Listen To Your Heart (11/11)
Sorry I didn't post an update yesterday. Had to work late and was pretty much comatose by the time I got home...
Anyway... Final chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 11
When they landed, they went straight back to Quantico. They did what they could to help Reid. Emily was just finishing a phone call when JJ walked up to her, bringing Jordan Todd with her.
“Emily, you remember Agent Todd?” JJ asked
“Oh, yeah, hi. Welcome back.”
“Thanks. I’ll be shadowing JJ for the next couple of weeks,” Agent Todd answered.
“Big shoes to fill,” Emily warned her playfully.
“Well, big ankles at least,” JJ said, half joking and half serious. She knew she shouldn’t, but like most pregnant women, she felt a bit self-conscious about how her body had changed.
“Oh, come on, you look great,” Jordan tried to reassure her.
“Yeah, that’s what I keep telling her,” Emily said. She looked at JJ, hoping she could finally convey the message.
“Do you have kids too, or…” Jordan asked Emily.
“Uh, no. I don’t even think there are any viable donors left,” she joked.
“Tell me about it,” Jordan laughed.
“Donor for what?” Hotch suddenly asked, not even looking up from his file.
JJ quickly changed the subject by re-introducing Jordan to Hotch, and after that, they went back to work.
A couple of hours later Emily and Hotch were having a break, when suddenly Garcia came bursting through the doors with an arm around JJ for support.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, but I believe young JJ is going into labor,” she announced in a typical Garcia fashion.
Emily immediately rushed over to JJ’s side, also supporting her.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“I”ll get the car,” Hotch said, calm as ever.
That was the moment it all started to sink in with JJ, that this was really happening now.
“I need to call my parents;” she said, starting to panic. She was having her baby, and her parents weren’t even in the same state.
“From the car, honey, just breathe and walk,” Garcia said, trying to calm her. “Breathe and walk.”
“Agent Todd, I hope you’re ready, because your job starts right now,” Emily said to Jordan, who looked a bit lost as she was standing alone in the bullpen.
Emily, Garcia and Hotch were waiting with JJ in her room until she was ready to give birth. JJ was trying to breathe through her contractions, and both Emily and Garcia were wincing with her as each new contraction hit the blonde. They had both given up their hands for JJ to squeeze, and she was squeezing with all that she had.
When a nurse came to bring JJ to the delivery room and asked if the father of the child would be joining them, Emily stood up.
“He won’t, but I will.”
They hadn’t discussed it, the actual birth, but there was no way she would let JJ go through that alone, unless she explicitly asked to be left alone. But JJ looked grateful, so Emily accompanied her to the delivery room. Neither Hotch nor Garcia looked surprised at this; it just made sense.
The delivery was tough, long and painful, but all that was soon forgotten when a beautiful baby boy was placed on JJ’s chest.
When the doctor asked for his name, JJ looked at Emily as she answered.
“Henry Prentiss Jareau,” she said.
Emily was shocked.
“Re…Really?”
“Really,” JJ smiled.
Emily was touched beyond words, and she wasn’t even ashamed of the tears that escaped her eyes. She went to update Hotch and Garcia in the waiting room while JJ and Henry were brought back to her hospital room.
“It’s a boy!” she exclaimed with a beaming smile. “He’s so beautiful. JJ asked me not to tell you his name yet, she wants to tell you herself. I’m going back now, and I think you can come visit in a little while.”
And she left again. Garcia and Hotch looked at each other. Garcia was smiling like an idiot, and even Hotch was sporting a rare smile. They sat back in their seats, waiting until they could go visit the newest member of their family.
Back in JJ’s room, Emily was still shocked about the boy’s name. She looked at JJ, who was lovingly holding little Henry.
“He’s so beautiful, JJ,” she said, looking lovingly at the boy.
“You really want to name him after me?”
“Yes, I really do,” JJ answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“You’ve done so much for me these past months, I couldn’t have done this without you. I want you to be a part of his life, and mine. I want there to be an ‘us’, but I know I can’t ask that from you, it wouldn’t be fair. You didn’t sign up for a baby, and I can’t expect you to raise my son with me. So if I can’t have you in person, you’ll still be with me, with us, through his name,” JJ explained sadly.
