Silent Plea -

A Criminal Minds Fanfiction -

Written By: AutumnMalarkey

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Chapter 4: The Result.

As she walked back in the front door, JJ found Emily in the exact same place she had left her half an hour ago. Henry was now chewing the life out of one of his building blocks on his play mat again. Closing the door with as much quietness as she could manage, JJ decided it would be better than startling the already terrified Emily Prentiss. Even though she did not want to startle her, she let her heels click against the wooden floor, making Prentiss acknowledge that she was there. As the brunette turned around to face her, she saw the tear stained face and the redness of her eyes. Automatically she knew Emily had been crying. Hr heart filled with sympathy and both of her eyebrows creased in worry. Carefully she raised the bag in her hand which looked a little too full to hold one pregnancy test.

"I got it." JJ gave her a small smile and Emily returned the gesture with a little nod. "Come on." The blonde shook her head over to the doorway of the kitchen before walking into the room and putting the bag on the table. Then she waited for Emily to appear which was not too long afterwards.

The soft biting Emily was doing on her bottom lip told JJ all she needed to know about how the woman was feeling towards the test.

"It's going to be okay." JJ reassured her as she began fishing around in the bag of things, she produced three tests and placed them all on the kitchen table.

"Three?" If it was not for the worry in Emily's eyes, JJ would have laughed at the question.

"Yeah, I know you and there is no chance you are going to believe one positive so I guessed I would be a little bit cautious and brought three. That way there is no way, even if there is a false negative, that the tests can be wrong." Emily gave her a slight smile.

"Thanks." JJ gave her a small grin.

"Now drink up the rest of that ginger ale and go and take the tests." The look in the blondes eyes told her there was no messing around in her voice.

"What else did you buy?" Emily glanced back down at the bag and wondered why it still looked so full.

JJ could automatically tell that Emily was terrified and was trying anything possible to put the tests off.

"The results aren't going to change the longer you wait. Go and take the test." Emily gave a sigh, her shaking hands taking the three test boxes carefully in one hand, her other looking at the half drunken bottle of ginger ale.

"Alright." JJ watched as she walked away, closing the bathroom door behind her, now it was just a waiting game.

As she shut the bathroom door, Emily let herself sink onto the closed toilet seat lid. A shaky breath drew into her lungs as she tried to calm her nerves.

"No time like the present." She told herself, quietly as she was not to sure if JJ had stood outside the toilet door. She took an even deeper breath and began to down the last of the bottle of ginger ale.

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Jennifer Jareau had not been so nervous in a long time. She waited in the kitchen, her eyes carefully eyeing up the bathroom door, waiting for a signal of life on the other side. Her own bottom lip was now being chewed out of worry. Her mind kept reassuring her that this would be an amazing thing, a new life growing, another member of their family. Then she began to panic again. What if Emily could not take it? What if she did not want this baby? What was going to happen then? She blew out a deep breath, letting herself calm down so that she seemed like the strong one to Emily Prentiss. Just like the brunette had done to her so many times before. It was now JJ's turn to repay that. Her nerves increased some more as she heard the toilet flush and she watched the door handle twitch. It took a few seconds before the door actually opened and she saw the trouble Emily had had with her shaking hands and juggling the three tests. The brunette's face showed something of immense worry and Emily could tell she had been crying again.

"Three minutes." Emily told her as she dropped the tests onto the waiting peice of kitchen towel on the side.

"Alright. It's not that long." JJ noted the time as she looked to the kitchen clock... 2:34.

The silence was unbearable as she watched Emily lean against the counter, watching birds fly over the back yard anything to draw her attention away from what was going to happen in... two and a half minutes.

"So." JJ broke the silence as she nodded her head towards the table where some unsalted saltines and another bottle of ginger ale lay. "I thought you'd need a bit more of those." She gave Emily a small smile.

"Thanks." Emily looked down to the floor as she could not stand to see JJ's smile.

"No problem." Another moment of silence and JJ looked back to the clock. One and a half minutes left. She gave a small sigh. "How was Henry?" She decided to keep the small talk up.

"Like a little Angel. He just sat watching TV." Emily finally gave her a small smile.

"Yeah?" Emily gave a little nod.

"He even did a dance at the end. It was quite cute really." JJ gave a small laugh, looking into the living room where Henry was now immersed in watching Special Agent Oso. As she looked back she gave a glance at the clock again. It was time.

"Em." Her voice broke the brunette out of her revere.

"Mmm?" She looked around, giving JJ a questioning glance.

