Hi! One info about this chapter: Ambassador Prentiss makes her appearance. She will be slightly OC. She did help Emily with McKenzie. She was the child's legal tutor while Emily was hiding in Paris. Enjoy the chapter. I tried to make it slightly longer.

Emily looked at her as if to say: it's time to face them. And went to the door "hey guys! I know this must be surreal. I promise to tell you everything. And if then, I will answer any questions you might have. Especially you Reid."

They all understood where she was coming from, they were shocked and surprised but they wanted to learn the truth, and the only way to learn it, was to let her explain.

They had seen JJ but no one had the courage to ask.

Emily showed them towards the big window, where JJ remained unmoving. She checked McKenzie's covers and joined them.

She moved to stand beside Jennifer, she didn't want to appear too obvious, but she needed the comfort. What she needed to do was something difficult, which everyone understood. That's why they all smiled at her, encouraging her and showing their support.

She took a deep breath and started her tail, foregoing some details.

"You need to know that it was never my intention to keep my daughter a secret. We are here, by the way, because yesterday she had her appendix removed. They called me while I was at Rossi's. This is the reason why I left abruptly.

When I started working with you, she was only a toddler. You were weary of me because of my political connections and because of the shady way I joined your team, which I know now was not unfounded. But try to look it from my point of view: I was an outsider for the team. You looked at me as if I didn't belong there. I didn't want to make you see me as a weak mother. I always thought I would tell you after the resignation Fiasco. By then, I was part of the team, and I was ready to explain it all. Then, Matthew died. It hurt so much, JJ was on maternity leave and I could no longer rely on her presence. I was hurt by something someone had said. I decided to wait a little bit to reveal my status as a mother. Everything was getting better when I heard from my Interpol team. I learnt that Doyle was still alive and I knew I could never have others know of her. That degenerated quickly: I found out he had escaped and had killed Tsia and her fiancé. I decided to send McKenzie to my mother for protection and ran to Boston. You know what happened there. I ..."

"Wait! She never knew you were alive? Your daughter thought that her mother had died for 7 months?" Blurred out Reid, completely unaware that he sounded judgmental.

At the same time, Rossi covered Spencer's voice by saying his piece of mind "How could you risk your child? You should have never gone after him! That is no way to behave for a mother." Strauss, who was a mother and had been criticized multiple times admonished him immediately:"Agent Rossi! You have no right to be judging Emily. Or are you judging me too?"

Rossi looked into Erin's eyes and found only hurt, he then looked towards Emily and found mirroring feelings.

He shut up without apologizing, he knew Emily would feel it not true.

Emily felt hurt by Rossi. He, whom she always saw as a father figure, was saying she was not a good mother. She started losing hope and stopped trying to explain.

She didn't think they would believe her anymore but as soon as these thoughts entered her mind, she felt JJ wrap her arms around her midsection and put her head on her shoulder.

That is when she heard her voice address the others: "I can't believe you Dave! I never knew you to be so judgmental, especially considering your failed marriages. Anyways, I believe it's my turn to explain what happened. First of all, I made every choice on my own. Emily never influenced me. The only person who did have a say in my actions was Will. He is on my side. So, think before spouting your feelings and your critics. I have to admit something that I never said explicitly. I am bisexual, have always been. You might wonder why I said it. The truth is" she turned Emily's head towards her and kept going "The truth is, that I have been attracted to Emily since the beginning. But I thought she could never see me in that light so I started seeing Will. I never meant for it to become more than a long distance, but. But I fell pregnant and had Henry. From that moment I convinced myself that Henry needed my to be with his father so I started believing I had fallen in love with Will. I was so sure that I thought I was ready to bond with him forever. That was all a lie. A lie that I did not realize until last night. Emily had come to see me and help me when she abruptly left because of her feelings for me. That is the moment in which I saw the light and broke down. My mom and Will probably knew already my feelings and concocted up the blatant lie they fed you guys. Will never cheated on me, but I didn't know how to broach my true feelings with you before discussing everything with Em."

She waited a few seconds, just to let them mull over her words. Then, she made a spur-of-the-moment choice, and declared what they were all expecting, but at the same time, still not ready to hear.

"Will and I have separated amicably and we will remain friends for Henry. But I am starting a new journey with Emily. We want to see where our feelings can take us. This means that we have every intention of pursuing a love relationship.

If someone has problems we are ready to leave the team." She concluded strongly.

