Save Me

Final Chapter: Happiness is Choice

Okay, my friends and readers, first of all, thanks for your patience and all the wonderful reviews. Thank you as well for all those amazing people who offered to edit my stories and be a beta for me. My editor and I decided to give it another shot since we received many reviews from you guys asking us to not stop the stories. I want to tell you how grateful I am for all the support and wonderful people who have encouraged me to continue writing and keep going with this site. When I first started writing, I never thought I would get this far with my writing, and now, well, here we are with this many stories and this many followers and fans, and it almost makes me cry. Thank you so much, guys, for all your support and love and because of that, I decided to continue with the stories and give it another chance so here we go...

This is the final chapter for Save Me, but remember that we have three more stories on the go, and I have something cooking in the oven for you, so keep reviewing…and thanks again for your amazing love and support.

Emily laid in bed late one afternoon as she caressed her big round belly; her husband walked in the door coming home from work and walked inside the bedroom placing a kiss on her forehead.

"Hi, pretty baby." Aaron said as he kissed his wife's lips, then he leaned down to kiss her belly. How is my baby boy doing in there?" He asked, sitting in front of Emily.

"He has been a little hyper today, actually moving a lot." Emily caressed her belly again as she felt her son kick again, grimacing from the pain.

"So, how was your meeting with Strauss?" Emily asked her husband, looking at him smiling.

"Actually, good, I mean, after you left this morning, I assumed things were going to be very nasty, but she didn't say anything, really." Aaron responded, looking at his wife intently.

They had gotten married a few months ago, but it had been a very discreet wedding, mainly because Emily didn't want the attention, and because she was already pregnant. It had been just the BAU team in attendance at the courthouse wedding, and afterwards, the team had a celebratory dinner, then Aaron and Emily headed to Florida for a few nights. Nothing big…Emily had never been big on parties, and she didn't want anyone to know about their marriage yet.

Technically, them being married and working together went against the fraternization rules at work, one reason why Emily had kept her last name at first, but that was not how they really wanted things to go. Aaron was a gentleman, and he wanted her to have his last name and wanted to scream to the world that she was his wife, and that he loved her. They were able to keep it a secret for a while until Emily became too large and had begun to show, and she had to take maternity leave, which she refused to do. Aaron was basically so mad at her for her stubbornness that they ended up having a fight at work, and that was how Strauss found out he was the father. There was no reason to deny it, and he wasn't about to do so, and both agents finally admitted to Strauss that they were married since Emily was close to her ninth month anyway. Emily finally decided she would just take her maternity leave earlier and tell Strauss to just let her leave early, so she had met with Strauss that morning, before Aaron's meeting with her.

"Emily, I need to ask you something, and I need you to be totally honest with me." Her husband told her, and Emily knew what was coming, so she just looked into her husband's eyes.

"Okay."

"What happened in Strauss's office this morning? Why didn't she say anything to me?" Emily looked away from her husband's intense stare for a second, but he placed a finger on her chin, firmly making her look at him.

"Em?" He questioned again, raising his eyebrows at her.

"I resigned today."

"You did what!" Aaron asked in shock, looking at his wife.

"Aaron, just listen, okay? Don't be mad, please." Emily said, taking his hands.

"I'm going to be gone for a while with the baby anyway, and after that, I don't know if I'm going to want to come back and chase serial killers." She said sincerely.

"I don't want you to lose your job over this, over us, it means so much more to you. You have worked so hard to get where you are." Emily said gently.

"Em, that's not true." Aaron said, shaking his head.

"Yes, it is."

"Right now, my priority is my son…and you, of course, but not the BAU. I can get another job, maybe I will teach at the Academy, or at some other position...who knows, maybe I would like to stay home and be a wife and mother." She said, looking at him.

"Yeah, right, I'll give you two months before you go crazy in the house with only a baby to talk with."

"Three months." She replied, laughing, as Aaron rolled his eyes.

"Baby, I didn't want you to give up your job." Aaron insisted again.

"But, that was my decision, Aaron, and I need you to respect it, please." She replied, looking at him seriously.

"I love you so much, you know that?" He said, leaning down to kiss her lips. Aaron knew deep inside the only reason Emily had quit her job was so he wouldn't get in trouble.

"I love you, too, Aaron, now, are you going to help me pick a name? We're running out of time, daddy." Emily said, picking up the baby name book from the night stand as Aaron sat next to her, cuddling her close.

"Oh right! We need to do that, why is this so hard?" He questioned, as both parents read through the baby book name.

"Zachary?" Aaron read.

"Umm, I don't know, it sounds weird."

"Rocco?"

"Eww, that sounds like a stripper name." Emily made a horrified face, and Aaron laughed at her.

"Casper?"

"Please tell me your kidding!"

"Oh, I know…Nemo!"

"Aaron, be serious, please, we're naming our kid here!" Emily slapped his arm playfully.

"What! Nemo was a cute dwarf." He smiled at her, but Emily turned to look at him in shock.

"Nemo wasn't a dwarf, Aaron, Nemo was a fish, and you aren't naming our kid after a fish!"

"Oh, that's right, sorry, how about Dopey then?" He winked at her, but Emily grabbed the pillow to hit him with it and attempted to get up from the bed.

"You know what, forget it! I'm done, I'm not picking names with you!" She said, annoyed, rolling her eyes at him.

"Oh, come back here, love, I'm just playing with you." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her down on the bed making her lie down and hovered over her as far as her belly allowed him to do. Emily laughed, as he tried to tickle her, and he smiled at her showing his deep dimples.