Emily was listening to JJ with increasing unbelief. She had expected that JJ would dump her, now that she also had her baby to look after. But here she was, saying that she actually wanted her to be a part of her life, but also giving her an easy way out. It was a lot to take in, but it really wasn’t a difficult decision.
“I want this too, JJ. I know it may be soon and a bit unusual, but I love you, and I already love this kid more that I thought was possible, and I want to do this with you. If you’ll have me.”
They looked at each other with so much love in their eyes, there wasn’t any doubt about how the future would play out. They were going to do this, together.
“Look at us,” Emily suddenly chuckled. “We are such a cliché!”
“What do you mean?” JJ asked confused.
“We’ve only been on one date, and we’re going to raise a kid together. It’s the ultimate U-Haul!” Emily exclaimed laughing.
JJ, seeing the humor in their situation, also started laughing. That was how Garcia and Hotch found the two women, when they were allowed to go into JJ’s room. Everyone was standing around the bed, and they had already fallen in love with the little boy.
“He looks just like Will,” Garcia said, unsure it was the right thing to say, but unable to keep it to herself.
“Let’s hope he grows out of that,” JJ responded instantly. She wanted the southern detective out of her life as much as possible.
“Just as long as he doesn’t inherit the accent,” Emily said, trying to keep the conversation light.
That was when Reid decided to come in.
“Is there room for one more in here?” he asked.
“Spence, hi,” JJ said, glad to see one of her best friends.
“Welcome back,” Hotch said.
“Wow. Congratulations,” Reid offered JJ.
“How is it that I just went through fifteen hours of labor, and you look worse than I do?” JJ asked him, a bit worried about her friend.
“Don’t be ridiculous; you look beautiful,” Reid answered smoothly.
JJ smiled and looked up to Emily. Emily sensed that JJ wanted a moment alone with Reid, so she tried to get everyone out of the room.
“Well, I could really use some coffee. Anyone else? My treat,” she offered.
Hotch and Garcia caught on, and they followed Emily outside.
“Are you okay?” JJ asked her friend when they were alone.
“Yeah, yeah, you?”
“Yeah, yeah, you sure? ‘Cause there’s something I wanted to ask you, but it can wait.”
“What is it?”
“I’ve been thinking, and ehm… I want you to be Henry’s godfather.”
Reid was surprised, to say the least. It was apparently a common occurrence: tell someone they’re going to be an important part in your child’s life, and they’re rendered speechless.
“I don’t even, I don’t know…” Reid managed to very eloquently say.
JJ just smiled and handed her son over for Reid to hold.
“Here you go,” she said.
“Hi, hello Henry,” Reid said in a cooing voice.
“Now if anything should happen to me, it’s up to you and Garcia to make sure this boy gets into Yale.”
She had told Garcia she wanted her to be the godmother a long time ago. She was her best friend, it was only natural that she wanted her to take care of her son, in case anything should happen to her and Emily. And Spencer was like a brother to her, so he to was a logical choice for the godfather.
All this meant that the most important people of her life, would also be important in her son’s life. Garcia as his godmother, Spence as his godfather, and most importantly, Emily as his second mother. How it was supposed to be. Life couldn’t get any better.Chapter 11
When they landed, they went straight back to Quantico. They did what they could to help Reid. Emily was just finishing a phone call when JJ walked up to her, bringing Jordan Todd with her.
“Emily, you remember Agent Todd?” JJ asked
“Oh, yeah, hi. Welcome back.”
“Thanks. I’ll be shadowing JJ for the next couple of weeks,” Agent Todd answered.
“Big shoes to fill,” Emily warned her playfully.
“Well, big ankles at least,” JJ said, half joking and half serious. She knew she shouldn’t, but like most pregnant women, she felt a bit self-conscious about how her body had changed.
“Oh, come on, you look great,” Jordan tried to reassure her.
“Yeah, that’s what I keep telling her,” Emily said. She looked at JJ, hoping she could finally convey the message.
“Do you have kids too, or…” Jordan asked Emily.
“Uh, no. I don’t even think there are any viable donors left,” she joked.
“Tell me about it,” Jordan laughed.
“Donor for what?” Hotch suddenly asked, not even looking up from his file.
JJ quickly changed the subject by re-introducing Jordan to Hotch, and after that, they went back to work.
