"I think I might be able to recover the data" Penelope says typing aggressively "just give me a moment" you all gather around her completely focused on her screen.

"Any updates?" Hotch walks behind you all but Garcia shushes him "sorry" he says smiling and placing one of his hands on your lower back, you look around but they are too busy to notice. You lean slightly against him, this is bad you weren't supposed to feel things for him but you do, and you let yourself admit that for the first time.

"Got it" you both pull away as Garcia explains her findings "they were all in a club of sorts. They used to have meetings every Sunday"

"Our unsub has to be one of the members" Jj says

"Garcia, we need the names of the other members"

"I have six others, names and address already sent to you batphones"

"Let's go" Hotch says demandingly

You somehow end up partnered with Hotch and you drive together to the first address.

"You ok?" he asks placing his hand on your thigh "you seem off" should you tell him?

"I'm just worried about this kids, they are all a potential victim. And it's Friday, we have to find the unsub fast."

"We will, don't worry okay?" he gently caresses your leg with his thumb "we're here."

Hotch allows you to lead the talk with the young girl

"Hey Emma, we have a few questions for you ok?" she was the typical popular high school student

"You were friends with Veronica Brown, weren't you?"

"How do you know?"

"We know about your club Emma, why didn't you say anything?"

"We promised we wouldn't. It was a secret you know, like crossing a bridge to our own world where we could be ourselves. But a while ago everything collapsed, people started fighting and some were even kicked out, so the encounters became less frequent."

"Who was thrown out?" Hotch asks leaning against the doorframe, and you notice that the girls gaze lingers on him a bit too long

"Jack Adams, he used to date Veronica but he dumped her for another girl. We said he should at least apologize but he snapped, claimed his relationship was none of our business, he screamed at everyone, so we voted him out." She says eyes fixed on him.

"Thank you!" You rush Aaron out of the house and call the others to say you think you found the unsub, but before you can enter the car he stops you

"Why did you run out like that?"

"I didn't, I wanted to find Adams that's all" he is not convinced "Fine. She was clearly hitting on you" he steps closer to you

"Are you jealous?"

"No Aaron of course not. We're not dating" he looks hurt "I just thought it was inappropriate of her."

"I don't care if she was hitting on me, I was too busy paying attention to you" he places a quick kiss on your lips before you two head out.

"Adams is not our unsub" Morgan says returning from his house with Reid

"He doesn't fit the profile" Spencer adds "besides he has strong alibis for all the other victims"

"So, we've got nothing" Emily sighs

"Not exactly, we found a book in his room. It was nothing special at first, but it was hidden and when we opened it, we found a love letter. There is no name though."

"Emma did say he had a new girlfriend" Hotch looks at you. That's when it hits you.

"Emma is the unsub guys. She told us the club was like crossing a bridge to another world, this is exactly was this book is about."

"Guys I just went through Jack's social media cause Hotch asked me to find out who his girlfriend was. It's Emma." Garcia says entering the room

"She's not at her house" Morgan is frustrated

"We're off to Adams house then" Hotch and you enter the house, guns up. It was empty but you saw one light on. Inside the room you saw Emma with a gun pointed to Jacks head

"Emma don't do this" you beg

"He deserves it. They all did! We were in love, but they all fell for Veronica's act! And you, you coward Jack, you should have told them you loved me!" The team shows up you look at Hotch, hoping he understands what you mean

"Emma" he lowers his gun "you are such a smart girl, don't do this" she laughs

"Careful agent Hotchner, your little girlfriend is getting jealous." You feel your face getting hot

The next few events happened too fast, you notice Emma bring the gun to her own head but you manage to shoot her arm before she pulls the trigger, Morgan runs and cuffs her.

"Girlfriend?" jj asks Hotch

"Yeah, I have no idea what she meant" he replies

"That was some fast thinking today with the unsub y/n" Spencer said raising his head from his book
"Thanks Spence" Hotch sits by your side with a cup of coffee on his hands
"He is right you know? You did amazing today" he reaches for your hand but remembers the team is around so he instead grabs for a file and starts reading. You feel so comfortable with him by your side, you rest your head on his shoulder and before you know it you fall asleep.

"What the hell is that?" Emily jokes looking at Hotch dead asleep with y/n's read on his shoulder

"You don't think that's what that Emma girl meant do you?" Morgan asks curiously

"Guys don't be crazy" Garcia chimes in "It's impossible. Right?"

"Yeah, it's probably all in our mind" Jj says but neither of them is convinced that this is true.