Here is your chapter 2. This was actually posted A LOT sooner than i thought... anyways, Enjoy!
Garcia awoke to the soft sound of her alarm clock slowly escalating in noise. She smiled lazily as she reached over and hit the 'off' button. Her feet swung over the side of the bed and she walked over to her robe that was hanging from a hook by her door. When she opened the door it let out a soft creak and she gently closed it; careful to not make too much noise. She had recently gotten into the routine of being very quiet in the morning to let JJ and Henry sleep in. As she walked through the front room, she saw that Henry and Emily were still lying on the couch. Briefly she smiled at the sight, then headed to the kitchen to make coffee. Once she had the pot brewing, her phone broke out in a loud ring. She lunged for it hastily, wanting to make it stop before her guests woke up.
"Hello?" she whispered into the phone once she got it.
"Wow! I think that's the first time I heard you only say 'hello' when you answered the phone."
Garcia smiled brightly "Hello lovely Kevin. This is your angel speaking." She then snuck out into the other room so she didn't disturb the sleeping beauties on her couch.
Unfortunately, it was too late and Emily was awoken by the time the phone rang. She respectfully waited for Garcia to leave and carefully moved out from under Henry. Once she stood up she realized what a bad idea it was to sleep on the couch with her wound. She limped over to the bathroom to clean up. It was times like these that she was happy Garcia was afraid every little scrap was deadly. Her bathroom was full of first aid kits and medical wrap. She took off her shirt and gently peeled the bandaged area on her chest. The two wounds were almost healed but she knew the scars would always be there as a reminder of her stupidity. Sighing at how weak she looked, she decided to just clean her wounds and patch them back up.
JJ was laying in her bed as she heard Garcia get up and start the coffee. She knew her friend was trying to keep from waking anyone , but JJ had already gotten little sleep. A half hour ago she woke up for the third time and decided it wasn't worth trying to fall back asleep again. When she heard the phone go off and Garcia walk away, she debated on whether she wanted to go get coffee or not. If she left the room she'd have to face Emily when she woke up and she wasn't ready for that. Sighing, she chose to start getting ready for work early. Once she had her make up and clothes on, she brushed out her hair and finally had nothing else to do to procrastinate. Taking a deep breath, she quietly opened her door as to not wake Emily. As soon as she was out the door, she smelt something cooking in the kitchen and when she approached that particular room she saw Emily Prentiss cooking a delicious breakfast.
Emily heard something behind her and she immediately turned around to see JJ for the first time since the day she woke up. "Hey." it was so simple and so quiet, JJ barely heard it.
"Hey."
Emily looked down at the food she was preparing and then back up at JJ. "Do you want some breakfast?" JJ just nodded and sat down. Emily lowered the heat on eggs and went to the cabinet where Garcia kept her plates. She opened it and reached for a high shelf, but recoiled when a wave of pain passed in her chest. She would have fallen to the ground if JJ hadn't have jumped up and grabbed Emily's waist. She helped the injured brunette to a chair. Once Emily was seated, JJ pulled away and looked at her and both noticed they were inches apart and their eyes were locked. Emily's breath caught in her mouth as she felt the overwhelming urge to be closer. Wait! Stop that Prentiss, you're engaged! She thought to herself and broke the gaze to look down at her finger. JJ jumped backed and followed Emily's eyes.
"So, I'll get the food." Emily wanted to protest, but was too shocked by her thoughts. Why was she feeling this way towards her friend? Especially now that she's engaged? She looked up when JJ returned with two plates complete with toast, bacon, and scrambled eggs. JJ then avoided eye contact and this didn't go unnoticed by Emily.
"What's wrong JJ?" The profiler allowed the question to remain general. She wanted to see how far in depth JJ would allow Emily to see.
"Nothing," she answered too quickly.
Emily tried a different approach. "So what have I missed during my escapades in the hospital?"
JJ looked up for the first time and studied Emily. Well I stayed by your bedside for 5 days straight, because I love you, then I drank for three days straight because I found out you have a boyfriend, I left Will and lost my house to him, because he had no one to stay with in DC. When I finally returned to you, you said yes to another man and broke my heart, so I stayed either with my son or at the office all day everyday and avoided everyone except Garcia and Henry since you've came out of your coma. I think that pretty much sums up my life while you were in the hospital. "Nothing much."
Emily sighed. She followed Garcia's advice and she still is getting nowhere with JJ. "Would you at least tell me what's going on with Henry and Will?" She was tired of pretending she wasn't trying to dig and just got straight to the point… well one of the points.
"He's not happy with the original arrangement I had, so now he's challenging me for full custody."
"That's ridiculous! He can't do that, can he?"
"He's going to try."
"Well he's not going to win. There's too much against him given recent events."