A couple of hours later Emily and Hotch were having a break, when suddenly Garcia came bursting through the doors with an arm around JJ for support.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, but I believe young JJ is going into labor,” she announced in a typical Garcia fashion.
Emily immediately rushed over to JJ’s side, also supporting her.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“I”ll get the car,” Hotch said, calm as ever.
That was the moment it all started to sink in with JJ, that this was really happening now.
“I need to call my parents;” she said, starting to panic. She was having her baby, and her parents weren’t even in the same state.
“From the car, honey, just breathe and walk,” Garcia said, trying to calm her. “Breathe and walk.”
“Agent Todd, I hope you’re ready, because your job starts right now,” Emily said to Jordan, who looked a bit lost as she was standing alone in the bullpen.
Emily, Garcia and Hotch were waiting with JJ in her room until she was ready to give birth. JJ was trying to breathe through her contractions, and both Emily and Garcia were wincing with her as each new contraction hit the blonde. They had both given up their hands for JJ to squeeze, and she was squeezing with all that she had.
When a nurse came to bring JJ to the delivery room and asked if the father of the child would be joining them, Emily stood up.
“He won’t, but I will.”
They hadn’t discussed it, the actual birth, but there was no way she would let JJ go through that alone, unless she explicitly asked to be left alone. But JJ looked grateful, so Emily accompanied her to the delivery room. Neither Hotch nor Garcia looked surprised at this; it just made sense.
The delivery was tough, long and painful, but all that was soon forgotten when a beautiful baby boy was placed on JJ’s chest.
When the doctor asked for his name, JJ looked at Emily as she answered.
“Henry Prentiss Jareau,” she said.
Emily was shocked.
“Re…Really?”
“Really,” JJ smiled.
Emily was touched beyond words, and she wasn’t even ashamed of the tears that escaped her eyes. She went to update Hotch and Garcia in the waiting room while JJ and Henry were brought back to her hospital room.
“It’s a boy!” she exclaimed with a beaming smile. “He’s so beautiful. JJ asked me not to tell you his name yet, she wants to tell you herself. I’m going back now, and I think you can come visit in a little while.”
And she left again. Garcia and Hotch looked at each other. Garcia was smiling like an idiot, and even Hotch was sporting a rare smile. They sat back in their seats, waiting until they could go visit the newest member of their family.
Back in JJ’s room, Emily was still shocked about the boy’s name. She looked at JJ, who was lovingly holding little Henry.
“He’s so beautiful, JJ,” she said, looking lovingly at the boy.
“You really want to name him after me?”
“Yes, I really do,” JJ answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“You’ve done so much for me these past months, I couldn’t have done this without you. I want you to be a part of his life, and mine. I want there to be an ‘us’, but I know I can’t ask that from you, it wouldn’t be fair. You didn’t sign up for a baby, and I can’t expect you to raise my son with me. So if I can’t have you in person, you’ll still be with me, with us, through his name,” JJ explained sadly.
Emily was listening to JJ with increasing unbelief. She had expected that JJ would dump her, now that she also had her baby to look after. But here she was, saying that she actually wanted her to be a part of her life, but also giving her an easy way out. It was a lot to take in, but it really wasn’t a difficult decision.
“I want this too, JJ. I know it may be soon and a bit unusual, but I love you, and I already love this kid more that I thought was possible, and I want to do this with you. If you’ll have me.”
They looked at each other with so much love in their eyes, there wasn’t any doubt about how the future would play out. They were going to do this, together.
“Look at us,” Emily suddenly chuckled. “We are such a cliché!”
“What do you mean?” JJ asked confused.
“We’ve only been on one date, and we’re going to raise a kid together. It’s the ultimate U-Haul!” Emily exclaimed laughing.
JJ, seeing the humor in their situation, also started laughing. That was how Garcia and Hotch found the two women, when they were allowed to go into JJ’s room. Everyone was standing around the bed, and they had already fallen in love with the little boy.
“He looks just like Will,” Garcia said, unsure it was the right thing to say, but unable to keep it to herself.
“Let’s hope he grows out of that,” JJ responded instantly. She wanted the southern detective out of her life as much as possible.
“Just as long as he doesn’t inherit the accent,” Emily said, trying to keep the conversation light.
