On the jet ride home there was an incident between Emily and Reid that ended with yelling. Since they had stolen the spot of arguing you held back all your anger from Hotch.

"So I was thinking," Rossi said as he walked up to your desk. He put his hand on your desk and you looked up at him. "I was thinking of having a dinner party because," He stopped to think of a reason. "well everyone needs it."

"It's just Reid-" You started but he cut you off.

"It's not just Reid and Prentiss. You and Aaron have been at each other throats all day." He raised his eyebrows when he spoke.

"It wasn't that bad." You said and fiddled with your pen. He made the yes-it-was-face.

"So dinner?" He tapped your desk with his ring.

"Rossi I don't know." You said.

"You're coming and you're going to convince Reid to come." He said and started to walk to his office. You spun around in your chair to watch him walk away.

~~~~~

After telling Spencer you'd go with him to any Russian or Korean movie for the next 2 months, he was finally going to dinner.

Rossi had sent out a massive text "Friday 5:30 pm sharp" Rossi was a stickler for time so it was important you be there at 5:30.

Everyone had the day off so it was about 9:45 when you woke up. You decided to get some of your work done, considering you weren't going to leave Rossi's house till later. You signed the last paper and threw it to the end of your bed. You laid back and let your head hit the pillow. Turning over your you grab your phone 11:17.

A nap won't hurt anyone.

You shut your eyes and pull the blanket over your shoulder. But you realized your house was too quiet. You opened your phone up and clicked on Netflix.

There were a lot of shows that you were meaning to watch but you never had the time. So you stuck to a classic, 'How to get away with murder' Nothing like falling asleep listening to murder cases. But the ones they had on the show were kind of unrealistic.

You wondered if Aaron had seen similar cases when he was a prosecutor. He's only talked about so many cases. There were probably too many to remember. But you liked hearing about his life before the BAU. He was a completely different person.

Other things he would tell you was when Jack was still a baby and all the funny things he did. Well, Jack was still cute and did funny things but hearing about baby Jack made it even cuter. You missed him a lot- Jack, not Aaron, well him too but mostly Jack.

You missed his little hugs and cuddles. You could listen to him ramble on and on about dinosaurs and cars all day long. You didn't get to see him the whole time Aaron was gone. You either had a case or a meeting. When you were home you were sleeping.

As for Aaron, you missed every aspect of him. Him being there when you woke up in the morning. The morning kisses. The car rides to work. It was the little things you wanted the most.

The only thing you didn't miss was his cologne, that was because you had stolen his bottle. If you had turned to face his side of the bed you could still smell it on the pillow.

You didn't know what you were going to do at the dinner. You wanted to just forget everything and be with him all weekend but you were too far along to just forget. You wanted to apologize, but apologizing at dinner didn't seem like the best idea.

When your eyes finally open again, there was the sound of your phone blaring in your ear. You rub your eyes to see the name glowing on your phone. It was Strauss.

"Yes ma'am." You answered and cleared your throat.

"The board is coming together for an emergency meeting and seeing as it's about your team I assume you want to be there." She said.

"Can I ask what the purpose of the meeting is?" You yawed when you finished talking.

"It's to discuss Agent Prentiss' return and case involving Ian Doyle." She said and you fully sat up in your bed.

"Can't this wait till Monday?" You asked.

"No, because if there's a trial it will start on Monday."

"Ok I'll be there as soon as I can." You said and hung up the phone. It was 3:30 pm.

These meetings can last hours. Rossi is gonna kill you if you're late. You threw the blanket and went straight to your bathroom. Putting on the dress you had planned to wear anyway. You did your hair and make up just the way you had planned. You were a little over dressed for a meeting but who cares. Being overdressed is better than getting harassed by Rossi.

You grabbed your purse and a bottle of wine you knew Rossi was appreciate. These were the times you were lucky the office wasn't that far from your apartment. You walked into the meeting room at 3:55.

When you walked in you saw the other members, Strauss and the Senator. You knew it was bad when you bought the Senator in. He got in your last never. He had only been in the field for special assignments. And he tried to pass that off as field experience.

"Senator," You nod in his direction. "Nice to see you again." You took your seat next to Maria.

"Likewise." He said.

"We can get started now." Angel said. "As you all may know this meeting is in regards to the take down on Ian Doyle an International terrorist along with 2 others. As you know Agent L/N was in the field when it happened. Agent do you have anything to say to this." Everyone's attention was on you.

"There was several months of investigation that went into the take down. And after gaining Agents Prentiss and Hotchner back to the team we were able to have things move quicker. I can say with much confidence that the BAU is proud of the work they did." You said and crossed your legs.

"You're proud of having three people died?" The senator asked.

"Yes sir, they were 3 International terrorist and I think the world better without them in it." It was a ballsy thing to say especially to a senator. But you were telling the truth. "Not to mention we saved a boys life in the process."