She knew she might have come off as pretentious but she needed them to understand that they were serious and this was not a joke.

Spencer Reid needed to voice his opinion before the others, so he talked to Emily and surprised everyone with his easiness:

"Emily. Do you love JJ?"

"Yes, I do. With all of my heart"

He kept asking "Do you promise to never hurt her and to cherish her and Henry always?"

Confused about this line of thoughts, she answered sincerely "No. I cannot promise that because I cannot see into the future. What I can promise is that I will never intentionally hurt her and I will always love both her and Henry as if he were my own, just like she will probably do with McKenzie."

Reid smiled for the first time and nodded to her, satisfied by her answer.

They were all waiting with baited breath Strauss' and Hotch's reactions. Both Em and JJ knew already that There would be no problems because Emily could change job. She was scared though. She had no idea if she would have problems on the team by coming out.

Emily was thinking that she would accept Clyde's offer and, if it all went wrong, she would help Jen get other jobs. She knew that she could never work with Rossi again, after his accusations.

Before either JJ or Emily could start really fearing of their bosses' reactions, they heard Strauss capture everyone's attention.

"Agent Jareau, Agent Prentiss! I think I can talk for everyone on the chain when I say that this is unexpected. I do understand that the team has always had a great chemistry. That is something I won't dismiss. I do know that there is nothing that makes your relationship illegal, except for the risk of getting hurt. So I am willing to let you stay on and be on probation for six months. At the same time, there is the matter of trust and what happened last night with your colleagues. Have you heard about Garcia and Morgan?"

"I talked to my mom this morning, she told me that Garcia got violent because she refused to let her in. She did say that Morgan was gentle in his words and he never scared her. What exactly happened? Do you know what is going on with Garcia? Emily told me that she heard Garcia tell Kevin that she is homophobic? I never pegged her for someone like that. She never badmouthed lesbians or gay people." JJ was rambling and getting angrier by the minute, only Emily's hand was soothing her.

Hotch talked for the first time and answered JJ.

"I was surprised by her behavior too. I never imagined she could be so radical. What I can tell you is that she has said multiple times those things in jail. She screamed at the police officer. Morgan asked for a different cell, just to get as far away as possible from her.

What I know is that I find myself in a quandary." He wanted to say more but Emily blocked him.

"Hotch, you told me that I could talk to you. I need to tell you something. I received a new job offer from Interpol."

"No Emily! You cannot move to England. JJ tell her she cannot." Reid was already scared, he needed her near them, but most of all, he needed her.

JJ talked over him saying "Wait and listen! She is not leaving, and even if she was, I would never prohibit her from advancing in her career." This shocked them all.

"No! You needn't worry. The job offer is here. Let me finish! Easter offered me to become the Chief of the Interpol office in Washington D.C. I am still thinking about it. I need to learn all the details before deciding. But I am probably going to accept. That does not mean that I will disappear. I will still be in DC, but I will have more time at home with Kenzie. So Hotch, don't worry."

Hotch accepted her word and told her that he understood.

"I can understand Emily. You are doing what is right for yourself and your family. Let me know as soon as you decide. JJ what about you?"

"I don't know. I am not saying that I want to leave. I will think about it all. I do need to ask you something. I was supposed to have three weeks off. Can I ask for two and add Emily in the deal?"

"Maybe it's for the best, if both of you take two weeks off. Anyways, we understand your reasons Emily. I forgive you for your choices. As a parent, I get it."

Rossi decided to talk second "I understand, I might not like them and it might take me some time to forgive you, that does not mean that I cannot wait to meat this mini you." This made all of them laugh.

Spencer was happy and made it known "I want to know everything! You will need to tell me what she likes to read so I can get her some books."

"Thank you Spencer! You will be surprised by her."

"Agent Prentiss. You amaze me every day. What you have done to protect your daughter is astonishing and unbelievable. I admire your strength and promise to make sure you and your child are always protected." This surprised all, except for Rossi, who already knew this side of her.

Hotch talked again, with a serious tone "Let me know if you need anything. We are sorry, but we have to leave and go see Morgan and Garcia."

"You will let us know, won't you? I am sorry, you cannot meet her properly, but she is going to sleep away most of the day, at least this is what the doctor said." Emily turned to look at her baby, who was lying on the bed asleep, feeling a mix of emotions by exposing her to everyone. She felt like a mama bear with her cub.

