It was almost 10 pm and Emily was still sitting on JJ's couch, talking with her about the latest case they had while emptying the wine bottle.
"I am so happy that we got the next 2 days off. Hopefully there won't be a new case." The blonde sighed, pouring a little more wine into her glass.
"Well, you just don't answer the phone. Problem solved."
"If that would be so simple." JJ looked at Emily, a tired smile spread across her lips.
"I know. But for now, don't think about the next case. You are home, with you son and husband." Emily placed her hand on the Blonde's and squeezed it a little. "Where by the way is your husband?"
"Charlotte said he called about 2 hours before I got back home that he had to go to work."
"Will hasn't called you?" Emily asked in surprise. Normally Will would call first JJ to hear when she would be home, if they need a sitter, and if so, who they would call.
"No, I don't even know what came up. He probably got a new case."
"But everything is okay between you two, right?" The older woman asked concerned.
JJ was looking down at her glass and gently tosses her wine.
"Yeah, I guess so. He probably was in a hurry and forgot about it. No big deal." Looking into Emilys eyes, JJ knew she didn't bought it.
"Well, okay. If you want to talk to be me about something, you know you can, right JJ?"
The blonde nodded. "I know." She decided to drop that topic, not knowing fully by herself what was going on between Will and her. "So Emily, tell me, any interesting guys came along your way lately?" Laughing at her friend for changing the topic again, she decided to leave it by the fact that JJ would talk to her whenever she is ready to talk. "Ah you know, other than the cute little black ball of fur, nothing's going on." Referring to Sergio, her cat, Emilys eyes lightened up.
"He really has stolen your heart, has he? Sergio is a really hard competition for every other man."
Before Emily could reply anything, JJ's phone began to ring. Seeing the Caller-ID, the blonde stood up and walked into the kitchen.
"Will?"
"No JJ, it's me, Mark." A little in shock that Mark, Will's co-worker would call her that late, she immediately thought about the worst case scenarios.
"Is Will alright?"
"Yes, sorry, don't worry. I just wanted to let you know that Will passed out on my couch."
"Oh, okay. What is he doing at your place? I was told he had to work?"
"We did get a new case but after we hadn't had any leads, the chief called it a night and Will came with me to drink a few beers. I told him to call you, so you wouldn't worry, he said he did. I am sorry JJ." The blonde Agent sighed.
"It's not your fault, Mark. Thanks for letting me know though."
"Anytime. Bye."
"Bye." With that, JJ hung up and stood for a few minutes in the dark kitchen, trying to adjust her anger and disappointment before going back into the living room, where Emily was sitting. Knowing, at that point, Emily could read her like an open book. But before JJ could think of anything else, she heard a small voice from behind.
"Mommy?" She turned around to face her son, standing with his stuffed animal in front of her.
"Hey sweetie. Why aren't you sleeping?" He stretched out his tiny arms, so that JJ could take him up.
"Bad dream." He simply answered, a single tear rolling down his cheek. JJ kissed the top of his head.
"Aw sweetheart." The blonde walked with Henry on her arms into the living room, sitting down next to Emily again, who was looking questioning at the younger woman and the little boy in her arms.
"Henry had a nightmare." JJ explained to her friend, who just nodded as a respond.
"You want to tell me what your dream was about?" Henry shook his head, curled up into JJ's lap and hold onto her even tighter.
"But it might help. Every time I have a bad dream, I know that I can talk to your mommy and then I feel muuuch better." Emily tried to convince Henry to talk about it, grabbing the blanket that was behind her and placed it over Henry. JJ who helped getting the blanket into place, smiled thankfully at her friend.
"Really?" The boy looked up at Emily, when she nodded Henry looked into his mother's eyes, seeing if Emily was telling the truth.
"That's right, Henry. Whatever it is, you can talk with me about it."
"There was a huuuge dinosaur who tried to eat me but nobody came to help me."
"You know, if there would be a dinosaur, I would come and save you."
"But you didn't know. You were fighting with daddy. Nobody helped me."
Henry buried his head into JJ's chest, tears streaming down his cheeks.
The blonde put her head on Henrys and looked in the opposite direction of Emily. Not wanting her to see tears coming up her eyes. The older woman got up from the couch and walked past JJ into the kitchen. As she did so, Emily placed one hand on JJ's shoulder and squeezed it a little to let her friend know, that she was just in the next room if she needed help.
"Daddy and I are not fighting. Don't you worry, sweetie. And both of us will always be there for you."