That was when Reid decided to come in.
“Is there room for one more in here?” he asked.
“Spence, hi,” JJ said, glad to see one of her best friends.
“Welcome back,” Hotch said.
“Wow. Congratulations,” Reid offered JJ.
“How is it that I just went through fifteen hours of labor, and you look worse than I do?” JJ asked him, a bit worried about her friend.
“Don’t be ridiculous; you look beautiful,” Reid answered smoothly.
JJ smiled and looked up to Emily. Emily sensed that JJ wanted a moment alone with Reid, so she tried to get everyone out of the room.
“Well, I could really use some coffee. Anyone else? My treat,” she offered.
Hotch and Garcia caught on, and they followed Emily outside.
“Are you okay?” JJ asked her friend when they were alone.
“Yeah, yeah, you?”
“Yeah, yeah, you sure? ‘Cause there’s something I wanted to ask you, but it can wait.”
“What is it?”
“I’ve been thinking, and ehm… I want you to be Henry’s godfather.”
Reid was surprised, to say the least. It was apparently a common occurrence: tell someone they’re going to be an important part in your child’s life, and they’re rendered speechless.
“I don’t even, I don’t know…” Reid managed to very eloquently say.
JJ just smiled and handed her son over for Reid to hold.
“Here you go,” she said.
“Hi, hello Henry,” Reid said in a cooing voice.
“Now if anything should happen to me, it’s up to you and Garcia to make sure this boy gets into Yale.”
She had told Garcia she wanted her to be the godmother a long time ago. She was her best friend, it was only natural that she wanted her to take care of her son, in case anything should happen to her and Emily. And Spencer was like a brother to her, so he to was a logical choice for the godfather.
All this meant that the most important people of her life, would also be important in her son’s life. Garcia as his godmother, Spence as his godfather, and most importantly, Emily as his second mother. How it was supposed to be. Life couldn’t get any better.
Hope you all liked it. And now I have the same question for you as in the previous chapter:
- Would you be interested in a sequel?
- If yes, are there things you would like to see in it? (A moment in their lives, what happens to them during a case, a JJ/Emily take on one of the episodes, ...)
Comment, e-mail, PM me or whatever, and let me know!
Anyway... Final chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 11
When they landed, they went straight back to Quantico. They did what they could to help Reid. Emily was just finishing a phone call when JJ walked up to her, bringing Jordan Todd with her.
“Emily, you remember Agent Todd?” JJ asked
“Oh, yeah, hi. Welcome back.”
“Thanks. I’ll be shadowing JJ for the next couple of weeks,” Agent Todd answered.
“Big shoes to fill,” Emily warned her playfully.
“Well, big ankles at least,” JJ said, half joking and half serious. She knew she shouldn’t, but like most pregnant women, she felt a bit self-conscious about how her body had changed.
“Oh, come on, you look great,” Jordan tried to reassure her.
“Yeah, that’s what I keep telling her,” Emily said. She looked at JJ, hoping she could finally convey the message.
“Do you have kids too, or…” Jordan asked Emily.
“Uh, no. I don’t even think there are any viable donors left,” she joked.
“Tell me about it,” Jordan laughed.
“Donor for what?” Hotch suddenly asked, not even looking up from his file.
JJ quickly changed the subject by re-introducing Jordan to Hotch, and after that, they went back to work.
A couple of hours later Emily and Hotch were having a break, when suddenly Garcia came bursting through the doors with an arm around JJ for support.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, but I believe young JJ is going into labor,” she announced in a typical Garcia fashion.
Emily immediately rushed over to JJ’s side, also supporting her.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“I”ll get the car,” Hotch said, calm as ever.
That was the moment it all started to sink in with JJ, that this was really happening now.
“I need to call my parents;” she said, starting to panic. She was having her baby, and her parents weren’t even in the same state.
“From the car, honey, just breathe and walk,” Garcia said, trying to calm her. “Breathe and walk.”
“Agent Todd, I hope you’re ready, because your job starts right now,” Emily said to Jordan, who looked a bit lost as she was standing alone in the bullpen.
Emily, Garcia and Hotch were waiting with JJ in her room until she was ready to give birth. JJ was trying to breathe through her contractions, and both Emily and Garcia were wincing with her as each new contraction hit the blonde. They had both given up their hands for JJ to squeeze, and she was squeezing with all that she had.
