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I sat there, legs shaking and heart pounding, waiting for my name to be called. I was never good at these kinds of things, no one expected this of me. I could feel the butterflies in my stomach, I could see eyes slowly start to turn and face me, I could finally make out what my teacher was asking of me.
"Chloe? You are up dear." My english teacher stated with a concerned look on her face.
I thought this might be it, here is my final minutes of life, as I might just die of stage fright. My body slowly started to register the fact that I needed to move out of my seat, and before I knew it I was in the front of the room. I look up and see questioning looks on most of my class' faces. This is not normal, this is not me. I see in the far corner a smile and two big thumbs up, Jake. Just look at Jake, he will keep you focused on the task at hand.
My trembling hands begin to rise themselves up to the podium where they lay down the scribbled notes of my thoughts I have gathered the past couple of weeks. No one but Jake really knows me in this classroom, no one knows what I have been through. How could I be so stupid to choose a class project to lay my life in front of these people? There's no turning back. My eyes stay focused, my nose takes a deep inhale, my mouth exhales, I clear my throat…and begin.
"Agent Jennifer Jareau. Her job is difficult, and often times tiring. Her job according to me, is something no one has been able to do. For the longest time I did not know a job like this was real, or that anyone wanted it. In my opinion hers is the hardest job anyone could voluntarily take on. Agent Jareau, JJ, is a mom. She is my mom to be exact. Her job title makes her my hero. It all started one year ago…"
"What going on?" JJ asked as the team slowly started to make their way off the plane. Hotch shut his phone off and slowly put it in his pocket, trying to think of a way to tell JJ without her worrying.
"It's another one." Hotch stated.
"Ok," JJ slowly spoke. "So this makes the count six? Surely we knew he would attack again?"
Hotch turned looking slowly into JJ's eyes, a sign that he wasn't finished yet. "This is different JJ. She's alive."
By this point the whole team had their full attention on Hotch, waiting for him to finish. "She remembers everything. And she…" Hotch paused before he took a breath, "She's sixteen."
JJ's eyes grew wide, and looked at Hotch, empathy already showing in her face for a girl she had never even met. The team slowly started to make their way to the cars waiting for their arrival. JJ wanted to move, but she stood there frozen. All she could think of was that she knew this man, this murderer's MO, she knew the monster that he was. The time they spent reading case over case of the damage and the humiliation he caused these women was enough to make anyone want to die, and now one of them was alive…and sixteen. Slowly a hand started to guide the blonde haired woman over to the rest of the team.
"It's going to be ok." Spencer stated in a whisper as he led JJ to their car. It's not ok.
As the team pulled up to the hospital, there was an eery feeling in the air. No one wanted to witness the damage this girl must have endured, JJ especially.
"JJ?" Hotch opened the car door waiting for the woman to join him outside. She looked up at her teammate and nodded, slowly making her way out. "Listen, if you don't want to do this I can get Emily to join me." Hotch stated, as it had been decided in the car that JJ would join him in talking to the young girl.
"No, I need to do this." JJ stated in a firm voice, trying to control herself. something had the woman drawn towards this case, and she couldn't just give in so easily. As the rest of the team pulled out of the hospital entrance to head to the crime scene, JJ and Hotch stood there in silence. Finally Hotch cleared his throught, hinting that it was time to head inside to meet the young woman.
As they entered the hospital, a coldness hit both of them. The goosebumps on JJ's arms rose and caught her attention. She needed to focus. In a fast pace, both of them made their way towards the pediatric wing where they were greeted by a nurse waiting for their arrival. As they shook hands and started following the nurse towards the victims room, the nurse was talking to the two about the girl. In JJ's case she might have well have been talking nonsense, as JJ did not hear any of it.
In a short burst of a halt, the three adults stopped in their tracks to a closed door. "Right this way." The nurse said as she guided the door open. JJ walked in and let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding. In front of her was what seemed like a small child. JJ knew she was sixteen but in the condition she was in, she could have passed as a ten year old. The girl was laying there with her eyes closed, but slowly opened when she saw the three adults walk in. She let out a soft smile at JJ, and then as fast as the smile came it disappeared.
"Chloe this is Agent Agent Jareau and Agent Hotch, they are here to ask you some questions." The nurse told the scared girl. JJ walked over to the girl and tried to grasp her attention, noticing that her eyes would not leave Hotch.
"Chloe," JJ called to the young girl quietly. The young teen looked up at her in terror. JJ knew in that moment what was going on. "Hotch, do you mind if maybe Chloe and I talk for a little while? You know, girl stuff?" JJ looked at Hotch who immediately got the hint. The girl had been through enough, and it seemed right that JJ should just be in there with her.
When Hotch excused himself out of the room, Chloe's face immediately looked calmer, and she gave out a soft thank you to JJ. JJ smiled at the girl and grabbed a chair to continue. She set the chair next to the girls bed and began, "Chloe, you can call me JJ. I know you have been through a lot recently, so we can take this as slow as possible, is that good with you?" JJ waited for a nod before she continued.
"Great, alright Chloe I know this is going to seem hard, but it's very important. I need you to describe what happened to you last night." Just then Chloe's face went stone cold. She started shaking her head, clearly losing herself in the remembrance of her previous night.
A tear escaped the girls eye and she looked up at JJ with a plea, "Please don't make me." JJ's heart broke in that very moment, she had never felt this much pain for a victim before. She grabbed the young girls hand, and reached up with her other hand to swipe a stray strand behind the girls ear.
"Ok, ok shhh don't worry we have plenty of time." JJ reassured the young one, wanting to make sure she knew JJ wasn't mad.
"Why don't we start easy, ok? Let's see…" JJ thought to herself for a second, tapping her pointer finger to her thumb, causing a small smile to grow on Chloe's face. "Favorite music?" JJ asked enthusiastically.
Chloe piped up and the wheels in her head started turning. "I love Katy Perry." The girl said in a question like tone, looking for the approval of the woman sitting next to her.
"Are you kidding? I love Katy Perry! She is secretly my favorite." JJ shared with the girl, who immediately became more relaxed. "She's my favorite too! If I had a bucket list, going to one of her concerts would be like third on my list!" Chloe shared, with a bright smile on her face.
"Oh ya? Well tell me, what are the first two, since it seems like you have this all figured out." JJ stated with a small laugh at the enthusiasm of the girl.
"Well number two, would be to fly in a hot air balloon, I mean how cool would that be? The first one, is kind of embarrassing." Chloe kept her eyes focused on the wall behind JJ, not wanting to show that she was slowly growing more and more upset.
"Come on silly, what is it?" JJ nudged at the girl, causing Chloe to come back to reality.
"Oh…" Chloe looked at JJ for a second and then took a deep breath before she finally spoke up again. "I want my own bedroom." Chloe's cheeks became red, embarrassed by her number one wish. JJ looked at the girl intently trying to figure out a way to make the girl feel better after sharing her wish.
"What would you color the walls?" JJ asked. Chloe looked up at her confused, "What?" "Well, you have to think of this stuff!" JJ said, "I mean you could go neutral, or you could go crazy! Pink! or Purple! But like pastel versions!" JJ continued to ramble as the girl looked at her in aw with a smile. "I love blue! I want a blue room, but like soft blue! Kind of like the ocean in the carribean!" "Ok," JJ said with a smirk on her face. "I think blue is perfect!"
There was silence in the room for a second as both Chloe and JJ collected their thoughts. "JJ?" Chloe said softly in a whisper. "Ya, sweety?" Chloe looked her in the eyes and slowly spoke back to the woman, "He was horrible to me."