"It's time." The two words Emily was dreading hearing.

"Yeah?" She began biting her lower lip again, her eyes never daring to look back at the tests rested against the kitchen side.

"Yeah." JJ watched as Emily's hands began to fidget and stood up, taking the shaking hands into her own, she tried to settle Emily. "It's going to be okay." She reassured her. "Whatever those tests say, everything is going to be just fine. I'm here for you. The team is here for you. Remember that." Emily gave a small nod, her gaze falling down to the floor as her feet began to shuffle on the floor. "Ready?" There was a long pause in which JJ never saw her nod or shake her head. "Want me to check and tell you?" There was another dreadful moment of silence in which she could see the panicked cogs turning inside her head.

"No. I will check." Emily drew in a shaky breath, taking one of her shaking hands out of JJ's she began to pick the test up. Blinking away tears in her eyes she read the first one in her head. Pregnant. That was it. Not what she wanted to see. With speed she dropped the test back to the side and began turning the other two over. All three read the same results. Emily had known JJ had read the results already, and now the blonde was just waiting to see what the brunette was going to do. Break down and cry or be happy? Emily did not know what was going to happen herself.

After a minutes silence, she felt JJ envelope her in a hug. Whether it was comforting or congratulatory she did not know.

"You're going to be a mom." JJ finally said, a small smile on her face as she was still treading carefully over the words.

"Yeah, I guess I am..." She watched as Emily looked back to the tests just to make sure that they said the right results. It was true, she was going to be a mom in a few months.

"Are you okay with it?" JJ asked, fed up of waiting to read the signs on Emily's face. A small nod came eventually.

"Yeah." Emily finally said. "I'm going to be a mom." A small smile began to form on her face.

"Yes, you are." JJ's arms wrapped around Emily again. "Congratulations." She held the hug for a while. Long enough for Emily to let her real emotions come through, the sadness in her eyes, in her face. The loss of her smile. She gulped silently. She was going to be a mom, a mom with a child to an abusive boyfriend. Her baby's dad was abusive. That was not good. She let out a sigh as JJ pulled away and plastered the smile back on her face, the one she had been perfecting since she was little.

"I guess I should make a doctors appointment..." Emily bit her lower lip as JJ gave her a small nod.

"You should. But for now I think we can just be happy. You're going to be a mom!" JJ repeated, her hand going down to Emily's stomach, touching it as if she could feel some form of a bump or movement, yet there was none.

"Please, don't." Emily carefully took JJ's hands off of her stomach, and looked to the floor which told the blonde that she was not actually happy for the baby. And she really was not as excited as she should be.

"Sorry." She gave her a small smile and placed a hand on Emily's shoulder. She walked away and picked up a giggling Henry. "Hear that little man? Aunt Emily is going to be a mommy, you're going to have a cousin!" The little boy clapped, as if he somehow knew that he was supposed to be happy. "Why don't you give Aunt Emily a cuddle, yeah? I think she needs it." That was when Emily knew JJ realised she was not all that happy with this, as she took her nephew in her arms and cradled him.

As the little boy wrapped his arms around Emily's neck she felt somewhat relieved about her whole situation. It would not be so bad to have a child of her own. Someone for her to love and look after. Someone to love her back and for her to return home to after a bad day. Maybe it would be a good thing. But not with Aiden... She began biting her lower lip... Aiden was not a man any woman would want to have a child with. Not only was she unsafe, her baby was. All of that aside, this child would be good for her. And Emily knew, after the incident when she was fifteen, she could not go through with another abortion. There was no way she could.

"Feel better about it?" JJ finally asked when her friends smile grew slightly.

"Yeah. A bit." JJ gave a slight nod.

"Good. You will get your head around it soon enough, and then, you will be ecstatic. Trust me." There was a moment when Emily looked down at Henry in her arms, imagining him as her own child. Yes, she could do this. And she could do it on her own. As her eyes fell back onto JJ, she remembered that she was not alone. No, she had everyone. The entire team would be with her. "Now then, why don't you stay for some dinner? Will won't be home until gone ten. It would just be us three. Besides, I can tell by all of your sickness, you definetely haven't eaten much today, and if that carries on you really aren't going to be well." Emily gave a small nod.

"Thanks JJ." She gave her a little smile.

"No problem." JJ walked over to the fridge and began looking through some things. "Pasta okay?" She asked.

"Pasta sounds amazing." Emily gave her a smile.

