Friends! I'm BACK!
To all of you have been reading my Rizzoli and Isles story, thank you. To those of you who have been waiting for my return here THANK YOU! With Emily's return to the show I have found that I really wanted to return to this story.
So I've decided to start this story almost a full year after the end of my last story. I will do my best to update as much as possible, but I would like to continue with my Rizzoli and Isles stories as well, so updates may not be as frequent as usual. I promise to do my best!
Really hope you'll enjoy this! -J
Chapter 1
"I don't think I've ever been so tired in my life," Emily groaned as she pulled the car into their driveway early on a Sunday morning, the sun having not yet risen. "I don't even know if I can make it inside."
"Yeah well back to back cases will do that to you," JJ nodded with a yawn. "I don't ever want to go to Florida again," she laughed lightly, rubbing her eyes tiredly. "You coming inside with me or you sleeping out here?"
"I haven't decided yet," Emily replied with a yawn of her own.
"Well if you come inside you can see Alex and Henry," JJ said, gathering her things, ready to head inside. "But by all means stay and sleep here if you like."
Needing no other reason to get out of the car, Emily grabbed her own things and followed JJ into the house, the couple smiling as Sergio eventually slinked down the stairs as if to see who was coming in. "Hey Serg," Emily greeted quietly, bending down to pet the cat as soon as she reset the house alarm. "Have you been taking care of our girl while we were gone?" She smiled as the cat rubbed himself against her leg. "So what's the plan?" She asked, turning towards JJ. "Check in on Henry first then Lex?"
Nodding, the couple eventually headed upstairs making their way into Henry's room where the now one-year-old blonde lay fast asleep in his crib.
"He looks so peaceful," JJ whispered, running her hand over the little boys head. "He's getting so big."
"I swear he gets bigger every time we come home," Emily agreed with a smile. "It's going way too fast."
"I agree," JJ nodded, the pair simply standing and watching their son sleep for a few more minutes before she eventually reached out for Emily's hand. "Come on I don't want to wake him."
Still hand in hand the couple quietly left Henry's room before heading for Alex's, making their way inside to find the teen sprawled out across her bed, putting a smile on both women's faces. Unable to resist, Emily carefully sat on the edge of the teen's bed, immediately running her fingers through the younger girl's dark hair.
"M-Mommy?" Alex squinted her eyes open. "Mum?"
"Hi Sweetheart," Emily leaned over, placing a kiss on her daughter's forehead. "Sorry to wake you; we just missed you."
"I missed you too," Alex replied sleepily as she shuffled over so she could lie in the center of her bed, patting the spots on each side of her. "Stay here. Sleep," she mumbled, her eyes still closed. "Stay."
Chuckling softly, Emily got under the covers while JJ climbed onto Alex's other side, also getting into bed, neither caring that they were still wearing the clothes they had flown home in.
"Sweet dreams Baby," Emily kissed one side of Alex's head.
"We love you," JJ kissed the other side.
"Love…you…too," Alex replied before all three females allowed sleep to take them.
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Though they had only really gotten a couple hours of sleep, Emily and JJ were happy to be up enjoying breakfast with Henry and Alex that morning. Jessie, who had noticed that Emily and JJ had returned home, had made pancakes for breakfast, handing Henry off to JJ as soon as the couple had made their way downstairs.
"Welcome home," the redhead greeted with a smile. "Coffee's fresh and pancakes will be ready in a few. Take a seat," the nanny instructed.
"Have we mentioned lately that we love you?" JJ practically moaned as she took a sip of coffee, holding Henry in her other arm. "Because we do. Seriously."
"Well the feeling's mutual," Jessie smiled, returning to the stove as Emily and JJ made their way to the dining room table.
"Is Lex coming down?" Emily asked.
"She was just sending Spencer a text when we came down. She should be here soon," JJ answered handing a wiggling Henry over to Emily. "Did you miss your Mommy Henry? Hmm? I know she missed you."
"I sure did," Emily smiled, kissing the little blonde all over his face, eliciting adorable giggles from the toddler. "I missed you so much."
"Ma!" Henry, who hadn't yet mastered Mommy, exclaimed while placing a hand on Emily's cheek. "Al!" He then shouted, turning towards the stairs where his sister was coming down.
"Hey Monkey," Alex smiled greeting her little brother with a kiss before taking a seat next to JJ.
"Al, Al," Henry chanted, holding out his arms for the teen, who looked slightly guilty when Emily put him on the ground and the small blonde toddled towards her.
