Rose sat on the meek hospital bed in her new room for the time being, staring at the heart other wall, a I dental bed pressed against the heat one, but decorated with fluffy bedsheets and pictures decorating the wall. A schedule was clutched in her hands and she couldn't help the tears dropping onto it. How could she be stupid enough to get caught. She's officially lost all control, and the thought alone terrified her. How could she just let go of everything she's worked so hard to gain, she just had to lose a few more pounds. She was so close, and now it's gone. She couldn't help but think that maybe, just maybe she could work out a way to keep going. She managed to trick everyone for nearly a year, surely she could work out a way to do it in here. She couldn't put on more weight. She was pulled from her thoughts when the door to her room opened, and a small redhead walked in, making her way over to the bed at the opposite wall.

"Hey there new girl. I'm Sky, and I'm guessing I'm your roomie,"

"Rose,"

"Well hello Rose, why have you been put in here?"

"I don't think that's any of your business,"

"You're right it's not. But everyone knows why everyone is in here, they make you tell at group. Tomorrow everyone already here will tell you and you'll have to tell us. It's a joke. But it's how it goes. Something about letting go of our troubles or something. It's a load of nonsense."

"The doctors said I was anorexic,"

"You don't believe that?"

"Anorexics starve themselves to be skinny. I just wanted control,"

"Out of the 12 girls in here 7 are anorexia, eight now with you. Trust me, there's a lot of reasons to starve yourself and all them them lead to anorexia."

"How do you know so much about it?"

"Been here for 3 months so far this time,was only out for 3 weeks and the first time I was here for five months. You learn things."

"That's a long time, my mom's said that it was only a four week program,"

"It is to begin with, if they think you aren't well enough to leave that make it longer,"

"Why are you here?"

"I tried to kill myself, and then I got better, and i left, but I've also discovered that his because you get better in here, doesn't mean you're better out there, everything that lead you to where you are doesn't affect you in here. I only lasted 2 and a half weeks, before I snapped and tried again."

Rose sat in silence after that, her mind running over everything Sky said. She was here for five months the first time, but Rose just shook her head at herself, she hadn't tried to kill herself, and she would be out in four weeks. She had to be. But what Sky said rang in her ears. Was she actually sick?

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Adelyn, you've asked me seven times in the twenty minute drive over. I'm sure. I want to meet your family, I know how important they are to you, which makes them important to me,"

"My mom's are really protective. And they've never met a boyfriend of girlfriend before, because Rose refused to let them meet her asshole boyfriend, so they will be even worse than that were with the general friends."

"Girlfriend? Is that you're way of asking me to date you?"

"I mean, yeah?"

"Im joking, you didn't even need to ask. Im sure it will be fine. And also I was raised on a military base. I don't think there going to scare me away," Kelsey says sending a bright smile to Adelyn, as the Prentiss-Jareau pulled into her driveway. One look at the smile and sparkling eyes and Adelyn felt all her worries fade away.

"Let's do this,"

As they get to the front of the car Adelyn reach out a hand and caught Kelseys, her fingers intertwining with her girlfriends as she pulled her up the porch and through the front door.

"Mama, Mom? We're back!"

Adelyn seem her mothers come around the corner from the family room, and Kelsey takes a step towards them, reaching out a hand to shake.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Mams. Adelyn has told me many great things. These are for you," Kelsey says stretching out a bouquet of flowers towards them.

"Its nice to meet you too. Addy has also told us great thing. The flowers weren't necessary, but thank you. Also no need to call us mam. Jennifer and Emily work just fine," JJ tells Kelsey taking the flowers from her

"My father has taught me that If someone is kind enough to allow you to be a guest in their house you aren't to show up empty handed. The mam is habit i'm afraid, anyone that isn't the same age or younger than me on the base is addressed as Mam, ill try to correct myself, " Kelsey stays standing straight, her arms crossed slightly in front of her by the wrists.

"Tea will be ready in half an hour, please come and sit with us in the family room," Emily says, stretching her arm towards the doorway next to her, letting Adelyn pull Kelsey through before the mother's, the pair finding themselves a seat on one of the sofas, while the pair of mothers sit on the one across from the teens.

"So Kelsey, Adelyn tells us you've grown up on military bases?"

"Yes ma-Emily. I was born on one and have lived on seven bases all in different states now, including the one my family are currently assigned to."

"And you want to join the Army when you're older as well?" JJ then asks.

"Yes. In the medical corps as a surgeon, I hope to save as many people as I can."

"Why in the army? Why not become a surgeon here in the states?"

"My father served, and his father served,and his father severed, and so it continues down the family line. I have been expected to join the Army since the day my mother discovered she was pregnant with me, the same for my brothers. It's something I accepted when I was younger, and now, I feel pride knowing that I'm going to make my country a safer place for the people who live in it."

The conversation is interrupted when the door of the family room is pushed open and Kodis head appears around it.

"Mom's when will tell be ready?"

"Twenty minutes, can you let Petunia and Dylan know aswell please so they can wash up? And don't be rude, we have a guest,"

"Hey. You must be Kelsey, I'm Kodi," The young brunette says reaching out a hand.