"Alright. Now go and play with Henry in the living room while I work on feeding him and you, mommy." Emily gave her a smile as she said 'Mommy'.

"Sure." Emily turned back to the little boy who was trying to break away from her arms as he noticed Winnie The Pooh on the TV. "Come one then, lets go watch some Winnie The Pooh." She gave a roll of her eyes and a slight groan.

"Get used to it!" JJ called out to her, "You'll be stuck watching it for the next three years!" She laughed as Emily sat on the couch, Henry sitting in her lap.

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Emily watched as JJ entered the living room, going over and picking up her son before leaving the room and taking him into the kitchen. She took that as a hint dinner was done. That and the lovely aroma of JJ's cooking.

"Ready?" JJ smiled as she strapped Henry into his high chair.

"Yeah, I'm famished." Emily gave her a small laugh.

"I expect you are. You've barely eaten all day, and now there's two to feed." JJ looked away in time to see Emily's small smile of worry on her face.

"Yeah." There was a hint of doubt.

"Still worried?" JJ asked as she walked away from the counter with a bowel of pasta for Henry. She placed it in front of him with a small spoon before turning back to the counter and carrying the two plates over.

"Slightly." Came the small reply from Emily.

JJ placed the plate in front of her and put her own on the table before sitting down to face her, Henry at her side.

"You'll get used to it soon. Just sleep on it." She looked down. "I'd say you'll feel better about it, but I'm guessing you'll have some morning sickness and then you'll get better about it." Emily gave a small smile at her joke.

"Yeah, I guess so." She picked up the fork and began digging around in her plate of food, not really wanting to eat now that her mind had thought about the morning sickness. Carefully, she watched as JJ took a mouth of her own food before helping Henry to eat some of his own as well.

"So, where's Will?" Emily asked, sensing a little bit of awkwardness.

"At work. He's got a fair bit of paper work to do so he'll be back around ten." The brunette followed JJ's eyes up at glancing at the clock... It was only six. "But Henry should be in bed by then, right?" She began cooing at the little boy before giving him another bit of food. As she looked back she saw Emily looking disgustingly at her plate of dinner. "Don't worry if you don't want to eat it. I won't hold it against you, morning sickness does a number on you. The crackers and ginger ale is over there." She nodded towards the window sill where they indeed sat.

Grateful, Emily stood up and put her plate by the sink.

"Shall I clear it?" Emily asked, looking back at JJ.

"No, don't worry. I'll do it in a minute." Emily gave her a small nod and gratefully grabbed the crackers and ale off of the window before sitting back at the table and slowly began biting on an unsalted saltine.

"I really need to pay you back for these." She said as she began to turn around and find her purse.

"No!" JJ looked up, "Don't worry about it. I was just looking after my little niece slash nephew. Consider it an early present." She gave Emily a small smile as the brunette nodded and turned back to bite a bit more of the saltine.

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Emily looked up at the kitchen clock for another time. It was well past eight. There was a niggling feeling in the pit of her stomach, a feeling that told her Aiden would be home by now. He would be home and he would be waiting for her. Wondering where the hell she was. She knew she needed to start making her way home soon, especially since the night sky had begun to get darker and Emily knew by the time she got home it would be a little after half past ten. Her eyes were drawn away from the white kitchen clock as she heard the padding of soft footsteps coming down JJ's stairs, and a moment later, the blonde entered the kitchen, Henry's empty bottle in her hand.

"Did he go down okay?" Emily asked, trying to keep a little bit of small talk up.

"Yeah, like an angel. He was exhausted." JJ gave her a small smile as she began filling the bottle with hot water to clean and sterilize it.

"Must have been all the crying he was doing before. Worn him out." Emily have her a smile back as she sipped away the last of her ginger ale. Another glance at the clock told JJ that she was needing to get home.

"You should probably get going. It's getting dark and I don't want you outside with that baby too late." JJ gave her a slight nudge.

"Yeah, I should." Emily began to stand up, throwing away the empty ginger ale bottle and the empty tray that once contained unsalted saltines. "Thanks for today. For.. everything." Her gaze fell onto the three pregnancy tests where they lay at the top of the bin.

"Of course. Don't worry. You know I'm only a phone call away when you need me anyway." Emily gave a slight nod.

Walking back out into the living room, Emily scooped up her car keys and purse.

"I know. Thanks." She said again.

JJ, who had followed her out into the living room, enveloped her in a hug.

"Of course. Now you look after yourself." Emily gave a light nod and smile as she opened the front door and began to walk towards her car. "Call me when you arrive home."

