A/N: Bedtime for Baby Star is the book at the end, by Lauren Tingling.

"You are not my real mom!" Ellis screamed in fury at JJ as they stood in the kitchen. "You are not my mom!" His cheeks were red, tears were falling down his cheeks and he had balled his hands into fists. The caseworker had warned JJ and Will about Ellis' explosive attitude and had told her that more then once, they had to call the police.

"No, Ellis, I am not." JJ remained calm, allowing her son to vent, watching for any of the warning signs of him escalating. Will had called the psychiatrist and was waiting for a call back.

"So you cannot tell me what to do, only my mom can do that!"

JJ bit her lip, wanting so badly to explain to him what his mother had done, but she knew that would only add gasoline to the fire. "So, tell me what you want me here for Ellis?" She asked.

Ellis stopped and looked at her, it was almost as if he had just hit a brick wall. "What do you want me to do?" She pressed.

"I.."

"Okay, lets try it this way. What does a mom do?"

"She loves me.." He felt his anger start to ebb, his fists slowly became unbilled.

"What else?"

"Gives me food and water and a place to sleep." He was no longer yelling, now he was feeling almost sad.

"Anything else?" JJ moved slowly towards her son, happy to see the outburst calming.

Ellis chewed his lip. He knew what JJ had done, and he was upset with himself. ""Gives me whatever I want." He tried.

"Okay, so now you tell me, what does a son do for a mother?"

Ellis' eyes went wide, he had fully expected her to say she had done all of the things he had listed as a mother and use the "I told you so" approach. But she didn't- and it surprised him.

"I am supposed to love you," which he did. "And help you with chores.." His anger was completely gone.

"And Ellis, you do all of that. I love you, and take care of you, I give you food and water and a place to sleep." She reached for him and pulled him into her arms. "But I know that you miss your real mom and I know that I can never replace her. It's okay to still love her, it's okay to miss her, and it's okay that she is your mom." JJ felt her son shake in her arms. "But I hope that I can share her son with her, is that okay?" She asked, hearing the phone ring, knowing it was the psychiatrist.

"JJ?" He whispered. "Is that the doctor?"

"I think so, bud. Why?"

"Please don't send me to the hospital, I promise, I'll be good."

JJ smiled and rocked him in her arms. "Ellis, I used to read Henry a story every night. Can I tell it to you?"

"Will Henry be mad?"

"No, Ellis. Your big brother gave it to me on the night you and Hank came home. He told me to read it to you when you got scared." JJ picked him up and carried him to the couch. The outburst and exhausted the little boy, she held him tightly as she told him the memorized story.

"Once there was a baby star.

He lived up near the sun.

And every night at bedtime that baby star wanted to have fun.

He would shine and shine, and fall and shoot and twinkle oh-so-bright.

And he said, "Mommy, I'll run away if you make me say goodnight."

And then his mommy kissed his sparkly nose and said,

"No matter where you go, no matter where you are,

no matter how big you grow and even if you stray far,

I'll love you forever,

because you're always

my baby star."