"And it looks like we will always come second place to his big sister," Emily sighed, leaning back in her chair as Jessie brought over a plate of pancakes. "Thank you Jessie."
"Sorry Mom," Alex apologized as she lifted Henry up onto her lap. "But Henry and I are best buddies. You just can't mess with that."
"Yeah, yeah," Emily rolled her eyes, smiling as Alex fed her brother a small piece of pancake, loving how close the pair had become. "So what are your plans for the day kiddo?"
"Well since I didn't know you guys would be home today I was gonna go hang out with Spencer," Alex replied, feeling bad. "Sundays are basically the only days she doesn't have any sort of volunteering, but I could stay home," she was quick to suggest. "I mean I'll totally stay and hang with you guys."
"Don't be ridiculous," JJ immediately shook her head. "Go spend time with your girlfriend, we understand."
"Yeah but maybe you could bring Spencer over later for dinner?" Emily suggested, wanting to spend time with her daughter at some point that day.
"Okay sure," Alex nodded happily. "We were just gonna hang out at her house this afternoon but we'll come back here after. I should actually go up and get ready," she glanced at the time, standing up and kissing Henry's head before handing him over to JJ. "Thanks Moms!"
"No problem honey," Emily replied even though Alex was already halfway up the stairs. "Notice she didn't suggest Spencer coming over here for the day?" She said, turning to JJ.
"I think that our daughter would rather some alone time with her girlfriend," JJ replied with a smirk, not missing the rather horrified look on her wife's face. "They're 16 Em, they aren't going to want to hang out with us all the time," she said, passing Henry over to Emily. "But don't worry I'm willing to bet we can convince Henry to hang out with us today. Huh Buddy? What do you say you swim with your Mommies today? Sound good Mommy?"
"Sounds good," Emily smiled, kissing Henry's head. "Sounds really good."
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It wasn't that Alex didn't want to hang out with her Moms. For a teenager, Alex spent a rather abnormal amount of time hanging out with her parents. Even Alex's friends enjoyed spending their time at the Jareau-Prentiss household, having voted Emily and JJ the coolest parents of the group.
Alex knew that Spencer would have come over to her house if she asked her, but Alex knew they would never get a moment alone if they did, and Spencer's house had something that Alex's house lacked completely; privacy.
"Where are your parents again?" Alex asked, breathing heavily as she lay underneath Spencer who was also panting heavily.
"At the club for the day with Melissa and Wren," Spencer replied before once again joining their lips together.
"Well thank goodness for that," Alex grinned between kisses, the young couple engaged in a rather intense make-out session. "God Spence."
"Hmm," Spencer couldn't help but grin against her girlfriend's lips, placing a leg between Alex's as she began to sneak a hand up the shorter brunette's shirt.
It wasn't until Alex felt her girlfriend's fingers on her ribs that she suddenly stiffened. "Wait," she pulled away, still breathing heavily as Spencer rolled off of her and onto the bed, both staring at the ceiling as they tried to catch their breath. "I'm sorry," Alex sighed, running her hand through her hair. "We should probably stop. I'm…I'm sorry."
"Don't be," Spencer shook her head, rolling on to her side. "I pushed too far. I'm sorry. I just got carried away."
"We both did," Alex also turned so she was facing her girlfriend. "It's kind of hard not to," she added with a small smile as Spencer leaned in and gave her a chaste kiss. "God I still want you so bad," she sighed, leaning her forehead against Spencer's. "It has been a year. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't know why I keep doing this."
"Alex if you're not ready it's okay," Spencer was quick to assure her. "We agreed we would wait until we were both ready. Stop beating yourself up; we can wait."
"But you're ready," Alex said, leaning back so she could see the other brunette properly. "You are. Aren't you?"
"I'm ready when you're ready," Spencer replied tucking Alex's hair behind her ear. "I don't want to do anything you don't want to do. I love you Lex. No matter what."
Seeing that Alex looked both guilty and slightly embarrassed, Spencer kissed her girlfriend's forehead before placing kisses on her nose and cheeks, eventually joining their lips together, allowing Alex to dictate the pace.
"How about we just spend the afternoon wrapped up like this," Spencer suggested when they pulled apart, wrapping her arms around Alex's waist. "Then we'll go over and hang out with your Moms."
"Okay," Alex nodded, relaxing in her girlfriend's embrace. "But only under one condition," she then added, looking up into brown eyes.
"What's that?" Spencer raised an eyebrow.
"You kiss me some more," Alex grinned as she pulled Spencer closer.
