A/N- Okay so this is the last official chapter, but I already have an epilogue written so look for that next week. I really appreciate all the wonderful reviews. Your support of this story has been nothing short of amazing.

A/N2- Again I have to thank my "number one fan" Zuzana who is my constant source of ideas and motivation. Thanks girl… you know I love ya!

Chapter 7- ENJOY!

"Oh my god Jennifer." Emily said as she jumped and grabbed JJ's hand. "You're awake." Emily said with new tears falling down her face. Just seeing Emily made JJ visibly relax. "Can you hear me?" Emily asked and JJ made an attempt to nod her head but was met with a jolt of extreme pain. Emily could feel JJ tense. "Ok so maybe moving isn't a good idea right now?" Emily teased through her still falling tears. "Ok how about this; blink once for yes and twice for no?" JJ blinked once. "Okay that is great. Are you in any pain?" JJ offered a blink and wink which caused Emily to laugh. "So is that somewhere between a yes and a no?" JJ blinked once. Emily pressed the call button for the nurse and then turned her attention back to JJ. "Ok the nurse and doctor will be here soon." One blink. "Do you remember what happened?" Two blinks. "You were in a car accident. A drunk driver ran a red light and hit you in the driver side." JJ closed her eyes as the memories came flooding back. The green light, the sound of tire screeching, metal and glass everywhere and Henry screaming. JJ's eyes flew open as she thought her son and Emily could see the wild panic and fear in her eyes. "Relax, it's okay. Henry is fine. Four stitches in his cute little forehead but other than that he is perfectly fine. He is with your parents at the park right now." Emily could visibly see JJ relax, knowing that Henry was okay.

"Well I hear our patient is finally awake." Dr. Ellis said as he walked into the room. "Ok lets see what we have here. Agent Jareau my name is Dr. Ellis. Do you know where you are?" JJ blinked once.

"She's blinking once for yes and twice for no." Emily explained.

"Ok, very good." Dr. Ellis said as he looked over some of JJ's machine readouts. "I'm very happy to see you awake and doing so well. Now maybe you can convince your wife to go home and actually get some decent rest." Dr. Ellis laughed. At the word wife JJ's eyes darted to Emily in confusion. Emily couldn't help but blush at the look she was getting from JJ. "So, on a level of 1 to 10 what is your current pain level?" Dr. Ellis asked oblivious to the silent conversation being had between the two women. JJ let go of Emily's hand long enough to hold up 7 fingers. Emily felt her heart swell when JJ quickly wrapped her hand back in hers. "Ok, now I'm going to disconnect your breathing tube for a few seconds and see how you do with breathing on your own. You right lung was severely damaged, so breathing is going to be very painful. If its too painful or you don't feel like you are getting enough air let me know immediately ok." JJ blinked once and the doctor moved to disconnect the respirator. "Now inhale." JJ couldn't believe how painful that first breath was; tears slowly leaked from the corners of her eyes. She was grateful that with each breath the pain seemed to ease slightly. JJ continued to focus on her breathing with the doctor watched her O2 levels. "Ok Jennifer how is your pain now?" JJ once again let go of Emily's hand but this time held up 8 fingers. Once again Emily was happy when JJ reached for her hand again.

"Just try and relax." Emily said in a calming voice. She watched as JJ closed her eyes and tried and to focus on her breathing.

"Ok things look really good Jennifer." The doctor said as he continued to watch the monitors. "I think we can take the tube out, but I need to you tell us if at any point it becomes too painful to breathe. We will continue to watch your O2 levels and as long as those stay steady we can keep you off the respirator. We can leave it in for a while longer if you would like though?" JJ opened her eyes and blinked twice. She wanted the tube out of her sooner rather than later.

"Are you sure JJ?" Emily asked. "If it's too painful maybe you should…" Emily let go of JJ's hand and through her hands up in surrender, as JJ shot her a look of contempt. JJ wanted that tube out and Emily was not about to stop her. "Okay, okay. Whatever you want." Emily smiled as she took JJ's hand again.