"We've learned from Hotch that with our job, custody battles aren't usually in our favor." JJ sounded doubtful and it broke Emily's heart to think that JJ thinks she might lose her son.
"If there's anything I can do…" she let the sentence fall, and JJ showed no response. "You know I'm always here for you and Henry right? Well, I mean obviously." she pointed towards her bandaged torso.
"I told you I had a bad feeling." Emily nodded regretfully. JJ finally looked up and concern covered her face. "How bad is it?"
Emily smiled. "It's getting better each day." she subconsciously touched her recently cleaned scar.
"Can I see?" JJ wanted to see for herself that Emily's wounds weren't too bad.
Emily nodded and pulled down her shirt, then gently pulled the bandage half way off. The small circular piece of flesh was stitched together and slightly red from the blood flow. Without thinking JJ lifted up her hand and traced around the scar without touching it or hurting Emily. Shivers ran down Emily spine at JJ touch and she was again transfixed by the blonde woman. Realizing how close she was and where her hand was almost, JJ retracted her hand from Emily's chest and cleared her throat that had suddenly gone dry.
Silence took over the room again. Both women were lost in their thoughts, each about the other. Emily finally decided that to ask the question that had been nagging at her since she was shot, and even more after she woke up after two weeks. "JJ?" She was stirred from her thoughts and gave Emily her full attention. "What were you going to tell me?" JJ looked at her confused. "When I was shot, you told me you had something important to tell me. What was it?"
JJ took her time thinking this one over. She knew Emily wouldn't let this one go and she knew Emily would see straight through her lie if she came up one. Her throat suddenly became very dry again. There was no way out of this. "Come on Jayje. You told me to fight for this. What is it?"
JJ looked straight into Emily's eyes and felt all the love she could feel towards the woman. "I -" She was interrupted by the blaring sound of Emily's cell ringing. Then both of them turned towards the sound of thumping. At that moment they saw Garcia hitting her head against the wall. When Emily's phone rang again, she got up to answer it. She looked at the caller ID and instantly walked out into the hall.
Garcia then walked out with a large groan. "So close!" she came fully into the room and sat in the now vacant seat. "Why did Emily's phone have to ring?" she threw her head down into her hands.
"What was I going to tell her Garcia? I can't tell her the truth." JJ followed suit and ran her hands through her hair.
IN THE HALL…
"Hey, Ryan." Emily answered her phone once she got out of earshot. She wasn't sure why she left the room. It's not like she was doing anything wrong. She was just talking to one of her friends. And why would Ryan upset JJ?
"Babe, where are you?" Ryan's frantic voice came over the phone.
"I'm at Penelope's. I stayed the night last night because I wanted to see Henry." she said as if it was nothing.
"I thought you went to sleep when I left you yesterday and when I didn't hear from you at all I came by in the morning and you weren't here and I was worried."
"I'm sorry." She didn't really know what she was apologizing for, but it was easier to just get past it.
"Why didn't you tell me you wanted to go over there? I could have given you a ride."
"I decided to go after you left for work. Plus I managed to get over here by myself funny enough." Ryan was taken back by her harsh tone. Emily didn't even know why she was being so mean, but she didn't care at the moment. "Look I got to go. I'll talk to you later." Without hearing a reply, she hung up the phone and put it in her pocket. Taking a deep breath, she walked through the door, back into Garcia's place.
IN THE KITCHEN…
"Yes you can! What's the worst that can happen?" Garcia argued back.
"Well, she can laugh; she can stay with her fiancé; the office can get so awkward that one of us has to leave." JJ started to list all her fears and insecurities.
"Sugar, look at the glass half full." Garcia changed her tone to sweet.
"Like what?" she deadpanned.
"I've seen the way you two act around each other." JJ looked up with a little hope in her eyes. "Look at it this way, what if she loves you back?"
Emily stopped around the corner at hearing what Garcia said. Her heart stopped with her… then it sped up to a frantic speed. She must've heard the tech-y wrong. She's still dreaming. She couldn't come up with an explanation for what she just heard. She had been standing there for a minute when she realized that she couldn't hear the two speaking anymore. Then she was pulled from her thoughts by Henry walking towards her.
"Princess Emmy, is there any breakfast?" he said sleepily. All three women turned their heads to the little boy. JJ stood stalk still, realizing that Emily was back and she could have easily walked into the conversation.
"Of course, let's go get you some food." Emily guided Henry over to the table and sat him next to JJ. Neither woman looked at each other.
When Emily returned with a plate of food for Henry, JJ stood up. "I should get to work." She leaned down to her son and gave him a kiss on the forehead. "I'll see you when I get home buddy." Emily turned and watched JJ walk out the door. Again, she was lost at what she was going to do. Garcia watched Emily watching JJ and didn't know how the two great profilers couldn't figure out they were meant for each other. And Henry just sat, eating his breakfast, totally oblivious to what was going on behind him.
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