Monday morning comes much too soon for Emily. She can barely move as her body feels like one huge mass of pain. JJ, who usually struggles to awaken, pops awake immediately when she hears her wife moan.

"Em?" She turns on the light on her side table. "Baby, are you okay?"

Emily swallows. "No. I feel like I fell out of a window."

JJ grins. "You did fall out of a window, baby. Emily, why don't you take today off?" she suggests.

Emily slowly shakes her head. "No. Can't. Debrief. Want this shit behind me." She slowly turns her head and looks at her wife. "I never want to have to think about what those fucking bastards were going to do to you again. Just want this shit behind us."

JJ goes to stroke a hand down her wife's cheek but realizes there is very little space on the brunette's face that isn't discolored from bruising or cuts. Instead she lifts Emily's hand and kisses it.

"I'm okay, sweetheart. They never touched me." She stops Emily before she responds. "You can't sit here thinking that they might have. Hell, we both know they would have when they caught us at the water tower. That's just a fact of the case. But the reality is they didn't. And you made sure Phillipe can never try to hurt us again."

Emily grins. "Actually, Elle made sure of that. I was just hanging around by that point."

JJ smiles. "Six one way, half a dozen the other. Emily, you stopped him. You figured out who he was and stopped him." She kisses her wife. "You're my hero."

Emily strokes a hand through JJ's hair. "I don't need to be your hero. I just relish being your wife."

JJ grins. "Charmer."

Emily chuckles. "At least we know that didn't get knocked out of me. Uh, think you can help me up so I can hobble to the bathroom. Maybe a shower will get me moving better."

JJ nods. "Of course, baby."

JJ gets up and moves to her wife's side of the bed. She helps Emily sit up and then stand up.

"Lean on me, baby, until you loosen up a bit."

Emily just nods, in more pain than she had been in the day before. "Probably should have taken a pain pill last night."

JJ grins. "I promise not to say 'told you so' until after you've had your first cup of coffee."

Emily chuckles. "You bitch."

JJ laughs. "But you still love me."

"Yes, Mrs. Prentiss, I do. I love you very, very much." She pauses. "And not just because I'm scared you'll dump my ass on the ground and leave me."

They both laugh as JJ gets her wife into the bathroom. Once the shower is on and heating up, JJ helps Emily strip. She winces as she sees once again the damage done in the fight with Phillipe.

"Oh, sweetheart. I hate that you hurt so badly."

"I know, Jen. I'll be okay in no time. I promise." Emily decides to change the subject. "Think Reid did okay at Morgan's last night?"

JJ nods. "Yeah, Morgan will take good care of him." She chuckles. "Who would he pick on if he didn't?"

Emily laughs. "True."

With Emily now naked, JJ helps her step into the shower. Emily turns, moaning happily as the hot water hits her stiff back.

"I hear Rocky stirring. Will you be okay, Em?"

Emily nods. "I'll be fine. Promise. May still be here by the time you get back to the bedroom."

"Well don't use all the hot water. You're not the only one having to go to work today, woman," JJ warns.

Emily grins. "I promised never to lie to you, Jen. Not sure I will keep track of the time or not. It just feels so damn good."

JJ chuckles. "I love you, Emily."

Emily looks over and smiles at her wife. "I love you, too, Jennifer."

JJ slides the shower door closed and goes to check on Rocky, who is now in full-fledged "MY DIAPER IS NASTY!" mode.

"Coming, Rock Star. I promise I am coming," JJ says with a happy smile.