"Ok. I'm going to warn you this is going to hurt. Its going to hurt a lot." JJ blinked once her understanding. "Okay, on the count of two I want you to take a deep breath and then on three exhale as hard as you can. As you exhale, I'm going to remove the tube." JJ blinked and closed her eyes to prepare herself for what she knew was coming. "One, Two," JJ took a very deep, painful breath, "Three." And JJ exhaled with all she had. JJ always thought that having a child was the worse pain she had ever felt, but nothing would ever compare to the pain she felt as the doctor removed that breathing tube. Her lungs burned, her throat burned and all the coughing that came after felt like she was ripping her body in two.

"OH MY GOD!" JJ groaned between coughs. She squeezed Emily's hand with all she had.

"Just relax Jennifer. Just like when Henry was born, just breathe and relax." Emily said trying to ease some of JJ's pain. She hated that JJ was in pain and there was nothing she could do.

"How you doing there Jennifer? Hanging in there?" The doctor asked. JJ offered a weak nod as another round of coughs racked her body.

"My chest hurts and my throat burns." JJ moaned fighting off another wave of coughs.

"That's to be expected. Try not to speak too much of the next several hours. I will have the nurse get you some ice chips to help ease the pain in your throat. I'm also going to give you another round of pain medication to help. The best thing for you is still rest." The doctor explained. JJ offered a weak nod; too tired and sore to do much else. "We will see how things progress over night and then tomorrow we will see about moving her to another room." Dr. Ellis told Emily.

"Thank you doctor." Emily smiled, never letting go of JJ's hand.

The next several hours were a blur for Emily as JJ's room was overrun with visitors and nurses. Even Dr. Ellis stopped by a couple times to check on JJ's status. He told Emily that JJ's O2 levels had dropped a little but it was nothing to be overly concerned about and that they would continue to monitor her through out the night. JJ couldn't wait to get out of the ICU so she could see Henry. No amount of begging would let the staff break the no children rule, which was probably for the best anyways. The last thing anyone wanted was Henry accidentally ripping some of JJ's stitches. JJ was in and out of sleep for the most of the afternoon. She stayed awake long enough to visit with everyone who was more than happy to see her awake and without the breathing tube, but it didn't take long for the pain medicine to kick in and JJ to fall asleep.

Emily was standing at the window watching the sun set and for the first time in several days she felt relaxed. JJ was awake now and that was all that matter.

"So my doctor said that I'm suppose to get my wife to go home and rest." JJ said in a rough, raspy voice, being sure to put extra emphasis on the word wife. Emily turned around and was surprised to see JJ awake. JJ let out a couple of coughs and Emily was immediately by her side.

"Here, take some ice chips." Emily said offering JJ the cooling treat.

"I swore after Henry I would never eat ice chips again." JJ groaned remembering the 14 hours of labor and the hundreds of ice chips she was forced to eat.

"Yeah, but it helps doesn't it?" Emily asked watching JJ eat a few of the chips.

"Yeah, I guess so." JJ smiled. "So wife uhn?" JJ asked.

"Didn't the doctor say you weren't suppose to talk too much?" Emily laughed trying to change the subject, but she could tell JJ wasn't going to let it drop that easy. "God Jennifer you scared the crap out of me." Emily said as she sat down on the edge of the bed, taking JJ's hand. "When they called and said that you had been in an accident I'm pretty sure my heart stopped. Then when I got here they wouldn't give me any information because I wasn't family. So I said the first thing that came to my mind. I told them you were my wife and no one questioned it." Emily explained.

"So rather than say sister or cousin, you said wife? They same thing that the day before sent you into a frenzy?" JJ asked

"I know, I know. Don't think that everyone hasn't already pointed out the irony of the whole situation to me." JJ laughed but soon regretted it as pain ripped through her chest. "Hey there, you okay? Need to me call the nurse?" Emily asked squeezing JJ's hand.

"No." JJ replied with her eyes closed, waiting for the pain to ease. "It's getting better." JJ said through gritted teeth. After a few minutes Emily could see JJ start to relax. "Better." JJ smiled. "I just got to remember that I can't do that for a while."

"Can I ask you something personal?" Emily asked.

"Of course."

"When did you first realize that you liked women?" Emily asked suddenly finding a piece of lint on her pants very interesting. She couldn't help the blush that crept onto her cheeks.

