Family is Family 8/8
Title:Family is family
Author: Jessi_08
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Pairing: JJ/Will, Emily/Jordan, Emily/JJ (past)
Disclaimer: Not mine... but willing to take if offered.
Rating: pg-13
Warnings: Nothing to do with Everclear seires. It jumps around a lot, like everything I write.
a/n:Theres three people in my life that i turn to when need be, i trust them with my life, this is for them.
Emily stood at the front of the church surrounded by people who were there for Sara.
“Sara died for a cause. That cause was that she believed people should always try and do the right thing, even if it would be the wrong one later.” Emily took a deep breath. “Sara would come over to my house to sleep since she was 12. I never asked why or even wondered if something was happening at home. I knew her mother, trusted her mother with my life. I loved her mother with all my heart for 16 years. Sara went through so much at such an early age, twice she was taken from her home, twice she was almost killed. Her last moments of her life were getting even with a sex offender. She learned about her second kidnapper by talking with him, he did the right thing and let her go. She saved him from going to jail, in return he never did anything to get in trouble again. When he was released she went to kill his father, because he molested him…” Emily wiped the tears away from her face. “She did what she thought was right and I love her for that.” Emily walked back down the stairs to sit next to JJ and Jordan. Jordan smiled and kissed Emily’s cheek and walked up to take her place.
“I met Sara on my third date with Emily. I remember walking up to her door and seeing this tiny little thing sitting on her front steps. I looked at Emily confused, she never mentioned a kid, not that it would’ve scared me away.” A small laugh came from the crowd and Jordan smiled. “Emily introduced us and let us in. Sara made herself at home as I went on with my date. Later that night I learned why Sara was there. She woke up screaming and Emily was at her side in seconds. I’ve seen devotion but that…that was shocking. This child wasn’t Emily’s, she had no connection to her at all, hell…heck she was the product of her lover cheating on her.” Jordan smiled at Emily and JJ. “Now don’t take this wrong or anything, JJ is and always will be a very large part of our lives. So when Emily curled up for the night next to Sara I became jealous. Why would anyone care that much about someone else’s kid? Then it hit me; Emily needed Sara just as much as Sara needed Emily. Emily made Sara feel safe, and Sara was Emily’s lost fueture, what she would’ve had, it gave Emily a way to stay with JJ somewhat. I grew close to Sara as time went on; I loved her like my own. So as time went on I realized again I was wrong, Emily loved Sara for being Sara, not because she was JJ’s and her last lost cause. Sara…what can you say? She died for a cause but she was way too young.” Jordan walked back down to JJ and Emily. JJ stood and hugged Jordan tightly.
“Thank you…” Jordan smiled and nodded, pushing JJ toward the stairs.
“Sara…my beautiful young Sara. Oh how I love that child. She was always hard headed, just like her mother…mothers. Sara never had only one mom…not even two. She had three, Emily, Jordan and myself. I told her about my past when she wouldn’t let it go. She knew what I would tell her.” JJ smiled and held back a sob. “When she was kidnapped the first time, she was gone for a week. I almost died without my baby for a week. When we found her she was so weak and tired, I watched as Emily took her in her arms and ran her downstairs to the bus. When we were clearing the rest of the home Morgan and I stumbled upon the unsub, he shot at us and we took him down. Morgan saved my life that day while Emily saved Sara’s.” JJ nodded and took a deep breath. “Sara had nightmares every night since then. When Sara started going over to Emily’s at night, I knew why. I knew she remembered Emily was the one who held her as the ambulance took her to the hospital, I knew she knew I took solace in her, so why shouldn’t she? I never bothered to tell her no she couldn’t go because I knew she would anyway. When she was taken again it wasn’t one of us that took care of her…she didn’t let anyone in. I wish I would’ve done the right thing for her. I love my daughter.” JJ nodded and stepped down walking toward the casket. She smiled down at Sara and brushed the hair behind her ear. “My love.” JJ sobbed and walked back over to Emily and Jordan who were also crying. Will and Anderson sat in the back watching the scene.
“What if people did the right thing? What if your best friend, or brother said they were going to blow their brains out when you left? What would you do?” Anderson said sadly next to Will walking back out of the church.
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That’s it, if you hate it tell me, if you love it tell me. I had a good time writing this…ok actually I got it all out except the first page of the first chapter all in the same day and just kept editing to make it flow better (still doesn’t flow well in my mind at least) but let me know what you think! Thanks for sticking with this..