When a nurse came to bring JJ to the delivery room and asked if the father of the child would be joining them, Emily stood up.
“He won’t, but I will.”
They hadn’t discussed it, the actual birth, but there was no way she would let JJ go through that alone, unless she explicitly asked to be left alone. But JJ looked grateful, so Emily accompanied her to the delivery room. Neither Hotch nor Garcia looked surprised at this; it just made sense.
The delivery was tough, long and painful, but all that was soon forgotten when a beautiful baby boy was placed on JJ’s chest.
When the doctor asked for his name, JJ looked at Emily as she answered.
“Henry Prentiss Jareau,” she said.
Emily was shocked.
“Re…Really?”
“Really,” JJ smiled.
Emily was touched beyond words, and she wasn’t even ashamed of the tears that escaped her eyes. She went to update Hotch and Garcia in the waiting room while JJ and Henry were brought back to her hospital room.
“It’s a boy!” she exclaimed with a beaming smile. “He’s so beautiful. JJ asked me not to tell you his name yet, she wants to tell you herself. I’m going back now, and I think you can come visit in a little while.”
And she left again. Garcia and Hotch looked at each other. Garcia was smiling like an idiot, and even Hotch was sporting a rare smile. They sat back in their seats, waiting until they could go visit the newest member of their family.
Back in JJ’s room, Emily was still shocked about the boy’s name. She looked at JJ, who was lovingly holding little Henry.
“He’s so beautiful, JJ,” she said, looking lovingly at the boy.
“You really want to name him after me?”
“Yes, I really do,” JJ answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“You’ve done so much for me these past months, I couldn’t have done this without you. I want you to be a part of his life, and mine. I want there to be an ‘us’, but I know I can’t ask that from you, it wouldn’t be fair. You didn’t sign up for a baby, and I can’t expect you to raise my son with me. So if I can’t have you in person, you’ll still be with me, with us, through his name,” JJ explained sadly.
Emily was listening to JJ with increasing unbelief. She had expected that JJ would dump her, now that she also had her baby to look after. But here she was, saying that she actually wanted her to be a part of her life, but also giving her an easy way out. It was a lot to take in, but it really wasn’t a difficult decision.
“I want this too, JJ. I know it may be soon and a bit unusual, but I love you, and I already love this kid more that I thought was possible, and I want to do this with you. If you’ll have me.”
They looked at each other with so much love in their eyes, there wasn’t any doubt about how the future would play out. They were going to do this, together.
“Look at us,” Emily suddenly chuckled. “We are such a cliché!”
“What do you mean?” JJ asked confused.
“We’ve only been on one date, and we’re going to raise a kid together. It’s the ultimate U-Haul!” Emily exclaimed laughing.
JJ, seeing the humor in their situation, also started laughing. That was how Garcia and Hotch found the two women, when they were allowed to go into JJ’s room. Everyone was standing around the bed, and they had already fallen in love with the little boy.
“He looks just like Will,” Garcia said, unsure it was the right thing to say, but unable to keep it to herself.
“Let’s hope he grows out of that,” JJ responded instantly. She wanted the southern detective out of her life as much as possible.
“Just as long as he doesn’t inherit the accent,” Emily said, trying to keep the conversation light.
That was when Reid decided to come in.
“Is there room for one more in here?” he asked.
“Spence, hi,” JJ said, glad to see one of her best friends.
“Welcome back,” Hotch said.
“Wow. Congratulations,” Reid offered JJ.
“How is it that I just went through fifteen hours of labor, and you look worse than I do?” JJ asked him, a bit worried about her friend.
“Don’t be ridiculous; you look beautiful,” Reid answered smoothly.
JJ smiled and looked up to Emily. Emily sensed that JJ wanted a moment alone with Reid, so she tried to get everyone out of the room.
“Well, I could really use some coffee. Anyone else? My treat,” she offered.
Hotch and Garcia caught on, and they followed Emily outside.
“Are you okay?” JJ asked her friend when they were alone.
“Yeah, yeah, you?”
“Yeah, yeah, you sure? ‘Cause there’s something I wanted to ask you, but it can wait.”
“What is it?”
“I’ve been thinking, and ehm… I want you to be Henry’s godfather.”
