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"Hi, honey." JJ smiles as she hears her husband's voice on the other line.
"Hey, you. What's up?" JJ puts down the folder of papers and leans back in her office chair.
"Ahh, listen, I might take a while longer here at the office here today, you think you'd be able to pick up Henry from daycare in a few hours?" he asks, and JJ can hear the clear frustration in his voice.
"Of course, you know what, I can probably get out of here soon and just do most of my work at home" she replies shuffling papers and Will can hear the sudden excitement in her voice. He knows his wife loves her job but when it came to being able to spend time with her son, she will always put that on the top of her list.
"That'd be great, baby. Thanks."
The two exchange their goodbyes and hangs up the phone. JJ puts whatever she needs into her bag and walks over to Hotch's office.
"JJ." Hotch looks up from his desk and notices JJ standing at the doorway.
"Hey, I'm gunna head out early. Will's at the office all day so…" JJ begins and Hotch nods his head.
"Of course. I haven't heard of any new cases from Garcia so we're in the clear." he says.
JJ flashes him a smile, "Thanks Hotch. I'll see you tomorrow."
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"Mommy!"
JJ flashes her son a smile as she sees him running towards her. She picks him up into her arms and places a soft kiss on his cheek, " It's you and me today handsome." she says cheerfully, "What should we do?"
The little boy wraps his arms around JJ's neck, "I want a picnic!" he says with a smile.
JJ lets out a small laugh and looks at her watch, "Lunch at the park it is." she says.
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JJ sets the blanket on the grass and begins to take out food from a cooler as Henry plays with a toy car.
"I wanna play hide and seek, Mama." he says, pushing his car along the side of the blanket.
"Once we're done eating okay?" JJ replies as she sets the food down. She hears her phone ringing in her purse and decides not to answer it. Not working right now, she mutters to herself handing Henry a juice box.
JJ smiles to herself, listening to her son talking about what happened in day care today; his new friend Tyler and how he shared his snacks with his friend Madison. It wasn't always easy juggling work and making sure she's still able to spend quality time with her little boy, but she makes it work; being Henry's Mom trumps being Agent Jareau any day.
She hears her phone ringing again and finally JJ picks up with a small sigh. "Agent Jareau….No I haven't gotten the chance yet but I'll take a look at the files when I get back to work tomorrow morning…No I'm not at the office right now…"
All she wants is to spend the rest of the day with Henry and decides that once she is off the call that she would be turning off the phone immediately, "Well, you can e-mail it to me and I'll take a look at it as soon as I can—"
JJ looks through her purse to pull out her PDA, listening to the other agent on the line and trying to listen to Henry in her other ear.
"Yes, I'll get back to you once I look it over…Thanks." she hangs up the phone, looks up and notices Henry is no longer in front of her.
All of a sudden, JJ feels her stomach drop, "Henry!" she calls out, standing up and looking to the nearby jungle gym trying to notice the faces of the other children.
Panic kicks in and JJ begins to call out Henry's name louder and louder feeling like time has stopped.
Suddenly, JJ feels a pair of arms around her legs, "Mommy!" she looks down and sees Henry looking up at her with a smile on his face.
"Henry!" she leans down to his level and holds him by his shoulders, "Where did you go!" she says loudly, making her son flinch.
Henry's smile fades, "I win, we were playing hide and seek." he says quietly.
JJ can feel tears brimming her eyes, and she pulls him into a tight embrace, "No hide and seek for a while okay?" she says softly.
Henry pulls away gently and nods, "Why are you sad, Mommy?" he asks, putting his small hand on JJ's cheek.
JJ closes her eyes for a second and shakes her head. "You scared Mommy, sweetie." Henry looks at her, scrunching his face in confusion, "Let's finish eating okay?" JJ asks, letting out a breath she didn't even know she was holding.
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"Sweet heart?"
JJ hears Will call out from the foyer. "In here," she calls back as she puts down the folder on the dining room table.
She feels his arms around her shoulders and she closes her eyes, breathing in his scent.
"Where's the little man?" he asks, placing a soft kiss on her blonde hair.
"Napping." she says softly, shuffling the papers in front of her.
Will immediately senses something isn't right and sits on the chair next to her, "Something wrong, Cher?" he asks.
JJ lets out a sigh and turns to her husband, "We went to the park today," she begins, running a hand through her hair, "My phone rang and I answered it…I was on the call for less than two minutes…" she says softly, "I looked away two seconds and all of a sudden he was gone."
Will blinks and then realizes what exactly is going on, "He said we were playing hide and seek." JJ continues, "And there I was thinking someone had taken him."
Will pulls her into his embrace and lets out a small sigh, "Oh, JJ."
JJ rests her head on his chest for a minute and then pulls away, "I've dealt with mothers who have lost their children so many times before and I thought I actually knew what they were feeling." she says quietly, "I lose my son for two minutes and I've never been more scared in my entire life."
Will nods and entwines his fingers with hers, "You didn't lose him." he says softly.
"But what if I did?" JJ asks, her blue eyes swimming in near tears. Will shakes his head but holds his silence, "I just feel like when I'm at work, I'm thinking about Henry and when I'm with Henry I can't stop thinking about work. I just know I'm doing both only half way and—
"Daddy's home."
Will and JJ turn and sees Henry standing by the stairs rubbing his eyes. The little boy walks over to them and JJ puts him into her lap.
Will runs his hand in the little boy's hair and smiles, looking for JJ to continue.
JJ lets out a sigh and holds Henry just a bit tighter in her arms, "I don't want to be doing this half way." she says softly.
Will stands up and kisses his wife's blonde hair and then Henry. "Whatever you decide, JJ, you know we'll be right behind you." he says softly in her ear.
JJ gives him a small smile and nods, wondering how she's supposed to make a decision.