One week later

Emily walks into the bullpen early on a Wednesday morning. The girls were doing better, a lot better then expected and Emily decided to come back to work. JJ was meeting with Ms. Taylor, Aubree's social worker. She was supposed to call and tell her how the meeting went and if she was being awarded full custody or not. The last week were a trial run; seeing if JJ could handle two kids, one of which came from an abusive household.

"Hey Em, is JJ meeting with the social worker today?" Morgan asks. The team quickly found out about JJ trying to adopt and were quick to approve.

"Yeah, she's gonna call and tell me how it went."

"I hope it goes in her favor. That little girl deserves a forever home." Spencer says. The other two nods in agreement.

A few hours later it was nearing lunchtime and Emily still hadn't heard from JJ. She didn't know whether to be worried or not.

"I don't know if her not calling is good or bad." Emily says.

"Well, it looks like you're about to find out." Derek says, pointing to the entrance.

Emily turns just in time to see Henry running towards her.

"Aunt Emmy!"

"Hey buddy! What are you doing here?"

"Mommy has a surprise for, but you gotta close your eyes." He says.

"Ok," Emily said. She closes her eyes and hears Henry yell, "Momma, she's ready!" From a few feet away. Then she hears Aubree yell,

"Em'ly!" She opens her eyes and catches the little girl in a hug.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Guess what Em'ly!"

"What?"

"JJ's my new Mommy! And she says you can be my Aunt and Henwy's my broder!" Aubree says, jumping up and down.

"I take it, it went well with the social worker." Emily says.

"Yep. They gave me full-custody. This little girl," She ruffles Aubree's hair. The little girl was sitting in Emily's lap coloring on a piece of paper. "is now Aubree Elizabeth Marie Jareau."

"I like my new name Momma. It's pretty." Aubree says.

"Well, I'm glad. Why don't you ask Emmy what we came here for."

"Momma wants to know if you can leeb earwy." Aubree says. She switches from a purple crayon to a blue one and draws another flower. The flowers were looking pretty good for a four-year-old.

"Sure, I'm done with my paperwork and I was just about to get some lunch."

"Aunt Emmy, can we go to McDonalds?"

"Well, why don't you ask sister what she wants."

Aubree turns and whispers in Henry's ear. His eyes light up and he looks at Emily. "She wants to go there."

"Ok, how about we go eat and then go to the store and pick out some paint for Bree's room?"

"Sounds good." Emily stood up and looked at Derek. "You guys want to come too?"

"Yeah, Uncle Derek come with us!" Henry jumped up from his place on the ground and ran over to Derek's side, while Aubree went to Spencer's. Over the past couple of weeks, the little girl had grown close to the genies.

"I guess that means we coming along. Come on Boy wonder." Derek and Spencer stood up, Derek letting Henry climb on his back while Spencer did the same with Bree.

"Is Pen here? Or did she leave with Kevin?"

"She left with Kevin." Morgan says. The six head to the elevator where Derek let Henry down so he could push the button.

Once outside they head to McDonald's.

"Hey Jen?" Emily climbs into the driver seat while JJ gets in h passenger seat.

"Mm?"

"Where are my children?"

"They're at my parents house." Emily nods and pulls into traffic.

"Are we going to get them?"

"Sure." Emily does a U-turn and drives the ten minute drive to Sandy's house. Once there, she had Derek put the twins' booster seats in the back of the SVU while she goes to the door.

She knocks and a minute later the door open to Anah dressed a oversized t-shirt. "Anahbella I told you to wait for me." Emily hears Sandy say. She looks at the mini-brunette with raised eyebrows.

"Sowwy Nana." Anah says. And then to Emily: "Hi Mommy. What're you doing?"

"I'm here to pick you and sissy up. We're going to McDonald's." She steps inside and looks around. "Where is you sister anyways?"

"She didn't listen to Nana, so she got putted in timeout." Anah says. She runs back to the art table and goes back to coloring.

Emily looks to Sandy.

"The girls wanted grilled cheese for lunch and so that's what I made. But then Addiesan took three bites and said she full, only to come back ten minutes later wanting dessert. When I told her 'no', she threw a tantrum."

Emily sighs, "I'm sorry Sandy. I will be having a long talk with her tonight." Then to the girls: Get your stuff together, we're going to go eat lunch."

"Em? What happened to you?" JJ's calls out. She walks into the living and sees Emily and her mother.

"Sorry Jen, it looks like Addiesan had gotten in trouble and Sandy was telling me what happened." Emily said.

The girls run to Emily when they get their stuff and Emily thanks Sandy again. They leave and load up in the car, heading to McDonald's.


Home Depot

Once at the store, the group heads to paint section. Emily and JJ are going to let Bree pick out any color she's wants. She already had three picked out in the car, pink, blue, and purple, and now can't decide which one to get.

"What color do you want to get Princess?" JJ asks.

"Why don't you guys do something crazy like, paint the walls pink and leave a wall specifically for a chalk wall?" Derek suggests.

"What's a chalk wall?" Aubree asks.

"It's a wall with special paint in it. You can take chalk and draw on it." JJ tells her.

"Can I have one?"

"If that's what you want. But what color do you want the other walls to be?" JJ asks.

"I want purple."

"Ok, come here," JJ picks Aubree up and carries her over to the board. She picks three different shades of purple and holds them up. "Which one?"

"That one." Aubree points to a dark purple.

"Ok, let's go have them make it."

They went over to the counter and handed the girl the paint chip.

"Momma I wanna see." Henry says, raising his hands to be picked up. JJ lifted him and the girls up onto the counter and they watched at the worker added blue and red to the machine. She pushed a button and the machine began to shake. Once it was done, the lady took a stirrer and dipped it in the paint.

"Is this the right color?"

"Yes ma'am." Aubree says as Henry says "Cool."

"Ok, how many gallons do you need ma'am?" JJ looks to Derek and he says "Three gallons. And two of the black chalkboard paint." The lady nods and prepares the buckets.

Once they are finished with paint, they head over to get brushes, rollers, pans (?), and tarps. Then they head to the checks out.

"Hey, I'm going outside to watch the kids. You wanna come or are you going to help them upstairs?" Emily tells JJ.

"Come outside Aunt Jenny!" Anah yells and she runs through the kitchen and out the sliding doors.

"No running in the house please!" Emily calls after her.

"I guess I'm coming outside." JJ says.

The girls take the kids outside while the boys go upstairs. They had called Dave and Aaron on the way over and had them meet them at the house.


Next up: Christmas Morning.

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