Once everything was unpacked and everyone had a room it seemed everyone went their separate ways, Izzy and Jaden had gotten into the water as fast as they could while JJ and Emily relaxed on the deck with JJ's parents. Mark and the team went into the town to find the hotel. Tara and found her way outside with a book and was sitting in the sun reading very happy.
x-x-x
Izzy walked in the door her hair pulled back was soaking wet, she set the Jet Ski key down on the china cabinet.
"Izzy, where's Jaden?" JJ asked Izzy smiled and turned around to show Jaden clinging to her like a drowned monkey. JJ laughed and peeled him off her. Jaden turned in her arms and clung to her like his life depended on it.
"He wrapped his legs around me after a minute or two of being out there."
"What are you Jaden, a mini monkey?"
"Scared." He stuttered out.
"Aw don't be scared little man what's the worse that's going to happen?" Emily asked ruffling his hair.
"I…don't know. You never go out mommy, how would you know?" Jaden asked.
"Oh I've been out there plenty of times." Emily said giving JJ a pointed look.
"Oh god here she goes kids, another rant."
x-x-x
(About 14 Years ago)
Emily held on to the back handlebars of the Jet Ski that were one too small and two, in a very bad spot. She was scared, it's true she didn't like not being in control of what was happening, sure she trusted JJ with her life but this… being out in the middle of a lake with so many other boats around her was scary. Plus the Jet Ski being so old and notorious for breaking down, and being tipsy made it worse. JJ pulled the craft into the shore and hopped off.
"Ready for food?"
"You can eat after that?"
"Yeah, eat then right back out on the lake." JJ smiled and kissed Emily. "It's not that bad, any way if you want I can send you out by yourself later, it's a much better ride." Emily sighed and got off the Jet Ski letting JJ hook it to the dock so it wont float away. JJ poked Emily's stomach and took off running up the stairs to the house insuring a chase between herself and Emily. Emily quickly caught up and tackled JJ to the ground tickling her.
"If you kids ever want to eat I suggest you stop horsing around and come up." JJ's mom leaned over the deck railing smiling. Emily liked JJ's mother, she was very calm and funny and did great with Izzy.
"Be right there Mrs. Jareau." Emily said leaning down to kiss JJ, before helping her to her feet. She warped an arm around her waist as they walked up the stairs to the deck and in the house.
"I already fed Izzy and she's down for a nap." JJ's mother smiled.
"Thank you." Emily smiled, even at five Izzy liked to nap, especially when she'd been playing all day, which she had.
"There's all kind of food in the kitchen help yourselves." She left the house to go sit back out on the deck. JJ made her way over to the kitchen pulling out bread, and lunchmeat.
"Sandwiches ok?"
"Perfect." Emily smiled getting out chips and condiments. They made their lunch with only a little mess. Once finished eating they joined JJ's parents out on the deck smiling.
"Can I trust that you two cleaned up after yourselves?"
"Yes mom." JJ grinned.
"Good because god knows how much your mother hates cleaning." JJ's dad piped in. "Your brothers just arrived too Jen, you should go see them."
"I think I will." JJ smiled and took Emily's hand dragging her along to meet her brothers. When they turned the corner of the house to get to the front yard they were met with two huge guys running full force at them screaming.
"I'm going beat you!"
"No way! I always win!" The two ran down the hill to the stairs pushing each other as they went down to the lake, and jumped off the end of the dock simultaneously. Emily smiled and was shocked as JJ started after them.
"Jay wait!" Emily yelled and followed. They quickly joined the horseplay in the water.
"So Jennifer are you going to introduce us to your friend?" The larger blonde asked swimming over to Emily.
"Emily this is my brother Jonathan and that's Michael, guys this is Emily." JJ smiled and climbed on Jonathan's back.
"Well welcome to the home Emily." Michael said lifting Emily up setting her on the dock.
"Don't you dare Michael!" JJ yelled, pushing away from Jonathan who grabbed her arm.
"Aw come on Jay we always have to." Michael smiled at his sister then turned back to Emily. "So Emily, obviously you like our sister." Emily just nodded. "But you see we raised her kind of roughly, hence the whole tomboy FBI woman she is today." JJ huffed and kicked at Michael. "Are you…good enough is our question, can you handle our baby sister?"
"I'm older!" JJ yelled.
"Sure JJ, sure." Jonathan smiled.
"Hmm am I a good enough handler for you Jay?"
"One of the best." JJ smiled, Michael climbed up next to Emily picking her up and jumped into the water.
"Michael!" JJ pulled away from Jonathan and jumped on Michael's back when he surfaced beating on his back. "I can't believe you!"
"Hey!" Michael said laughing; he grabbed JJ and flipped her over his shoulders.
"Let her go Mikey." Emily said leaning against the dock.
"Oh I'm scared." Michael joked. Emily grinned and dunked him under water, as she did he let JJ go.
"Cheating!" Michael yelled when he surfaced again.
"Alls far in love and war!" JJ grinned at Emily's words, from her spot on the dock, Emily swam over to her lifting herself up to kiss JJ.
