Here's a little Mother's Day special for you guys x Here's to all the mums out there! x Sorry it's a little short. Meant to be a feature chapter and filler. Next chapter, JJ and Peter meet up.
"Mom? What are you doing here? I thought you were spending the day with your friends."
Sandy Jareau stepped into her daughter's house, giving her a bouquet of flowers. "Happy Mother's Day, dear. In fact, my friends cancelled - opting for a day with their families. So, I thought why don't you and I have a day to ourselves huh?"
"Ha... It's Mother's Day?!" JJ exclaimed, rushing to the kitchen to check the calendar on the pin board. "Oh, Mom! I'm so sorry, I forgot. Happy Mother's Day." JJ sighed, placing a hand on her head.
Spencer had woken up at 3 that morning, looking worse than the day before and more sicker.
"JJ, it's fine. I can stay and help you look after the kids. You look like you haven't slept..."
JJ's lips wavered as she sighed, rubbing her head. "I'm fine. But I do appreciate the help. The twins are in the playroom and Henry's eating breakfast."
"Great. You go back up there and catch some sleep. I got it covered down here." Sandy smiled, hugging her daughter tightly.
"Okay... Thanks," JJ mumbled, heading upstairs.
She opened her bedroom door and found Spencer leaning over a small tray of what looked to be breakfast.
"JJ!"
JJ jumped, raising a bemused eyebrow. "Spence... What's all this? I go for twenty minutes and our room has transformed."
Spencer grinned, stepping to the side to reveal Henry. "We needed you out of the kitchen to have enough time to bring this upstairs. You were meant to stay in bed but you got up before me."
"Happy Mother's Day!" Henry exclaimed, waving over her breakfast of eggs, orange juice, toast, tomatoes and hash browns.
"Oh, boys... Thank you..." JJ smiled brightly, accepting Henry's homemade card and gift bag. "What's in here?" She asked, opening the bag to reveal an expensive perfume.
"Henry chose that."
JJ kissed her son's head and hugged him, smiling happily at the gift. "You have expensive taste, sweetheart."
"Only the best for my momma!" Henry replied, blushing. "James and Lexi told me you liked it too."
"Well, they're amazing too." JJ grinned. "Right, I can't finish all of this myself so why don't you join me, hmm?"
"Yeah!"
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"Sorry for ruining your morning..." Spencer whispered into her ear as they slow danced.
JJ leant back, facing him with a bright smile. "You didn't. You made it fantastic. And that gift for my mom, for the both of us? Perfect. How could you even afford a spa day?"
"I couldn't," Spencer blushed. "Your mom bought it. I offered to pay but she insisted. Said she got a bonus at work and wanted me to take the credit."
"Awh, I'll call her tonight. She's amazing..." JJ gushed. "But you're also amazing, you know that? I also know that we're going to get through this. This tumour won't break us."
Spencer gave her a tight-lipped smile in response and kissed her forehead. "JJ... whatever happens..."
"Shh, no talk about that, yeah? Look, why don't we schedule for a dinner party and invite everyone? It's been hectic and I'm sure the kids will love to see the team."
"Yeah, sounds great." Spencer smiled, letting go of her.
JJ nodded and left the room, wiping her eyes. He watched her, he could tell that she was slowly crumbling because he was too.
"I love you, Jennifer..." He whispered to the air.
He almost heard it but he was sure that she said it back too so he smiled.