~~~~~

It was 5:13 when you were finally let loose from the room. You rushed to the elevator, frantically pushing the down button.

"I think we should go over the-" Struass said as she walked up to you.

"Erin I have an important thing I need to get to in 17 minutes." You gave her a small smile and walked onto the elevator letting the doors close in front of her.

Rushing to your car you kept a close eye on the time.

When you pulled up to Rossi's house- mansion you saw everyone's car already parked.

Shit I'm late. It's 5:45. Hopefully he takes the wine as an apology.

You locked your car and walked through the driveway and up to the front door. Derek opened the door and gave you a knowing look.

"How late am I?" You asked and walked passed him.

"Rossi's in the middle of the lesson." He said.

He shut the door and followed you into the kitchen. You tried to slip in undetected, but you knew there was a shot in that happening. Rossi stopped cutting the parsley to glare at you.

"I'm sorry I'm late." You said and held out the bottle of wine for him to take it. "Peace offering." You said as he took it from your hands.

You motioned for Rossi to continue his lesson. You looked up and saw the excitement on everyone's faces and Rossi continued chopping. When you looked around your eyes landed on Aaron's. He looked up and down before bringing his attention back to Rossi.

"Cooking is the most sensual art form." Rossi said and placed his hands on either side of the cutting board. "In a pot of boiling water we cook out pasta until it's al dente, firm to the tooth." He said and passed around the noodles. You took to noodles from Emily. You and Penelope both let the noodle hang from your lips and slowly chewed at it.

"Now, in a large pan, we fry up our pancetta. Keeping a sharp eye that the edges are crisp." He said and showed everyone the pan.

"But careful not to burn the onions." Aaron said.

"Bravo, Aaron!" Rossi applauded.

"Who knew Hotch could cook." Emily said.

"Someone has to." He said and looked over to you.

"You don't know how to cook?" Derek asked you.

"I can, but I burn things more than I should." You said and ran your finger around the rim of the wine glass. The laughs from everyone else caused you to pick your head and see Aaron looking straight at you. You gave him a small smile.

"We sauté until translucence." Rossi said focusing back to the lesson. You started to take a sip of the wine that was sitting in front of you but you were stopped. Rossi's eyes were bulging out of his head. His hand was out telling you to stop, so you did. You clenched your jaw and settled the glass down to the counter again.

"Sorry." You smiled.

"You show up late and drink when you're not instructed to." He said and looked disappointed.

"I'm sorry." You apologized but still had a smile on your face. When he looked back down Emily nudged your arm.