"Alright, we don't need to see." Jonathan laughed splashing water at them.
"Aw nothing you haven't seen before Jonny." JJ stuck her tongue out at her little brother.
"Boys I hope your not leaving those bags in the car for us to get." Their father yelled down at them, the boys looked at each other and shrugged.
"Come on Em, let's go back out on the Jet Ski, maybe even you can get out on your own." JJ smiled.
"Yeah, that'll be a sight." Emily pulled herself up and walked with JJ back to the Jet Ski pulling it back out to deeper water.
"Alright you know your gas, start, stop, how the key goes in?" JJ said putting a life vest back on Emily while hooking the key strap to her.
"Yep." Emily said sitting on the Jet Ski as JJ pushed them off, she leaned over Emily kissing her.
"Alright go." JJ said jumping off pushing Emily off further as she started it up.
"Hey!" Emily yelled scared to go out by herself.
"Just go you'll be fine!" JJ yelled at her and watched as Emily sighed and waited for a break in traffic to go out on the lake.
"How long does it take to get the boat up and running again?"
"About five minutes, why?"
"We might want to start it up." JJ smiled watching Emily make her way across the lake.
"Aw have faith Jay."
"Oh I have faith in her, but that machine? That thing is so old and always stalls with all of us… and it's the forth of July its always packed. This year is the worse."
"She's fine, look at that a natural!" Jonathan pointed to Emily, who had picked up speed and was jumping the wake of a boat which JJ had pointed out at an uncle of hers earlier and that it was safe to tail them.
"I hope so." JJ smiled watching Emily, her feet dangling off the dock and in the water. Mike and Jonathan joined on either side of her.
"Hmm I'd say there is something different about this one Johnny what do you say?"
"Oh very different."
"Ugh you two never shut up do you?"
"You love her."
"Yes I do."
"Why?"
"I…You can't help who you fall in love with."
"So scripted."
"No, safe!" John poked at JJ. "Tell us."
"Because she started as family, now…I love her as much as I can and she loves me, and so does Izzy."
"Izzy?"
"Your niece." JJ grinned, yeah technically not yet but JJ hoped soon.
"No way!" Mike exclaimed.
"Yup five years old sleeping in your room at the moment." JJ grinned and Michael hugged her.
"Yeah, if you bring a five year old with you, your so in love with her." JJ just smiled at his words as Emily pulled the Jet Ski back in to their dock. JJ laughed as she pulled the key out instead of using the off button.
"You shouldn't do that!" Don yelled from shore and JJ glared at him.
"Shut up Don at least she knows how to put the key back in." JJ yelled. Don was their cousin's husband who didn't get along with most of them, he was stuck up and stupid.
"She shouldn't even be on that!" Don scoffed and JJ stood up walking over to him.
"You best keep your mouth shut, god knows how many times I had to drag your sorry ass out of the water last year, and cover for you while you were out to play." JJ warned him then made her way over to Emily wrapping her arms around her waist. "You did great Emily."
"Thanks, but I think I'll leave that to you." Emily smiled and kissed JJ. JJ smiled and took Emily's life vest and the key going out on the Jet Ski herself.
"So boys…" Emily grinned joining them in the water.
"So…"
"So…." Michael grinned, "We wanna meet this child of yours."
"Oh you do you?" The boys grinned and nodded. "Hmm….let me watch your sister for a bit then I'll take you to meet her. Deal?"
"Sure." They went back to horsing around in the water as Emily watched JJ effortlessly maneuver around the boaters and other jet skiers, she was amazed at how perfectly she executed every move. She didn't even blink as she turned and attacked a swell of waves, claiming them as her own, or when the other Jet Ski came riding up next to her and they synced moves perfectly. Emily wondered at one point if JJ was actually racing a newer jet ski, she was almost laying flat on the seat and edging out the other jet ski but the 20 year old machine couldn't keep up. Emily was shocked when she was lifted off the dock and found herself staring at the butt of someone's swim trunks.
"Hey! Let me go!" Emily pounded on her 'attackers' back.
"Nope you're showing me my niece." Jonathan said and Michael pushed him.
"Dork!" he yelled.
"What?"
"She's not married to our sister! Thus the child isn't anything to us except whose sleeping in my bed!"
"Dear god, don't say it like that!" Emily yelled trying to block the images that popped in her mind. Jonathan set Emily down and Emily walked into the house going to get Izzy.
"Izzy." Emily laid down on the bed next to Izzy, "Time to wake up I don't want you sleeping all day, I want you to meet your uncles." Emily smiled, she liked the idea of Michael and Jonathan as Izzy's uncles, and JJ's parents as her Grandparents. Izzy moved over and cuddled into Emily. Emily smiled picking her up, she carried her out to the deck to meet the two larger males of the family.
"Izzy, honey, these are your uncles Jonathan and Michael." Izzy lifted her head and looked over at them.
"Mommy there's three."
"She can count!" Michael said shocked.
"Yeah better than you." Jonathan laughed, "Yes kids generally learn to count early on in life dork."