"Sure." Emily gave a slight giggle, unlocking her car door and climbing into the driver side.

Waiting to see JJ waving her off, she looked in the rear-view mirror to see if anyone was behind her. No one. She began to slowly pull out of the drive way, beginning her long hour and a half journey home. It was now that she could finally let her feelings unravel and let her walls down. A small tear trickled down her cheek and she wiped it away as soon as it had came. A hand lingering on her stomach. The stomach that protected her baby. A soft gulp. She needed to protect her baby. A part of Emily Prentiss begged for her to drive into one of her team members driveways, tell them all of the horrible things that had been happening to her, let them take it into their own hands. Then she would be out of harms way, and their baby would be safe. But no, she could not. There was no way she would do that. She gave a small sigh. It was her own choice of how to protect the baby growing inside of her, and she knew she needed to do it all on her own.

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Pulling into her driveway, Emily parked the car as best she could given the little space she had with Aiden's badly parked car. She could tell, just from the awful angle it was parked at that, yes, he was drunk. And drunk was not a good thing. That meant she would have to protect her baby sooner than she thought. Carefully, blowing a deep breath through her lips, Emily remembered that she had promised to ring JJ when she got home. A niggling feeling told her that it would be better doing that now, than later when Aiden was on full fury. Carefully she held down the number and waited for an answer.

"Hey. I just called to say I am home." Emily's voice was forced cheery.

"Good. Now go and get some sleep, okay? I'll talk tomorrow. Bye." Given the woman's rushed words she could tell Will was already home and that him and JJ were... well, you can guess what.

"Bye." She said distantly into the phone, even after it had hung up. 'Help, he's drunk and he'll hit me and the baby. Please help me.' Her mind screamed, yet not a single word left her mouth. Instead she just hung up, calmly and collectedly. Giving a deep sigh, she pulled the key from the ignition and began to leave the car, walking up towards her apartment.

Fear radiating from her body, Emily slowly pushed the front door open. Looking around the room to find Aiden, calmly, sitting on the couch. There was a moment's silence where she was able to put her keys and purse down, and take off her coat before she heard his slurred words.

"Where was you tonight?" He asked. Fucking hypocrite. Emily gave a roll of her eyes, where was she? Where the hell had he been? Not that she would ask that question. No, that would rage him more.

"Sorry... I went to JJ's to take Henry out. We got a bit caught up." Her eyes locked on the floor as he began to stand up, and soon, she could see his shadow loom over her.

"JJ's?" It was not a question, it was outrage. "I don't like you talking to her, she is trying to force you away from me and I will not have it!" Then came the first blow. A slap to the face.

As Emily's hands clung to the table by the door, she tried her best to remain standing. Stay strong.

"Sorry." She mumbled out. "I... I just needed to see her. Talk to her." Little did she know, that pushed him even further.

"Talk? To her? Why on earth would you talk to her? You have me! Everything you want to say you can say to me!" Yeah, and you'll beat me for it. She said, in her head, of course.

Then came more rage as she felt him kick her in the shin, her legs giving out from under her as she fell to the floor, her arms protectively wrapped around her abdomen. Another kick, and another, Emily only managed to gasp out pained breaths. Then came a break. Where Aiden seemed to try and catch his own breath. Biting against her lower lip, to stop the tears from falling out, Emily decided that it would be best to tell him. It'd be worth a try at least. Either he would stop beating her and be happy, or he would be furious and would beat her some more. But it was still worth a try.

"I'm... I'm pregnant." She managed to choke out through painful gasps. Mid foot lifting, Aiden froze.

"What?" It was rage.

"I... I'm having a baby... Your baby." Then he did the unthinkable, dropping his foot back to the floor, dropping his fist back to his side.

"You're having my baby?" A small smile grew on his drunken face. It was enough to make Emily sick.

"Y... yes." She managed to choke out, her breath getting tangled with a sob of pain.

"We're having a baby?" A small nod told him all he needed to know, and Aiden slowly lifted her off of the floor and into his arms, cradling her like an infant. "I am so sorry, Emily. Forgive me? I'm so sorry." He kept repeating. Emily gave a small nod.

"It's okay, I know you are." The pain in her leg begun to numb into a lingering ache.

Aiden's hand reached out to her, and softly touched her stomach, then she flinched. He noticed.

"Why don't you go get changed for bed? I'll be up in a minute." Placing her back on wobbly legs, he looked away as she hobbled away up the stairs painfully. Tears now streaming down Emily's face.