After promising to keep them informed, the team left. As they closed the door, they turned towards each other and let go. Emily attacked JJ's lip with so much fervor. JJ was not far behind. Both were releasing pent up emotions from the previous conversation. They knew they could not touch base 3 or 4 because they were in a hospital room and they had a small child with them, even if she was asleep. But they still enjoyed some peace before McKenzie woke up and demanded explanations.

ON THEIR WAY TO THE PRECINCT

The guys were in the car, driving towards the county prison. No one said a word. They all knew that they were still mulling over Emily's and JJ's reasons. They knew now that they had both made choices that influenced them all, but they also seemed sincere in their affections and true to their feelings. They knew that Emily was not responsible for JJ's decisions. Will was innocent and no one cheated on anybody, well at least physically.

They got into the parking lot and parked easily. They still kept silent, almost to avoid coming back to the matter on their hands: talking with Morgan and Garcia.

They entered and Hotch broke the silence by asking: "My name is SSA Hotchner, here with me are SSA Rossi, doctor Reid and Chief Strauss. I am looking for the agents responsible for apprehending Agents Morgan and Garcia. Are they here? We'd like to talk to them." As calmly and as politely as possible, as to not anger them. He knew the police's aversion to FBI agents.

One agent was passing by and heard their request. He rounded the desk to get to them and answered Hotch's questions.

"My name is Officer Adam Lennow and I was with my partner Officer Amanda Kiley when we had to intervene to protect Mrs Jareau. Agent Morgan did nothing to antagonize us, while Miss Garcia tried to resist arrest. She made everything worse when she insulted both my partner and her girlfriend.

I wonder...has she always been so scary? She tried to blackmail us by telling us she would destroy our financial records and obliterate us. She can't do that, can she?" He asked petrified and shivered at the thought. When he saw that they weren't answering understood the truth behind those threats.

He started again, so he could avoid thinking about that. "My partner is talking with Agent Morgan right now. I can show you the way."

"Thank you Officer. Don't worry. We will never let Garcia do anything damaging to yourself or to any of your colleagues. You have nothing to worry about. That I can promise." Hotch retorted. Hotch managed to calm the officer down and made a sign for the rest of the team to follow him. They went with him to the back of the precinct, towards the interrogation rooms. All the while, he thought about life, about every moment spent as a team, wondering how he could have missed it all: signs of Garcia's homophobic views and signs of affection between Prentiss and Jareau. When did they start? Did Haley notice? Is that the reason she stopped seeing Emily as an enemy?

He kept thinking about it all, recalling past moments, until they got to the viewing room where they could listen to Morgan's questioning.

BACK AT THE HOSPITAL

They couldn't stop kissing. They loved the feel of the other so close. They enjoyed these little moments. At one point, they heard someone enter the room without knocking, so they stopped. They heard someone clear their voice and speak out:

"Hem, hem. Is McKenzie going to be okay? Emily I was so scared when the director of the FBI called me and explained, as best as he could, what had happened between you and the rest of the team." Ambassador Prentiss asked Emily. She then turned to look at Agent Jareau and said softly: "Good Morning Agent Jareau!"

"Mother! I didn't know they would call you. I didn't want to take you away from your duties. Everything went well as she is in recovery. I am so so sorry." Emily rambled on, scaring both her mother and JJ.

"Emily stop! I am not angry. Listen to me, I came because I heard what happened last night, and I came. By the way, Agent Jareau, I hope your mother is fine and Henry was not scared by your friend and colloeague."

"She is fine thank you ma'am, and so is my son. They left for our vacation home in California earlier this morning."

"Excuse me, Ms Prentiss, how is McKenzie today?" Asked the doctor, while she came into the room. She then addressed Emily: "I am deeply sorry, but I need to wake your daughter up to assess her."

Emily nodded and moved to wake her up gently. In the meanwhile, Ambassador Prentiss asked something of JJ

"Ms Jareau, I was wondering if you could accompany me to the cafeteria to get a coffee and something to eat. While we go, might I enquirer about your intentions with my daughter?"

Before JJ could answer verbally, Emily exclaimed "Mother! JJ you don't need to go. She is just being noisy."

JJ ignored Emily and answered affirmatively the Ambassador. Emily tried to interject, but, before she could utter another word, her mother and JJ had already left. She didn't have time to think about what they could talk about, so she went back to the task at hand: waking up her sleeping daughter.