"Oh, that's Don, he's not an uncle, he's a…" Emily looked for the word but didn't know what to call him. "He's like one of grandma's friend's kids," she said adding more quietly. "You don't really have to be nice to him." Emily didn't notice that JJ came up behind her and rested her head on her other shoulder.
"So you got Izzy up without me?"
"Sorry but her uncles wanted to meet her." Emily smiled at JJ.
"That's alright, I suspected that they would soon." JJ smiled and took Izzy from Emily, resting her head on Izzy's.
"Izzy these are my dorks of brothers." JJ smiled at them. "And Don my cousin's husband… Hey where is my cousin?"
"She'll be over later, she and her mom are cleaning."
"Why aren't you helping mister?" JJ's mom asked looking up at him.
"Because Jane a woman's place is in the house." Don wasn't expecting the slap he received from her and Emily. Taking the 'safe' rout in his mind he went at Emily. Izzy screamed in JJ's ear, Emily kicked Don in the pit of the stomach, and the boys set him on the deck on his ass.
"Don't hit women, it's not nice." Emily said getting in his face. Don's lip curled up in anger and huffed. "And don't you ever, ever threaten me in front of my child again or I'll do worse damage than I just did." Emily whispered in his ear.
"Jennifer Ann Jareau I hope whatever the hell your doing you'll drop it this instant and come hug my ass!" A voice called from the living room in the house, JJ turned around and smiled.
"Well I would but it might cry when it hits the deck." JJ grinned walking over to the door wall, letting her cousin outside.
"Aw look at that! I leave you alone for a few months and you find a… gezz a 5 year old!" She laughed hugging JJ, when she pulled back she kissed her temple.
"Natile this is Izzy and Emily." JJ said introducing them.
"Well hi there Izzy, what a pretty name for such a lovely little girl." Natile smiled at Izzy who smiled back. "And Emily, finally I get to meet you, I've heard so much about you, mostly bad but who's counting?" She smiled brightly and winked.
"Nice to meet you too Nat, I've heard a bit too. Good to know JJ has a handler when I'm not around." Emily said earning a laugh from the platinum blonde.
"Ah very good! I'm glad I'm officially off duty now! It's hard keeping up with this one!" Natile threw her arm over JJ's shoulders and gave her a squeeze.
"Ok what is it gang up on JJ day?" JJ asked giving Nat a pointed look.
"No, that's tomorrow, hope your looking forward to it." She gave her a grin.
"Mommy…" Izzy said squirming in JJ's arms. JJ smiled and set Izzy on the ground.
"Be careful around the edges Isabel." JJ warned. They watched as Izzy moved carefully around the deck toward Don, she stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and looked him square in the eye.
"Don't you hurt my grammy!" She said and stomped her foot before retreating over to Jonathan who picked her up. The boys laughed and took Izzy back down to the lake to play.
"Remember she's only five!" Emily yelled after them, praying the big lugs of men wouldn't hurt her child.
"Don't worry too much, they work well with kids." Natile said.
"Good to know."
"Well they are just over grown kids themselves." JJ laughed. She hooked an arm around Emily's waist and her other around Nat. "Come on girls, lets go see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves in."
x-x-x
(Present Time)
"Oh and the trouble we got in!" JJ laughed. "Never in my life did I realize how much trouble I really was till that weekend."
"Oh like what?" Izzy asked, one eyebrow rose.
"See that's for me to know and you to not find out." JJ smiled hooking Izzy's chin with a single finger.
"Sex, jail, alcohol." Izzy laughed walking away from them.
"Excuse me, young lady! For one we were old enough for all those but no…well mainly no!" Emily said.
"Oh Emily it's no use." Natile walked in and sat on the couch. "Kids it's true, your mothers are sex addicts." Nat said regretfully.
"Nat!" JJ yelled and jumped on her cousin.
"Just like old times." Emily laughed rolling her eyes.
"Well I'm going to take this monkey downstairs for a bath, then go find Tara." Izzy said flipping Jaden upside-down in her arms, making him laugh. Emily nodded smiling at them.
"Good idea, I think your mother may be busy for a while." Emily laughed and joined JJ and Natile on the couch.
"So girls, what is our plan for this evening?"
"Well I was thinking of stealing the Jet Ski key from your child and heading out on the lake for a bit."
"Oh dear god, please don't! All she's wanted to do is be out there, come on Nat you remember being that young." JJ said looking up at her. "Just lets go hit the town."
"The town? Gezz JJ where have you been all your life."
"Hmm…chasing girls?" Emily smiled wrapping her arms around JJ pulling her close to her.
"I grew up here, we all know that. It's a town, we could go to the bar."
"We could, but…" Natile looked between Emily and JJ, hoping over the back of the couch she grabbed the key and ran out the door. "I'd rather swim!" Emily laughed as JJ scowled at her cousin.
"She always does that you know."
"Yes Jennifer I know." Emily kissed the top of JJ's head, smiling as she relaxed against her. They looked up at Tara who had fallen asleep in the sun curled up on the lounge chair, Ra, Raiden and Nico laying on the deck next to her, Emily smiled and kissed the top of JJ's head. For now they had the time to relax and be a family, she wasn't going to waste the time.