Reid was surprised, to say the least. It was apparently a common occurrence: tell someone they’re going to be an important part in your child’s life, and they’re rendered speechless.
“I don’t even, I don’t know…” Reid managed to very eloquently say.
JJ just smiled and handed her son over for Reid to hold.
“Here you go,” she said.
“Hi, hello Henry,” Reid said in a cooing voice.
“Now if anything should happen to me, it’s up to you and Garcia to make sure this boy gets into Yale.”
She had told Garcia she wanted her to be the godmother a long time ago. She was her best friend, it was only natural that she wanted her to take care of her son, in case anything should happen to her and Emily. And Spencer was like a brother to her, so he to was a logical choice for the godfather.
All this meant that the most important people of her life, would also be important in her son’s life. Garcia as his godmother, Spence as his godfather, and most importantly, Emily as his second mother. How it was supposed to be. Life couldn’t get any better.Chapter 11
When they landed, they went straight back to Quantico. They did what they could to help Reid. Emily was just finishing a phone call when JJ walked up to her, bringing Jordan Todd with her.
“Emily, you remember Agent Todd?” JJ asked
“Oh, yeah, hi. Welcome back.”
“Thanks. I’ll be shadowing JJ for the next couple of weeks,” Agent Todd answered.
“Big shoes to fill,” Emily warned her playfully.
“Well, big ankles at least,” JJ said, half joking and half serious. She knew she shouldn’t, but like most pregnant women, she felt a bit self-conscious about how her body had changed.
“Oh, come on, you look great,” Jordan tried to reassure her.
“Yeah, that’s what I keep telling her,” Emily said. She looked at JJ, hoping she could finally convey the message.
“Do you have kids too, or…” Jordan asked Emily.
“Uh, no. I don’t even think there are any viable donors left,” she joked.
“Tell me about it,” Jordan laughed.
“Donor for what?” Hotch suddenly asked, not even looking up from his file.
JJ quickly changed the subject by re-introducing Jordan to Hotch, and after that, they went back to work.
A couple of hours later Emily and Hotch were having a break, when suddenly Garcia came bursting through the doors with an arm around JJ for support.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m not a doctor, I don’t even play one on TV, but I believe young JJ is going into labor,” she announced in a typical Garcia fashion.
Emily immediately rushed over to JJ’s side, also supporting her.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“I”ll get the car,” Hotch said, calm as ever.
That was the moment it all started to sink in with JJ, that this was really happening now.
“I need to call my parents;” she said, starting to panic. She was having her baby, and her parents weren’t even in the same state.
“From the car, honey, just breathe and walk,” Garcia said, trying to calm her. “Breathe and walk.”
“Agent Todd, I hope you’re ready, because your job starts right now,” Emily said to Jordan, who looked a bit lost as she was standing alone in the bullpen.
Emily, Garcia and Hotch were waiting with JJ in her room until she was ready to give birth. JJ was trying to breathe through her contractions, and both Emily and Garcia were wincing with her as each new contraction hit the blonde. They had both given up their hands for JJ to squeeze, and she was squeezing with all that she had.
When a nurse came to bring JJ to the delivery room and asked if the father of the child would be joining them, Emily stood up.
“He won’t, but I will.”
They hadn’t discussed it, the actual birth, but there was no way she would let JJ go through that alone, unless she explicitly asked to be left alone. But JJ looked grateful, so Emily accompanied her to the delivery room. Neither Hotch nor Garcia looked surprised at this; it just made sense.
The delivery was tough, long and painful, but all that was soon forgotten when a beautiful baby boy was placed on JJ’s chest.
When the doctor asked for his name, JJ looked at Emily as she answered.
“Henry Prentiss Jareau,” she said.
Emily was shocked.
“Re…Really?”
“Really,” JJ smiled.
Emily was touched beyond words, and she wasn’t even ashamed of the tears that escaped her eyes. She went to update Hotch and Garcia in the waiting room while JJ and Henry were brought back to her hospital room.
“It’s a boy!” she exclaimed with a beaming smile. “He’s so beautiful. JJ asked me not to tell you his name yet, she wants to tell you herself. I’m going back now, and I think you can come visit in a little while.”