"Pleasure to meet you Kodi, Adelyn's told me great things." Kelsey tells him, reaching out a hand and shake his own.

"Of course, I'm awesome. And also if you ever hurt Addy I'll put you in the ground,"

"KODI! He won't put you in the ground Kelsey, he's not that stupid."

"It's okay. I have no intention of hurting Adelyn. She's far to special for me to even consider it."

Kodi just nods at Kelsey before turning around, and the four girls hear him running up the stairs calling out his brother and sisters name.

Half an hour later the family, plus Kelsey are sitting at the dining room table, JJ and Emily taking up the two heads while Kelsey and Adelyn sit together at one side and Petunia, Dylan and Kodi at the other, Roses empty chair standing out for all the Prentiss-Jareau's.

"What does your mother do Kelsey?"

"She's a stay at home mom, she used to be a teacher, but when you move around as much as we do, it became hard for her to transfer schools every couple of years, so she gave it up, I think it made it easier when we were younger though, with my father away on deployment she had three young scared kids, and she was pretty good at finding distractions for us,"

"It must still be quite scary when you're dad deploys?"

"Of course, there will always be a degree of fear not knowing if he's coming home or not. But I know that he does his best to stay safe while he's overseas and his command has his back. Now that I'm 9ldet I understand the risks a lot more,but I also understand why he does it, and i can't fault him, it's a honorable thing, fighting for your country,"

"I get that. I still worry when mom's go out of time on a case, because they're chasing serial killers, and they have both been hurt a few times in the field. But again, their making the country a safer place," Dylan adds on as he puts a bit of chicken pie in his mouth.

"You kids know me and you're Mama would never take unnecessary risks in the field right? Not now we have six children, and the whole team work to keep us safe aswell," Emily says, looking around her four children at the table.

All the Prentiss-Jareau children nod at their mother's question, and Dylan swiftly changes the topic.

"So Kelsey how are you enjoying Buckler? Is it all you hoped it would be?"

"It's actually really good, the classes are testing but not too difficult and the science labs are amazing, they have so much equipment there, I've never had that before."

The conversation continues pleasantly during dinner, and while Adelyn and Petunia stay back in the kitchen to wash the dishes fr9n the night, Kelsey joins the mother's in the living room.

"What exactly are your intentions with Adelyn?"

"Honestly, Adelyn's the first person that I've ever truly liked, I didn't get a lot of experience meeting people my own age growing up, and when I met Adelyn I felt something I've never felt before. I have no intention of doing anything to hurt Adelyn, because she is the most amazing girl I've ever met, she's smart and strong and beautiful and she makes me laugh, and when I lie in bed at night I think of her and I can't help but get this warm feeling in my chest and a stupid grin on my face. If I ever done anything to hurt your daughter I don't think Kodi would need to put me in the ground because I would do it to myself."

"Adelyn's been through alot in her life, and she still has her moments where it can affect her, I don't want you to decide in a few months you can't handle her past and hurt her, if you don't think you can handle it, please don't let her get attached to you,"

"Im aware of what Adelyn's been through, well a brief outline of it, I'm sure I only know the surface, and i would never let her past change how I feel about her, it's part of what made her who she is, and I don't expect her not to be affected by it, things like that will always affect people. I'm willing to stand by her side on her good day and her bad ones. I would do it gladly. You're daughter is amazing, and i wish no hurt onto her that I can prevent."

'Good. Now that's out of the way, how are you grades?"

"I've had a 4.0 GPA since I was 9 mam."

"Ever broken the law?"

"Never, I haven't even had a parking ticket."

"Are your parents supportive of you being in a relationship with another girl?"

"I've not told them, my father is very set in his ways, I don't know if he would approve,"

"And if he doesn't?"

"My father's opinion is very valuable to me, but I wouldn't let it affect the way I feel about Adelyn. Any problems he has will be with me and me alone, not your daughter,"

"If you're father gives you any trouble over who you love know that our door is always open. We're pretty good at helping with issues. " JJ tells her softly.

" Thank you mam," Kelsey whispers looking down at her lap, the thought of her father not accepting her has recently been weighing on her heavily.

"One more thing," Emily adds on looking straight at the young brunette. "Adelyn is in a family of FBI agents. If you hurt her, we can make you're life a living hell in every way possible,"

"I have no intention at all of hurting her, and if I do then I would deserve anything you did to me, you're daughter deserves the best. And I hope I can be that for her,"

Adelyn pushes in through the living room door, coming to sit beside her newly established girlfriend. "They aren't making you uncomfortable are you,"

"Not at all, you're mothers are lovely," Kelsey tells her shooting a beaming smile at the young blonde haired beauty to her side.

"That they are. Will we put a film on?"

Adelyn and Kelsey spent the next two hours tucked into each other, Adelyn's head resting on Kelseys shoulder while Kelseys arm is draped across Adelyn's shoulders, the two girls fitting together with ease, and Adelyn's mothers couldn't help but notice how comfortable the girls are together, even with them only having met three weeks before.

