"I WANT MAMA!" Henry screams, tears streaming down his face.

JJ runs a hand through her hair. She is near exhaustion and Henry's temper tantrum at bedtime is not helping.

"Henry, I told you Mama is off being Batman."

"NO!"

"Henry, please, lay down and I can put on the CD and you can- -"

"NO!"

To emphasize his point, Henry throws his teddy bear across the bedroom. JJ is really regretting the Lightening McQueen toddler bed since there is no way to keep Henry from crawling out of it. At least with a crib he could have just cried himself to sleep in it. JJ is nearing the end of her emotional rope. Just when she is about to resort to yelling at a 2 year old, she is rescued.

"How's my favorite nephew?"

Henry's tears stop. "PENNY!"

He leaps off his bed and runs into Garcia's arms. JJ is rubbing her face, thanking God for sending her best friend in the nick of time.

"Penny, want Mama!"

"Well, I can't give you your Mama in person but I have something really cool for you." She holds out a DVD to him.

Henry takes it, and smiles as he sees the picture of his Mama on the label. "What is?" he asks.

Garcia stands with him in her arms. "Come on. I'll show you."

As they walk out of the room, JJ takes a couple of deep breaths. She stands and walks over to Henry's dresser. She picks up a framed picture. It is the family portrait Will had snapped the day Henry had met his little sister. Emily is smiling at Henry as he carefully reaches out to touch Rocky. JJ draws a finger down the image of her wife.

"Damn you, Emily. We need you. Come back to us. Please," she whispers, hoping the words will somehow reach her wife.

She carefully sets the picture back down and makes her way to her bedroom. She can hear Emily laughing. Her steps quicken as for the moment she forgets it's not possible for the brunette to be there. Stepping into the room, she sees Garcia sitting against the headboard, Henry in her lap as they watch the TV.

"Blow out the candles, Champ!" Emily encourages.

JJ stares at the scenes from Henry's 2nd birthday party. After a few minutes, the images change to an impromptu picnic Garcia had put together midway through JJ's tour in Afghanistan. She can't help but smile as she sees Emily helping Henry and Jack make cards for JJ and Morgan. That care package had been one of JJ's favorite's.

JJ walks over and sits down beside Garcia. Henry's eyes are glued to the TV…but his hand reaches out and take's his Mommy's. Tears spring into JJ's eyes. She lifts his hand and kisses it.

"I love you, Henry."

Henry glances at her. "Love Mommy."

He crawls out of Garcia's lap and into JJ's. She holds him close as they watch the DVD. JJ looks at her best friend, who is also teary-eyed.

"Thank you, Pen," JJ whispers.

Garcia smiles. "My pleasure, Jayje. Just glad it got here when it did."

JJ nods. "Once again your timing is impeccable."

Garcia wraps her arm around JJ's shoulder. JJ leans into the embrace as they keep watching the various pictures and videos Garcia had put together knowing Henry had been missing his Mama.

Suddenly Henry sits up. He quickly scrambles to the edge of the bed and drops to the ground.

"Henry? Where you going?"

He doesn't answer. JJ hops up to follow him and sees him run into his room. Before she gets to his room he is running back out…his teddy bear in his arms. JJ smiles.

"Ah, okay."

He grabs his Mommy's hand and drags her back into the bedroom. Soon he is once again sitting in her lap, this time hugging the bear whose dark hair matches his mother's locks.

JJ makes it to the BAU at 11 the next morning. Henry had slept in her bed with her the night before but he had been plagued with nightmares. He didn't sleep much so she didn't sleep much.

Still, after seeing the doctor that morning she had decided to go to the office for a couple hours just to try to keep some sense of normalcy in her life. After getting her computer up and running, she heads to the kitchenette to get a cup of coffee. As she stirs it a voice comes from the doorway.

"You need sleep, not caffeine, JJ."

JJ turns and forces a smile to her face. "Can't get one so thank God for the other."

He shakes his head. "Running yourself into the ground isn't going to do anyone any good. Why the hell are you even here?"

JJ shrugs. "Where else would I be? I can't do anything for her so it's not like I can be by her side. Rocky doesn't understand so she's okay. Henry swings from hating me one minute to not wanting me out of his sight the next. It's an emotional fucking roller coaster that can't be explained to a 2 year old. He just wants his Mama and I can't give her to him."

"Why not?"

JJ rolls her eyes. "You know why! I can't…can't just…I can't do that to him. I can't scare him that way!"

"Who says it would scare him? And maybe it can help her to hear him; to feel him nearby."

JJ thinks about that a moment, tears are once again streaming down her cheeks. "But what if it doesn't?" she whispers.

The agent sighs in understanding. "And if Henry can't bring her back to you she's truly lost."

JJ nods. "Just say it. Tell me I'm a fucking coward."

He pulls her into a hug. "You're not a coward. Far from it. JJ, none of us think that. You're doing amazingly well considering the situation. Ever since we got back to D.C. you've been all about Emily, your kids, and the job. Maybe it's time to be about you. Just for today don't work. Go do something for yourself."

She shakes her head. "No. All I will do is worry about her and Henry. At least here I can concentrate on making life better for someone else; giving them an answer that can help them start to heal. That keeps me going, Derek."

Morgan nods. "I guess I can see that." He leans back and looks into her eyes. "I'm here if you need me, Jayje."

"I know. Thank you. Going to see Emily tonight?"

He smiles. "Of course. Her being in a coma is the only way I can beat her at chess."

JJ actually chuckles. "When she wakes up she'll claim you cheated."

Morgan shrugs. "She'll have to prove it. Come on. Sooner you get to work, the sooner you get out of here."

JJ nods as Morgan wraps an arm around her shoulder and, limping on his still healing right leg, walks her back to her desk.