Emily Prentiss ran up to Hotch's apartment, through the pouring rain and quickly knocked on the door. The door almost immediately swung open, to reveal Aaron Hotchner stood on the other side.

"God Hotch, I am so sorry I'm late." She rushed out her apologies. "I lost track of time and then traffic was a nightmare."

"It's okay, come in." He stepped aside to let her in. "Prentiss, you're soaking. Why didn't you wear a coat?"

"Like I said I lost track of time, when I realised I was going to be late, I just ran out of the apartment."

"I don't have any woman's clothes here. I'm sorry."

"I'll be fine, I'll dry off in a bit." Emily replied, shivering slightly.

"No you won't." Hotch started towards the stairs.

"Hotch were are you going? Your date will be waiting for you."

"I'll only be a minute."

A few minutes later Hotch returned with a T-shirt and a pair of sweats. "Here, put these on and put your wet clothes on the radiator to dry."

Emily eyed her boss' clothes, before taking them from him. "Thanks. Hey, where's Jack? Normally I can't even make it through the door without having him wrapped around me."

"He's eating his dinner." He showed her one of his rare smiles. "Do you wanna go change? I can wait."

"Hotch, go. Your date will be waiting."

"Okay, I'm going. I'll call her on the way and let her know I'm running a bit late."

"Have fun."

He nodded. "Thanks for doing this for me, Prentiss."

"Are you kidding, I love spending time with Jack."

"And he loves spending time with you." He put on his coat and moved towards the door.

At this point Jack ran into the room. "Emily!" he shouted happily, running straight over to her and leaping into her arms. "Hey, why are you so wet?"

"Because it's raining outside, buddy." She hugged him tightly. "It's good to see you."

"Okay I'm gonna get going." Hotch announced. "Feel free to help yourself to anything from the kitchen, Prentiss."

"Bye daddy." Jack chimed

"Bye Hotch, have a good time."

"Bye." He gave them both one final smile before exiting his apartment.

"Okay Captain Jack, what are we going to do tonight?" Emily asked, placing the little boy down on the floor.

"I was playing with my Lego before dinner. You wanna play with me?"

"Sure. I love Lego."

"Come on." He took hold of her hand. "I started making a big, big house."

"Okay you go ahead, I'm just gonna get changed."

The two spent a long time working on the Lego house. Jack wasn't lying when he said it was big. They were watching the movie 'Cars', while they played.

When the movie finished, Emily glanced over at Jack, who stared back at her through sleepy eyes. "Come on, bed time."

"But I'm not sleepy." He whined, before letting out a big yawn.

"Hey, I let you stay up later than I should have." She pulled the tired boy into her arms. "You need to get some sleep now okay."

"Okay."

Emily put the boy in bed and placed a kiss to his forehead, before heading back downstairs and throwing another of Jack's DVDs in the player, 'Monsters inc.'

Aaron Hotchner arrived home after the date form hell. He'd never met a woman that talked so much, she didn't even seem to pause to breathe. He couldn't get a word in, and she didn't even have that much to say, she just kept saying practically the same things over and over again.

He walked into the sitting room to find his subordinate asleep on the couch. He argued with himself for a short while, unsure whether he should wake her or not. In the end he decided he probably should, she would probably want to get home.

"Prentiss." He called softly, kneeling down in front of her. "Prentiss."

"Yeah." She replied, her eyes still closed.

"Prentiss are you awake?" He shook her very lightly.

Emily mumbled something inaudibly, before her eyelids flickered open. "Hotch? What are you doing here?"

"Well this is my apartment." He smiled at her.

Emily quickly sat up, realising where she was. "Oh sorry, I can't believe I fell asleep."

"It's fine, I was out later than I thought I would be."

"Ooooo, have fun did you?" She asked, with a slightly teasing tone.

"No." He sat down next to her. "That was quite possibly the worst date I've ever been on."

"Then why did you stay out so late?" She questioned, gazing up at the clock.

"She wouldn't let me leave." Emily giggled at that. "I have trouble saying no to people when I'm on a date, even if it is a date from hell."

"Well I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Sorry that your date blew."

"I should have known it would blow." He added. "It was a date set up by Dave, I wasn't expecting too much."

She chuckled quietly, before standing. "Okay, I'm gonna change my clothes them I'm gonna get going."

"Oh." For some reason, Hotch didn't want her to go. He enjoyed her company. "Okay."

Emily picked up her clothes and turned back to Hotch, who was still sat on the couch.

"Are you okay?" He asked, when she stared at him for a short while.

"Yeah, I just…" She gestured down to the garments in her hands.

"Oh sorry, I didn't think." Hotch quickly stood and turned away from her, so she could change.

Emily swiftly changed back into her own clothes. "You can turn around now."

Hotch reached for the clothes she had borrowed, but she pulled away.

"I can wash them for you if you like."

"Don't be silly Prentiss, give them here." He smiled at her thoughtfulness.

She handed them over before heading towards the door "Bye Hotch."

"Bye. And thank you again, for watching Jack."

"Hey, I love spending time with Jack, he's an amazing kid." She grinned up at him. "Next time you need someone to baby-sit, I'll be offended if you don't ask me okay."

"Okay." He opened the door for her. "I'll see you at work on Monday."

"Goodnight Hotch."

Hey,

Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.

Will update soon,

Jade xxx