Never Letting You Go

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I always knew this day would come
World is just too small
To keep our paths from crossing
Here we are just look at us

I always wondered what I'd say
Would I tell you that life is great?
I'm getting better all the time
Really lookin' up

Could I be too proud
To show my heart?
Well, to tell the truth
It's not that hard

I'm still not over you
Still the only thing I wanna do
Is open up my arms and reach for you
And to hear you say, you want me, too

You're the one for me
Time doesn't seem to disagree
Baby, I'm still not
Over you getting over me

Guess I'll never be
Over you

So there it is, I've said it now
God I wish some way somehow
You'd look at me, start to cry
Say, you missed me too

But you moved on
I understand
Yeah, I tried that too
But here I am

I'm still not over you
Still the only thing I wanna do
Is open up my arms and reach for you
And to hear you say, you want me, too

You're the one for me
Time doesn't seem to disagree
Baby, I'm still not
Over you getting over me

Guess I'll never be

Strong enough to finally set you free
I know love will never let me be

Over you
I'm still not over you

Emily looked up from the photo album and turned off the radio.

"The radio's right, isn't?"

Emily looked up startled. "What?"

"You still love him." Elezabeth said as she walked up to her daughter. "Why didn't you stay?"

"I … I couldn't." Emily answered. "I can't go back to him."

"Why not?" The elder asked. "You love him. So go to him."

"It's not that simple mother." Emily said as she moved to walk up to one of the many windows and looked out it.

"Why are you avoiding my question?" Elizabeth asked.

"I'm not avoiding anything." Emily replied.

"Then why is my precous granddaughter refusing to come out of her bedroom?" Elezabeth stood up and walked over to Emily. "And why did she come to me in tears yesterday after your visit with Aaron?"

"I can't be with him." Emily turned to look at her mother. "We're living two separate lives … besides your forgetting I left him."

"Does it matter who left who?" Elizabeth asked. "What matters is the heart and what it wants."

Emily chewed on her lower lip as tears flooded her vision. "He does look really good." She admitted.

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The next day Hotch was in his office when Rossi walked in. "I can't believe you let her walk out on you … again!"

Hotch looked up at him. "What am I suppose to do Dave … chase her down? Bring her back?"

"Yes!" Rossi nodded. "Why is that so hard?"

Hotch leaned back in his chair. "Let's pretend I did. What's suppose to happen next?"

"Love her." Rossi answered. "Be a father to those girls you two made. Be a lover to Emily."

"I did that. Look what happened." Hotch shook his head. "I am not going to let history repeat itself."

"Aaron. Go to her." Rossi said as he walked farther into the office. "Do you really want Kelsi to hate you for a more longer period of time?"

Hotch sighed, he leaned backed in his chair folding his arms. "Do you think Emily, and I could make it work?"

"God only knows." Rossi answered.

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Later that night, Emily pulled up in the Hotchner driveway, put her car in park before looking at the dark house. Getting out of the car, Emily made her way toward the front porch and up to the front door. She rang the doorbell hoping it wouldn't wake the kids.

The house was still. No lights came on. Not even Sammy was barking.

Sighing Emily turned and walked off the front porch and back to her car.

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At the park, Hotch was walking along a path with Sammy attached to his leash. Seating on a bench Hotch sighed, pulling out his cell phone he dieled a number before putting to his ear. "Emily … its me … I just want to talk." He said to the voicemail.

"So talk." Emily said gently as she came out of the shadows of the night.

Hotch flipped his cell closed and he stood up as he faced her. "I drove by your place. No one answered."

"I went to your place too … no one answered." Emily wrapped her arms around herself.

Hotch just stared at her. Until Sammy barked.

"I made the mistake at not coming after you once." Hotch said as he walked over to Emily. "I'm fighting for you now."

"What do you want from me Aaron?" Emily asked brokenly. "What about the job? What about Strauss?"

"Right now I don't give a damn about Strauss." Hotch said as he closed the space between them and gently cupped Emily's face. "I care about you. About the twins. About us. And about our family."

"And you expect me to fall into your arms and cry hestaricly … what do you want Aaron?" Emily asked, her voice still broken. "For us to pick up where we left off, and, and to grow old together?"

"Yes." Hotch said. "All the above." He then tried for a joke. "And even on my last breath, thy're going to have to take a crowbar to brake us apart."

"Just shut up and kiss me before I run from you again." Emily said as she grabbed his suit jacket.

Hotch leaned toward her and kissed her, letting Sammy's leash drop from his hand. The love and years missed of being separate from each other flowed out.

The two kissed passionly as they held each other close, clinging to each other. Sammy barked happily as he ran around them.

Finally the two pulled away for air. "I missed you." Hotch admitted.

"I missed you too ... so much." Emily also admitted before grabbing his head and pulling him down to her.

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I hope you like the ending! I'll be working on a sequal. It'll be about the lives of Kelsi, Courtney, Jack, Ashley, and Magen.