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It was later that afternoon, after Henry and his Mothers had enjoyed a nap that Emily and JJ had brought the little blonde out to the backyard, ready for a dip in the pool. Emily, whose favourite summertime activity was swimming with Henry, was quick to put the one year old in his floatie before getting them both in the water.
"You know our anniversary is coming up," JJ said as she sat at the edge of the pool, putting her feet in.
"I heard that rumor," Emily nodded, her attention on pulling Henry around the pool, looking up for a moment to see her wife's face. "You just checking to see if I know the date? Because I know our anniversary is in a couple weeks."
"I know that," JJ sighed, rolling her eyes. "I'm only bringing it up because I've been thinking about how we could celebrate the milestone."
"Oh yeah?" Emily raised an eyebrow. "And what, may I ask have you been thinking about?"
"Well Henry's over a year now," JJ began, falling suddenly nervous, something, which Emily picked up on right away. "And well…when we got married we agreed we would wait to start talking about having more kids but…I mean…well I just thought that maybe we could start…discussing it."
"Wait. What?" Emily spun so she was facing JJ, Henry floating happily between them. "Really?"
"Well…it could be a long process," JJ replied carefully. "So I just thought that we should start talking about it…making decisions. But…is that not…do you not want to?" She asked, her eyes filled with worry and fear.
"What? Yes! Yes of course I do!" Emily quickly assured the blonde, pushing Henry towards his other Mother so she could place a hand on her knee. "Of course I want that. I want that more than anything; you just surprised me that's all. I wasn't…I really wasn't expecting that," she grinned, standing on her tip toes to give JJ a kiss before turning her attention to Henry who was giggling as he splashed happily. "I would love to have another baby with you," she smiled. "Another little you running around sounds wonderful."
"Really? Because I was thinking more along the lines of another little you running around," JJ replied, running her fingers through her wife's hair, not at all surprised by the shocked look on the brunette's face. "We'll talk about it?"
"We'll talk about it," Emily nodded still looking rather stunned.
"What will we talk about?" Alex interrupted the moment, coming into the backyard with Spencer, the young couple walking hand in hand.
"Hey you're back early," Emily greeted with a big smile, though she squeezed JJ's leg as if to assure her that they would indeed continue the conversation later.
"Yeah well we thought we'd come hang out," Alex shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal, though she knew that it was to both her Mothers.
"Well I like the sound of that," JJ smiled. "Go get your suits on and get in here girlies, we've missed you."
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"Thanks again for having me for dinner," Spencer leaned back against her chair, turning towards Emily and JJ. "It was great."
"You're welcome honey," JJ, who had made the group hamburgers, replied. "You're welcome anytime."
"We're always happy to have you here," Emily added with a smile. "We miss you when we're away just as much as we miss Alex and Henry."
"Probably more," Alex rolled her eyes. "You're definitely Mom's favourite child."
"Yes well Spencer appreciates my taste in movies and board games," Emily stuck her tongue out at her daughter. "Maybe if you were nicer to me I'd miss you more."
"I don't care what you say I will not watch sci-fi movies with you," Alex shook her head while absentmindedly reaching for Spencer's hand.
"I'm with Lex," JJ agreed, smiling at the small display of affection between the younger couple as she lifted Henry out of his highchair. "I will not get on board with that, and there is no way I am letting you corrupt Henry so I guess it's a good thing you have Spencer."
"Don't worry Emily I'll watch movies with you anytime," Spencer told the older brunette ignoring Alex who coughed 'suck up' into her hand. "Actually I've got a new one you and Reid would probably really like. We should watch it."
"Oh God if they're doing that we're going out Mum," Alex turned towards JJ. "There's no way I'm staying home while they have a nerd fest," she said, laughing as Spencer poked her in the ribs.
"You know what I think that sounds like a good plan," Emily replied as she glared at her daughter. "You and Mum can go out and watch one of your girly movies or do whatever it is that you two like to do. Me and Spencer will have plenty of fun without you."
"Yes we will," Spencer nodded firmly, holding up a hand for Emily to give her a high five as Alex snorted in an attempt to hold in a laugh, earning a glare from her girlfriend and Mother.
"Well then I guess we will just have to make this happen," JJ grinned, shaking her head at all three of the other females. "Maybe next weekend? But the only way that's going to happen is if Garcia babysits, because there's no way I'm leaving Henry with you for that."
"Oh please Jennifer," Emily scoffed. "Don't overestimate your best friend. Garcia will totally be joining us."