"I was in college." JJ replied honestly. "My roommate was gay and we hung out a lot. One day I noticed that I didn't just like hanging out with her but rather I needed to hang out with her. She became the most important person in my life. I would blow off my boyfriends to go and hang out with her and I found myself fantasizing about her. At first I thought it was about being in college and wanting to experiment but after our first kiss I knew that it wasn't just a phase."

"So just like that you went from being straight to being bisexual?"

"Yeah I guess so." JJ replied. "What's this really about Emily?"

"A person can do a lot of soul searching when they are watching the person they care about most in the world fight for their life." Emily said finally looking up at JJ's bright blue eyes. "I think the reason that I freaked out when that woman thought I was your wife was that deep down inside I liked the idea and it scared me." Emily took a deep breathe before continuing. "I've never been with another woman nor have I ever even thought about being with a woman, but do you realize that you are the longest and best relationship I have ever been in? With the exception of the, well you know…" Emily blushed again.

"Sex?"

"Yeah, with the exception of sex, we are practically married as it is." Emily said blushing even more. "And the one thing I've come to realize over the last several days is that I like our relationship. I love our dinner dates and our little family trips we take with Henry. You and Henry mean the world to me."

"Emily what are you saying?" JJ asked gripping Emily's hand a little tighter.

"I'm saying that somewhere along the way I fell in love with you." Emily smiled. "And I know that I've never been with another woman but I do know love and I know what I feel in my heart."

"You love me?" JJ asked back in surprise.

"Yes I can honestly say I do and I know that I don't deserve it after everything I said but I really hope that you can give me another chance." Emily said lifting JJ's hand and gently kissing JJ's knuckles. "I think we could really have something good here. Hell we already do."

"Are you sure this isn't just a gut reaction to the accident?" JJ asked.

"Morgan told me to make sure that this wasn't just some phase before I said anything because you deserve better than that, and I can promise you that I have done nothing but think about this since our fight. I love you and I promise to be there for you and Henry for as long as you'll have me."

"I don't know what to say." JJ said as a stray tear ran down her cheek.

"Then say yes, Please?" Emily said kissing JJ's knuckle again. "I know I have a lot to learn but I'm a quick study and besides I already know the most important part."

"What's that?"

"That I love you and I love Henry." Emily replied. "You're my family and I'm sorry that it took you almost dying for me to realize that."

"Can I let you in on a little secret?" JJ asked and Emily nodded. "I love you too. I have for a very long time. That is why it hurt so much when you freaked out at the thought of being married to me."

"God Jennifer, I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you." Emily said with her own tears falling. "And I'm not saying I want to get married tomorrow but I hope that one day maybe we can and then I'll be proud to call you my wife." JJ reached up and wiped a tear from Emily's cheek, then cupped her cheek with her hand.

"There's a lot to consider you know?" Emily raised her eyebrows. "Henry, our jobs?" JJ stated.

"I love Henry like he's my own. I would die for that little boy and as for our jobs, I'll quit tomorrow if that is what it takes for us to be together." Emily replied. "I'm just asking for a chance." Emily practically begged leaning into JJ's hand that was still resting on her cheek.

"Come here." JJ smiled as she gently pulled Emily toward her. Emily leaned forward, her insides churning at what was about to happen. She had never been so excited and nervous at that the same time. After what seemed like hours, their lips finally touched and Emily was sure she saw fireworks. From that moment she knew exactly what JJ had meant earlier. This was it for Emily and she was even more certain now. The kiss was short and simple, but there was more passion in it then any kiss Emily had ever experienced.

"God Jennifer I love you." Emily said and she rested her forehead on JJ's

"Me too." JJ smiled through tired eyes.

"Why don't you get some rest?" Emily smiled as she stood up from the bed.

"I don't want too. I'm afraid I'll wake up and it will have all been a dream." JJ smiled as her eyes closed.

"It's not a dream I promise." Emily smiled and leaned over and kissed JJ's cheek. "I'll be here when you wake up."

"You promise." JJ asked already falling asleep.

"Always and forever." Emily replied back with a huge smile as JJ drifted off to sleep.

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