"I missed you today, Mrs. Hotchner." He said, capturing her lips in a passionate kiss which she returned hungrily.

"Are you eager for me, Mrs. Hotchner?" He asked with a grin.

"I'm always eager for you, Mr. Hotchner." Emily said, reaching down to his pants and unbuckling his belt, even though she was almost nine months pregnant, she was always so horny. They made love slowly because Aaron knew she was more sensitive, and he didn't want to hurt her, but their orgasms were just as amazing as always. Later that night, they were spooning on the bed as Aaron's large arms hugged her huge round belly, and he kissed her neck sweetly.

"What do you think of Sebastian?" Aaron asked, murmuring in her ear.

"Seriously?" Emily smiled widely.

"Yeah, it's one of the names you highlighted, and I liked it, too, so why not Sebastian Hotchner? It sounds nice." Aaron added, pressing a kiss on her back.

"I like it, too, it's beautiful."

"Okay, then Sebastian, it is." He smiled, pressing a kiss to her temple and snuggling close to her.

They fell asleep in each other's arms; Emily had never been so happy in her entire life…she didn't remember ever feeling this much happiness. She fell asleep almost instantly until she awoke a few hours later trying to remember what had woken her, but then realization hit her as she sat up in bed. She couldn't have peed herself, and then she realized it wasn't pee.

"Oh God!" She panicked, and Aaron instantly woke up.

"What is it, honey?" He sat up immediately next to her.

"My water, I think it broke, it's all over the bed, oh God!" Emily cried, so embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's okay, baby." He was on his feet in two seconds flat, dressing.

Emily remained in bed, embarrassed about the mattress and herself.

"Aaron, the mattress…I'm so sorry." She felt tears rolling down her face.

"Baby, forget about the mattress, we have to get you to the hospital. You have to get dressed, okay?" Aaron came to her, gently helping her off the bed.

She started dressing just as a painful contraction hit her stomach, and she bent over from the pain; Aaron rushed to help her into a pair of pants and a sweatshirt, then he helped her outside and into the car.

"It's okay, love, everything is going to be fine." Aaron held her hand as he drove to the hospital as fast as he could.

"It just hurts so much." Emily cried out as another contraction hit her.

"I know, sweetheart, just hold on a little longer, please, we're almost there, baby."

"They made it through the emergency ramp, and Aaron called one of the nurses as they helped Emily onto one of the gurneys as Aaron rushed after them. Half an hour later, the doctors had settled Emily into the labor room with the epidural, and Aaron was by her side as two other nurses checked her pulse and her IV.

"Are you feeling okay, love?" Aaron asked as he kissed her forehead. Emily just nodded as another contraction hit her body. They were still painful, but the epidural had definitely helped a lot.

"I'm okay." She held onto his hand a little tighter as she watched the clock…it was two in the morning, and it was two weeks before her due date.

"Well, looks like your son wanted to make his appearance a little early. I think he is going to be a little stubborn." Emily said, smiling dopily.

"Yeah, I think he's going to be exactly like his mother." Aaron teased, leaning down to press a kiss on her lips.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" She asked, offended.

"That he'll be just as beautiful as you, my love." Aaron laughed.

"Yeah, nice save, be thankful I don't have my glock here, Agent Hotchner." Emily said, giving him a severe look, but he just laughed, kissing her again.

Eight hours later, the doctors gathered around Emily as Aaron held her hand tightly, she was sweating, and she didn't think she could take the pain anymore.

"Come on, Emily, one more push…you can do this." Dr. Hall said in an encouraging way, as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"No, no, I can't do this, please." Emily cried in pain.

"Just one more push, baby, please, just one more." Aaron whispered in her ear and kissed her forehead.

"Oh God...uggggggh..." Emily cried out in pain as she felt her body split in pain, and she felt like she was going to pass out; a few seconds later, she felt more liquid coming down from her inner part and the baby coming out. Then she heard the wailing from her son coming into the world, and she couldn't help it as fresh tears rolled down her cheek.

"Is he alright, is he okay?" She asked, turning to look at Aaron since she could hardly see anything from the position she was lying in.

"He's fine, he's just perfect." Aaron smiled, as the nurses cleaned the baby, and a few minutes later, they came and placed the baby in Emily's arms. Aaron watched as her eyes filled with tears again.

"He's so beautiful and perfect." She cried, as she kissed the infant's head while tears rolled down her cheeks; Aaron came over and pulled both of them into his arms.

"I know he's perfect, thank you, Em, for this gift, for saving me and making me the happiest man in the world." Aaron said in a cracked voice, and Emily turned up to see the tears in his eyes.

"I love you so much, you know that, don't you?" She smiled at him, kissing his lips.

"I love you, too, sweetheart, more than anything." Then their eyes landed on their new baby boy again.

"Hello, Sebastian, welcome to the world, this is your mommy and daddy." Emily said, gently whispering into his ear, and the little infant sneezed making both of them laugh.

"I have to call Jack and the team to let them know." Aaron told Emily, smiling.

"Not yet, I want you to stay here and share this moment with me for a while longer." Emily said, with tears in her eyes, and Aaron smiled, sitting back on the bed and hugging her to him, as their new baby boy rested peacefully in his mother's arms.

"I love you more than life itself, Emily." Aaron told her, enjoying the gift she had just given him.

"I love you, too, Aaron, even more than that." Emily said, as she turned to kiss his cheek, and then her eyes were back on her baby boy.

Fini.