"Non scopare con Rossi." 'Don't fuck with Rossi.' She said and you folded your lips together to try and not laugh.

~~~~~

Everyone was spewed across Rossi's house, him and Aaron were standing at the bar. Derek and Penelope were on the other couch.

You sat on the couch across from Emily and JJ, you listened as Emily talked about god knows what. This was her third glass of wine so she could ramble for a while. She stopped in the middle of her sentence and looked around the house.

"What's playing?" She asked put her glass down.

"What?" you asked and watched as she stood up. She walked over to Rossi's speaker and plugged in her phone. Some slow music started playing.

"Emily nobody is paying attention to the music." You said when she sat back down.

"Well I am." She said and picked her glass back up.

"But you were talking- never mind." You waved her off and sipped your wine.

Emily went back to talking. JJ looked so interested in what she was saying, even though it was mostly nothing. Her eyes never left Emily's

side.

You missed looking at Aaron like that. When he rambled on about Jack or anything else. He would get so focused on something his pupils would start to dilate and you couldn't help but look.

You were deep in your thoughts when the sound of a guitar brought you out. You listened to the song that was playing. When you realize what song it was your heart sunk a little.

Heaven only knows where you've been

But I don't really need to know

This was the song you and Aaron danced to when it was Sunday morning and you were both cleaning the house. He would wrap his arms around your back and you both would sway on your feet. You would shut your eyes and lean your body weight on him. You would start singing softly when his grip around you would tighten.

Then at some point the song would end and he would complain that you don't sing as much as you should. You would soon go back to what you were doing.

But at this moment you weren't at home and it wasn't Sunday morning. He was on the far side of the room with Derek and Rossi.

You hadn't thought the music was loud enough for him to hear. But he did. He was looking up at you. You shuffled around in your seat and pushed some hair behind your ear. When you look back up to see if he was still looking he was gone.

Sighing you looked back to Emily and JJ. But that's when you saw someone stand next to you. You turn to see who it was. Aaron. He had his hand out, ready for you to take it. Smiling you put your glass down and took his hand.

He walked you two over the empty space that was next to the living room. He wrapped his arms around your side and pulled you as close to him as possible. You rested one hand on his shoulder and the other in the back of his head.

I know where you're gonna go

On my heart where you're resting your head

You rested your head on his chest and your body moved with his. His chest raised and fell at a slow pace. He took one hand off your side and brought it to your chin. He lifted it so you were looking at him.

"And you just look so beautiful, It's like you are an angel." He sang to you. You loved it when you hummed along but when he sang it was even better.

You didn't hesitate when he brought you forward and placed a light kiss on your lips. You relaxed under his touch and allowed him to hold you tighter. You could feel the pleasure run through your body with just the one kiss. When he released your chin from his grip you stared deep in his eyes.

There was a small smile that spread across your lips. You pulled your bottom lip between your teeth and looked down at his chest. You were acting like a 15-year-old that was just kissed for the first time.

That's what it felt like anyway. It had been so long since you two had last kissed. You had forgotten what it was like.

He placed his hand back on your side. He wasn't letting a second go by where he wasn't going to touch you. You hummed the rest of the song into his chest.

You could feel everyone's eyes on your two but you didn't care. He hadn't held you for a half a year, the stares are ok.

The song slowly came to an end and you brought your arms back to your sides. When you turn around to face everyone else, there is no eye not on you.

"Go back to what you were doing." You said to everyone. But you didn't move from where you were standing. Aaron slid his hand across your back when he moved to stand next to you.

Before you could move to sit down, Emily got up and took your hands. That's when you heard the music. It was a spanish song all the girls had learned to dance to one girls night.

"You remember the steps?" She asked you and walked you back to the empty spot. You looked down at your feet and then back at Emily. You nodded and she started moving.

You moved your hips to the beat of the song. You both were dancing like you had just learned it yesterday. When you looked up she had the biggest smile on her face. She then lifted both her and your hands above your head and spun you around. When you turned you caught a glimpse of Aaron. He had the small spread across his face.

When you spun back around to face her, she wrapped a protective around you. She took your other hand around her and she started to move both around again.

Right before she spun you again there was a tap on your shoulder. You turn your head to see JJ standing next to you.

"May I cut in?" She asked and looked at Emily who was now blushing.

With a big smile you said, "Of course." You passed her Emily hand and took a step back.

It was a few seconds where you stood and watched the two dance together. Derek had grabbed your hand and pulled you into his chest. He tried to mimic the way Emily and JJ were dancing but he couldn't do it.

"All those muscles and you can't do it." You laughed.

"Shut up." He smiled.

"How about I show him?" Penelope gripped Derek bicep. You gave up his hand and turned to Aaron.

"And then there were two." You grinned. He held out his hand once more. You placed yours in it and pulled yourself as close as possible.

He was worse at dancing then Derek was but he gave it his best shot. He wasn't going to pick on him for not being able to move his hips. That was something you'd do later. You just enjoyed how close he was holding you and hoped no one would take him away.

When you looked over his shoulder all you saw was smiling faces. Penelope was trying to explain the steps to Derek.

Rossi was in the middle of pulling Emily away from JJ when you looked over. JJ looked disappointing but was happy when she grabbed Reid's hand.

Everyone's happy