"But you are away so often." Henry sobbed into JJ's chest. It broke her heart. She knew that it was hard for Henry not seeing her as often as they did while she was working at the Pentagon, but JJ loves her job and thinks it's the right thing to do. Here she can actually help people. Working at the Pentagon made her feel useless.
"Listen Henry, I love you so much but when I am away, fighting the bad guys, daddy is still here to protect you, and Charlotte is coming to play with you. And only because daddy and I had an argument, that doesn't mean we don't love you anymore and wouldn't do anything to protect you, okay?" Her son nodded. "I love you too, mommy." He said, wiping the tears from his cheek. JJ kissed her son's tears away which made him laugh. "Don't mommy. Tickles."
Hearing the laughter from the living room, Emily decided to check on them.
"Everything okay again?" she popped her head through the door.
"Yes, we eliminated all worries, right?"
"Yea, but can I still stay up with you? I don't think I can sleep now."
"For a little while, yes."
"Thank you, mommy." A little smile spread across his lips before he cuddled tighter against his mother.
The whole situation was so heartwarming, as Emily thought. JJ looked so precious with Henry. Finally she had that spark back in her eyes, which seemed lost during some of their cases, or even was non-existing before, when they talked about Will.
"What are you thinking?" Emily got torn out of her thoughts.
"Nothing really. Only that it's late and I probably should go home, so you two have a little time alone."
"No." Both JJ and Henry said at the same time. Emily looked surprised at the two blonde's and started laughing.
"I mean, you don't bother us, you know? Besides, you drank a little bit and shouldn't be driving." JJ tried to explain.
"Yes, and you promised we would play tomorrow!" Looking at the pouting Henry, Emily had a hard time not to burst out in laughter.
"Okay, first of all, you two only get a limited time to spend alone, so yes, I feel like stealing that precious time from you. Secondly, like you said, I drank a little bit. I still should be able to drive my car. And last but not least." Emily now faced Henry. "I still come and play with you tomorrow. Don't worry. It doesn't matter if I come from home or spend the night here, we will still be able play, Henry." At the moment Emily said it, she already regretted it.
JJ started laughing at the expression of Emilys face and the fact that she knew what would come.
"See, it doesn't make a difference. Stay here, please!" Henry moved from JJ's to Emily's lap. "Pleease, I will make you breakfast tomorrow."
The two women started laughing.
"Aw, such a gentleman. You sure know how to win a woman's heart, don't you?" Henry sat on her lap, a big grin on his face. "That means you're staying?" He asked hopefully.
"JJ, help!" Emily looked desperate over to the younger Agent.
"Your own fault Prentiss. I won't help you to get out of this." Aware, that JJ seemed to be thankful for the fact that Henry urged her to stay, Emily gave in.
"Alright. I guess, I don't have a choice then?"
"Yeaa." Henry yelled in excitement and hugged her tightly.
"But I have to say that I am a little tired."
"Me too." JJ agreed. "Let's get you some bedding," the blonde turned to her son, "and take you back to bed."
As the two women took Henry to bed, the second time this day, they walked into JJ's bedroom to get a blanket and pillow for Emily.
"So what's the real reason you want me to stay?" Emily asked, looking questioning to her friend.
"The real reason? I told you, I didn't like the idea of you driving. You drank a little and like you said, you are tired."
"Right, you can try to convince yourself but I don't believe you. Again, what's the real reason?" Emily took JJ's face into her hands and forced the blonde to look at her.
"JJ, what's really going on?"
"Nothing. Nothing is going on. That's the problem. I don't know what the heck his problem is!" JJ sat down on her bed, resting her head in her hands. "I guess, I don't want to be alone. It's sounds crazy and I am sorry. You can go home. It was mean to use Henry against you." Emily sat down next to JJ, pulling her into a hug.
"No, it's okay. I told you, if you need to talk, if you have a problem, don't hesitate to come to me, alright?" JJ nodded and leant her head against Emilys shoulder. Both women went silent for a few minutes until Emily noticed the broken vase on the floor.
"So, what happened earlier?" she asked and pointed at the broken pieces.
"I was changing my pants and when you came I tried to hurry and somehow managed to tangle up and fall." Emily chuckled.
"We probably should clean it before somebody gets hurt."
With these words, Emily got up to collect all the broken pieces from the floor. Meanwhile JJ stood in front of her dresser, searching for sweatpants and a T-Shirt Emily could use for the night.
After they were done, Emily stood in the door to the floor.
"Thanks Emily."
"Anytime. And you know, we are not done yet, right? We will talk about this tomorrow."
JJ nodded. "I know. Thanks anyway. Night."
"Good night, JJ."

I hope you liked the 2nd Chapter as well. Let me know what you think. :)