While the two couples were downstairs watching a movie, Dylan and Kodi and Petunia were in the games room. Petunia was content sitting in the bay window, her legs tucked under her, while she read the novel on her lap, listening to the chatter between her brothers, every so often the phone beside her lights up, a text from Kayla. They had exchanged numbers yesterday after their classes, and so far the conversations have been simple. Kayla a showing interest in Petunias knowledge of flowers, finding new ones to ask her about, while Petunia asks Kayla about her extensive knowledge of animals.

It was simple, but Petunia felt like it came easily to her, and on their lunch today both had found their way to the little patch of grass under the tree in the school yard, happy to sit in silence reading their books.

In the middle of the room Kodi and Dylan were at the pool table, Kodi beating Dylan easily.

"It's really just physics. If you hit it at the right angle with the right force for where you're going and physics does the rest." Kodi tells Dylan as he misses the shot again.

"That's cheating. You can't use your science, I don't know anything about physics. And you spend too much time with uncle Spencer," Dylan argues with his brother, trying to prove he's not bad at the game, and that Kodi just had an unfair advantage.

"It's not cheating, the whole game is based of of science. You're meant to use it."

The brothers continued to argue over it and although Kodi won the game Dylan insists it was a draw due to his disadvantage.

Lather that night the mother's had made their lap around the kids, wishing them a good night and making sure they were okay, before double checking the windows and doors were locked and alarms set for the night, a routine they take seriously after everything they have seen, and putting every safety measure in place for themselves and their children.

After they had finished that and gotten ready for bed, JJ found herself wrapped in her wife's arms again, the comforter pulled over their body's.

They heard the usual background noise of the teens as they walked around getting reading for bed and the school day ahead of them. The noise comforted them, a quite house now a strange occurrence when they raised 6 children in it.

"So what do we think of Kelsey?" Emily says softly, rubbing small circles of the bare skin showing where JJs top had risen.

"I think, that she really cares about Adelyn,and she really likes her. You could tell in the way she spoke about her and how she acted with her. And Adelyn seemed so happy and relaxed in her company. I think she might just be good enough for her. She deserves the world and I think Kelsey will try and give it to her."

"My thoughts exactly. I do have a few concerns though," Emily says softly.

JJ turned in her wife's arms and raised a hand up to cup her cheek, stroking her thumb down it and looking into her loves deep brown eyes. Jennifer swore that every time she looked into Emily's eyes and saw the barriers down the way they only fall for her, she falls deep in love with her.

"What's wrong my darling?"

"If this works out, in a few years Kelsey will be joining the army, is that something we really want for our girl? Waiting around for confirmation that her loved one hasn't died?

And what if her father is totally against Adelyn, she's the daughter of a soldier, they are taught to do whatever their parents demand of them. What if she breaks her heart? Because I think Addy is already falling in love,"

"I think Adelyn needs to decides if she wants that. We have always told the kids that we will support their romantic decisions no matter what, that includes Addy falling in love with an army surgeon. I think we should speak to her about it, and ask idle she's spoken to Kelsey about it to try and find out more of what it's like, but other than that, it's in her hands. And we can't stop what Kelseys father will do when he finds out. He might even take it well. If he doesn't we will be their for whatever the fallout may bring. And I think we will have to extend that courtesy to Kelsey, if her father doesn't accept her, then we will help how we can. But we can't stop the girls from seeing each other because of one of their parents. You're mother wasn't okay with us remember?"

"You're right. On everything. Jennifer Jareau how do you always know how to calm my fears?"

"Love, Love can do anything," JJ smiles at her, before leaning in to place a soft kiss on the others smooth lips.

"Now the sooner we go to sleep the sooner tomorrow can come, and we get to see Rosie tomorrow,"

"True, it's weird her not being down the hall blasting her music," Emily says with a small laugh and throws her head back slightly, but when she looks back down JJs eyes are shining with unshed tears.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

"We almost lost her Emily. We almost lost her. And she though she wasn't good enough for us. I feel like a piece of my heart is being ripped out my chest. And I can't shake it off. This family is everything. The eight of us, it's everything I ever want in my life. And it was almost gone. And she's still really weak, her heart might not be able to take it, even with the medication. What if we do lose her," As JJ speaks she loses her battle with the tears and they begin to run towards the pillow.

"Jennifer, Rose is going to be okay. She's a fighter, she definitely got your strength. And she knows that she's good enough for us. Deep down she knows. But she has some form of mental illness going on, you saw her JJ, she broke. All the time stuff in her head is getting her confused and she doesn't know how to stop it. So she took control of what she could. But the doctors in there are trained for this, they will help Rose. And we will be their for her every step of the way. Please my love, believe that. She will be okay. I know that it was terrifying, I think my heart stopped for a moment when Garcia called, and then again on the flight home, and again when we saw her. I wanted to hold her so close that nothing bad could happen again and shake her at the same time for not coming to us when the problems started my but we know now,and we can fix this. We will fix it," Emily whispers, as she pulls JJ further into her arms unilateral her head is tucked into her neck and she's placing fluttering kisses onto her wife's blonde hair line, whispering words of love until the small blonde feel asleep in the comfort of Emily's arms.

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Until next time K xx