And she left again. Garcia and Hotch looked at each other. Garcia was smiling like an idiot, and even Hotch was sporting a rare smile. They sat back in their seats, waiting until they could go visit the newest member of their family.
Back in JJ’s room, Emily was still shocked about the boy’s name. She looked at JJ, who was lovingly holding little Henry.
“He’s so beautiful, JJ,” she said, looking lovingly at the boy.
“You really want to name him after me?”
“Yes, I really do,” JJ answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“You’ve done so much for me these past months, I couldn’t have done this without you. I want you to be a part of his life, and mine. I want there to be an ‘us’, but I know I can’t ask that from you, it wouldn’t be fair. You didn’t sign up for a baby, and I can’t expect you to raise my son with me. So if I can’t have you in person, you’ll still be with me, with us, through his name,” JJ explained sadly.
Emily was listening to JJ with increasing unbelief. She had expected that JJ would dump her, now that she also had her baby to look after. But here she was, saying that she actually wanted her to be a part of her life, but also giving her an easy way out. It was a lot to take in, but it really wasn’t a difficult decision.
“I want this too, JJ. I know it may be soon and a bit unusual, but I love you, and I already love this kid more that I thought was possible, and I want to do this with you. If you’ll have me.”
They looked at each other with so much love in their eyes, there wasn’t any doubt about how the future would play out. They were going to do this, together.
“Look at us,” Emily suddenly chuckled. “We are such a cliché!”
“What do you mean?” JJ asked confused.
“We’ve only been on one date, and we’re going to raise a kid together. It’s the ultimate U-Haul!” Emily exclaimed laughing.
JJ, seeing the humor in their situation, also started laughing. That was how Garcia and Hotch found the two women, when they were allowed to go into JJ’s room. Everyone was standing around the bed, and they had already fallen in love with the little boy.
“He looks just like Will,” Garcia said, unsure it was the right thing to say, but unable to keep it to herself.
“Let’s hope he grows out of that,” JJ responded instantly. She wanted the southern detective out of her life as much as possible.
“Just as long as he doesn’t inherit the accent,” Emily said, trying to keep the conversation light.
That was when Reid decided to come in.
“Is there room for one more in here?” he asked.
“Spence, hi,” JJ said, glad to see one of her best friends.
“Welcome back,” Hotch said.
“Wow. Congratulations,” Reid offered JJ.
“How is it that I just went through fifteen hours of labor, and you look worse than I do?” JJ asked him, a bit worried about her friend.
“Don’t be ridiculous; you look beautiful,” Reid answered smoothly.
JJ smiled and looked up to Emily. Emily sensed that JJ wanted a moment alone with Reid, so she tried to get everyone out of the room.
“Well, I could really use some coffee. Anyone else? My treat,” she offered.
Hotch and Garcia caught on, and they followed Emily outside.
“Are you okay?” JJ asked her friend when they were alone.
“Yeah, yeah, you?”
“Yeah, yeah, you sure? ‘Cause there’s something I wanted to ask you, but it can wait.”
“What is it?”
“I’ve been thinking, and ehm… I want you to be Henry’s godfather.”
Reid was surprised, to say the least. It was apparently a common occurrence: tell someone they’re going to be an important part in your child’s life, and they’re rendered speechless.
“I don’t even, I don’t know…” Reid managed to very eloquently say.
JJ just smiled and handed her son over for Reid to hold.
“Here you go,” she said.
“Hi, hello Henry,” Reid said in a cooing voice.
“Now if anything should happen to me, it’s up to you and Garcia to make sure this boy gets into Yale.”
She had told Garcia she wanted her to be the godmother a long time ago. She was her best friend, it was only natural that she wanted her to take care of her son, in case anything should happen to her and Emily. And Spencer was like a brother to her, so he to was a logical choice for the godfather.
All this meant that the most important people of her life, would also be important in her son’s life. Garcia as his godmother, Spence as his godfather, and most importantly, Emily as his second mother. How it was supposed to be. Life couldn’t get any better.
Hope you all liked it. And now I have the same question for you as in the previous chapter:
- Would you be interested in a sequel?
- If yes, are there things you would like to see in it? (A moment in their lives, what happens to them during a case, a JJ/Emily take on one of the episodes, ...)
Comment, e-mail, PM me or whatever, and let me know!